A Memorable Sitting.

Manawatu Times, Volume XL, Issue 13581, 21 December 1916, Page 5

A Memorable Sitting.

WITNESSED BY CROWDED HOUSE. LLOYD GEORGE'S TRIUMPH. (Aust. and N.Z. Cable Association.) (Received Wednesday, 5.50 p.m.) . * LONDON, Dec. 19. Crowds in Parliament Street and Palace Yard watched the arrival of members who arrived before noon to appropriate their seats. The House was crowded, every corner of the gallories and gangways were overflowing. The Peers' Gallery was* packed. Mr Massey and Sir Joseph Ward were in the Distinguished Strangers' Gallery. There were also representatives of France, Italy, Belgium and neutrals, including Mr Page, the American Ambassador, in the Strangers' Gallery. There was more khaki than civilian dress. Women waited for hours in the corridor behind the Ladies' Gallery. The House was soon plunged into business dealing with questions. One answer declared that the military punishment of '' crucifixion" could not be abandoned. To another question the promise was given that official action would be taken to stop the slaughter of pigs. Mr Lloyd George entered looking pale. His illneßS has not yet been shaken off. Ho was greeted with loud cheers from all sides. Cheers also greeted, Mr Asquith and Mr Bonar Law. For the first time in his career Mr Lloyd George confronted Mr Asquith, with whom were some fragments of the late Cabinet. ' There was a remarkable scene. It was the little Welsh lawyer's day of triumph. He took the floor amid renewed cheering. His early sentences about the peace offer and the declaration that swashbuckling through the streets of Europe must be stopped and his trust in Britain's unbroken army brought him into, close sympathy with his hearers. And sd the speech proceeded.