Sir Edward Carson, M.D., anxious to prescribe.]
Before his departure Mr. LLOYD GEORGE, ever thoughtful for the welfare of others, arranged with the Military authorities to give a change of scene to six members of the Clyde Workers' Committee, who have been recently over-straining their vocal chords. This was the impression I got from Dr. ADDISON, who, like his great namesake, is a master of the bland style; but Sir EDWARD CARSON thrust aside official euphemism and bluntly inquired whether these men were not in fact assisting the KING'S enemies, and ought not to be indicted for high treason.
The suppression of a number of _Sinn Fein_ papers in Ireland stimulated Mr. GINNELL to the concoction of a Question about as long as a leading article. To ensure a reply he addressed it simultaneously to the UNDER SECRETARY FOR WAR and the CHIEF SECRETARY FOR IRELAND. In spite of this precaution he was disappointed, for, owing to the storm, Mr. BIRRELL had not received the necessary information from Ireland, while Mr. TENNANT, no doubt for the same reason, had not even received the Question. Mr. GINNELL is now convinced that the official conspiracy against him has been joined by the Clerk of the Weather.
I shall hardly be surprised if the next time I walk down Whitehall I find sandwichmen out with their boards inscribed--
Westminster Aerodrome. Flying every Tuesday. Billing Breaks all Records.
The new Member for East Herts has displayed unprecedented dexterity in catching the SPEAKER'S eye. In three weeks he has already spoken more columns of _Hansard_ than many Members fill during a long Parliamentary career. His speech to-day consisted almost entirely of a catalogue of fatal accidents to aviators, due, he declared, to the faulty engines and machines supplied to them by the Government--"though within twenty miles of here we have a far better machine than the _Fokker_."
Previous to this we had listened to a bright and diverting dialogue between Mr. DUDLEY WARD, representing the Anti-Aircraft Service, and Mr. JOYNSON-HICKS, briefed by the Municipal authorities, on the question of what happened at Ramsgate during the last raid. As they differed _in toto_ on every detail the House was not much the wiser for the discussion, but it was consoled by Mr. JOYNSON-HICKS' remark that "if the MAYOR and TOWN CLERK have lied to me no one will be more pleased than myself."