GREAT BRITAIN: Parliament's Week: Jan. 2, 1933

The Lords— ¶Approved a sharp warning by War Minister Viscount Hailsham that two years in jail is still the legal penalty for blabbing what has been said at a Cabinet meeting. Lord Hailsham left no doubt that his words were a hit at blabbing Commoner David Lloyd George.

"Certainly there has been a perfect orgy of this sort of thing," cried Baron Rankeil-lour. "I greatly fear that some of His Majesty's ministers and former ministers have forgotten the context of their oath."

Amid strong cheers from Their Lordships the attempted squelching of Mr. Lloyd George was endorsed by Viscount...

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