22 FEBRUARY 1902, Page 3

In the evening, however, Sir Henry Campbell-Banner- man, in the

character of an "impenitent Liberal," once more flaunted the "flyblown phylacteries" and "musty mea- sures" of 1893, and declared himself wholly opposed to the doctrine of the "clean slate." His opening reference to Lord Rosebery betrayed an unmistakable intention to assert his authority as against that of the irresponsible adviser: "I do not know down to this moment whether Lord Rosebery speaks to us from the interior of our political tabernacle or from some vantage ground outside. I practically put that question publicly to him a month ago, but he does not answer it, and I frankly say I do not think it is quite fair to me not to do so."