On Wednesday there was another and even more heated scene.
Mr. Bonar Law repeatedly urged that only by state- ments taken on oath could things now so dark and obscure be presented in the light of truth. All that Mr. Asquith would do, however, was to declare that, if the Opposition put their charge against the Government in the form of a vote of censure, he would give the earliest possible day for ita discus- sion. The Times reporter declares that seldom has the House of Commons witnessed such a. scene. "It was a long and bitter conflict between the Prime Minister and the Leader of the Opposition, conducted amid a tumult of party indigna- tion." The scene ended by Mr. Bonar Law stating: "I have already accused the Prime Minister of making statements which are false, and he has refused to take an. opportunity of either explaining or withdrawing them."
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