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Rh Thus ended, for the time being, one of the most diabolical conspiracies ever hatched. No wonder a leading Tory paper referred to them as “a gang of cut-throats and rebels.” Yet some of these same men are among the leaders of the Conservative party to-day, and, in the event of a change of Government, would again be among His Majesty's advisers. What a sorry plight for a political party to be in.