'On Friday, April 20th, while the Lords were listening to
Lord Curzon on the European situation, Mr. Scrym- geour made his first real appearance before the House in moving his Prohibition Bill. In a speech of a type which can rarely have been heard at Westminster, he invoked every kind of religious sentiment against the evils of drinking. In complete contrast was the -speech in which Dr. Salter seconded the Bill. Somewhat coldly he told the House that alcohol was simply a drug, not different in kind from morphia or cocaine but far more -widely used, which had a -special hereditary effect on the resisting power of the individual. The rejection was then moved by ' stalwarts " like Sir A. Holbrook and Sir Guy Gaunt. Mr. Stewart, a Labour member, suggested State purchase. In the division fourteen members voted for the Bill.
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