NEWS OF THE WEEK.
rpHE PRIME MINISTER, whose provisional resignation is in Mr. Chamberlain's pocket, has decided to postpone the evil day. This corroborates our opinion that Mr. Lloyd George believed that his threat of resignation would fulfil the purpose of the crack of the whip in the hands of the ring-master. But, on discovering that it had not such a result, he repents that he made such an ineffectual gesture. We have written elsewhere what we think about Mr. Lloyd George's decision to change his plans, and need only say here that, instead of bringing recalcitrant Unionists to heel, he is now hoping—with every chance of success—to enjoy s thumping majority on a vote of confidence about the Genoa Conference. His appeal in the House of Commons will be not to his enemies at all, but to people who have never resisted him on the subject of Genoa.
