Lord Haldane, against whom his friend Lord Morley now brings the sorrowful charge that he was responsible for the war; Lord Haldane, against whom all the German writers have brought charges of stealing their War Office secrets and of defeating their diplomacy, was to be called a pro-German--a man actually doing Germany's work in the British War Office.

And this for a Party purpose.
Mr.Arthur Balfour, by nature the most selfish of men and also an intemperate lover of office, would never have stooped to such dishonour; but among the leaders of the Unionist Party there was to be found a man who saw in a lie the opportunity for a Party advantage and took it.
In these matters a statesman need not show himself.

A word to one or two newspaper proprietors is sufficient.

Nor need he hunt up any arguments.
The newspaper reporter will not leave a dust-bin unsearched.

One word, nay, the merest hint is sufficient.