On Monday, in the House of Lords, there was a
discussion upon the proposed Reciprocity Agreement between Canada and the United States. We cannot help deeply regretting the attack made by Lord Ampthill upon Mr. Bryce, and especially the phrase in which be said " it was possible it would be to Mr. Bryce, knowing as they did his peculiar views, a matter of satisfaction and merriment if the dismemberment of the British Empire were commenced as the result of Radical policy." Lord Morley, in his reply, commented very severely upon the tone of this criticism, and declared that " it is grossly unjust, and not very becoming, to denigrate the character of His Majesty's representatives abroad, especial* when they happen to be of the eminence of Mr. Bryce." We are glad to see that this view was also supported by Lord Midleton, who said that though he did not always agree with Mr. Bryce politically, yet " he thought he should be wanting in duty if he did not say that, in his opinion, and in the opinion of colleagues he had been able to consult, nothing had passed since Mr. Bryce became Ambassador in America which in any way derogated from his position as the repre- sentative of the British Crown."
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