33 Eccleston Square.
October 26, 1909.


CONTENTS

PAGE
[PREFACE]vii
[INTRODUCTION]xiii
I
[THE RECORD OF THE GOVERNMENT]
[THE CONCILIATION OF SOUTH AFRICA]3
[THE TRANSVAAL CONSTITUTION]16
[THE ORANGE FREE STATE CONSTITUTION]45
[LIBERALISM AND SOCIALISM]67
[IMPERIAL PREFERENCE—I.]85
[IMPERIAL PREFERENCE—II.]106
[THE HOUSE OF LORDS]124
[THE DUNDEE ELECTION]147
II
[SOCIAL ORGANISATION]
[THE MINES [EIGHT HOURS] BILL]173
[UNEMPLOYMENT]189
[THE SOCIAL FIELD]211
[THE APPROACHING CONFLICT]225
[THE ANTI-SWEATING BILL]239
[LABOUR EXCHANGES AND UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE]253
III
[THE BUDGET]
[THE BUDGET RESOLUTIONS]277
[THE BUDGET AND NATIONAL INSURANCE]297
[LAND AND INCOME TAXES IN THE BUDGET]318
[THE BUDGET AND THE LORDS]344
[THE SPIRIT OF THE BUDGET]357
[THE BUDGET AND PROPERTY]384
[THE CONSTITUTIONAL MENACE]405


INTRODUCTION