The Week in Parliament Our Parliamentary Correspondent writes : .It
is a pity that Sir Samuel Hoare, who opened the India debate on Monday, has not a greater sense of the dramatic. His speech was well reasoned and unprovocative, but it was delivered in the tone of a Minister in charge of a new Drainage Bill. It was difficult to realize that he was inviting the House to embark upon a splendid imperial adventure. This unemotional style has its advantages.. but it does not promote enthusiasm. There was a Marked! lassitude in his audience throughout his speech and when he sat down the .cheering was only perfunctory.. Mr. Churchill, who paid the House the compliment, rare for him, of sitting through a debate, was clearly. delighted with the way it was shaping. Certainly his: group put up a good show. They were there in force, cheering each other on, interrupting their opponents': speeches, angrily resenting any interruption of their, own and generally behaving in the traditional manner of a keen and well-drilled opposition.
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