Mr. Balfour, writing to Lord Newton, said:— “I do not desire to interfere in the affairs of the Upper House, but I thing the majority of the Lords should support Lord Lansdowne. I agree with the advice Lord Lansdowne has given his friends, and with Lord Lansdowne, I stand ready, if need be, to fall. The present situation is grave and even alarming; not only because we are in the power of an unscrupulous and revolutionary Government, but because the real character of the peril is obscured by the controversy concerning tactics. The crime of the Government is that by a gross misuse of the Royal prerogative, it made the Second Chamber powerless. They imitated Cromwell without his excuse of genius for fighting. Any effective resistance is impossible. It would be a misfortne if the present crisis left the House of Lords weaker than the Parliament Bill makes it, but it would be an irreparable tragedy if it left the Unionists a divided party.”
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3280, 27 July 1911, Page 5
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164Page 5 Advertisements Column 6 Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3280, 27 July 1911, Page 5
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