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Asquith to say that he had become the instrument of Lloyd George. It was the latter's subtle brain that evolved the possible consequences which might ensue after his first stroke in the Budget of April, 1909. It was his bold spirit that urged the desperate course which was presently pursued.
This seems to me to be a simple case of an illusion of increased size produced by a suggestion of increased distance when all the time there is equality in size as in the case of the moon on the horizon compared with the moon overhead. Lloyd George, and Mr. Asquith showing how an illusion of size may be produced in a picture. The figure of Mr.
Morley; Suffolk, amid yells that make it difficult to tell who the vote is cast for, follows Norfolk and plumps for Crooks. Sussex brings in Mr. Asquith again and Warwickshire goes for Crooks. Amid breathless silence the result of the thirteenth ballot is read out: Rosebery, 248; Crooks, 96; Morley, 72; Asquith, 50; Bannerman, 43; etc. The fourteenth ballot begins. "Aberdeen!" calls the Chairman.
It is a poor way of getting rid of the abomination compared with the French way, but then we are some centuries behind the French people in these things. "I have spent a large part of my life in advising business men how to get out of their difficulties," said Mr. Asquith the other day.
Asquith, Lord Justice Bowen, Lord Coleridge, Lord Milner, Sir Robert Morier, Matthew Arnold, Tennyson, Lord Goschen, Miss Nightingale, and a hundred others of the nation's leaders amid profoundest difference, the memory of "the Master" has been for them a common and a felt bond. No other religious personality of the nineteenth century unless it be that of Newman has stood for so much.
Asquith and sing the Suffragette Anthem to him." A startled gasp ran round the table. "Because the higher he flies, the fewer?" asked Prince Otto, with sinister calm. "Because the higher he flies, the fewer," said the Russian smoothly, but with the smoothness of a treacherous sea. There was another gasp. The situation was becoming alarmingly tense.
Asquith and Lloyd George and all their wicked companions, and let them create what peers they liked, and the other to swallow the medicine, pass the Parliament bill, and thus, while limiting their own powers for the future, preserve their ancient caste and dignity. It was touch and go throughout an excited discussion.
Asquith pledged the Government to drop all controversial legislation. The consideration of the Amending Bill had been shelved by agreement, Mr. Asquith stating that the postponement "must be without prejudice to the domestic and political position of any party."
The week which began on Monday, July 27th, was feverish and excited. Formal discussion on the occurrences at Clontarf and Bachelor's Walk was confined to the Monday; but each day had a stormy scene during question-time arising out of it. The Amending Bill from the Lords was to have been taken on Tuesday, but Mr. Asquith postponed it till Thursday, to get a calmer atmosphere.
Asquith committed the tactical error of moving instead for a parliamentary committee. The Government naturally treated his motion as a vote of censure, and escaped all investigation on the ostensible plea that it preferred a different method from that proposed by Mr. Asquith.
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