CHAPTER VIII.

THE BRITISH REPUBLIC AND THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.

The Real Ruler of the British Empire.--The House of Parliament.--Getting into the Lower House.--The Debate and the Debaters.--Harcourt, Bryce, Campbell-Bannerman, Lloyd-George, John Dillon, Arthur Balfour.--The Incongruity of a Presbyterian Prime Minister.--English and American Oratory, 55