Indeed, we may say, without the slightest risk of effec-
tive contradiction, that he is more anxious. While in humanity and pity for suffering he is not outdone by the Labour Members, he has far stronger political and Party reasons for doing everything he can. The Labour extremists, for their part, though humane enough as individuals, are not anxious from a political point of view to put an end to unemployment at the present moment, but just the reverse. As many of them admit, it gives them an opportunity to press their theories on the public. They would not actually throw men out of work in order to create the dissatisfaction out of which they hope revolution will come, but at any rate they want their cause to benefit by what they call the awakening of the proletariat from sleep and sloth owing to misery and want. But, apart from this, the real issue is the difference in the remedies proposed. Mr. Bonar Law and his sup- porters will not vote for what they believe to be quack remedies. They will not apply remedies which will ultimately increase the fury of the disease or act only as enervating palliatives.
