This was the case with the curious little debate which Mr.Chamberlain initiated on June 6th.
The _Daily News_ had published a little article describing the manner in which the Tories had shouted at--hooted--interrupted--Mr.Gladstone on the Thursday night previous.

It may at once be asked why Mr.
Chamberlain should have thought it necessary to notice the article.

He boasted that he was not in the habit of noticing what appeared against him in the newspapers--which is not true to a certain extent, or at least is not generally so thought, for it is understood that no man reads more carefully the extracts sent to him by those press-cutting agencies which have added either a new luxury or a new terror to public life.

But Mr.Chamberlain's action had many roots.

First, like many others, very free in their comments and attacks, he is almost childishly sensitive.