LTO THE EDITOR OP TEE "SPECTATOR. "] SIE,—As you rightly have
observed, to get rid of the Govern- ment, support is required from many of those who voted Liberal at the last election. The bulk of these voters are now disgusted with the Insurance Act, but distrust Tariff Reform and the indefiniteness of the Unionist programme. Numbers of them undoubtedly want to get rid of Mr. Lloyd George and his works, but do not want to commit themselves to Tariff Reform. The promise of a Referendum or any other form of reference to the people before the imposition of a new tariff would make the agitation against the Insurance Act so formidable to the Government as either to bring about amendments therein, to the great advantage of the country, or• to make it difficult for the Government to retain office; in any case their power to force through Home Rule would be materially weakened.
Should the Unionists neglect this opportunity it will be hard to resist the conclusion that the Tariff Reform organizers consider the friction and injury which the Insurance Act is causing and the close prospect of Irish Home Rule as minor matters compared with the hope of being able to force an un- controlled scheme of Tariff Reform on the nation.—I am, Sir,
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