NEWS OF THE WEEK.
AWEEK'S reflection has brought sobriety to those who wanted to press on an immediate General Election. The more one contemplates the situation, the more difficult it is to understand how anyone could have thought an early General Election desirable. All the very loose threads of the Govern- ment's policy at home need to be gathered up. Our relations with France are as doubtful as ever they were. The way to a Genoa Conference is not yet plain. America is disappointed and annoyed at the presence of lions upon a road that at first seemed clear and safe. The Provisional Government in Ireland is barely feeling its feet, and may have to encounter within the next few weeks some very serious internal challenge to its position, if not an actual coup de main. For our part, we are not at all despondent. All these things are but the pains of a body which is trying to effect its own cure. If the political doctors are wise and attentive, the disease will certainly be quelled, for we believe that the right treatment has been pre- scribed by Mr. Lloyd George. - But what a time for a General Election ! Meanwhile, the meeting of Parliament has been postponed till February 7th.
