”Members listened with anxious attention, and there was evident relief and satisfaction when it was found that the Cabinet has resolved to grasp the nettle boldly.” The Government responded to the anti-German rioting, which by now had spread to South Africa, by proposing plans to intern or repatriate the majority of enemy aliens, and requiring naturalised ones to satisfy the authorities of their loyalty. “The reception was most favourable” in the Commons and there was no time wasted in setting the policy into action, as the Metropolitan Police Commissioner ordered the arrest of enemy aliens of military age in London.