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The rest of Mr. Lloyd George's article is extremely -characteristic.

He tries in effect to show both the Conservatives and the Independent Liberals how foolish they were not to co-operate with him. His arguments here are, however, singularly unconvincing. He ignores the essential obstacle, namely, that both the old parties had so completely lost confidence in him and his methods as to make any further joint action with him impossible. Labour, again, entirely refused to trust him. These facts are of special importance in this matter, since so large a part of the article is taken up with the attempt to show that the election cannot be regarded as a vote of confi- dence by the nation in Mr. Bonar Law.

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