Sir Edward Grey, who made three short speeches at Liverpool
on Wednesday, dealt chiefly with the question of party unity and the conduct of the war. Unity, he had no doubt, would come, but it. was not to be . brought about by compromising their opinions, especially on the question of the war. For himself, he preferred to stand where he was, and he "refused to be swept off the Liberal platform either by the bludgeons of the other side or the brooms of his own side." Taming to the war, he declared his full confidence in Lord Kitchener as the best man for the place, and denounced as a " foul and filthy lie " the charges made against us in the Continental Press of having established the concentration camps to exter- minate the Boers. Finally, he welcomed Lord Rosebery on his resuming an active part in Liberal life. " Whether he put his views into the common stock or ploughed a lonely furrow, he would not be long in finding others joining with him. The truth was that political crews could not be coached from the bank. If a man was really to help in national affairs, he must take an oar in the boat. What the Liberal party wanted was not occasional advice; but persistent action and effort."
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