19 AUGUST 1911, Page 3

A remarkable statement is made by the Parliamentary Correspondent of

the Times in Wednesday's issue. "It is now known," he writes, " that if the final division on the Parlia- ment Bill had resulted in the defeat of Lord Morley's motion Lord Lansdowne would have resigned the leadership of the Opposition in the House of Lords on the following morning." This statement only confirms the view we have taken of the action of the Unionist peers who voted for the motion. They have rendered a great service to their party as well as to the Crown and country.