On Monday the House passed in Committee the clause of
the Aliens _Bill which in effect makes permanent the War-time restrictions on the entry of aliens to reside here. The temptations to do as others do and keep our country to ourselves are obvious and plausible, but we cannot forget how we have gained through past centuries by our open door, and no bureaucrat can claim the superhuman wisdom that will discriminate surely between the cream and the dregs of those, who may seek to enter. On Tuesday the House began its consideration of the Trade Unions Bill in Committee. The Lords can hardly have been pleased to read in the Times an undignified correspon- dence between Lord Birkenhead and Mr. Lloyd George, in which it seems to be accepted that for many years Mr. Lloyd George was actually the " fountain of honour " which created peers.
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