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Mr. E. D. Morel's Nationality.
Born in France, the son of s French father and a British mother, Mr. E. D. Kore), said the Home Secretary in Parliament reofntly, became in 1898 British subject by naturalisation. -Sir John Rees: May I ask if this is the same Mr. Morel who was a professions! promoter of ill-fealing, between Belgium and Great Britain before the war, and atrosity-monger? notorious
(Oh oh!) Mr. Ponsonby: Did not Mr. Morel receive remarkable "public recognition of bie work in connection with the Congo? The Speaker: We are not dealing. with reputations.
Woman' Smoker's Death,
"At an inquent at Southwark on Eilen Bizter, 28, who died sud- denly, the husband esid his wife was a bosry cigarette smöker. She smoked a packet every night. He did not know what abe smok- ed during the day when he was at work, but she smoked three packets on Sunday. She was very alarmed at the air raid on Souday, and said she was certain the raids would be the death of ber. Dr. Elwyn, who made a post-mortem examination," "naid the valves of the woman's heart were diesssed. He could not say for certain, but the excessive smoking was a possible explans- tion of the dilation of the heart. Death was due to syncope. The jury returned a verdict of "Denth from natural causer."
Labour M. P. Mobbed. Mr. Thomas Richardson, the Labour M. P. for Whitehaven, arrived in the borough recently intending to bold an open-air meeting in the Market Place, but when he and his agent appeared they had a very rough reception. They were peled with mad, and there were cries of "Pat him in the dock!" This was followed by a rash for Mr. Richardson, who was roughly handled, bat eventually escaped to the house of Mr. J., Henlon, the local miners' agent. For some hours a large crowd awaited, him, and all the windowa cf the house were wrecked. Several people as well ai membrol the police force!
The sunek by stones. door of the bonse was forced, but a search reveled that Mr. Kich. ardson and his agent had escaped.
were
The Speaker and Conscientious Objectors.
Miss M. E. Waid, Penrith, the secretary of the Cumberland Nɔ-
Conscription Fellowship, recently
Bent to the Speaker a resolution
passed at a meeting of the N.C.F.
protesting against the prosecu tion of conscientions objectors," and demanding their release, from prison and.peral conditions BB "contrary to the principles of liberty and justice, and naveces- eary in the interests of the nation." Acknowledging the re solation, M., Lowther's secretary says: The Speaker desires me to say that be has no sympathy whatever with men, who will make no sacrifices, nor stir s finger to Besist their country in ite bour of peril, but are content -to let others suffer and die for them, while they sit et home at enee, end profit from the necesi- ties of the country.
OR
Hon. Francis Patrick' Clements, Stoker.
The will has been proved of the Hon. Francis Patrick Cloments, of Eggeslord Horse, Devon, who died on or aince May 21, 1907, at some place unknown, intestate, a bachelor without father, a son of the fourth Earl of Leitrim. Ha was not possessed of real estate and the satate is valded at £20,- 098. His mother, the Counteja. of Leitrim, has renounced simia- istration of the estate, which has accordingly been granted to bia brother, the present Earl of Leitrim, of 60s Cadogan Square, W. The Hon. F. P. Clements disappeared ten years ago. When Inst heard of he was working! as a storer on s vessel bound for New York from Southampton in May, 1907. No das to his adb. sequent fate has ever been die. His death leaves, the preemt Earl of Leitrim without sa heir to his sitios. His father, the late Exl, was murdered in an agrarian outrage in Ireland.
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