News of the Week
The Liberals and the Government THE dependence of the Government upon the Liberal vote makes each new turn of Liberal tactics a matter of great political importance. Mr. Lloyd George's argu- ment for a long time has roughly been that the alternatives for the• LiberrParty were either deliberately to save the Government 'with the prospect of getting a certain number of Literal measures passed, or to revel proudly in" Liberal independence," which in practice would mean that the Govettiment would soon fall and that the succeed- ing Unionist ,government would stand in the way of all characteristiVberal reforms. This looks rational when it is written d`Own, but there is no doubt that Liberal voters throughout the country—or those who used to be Liberal voters—have been estranged by the volatility with whiCh Mr. Lloyd George flies from one application of his principle to another.
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