Reprisals. Asquith, Mr., on Liberals and Sinn Fein Crime "" on Administration of, Impotence of on Administration of, Political Bankruptcy of... Balbriggan, Mallow and Trim Reprisals Debates in Parliament ... Cecil, Lord R., on the Government's Failure 66 Devlin, Mr., on Belfast Pogrom Greenwood, Sir H., on a Conspiracy to Smash the Empire Henderson, Mr., on Government Repression Labour Motion of Censure Asquith, Mr., on a "Hellish " Policy George's, Mr. Lloyd, Carnarvon Speech Asquith's, Mr., Speech at Ayr Cecil, Lord R., and Grey, Lord, on Times' Criticism: "The Negation of Liberalism” Military Strength and Expenditure in Ireland Morley's, Lord, Letter to the Times Simon, Sir J., on Excuses for Reprisals Land Values-Two Values-A Bad Case Liberalism or Coalition? Asquith, Mr., at Ayr George, Mr. Lloyd, at Llandudno Welsh Liberal Council's Way Scottish Liberal Federation Refuse Confidence in Coalition 'Liberal Hesitation about Dominion Home Rule Asquith, Mr., on N.L.F. Bradford Conference. Resolutions to be Submitted Executive Committee's Report :: PAGE 579 592 592 593 594 597 603, 606 605 604 605 606 604 603 603 586 591 592 580 591 607 583 572 620 608 608, 609 608 608 609 610 610 611 612 570 570 607 621 621 572 574 572 607 622 624 618 Maclean, Sir Donald, on Foreign Policy and Wasteful Expenditure Simon, Sir John, on Need for a League of Peace The Private Letters of Sir Robert Peel (Review) GLADSTONE BENEVOLENT FUND FOR LIBERAL AGENTS. Over One Thousand Pounds now paid out Every Year. Additional Funds Urgently Required. WILL YOU PLEASE HELP? Hon. Sec. F. C. RIVERS, 41, Parliament Street, London, S.W.I. THE LIBERAL YEAR BOOK FOR 1920. Paper Covers, 1s. 6d. net. Post free 1s. 9d. LIBERAL PUBLICATION DEPARTMENT 42, PARLIAMENT STREET, S.W.1. THE LIBERAL PUBLICATION DEPARTMENT will supply this New Book at One Shilling, post free. THE CASE AGAINST THE LLOYD GEORGE COALITION. BY HAROLD STOREY. CHAPTER CONTENTS: I. The Cause of the Breach: A New Type of 2. 3. 4. Coalition. The Arguments. From the General Election to Spen 5. Leamington-and After. Published by: GEORGE ALLEN & UNWIN, Ltd The forthcoming issue of the LIBERAL YEAR BOOK for 1921 will have a new and excellent bibliography for the guidance of Liberals. Two books have been selling well this last month: The Case Against the Lloyd George Coalition, by Mr. Harold Storey, and Is Liberalism Dead? by Mr. Elliott Dodds. Another book which Liberals must not miss has just appeared on the stalls-The New Liberalism, by Mr. C. F. G. Masterman. It is reviewed at page 622. Subscribers to the Liberal Publication Department who find difficulty in getting locally books on Liberalism should send their orders to the Department, 42, Parliament Street. The present number of the MAGAZINE is crowded with the month's story of developments in Ireland, and variations in the discussions about what is to be done about Ireland. Several contributions on other topics are held over until the next issue. THE DIARY OF THE MONTH. (1) Sir Donald Maclean on Foreign Policy and Wasteful Expenditure. "There was no one more vitally affected by foreign politics than the women of the country. Foreign policy caused wars, and it depended on what the policy was whether they were to have war or peace. Foreign policy also affected expenditure. So long as the Government committed itself to wasteful and prodigal expenditure, which did not increase the supply of commodities, prices went up, and unfortunately bore most heavily on those less able to bear it. Without stable and sound finance, social legislation could never really prosper."(Gorebridge, October 6th, 1920.) And on Nationalisation. "Until he was convinced that nationalisation would mean better conditions for the miners and the country as a whole, he was not prepared to vote for it. Working men should not be misled by the word nationalisation. It meant officialism and bureaucracy, and from his experience he could tell them that if they thought that under Government Departments they were going to be better off in the way of wages and hours of labour, they were much mistaken.-(Gorebridge, October 6th, 1920.) (2) Mr. Lloyd George on the Demand for Peace. "The great issue at the present moment which engages statesmanship in all lands is peace at home and abroad. I do not mean treaties of peace, I mean peace, an atmosphere of peace, the spirit of peace and concord, the old phrase, "Peace on earth and goodwill among men peace on earth, goodwill not merely in Russia and Poland and Lithuania, but here in our factories, in our workshops, in our mines. Peace on earth and goodwill among men, that is the demand of the hour. I do not know of any principle which is an issue between the parties when you come to deal with that. The world cannot go on with its business without peace. You cannot build on a rocking foundation.” -(Llandudno, October 8th, 1920.) And on Labour Threats Against Democratic Government. "If a minority can hold up the community by denying to them the necessities of life, there is an end of democratic government in this country. That was the beginning of the Soviet in Russia, and if you fail to face the demand once you cannot face it a second time. The demand would grow, and the result would be that this country would be governed by a junta who would represent a minority of the people, however powerful, and there would be an end to free government in this land." (Llandudno, October 8th, 1920.) (3) Sir E. Carson on Mr. Asquith's "Mask of Hypocrisy.' "At the most critical moment of the Government's difficulty in Ireland, when something was at length being attempted to recover the ground we had lost through the feeble administration of Mr. Birrell, he chooses to come forward and say there is no way of dealing with this question but by granting the whole demands of the Sinn Feiners. There is no use mincing words. The man who does that at this moment for the purpose of getting back to party issues, that man is a traitor to his country. I am glad he has torn off the mask of hypocrisy on the Irish question which he has been wearing for thirty-five years."(Constitutional Club, London, October 14th, 1920.) |