2 MAY 1908, Page 13

THE PATH TO RUIN.

"To-Day's MOTTO.= The man who first ruined the Roman people was he who first gave them treats and gratuities:—

PLUTARCH:"

"Being interrupted with a cry, 'What about old-age pensions ?' Mr. Lloyd George replied, 4I don't want to anticipate a statement which will be made by my chief probably in the course of the next fortnight or three weeks, but I have offered at another Meeting to bet, if I were a betting man, that there will be old-age pensions in this country within twelve months."

Comment is superftuous.—I am, Sir, &c.,