4 DECEMBER 1936, Page 3

Sir Archibald Sinclair was on hardly firmer ground when he

argued that the Bill, if passed, should not be operated until all the countries on the non-intervention Committee had agreed to follow Great Britain's example. A first-class Government reply was provided by Mr. Eden, who demonstrated in a speech that carried conviction to every mind that was not closed to argument how greatly he has improved his position in the House in recent months. A word of praise is due to the speech of Wing-Commander James, who had arrived from Spain that morning. He performed with great skill the difficult task of giving a frank report to the House of the situation as he had seen it, without embarrassing the position of his colleagues in Madrid.