Mr. Fawcett, who was present as a guest, took the
opportunity of congratulating Mr. Forster with great emphasis on his re- marks concerning the duty of boldly facing Parliamentary majorities, and hoped that the Liberal leaders would stick by that policy much more in the future than in the past. He also described Lord Beaconsfield's language, in the House of Lords on Thursday week, concerning Greece, as language of "contemptuous insolence," and declared that the Greeks, "relying on the promises of a great and magnanimous people, had been grossly and basely deceived." And no doubt more or less, that is true. Still, no nation should forget that the great Powers, like an infinitely greater Power, are apt to help those mainly who help themselves. The Greeks laid up their talent in a napkin. And there they still have that which is theirs. Lord Beaconsfield, at least, is the last man to help those who wait for him to help them.
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