IN HAPPY DAYS TO COME.
The Coalition Owners (Mr. Asquith and Mr. Bonar Law ) leading in a winner.
Thursday, March 2nd.—Ariel, Earl of Derby, has not entirely left the Earth for the Air. His head, at any rate, is not in the clouds, for his speech on the working of his own scheme was full of practical wisdom. He was not afraid of the exemptions that the tribunals might give if left to themselves, but he was a little concerned about Simon and his scratch crew of pro-shirkers who seemed to be doing their little best to prevent the country from getting men.