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VETERAN M.P.

THIRTY YEARS IN THE

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time," he said, "because it gayo everyone a rest in the middle of the week Week-ends were then unknown. The change from Wednesday to Friday, 1907, prac tically created the week-end SIR E. CECIL'S MEMORIES. habit. At the beginning of this century, also, there was al- ways a dinner adjournment of an hour and a half.

جرام

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Sir Evelyn Cecil, M.P., who has

A cat straying on to the con- "Another change: Thirty years trols at the Church-lane (Totten- just informed his constituency,

ago we never thought it possible. ham) sub station of the North the Aston Division of Birming that women would sit in Parlia Metropolitan Electric Power Sup ham, that he will not stand again ment. The subject was unheard ply Company, was electro- when the present Parliament of When votes for women were cuted, causing a short first discussed I pointed out that circuit. There was an explo- comes to an end, will have com-there was no logical reason why, alon which severely injured pleted this month 30 years' con- if they had votes, they should not the engineer in charge,⠀⠀ Mr. tinuous service in the House of sit in Parliament. That argu- Edward Carey, are 84, of Mon- Commons. Only five members ment was acoffed at even by some mouth-road, Edmonton. All the have continuously served longer advocates of women's suffrage, lights in the High-road failed.

An official of the company said: Mr. T. P. O'Connor, the Father and as late; probably, as 1910.”

Shortly before the Boer War "When the cat trod on the live of the House, first elected in 1880; Mr. Lloyd George, 1890; Sir Evelyn was in South Africa, wire it was clectrocuted imme Sir Austen Chamberlain, 1892; and was the last Englishman to dlately. The flames from the Col. W. G. Nicholson, 1897; and confer with Presidents Kruger chort-cricuit burnt Mr. Carey

and Steyn. Kruger he saw after about the face and arme, Sir Francis Lowe, 1998.

"Although he must have been He was the first person, he re- he had received the last despatch called, in an interview with a re-containing the final ultimatum in great pain, Mr. Carey man- presentative of the "Observer," from the British Government. Aaged to cut out the main switches to use a motor-car in an election, rugged old figure in frock cent and to telephone the Fire Brigade though he did not himself ride and top hat, he stood on the step and head power station: An in it. This was in the East of his house, and he took Sir emergency squad of engineers Herts by-election of June, 1898, Evelyn and his wife the Hon was sent to the station, and the when his opponent was Mr. Lady Cecil, into his parlour, electric supply was restored to Robert Spencer, afterwards Earl General Smuts, then State At normal within two hours."

torney of the Transvaal, was in- Spencer and Lord Chamberlain.

terpreter at the interview.

Lord Salisbury, to whom Sir Evelyn was private secretary, was Prime Minister at that period, Mr. Arthur Balfour was

First Lord of the Treasury and Leader of the Commons, and Mr Joseph Chamberlain was Colonial

Secretary.

Tense Moments, ・・

LADY HEATH.

GUEST OF THE AIR LEAGUE.

Lady Heath who flew from

The most dramatic impression, Sir Evelyn recalled from his thirty years' experiences in the House was that when we decided to go into the Great War. "They were tense moments after Sir Cairo to Cape Town and from Speeches Then and Now. Edward Grey's speech on that Cape Town to England alone on a All the Irish members were grave day: August 3, 1914, and light aeroplane, was to be the prin- then, of course, in the House, and every side of the House felt that, cipal guest at a luncheon by the British their leaders were very eloquent, after the neutrality of Belgium Air League of the and had great command of lan- had been infringed, there was Empire at the May Fair Hotel, R. B. guage and wit, though many of nothing for it but the decision London. Flight-Lieut.

Bentley and Mrs. Bentley, who the rank-and-fle were not con- we came to."

a honeymoon flight": sidered so very wonderful Sir He was one of the twenty-five made Evelyn does not see any great members of all parties appointed across Africa, were to be present, difference between the oratory of by the Lords and Commons who and the Duke of Sutherland, vice- Sole Agents: W. R. LOXLEY & CO., Hong Kong. that period and the present day. met during the war with an equal president of the Royal Aero Club, "No doubt there was more liter number of French Senators and was to present to Flight-Lieut. ary polish," he pointed out, "and Deputies to discuss auch ques- Bentley the Britannia Trophy speeches were marked by more tions as finance, ammunition, or awarded annually for the best quotations from the classics, but ganisation, administration and performance of the year. This is perhaps you may put that down overseas lands. "Little," he said, in recognition of Flight-Lieut. to the fact that the newspapers "was heard of this inter-Partin Bentley's flight from England to reported them more fully." mentary Allied Commission, but Cape Town on a light aeroplane

"You think, then, that the long-it had its value. As none of us last year.

The Air League is arranging er reports had a certain effect were members of the existing

Cabinets we could discuss these for a tour of the principal parts upon public speaking?"

"Possibly. On the whole, I questions quite frankly, and, of Great Britain by Sir Alan say, the effect would be to encour without being committed to any Cobham on the big flying boat in particular course of action, we which he has nearly completed age a better style."

It would be generally agreed, could go back to our Govern his flight to Cape Town and back, he thought, that the most acutements and report to them on the return-journey by way of debater of those days was Mr. such-and-such a subject what ap- the hitherto unflown West Coast. Arthur Balfour. He recalled, too,peared to, this conference of Mr. Joseph Chamberlain's force Allies of all political parties to be

the Peking The personnel of ful, lucid, and incisive style, and the wisest line of policy.. remarked that Mr. Neville Cham- "This Commission was a valu- Political Council has been decided berlain has rather a similar giftable link between the Allies, and upon as follows: General Yan Hsi- "The speeches to-day," he said, afterwards It was joined by the shan, Chang Chi, Chow Cheng- Efforts were made to lin, Li Shih-tseng, Tien Tang, Ho "are probably more practical than Italians. in the past, though in political keep it alive after the war, but Cheng-chun, Generals Chiang Teo- controversy there appears to be the elections in France changed ling, Fang Pen-jen, Shang Cheng most of the personalities, and and Lu Chung-lin. General Yen just the same waste of time."

after about 1920 there were not has telegraphed to the Nationalist enough subjects of common in-Government recommending the ap terest to give the necessary pointment of General Chiang Teo-| motive power to prevent it lapsping as chairman of the Peking

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