Mr. Asquith's Odyssey to London after the scenes of remarkable
enthusiasm in Dublin was marked by a certain furtiveness rendered quite necessary by expected attacks from suffragettes. When the procession of motor cars which accompanied Mr. Asquith was passing through Chester last Saturday two bags of flour were thrown, and one of them hit Mr. Asquith's car. Nothing worse happened, as other suffra- gettes who approached Mr. Asquith elsewhere were imme- diately seized. At Sir William Lever's house in Cheshire Mr. Asquith made a speech, chiefly on social questions. He took great credit to the Government for Old-Age Pensions, and predicted that some day the Unionist Party would he trying to steal the credit for the Insurance Act. He prophesied per- fect peace in Ireland, and finally declared that his Liberal supporters were without "rivalries, jealousies, and rancour."
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