We must say plainly that Mr. Lloyd George is trying
either to bring the Unionist Party to heel or else to destroy it. Mr. Lloyd George struck his blow by writing to Mr. Chamberlain in effect that he could no longer tolerate continual challenges to his authority. He referred, of course, to the speeches and activities of Sir George Younger. The letter was thus a kind of ultimatum, and could have no other meaning than that if the Unionist leaders did not see fit to keep Sir George Younger in order, Mr. Lloyd George would have to resign. Some people think that Mr. Lloyd George actually wants to resign, and that he has adopted this process because it makes his retirement as easy as possible. What a situation is thus created at a time
when we are threatened with a General Election, and when the political affairs of the country are almost without form or order !
