Mr. Churchill Declares "Our Aim Victory at All Costs "Come Let Us Go Forward"
London, May 13. ITH unanimity seldom witnessed, the House of Commons today passed with acclamation, a resolution moved by the new Prime Minister, Mr. Winston Churchill, "that the House welcomes; the formation of a government representing the united, inflexible! resolve of the nation to prosecute the war against Germany to a victorious conclusion.'
The voting, which followed a great speech by Mr. Churchill, was 381 votes to nil, The division was insisted upon by Mr. James Maxton, Labour member for the Bridgeton division of Glasgow, and Mr. Campbell Stephen, Independent Labour member for the Camlachie division of Glasgow. As these two members acted as tellers, thei votes did not count.
After the vote, the House adjourned unti) next Tuesday.
'The House of Lords which was far more numerously attended today than on any occasion for a long time past, also unanimously agreed to a motion introduced by the Foreign Secretary, Lord Halifax, and worded similarly to the House' of Commons resolution.
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