When the House of Commons reassembled on Tuesday, Mr. Chamberlain
asked for the whole time of the House for Govern- ment business. The Government would present four Bills dealing with unemployment, and the Prime Minister would make a general statement of policy. He hoped that the House would deal with the Bills " in a non-party and as far as possible non- contentious atmosphere," and that the work would be done in a fortnight. In the discussion which followed it was made clear that members desired to raise other questions, such as Ireland, Russia and India, and the financial position of the country. Mr. Chamberlain promised to give a day for an Irish debate, if it were desired, and a day for the Silesian problem. In reply to some members who stated the Bolshevik case, Colonel Ward said that the Russian peasants had hidden much corn for fear lest it should be stolen by the Bolshevik com- missaries, and that the famine was produced by gross misrule. The trade agreement with the Bolsheviks had not reduced unemployment here, as its advocates had promised.
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