Tuesday's papers contained an interchange of letters between Mr. Gulland,
the Liberal Whip, and Mr. Churchill, regarding the adoption of twenty-nine Unionists and twenty-eight Liberals as Coalition candidates in Scotland. Mr. Gulland asked how Mr. Churchill reconciled his profession of the Liberal faith with his failure to protest against the Government's action in supporting the Unionist candidates who opposed Mr. McKinnon Wood, Mr. Tennant, Mr. Gulland himself, and other old Scottish Liberal Mem- bers. Mr. Churchill in reply accused Mr. Gulland of trying to " maroon " Mr. Lloyd George, by organizing the constituencies " in your own sectional interest." The hostility of Mr. Gulland's faction had made it impossible for the Prime Minister " to safeguard all the individual interests which he would have wished," in his bargain with the Unionist Party. Mr. Churchill went on to say that " even in these last few months, as you well know, every over- ture compatible with the dignity of a victorious Administration " had been made to Mr. Asquith to join the Government. But Mr.
Asquith, speaking at Edinburgh on Tuesday night, said that Mr. Churchill, who had " the first place among the political lightning artists of our day," had been misinformed. No authorized offer had been made to the Liberal leader, though there had been con- versations. We may add that:Mr. Gulland on Thursday denied that he had worked against Mr. Lloyd George either in the constituencies or at Westminster.
