Lord Cromer, Lord George Hamilton, and several other distinguished Unionists
have signed a public manifesto which in fact endorses the policy' which we put before country at the last General Election and have continued to keep before it,—namely, that it is the duty of Unionist Free-traders te choose the lesser of two evils, and to vote for Tariff Reform candidates. In to-day's Times will also be found a letter signed by Mr. Arthur Elliot, Sir Alfred Lya11, and Mr. Henry Hobhouse, who at the jest Election did not feel able to vote for Unionist candidates, but who now advise Free-trade Unionists of their way of thinking, except in extreme cases, to throw their weight against the Government candidate and vote for the Unionists. This decision is of the very greatest importance. We are certain that what the men we have just named are thinking is also being thought by thousands of less well-known Free-trade Unionists and moderate Liberals throughout the country.
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