Apr. 24.
Was the British Government uppointed "five men of good will under the chairmanship of Sir Mric Geddes to prepare report on the perennially "interesting subject of economy, they foresaw as little as any of their critics what was to be the result of that action. But when it recommended retrenchmenis that would save the country £86,544,- 175 per annum it quite evidently took the Government's breath away. 'I'he Chancellor of the Exchequer announced that the Cabinet had accepted the report in t only and would effect reductions in the national expenditure totalling £54,000,000. This gave the Opposition a good cry with which to appeal to the electorate, for, if the Government was lukewarm in the cause of economy, the hard-pressed clecfor was enthusiastic on the subject and gave effect to his disapprobation by promptly defeating the Coalition candidates at three successive by-elections. Sir George Younger, the chairman of the Unionist party organization, announced that he and his party no longer considered themselves hound to support the Coalition. The question who was to succeed
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