its plea, besought the House to
refrain from effort to drive Ireland. The part her people have taken in
the War side by side with British comrades was splendid.

"I am," he said, "as proud of the Ulster Regiments as I am of the
Nationalist Regiments. If five years ago any one had predicted that in a
great war in which the Empire was engaged 95,000 recruits would have
been raised from Ireland and that there would be 151,143 Irishmen with
the colours, would he not have been looked upon as a lunatic?"

One note of discord came from little group below Gangway on Liberal
side. Unable to withstand temptation to obtain mean little triumph, they
refused to permit withdrawal of Amendment, as suggested by BONAR LAW and
accepted by CARSON, and it was perforce negatived.

ALL FOR IRELAND--A WAR-TIME HARMONY.

[Illustration: Mr. Bonar Law, Mr. Redmond, Sir Edward Carson.]

_Business done._--Military Service Bill in Committee.

_Wednesday_, 2.10 A.M.--House adjourned after ten hours' wrestling with
Military Service Bill.

Once upon a time, not so far back, there was an Irish Member who, on his
triumphant return to Westminster, took the oath and his seat at 4
o'clock in the afternoon, delivered his maiden speech at 6.50, and on
the stroke of midnight was suspended for disorderly conduct.

That a record difficult to beat. The Member for Australia (London
address, St. George's, Hanover Square) with characteristic modesty
diffidently approached it. Taking his seat last Wednesday, he to-day
delivered his maiden speech. It was risky in face of the sound axiom,
adapted from nursery discipline, that new Members should (for a
reasonable period) be seen, not heard. As a breaker of unwritten law Sir
GEORGE has extenuation of success. This due to intrinsic merits of
speech. Foremost of these was brevity. Furthermore, it was in the best
sense a contribution to debate, arising directly out of question sprung
upon Committee. No asphyxiating smell of the lamp about it. Sound in
argument, felicitous in phrase.

IVOR HERBERT had moved amendment to Military Service Bill, bring within
its purview all unmarried men as they attain the age of eighteen years.
The Bill calls to the colours only those who on 15th August last had
reached that age.

"When the flames of destruction are approaching the fabric of our
liberties," said Sir George REID by way of peroration, "let us save our
house first and discuss our domestic rearrangements afterwards."