THE FUTURE OF THE UNIONIST PARTY.
[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] Si,—As the surrender to murder and assassination drifts to its inevitable and tragic sequel, it is interesting to note the " hedging " of the newspapers which were once the mouth- pieces of the policy of "The Union." There seems to be no limit to the amount of dirt which Mr. L. George is prepared to swallow, but, as I have heard the French say recently, "II touche Sc fin." The only hope for the Unionist Party is that when Mr. L. George goes he shall take Mr. Chamberlain and all the other erstwhile Unionist members of his Cabinet with him who have so basely deserted the Unionist cause. Mr. George's affection for men like Michael Collins, Lenin, and Trotsky is a most curious phenomenon, and he seems to have a tender spot in his heart for all who hate England and British institutions. For a man whose Government [sic] has reduced Ireland to pandemonium, and Egypt and India to chaos, to talk of " settling " Europe is surely the most colossal impudence ever heard of. Coming events, which from the surrender to the assassins have been inevitable in Ireland, will shake our Empire to its foundation, and in the stern work in front of us the jellyfish Unionists (!) of Mr. L. George's Cabinet who have been in his pocket so long must be excluded from the
real Unionist Party.—I am, Sir, &c., E. L. flaws. The Waterhouse, Bollington, Macclesfield.
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