Thoro was no mincing of words. "Never, I trust," said Sie Henry Campbell-Bannorman, "will any of us, even the most long-ived among us, see again so damaged und disqualified a ministry treat with such insolent disrozard xt once the will of the country and the rights of Parliamen All this, however, has not the smallest effect on' Mr. Balfur, A few days ago the "Daily Telegraph" professed to have the highest authority for announein; there was not the smallest into dissolving Parliament in the" autumn and linen then the Prime Minister has told a Unionist Deputation that the Redistribution Will for introduction into Parliament next Session hav already been drafted, xnd that a Boundary Commission will be appointed this autumn, Tt would not, however, be safe to assume from this that for certain there will be no dissolution in the autumn. It simply means that the Prime Minister does not mean to allow his hand to be forced by the Opposition. If a mouth or two hence he forms the impression that he is likely to lose rather than gain by hanging on longer he will be quite likely to dissolve Parliament without the slightest warning to the Opposition, A "Barren Session."
That it has not been a Session of great legislative achievement the must admit. The only measure of any-warmest supporter of Br. "Balfour thing like first-class importance that will find its way on_ to the Statute Book is the Aliens Bill, unless we: count the Scottish Churches Bill. In its effects the latter is extremely important but it 15 a non-contentious_ measur introduced for the purpose of removing deadlock created by a remarkable judgment of the House of Lords sitting as a Court of final appeal. As for the Aliens Bill its opponents denounce it as a sham. They declare that it will be the easiest thing in the world for thieves, swindlers, and those who live on vice te evade its provisions and yet that ifa few alien undesirables are kept out or deported after finding their way in, it will be at an expense altogether disproportionate to the loss that their presence here would inflict upon us. This may be an exaggeration; but I do not think anyone expects that the Bill will have any great effect.
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