Spirit of the links

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THE SPIRIT OF THE LINKS
"`
M
R.
L
ABOR:
I could give them all a stroke a
hole! (" Oh, oh.
")
" `
T
HE
S
PEAKER:
I must ask the hon, member not
to persist in these reflections on the playing quality
of the Government servants in Morocco, and to with-
draw what he has already said.
"'
M
R.
L
ABOR:
I withdraw. No doubt they are
all Vardons. (" Order, order.
")
" `
T
HE
S
ECRETARY OF
S
TATE FOR
F
OREIGN
A
FFAIRS:
It may interest the hon, gentleman
the member for Woolwich, to know that a cable
received at the Foreign Office this morning stated
that the British Consul at Mogador had just holed
out with a mashie shot. (Loud and prolonged
cheering.)
" `
G
REAT
B
RITAIN AND
R
USSIA
"'In answer to Mr. T. Box (+ 4), the P
RIME
M
INISTER
(+ 7) said that there was no development
to report in the negotiations which were at present
proceeding with the Government of Russia. The
British Government had suggested that under clause
563B of the Hague Convention the differences exist-
ing between the two Governments should be decided
by one professional foursome, but Russia had replied
that this suggestion was obviously unfair, unless the
British Government gave an undertaking not to select
Taylor and Braid as their representatives. In the
absence of a friendly understanding on such lines as
these, there would be nothing for it but for the
British Government to pour golfers into Russia with
a view to winning all their monthly medals and cups,
and with such a possibility in view detachments of
our best players had been mobilised and were now