Mr. Asquith made the following very important statement, whirls was
received with loud approval: " When we come to an end of this war we shall not forget this horrible record of calculated cruelty and crime; we shall hold it to be our duty to exact such reparation against those who are proved to have been the guilty agents and actors in the matter as it may be possible for us to do." That is the right and effective policy. Reprisals against comparatively irresponsible agents are vrieked, foolish, and disastrous. Mr. Churchill did not seem to command any approval even for the Admiralty announcement which he defended. It is an excellent sign that Parliament can remain perfectly cool and in possession of all its senses under provocation. By this sign we know that we shall win. We may add that two interesting answers were made to questions on other subjects. Mr. Aaquith said that Major E. Y. Daniel was working with Mr. Julian Corbett and Captain C. T. Atkinson on material for a history of the war, but it had not been decided whether the history would be con- fidential. Mr. Arland announced that the Government were in communication with Dominion Governments on the importation of labour to assist in the production of munitions of war.
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