Parliament at Work Our Parliamentary Correspondent writes : " The
Ottawa debates were begun in the right spirit in the House of Commons on Tuesday. None of the principal speakers forgot argument for or against the agreements in favour of invective against each other. Mr. Cham- berlain indeed aroused little enthusiasm, because the House seemed to expect something more detailed or dramatic than an analysis of the principles of the agree- ment. Sir Herbert Samuel had a courteous hearing, and so far toned down the case which he has made outside the House as to give the impression that he was chiefly concerned to amend the agreements by making them terminable at six months' notice. That is, however, probably the only change he feels it even remotely possible to carry in the present House of Commons. His final appeal for tolerant appreciation of his motives in leaving the Government was finely done, and evoked an iinmediate response.
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