The Stratford Evening Post WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE EGMONT SETTLER SATURDAY, MAY 13, 1916. THE SESSION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXX, Issue 33, 13 May 1916, Page 4

The Stratford Evening Post WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE EGMONT SETTLER SATURDAY, MAY 13, 1916. THE SESSION.

The Parliamentary special correspond--1 ent of the Press says there is no indication of anything to justify tho hope of a short session. When the House met there was simply an avalanche of questions and a rather larger number than usual of private members’ Bills. The latter manifest nothing of great importance, but if the character of the questions and the notices of motion can be taken as an indication of the temper of the House, the session may yet develop into one of ordinary length. There is even a suggestion now that the Compulsion Bill will not be given tho easy passage widely predicted for it. Very few members will oppose it on the general | ground advanced by anti-militarists j that conscription is too big a price to pay for victory. Those members who* hold that view will be a very small minority. There will be a very much larger number, it is suggested, who ■ will take advantage of the opportunity to cavil at the defence administration and the working of the recruiting sys- > tem, suggesting rather than arguing, 1 that compulsion is not necessary. 'lhe game of politics is certainly a shady one. |