20 MAY 1911, Page 3

With every word of Mr. Balfour's speech on this point

we are in entire agreement. There never was a greater political crime than the creation of the interregnum in order to pass Home Rule against the will of the nation. But though we never felt more strongly the need for resistance to Home Rule nor hated more fervently the idea of Single-Chamber govern- ment, we feel, as we have said elsewhere in regard to Lord Rosebery's speech, that the essential thing for the moment for the country is not to cry over spilt milk, to bewail our con- dition, or even to denounce our opponents, much as they deserve it, but to try by means of cool thought and steady guidance to make the best of a very bad business.