Monday's papers published a letter on the representation of the
people signed by one hundred and twenty-six Members of the House of Commons, and sent to Mr. Balfour. The letter asks for a definite statement as" soon as possible" of the views of the Government on the question dealt with. Mr. Kimber in the covering letter makes the following statements :- (1) That a readjustment of the graver anomalies should be made before the next dissolution ; (2) that such readjustment need not necessarily involve a general redistribution, or an alteration in more than one-fifth of the constituencies ; (3) that the principle adopted should be submitted to the Members specially interested early in the Session in which the matter is dealt with in order to give time for careful con. sideration. Mr. ICimber ends by declaring that he himself has a plan by which readjustment can be carried out without any place being disfranchised.
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