British Political Leaders

· 1912

Images of the original pages are available through Internet Archive. See http://archive.org/details/cu31924028287724 My first acquaintance with Mr. Arthur J. Balfour, who recently became Prime Minister of King Edward VII., was made in the earliest days of my experience as a member of the House of Commons. The Fourth party, as it was called, had just been formed under the inspiration of the late Lord Randolph Churchill. The Fourth party was a new political enterprise. The House of Commons up to that time contained three regular and recognized political parties--the supporters of the Government, the supporters of the Opposition, and the members of the Irish Nationalist party, of whom I was on…

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