15 AUGUST 1914, Page 3

On Monday Mr. Asquith moved the adjournment of the House

till August 25th. He hoped that in the interval some- thing might be done that would enable them to dispose of the rest of the business of the Session with something like general acquiescence. In using these words Mr. Asquith, of course, referred primarily to the Amending Bill, about which no decision has yet been taken. Mr. Bomar Law said that he recognized that, as matters stood, both the Government and the House would be free to do whatever seemed to them best when the House met again. But be would do all he could in the meantime to help to realize Mr. Asquith's hope that controversial debate might be avoided. "At such a time," he said, " it would, I believe, be a national calamity."