In a speech on Tuesday, Mr. Chamberlain went further, and
advocated, for Birmingham at least, a perfectly free middle- class education. Why not go on, and advocate a perfectly free University education for all classes, and a perfectly free tech- nical eddcation too,—a perfectly free access to the Bar, the Church, the medical, engineering, scientific, artistic, and other professions, including the Diplomatic Service and all branches of the Civil Service P If legislation could do it, we do not doubt there are persons who would. be in favour of providing out of the rates for the proper training of all branches of human -energy ; and if only a sufficient number of ratepayers could be -counted upon under those circumstances, the matter might be managed. But there lies the difficulty. Even Mr. Chamberlain will hesitate before proposing to make everybody contribute -equally to the support of the community at large.
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