Lord Balfour of Burleigh has written an admirable letter, which
appears in all Friday's papers, defining his position. He was asked to speak at a luncheon and conference to be held shortly at Glasgow with the object of founding a branch of the Free-Trade Union in the South-West of Scotland. After stating that he is as convinced and ardent a Free-trader as ever, he points out that "the declarations of policy made by some members of the Govern- ment, the appeals to class hatred, and the open avowals of a policy of predatory taxation far in excess of anything contained in the Budget now again before Parliament cannot be ignored. I am not prepared to allow my own enthusiasm for a Free-trade policy to be used, nor am I willing to stimulate that of others, for the purpose of effecting the subversion of the British Constitution."
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