The speech of the Archbishop of Canterbury, delivered on Tuesday,
partly because of its eloquence and good sense, and partly because the Archbishop is undoubtedly able to speak from a non-party point of view, deserves special comment. Very wise was the Archbishop's declaration that those who do lip-service to the principle of a Second Chamber and then propose what is in effect single-Chamber government are trifling with the country. After quoting Mr. Asquith's words of a fortnight ago as to the intentions of the Government, the Archbishop went on If these words do not mean that a Bill on any subject may become an Act by the action of one House of the Legislature against the will of the other within the lifetime of one Parliament, I do not know what English words mean." Here is, indeed, the crux of the question, and the Archbishop was right in doing his best to ' insist that it must be faced.
