"I ESPY STRANGERS"
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The House of Commons was plunged on the Treasury bench; there wre ■ few soldiers in .tho Strangers G^ Mr. King raised a point of foreign der-Secretary, protested hat the matter was against thejrabUc » lterest { - Mr King persisted, and a lew mieslatfr Lord Robert Cecil, rising, announced, "I ospy strangers. Tho Speaker at once put the motion. "That all strangers be directed to withdraw," and this was carried. The House and all other galleries emptied at once, and the House resolved itself into secret session aB-7. Tho House adjourned at 9.30 wituous having again opened to strangers. The most famous instance of the use of tho phrase "I strangers occurred on April 27, 1875, when Mr. Joe Biggar used it. Under the then ruto tho House was at once cleared, among the expelled "strangers" being King Edward, then Prince o \UI« Aβ » result tho rulo was altered, and now the question whether stiangers shall withdraw is put to a division.
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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 150, 14 March 1918, Page 6
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165"I ESPY STRANGERS" Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 150, 14 March 1918, Page 6
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