LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.
MR. BALFOUR'S LEADERSHIP.
[To THE EDITOR Or TEE " SPECTATOR:1 Sin,—I quite agree with your note, under Mr. Rowland Hunt's letter, in your issue of October 28th : " A more unfair and incorrect series of statements than that contained in the above letter we have never seen." Who is this Mr. Hunt that he claims to speak for working men? As one who knows the working classes and has worked amongst them for thirty years, I say his statement is a gross libel. Whatever may be the views of a section of Conservative working men, I main- tain that the majority admire and are loyal to Mr. Balfour, and that as long as he is willing and able to lead them they will stick to him through thick and thin. There is no other leader for whom they have the same respect and reverence, and I might almost say love.
It is men like Mr. Rowland Hunt and Mr. L. J. Manse who, by the poison they are writing, are likely to make a split in the Conservative and Unionist ranks which will lead to certain disaster and the ruin of the cause. Mr. Balfour is head and shoulders beyond any living politician, and the only man who can lead us. We are on the eve of victory if only these traitors in our own ranks could be made to see what infinite harm they are doing. As patriots we must close our ranks and stand shoulder to shoulder and support our great leader, although some of us may not be able to understand his great and far-seeing wisdom.—I am, Sir, &c.,
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