[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR, — I note with
much pleasure that you are strongly advocating the Referendum in case of any future dispute between the House of Commons and the House of Lords. I have long been of opinion that this is the shortest way out of the wood; but it is characteristic of most of our so-called statesmen to neglect the obvious, and to land themselves in all sorts of unnecessary perplexities through their apparent inability to look facts in the face. The objection that the Referendum would not be invoked except against a Liberal Government could easily be met by some such method as you indicated in your last week's article. Is it not possible to induce the leaders of the Constitutional Party frankly to supplement their various proposals for the reform of the Second Chamber by this simple, sane, and truly democratio solution ? " Without question," as you so pertinently say, " the adoption of the Referendum as a leading issue at the next General Election is the path of wisdom for the Unionist Party."—I am, Sir, &c., ARTHUR BENNETT.
Paddington House, near Warrington.
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