Mr. Schloss, who had been appointed as a correspondent by Mr. Mundella,
has a name which shows a German origin. Jimmy insisted on speaking of
him accordingly as "Herr Schloss." And there, not a yard from Jimmy,
sate the Baron de Worms, one of the most portentous and pretentious of
English patriots, who bears not only a German name, but a German title.
I don't know whether "Herr" Goschen was in the House at the same time;
if so, his feelings must have been very poignant. Mr. Mundella doesn't
know how to treat these Obstructives. The main thing is not to take them
seriously. Jimmy, to tell the truth, makes no pretence of taking himself
seriously, and grins through a horse-collar most of the time he is
speaking. But the poor President of the Board of Trade is conscious of
doing everything man can do to help to the solution of the vexed
questions of the time. He cannot avoid allowing himself to be worked up
into a frenzy by imputations which he ought to know are simply intended
for the purpose of getting him out of temper, and so prolonging debate.
[Sidenote: Sir John Gorst.]
Sir John Gorst is one of the men who have again been brought much into
evidence by the turn events have taken.
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