1 FEBRUARY 1896, page 8

The Demand For Reticence. T He Just And Keen Dislike With

which Englishmen regard boastfulness in politics, may be carried a little too far. We begin to fetter our statesmen in their public utterances until they hardly venture to speak......

Mr. Childers. And Well. There Is A Legend That In

one of the Liberal Cabinets Mr. Childers often spoke, but never succeeded in finishing his sentence, because he was sure to be inter- rupted by some other Minister more eager......