27 MAY 1911, Page 3

If Lord Loreburn were suspect on the score of his

Liberalism, there might be some excuse for such assertions. But there has never been any ground for such suspicion. On all the issues to which the Liberal Party stand committed, his orthodoxy is unimpeachable. But he has been guilty of the unpardonable offence of refusing to prostitute his high office at the bidding of the Tadpoles and Tapers of the Party, and for this he is abused as if he were a criminal. Lord Lore- burn's attitude is not a danger to the Government ; but the possibility of the Government's yielding to this clamour is a danger to the country.