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Finally, Mr. Rhys Davies won the credit of moving a

more useful private members' motion than usual against the private manufacture of arms. The House was much more favourable to Sir A. Chamberlain's contention that what could be controlled was the traffic in arms, and to the plea that others should copy our system of export licences. Mr. Mitcheson moved 'a negativing amendment effectively and Mr. Duff Cooper took well one of his rare chances to make in official speech ; but it is unsatisfactory that so many of these debates should end on the pious aspiration that more nations should be like us I