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MORE OF MRS. ASQUITH'S REMINISCENCES.
A Jew's Compliment.
In a further instalment of Mrs. Asquith's new series of intimate reminiscences, she continues the story of her "little journey" so the Near East in 1891.
Here is her pen picture of the train journey to Brindisi from Naples with eight in the car- riage):-
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BOTTOMLEY LIBEL ACTION.
Magistrate and Counsel at Variance.
Įdefendant cover lent him any
defendant
money.
THE BIRMINGHAM APOLOGY. Dealing with the Birmingham į apology incident, Mr. Bottomley said the apoloszy was not in con- nection with "bullets" compéti- tion, bat with accusations against
The charge of criminal libel "I heard Seapolitan Jews brought by Mr. Horati Bat-bin personally. after gazing at me, say to his tomley, M.P., against Mr Reuben To a long series of questions friend that I was charming. He Bigland, a Birmingham agent, about the Bottomley Patriotic spoke in dialect, but wants no was further proceeded with before Fund, witness said he never made interpreter for this kind of Sir Charteris Biron at Bawa penny out of them personally language. I had a cold in my Street, when the prosecutor was Most of them were arranged by head and chest, and my hair felt in the box for cross-examination. axente, and anything remaining heavy.
An applicant said he bad lost after paying expenses went into £13 in Victory Bonds. He had the John Ball Fund for soldiers called at King Street, but had and sailors. been continually put off until a The fund was regularly audited last he was told his money could and administered on the recom
mendation of the military editor, not be traced.
"Thanks to paps pref rring to listen to Cook's man, who met us at the station, instead of our courier Corelli, we were bundled into a bus with eight people in it, and there we waited an hour The Magistrate said that at who investigated the cases. He until everyone had reclaimed present proceedings were being took £1,000 to the front with him their luggage. As there were taken, as be understood, to bare after a lecture at the Empire, Lon- two ships and several buses, the funds administered, in which don. No balance sheet was pob- stormy confusion raged between case everybody would be paid in lished, but it was strictly audited the passengers. Oaths in every proportion to the amount of lunder the War Charities Act.
SHARP PASSAGE BETWEEN language and a jumble of Italian, money there still was. That was French. English, and American all he could say.
COUNSEL AND MAGISTRATE voices reached our eara."
MY IDEA OF HELL" On board the good ship Bokbara.
"As the ship was still, and we were tired, we dozed off. Sud. denly we were awakened by the most awful noises, doors banging, people talking, every voice on each side distinctly heard-only thin planks between the cabins porters, people, and baggage ovar- head, which went on most of the night
*Huze boxes and cases were dragged along over our heads and bumped down; sometimes three or four for each box. There
A further application was made) A sharp passage occurred by a person who stated she had between the Magistrate and Sir. lost £13, and Mr. Bottomley. E. Wild, when the latter rose to entering the box, said re thought object to a question which the it was time the procession of Magistrate bad put to Mr. Bot- It was tomley. The Magistrate motioned applicants was stopped.
Sir E Wild to sit down, where- an organised thing.
MAO'STRATE'S RETORT. upon counsel said:" If I am not! The Magistrate said he could allowed to protect my client I not listen to that sort of thingsball withdraw from the case, People had made applications submitted to an unusual precedent they were quite entitled to make. in bing told to sit down when Mr. Bottomley. I think it is examining my own witness, and I sub-judice.
am not going to do it any longer." The Magistrate.-Beasons for Have you ever stood on the delay may be explained, and quito, stage of & music-ball and told the properly explained, but, that is audience you were not receiving single penny for the lecture another matter.
After some questions regarding you were delivering when you must have been at least a han- the formation of Odham's Press had a cheque for it in your dred. And fert going all the time, Lid, counsel asked if witness pocket?" counsel asked..
"Never,” replied Mr. Bottomley with shouts and screams. That had suthorised Mr. Elias, macag.
ing director of Odham's, to emphatically, and demanded the night was my ideaf hell.
"Next morning the sea was approach defendant and suggest date and place, which were not still, but the screw below.made which defendant was to apologise
an arrangement of that case, by given.
Questioned about the great| me feel as if 1 had to inside and to put to him in the witness-£30,000 patriotic war skill com worth mentioning.”
box certain questions handed to petition announced in John Bull him by Mr. Elias.
in February 1915, witness said the scheme was abandoned and the money subscribed returned.
Counsel next proceeded to the war stock combination of Febra- ary 1918.
A BAD NIGHT IN CAIRO. Arrived at Cairo, Mrs. Asquith notes. I slept badly, as I hate coarse unbleached sheets, and iran bard pillows, and mosquito nets made me feel hot. Got up at 3 am, found nothing to do, opened the window, and went to bed again and slept fitfully til six."
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"NEVER, NEVER, NEVER" "Never, never, never," replied Mr. Bottomley emph tically.
The Magistrate observed that there were serious questions, and shou'd be quite clear.
Sir Ernest Wild protested that Replying to a series of ques-it was not this scheme, but the tions by counsel. Mr. Bottomley Victory Boud Clab, which was denied that he ever author sed attacked by defendant. Mr. Elias to do what had been suggested.
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The objection was overruled, The eatry for the next day.
and questions proceeded, in the Sunday, is as follows" Mr. Asked if he knew whether it course of which it was agreed Alfred Milner took me for a long drive op the Nile. The was Mr. Elias's' intention to do that the scheme was abortive any of these things, witness because of the attitude of the the sailing ships, with said: "I have not the remotest Chancellor of the Exchequer.
idea, nor am I aware that he ever! After a number of questions by their bent poles sad sails
did it." Witness farther denied the Magistrate and counsel, Mr. farled round them like the petals of a flower when, the that he had ever on any occasion Bottomley said all the books san goes down, all closed round arranged with a man to publish relating to this or anything else in e kind of close virginity, white libel against him sad then merged in the Victory Bood Club were in possession of the Victory sad beautiful, the masts shooting ap logise for it in Court.
Regarding his business rela-Bond Club, which on January 1 up into a red rose sky, with parple bars across, and, as it
tions with Bisland, witness said was removed to Paris and merged he had an account in the John in the Thrift Club. They would were, preventing the palm trees Bull Bank which had been closed be brought over for the trial, bat from eatching fire. We walked
that the future of the repablic and drove in turrs, and had many montha After Farrow's acting on legal advice he did not
may hinge upon the altitude of memorable talk. He has a very failure witness thought there was propose to get them here before.
A Detroit (Mich.) message of the Washington Government. great prejudice against these A long legal argument followed rare mind, Without being a
Beirnstein, Now hamorous mar, be has a fine private institutions, and thought as to whether defendant was the 10th. alt states: Resolutions Mr. Jule
entitled to raise "evidence of urging recognition by the United York banker, was one of the sense of humour, and if he likes it better to close it.
the States of the Government of the speakerB announced in leading justification of alleged libel. you snough to forgive your
"Southern Republic of China" programme. To-night Dr. Ma spontaneity, you expand and fer1 newspapers that the Bank was remarkably at your ease with closing, and everybody was paid BOY SCOUT TROOP SUPPRESSED, were adopted today at the final Soo, official representative in
In full.
A vexatious state of affairs in business session of the Inter- Washington of Dr. Suni him.
Answering other questions, the the Boy Scout movement at national Chinese Conference is to address the delegates, who "The Nils was full of twinkie, witness said to the best of his Toddington (Beds) has led to the The resolutions set forth business include" representativo. Uhinese reproducing the sunset with a recollection, spart from deposit local troop being suppressed by advantages in China araiting from all parts of the western smile,"
ling in the John Bull Bank, headquarters.
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