MR. MARKS AND THE KENT COUNTY BRANCH OF THE TARIFF
REFORM LEAGUE.
WE have been asked to publish the following correspon- dence:— " 73, Eaton Square, S.W., 7 Juno, 1907. Mr. HENRY Tams-num, Organising Secretary, Ashford, Kent.
Dam' Snt,—In reply to your letter reminding me that my annual subscription to 'Monthly Notes on Tariff Reform' is now due, I. have to call your attention to the recent action of the Rent County Branch of the Tariff Reform League hi inviting Mr. Marks:to; address a meeting at Deal on Empire Day in company with the late Boma Secretary, Mr. Akers-Douglas. I enclose a pamphlet entitled • A Justification of the Letter Addressed to the Speaker of the House of Cominons' which Correctly sets forth Mr. Marks' record, and shows him unfit to associate with those who are careful of the honour of public life. The present attitude of your branch towards Mr. Marks is so contrary to the standard of honour set up by Mr. Joseph Chamberlain that until I receive an assurance that your committee require Mr. Marko, as a con- dition of his membership, to disprove to their satisfaction the statements made in this pamphlet I must decline to continue my membership. I...propose to publish this letter with your reply.— " Ashford, rent, 10—vi.-1907. F. E. MCCORIFICK-GOODHLRT, Esq.
Dzis Sis.,—Your favour of the 7th instant to hand with very many thanks. In accordance with your desire, I have duly removed your name from the illustrious roll of Vice-Presidents of the Kent County Branch of the Tariff Reform League—With compliments, I am your obedient servant,
HENRY Twomrsow."
[We congratulate Mr. McCormick-Goodhart on his deter- mination to compel the members of his party in Kent—Mr. McCormick-Goodhart is a Tariff Reformer—to realise what they are doing in lending their countenance to Mr. Marks. We are confident that Mr. MeCormick-Goodhart will have the sympathy of the great majority of Tariff Reformers through- out Britain in his plucky fight against influences which, if they are allowed to prevail, must in the end destroy the honour and integrity of our public life. We trust, however, that such sympathy will not be of a silent kind. If every Tariff Reformer who agrees with Mr. McCormick-Goodhart, and who was proud of the standard set up by Mr. Chamberlain in this matter, would put himself in communication with Mr. MoCormick-Goodhart with a view to making representations at the headquarters of the Tariff Reform League, we cannot doubt that the central body would realise the need for taking action.—En. Spectator.]
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