Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-02-20

statement as to that reservoir of 250, ,O00
men in Ireland. -
Sir J. d. Rees, whom other members
are required by Parliamentary etiquette
to address as the Noble Lord the mem
Der for South Nottingham, - echoed the
sentiment regarding Ireland, but put in
a word for one-man business concerns
Famong his Nottingham constituents. In
conclusion he protested against asking
for a definition of war aims 4" as deplor-
able and unpatriotic. +"
Soon following him, however, was
Major David Davis with very expli-
cit demand for such definition. First
/ ly he suggested the Premier should take
the House into his confidence oftener.
1T s all very well, - he said, ''to make
speeches to the Benchers at Gray s Inn,
wI9 may be less critical audience than
/ the Members of this House, but l GER
tainly think he would give more con-
fidence to the country if he came here
oftener and gave us authoritative state
ments as regards the policy of the gov
ernment." lie vigorously criticized Bal
four S speech of the day before, saying
the Foreign Office failed to realize
that the world is now being permeat-
ed by new ideas which are totally at
variance with some of the prehistoric
views held i'll the Foreign Office"
Diplomacy, he declared, is no longer
to be regarded as the special privilege
Of the Foreign Office. Commander
WedgeWood interpolated:
. And OF the governing classes.
'AHd, as my Honorable and Gallant
Friend says, Of the governing classes
contmHod Maj. Davies.
following him there came a perfect
torrent of speech from seat beneath
the halc0ry whore l sat. l couldn t see
the speaker, but the evening papers note
the fact that Mr.. SSEnton, member for
Mertnyr, broke all speed records, speak
iur .sCu vofus in the course of fifteen
minutes. 1t must have been Stanton.
What he wanted the Prime Minister to
do, he said, was to get more Oh the
young ulrn who are shirking around the
mines or in Other industries into the
army. His peroration was:
We have these aeroplanes coming
from America and l am hoping the gov
crnment have a little surprise in store
for US and that one morning we snail
vair ltp and read that 500 or 1000 aero
nlanes nave flown to Germany and
bombed them to the devil, men, women
and children, the same as they have
done our people. "
Almost missed this fine finish for in
the midst of it l spied the boyish out
line of the Prime Minister-he s really
not much bigger than Secretary OF War
Baker.-as he came through the door
wav back of the Speaker s dias. NO
ceremony attended his entry. He slipped
in quietly and wedged himself between
sir Eric Geddes and Bonar Law on the
front bench, where members Of the gov
errment sit.
Stanton sat down and the Prime Min
lister stood up. He placed bundle OF
p,tpers on the big desk that extended
from the Speaker IS chair in front of
ana about half the length of the gov
crnment bench. As he spoke he refer
red to his notes, for the speech contain
ed many figures, said to be weakness
of the Prime Minister. While in appear
ance he was as much the evangelist as
ever-the Gypsy Smith. type, not the
Silly Sunday-he did not use his evan
selist voice today. The pulpit-hke eff |
teeI, however, was ellphas1Aeu II VtAtSA
ways: av the involuntary trick, for IN |
stance, Of resting his hands on the desk !
at height slightly below his shoulderl
ami swaying slowly backward and for
ward.
This government bench is just a |
bench. and nothing more. Lloyd George |
talked for almost an hour and half. |
Before he concluded Bonar Law, who |
had becE slipping by impreeeptible de
grecs, was sitting on the small of his |
back CT close thereto. When the Prime /
Minister sat down, Sir Eric Geddes avail
ed himself Of the chance, which he must