Mr. Asquith's motion will not come on, however, till October
28th, when the real Autumn Session begins. The Government will have an exciting battle to fight much sooner than that. Next Wednesday the Unionists Will- move a -vote of censure on the Government in con- nexion with the Attorney-General's lamentable handling of the recent Campbell prosecution. In principle the Liberals cannot possibly dissociate themselves from this condemnation. It is to be noted, however, that , the vote of censure is directed against the Government as a whole. The Attorney-General's legal opinions are, as such, independent opinions, and there may be room for disagreement in the Opposition when the share, if any, which the Government had in dropping the Campbell prosecution is disclosed. If the Government feel that they cannot in any case carry on much longer they may prefer to fall on a legal question rather than on the ambiguous Russian question. The future is full of uncertainty, but we must turn to the disagreeable certainties of the moment.
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