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THE ISLE OF SANCTUARY. IRELAND'S PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES.

An interesting debate took place in the House of Lords on June 11th the privileges and immunities enjoyed by

Ireland"

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14th May, 1918.

MONDAY, AUGUST 10TH. ~ 1918.

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TWIXT THE DEVIL AND- THE UKRAINE.

UNKNIGHTLY GERMANS. PROTEST BY ORDER OF ST. JOHN,

[SY CAPTAIN 7. 4. 7. "UZANNĚ) At a recent special meeting of the

-Germany is becoming very worried at Chapter of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem in England the following not getting a little something from letter was approved and ordered to be Ukraine, and she is wondering if that sent to the German Order of St. John-country is all right or only very busy, She is beginning to fear that the Ukraine Lord Willoughby de Broke asked his

has turned but rather a bad investment, We, Arthur Duke of Connaught and for with her internal difficulties that Majesty's Government whether the De fenes of the Realin Regulations had been Strathearn, Prince of the United King

country is at present extravagant and applied impartially as between Great dom of Great Britain and Ireland, helpless, Germany did so want someone Grand Price of the Order of St. John of to lean on and her hopes were centred in Britain and Ireland, particularly in

Jerusalem in England, and the Knights the Ukraine, but she is discovering the regard to fox-hunting, horse-racing. Price of Justice. Knights of Grace, and other unpleasant truth that the Ukraine is of cattle, food control, the price of rail embers of the said Order, in Chapter- rather a burden and not at all satisfactory way fares, and the consumption of petrol General solemnly assembled, desire to from the food point of view. For the He said that "since Parliament had approach the most illustrious Grand abandoned the Union between Great Master of the Bailiwick of Brandenburg. last few weeks Germany has, as it were, Britain and Ireland, and had pandered and the Knights of Justice, Knights of been giving promissory notes for Ukraini. to separatist opinion, there had arisen Honour, and other members of the Johan an increasingly large volume of sedition, niter Orden, with regard to certain bel

an food, and the time for these notes to conspiracy, and rebellion in that country.ligerent acts committed by the Imperialbe In spite of that, however, the Irish German Government during the present to be pleasant, » people appeared to enjoy privileges not war, which appear to us to be opposed to accorded to the inhabitants of the other the declarations, maxims, and professions parts of the United Kingdom. He wished of our ancient and illustrious Order of to withdraw fox-hunting from his ques Christian Chivalry. tion, as the masters of foxhounds had met

Strongly imbued with the spirit of our national exigence and had reduced Order, we would beg of the noble taembers hunting. He was informed that horse- racing had received a boom in Ireland. Imperial Majesty the German Emperor of the Johanniter Orden to petition His the like of which had never been known and exercise their influence with the before. In consequence of the disean-Imperial German Government to prevent tinence of horse-racing in this country henceforth the sinking ot several patrons of the Turf, including ships, to

hospital all camps the bookmakers and other accessories. had

humane treatment of sick and wounded crowded over to Ireland, where they had

prisoners of war, sind to observe scrupu ren having a remarkably good time lously all the provisions of the Geneva Horses had been run there which would

t'onvention. otherwise have been run in England, and sport had risen to a very high level.

AS IF THERE WERE NO WAR.”

Other forms of sport enjoyed in Ireland were coursing, whippet-racing, and even that good old Gaelic sport of cock fight ing, whilst junketing of all kinds wILK going on just as if there were no war no all. With regard to food control the

practically understood there

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A PATRIOTIC PURPOSE,

Petrol must have been used for the patriatic purps of raiding the Duke of Abercorn's house at Baron's Court to see what arms were available. It was a very grave injustice that petrol should be forthcoming for rebellious subjects in Ireland when people in this country could

not obtain any

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We regret to record our opinion that in these respects the Government of His Imperial Majesty has not always acted

to the ideals and lawn our Chris tian brotherhood. These objects are so unch the purpose and goal for which our ancient Order has epatinually strives, that we appeal with the more confidence In it eminent members in Germany, in the hope and belief that they will unita with a in endeavouring to ophold our historic mottoer, Pro Fide" and "Pro Utilitate Hominum, and to maintain the highest standard of Christian gene rmity, charity, mercy, and honour.

honoured has drawn rather too near

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HINDENBURG'S FACE TO THE WALL

Hindenburg's shaving mirror may yet become historical.. This great German general, whose extraordinary reputation has been fabricated on a single victory-- that of Tannenberg, in which neither strategy nor tactics played any part what. ever has been preponsible for 'n loss in Germans killed and taken prisoners which was estimated by the German military expert, Karl Bleibtreu, in the Feue Europa of April lust, at 4.436,960 men.

What has Hindenburg accomplished? Certainly riot the Russian * triumiph than was the aftermath of the revolution, and whatever part was played be it by ment and treacherous intrigue, German military prowess had nothing whatever to de with it.

THE UNMIRRORING MIRIOR. A glimpse behind the scenes is given by

What else The battlefield in the weat the Berliner Tageblatt of April 28th, which contains a speech by State Commis. to-day after nearly four years of war, Why, then, has this ry von "Waldow during the debate on gives the answer.

great general failed! The German tag the food question in the Prussian Land-

Von Waldow admitted that Ger-author, Walther Bloem, gives the answer many was dependent for her bread on in the Frankfurter Zeitwy, of June 5th. supplies from the Ukraine, until the new Hindenburg looks, but he does not see; barvest. All preparations had been made, and it was hoped that the supplies would be only deludes himself that be seer:-" arrive punctually, The Central Powers One evening in the summer of 1017 tad reserved to themselves the right to Hindenburg, with Ludendorff, his son-in- establish their own organizations in solaw, his doctor, two guests, and myself far as and where the Ukraine fails to were sitting over a glass of beer, The purchase the necessary grain. This purconversation was non military, and funny chase would be made in Hay, but it could not be begun eren till the land had bega restored to some sort of order. The troops of the Central Powers had reached the most important grain districts, seized the junctions of the main roads, und under their protection the purchase could begin

Now this extract from von Waddow's speech gives one food for considerable thought.

war st went the round.

i recalled how, in the autumn of 1914, when every one expected the war to be of short duration, others considered it a point of honour to grow horrible war beards, whereas now we only let ourselves be seen carefully shaved, as a matter of

are going badly.

ample, even at moments when things

Dot

Lieutenant von Reitzenstein, who had sell

much service, confirmed this, but added that a shaving mirror was always at hand. Then Hindenburg said:

No doubt his bearers would have liked something more substantial but ene cannot please everybody.. One fact is abundantly clear, namely, that Germany's only hope of maintaining the bread ration lies in the possibilities of obtaining sup Why do you need a mirror? When I Ta the Most illustriods Grandplies from the Ukraine. If the Ukraine shave myself on service I police myself Master of the Bailiwick of Branden, fails her she will have to cut down thebetore a wall, chalk an uai mark on it, burg of the Johanniter Orden and bread ration at home, which is not likely and stare at it while abave. It takes Knights and Members of the Orden.

to be a popular measure.

the place of a mirror.. The chief thing is that one must have something to look at. ARTHUR, Graad Prior. HERBERT JEYKEL," Chancellor. PLYMOUTH Sub-Prior. EVELYS CECIL, Secretary-General.

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article of food rationed, with the excep tion of sugar, and that was only recently put under the Order, further, that it would be extremely difficult carry out the regulations as in England. Then, as to railway fares, it was true that within the last few days the cost of travelling had been increased by 30 per cent., but that

All this is Lorne out by the Dentach did not alter the, fner that since the be ginning of the war until recently there

Tageszeitung of 25th April, 1915, which. had been no rise in railway fares, where

having stard that a meeting is about to as in England the rise had been on a con.

be held by the Reichstag Advisory Council

The food fight between North Germany With regard toy

of the War Food Bureau in order to dis stantly increasing senle rattle Ireland had been given bigger

russ the supply of bread-grain until thend South Germany is still in, full vigour. - prices" than were allowed in England.

etming harvest, adds: We intet wait to the latest Prussian attack on Bavaria the Munich Post makes the following He called attention to the large number dead meat was the same in Ireland as in resolution will be passed

and see whether, as rumours have it

spirited this meeting

retore:- of horse shows in Ireland, and, stated

In Bavaria the plight of the general Great Britain, and arrangements would for reducing the bread ration. For the that with regard to petrol it appeared to

be made by which Irish cattle sent to

present, in view of the optimistic news asses, who cannot fied in restaurants, The position him that if people telonged to the dis

this country for slaughter would be from the Ckraine, it is to be hoped that bad enough in all truth. loyal portion of Ireland there was no difficulty in their obtaining petrol. It graded on arrival and the price £xed at such a resolution is impossible."

the same rate as that applicable here. As a matter of fact in several parts of Precone worse if (as happens in to-day) countless wagonloads of had been stated that there has been as to horse-racing the regulations that were withheld from the public several prasicutions for the illegal use of applied to Great Britain applied to Ire been reduced. Ia Münster the bread by the smuggling fraternity, and if North petrol thas several persons had been land, but the railway restrictions were ration is at present 220 gr. (7 oz.) per German hoarders and the smugglers, who prosecuted for using petrol to take speaknot so pressing as in this country. The day, and an interesting experiment is deliver good to the north were fot ers to an anti-conscription meeting, and attention of the Executive was being being made with it view to employing hindered by every possible regulation.

That our dear visitors from the north, that on the very day that those prosecalled to the general position of hors fermented straw as à fleur stretcher.

with their good ladies, acted in such Lion, took place Mr. T. M. Healy, Mracing in Ireland. The order as to petrol Siner February, 1918, the bread ration of John Dillon, and Mr. de Valern had used applied to Ireland as well as to Great civilians at Essen had been reduced from way that even the stupid Bavarian

complained of the doings of this snobbish dipped and us carricci out by the 250 gr. (81 m.) to 125 gr (4) cz), "except. b is only a side issue. Every one walk- motor.cars on exactly the same, business. The authorities evidently considered that polier.

in the case of very hard workers" daily bread ration at. Mülheim-Ruhr bas, ed of the hoarding journeys to the south. they had one nothing illegal.

one has seen how North German since The Marquess of Crewe did not think she January, 1918, been reduced to naravellers stored away whole basketsful of the answer of the noble Lord would satisfy at Baerheck was reduced on 15th March, coveted foodstuffs in the railway carriages while local people, who were legally the House. It was obviously the outcome 15:8. although in this case the exact, figures entitled to these supplies, had to queue up of purely official care. The complaint as are not known.

Germany is therefore at her wits ends for hours-eventually getting nothing.. to rationing had not been dealt with as

This crying scandal had to be put a stop. might be thought satisfactory. What was to find food. she can purchase the resented in this country was that there grain from the Ukrainian peasantry well was a causeless and inexplained inequal and good: but if not it is idle to suppose; ity between the conditions of the two for a moment that he is going to be The faint hope" against hope that war There was the risk of lessen. worried by such details as treaties and so might awaken religious fervour among The Earl of Crawford (Lord Privy Countries. Seal) said that conditions in Ireland PE the goodwill of this country towards forth. One has a fair waple of what is the people seems to have been doomed to

Ireland

There was a sense duong the likely to happen in the words of Deputy disappointment. The Brunswick Folke- made it inexpedient or impracticable to working people of this country that they Graefe at a recent meeting of the Reich-Freund ways: apply precisely the same regulations were, being more rigorously treated than stag Main Committee. when Herten under the Defence of the Realm Act as

thi people of Treinnd.

That sentiment Erzberger and Scheidemann took the mili might be desirable or suitable in other was, he was afraid, becoming rather wide tary authorities to task for their high parts of the United Kingdom. He was spread and might have disastrous results harded netion in the Ukraine. Deputy not speaking only of political conditions, when they had to consider, as, they soon Graefe said: The securing of the pro- but of economic and practical conditions, would, the future relations between the visicunt bread-grain and the fature har The only article of food at present ration:

vest of the Ukraine according to the peace German Lord Beresford (NP) said the Gor-treaty in a duty towards our ed in Trendens sugar, the ration being the same as in Great Britain. The crnment had intention of enforcing people, and if the Ukrainian Government amount of ten imported into Ireland was any of the orders that had been sent to is itself too weak for this, then we most ixed on the same basis as that, fixed for Ireland, The whole of the legislation help ourselves by means of military inter Great BritainThe quanti available with regard to Ireland since the war ference. If any department is to be blam

That this measure will stop the flight for consumption was equivalent per began was absolutely different from hated, it is at most cur peace negotiators,

England, because the Government who did not from the first secure for us of the people of Berlin from the churches head to the amount released in Great

were in a fright about Ireland. The certain powers to enforce conditions in is doubtful. Moreover, the Church cannot Britain. In regard to meat, fortnightly returns from butchers received by the working men of this country more dealing with a Government that stood on we served by those who can only be those who came under the such insecure Tooting: then the Rada brought to pleasantly warmed building, Food Control Committee for Ireland particularly bervice at knew perfectly would have had no canne now for feeling out, who are not prepared for the

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glory demonstrated that, notwithstanding the

of God to put up with cold feet! large amount of meat production in the

this? Can cynicism go further than

What else, however, can be expected of The British Amid a great fanfare of trumpets the a people who have dethroned the Deity, country. the average consumtion was Government was in very considerably less than it England Government was afraid to enforce law independence of the Ukraine is proclaim lost respect for the sanctity of woman. It was, therefore considered necessay and order in Ireland and was playing ed and Germany poses before the world hood, and discarded all standards of to apply a system of card rationing to with the people. The working men of this as the saviour of nations and founder of honour?

of The provisions of the Public country, America, and of the

CLOAK OF CHRISTIANITY. republies. The next tableau shows Gei Meals Order were applied throrsbout the Dominions would never support any sug- many undertaking the full responsibility

Another instance of this godlessness is country, though he did not doubt that gestion of Home Rule for freland under of the Ukraine wihch she professes to have freed. Then the world"sees" that same

found in the shameful manner in which present conditions. there were certain places in Ireland as in this country where the provisions were Lord Stuart of Wortley said it appear Germany sending her troops into the the so-called religious Press has sold itself to the politicians, From a number of not strictly carried into effect. As to ed to him that not only was Ireland Ukraine, appointing Military Command

intention of the Home Rule country, but it also had the ants, who promptly issue orders with instances, given in a long letter which bacon, it was the Ministry of Food to make Ireland self-advantage of being able to govern Great regard to the cultivation of the land and appears in the Elberfeld Freie Prease, the

well.

treat the Government of that independent following may be cited as a specimen The Earl of Selborne thought that, State as if it were non-existent.

The editor of the "Good Samaritan,' supporting, with an exportable minimum. Britain as Considerable quantities of American" buen had been imported into Ireland. instead of practical and economic consid. difficult to imagine a policy more suicidal an evangelical Sunday paper, writes a world peace as against a Cer- It was estimated that the consumption of rations, it was political considerations to Germany's own interests, or one more about

by man peace," He says that the stupid TAROCAB BILLS OF LADIES. ISSUED FOR bacon per head in Ireland was actually that were really the foundation-stone of calculated to kill the pacifist "peace desire for a world peace must be recog the whole situation. The question was negotiation“ movements throughout the below the amount at present allowed not whether Ireland consumed larger world. One ventures to think that Gernized as a dangerous enemy to a German ander rationing in England. It was very difficult to estimate the quantities of Proportion of meat per bead than did many herself is painfully aware of this pence, a peace worthy of our tear Great Britain, but whether the people fact. but needs must where the devil stained sacrifices, and the future welfare

of our people." butter, and margarine consumed, as small there were living without any restrictions drives," and her particular devil just now Another Christian" magazine is so

their own consumed producers who

at all. There were no such restrictions is famine. Unless food can be conjured 'butter did not send in any return. As on the price of store cattle in Ireland as ap from somewhere Germany will not be far last to decency as openly to proclaim far as could be estimated, making allow in England, Scotland and Wales, the able to keep her own people in check, and the warlike aims of the Fatherland

party, ance for that, the consumption did not result being that when the military autho she knows it. exted it ounces or held per week, and rities went to buy store cattle they paid Since this is so it is not surprising to the consumption of other fats was much much higher prices in Ireland than to find the Deutsche Tageszeitung, 5th less than in this country. A considerable the English and Scottish farmers Bo April, pointing with gusto to the grain amount of butter was now being export far as petrol was concerred, there was no of the Crimen, although the Crimen is not to Great Britain under licence, and doubt that Ireland had been treated as part of the Ukraine. The fact that Ger many has made peace with Russia will not only such amounts were kept in Ireland a pumpered and privileged country. as were required for home consumption Ireland was now entirely dependent on her own supplies of butter and marga considerable importer of those modities. The maximum price fixed for (Continued at foot of next Column.)

Ireland.

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