We cannot find space to describe in detail all the
politica comings and goings of the week which have led to the results which we have just sketched. Some of them have ceased to be important, and some are still too confidential and too critical to be dealt with in detail. Again, we cannot summarize all the letters to the Press which have appeared from individual peers, but we cannot refrain from saying a word as to the admirable letter from Lord Galway which appeared in Friday's Times. Of letters on the other side, the moat notable was by Lord Salisbury, for he puts his case with evident sincerity and with a certain sense of moderation in his inmoderateness. His arguments are, how- ever, vitiated by a fatal misunderstanding. He has persuaded himself that there can be, and will be, no swamping of the House of Lords. This danger, he tells us, " has recedes still further into the background." In other words, he believes, and is acting on the belief, that the creation, if it• takes place at all, will only be on a moderate scale. We say, without hesitation and without the slightest fear of contradiction, that Lord Salisbury is living in a fool's paradise. As we know now, the creation will be put off till the very last moment, and very great risks, from the Government's point of view, will be run to avoid it; but if it does come, it will most certainly be of a swamping character. If it had come before the Bill was returned to the House of Lords it might have been of small proportions. For good or evil, it will, if it takes place under the new con- d itions, be on the great scale.
