The Week in Parliament

The Commons

Bristled with disapproval at the Government's refusal to announce its attitude toward the creation of additional League Council seats. (See LEAGUE.) The League of Nations Parliamentary Committee of the House (which represents all parties) unanimously adopted a resolution condemning the admission of any nation other than Germany to a permanent Council seat, at present.

Stiffened indignantly when informed that the Soviet Government has returned to Britain the effects of the pre-Revolution British Embassy, but retained all valuables deposited in the Embassy safes, including a dinner service of solid gold.

Harkened with amusement to a bill presented by Mr. Maxton (Laborite M. P.) providing for the nationalization of the Bank of England.

Beamed approvingly when Premier Baldwin declared that the Government has arranged for an Imperial Conference of all the Dominion Premiers, to meet in London next October.

The Lords

Were diverted by a tale of a drunken fisherman at an English seaside, resort who successfully sued for libel an authoress who had described a drunken fisherman of that resort in one of her novels without so much as mentioning his name. Lord Gorrell told the story, attached to it a moral in the shape of a bill to protect writers from such obviously "put up" libel suits. Sharply criticised, he withdrew the measure for revision.

Scanned in their leisure moments an article, "Do We Need a Mussolini?" contributed to the Sunday Pictorial by Lord Rothermere, its founder, who opined that he could think of three Englishmen of the calibre of II Benito: 1) The Rt. Hon. Sir Eric Campbell Geddes (TIME, March 1, BUSINESS), Chairman of the Dunlop Tire and Rubber Company and Allied Companies, First Lord of the British Admiralty (1917-18); 2) The Rt. Hon. Reginald M'Kenna, Chairman of the Midland Bank, First Lord of the Admiralty (1908-11); 3) Sir Samuel Hardman Lever, Financial Secretary to the Treasury (1916).