It was widely recognized at the time as an act of political immorality.

There were no grounds of public interest which did not call for a short delay until the issues of the new age had a little defined themselves and until the country had something more specific before it on which to declare its mind and to instruct its new representatives.

But the claims of private ambition determined otherwise.
For a time all went well.

But before the campaign was far advanced Government candidates were finding themselves handicapped by the lack of an effective cry.

The War Cabinet was demanding a further lease of authority on the ground of having won the war.