Mr. Shaw-Lefevre, speaking at Louth on Monday, said that he
did not think that another General Election could be very long postponed. The present Parliament had lasted through three Sessions, and for rather more than two years. Looking to the fact that the Liberals had constantly attacked their opponents for having kept Parliament together for five or six years, he thought his party would hardly be consistent if they were themselves to prolong Parliament. They should rather maintain the principle that Parliaments should not last more than four years, and so be kept in touch with the con- stituencies. They must look forward, then, "before much more than a year had passed," to an appeal to the con- stituencies. As Mr, Shaw-Lefevre has just been in contact with his colleagues, this hint as to the date of the Dissolution is important. One more Session, and then the elections. That is the order of the day. The only obstacle is the quarrel for precedence among the groups. If that grows acute, the Dissolution will take place directly the new Register comes into operation,—i.e., in January.
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