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NEGLECT.

URGENCY OF SETTLEMENT, Lord Northcliffe spoke on the economic and political aspects of the Irish question

ing. There is an increasing number the semi-employed, usually but quite un necessarily to be found in the south and west. The history of the war has show us that prevision is not a merit of any

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fisheries, harboura, mines, and peat HOW THE RATION SYSTEM other special authority which has tha

serves of Ireland have been practically left untouched by British enterprise and capital. I notice with pleasure that there is some prospect of a great factory to be erected at or near Cork, but it is to be An American factory The great indus trial palaces that have arisen in England

A CARD GAME.

The introduction of the card system in England to regulate the distribution of foodstuffs is being, canvassed in many quarters, and it will be opportune to

care of the supply in any one article. In those cases where the cards are delivered at the house of the consumers the em ployment of a large staff of distributors In many places therd is unavoidable: distributors are volunteera... boy and girls from the secondary, and other schools; in others they are paid workers, her this system the business of disa tribution, though costlys is ample enough,

at the dinner given by the Irish Club, Government except apparently the Ger in the last few months are put up by glance at its working in the enemy coun- and works pretty promptly and accurato:

Charing Cross-road, London, in celebra

tion of St. Patrick's Day Lord Gough presided.

British hands, with British capital. I

considering the combined effect of the egret more deeply than I can say that tries. The birthplace of the card system the householders themselves the distribu-.

man Government, who have now and the had gleams of it. Nobody seems to be

the war has seen practically no damnung of the black tide of emigrationment of Irish industries. and the industries that are being stopped,

Mr. J. A R. Cairas, in proposing "The Guests," said Lord Northcliffe's Teputation varies in various localities in order that England may get som [ To some he was anathema Maranathu, benefit as to food. (Cheers.) In Ireland

develop

IRISH SELF-GOVERNMENT." Turning now to the question of Irish self-government, the evidence that the

is Germany. It was little over two years ago, on February 1st, 1915, that the muni cipal authorities of Berlin announced their scheme for introducing a bread

and on February and it made its

card,

which meant May the noble lord but though food prices are high, there is Irish population in a hundred years has first appearance. Since then the card some extent obvinted by providing

(Laughter.) To 99 speedily strafed.

others Lord Nerthcliffe was a prophet All appeared to agree that he was in usual. He had proved that he possessed three great qualities-imagination, previ sion, and unrelenting and dauntless

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But when the cards are fetched by tion, though cheap, becomes complicated and liable to errors and abuses. The householders have naturally to prove their identity and tho identity of the members of their families and there are ofton long quenes in front of the card- distributing offices. The latter evil is to numerous offices for the distribution of cards and by fixing special days and

names. But the cumbersomeness of the hours for various groups of inhabitants, according to the initials of their sur

misunderstandings, and deceptions. The method of identification cannot be avoid. od, and gives constant rise to complaints, object of the card system being to render

an hotel or restaurant without a cardTM the rationing of the population effective, it is no more possible to obtain food at than it is to purchase it in u shop. Every visitor to a restaurant has to part with a coupon from his card when ha takes bread or meat up to the amount allowed,

Another

There has been much nonsense talked been reduced to what it is from my point system has become ubiquitous. All the the past of the non-stability of Ireland of view is an unanswerable argument that large, towns have adopted it and have for industrial enterprise. We have heard this department of the British Govern extended it to many other articles of much of the lack of coal, moistness of arent has been badly-managed The very consumption besides bread. The sale of the dimata, lack of the right kind of fact that young Irish folk want to get meat, milk, vegetables, butter and fats, which will away from Ireland, and would be getting eggs, potatoes, and many other articles courage. (Cheers.) The superiority and labour, and other arguments, w magnificence of our Air Floet were due not bear examination. Now I have made away in thousands to-day but for the of food is now regulated by means of in a large degree to him. (Cheers.) Lord it a rule in life never to make speeches limitation of transport, proves that cards, For Ruino articles, such as bread, compulsory throughout the Empire. Northcliffe derived his remarkable quali about that which I have not studied. things have not born as they should meat, and butter, the card system is now tica of imagination, prevision, and have studied, in the light of persona courage from thas greatest thing in life experience in the similar and sister The further fact that the Irish who go The ystem, however, is no longer con- of Newfoundland, the possibi it'es carry with them a senso of grievance, fined to Germany. It has been adopted -an Irish mother from Ireland. (Cheera.) Thore was an old law, having of maintaining an Irish population of 10 which cannot all be artificial sentiment, in Austria and Bulgaria, as well as

and other

for the sanction of Divine authority, which or 12 millions, which Ireland could easily is proof beyond dispute that those who Russia Sweden, Spain, Italy, Switzer- said that from him to whom much was bear. Even in the pro-industrial era of have the welfare of Ireland and the given much, would be expected ich Tre the world, remember that a contury ago reputation of Great Britain út heart certain articles of consumption for the should take this great time by the foremost part nationally, but in other cases

(Russia) only locally. land had given great privileges to Loid there were almost half as many Northcliffe she was entitled to expect in Ireland as there were in Great Britain lock and make a supremo effort to And We know that no form of government great gifts from his hand. (Cheers.) at that time. Cheers.) How few people good government for Ireland. (Cheers.)|| The

greatest and most independent of realize that fact! The growth of the statesmen and journalists to-day, no one population of Great Britain has been suits everybody in any country, and as was more qualified than Lord Northcliffe laregly due to manufactures based on the regards Ireland nothing will be definitely to bring about reconciliation in Ireland great asset, black coal, Ireland has none arrived at unless something is tried (Cheers.) The difficulties were great, but of the coal which has made England rich, (Cheers.) I stood by and tried to assist little in the attempted Irish settlement but she possesses in her mighty rivera they were not insuperable.

white coal of which millions of horse of last year, and I confess to have been power are being lest to Ireland every profoundly disappoined that the scheme, veut. (Cheers.) I live sought eagerly imperfect as it may have been, was not for any recent expert report on the water even given a chance. (Cheers.) power of Ireland. I have not been able INVESTIGATION IN IRELAND, to obtain it, though I had no difficulty in

of Taking

king hy my morning paper when I Spain and Portugal. I can see in the When the Secretary of the Irish Club future very plainly prosperous citics, old minable discussions in the British Parlia sent me your kind invitation, a corres and now, led by the greatest river in the ment about Irish affairs, I have always pondence ensued, in which informed United Kingdom the Shannon, the feeling that here are a number of him that, while I was delighted to come, should like to read recent expert reports people engaged in talking about dome- you might find that you were buying on the Moy, the Shir, and the Lee, Notta thing which is boresome to some of them: pig in a poke." And to many friends and North Western Spain have been about which many of them do not under

with

and others, again, who have questioned me as to why I transformed the list five-and-twenty stand (cheers) about which others are should choose to address my remarks on years, largely, though not entirely, of Fulein went of bygone slights and wrongs,

course, by the use of white coal. Ireland to a club composed of those with Northern Spain has no river like the the discussion of which is only waste of liable to heavy penalties. In order to whose political views 1 anı not in accord, annon; no norse power to compare with words, and all going on in an unsym- ensure that the cards are delivered to limit to the quantities which can be pur-

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Lord Northcliffe, who was received with cheers, first invited, the company to join with him in drinking the King's health,

enthusiasm he said:

A

polar of Incal origin, desigurd to control the distribution and therefore the supply of food locally, travellers experience The material part of the system is, of great difficulties when coming to an hotel course, the card itself. One consumer in a strange town. The practice general- one card; and without a card no purly is that one mest is allowed in ob chase. The card, however, is not merely viously urgent cases for instance, late n card, like a railway season ticket. It in the day or after a long and tiring is a card with coupons attached to it, journo but before he can obtain further each coupon or definite number of them meals the guest has to apply for a loca! entitling to one ration. As the consumer food card under the usual system of pro appear at the counter he produces his cedure or, in some cases, through the lim over the goods, tears off the corre venienee inseparable from the card sys card, and the shopkeeper, while handing hotel manager. This again is an incon

be obviated. sponding coupon or coupons. No greater tem, and it is difficulty to see how it can

THE PIFFALL OF THE SYSTEM. bought than that stated on or implied by

But there are difficulties still greater the coupon or coupons. When all the

a title to the articles for which they are coupons are gone, the card has to be reth the cards do not constitute turned to the authorities in order to be exchanged for a new one. The cards are provided. The sole title to them still

"effective" demand-e, money, the therefore non-transferable. They bear any person making unauthorised use of teach us as being the essence of an the name and address of the owner, and remains what the economists need to somebody clee's card renders himself cards being intended solely to put a

and when this bad been done with much finding reports on the water power am in Ireland, and reading of the inter- quantity of the goods may be sold or

I have given two reasons:

The first

that in discussing Irish affairs people usually talk of them with those of their own way of thinking, which is a waste of time. Secondly that I happened to have been born in Ireland, have a strong Atrain of Trish blood in me, and share therefore

some of your national pugna whose earliest associations in life go back to a salmon Icap on an Irish river can be indifferent to the welfare of that beautiful but badly menaged country (Cheers))

city

Yet

Irish

(Laughter.) Furthermore, no one considerable portion of the population of, could name half a dozentoh they get the required number of wearisome quenes at the shop entrances

I feel that the moment is an urgent one trumps. was very difficult to go people and a considerable portion of whereupon they either get their cards and the bread card must contain the name

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requisite information as to their families, delivered to them by the authorities through, eg from the distribute ch them themselves from the distributing depots

and the address of the shop of which the holder, is the permanent customer-and each shop has a fixed list of customers.

But here is the gront difbeulty: the food market conses to be a uniters, one, it is broken up into innumerable small centres, free competition therefore, dis- of his shopkeeper, who can freely ex- ploit him either through the prices or, if that be impossible under the system of maximum rates, through the quality of the princes. Everywhere where the system has gained grind the complaints adulterated, the butter is bad, and every

additional advantage of allowing the the thousands that have already been pathetic atmosphere. If an inquiry as to the proper parsons and that none are left chased by one person. But in the pre- Irish affairs takes place I do not believe without a card, the majority of the local vailing scarcity the cars present, the wasted in Ireland the evening dread that much confidence will be felt if it distributing authorities have adopted the shopkeeper to know exactly the maximum

dfirst introduced by Berlin, The occurs in London. This is an Irish busi- method the brief period in which I have already been speaking to you. (Cheers.)

The Wit has removed umber ofness as well as a British business. It house owners are obliged to supply to amount of goods he has to get or to keep

of either Belfast or

their tenants and their families, apon him in advance and form a more or less permanent list. By these means, the fa facies with regard to employment feed not take place in the heated atmos the authorities full and correct lists of provided his customers are known to Before the war there was a notion that a phere of

where

re deliberations Great Britain were. What is known as obaly mude, and whento witnesses could cards for distribution The methods with the frequently resulting disappoint- the people live itt tenement houses, Never Accordingly the custom of attaching them. work shy. The roads were infested by bapeedily and economically drawn from facilitated by the fact that in large townsments and inconveniences, and avoided. tramps, the Thames Embankment was the all parts of the island. Let the prelimin theless in numerone cases the house selves to certain shops has become general among the consumers in Germany and sloping place of what looked like out

itscif casts. We have now learned that they investigation take place in Ireland holders themselves have to supply the

he and lot now. (Cheers).

Austria in Viennit is even compulsory, not working and outcasts were not

The prguments of a great many English in Irish history. It would seem as because though every country among the Allies is Round about most Irish towns, as all of Irish, that nothing should be done and to get a substantial war bonius ing the rest and west collection of sent that there is no need to do anything, and to which I have referred, people based upon insufficient information as

THE PROCESS OF UNIFICATION. of improved legislation, better economic conditions, and other benefits, who have sometimes something to do with regards the whole of Ireland and ignore except Ireland. It is patent, too, that horses; people who stand in small knots altogether the sentiment, which may or

The cards are issued for a specified there

great fooling for that vague talking; corner boys and the rest. Yet may not be ill-informed, prevailing in the thing known as a settlement of the transplant those same people across the Oversen Dominions as to the urgent need period bread curds usually for one week, Trish question among people of al Atlantic, and they work with the best, of Irish reform. They omit to take into but other cards for longer periods,

My save and remit money with unfailing shades of opinion, here and overscus.larity to their relations left behind consideration the fact that Ireland is inThe first Berlin bread card, valid for one appears, the customer,bgecmies, the slave..

a bad way and needs instant attention week, provided for the purchase of two views, whatever they may be worth, are (Cheers.) There is no reason whatever (Chcers)

kilograms (roughly 4lb.), and contained that I am plainly for no coercion for any

I can tell you that quite a number of 94 coupons for quantities of 25, 50, 100, portion of Ireland. (Cheers.) Whatever why they should gross the Atlantic to form of Irish government may result work turbines and power houses and from an attempt at some kind of Irish factories, and prove just as alert as the Conservative members of Parliament have and 250 grammes, easily detachable and reorganization, we must realize that the most alert native-born American. Those assured me that England cannot talk allowing for varying daily purchases

modern sources of industry shou

should have about the rights of the smaller nations Subsequently the weekly ration of bread Ireland of the future 8 something very

bern development during the

itself. One of some readjustment of Irish affairs coupons contained nominations difficult to foresee. An active,

the most ingenions inventions in connee (Cheers.) I do not believe that there are 25, p. 100, 121, and 110 grammes. The article is of a new quality The system majority in Ireland are never likely to tion with the utilization of waste leather tow any real wrongs or injustices inration was afterwards reduced twice, but is indeed, an incentive to fraudulent that I intly saw at the front in France Ireland other than the great fact that the nominations of the coupons have trading. Yet what is the alternative 7 settle down into a kind of bovine state

to the Free Trade of contentment, very pleasant to depict was the idea of a young Dublin boot-Irish industry,

last year was issued each time for the such a waste of time and energy, cause But years. (Cheers.) equally be called stagnation bench where he was working I could not principle which suited England very well the Berlin potato cand in the spring of the Germans all the queues, which entail

but think that by proper combination for humber of

individual people like the Irish have a period of ive weeks, each weekly coupon such fatigue and annoyance, lead to such The restlessness and independence of the water power of Ireland, the very human desire to arrange their own providing for the purchase of 10th, The ugly scenes, and as often as not ultimate- Irish people, north, south, east, and utilization of Irish leather and that from west, their individual love of adventure Bouth America, a powerful rival to over affairs for themselves. (Cheers.) The butter card about the same time was blend to disappointment. Whole and fight, by which the British Empire worked Northampton could, by a little sister island of Newfoundland, which is issued for the period of light weeks, has very greatly benefited (cheers), wou'd foresight have been erected on the banks almost exactly the same size, is mightily each coupon providing for lh, of butter to wait before different shops, and women not, in my judgment, evolve a Holland of one of the great Tr

Trish rivers. (Cheers) italous of any interference from London, weekly, purchasable on four days of the at their wits ends have to rush franti or even from Ottawa, for the matter of werk. Ehstly a milk card, which pro- cally from one shen to another in quest vided for one litre (1 pint) daily, had of the desired article. No wonder that Switzerland, or Denmark prosperous,

that.N A NEWFOUNDLAND EXPERIMENT

16 daily coupons for the period between the system of customers lists it never- theless making bendway and is about to daresay, and placid, but precarious, as

British Government is, in my opinion, are all peace-acolors, all of them. What he g

be adopter compulsorily (as regards ever the new Ireland may become, it will Sonte years ago, in company with the very best government in the world. November 16th and 30th, 1915, not be a decayed State or States. The number of other friends, I engaged in As to Ireland, it has not been as adapt The Berlin bread card is a compara bread) in Berlin. Of the two culs it is people are alive, prolific, healthy, ahí a much more difficult enterprise than the able as in other parts of the Empire, In tively simply affair, because it is issued no doubt the smaller, but what a big tions, and adaptable. I am an optimist utilization of the vaste water power of the matter of giving Ireland a share of to each individual separately. In Vienna one it is nevertheless

Colony very similar to the great industrial developments of the the card is a family one, and is a large about a country as yet practically un Ireland, in a touched by applied scientific development. Ireland in several respects-Newfound last two and a half years we have been document containing a full statement as

Band Almost every writer and thankersonal population almon, identical racially with British Government is not hesitating to together with a detailed enumeration of uations in which even a bad arrange -- Newfoundland is peopled by strangely neglectful. While this now to the number of persons covered for it, as seen in the light of German experience, Ireland, especially those whose acquaintance with the country is slight that of Ireland.

very laws as regards certain or whose Knowledge is confined to one edifices that sprang up in car first settles but very drasties doubt, are necessary the coupons attached to it for the grown-ment is better thno ven & Ipart of Ireland, have forious, views na toment were an Orange Hall and a Roman righ andastries already referred to, no up and the young members of the family, eight weeks. In addition to the cards the cause of Irish unrest, and what to do Catholic Church (Laughter.) Indeed, now enterprises are to be set up to coun- the said coupons covering a period of

of people that 3 saw the fireTwelfth of July procesi torbalance the losses for specihed articles of specified quanti

and thrifty people (the last as estic half years in Ireland last two and while ignoring the insistent demand for was rained: to: 2,200 grammes, and the are load and frequent: the bread is

by the Savings Banks) such as are the

as a form of peace, but which might maker, and as I passed away from the have been sides, and agriculture remained unaltered. On the other handThe alternative is these polonaires," S

with Ireland.

there

Almost the first two

POVERTY THE CAUSE OF UNEEST. are arguments that have

families often have to separate in order

Taken as a whole the card system,

is a bad arrangement; but there are sit-

our. manufacturore, were

BRITAIN'S INCREASED OUTPUT. OF MUNITIONS. Tu acknowledging the pride I feel that ties, new cards bays lately been intro-

Dr. Addison, Minister of Munitions... be used against Irish I was selected to be one of the guests of duced in some of the larger towns in The complexities of the situation are been

able figures showing especially the in- numerous enough, but I know the chief industrial development were used against the evening of your great annual festival, Germany for foodstuffs in general, cause of Trish unrest is Irish the utilization of water power in Now I would entrent northern friends of mine provided with coupons either of different speaking at Bedford, gave some remark-- poverty. (Cheers.) At this present foundland. We were told that there was to seek consultation with those in other colours or marked with different numerade of our output of heavy artillery moment, when so many industrial dis no suitable labour; no workable coal; 31 parts of Ireland (cheers), and I wouldberg or lettera, or both of rifferent col ammunition tricts in England and. Beotland, and, to difficult climate; paucity of railway respectfully point out to the Government leurs and distinguishing marks These He said that our men, thanks to their a lesser extent,

Belfast are enjoying transport, and the rest of it. We shut that without Irish development and Trish are intended for a variety of non staple splendid independence of spirit and the tin the air atial events, and our the war, to quote a current phrase, irish our ears to this kind of talk, and though happiness the participation of Ireland articles mich as groats, marmalade, ellorts of salaries and wages are the lowest paid our operations were carried on nearly in the great struggle for freedom that is regetables, pess, and beans, soap, etc. The superior the field at present were ade

two thousand miles away from England now being waged in not possible. I would quantities available in the local market troops, in

supplied with munitions. in ang English-speaking cous comport we have been successful. Today; for the also urge that if Ireland, almost alche of such articles being variable from week

have able make compari-

to give any details, but he might give one which I hy in workers are recolving young Irishman who is not agriculturally simong civilized people, does not take her 2 week or sometimes even day to day: impossible, and it would be, undesirable, loss in a we

week than some English worker inclined, there are few outlets for energy

history will be one of melancholy are at the present time making in one and proges in his own

clerk in singularity, and small will be her chance or from a given dats until further notice or two encouraging: illustrative figures light feld amoiatiition from July, 1915, to day. I

iny, brewery, or

of appealing to the sympathy of a world much groats or soap or any other If they took the average weekly output of was due, certainly to some one, that of a bank, insurance company b

of such and such colour of such a week of January, and compared weekly

even lower wages of the the

last crusade (Cheers.)______________

letter in the general" food-book,”

weeks 6 and in January 22,

with

do not know to whose neglect it he must take to the position and so place in this struggle, her position the authorities simply announce that on to

on the war, but little goes to

in Great Britain in the last two and

Buch

ras

school teach thu has suffered so greatly in the great articles would be available on the coupons 1816, and then in the themed

adaptability in the matter of co-opera-

this

For

the 40 million pounds being Ireland. paid Trish The palatial factories that have risen up quarter of a century has proved Ireland's When Lord Northcliffe rose to go the the supply of some of the staple articles Sgure would be in the first average of in Ireland, so that when the war 18 over ownership among the people, who, to my good fellow with great heartiness, potatoes) fails Notico is then given that be 7 and in January were heating three quarter years have no counter part yo egriculture. The extension of land company stood up and sang He's a jolly of food (such as recently was the case with medium guns in the first period it would and thees superbly equipped establish knowledge, work with the same diligence Lord No Selife; cetly hope burnips in such and such, maximum quan gan

Irish on their own forms as the French oro- r be prietor does on his or hers, is abundant shall set Sorgething now."The tity are available sa a substitute on the Boche" the first figure would be

axactly where they

Thank yet,

ladies and entlemen,” said

we

ments, are turned to wages and Trish

the matter proof that the Irish worker in Ireland: cheering was renewed, and as Lord North taken in hand, and that now, at once, given proper incentive, is an industrious cliffe left this room, then were cries of without any delay whatever. (Cheers as the Irish worker in the United States, Sian leat the Gaelic form of farewell,

with you I do not wish to be an alarmist, but con- and I cannot say more than that which is literally translated health be.

I say that the water power. currently with the closing down of (Cheers.)

red or green coupons of the current week SUPERVISION AND DISTRIBUTION.

a

ed locally by the municipalities or some The cards are distributed and controll.

I

guns and thie was where

the

76 For heavy

28, and the figure for the last week of January 282. The British Army owed

that overwhelming preponderance of

of Mr. Lloyd George heavy artillery to the genius and foresight