The long drawn out dispute concerning the fate of Waterloo Bridge has not even ye been finally decided. For some years past there have been endeavours to obtain soi sort of agreement between Parl ment and the London County Cout cil with regard to the matter, chief-because work of this magnitude would require assistance from gov ernment funds to the extent of 60] per cent. of the total cost involved. The issue is a straight one between those who for sentimental reasons sist that all that is necessary is the strengthening of the—bridge, and {hore who hold that matters" nave come to such @ pass that its demolltion is the only remedy for the existing state of affairs, and the construction of an entirely new bridge. The former while admitting that a new Bridge 's necessary are of the opinion that one should be erected nearer to Charing Cross. Members of the House of Commons left to] Vote freely on the matter defeated. the proposition by a fair majority, and the sentimentalist reinforced by those desiring a new bridge elsewhere have again won the day. Itwas unlikely that the Labour majority on the London County Council would allow the' matier to rest where it and it is already suggested that' they may.go ahead and find other means for raising the necessary money, always with the hope mind that. upon the return of a, Labour Government to power would so arrange matters that—the government's proposed contribution to the new structure would be forthcoming for the purpose of relieving the additional burden which would be thrown upon the shoulders of the ratepayers. bring about a revolution in Britain, It is suggested that a House whose members drink whiskey of the kind that Japan has been known to produce' in the past either is not ft to remain as a portion of the govern mental machine, or that their potations have had the result of sapping their intellects to such as extend that they are no longer a necessary adjunet to good government, but a positive hindrance. It is believed that If the Labour Party could be Induced to Import large quantities of the Uquor into Britain for the purpose of showing their followers the stuff the upper classes ruin their intellects with, they would be—returned to power, either because of a conviction that the Lords were befuddled with inferior drink, or _because the supporters of Labour asa result of their investigations had. been reduced to a similar state of mental muzziness.
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