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Lord Cromer's name is not to be found in the

list, solely from the fact that he was laid up by a sudden attack of gout. Though it was absolutely impossible for him to go to the House of Lords, there is no question that his action, more perhaps than that of any other peer, saved the Unionist Party and the House of Lords from a disaster which would have been irreparable. His courage animated those who were de- termined that the will of Lord Lansdowne and Mr. Balfour and not the will of Mr. Austen Chamberlain and Mr. F. E. Smith should prevail. It would be impossible to exaggerate the ser- vices that the Unionist peers who voted against a creation have done to their party.

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