The Week in Parliament Our Political CorreSpondent writes :—The Opposition
in the House of Commons has behaved throughout the international crisis with the greatest- restraint. Its leaders have not pressed for a debate while the delicate negotiations were in progress and the back-benchers have refrained in a remarkable degree from putting embarrassing questions to the Government. In fact among all parties there has been a general agreement • on the attitude and actions of Mr. Eden. There is really no substance in the suggestion put forWard in some quarters that the House is sharply divided into pro. French and pro-German parties. What differences do - exist are, concerned with the extent to which pressure should be put.upon Germany to give guarantees that her breach of treaty.which none condone shall not be repeated. The sense of the House of Commons was well summed up by a Government supporter who remarked that the Government should restrain France but not desert France. '
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