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To the representatives of Labour it is an inestimable experi-

ence to be at the very heart of things, and they were willing to pay the price. Mr. Lloyd George promised them secrets. How could they possibly resist ? Secrets were not confided to everybody ! And so the Labour Party accepted a position of privilege. But what would the Labour Party have said if State secrets had been confided to a deputation of Coalition- Liberals or to the Die-Hard-s or to the National Liberal Federa- tion? The sky would have been rent with their protests. We fear it is only too true that many of the leaders of Labour are not careful to be good democrats except when it suits their book.

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