[Cheers.] I ask the House to pass this vote for 500,000 men.
Bonar Law's Support.
_Mr. Bonar Law_--The right honorable gentleman in the statement he has
just made has left me nothing to say except to express our hearty
support of all the measures which the Government are taking in this
crisis. From the point of view of the Government and of this House we
welcome the putting down of this vote as showing that both the
Government and the House of Commons are determined, whatever the cost,
whatever the sacrifice, to see this thing through. [Cheers.] I agree
entirely with the words which I heard the Prime Minister use in another
place the other day, that in what has taken place so far we have every
ground for encouragement and every reason for pride in what is being
done by our troops. I agree entirely with what the Prime Minister has
said about the action of our soldiers on the field of battle. It does
not surprise us. We knew that the old spirit was there still. But I
think it has to some extent at least surprised our enemies. But while we
have reason to be gratified by the action which the Government has taken
and which this House has supported them in taking, I think as a nation
we have quite as much reason to be proud of the spirit which is shown by
our countrymen in rushing to the standard as we have even in what has
been done by our soldiers on the field of battle.
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