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" D. A." AS CRITIC.

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D. A." AS CRITIC. The senior member for Merthyr, Mr. D. A. Thomas, M.P., delivered a lively speech at Aberdare last Tuesday, in the course of which he severely criticised the methods of procedure in the present Government. He admitted that he was very dissatisfied with the cabinet, and blamed the Premier for ad- mitting such a Whiggish element to so Radical a Party. He said that when Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman was leader of the Opposition the Liberal Imperialist League had proved a thorn in his side. Its members, the majority of whom were now in the Government, made no secret of their opinion that he was not possessed of the qualities necessary for the Premiership, and did their utmost to promote the claims of Lord Rosebery for the position. Sir Henry, nevertheless, with rare generosity in forming his Government, included well nigh every Parliamentary member of the League, though it was evident at the time that their follow- ing among Liberals in the country was insignificant. Under the circumstances common gratitude required that they should while remaining members of the Campbell- Bannerman Ministry loyally subordinate their views to those of their chief. Possibly they had done so, but it hardly looked like it. He could not help feeling that the milk- and-water policy of the past two Sessions was an evidence of Whig domination in the Cabinet Councils. It was high time that the Radical sup- porters of the Ministry spoke out. The dissatisfaction he felt was largely shared by the more advanced and independent section of the Liberal party, and it was idle to pre- tend that it did not exist. He hoped his criticisms would be taken in the spirit in which they were made. He had no object in making them beyond the wish to keep the Cabinet up to the Radical mark. He had no axe to grind. He valued his political independence, and in the 20 years of his Parliamentary career he had never sought or accepted any party favour or reward.

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