He next showed that he was determined to re-establish the
doctrine and practice of Cabinet responsibility and also to insist upon the " work of the Departments being done by the Departments." In short, Mr. Boner Law's explanation of his principles spells the end of "One-man Government "—for which we must all be thankful. He eulogized Lord Curzon's recent management of foreign affairs. Finally, he dealt with unemployment. He spoke movingly of the terrible sufferings inflicted by unemployment—he could not conceive that any decent man or woman could be callous about them—but he insisted that the true cure was improvement in trade. As regards special expedients for relieving unemployment he would not hold out great hopes, because he was un- willing to deceive people. Nevertheless, he would not hesitate to advance money to be used in any work which was in itself useful and which might be done now rather than later.
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