The Week in Parliament

(British Commonwealth of Nations)

The Commons--

P: Grew petulant when Sir Austen Chamberlain refused to bind himself to a definite policy respecting League Council seats on the eve of his departure for Geneva (see THE LEAGUE).

P: Nodded approval when the Speaker rebuked Mr. David Kirkwood, fire-eating Clydesider, when he shouted angrily across the floor at Lady Astor while she was advocating protective medical tests for women industrial workers.

P: Perused with twinges of alarm a statement presented to it in the Government Blue Book that the U. S. Navy is now installing 5-inch anti-aircraft guns, whereas all British naval aircraft guns are of 1-inch calibre, and the guns formerly employed were 3-inch.

P: Heard from the lips of Mr. Arthur M. Samuel, Secretary for the Overseas Trade Department, that the British Government has felt compelled to decline an invitation to exhibit at the Philadelphia Sesquicentennial Exposition, on the grounds of imperative national economy.