§ Mr. BILLINGI desire to ask the leave of the House to move the Adjournment this evening on a matter of urgent public importance, namely, to call attention to the resolution passed at the meeting of London citizens yesterday demanding that the Government shall commence a policy of air reprisals over enemy country without delay, and institute a reasoned system of warning.
§ Mr. SPEAKERThe form in which the hon. Member proposes to move the Adjournment of the House, of calling attention to the resolution passed, will not, I think, quite do. The earlier portion is really irrelevant. The hon. Member is
§ entitled to refer to it in the course of his speech. I will put it in this way: That the hon. Member for East Herts asks leave to move the Adjournment of the House, in order to call attention to a definite matter of argent public importance, namely, the desirability of the Government commencing a policy of air reprisals over enemy country without delay, and instituting a reasoned system of warning. Has the hon. Member the leave of the House?
§ Less than forty Members, but not less than ten, having accordingly risen—
§ Mr. BILLINGI beg to claim a Division, so that the people of this country may know who are for and who against.
§ Question put, "That leave be given to move 'That this House do now adjourn.' "
§ The House divided: Ayes, 25; Noes, 183.
1459| Division No. 55.] | AYES. | [4.5 p.m. |
| Adamson, William | Gretton, Colonel John | Roch, Walter F. (Pembroke) |
| Bethell, Sir John Henry | Houston, Robert Paterson | Scott, A. MacCallum (Glas., Bridgeton) |
| Blair, Reginald | Hunt, Major Rowland | Strauss, Edward A. (Southwark, West) |
| Brookes, Warwick | Jones, W. Kennedy (Hornsey) | Watt, Henry A. |
| Bryce, John Annan | King, Joseph | Wiles, Rt. Hon. Thomas |
| Carr-Gomm, H. W. | Lynch, Arthur Alfred | Yeo, Alfred William |
| Flavin, Michael Joseph | O'Grady, James | |
| Fletcher, John Samuel | Pearce, Sir William (Limehouse) | TELLERS FOR THE AYES.—Mr. |
| Gilbert, J. D. | Pringle, William M. R. | Billing and Mr. Hogge. |
| Grant, James Augustus | ||
| NOES. | ||
| Agg-Gardner, Sir James Tynte | Crooks, Rt. Hon. William | Harris. Henry Percy (Paddington, S.) |
| Astor, Major Hon. Waldorl | Crumley, Patrick | Harvey, T. E. (Leeds. West) |
| Baker, Joseph Alien (Finsbury, E.) | Currie, George W. | Haslam, Lewis |
| Baldwin, Stanley | Dalrymple, Hon. H. H. | Hemmerde, Edward George |
| Baring, Sir Godfrey (Barnstaple) | Davies, Timothy (Lines., Louth) | Hewart, Sir Gordon |
| Barnett, Captain R. W. | Dennison-Pender, J. C. | Hinds, John |
| Bathurst, Col. Hon. A. B. (Glouc, E.) | Denman, Hon. Richard Douglas | Holmes, Daniel Turner |
| Beale, Sir William Phipson | Devlin, Joseph | Holt, Richard Durning |
| Beauchamp, Sir Edward | Dickinson, Rt. Hon. Willoughby N. | Hope, John Deans (Haddington) |
| Bellairs, Commander C. W. | Doris, William | Howard, Hon. Geoffrey |
| Benn, Arthur Shirley (Plymouth) | Dougherty, Rt. Hon. Sir J. B. | Hughes, Spencer Leigh |
| Bentinck, Lord H. Cavendish- | Duffy, William J. | Illingworth, Rt. Hon. Albert H. |
| Bliss, Joseph | Duke, Rt. Hon. Henry Edward | Ingleby, Holcombe |
| Boland, John Plus | Falconer, James | Jackson, Lt.-Col. Hon. F. S. (York) |
| Boyton James | Falle, Sir Bertram Godfray | Jacobsen, Thomas Owen |
| Brace, Rt. Hon. William | Fell, Arthur | Jardine, Sir John (Roxburghshire) |
| Bridgeman, William Clive | Firench, Peter | Johnston, sir Christopher |
| Broughton, Urban Hanlon | Fisher, Rt. Hon. H. A. L, (Hallam) | Jones, J. Towyn (Carmarthen, East) |
| Bull, Sir William James | Fisher, Rt. Hon. W Hayes (Fulham) | Knight, Captain Eric Ayshford |
| Butcher, John George | Fleming, Sir J. (Aberdeen, S.) | Lambert, Rt. Hn. G. (Devon, S. Molton) |
| Byles, Sir William Pollard | Forster, Rt. Hon. Henry William | Larmor, Sir J. |
| Carew C. R. S. | Galbraith, Samuel | Law, Rt. Hon. A. Bonar (Bottle) |
| Carlile, Sir Edward Hildred | Gibbs, Col. George Abraham | Law, Hugh A. (Donegal, West) |
| Cave, Rt. Hon, Sir George | Goddard, Rt. Hon. Sir Daniel Ford | Locker-Lampson, G. (Salisbury) |
| Cecil, Lord Hugh (Oxford University) | Goldstone, Frank | Lonsdale, Sir John Brownlee |
| Cecil, Rt. Hon. Lord R. (Herts, Hitchin) | Goulding, Sir Edward Alfred | Lough, Rt. Hon. Thomas |
| Chancellor Henry George | Greenwood, Sir G. G. (Peterborough) | Lundon, Thomas |
| Clancy, John Joseph | Greig, Colonel James William | MacCaw, William J. MacGeagh |
| Coats, Sir Stuart A. (Wimbledon) | Guest, Capt. Hon. F. E. [Dorset, E.) | Macdonald, Rt. Hon. J. M. (Falk. B'ghs) |
| Collings, Major Godfrey P. (Greenock) | Gulland, Rt. Hon. John William | Macleod, John Mackintosh |
| Collins, Sir Stephen (Lambeth) | Gwynn, Stephen Lucius (Galway) | Macmaster, Donald |
| Collins, Sir W. (Derby) | Hackett, John | MacNeill, J. G. Swift (Donegal, South) |
| Cornwall, Sir Edwin A. | Hamilton, C. G. C. (Ches., Altrincham) | McNeill, Ronald (Kent., St. Augustine's) |
| Cowan, Sir W. H. | Hamilton, Rt. Hon. Lord C. J. | Macpherson, James Ian |
| Craig, Col. James (Down, E.) | Hancock, J. G. | Maden, Sir John Henry |
| Croft, Brigadier-General Henry Page | Hardy, Rt. Hon. Laurence | Magnus, Sir Philip |
| Mallalieu, Frederick William | Roberts, Charles H. (Lincoln) | Thorne, G. R. (Wolverhampton) |
| Mason, James F. (Windsor) | Roberts, George H. (Norwich) | Tootill, Robert |
| Millar, James Duncan | Roberts, sir J. H. (Denbighs) | Turton, Edmund Russborough |
| Molloy, Michael | Robertson, Rt. Hon. J. M. (Tyneside) | Ward. A. S. (Harts, Watford) |
| Montagu, Rt. Hon. E. S. | Russell, Rt. Hon. Thomas W. | Warner, Sir Thomas Courtenay |
| Morgan, George Hay | Rutherford, Watson (L'pool, W. Derby) | Wason, Rt. Hon. E. (Clackmannan) |
| Morison, Thomas B. (Inverness | Samuels, Arthur W. | Wason, John Cathcart (Orkney) |
| Muldoon, John | Samuel, Rt. Hon. H. L. (Cleveland) | Watson, Hon. W. (Lanark, S.) |
| Munro, Rt. Hon. Robert | Seely, Lt-Col Sir C. H. (Mansfield) | White, J. Dundas (Glasgow, Tradeston) |
| Newman, Major John R. P. | Shaw, Hon. A. | Whiteley, Herbert James. |
| O'Brien, Patrick (Kilkenny) | Sherwell, Arthur James | Whittaker, Rt. Hon. Sir Thomas P. |
| O'Dowd, John | Shortt, Edward | Whitty, Patrick Joseph |
| Orde-Pewlett, Hon. W. G. A. | Smith, Harold (Warrington) | Williams, Aneurin (Durham, N.W.) |
| Ormsby-Gore, Hon. William | Smith, Sir Swire (Keighley, Yorks) | Williams, Col. Sir Robert (Dorset, W.) |
| Paget, Almeric Hugh | Soames, Arthur Wellesley | Williamson, Sir Archibald |
| Parker, James (Halifax) | Spear, Sir John Ward | Wilson, W. T. (Westhoughton) |
| Pearce, Sir Robert (Staffs, Leek) | Stanley, Rt. Hon. Sir A. H.(Asht'n-u-Lyne) | Wilson-Fox, Henry |
| Pease, Rt. Hon. Herbert Pike(Darlington) | Stewart, Gershorn | Winfrey, Sir Richard |
| Philipps, Capt. Sir Owen (Chester) | Stirling, Lieut.-Col. Archibald | Wing, Thomas Edward |
| Pratt, J. W. | Strauss, Arthur (Paddington, North) | Wood, Rt. Hon. T. McKinnon (Glasgow) |
| Price, C. E. (Edinburgh, Central) | Sykes, Col Sir A. J. (Ches., Knutsford) | Young, William (Perthshire, East) |
| Rea, Walter Russell (Scarborough) | Sykes, Sir Mark (Hull, Central) | Younger, Sir George |
| Reddy, Michael | Talbot, Lord Edmund | Yoxall, Sir James Henry |
| Rees, G. C. (Carnarvonshire, Arton) | Taylor, John W. (Durham) | |
| Rees, Sir J. D. (Nottingham, E.) | Taylor, Theodore C. (Radcliffe) | TELLERS FOR THE NOES.—Mr. J- |
| Reid, Rt. Hon. Sir G. | Terrell, George (Wilts, N.W.) | Hope and Mr. Beck. |