We are delighted to record these words, and are glad
to be a'.le to inform our readers that since the publication of Lord Cromer's letter he and those with whom he is acting have met with a very wide, a very influential, and a very generous support, and that shortly the greater public will be asked to speak out upon the question. For ourselves, we have no sort of doubt as to the opinion held by the country as a whole. At the same time, it is always possible in a democratic com- munity, or indeed in any community, that a minority may usurp the powers of the majority. The majority in France at the close of the eighteenth century were against the Revolution, but that did not in the least prevent the tyranny of the Jacobins. Organisation—the awakening of the majority of British men and women to the dangers in front of them—is the weapon which must now be used, and we are delighted to find that so large a number of persons already recognise this fact. We sincerely trust that in the course of the enlightenment of public opinion which is contemplated by Lord Cromer and his friends, they will take care to impress upon the public that the cause of the opponents of the suffrage must not be thought to have achieved a triumph owing to the refusal of the Government to grant facilities. The suffragists will during the autumn concentrate their efforts upon coercing the Government, and unless they are met by a strong and persistent counter-attack, there is no small danger of the Government yielding.
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