Mr. Boner Law cordially approved of the policy of the
Government. Though they bad up till now lagged behind the feeling of the House, and still more behind the general feeling of the public, he did not think any better plan could have been proposed, and he was sure it would give confidence to the House and the country. In the ensuing debate Mr. Richard Holt criticized the scheme on the ground of its expense and the economic lose involved, but there was a general consensus in favour of the Government proposals. In his reply Mr. Asquith sternly denounced the riots. A general vendetta against the men of enemy origin in our country would be disgraceful from a moral point of view and most impolitic from the point of view of the interests of the country. The great majority of them were decent, honest people, who had given hostages to fortune in this country, who were carrying on legitimate trade and professions here, or were engaged in industries where they could ill be spared.
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