6 NOVEMBER 1936, Page 3

Apart from Miss Horsbrugh, who abundantly justified the invitation extended

to her to move the Address, the best speech so far has been that of Mr. A. V. Alexander. He set about the Government with the pugnacity expected of an Opposition leader on such occasion, and really succeeded in giving Mr. Elliot, who was in charge of the debate on the Front Bench, something to answer. Sir Archibald Sinclair, too, maintained the general high standard of his recent contributions. lie argued con- vincingly that " the Arms Commission Report had been in the hands of the Government for a month, and that it was not premature to ask them what they intended to do about it." This is a view widely held by the Govern- ment supporters. They support on the whole its recom- mendations and would welcome early action upon them.

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