It was a warm, sunny afternoon in London, and pretty girls who sold red-&-white cloth flowers for hospital relief had collected many a shilling and sixpence. Men in uniform and mufti, women with market baskets and prams made a quiet crowd at the gates of the House of Commons, through which, between 2:45 and 3:30, streamed the cars and taxis of some 500 Members, 200 privileged private citizens, two dozen diplomats, a score of British and foreign correspondents. About to begin was one of the gravest debates in the history of the world's...
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