The country is fizzing all over with excitement at the
conduct of the House of Lords. And even some of the Conservatives,— as, for example, the Conservative Member for the City of London, who wrote to the Times on Thursday to expostulate with his leaders.— declare openly that a large number of their own party regret what the Lords have done, and believe that the country will hold the Conservative Party responsible for the mischief which the action of the Peers will cause. An immense demon- stration took place at Edinburgh last Saturday, ten thousand persons taking part in the procession, in the presence of some 60,000 enthusiastic spectators, and many more demonstrations of the same kind are fixed for future days, especially a great demonstration in Hyde Park for next Monday. On the other hand, the Conservative Associations are doing all they can to pass resolutions supporting the action of their leaders ; but it is clear that they cannot hope to organise great popular demon- strations on such a subject as this. Their tone is apologetic, not enthusiastic, and an apologetic popular demonstration is a contradiction in terms.
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