10 NOVEMBER 1917, Page 3

For our part, we cannot understand why our Pacificists, whose

utterances seem to enjoy a ready audience in Germany, do not recognize the splendid opportunity they have of influencing German opinion. They all agree that there must be a restoration of territory occupied by the Germans. Why, then, do they not address them- selves to Germany instead of to us ? The word " restoration " might be useful there ; it is obviously useless here. We did not invade and ravish Belgium, Serbia, and the rest. The Peace motion was negatived without a division, after the Closure had been carried by 282 votes to 33.