Great Britain

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIII, Issue 73, 25 November 1915, Page 5

Great Britain

LORD DERBY HITS' OUT. HOUSE OF LORDS IN NEED OF CENSOR. ■ \ .. ST. DAVID'S AND RIBBLESDALE'S SPEECHES. [United Pbbbß Association.j (Received 11.5 a.m.) London, November 24. Lord Derby, addressing the members of the Stock Exchange, said he disliked to think that the House of Lords needed a censor, but there were two speeches that ought to have been censored. He could give the lio direct to Lord St. David's accusations. Ho could sum up the speech in a • tow words: No gentleman would have said it, and no gentleman will believe it. Referring to Lord Ribblesdale's speech, Lord Derby said: "The man who gives information to the eneniy goes under an ugly name,- and that name should be given just as much to a speech delivered in the House of Lords as to a man risking his life to !get information for the enemy. We have the right to ask Lord Ribbles--1 dale where he got the information which he said was' common knowledge. If the War Office did not know it, where, think you, will he-find the-peo-ple who doF" .•',"..

•POST-BELLUM LEGISLATION.

(Received 8.45 a.m.) London, November 24. J In the House of Commons, the Parliamentary and Registration Bill is being reconsidered owing to some Conservatives objecting to the first clause, whereby the session of this Parliament, and the next after the termination of the war, will be deemed to be the fifth under the Parliament Act, thereby enabling a Plural Voting Bill to be passed.