' ^ ' ... ' * " .......


i- ■ '


iBrltlsh. ere a hioster-


Ilf with. |.s th^m. mor- ■


I'.yay he j l)Comise-1


; peace-


Iso long; rlin. • . '


pictator-! .nation'


[(jTudgea- . CO truce;


Ji.e have i I support, le whole I lets, but t;t every Iromlsedi ■Perhaps luse will- lie!there. . line any- Iresldent latiy'up- 1 relaxa- fmaryet: I Since


Die civi-.i


Litude of hiust be. we are


l i t at all all the


I ; is,eve's Ivdt^ in I welcome , at ileast . t out*! and I


I nation's touse of


I je-lfitro^ [11-knowit Cabinet


lemm^t ! there -is


bucce^ful Buffers- in . able Wn


st |b'rains


aiit :hon- retisons


they have, i


I a ^uiiited on. eater


The will


barties, or ItourideS- be criti-


|d to to n pp! to I the


Cabinet!


Ind of |e motitbsi- eBort toi ich


lat is I the, v'Sunday alii


fay wnl ‘ ruej I


the-.


I itoiTpedocd the liusltanla en route .from York, and the linier s , mk with a, loss of ljl.98 livbs, a special ijiedal was struck by Germthy


"When German liU!


to commemorate tbis gireat; achievepent. .will -thb Nazl' leadei; f "ollow " suit and lmnrorta|llse the


■ torpedoing ■out warning. (H


bmlrid for Canada on .1,400 passengers, 3J1 tinited States


'supplied \tith 1 boi iits.


Hie sinking is m-dp ect cbnti-aventlon of the niies'regardinglsutjniarine warfar^! by’ which


got swept iinder rescue ship and wa


[Thbjltner yvas. atti ked wlth- I Pi,'TO


passengers were ei^epually^rescue^ by other


unately ’she so' that


: ihlps. Tnuraber Wcp killed by thb explosion jand in an .accident tb a ibpat: | which ' the steip, of. a sunk by thbi propeller,


<je*mapy is bouridi The German ■ Njews Agency, denied responsibility for the/gpktog, saying that in ^cepr lance with : the ihst-uc- tions of Hitler,! Gem any :was dobig notUng' •contrary to international law and'treaties sighed by the Reich! Hitler’s “ pledged W(jrd”


. is riot worth thb pa S r-it is written: on. Mr; S. M. Holden,


Mr! Graham IW M.I


old age, pensloh leader. M^P., andjMr. P.


the jwar., M.


Oliver,! barrister, w bfb invited' toj} addrei s ; a week'siold age peris|pn campaign .meeting at Manchester. The irieetings .'haye jbeen lostr ponedibn account c-f


" sale ex-pump in England and 'W'ales Is., .^ays M. ;^lad: er, the.,'Prerich j P-ime


ill be on


ment.j The fate of ‘bf Hlffler.'-. He has


Minister : “.^ e re sponsibility foj-, the h -shed rests' wholly ph’the Hitlerite Go\ 'peace was in


sure, if they are op to iwoffh,' that they -sheltefc is in th'e strb


bf Berlins Id conbes- bne jo^ in ■ I enslaved.' . Lomes, Ilike .■ i wakia bnd You yelp I ree City of: '


lew-bal^irig. tare to be' I its status,; i ; For ithe.


; are over. J (though.,


Jidards! o,f, ; pted. Froiii. - i hat.ls the |


: language { !No one. |


bur of the I circulate i


hd English, i ries of the tSenclies, j i


ance and


i;ex.soIdler ; mazement,-,. t


■people are - lot divided ; i leir cash- to> n-ots chirp-' I 1 nothing.i^.j


blicy before I Bljand ithe ,


J has come, : poncesslohs .er "phrase j


anlch now,,; nwealth 'of :


I fbar, and i , not.”


aate made j !


I does not ! for,forge,,, |


whilst'itravelluiig by sirile, lie dowri. •Clithetoe mill work; .their masks.


snriskSiWith them .ererjrwhere, ard to iiake shopping, or Dn tjhe know- where .he ne - its. If there' s nb p


Civilians an ad'i


shelt*,-cover should.be takenlta; She pegrest basement, or huildtig. If caiighfj -,bt tr if ;


. ain, one shriuli It is stated that


rilled war.' ’.sed to carry


the -hfmds th,eir


gas


irest iblic


way


raid pos- one


leople, were sent hem i for


-the Board of irTradrii-under the InpbhiDOrtB. Ex- j)orts ;and Customb Powers (Deferide) Act. .Thb,: object is to limit-Imports of.:, luxuries -and goods- of wheh. there; are, $|ifflcient didme lsuppliesi and rio conserve ;exch£(n^i for ■it/hfe additional pupchasds of-other, products ! The main' categories


-excem; under


The-import of certain-goods-is prolil-ited, .


rrnrf(> -im . . . Swaffer. "Our world-wide Jewish democratic enemy


'offgobds-coveted by j l ithe order a r e J :?ottery- Md gless,


rebuired in| war title, uc uu uii i


■perfumery games and


ffoptWear), I certain : oheiriicals soap, II: office wrttei[s), : mo


writches, tejrt-lle goo is and apparel.:,(irita idtag macltoeiT- (taclui


bloc: C


ppints,- type-,


;or cirs, musicta tastfutaents,'


arid tc lief , requisite, toyi'^nd- xury foodstuffs.!


■ jTen gold cotas,'ever. 1,000 years pld have) ■heen.Iound ill ante irthenware. jar dug ip by ; soldirirp digging trenches on Prance’s western; .itentier. 1


■' ' - - ■ ■ ■


■■who were feerVtag their sentences-at I Fenton-; ville Prlsori have brien released oris,acporint»pf the probab'ilifjy of v-ar. I


t( uSe cigarette' holders biitts and [use'the tbbacco.for plpe;^oktag.


-Anl; Italian peasant has won £5ib0(


Ihtoiast sixp .get the sixpe


:made; the hurriedly,


A 'large! ijumbet-of short-term-prisoners,


' has succeeded in exciting the British people into a State of war with Gemany.j We have nothing to ipse and everytita; to gain,” says


cutlery, ,clo cls landi Hitler. Whi ,t a hope. I.


agatost the llighttag-restriil m


tibh post, n(anned by the


to',: sunrise, of , the Blrickpool Towe telephone i communicatk headquartei


Accrington -Corporation


To simplify the-task of ,ijeteeftari offenders etitns, ah obs'erva^^


me ponce from sunset ji i , has been estailisied at the'top


It is ta direct with . police


(jhaigley Manor Institutlb|i service for the reception,of or more children.


hajve brought: the into temporary


To Isave tobacco i Germans are betag tpld|


or tb sa,ve ; cigarette: with


mce hri had ta a lottery . To' nee he had,to pawn;hiS sioes.


Miss Gpacle Fields is back, rigata. She -Peacehaven. j


are going to [New York to investigate the case of -trie Penjvian child , who h& becime ri mother at- the agri; of: five.


Doctors from all-parts of thf Dnitfi States ; smuggled out of G irmany, by a ,


taken to , £10,000


iVorth Ataerica for examination. of plattau) [She Iq betag


, had ■ beeri refug le who


hadjjit nioiilded ifto door handles for his car. ■ -


magnifying'glass is retiuhed' in order to see ■ the time.


alt !ek- ten yriars wojrk. It is ,so ^


'watc'imaker small that a


Tije’smallest wateh ta the world-hris beeri m ade by a - Sofif,, Bulgaria, ter


, Paris .dressmakers are experitaentii g with a new material for suinmer friclte which is made from Bpecially, treated gniM.;,


' ‘wild fntits are plentiful iri[tlie Lake -DistrWt S 4 the:mbuntrita:ash is yerj full of berriy- Haijvesttagi is ta full s\yta[g ^nd the


■ crops are good. ■ a|


tin of taod found in an anrierit Egyptian tomb nerir Luxor firis crinvinceo Egyp ologists--


.that a forrii of canned food existeq before theitimri of Cleopatra,'


Ienoils etc.


■ evaCuatibn animals I ha— , --


The w v c i i .


zLo authorities have completed their without) a hitch.- i All tfie rarer


has; beeri nfecessary to destroy .about


■ and sconiirins in :trie insect house. j


:.a bait ta the riveritTsk, i', j ' '


- lihe maximum time betwe€ij;a warning and ! !


the beginning of: a raid “'ail than six or t seven: minutes, jta 'addition to thri long wailirig sounds, warnings may be given by trie police and air raid ward®as with


■ short blast's'on whistles. : | !|' A-hat wdm by Marie Antoihette lias-been


found at ari'auctioh sale held hear VerMUles. 'Bespite the age ol the hat even the ribbons ■were almost perfectly)preserved.


the-venomous snakes and somq ofjjthri spiders ' I ■ ' —i---- , 'I 1..' ■ I ;


-


jf vw ■——— -— J I , -oViniif forty of New Brunswick. says


- u t


ve been sent to, TOiipsrisjde. It — 1..^!


A five pound;trout has been caught by a small boy trith 'a, bent hook aN a


journey from; the Isle [of Capri apd has .arrived at her'Ihqme at


'i-egulations-rtheyj are mo involve penalties of impnsbnment ; and, fines. Remember ,that rays of' h^h; from windows and skylights may be attejiced with serious consequences to the locility in kvhlch' you


Failure to comply w th stringent—may


•live. Patience and extrei i f :are will be re­ quired of drivers, of mote - ivaiicles at night. Here agauri regulations 'vill be strictly en­ forced, and those motor sis who'have, hot got a-copy of the reguktioiis; should make application! rit the Police ^ti tion. : Red rear lamps, hooded and dimm:d te. that no light is thrown flrectly upward -tad no appreci­ able light is! thrown on t ib ground, are now obligatory |m' all pedal c; clijts'between-sun­


set and sunrise.;


articles, ta Press.


' '


America’! warm - sym;.;)atlyi with. Great Britain an,i France is e all'sections ol


tribute to the personal leadership of'Mr. Chamberlain,” says the ‘ New |


cpf( saed ita, leading tbs jUhited. States


“ It is prirtlcularly'thej-tanment'to pay a Yojrk Times.”


“ He has riken magniflcei tly to the responsi­ bility of a great decision,’) the paper, adds. Certainly the British pco lie, and the French people with-the British, crinidt fail to have derived strength and irspimion .from the quality of the leadership thap they'have had this respect] their' positiori is.


fundamentrilly different' irqni that -of the


German people. ... . . . We 'shall have chance to [see how far iite pltae taught at the' end or a whip will £ erVe as a substitute


for, the loyal patriotism -ifja free people.” “ This struggle will no;'erd)!short of total


victory of defeat,” sa te the ,New , YOrk Herald Tribute.”


The “Philadelphia Inquirer’" s a y s “Hitler 'j


is exposed before all thi we rid : for what he is--a ;eloubae -dealing tat;rniitipnal- racketeer and g)angs er.” ,


"Newark Ledger” : ■''We must assist to the battle against Hitler. 1! ’j, )


I ' ;


sympathies at the outse; arje idisttactly with the Europilan democracies-”


Here are some Canadii .ni vfews “■W


Cleveland Plata Dealer American


j . , ‘


restricted rail


;wlll be: reduced as and from 'September 11..


.)!. ' , . DP,LINE ''


! Members of the public utllisng the railway are asked 'to note that the nrmbei) of


SERVICE Mondaj


mothers with two th e : black-out


i


ood- em-


i6d.! per gallon.'


xationfed. 5>lBtritu,t6ts I throughout , the coiintiw havd drrat .^ to poql a)l theii re­ source and,,after me individual brands still, In pock at gardes and sfervice Stations nave been sold by them sjt the prices how ru tag, one . grade oily of motor 1 spirit' wll. be supplied to the public. -This splrittwilI be called “pool” imoti:-,spirit and Iw


■: 'V j » ; Prom .Septepbeh iOth, ' petrotl is td be-


vas amply bout 1000


a Portuguese


The finder hgs presented hospital.


the Athenii :out' Sunday I night ? i Of [the werp returning to |the ' w


, Lohdon I recently.! tiep to a tondon'


by Silesian peasants becauf cost of wool. The paperd to make the material.


Suits made of newspapf


mumber of crocodiles. All railway engine drive


e 0 art


a:


■e being wem the Ifixcessive pulped down


Gunboats gre being usb- l oi stretches of


, being equipped with steel the footplate during air ra


ised” and will be g§ Eiigland for use ta>;


arid firemen are ieln.ets for use;.on


ds.


3,000,000 hemtag pigeon i will be "mobU- hered frem all parts of


rial I :ec( nnaissance. Hundreds o ; young couples have-flocked to


the principal register offices in London, to give notice of marriage, and to try to' arraiige


the eai-lle'st rbssible date lor' the ceremoriy. Registrars are working at [pop speed and are staying at their offices all qay. (3iieues waited outside seven .1 offices.


A civilian ^rvice of Medic il Officers for


the treatmen; of casualties ii hospitals-has been organised by the Mimstr/ of Health. It is known as -hePniergeniw Aledical Service, and Medical Officers In th i serviceicalled up for whole-time duties I in hospitals |wlll wear on the right arm a twin brass! rd wifli E.M.S. in deep red eln a blue bacjegn|und. I


a shortage of black clolh^ following the demands' made requirements.


Manufaotui ers of mounring materials fear s for A.R.P.


for The National A.R.P. Alitajals, Committee


appeal to twners of anmas not to have their pets needlessly destre ye'(3 at the present time. , A scheme-the coiitattee emphasise has been wo ’ked-out in all riangeri areas to deal'with arhnals in an biriergency. i There is no Immediate shortage pf gnimal foodl


There I is a , strong appeil


the building trade to en; ol demolition parties in whicl, treir skill can be utilised in the public interest


10 workmen in in rescue and


The Germm people are


.any but the Germm point it ah offence for any Genri)


Mr. Geoffiley Swaffer; a street joumaiist was killed a car ta which he was a during: the black-out, witl irp-road.


hi bidden to hear if -dew by making ,n to have a wire­


less set capable of recelvir fe roreigri stations. well-known Fleet-


bn Saturday when a^iiger collided tram ta Ken-


-g, brothet


wrifler,|who was ,t Liverpool-ioad, if Mr. Hanrien


Great ptepqrations had been made


Clitheroe Congregatlonalist Church harvest festival services.to be held last .^eeW end, but, unfortunately, oWtag tb tl^e crisis, these had to; be .curtailed. Althoufh the supply; of I flowers’, fruit- arid' product genep ally, on Sunday; was not nearly-so: plentiful


ad ta iprevlous years, nevertheless it -was a fln^ display and those responsible are |to be,


the Amazon to combat a rpid increase in the ^specimens and, illustrative material' INTERCESSION.


The morning service, bonduoti minister (Rev. J. A. Staclafr)'-


congratulated; - Tables’ on either; side!.of the cbirimpnlon were set apart; for exhibit^-rep­ resentative 01 the, industries arid tfi ides of Clitheroe—a new and novel featurd of this; year's festival There were eidiibltB of vdrious branches of the-cotton industry, wtll,e th limestone, gaS and its by-products, pnfl the printing Indpstries were, all , represented by


'flsi well by the


. attended, there being an exceptionally large number of young people. At the ohteet, Mr. Sinclair said that although they tael) under strange and yery grim clrcumstanres, he would! carry out all the .preparatibns |made for the young people's portion of the service, devoting the remainder of the time tp glided, intercession‘in that hour of nation il' ind in­ ternational crisis.


I . ' [, ' The' Young! 'Worshippers’' Leagu^ part of


the service, which was exceedingly wp 1 done, included, a duet, “The light of Ip-re,” by Doreen Houlker and May Shuttle\)ro|ri,h, and two sacred dialogues, entitled “Flowers and blossoms”, and"Plants we eat,” av Kath­ leen Radcliffe, Mary Sellars and :-Vefa Geldard. Lessons and poetry were head by; Maiy Wood, Helen Yhomber, Rlta;-ishcroft, Rphnie ’Turner, Eric Stone,: aid Alan


Parkinson, - . |


!on behalf of; the King and Statesmen, for Boland ta her ' hour of extremity tor the evacuees, for: those men of the (jhureh whb were called' to military service, rind for the coming of the kingdom of God. IpapK were also offered for the calm determipation, pur-


gation took part ta uhltediprayer with duly appointed silences. There were iiite):(jessions


After the childi-en had retired, the bongrp-


posefutaess and quiet confidericf of the nation in the hour of crisis, thus ipsktag pi very effective close to the momiijg -vcrshlp.


“ NATURE’S GUilRDlIN”


was :held, when the harvek .joMtata, ‘ Natrire’s Guerdon ” by (P. .W. Peac;), was


In the afternoon, a special musicul service


given, by an augmented choir, under thri leadership of- Mr. A, Taylor. The ICT. J. A, Sinclair presided, and, after tae opening wor^p, extended a welcome to the friends from ; other ' churches whb had .wUltagly offered to help, at the same time ithi inking themivery cordially for their sepic-is. The cantata was rendered ta a mosi; telirg and


' chanritag mrinner, richly deservtig the words : of praise given at the' close by -he mfclster. - The, solo work .was.j'exceptiorialy well per­ formed, the artistes betag''Madata| '01tee Southern, Madam A. Schofield, and Messrs. P. Hulland and D., Start. ;


. | j


thanksgiving: nature, but. a paiticular, place was -given to intercession.- Ah .Ifem of [praise was contributed by the choir, witte tlfe solo part by Madam Daisy Kindle. Madanj Olive Southern also sang a solo. - The subiept of Mr., Sinclair’s semion *was,” Man dops not live by , bread , alone.” . •


The evening service was prlmarilyi of


Q d it is War. I'That.drriad word ,which O - , -V


has Itesen so much i In; pur minds


' Thri u&’al'Monday evening’s ^nteftatoent was’caririelled owing to the lighttag rind other festrictibris, but a'sale of produce took) place- in the aftempon when everythbte wris qleared in a very'short space bf time.


the pageri world. Tie,, die second tin France sta


’IWs Is


platitudes, arid steady.


these p.ast|few ndboths h ^ gone scream-- ing ’over tfip radio, arid) searing across; of newspapprs alj. over the [Is . cast, land'for the


e in a-generation Britain arid tid face toifaoe vrtth Germany.:


not''a 'time! therefore, ;f6r London W I write, Is calm. The mien are [flocking to


the Colouti just as they-clld In 1914, and' the Children) are evacuated.; I The new arid vital [‘home” services I OB A.R.P., are; standing by their posts! day arid night. ■


of these things,you,are'already'


aware. Ihe’se are strange Wtees. N.ews) travels faster than It ha’s ever done Iri the history- of ‘wars !>and tragedy, and horror,! hope and epurage aire kriown to us ■ about, [as; s6pn as they happen, inthls weekly causerle, there­ fore, let me'bring to'you me news of: London 1 rorii ; the ' polrit )pf view of ;a casual observer .[about. toTO In these anxious'tines. ,


- I............. ' ; SP.VDiiS ARE TRUMPS. - ; j


^nUGLEY'S GUM freshena.yo increases the pleasure orsmok^iit* ^e^tng WRIGLEY’S keeps your teetll; be^thy and aids digestion Savours to cboQse from — Speatmln't mint) and P*K^|real ^ep|>ermint >'Bo^ ensure ' you clean.'sweet breatbi. Buy sivei^ tO'day and always keep a d^ply 1 tandy


Uflte and strong land. Two (ielic ous


packets ; E.jr.ll :


y. sold mote sphdes i|iLoridon tet) .week; than since:lia^;[,6pptember..


But there! was this dlfleren'ce. They; know, now, how to use thpm! The parks^ and other' operi places,Jn/'Lpndon have sh’own bra^vimy ariris wielding steel spades as If to thb;manner b'orii-ftb Say nothing, Of -the hpme' made diig-jout workers. In; toesubri,rbS.:


I ,)'.,. •;[' [ )[


j ' A • -swagger, Ironmriririeir;! In. :'the' West End told me-that iri theipast feW days,;


trains next^


- Sunday’s' service- -will bei restricted to three Itratas to each direction ,, Clitheroe, [ '


(Manchester); 5-15 (exprete 5-29, 6-49, 9-16 (Manchester)


Sunday (from September


1-29; (Blackburn); 3-23 (express) 17)'


'The dallj). service wUl- be t Depart clitheroe: 7-0, 7-i (for Manchester); 1245 p.m,


(Spring Blackburn);


9


•2 ri,.m. Vale);


arid 4-38 1-21 and


3-35 p.m. for Blackburn; 94 !,[ [ ; DOWN LINE. Depart Clitheroe:: 6-31, 544, i0r39 a.m,


Bolton.


(forHellifleld); 12-61'p.m.. (iJhatbrirn); 1-26, 2-35, ,4-8, 64, 7-15, 9-37 (HjelUrield); 10-54


e nust fight, urtU tills'.vile systenij^ ,(,0 Glsbum; 4-19 and 8-54',


Hitlerism, lies bleeding ta th: dust of defeat, says the; “Telegraph Jturnil'” pf St. .John,


Beacor 'Herald,” of St:'afford,. Ontario,^ Canada stan lsl vdlih ;Bidtata and


[ ! i , _ . .


France, the Motherland! of this iDonunion. “Britair, goes into the sin, ggle) 'with a clear


conscience Nirigara; I 'alls “ Review at war.”;


Is a terrible calamity wiicb we would do all - except Biptish


- ,“The Globe Mail” o)


before the ,


'


to avoid principles.


^iloronto s a y s " It honour; and


‘.Cahada, too, is -


In word 5 thati cannot be t oo' often repeated Mr. Chamberlain t a


cast to-!the.German iiepp[le, of the man bj


have been his victms, have


portrait words thej Germans, noj


Siriday night s ;broad- sketched: this


whose deeds and than others who been betrayed:


(Continued from foot of next column.)- ■He gave Ills word that be would'ireppect:


the: Locarno Treaty; he broke‘ it[ He gave his word that he neither wished npr intended to annex Austria; he broke it. He declared that he would not mcorpora,te tlie| Czechs to the; Reich; he did so. ,Hp gavplhls word Effter Munich that he had no further tem- torial demands ta Europe; he broke) ta He gave his word that he wanted np polim


'provinces; i 'he broke it. , He has sworn to yoii for years that he. was tpe mortal enemy of Bolshevism; he is-now its alljj.


,j ' Against-that man,, his system, and,all who


support it this country riow fiSAts to the death. If and when Germany, too; epn throw off-his shameless tyranny; the pdth te Poapo and freedom will.instantly be open.,. [.[.


(Chatbum).':■ ■ Sunday (from' September


UeliifieldJ 12-34 p.m.


17): to and! from


since to® announcemtot of the Russo- ,German pact, they 'haye got rid' of rio fewer thari three hundred',spades! And !of the purchtoers of, these,weapons, fifty


per cent., SPp'TTlNG CEtEBRmES


T ITTLii hall


they say, have been women!^


crowds' gatoer round Whlte- In London! at


evening tnd saw the'; crpwd telling each Peru. ,j


papers. I was 0 atslde the War


evening news- O


fiflee the other


other th£ ,t a geritlemtol who passed by its portal5:Was Lord. Gort,;Chief of.[the Imperial Geriefai Staff, j jit wasn’t.: '


saw a cali iial passer-by acknowledged by the : crowd as , Adriural', Naestalth—the V.C. 'submarine offleei:.' Wrong again. A little later still In toe !da,y I saw General Sir Edmond' Ironsidb (“Tiny ” to his frlende, for he stands ;alwut' slx-fo6t-two In his;sbckS) go, by\;|completely -un­ recognised ! Ironside; ijiy the; way,, Is Irispectoi) General, of! Gjverseas Forces, and'one of the finest; Soldiers oh . the


A little laieri 'putslde to'e ,-Admiralty' ^ active'lls|t. THE G.S. HAHUES.


undeIrstand that qI; S. “Halrles.”


Anny horse^ W


e used to) call


them-In the; far off dayii of 19lri-)-are to have a hospital of thqir vety own. ; The Borebair Wood Home: of Rest for Horses ■will'be it 5 location and at the stairt It will be capalle of dealing: ^ th one hundred


.and fiftj equine patients,.......... Queen Mary, by the way, is patron .of


original


the homb The present Inmates, If: they are fit eriough, are to be‘returned to ;their owners or to: homes where, they


only a sixjday weejc in S.E! London as alll undertakers have ari:ccd ta Close their prenl-i ises'on Sundays.


Dndertal/ers assistants will to. future work ' [


when a copra steamer-cautot flre in the harbour knd the fuiiies- drove |the ;tasects


Thousanfli of copra flies invade^ Marseilles from the holds. : i Suffolk farmers are formtag armed bands


to shoot ajlurcher dog that has been ravaging flocks of sheep and slaughterins fowls.


the! least bit of'


seml-sen&tlonal news) In the- stop-press, columns of! London’s


will'have a peaceful time, arid;If Pos^ble be sentout to gmss’-!


' ■ BEER FOR, •' '! TERRITORIAl


■EFFECT of thri present [^coridltionsf on London Is) peculiar.: l^orp beer Is


sold In the ; pubs, they, say, [blit less whisky.' ' On! toe;other haiid sherry Is Increasing It’s '^aios and Ih [the Loridon clubs cocktails have gone out.! |,


i.


;Not so In the hotels. Here [cocktails In toe best sense of the, word-t-rthat is ' those


shaken


In these hotels, to the front las


Place tor up in placto Uhe ever.. I:','-:


avidity and'wijou he has time riuttlrife' ri toerfy dbwri-to mellow It. '“[' And why shouldnt'he? I Drink, Ih 'moderation, never hurt a good soldier yeti';


drinking beer, when- he can riet lt, 'vdO MEN ARE SMOKING jplPES.


!l,know many irien, young and! old, in: and out of the Services, who seem tp;get more comfort,'out of an old briar,'thesO days


than in the cigar after-a a brian”. ;


LONDONS ART TREASURES.


■\TOS'T 'of [jOndon’s art treasures are ■"r*- nbw in dug-outs irilles 'away from ariy) of the big cities arid well out of any possibility of being damaged’ln air raids. ■Which is just as well, though what many people are wbridrirlrig. Is where they, are IficelJ^.to be hbused again when toe wax is’over.' -)


It will tie disconcerting, , nb [doubt, , to


find thriiLaughlng Cavalier no longer on its usual-flobr and place'ln the Wallace Collection,: arid similarly it will'be : a bit of a shock ,tb find Egyptian Ushabitls occupyirig toe place- |n , the British Museuiri formerly clalnied by„vsay, , the Elgin marbles, or'glass Inea )nxbsks frbrri


I; , '; ' ,[ BUYING JAPANESE ' a6aIN,


A Nil . ta l l to obbut tobasures' may ; remxrk, that since; Japan


is


behavirig rigaln ' and ‘ no longer “ debagging ’’ people at the barrier, as one mlghtjsay, thrire Is’ qultei a rise In the popularity of -nineteenth century Japanese'woodcuts as evlderice by sale-' roomifiguris In town last'week. ,


. We are not a fickle people, but the salerooms’ catalogue , do j indicate that some of ui, are, for a few wcclrs ago the same prln B could not find a buyer. . , ■


, ; JACK LONDONER.


■piPES axe -to! the fore againjibo. More ■ manly jin, the gfrls eyed may- be or possibly morri comforting! ' Anyhow


everlasting! cigarette -or a meal before they.stick on


x the


Dorchester which seeps to be] a jumping- off P


(juards otoceis-icoclrtalls as, ever, are Just' as riiuch


famous advice to his troops;


■"mst 'ta tte Lord and keep your powder diy,” was quoted by the B ^ b um Cororier (Mr. T. R. ’ftibmpson), at |a Blackburn ;ta- quest,lon Wetoesday morning, on the body of William Herbert w|lkirison| (^3), licensee of the Brown Cow Inn; Chatburn,- yvho died Inl Blackburn iriflrmary from iriounds inflicted; to thd throati He bad been) fpurid by his son earlier that nbrntag ta the pigsty'attached to thb Inn, irith throat wbun^ and p razor


It [was st! ted that dece^ep had been de- pressed b< scause bf the


and the fact


that his V ifb wari an invalid, and two sons were of sn age that would qualify, them foi military'service. I


, ; i


In recording a rerdict of '[Srilcide while not of sbund :ntaa,” ! the .-.-.Coroner , said that deceased had apparently ttobn his own-life through m health and the vforry of the in­ ternational pitriation.' 11


SEEMED:; IN TJSDA^ health,


his father at the Brown Cow [Inn, stated that when rising at 7-30: am,.on Idonday, he saw his father swebptag the passage near to Ithe


Johil Wilk nrion, ri butclier,, who lived with


tan entrance. j'Although he-did hot say any- thtag.lhe appearbd'itoibe [in his usual state of health. ‘Wben wltriesslleft the house to go to work, about a- quarter bf an hoiir'later, ■his father w taistill sweeping the passage.- He


called'' to say he ,was gbipg;| and his father answered, “lYbs.” |On'rietu)mtag hpme 'for breakfast atfl-30, as his lather'was not' about,, he called to his mother to-ask where he was.


As she did not knbw, he [went immediately to look for rilta, ftadtag htaf in the pigsty at the bottom ifjithe yard. ‘i Hfejwas lying face downwards, with a large cut bri the left Side oI the tltoat and'.bleedtag badly. After turning him on to his hack and trying to stdp the. bleeding, he asked pprothy Edmondson to stay until he summonep the police. Later he accompsnled his father po Blackburn iriflmiary and- stayed with hiin until about n — he'died.:, j;


oon, when’


nervous brei kdown last Dec emjier.' . He was medibally , ritterided -until last July and


witness ridded that hi£| father had a


bIAd >(Jt threatened life , 11 ■ ' ' )


seemed to have recovered. Butiabopt a month ago he began i to worry abbutitheiwar. That was.! because -Mta! Wilktason'.wp a cripple, and he arid his brother- were of military age. 'As far as he knepr his father had never- threatetied to take i his [life.


Customers talked tp him about t|ie War, | and because he was in -he last wari he seemed greatly worriedi -•


health that on top Would make it worse. Another son,: 'William Alan ifrilktason, a


The Coroner: If , he were noti ta good ' I i


Joiner, stated that ta Monday mofning he got up at seven Q’c bek and saW his fatMef having a cup of tea. ! After having breakfast, he left home about i-;25,.saying “Good mom- tag ” to his father who replied toj the saluta­ tion. ' At that time J he seemed to be in his usual state of health.


Continuing, witneis said thdt [after betag : j I


attended by. a doctok his fatbta pppeared'to be mendtag until a ifeek or .two ^o,!when he. began jWo|Tytag about the IntempitioriBl situ-; ation. On one occasion he asked “.What are we going to do when the lads are called up ?


CORONER S COMMENT.'


- ; The Coroner; He was only 53 andjin good health, so there was nothing to worry about. If he had been ill and with you' gohe, iand mother 'a cripple, then thepe ; would have been'something to irorry about.’l -.1 ) Dorothy Edmoricson, 1, Robtason-street,


i - P.C. Badbn,'^ member, of' thej Laricaspffe 'Constabulary, . stafioned at Cta^tbum,- said ;that ta consequence of information' received 'he went to the rear of the Bfo^ Cow |Irin andi found deceased suffering frim'a woprid


Chatbum, employeif for four y^ars atjthe Brown Cow Inn, gave corroborative [effidence as to the finding of,deceased ta thejpigsty.


’on the ileft side [of the throat, about'five 'inches longs , Nearby was a blood-stained 'razor arid a' razor case. In his [opinion,' the .wounds were self-tafllcted. . ' 1 , 1 . , ! Retumirig a verdict ofSuicide while [not


iSrich an act; ' He [believed the; best advice !he could give at the moment wris'that given by CtadmweU, “Trust ta the Lord rind keep


of sound mind,” trie Cbroner said. It was a pity that Mr. \Vilktason had had recourse to


I your powder dry.” 1 If only people would, do ,triat, there would bi no need; for a repetition of -tragedies such as this. ' '


' ! [


LIBERTY AND PRACE THE Af t e r m a t h o f


By R. AUSTIN FREEMAN.


Ithelr i fighbours are arid ccriquest should in which tho


-Juri ^


those' , dlVldriil to:exi, cltlzeri


Itloned Imltet


subjec across height


'doinali 'of


thrit i


.. cltlzeri has t;: In which


bnfe. autocrat


i ’l’ is.l ) chance circumstance that those period has conttoueL thoigh there , . !,: countrlies whose policies


apparfitly unreseritrid) over rids totox s, tends) naturally to overflOw; frontiers) and take-effect, on his


[will bf one man, who wields, uri-j power and Is responsible - to rid The tyrariny which 'such , ari exercises unhindered • (and


'for nriw worlds to conquer, to Napbleonl iwbo Kriew noTaw but|hls own'd-jslres and '


iof.wdri is. the tooptoB of yjolent, ppmj- ipulsloril iri place [O


Your “ haridtome' Terrltbrlal" type Is But ijiljie agreeriient called ‘j diplomatic; felatlons.|’ nollori ‘fri f those'methods of


occu: not only j ffoiri without) ;but also tohln. It is to familiar-and ob'^


destruCtlori, of liberty by war .J ' 1. _U..S.


vlous'j toct that, ilix the fighting' services,' Individual Uberiiy | riiust give; way , tp' oliedilerice. Then;; [must ,be!.only one: wiulj toat of the crimmander .who con-i duetd- toe operator's. The ;;army ,.or' navyiinust-act as ppe-man;; and-that manl^Hie'cbmipander. In other words,


the pgh*'*°S .-abrvicri must 'I be; a ,-strlct dlctatotohlp. : I


threat of -war] even cannot [retriln their


rltoiB land iibeiitlbs Intact:) [for It' ls .a sinlsfeiTfact (ofalf too well; appreciated


■by the' dictator^) [that clvUi liberty: is a hlndtance to inllitary efficiency. The


Ityrapt whose [wiilScbntrols a- docile people -glcally


Is,at a jgrtoi advantage, strate- and tabtlcrilir- [as),compared with


the lleaders of ri demOcracy | and hence it is necessary fob the, democracy to secu: e lunity: of action by conforming to toe ;ypri of'thp rictotbrshlp;


spto


a-st£ tri.of emergeri'ey, the citizen is asked) to rrillriqulsh, teiriptrarlly, many of, his;


customary liberties to sacrifice them, to toe necessitji of preserylng the libera of toe whole [nation' under the attack froit without, i And to this riecesslty pe sbbrilts if not wlllltxgly, as'least;without [cbm ilbtnt, on I toe understanding that iwhe x the emerigepey Is past his UbebUf® [will bri restore^. ' .


; j-) ‘ I


[Irig toe war, have enjoyed dictatorial poW


lurks. If the end xf the wai; br rimer- toixiy brings back the lost liberties, all ^11 But experience shows th^M , teixqs not td hbpperi! '' Those 'who,' dur-


lost! LffiiERTIES NOT liEGADiEi). Biitlt ls here that x very settejus danger


toefnEcessIty tor them has passed. - |A state cf inlnd pas bton created whlchlls opppsrid to civil Ubetty,' and there is toe dangei' of a deflnitf decline of the free Itutlons by , which our codnttyihas,


ferri, cling to thope powers long aftier I dlstingultoed to the past! J


recent experience Is enough to totorr® us i It Is nowjover t|wenty years Since tpe,


^.lai it Is not an linaglnary pan^x o]ur


rind some have everi been added. 'Tne varioils regulations of our actions as [to toopplng hoiirs, licensed houses, etc., are stllf iri force.! During the whole twenty jyeprs; the emergency, taxation of the war


GrJatlWar erided; but to tht^® twhixty years of peace: we. nave "failed [utterly [to eet'ibalck the liberties which wp [willingly abaridoned iri 1914. j Of the restrictlpns of pur freedom which, we accepted for f‘ toe defence of the 'realm,” many rem^


complete disappearance,, of rights axid' liberties as between i;he two belligerents, .ere trulsrii, fbr the very nature


t there is, dimng actual war, a


[terixali mal reiatlpris.' He i comes to fexpeetj from othfer xiatlons the mbmlssibrf to;hto will ,that his own [people yleld-i arid at, In the latter case, any reslstencri is at dr.ee met.by forcible compulsion, so, In'tha case of-btherjnations, [oppositibn to ihls]will suggests!' the,use of force. H a deinrind is refurieri the natural ‘ prp-[ ceediijE: is to eriforcri, it-:by wUri ■ Thus - autocracy—the : dlbtator statrij-'wlth. its riegation'of civil li'berty, is directly bp-^ po'sedi I to Ihternatibnal perito., Thd jcoimection Is obvloub, and hlstbry c6n-[ firms}it. . From 'M^andra, wtxl) sighed


'jlto on the I liberties of all; Ills nelgh- the'dlctatoribas alwaiys been the) enemy of iri£ ce and fneddm. ) j


___.__n.- ..The p’.rilt;! of ■ conscious Moreover, during [toose twenty ipears, bmnlitotence unfits him for riormal ,ln-|


IS will ls|lavjrl (as it Is jn 1^ ° ^ )', the Dictator i,acquires ,a';state ^ which Imakes hlrii liripatienri


)urs. Accustomed' to the Idb^ are regulatejd by the unquea-]


those of aggression happen also to be ■liberty of the in-) admittedly ceamd __ the lives of those


towards


[been no emergency (qxcept that prodil by the Qovernmept Itself,,In 193li “ ’ habit, contracted during the v


! has!' lucedi


:lts .purpose was to preserve the life)of) the [riatlon, ils quite [otherwise wheri Its-,; purpose Is nx«cly. to promote);schemesi ‘ devised, in trie interests of political ex’ll,: pedlency. ■ Emergeriby taxatlori :wh[eii ' there Is no bmergenty Isia grave Inroad oil the,''cltlz^n,’s-jright to the pericelul enjoyment and [disposal! of'his lawful possessions;; It constitutes a seil ous loss of liberty. ’ |,.[ , j-,-


ralsliig vast sums' of money has persisted; In peace time and hap apparently pbcbme | penrianent. - But this tonfiscailbri of!-! the Ibltizen’s property, justifiable !wlien' '


; liThe! rar> |pf '


I j ,; I-


'adding that,.“Since the law Is Iri England: : the [supreme arbiter! of every, mail’s llfpi :llberty, and property, courts .qi ijustlcb


[thefe, .has! been, a, sensible dpteiioratlori [of bur' political institutions',''particularly [In the tendency for the rule of 1 'superseded by' the Hile bf; the [crady. This chaixgriresults .In___— [of bne of-the most.idtal of the Engllsh- imaris 'liberties, the)right “of ppplylhg to the courts of-justice for.the rediress of ; irijiriles,” -'as Blackstone expresses, It) [


.nianent official-Of the Civil Se:wlce)J!W: ,' ■trie’ exclusion:‘01 the courts ' of -tostlce) j wWch/slhce'"'The Minister’s;dictoori W; final,” have no'powbr'to give redress'tb


the) citizen.' Agalrj,: a war-ptlriri haWt’: has become permanent.; - ; i ' ' I j. '


and now tliat we -are once .more to; [a strife of natloriai emergericy. iw


;we' have. coriscriptlbn. ■Apps rently); was ungvoldable) ',but to) speak of riferis


the corixpulsloifitos’do, as the trie;4eirib-f , 'cratlc liberty■


is absiird. ' The :nap'WliQ -


has i.toe free control and disposal pfjhls , ■owri person and actions fs aifree pieri ' he whose person and actions' 'are; ppnj,


trolled by others te, to: that.exfenferi


only hope feat It will pasis 'with the other evils that have I produced it., I But [thb enthusiasm' of tpe db[tePri^toPlsts Is ppt


encouraging., [f,. |;' > ' v:)''!,.') :)' THE TYRANT’S OPPOR'pitNITY


■' 'Warned bjt past experience, we should watch with-a wary eye the devclppments that are; now taking place, i A national emergbney is the would-be t^ant’s pp- portutoty. “ The defence of the realin , Is arirefext’Urider which he Is'able erislly to enctoach on the rights and liberties of the patriotic , cltlzeri, and, If, he Is not


' ■ ■ ■ :| , i ' l ' " |


prevented, he will do so far beyond what is necessary for the mere satisfaction ,of his pleasure in exercising power. :And, unfortunately, this hankering for poyer, Is a widespread mental infinnlty, r 'Correspondence.columns of [[The Times,


bring Into' view numbers; of: persona afflicted with this; yearning t? octroi their fellows. Recently, one; of .them proposed the establishment ,bf 1^°***^ camps In-which the entire you^h of the- country, regardless; of class or clfeum|- stances, should be compeUedto serve for ;'a period. iThe undergraduate |Wasto b&


hauled off from his college, thp medlcgli student from his hospital, tlie ;apprentice from his bench, to


wlto 'the; unemployed- youths,ifor som. purpose that was not .very;clear. .But


^


prbposfer that these yoijng men w^ Englishmen with civil rights, • Inclutog that of choosing their, own occupation.


evidently It had not ;ocqurred to tto


Thus In various ways, war to destruc­ tive of Uberty, and, conversely, peace to


the psseritlal condition ifor Its preserya- ton C two are linked Indissolubly. S toe S d ro f HIS Majesty toe


enduring freedom.” ; , : , ,; , i


into th f sea by Portuguese ffshermen jwho fear that prices will fall owing to a glut |Ot


Millions of sardines have been thrown back the fish. ' , i I ' i‘


addressed to toe people Canada “Without freedom -therei can. be - no enduring peace ,and without Pence, no


the pr'oceto beglnrilhg afresh; Airtody)


; Such Is the aftermath of the ^ast war,; , b c’ari;;seei


/ - f I'.' . ■ .'■ ■ ! .-I: I


must rit all tliries be bpen to toe subject;”|, • as set forth In Magna: Chart i. i p Butl : since the warp Judicial powers; ha'Ve be-| : come more ■; and more' vested ln'“The[: Minister ” ■


(actually) to 'Practloi, -a) per-j :


WEDDING CARDS A KE BO X E S


GIFT, CARDS.


\ Clioice 'Suitable for


WEDDING GIFTS Windows.


'A phoice Seiectioi J


PRICES fi‘o!m in all


of lealth^rsl AGS


AND GAMES j ' for the [Children,


t h e h o u s e fo r fo u n ta in p en s , BOOKS


Ad v^i'tiser <!'&Ti mes^ff i MARKE'r P lU c k , CLFTHERO^


hi


bondsman. . Copscrlptlon.-Is. rin:; evil! probably alnecesfery one, tod wercaix ,


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