On the face of it there could be no great
objection to Captain Ramsay's Bill making it illegal for shares in news- papers or periodicals to be registered in the names of nominees. But a great many Members, particularly on the Opposition side, were suspicious. The Member for S. Midlothian and Peebles belongs to the extreme Right in British politics, and his last effort at legislation was his Bill to prevent the holding of the Free Thinkers' Congress in September. On this occasion there was a wide, though unexpressed, feeling that the attack was really aimed at a certain London newspaper, which has in recent months surprised everyone by the character of its leading articles. Captain Ramsay got leave to introduce his Bill, but the number and variety of its opponents was striking.
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