Lord Milner expresses special satisfaction that the move- ment should
have been initiated by Sir Bartle Frere, "the son of one who in his day was exposed to much undeserved but transient obloquy"; and, in conclusion, assures all his old friends and fellow-workers in South Africa that no personal annoyances have affected him to anything like the same extent as the trials and dangers to which South Africa is once more being exposed, and which make her immediate future such an anxious one. Without altogether sharing Lord Miler's pessimistic outlook, we can cordially congratulate him on this remarkable proof of the respect in which he is held by his fellow-countrymen. The principle involved in the vote of censure was one which cuts at the root of loyal public service, inasmuch as it sought to substitute administrative for Ministerial responsibility. By this address to Lord Milner the nation has, in great measure, repaired the injustice of its Parliamentary representatives.
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