We submit to Mr. Chamberlain that this is rather a
round- about way of getting to Welsh Disestablishment. Would it not be more candid to say : You had better give np Disestab- lishment for the next few years, and for any other reform look to the Unionist Government, if you really wish to carry it' ?
Mr. Gladstone's Government would have the good-will to carry Disestablishment, but not the opportunity. Lord Salisbury's Government has the opportunity, but not the good-will. We confess we do not see that for a Welshman whose heart is really bent on Disestablishment, there is much to choose between the two ; but whatever balance there is, is clearly on Mr. Gladstone's side. One would rather vote for a friend who would help 113 if he could, though he can't, than for a foe who could help ns if he would, but won't.
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