7 APRIL 1939, Page 3

Although not all of Mr. Lloyd George's assumptions would be

generally accepted, his speech had the desirable effect of disturbing some of the Government Members who had not yet grasped the full implications of the Polish guar- antee. Any debate in which Mr. Lloyd George and Mr. Churchill both take part discloses how few, in the present Parliament, are our " oratorical gladiators." There was some surprise that Sir John Simon was chosen to wind up for the Government. It was felt to be hardly an occasion for a word-eating exhibition. But the Chancellor blandly asked what imputations of inconsistency matter compared with our tremendous task, and no one felt inclined, for the moment, to give him an answer.

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