NEWS OF THE WEEK.
ADOMESTIC crisis has suddenly arisen owing to an attempt by Mr. Lloyd George to stifle what he considers the inconvenient criticisms of a considerable part of the Unionist Party. Those who appreciate the fact that Mr. Lloyd George is in politics above all things a realist and an extraordinarily bold tactician will not underrate the significance of his action. We have no doubt whatever that Mr. Lloyd George thinks that the time has come to arrange his future political household, to distinguish his friends from his enemies, and to strike very hard against all those whom he suspects of being his enemies in the hope of frightening them into compliance. This may be all very well from the point of view of Mr. Lloyd George—though we think that even from his point of view he is making a mistake— but what are we to say about his action when we consider its probable effect upon the Unionist Party ?
