We have dealt with the political situation in detail else-
where. Here we may note that the Parliamentary corre- spondent of the Daily News, writing in Friday's issue, informs us that the attitude of the Government towards the future is simply the attitude of the nation as a whole, and that Ministers have no desire save to interpret the general sense of public opinion. If that is so, their course is clear and easy. The opinion of the country is overwhelmingly against doing any- thing which would be unfair in fact, even if not in intention, to the King, or would place him in a difficult and perplexing position, not only before he has had time to recover from his bereavement, but before he has been able to under- stand all the various considerations which must weigh with him in determining his course of action as a Constitutional King. But though it is obvious that the nation wants a truce 01 next spring, and though it is also true that the Govern- ment would like to grant it, we fear that Ministers may be under the delusion that they cannot do what they want is this matter, but that they must defer to the opinion of Mr. Redmond.
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