We cannot believe that the ordinary out-of-work soldier has the
slightest wish to upset the accepted methods of making griev- ances known which have served the democracy so well in the past. The reason for refusing to allow demonstrating mobs to approach the Houses of Parliament is perfectly well known. It is that Parliament must be protected in its task of considering the affairs of the nation free from all intimidation. It was therefore long ago arranged that grievances might be brought to the notice of the Government in two ways. A Cabinet Minister can receive a deputation from the aggrieved persons, or the aggrieved persons can petition Parliament. It is in the interests of everybody that those forms should be most strictly observed. If they be not observed, democracy in the real sense of the word will be the sufferer.
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