"INEXCUSABLE CARELESSNESS."
[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.")
SIR,—I observe that the Westminster Gazette has been reproving you for "inexcusable carelessness." Perhaps you
can suggest the correct term to apply to the statement in the enclosed extract from the Westminster Gazette of the 7th inst., which states that "Mr. Balfour and Mr. Chamberlain broke their promises in the Parliament of 1900 " ?
"Apparently the complaint is that the Liberal leaders, having made a promise in 190G, did not break it when they had got their majority—just as Mr. Balfour and Mr. Chamberlain broke their promises in the Parliament of 1900."
I wrote to the editor of the Westminster asking him to be good enough to state the time and occasion when Mr. Balfour made any promise which he subsequently broke in the Parliament of 1900. But, as you may imagine, be has not responded to my request. It is a little disappointing to find such baseless charges made in a reputable organ like the Westminster, which has not in the past condescended to the " Limehouse" method of controversy.—I am, Sir, 8E43.,
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