The Week in Parliament Our Parliamentary Correspondent writes : The
state- ment of the First Lord of the Admiralty that " Germany has agreed never again. to resort to what was known during the War as unrestricted submarine warfare " received an unexpectedly hostile reception from some Labour Members. They insisted angrily that there was no chance that Germany would honour her undertaking in an emergency, and were in no way mollified by Sir Bolton Eyres-Monsell's sensible retort that their objections " meant a policy of despair ; no treaty would be made with anybody—it would mean returning to jungle rule." The distrust and fear of.Germany, more vocal and deeply 'rooted on the Labour benches than in any other part of the House, makes their objections to an increased Air Force very difficult to understand except on the basis of tactical considerations of the strength of the Peace vote in the country.
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