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DAILY PRESU THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26TH, 1918.

STATE OF IRELAND.

DEBATE IN THE COMMONS.

Government in 1913, That confrmed all

FLYING |_ THE ATLANTIG "ANGLO-AMERICAN TRIALS THIS

YEAR!

AN INTER-ALLIED ASSOCIA- TION IN CHINA.

SUGGESTION OF AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

LOTTERIES AND WAR

CHARITIES. ·

BILL READ A SECOND TIME IN THE LORDS.

commented on that later by expressing his American and British work in aviationibe American Association; Mr. Chu Pao, two, Parliamentary Committees on the

silence.

NO FOREIGN MEDIATION.

So that was the reason why Mr. Dillon had dragged President Wilson's name into the text of his long resolution ! If it was

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General Bracker issued a formal state ment, which be afterwards elaborated in an interview. Ho-said:-

the American Chamber of Commerce.

Mr. J. J. Keegan, who spoke in behall of Mr. Harold Dollar, President of the American Chamber of Commerce, said in part:-

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A Nationalist attack on the Government of Ireland, recently, amounted to little The following despatch from. Washing-

In the House of Lords on July 9th, and came to nothing. After a debate ton, D.C., receive prominence in the The American Association of China

and the American Chamber of Commerce the Marquis of Lansdowne, in moving occupying the whole sitting their resolu- New-York aswspapers:-- sion was rejected by 245 votes to 100, a The British and American Governon September 18th entertained the mem- the second reading of the Lotteries (War Ministerial majority of 139." battements may undertake fights across the bers of the Chinese General Chamber of Charities) Bill, said he was bound to

According to Mr. Dillon, the decisive Atlantic this year.

Commerce at a banquet, when it was admit that the present law discouraged Major-General land-mark in the recent history of Ire fand, sinen the war began, came when Sir Buthcker Controller-General of Equip-nounced, reports the F.-U. Daily News, lotteries and forbade the distribution of Edward Carson' entered the Coalition weht of the British Air Council, who is that the American Chamber of Commerce prizes by chance Since the war began the darkest suspicions of the Nationalists on a special mission to the United States suggested the advisability of forming an there had been a proposal to raise ravenno that the British Government did not mean pertaining to

The speakers by the issue of premium war bonds. That the co-ordination of inter-Allied Association. to play fair on Homo Rule. Mr. Asquith

were: Mr. W. S. Fleming, President of proposal was reported adversely upon by deep regret that Mr. Redmond also had production falds, disclosed this, adding san, President of the Chinese Chamber ground that it was opposed to public not accepted his urgent invitation, thereby that the Council is committed to the of Commerce; and Mr. J. Keegan, of opinion and that it was not desirable to making the Coalition completely repre

But of that Mr. Filloa aid scheme.

introduce legislation which would give. sentative. nat a word. So he roundly condemned the

rise to acute controversy. He thought existing martial law and the Crimes Act,

the time had come when Parliament and said that there had been no evidence

might permit a departure from the ald of any new German plot-while candidly

The first practice.

TULBON why ho admitting that the Germans were plotting

On occasions such as this when we thought lotteries might be legalised on a in Ireland all the time. There was, he An enterprise which must be carried gather with our Chinese friends I am temporary measure was that charities said, a very formidable German plet in out as soon as possible is the fight of aure every American who has the good were sorely in need of money, and that operation before the war, and be asked the Atlantic. Once this has been estab fortune to be present is much benefited by a Very considerable amount of revenue what information the Government had as lished America's output of large bombing the interchange of ideas, and I know that might be tapped by resorting to lotteries. to the Mission of Baron von Kuehlmann machines can proceed to Europe by air the reeling is general among Americans Another reason was that these lotteries to Ulster. He went on to declare that and so save the shipping that is so in that it would be much better were the were taking place all over the country nothing would persuade the Irish people valuable for other purposes.

cccasion not so widely separated as semi-at the present time. It would be much that the decision to apply conscription There is no reason why a consider-

annual dinners are. I am assured by our better to regularisa such proceedings. was not come to with the deliberats pur-ble number of great aeroplanes and sca- good Chinese friends that this feeling is The bill authorised the use of lottaries pose of torpedoing Home Rule, and giving planes should not cross the Atlantic shared by them as well, and although I only on behalf of registered charities and the Government an opportunity of esca during next summer, and the sooner am discussing Chinese and American re- with the consent in writing of the police. ing from their pledges. He wound up by saying that the situation was desperate, pioneer proves the fight not only to be lationships in this instance. I would like authorities. He would take charge of.. and that the only way out was to submit possible but, comparatively safe, the it understood by the Chinese gentlemen the bill because it was one in which the the Irish problem to President Wilson's better." arbitration. Some of the Nationalists

The aeroplane making the Transatlan present that in seeking a closer bend of Red Cross Society was greatly interested

anderstanding with our Chinese follow and he had the honour to be officially cheered, and a few Radicals, but the tic voyaye would carry two engines a citizens, there is no selfish motive, and wo,connected with that society. There was House generally received the proposal in two tanks. It was estimated by Generals Americans, neither expect per will special lottery which the society wished

Brancker that the Right would be accom-jook for any advantage of treatment from to set up if the bill became law, plished in forty hours. It would be the Chinese General Chamber of Com

A great collection of pearls had result possible, for the Rolls-Royce engine to merce or the Chinese people beyond what ed in the contribution of 3,300, and the make the voyage.

The acroplane crossing the sea would they are willing to accord to others problem was how they could be turned meant to embarrass the Government, it carry four persons an engineer, two ese views, I am quite certain, are also to the best advantage. He was advised did not succeed. Mr. Shorts, who follow-pilots, and a man to navigate who could shared by each of the Allied commercial that to dispose of them by retail would be perfectly hopeless, and that to attempt ed did not even allude to it. Sir Mark pilot also There are plenty of men who bodies located in Shanghai,

This brings up a matter which has been to sell by public auction would be mast British people would accept the mediation would jump at the opportunity to given thought to by a great many of us disappointing A lottery seemed to and the necessity for which has been afford an obvious solution of the difficul of any foreign State, however friendly attempt the first flight. There are three Mr. Asquith shared the same reluctance in Washington, not counting himself driven home by the success which has at ty, and be was told it would produce an

try it, General

There were and added that if the Dominions statemen who would like to were loth to take a hand in the Irish Brancker declared. He thought it would tended the unification of Allied economic, astounding sum of money.

financial and military endeavours humbler gifts, including a pig, which situation be thought it very sanguine to be a good idea for the United States to throughout the world. I mean an organi was presented to the Queen by an enthu expect that President Wilson would de so furnish two of the men and Great Britain zation to be composed of the members of siastic agriculturist. Her Majesty had Bat, doubtless, it was only proposed to the other two.

recognized allied societies. Serious been pleased to give the pig to the Red placate American opinion, which has been growing decidedly cooler towards Irish Although General Brancker believed thought has been given to this matter Cross Society, and he would like to ask by the Committee of the American Cham the House what were they to do with the flight entirely practicable, and rea

ber of Commerce of China, in line with

that historic animal (Laughter.) It sonably safe, it would be possible, he the general policy of the American and would be something like an outrage to con said, for small boats, such as the Engle other Allied governments, of bringing sign' it to the nearest butcher for human type, to be distributed at sea, so that Allied peoples closer together. It is our consumption. A considerable sam might the neroplane might communicate by belief that the time is ripe for the success- be earned by rafting it. The expendi- wireless, if it should get into difficulty.

ful carrying out of such a plan. I am

tare of the Red Cross Society, which set up an Irish Republic! Mr. Dillon rents posible, in a comparatively short American

He pointed out that, with such achieve privileged to announce to-night that the stood roughly at £1,000,000 in the first

Chamber of Commerce of said No.

Then what would he have

year of the war, was now over £4,000,000 -0 done! Silence was the only answer. Mr.

space of time flight might be made to China, after careful deliberation, has a year. They were spending £25,000 a Shortt described the situation as vastly Berlin and to other distant German ventured to take the lead in this move week on medical, general, and other improved now, that the Sinn Fein leaders cities when the Entente-American aviament and is addressing a letter, such as

stores which went to the different were under lock and key. Illegal drilling tion preponderates aufficiently over the

I will read to you, to other Allied or-

theatres of war, and £10,000 a week in had been almost stopped. The seditious German, az aut printing, presses were being stamped out.

ganizations in Shanghai, suggesting the comforts of various kinda for prisoners advisability of forming an inter-Allied of war. Human nature was very human Whereas Last April it was found that a

Association. The letter, gentlemen, is as indeed. There were a large number of complete military system had been worked

follows- N

people who looked. for no return for their out by the Sinn Feiners for the South of

As an Allied commercial body, we charity, there were others who charity Ireland, and the volunteers were being The Acro Club officials in New York

have given serious deliberation to the was more languid. It needed stimulus instructed in the art of cutting railways were surprised, they state, to find that question of more substantially advanc to perfect it, and it was this class who and blowing up bridges while raids for the aeroplane manufacturer thought the ing Allied interests in a broad wayerhaps would not give to a humdrum arms were being conducted almost nightly matter of sending a machine across the

the collection who would put their money Instead of taking Sinn Fein by the

throughout China and are of ocean was so little outside a day's work

opinion that the most powerful weapon freely into raffles and lotteries. To them throat" said Mr. Shortt, 14

the Nation that he asked a bonus of only £500 over. for the accomplishment of this purpose he was not in the least ashamed to appeal alists had sought to go one better." made Mr. Devlin furious, and he kept on

and above the cost of the machine for

would be an inter-Allied association, in the manner proposed by the hill. angrily interrupting, spite of the undertaking the trip from this country

composed of the members of all Allied (Cheers.) Speaker's rebukes.

organizations in China, taking those in Mr. Shortt ended to Europe. The Aero Club had earlier with an appeal to the Nationalists to help found an indication that the opinion was

Shanghai as a nucleus in recruiting.. They received it with general that the flight was sure to be jecra. His emphatic declaration that accomplished without great delay when Home Rule was impossible in the present they made inquiries at Lloyd's in Londen state of English opinion was received with as to their willingness to insure a prize the cry that he had "tarned his coat. of £30,000 which the club planned some months ago to offer for the first successful Transatlantic flight.

Sykes said that he did not think? the

Nationalism.

The Chief Secretary's answer to the case presented was effective enough. He asked Mr. Dillon what he would have done with the Bolshevik Sinn Feiners if he had been head of the Irish Government Would he have tolerated their efforts to

PRACTICABLE

has

Mr. William H. Workman, represent ing the Handley Page, machine, accepted the Aero Club's proposal and plan for an early Transatlantic fight.

The reply was that Lloyd's was not prepared to make any bet against the fight being made

BIR MARK SYKER' CANDOUR. After Sir George Reid had moved his amendment, gratefully acknowledging the heroic services of Irishmen, but deploring the organised attempts to prevent Irish men from joining in the defence of the

The club submitted its plans for a flight liberties enjoyed by all free pations Sir Mark Sykes made a remarkable speech,, in to Lieutenant Belloni, who is in America which he analysed with great candour the representative of manufacturers of responsibilities of all the various British the Caproci. He was reported to have and Irish parties for the impasse in which tentatively accepted the proposal, says the Irish problem not stands. We have the New York Times, and is now prepar all done our bit, he said, "in bringing ing terms for the fight in about this situation, and we all ought to machine. make our sacrifices." Sir Mark plied the whip with great address and vigour,

Your hearty support and encourage ment will greatly stimulate the forma- tion of this society and we cordially invite an expression of "your views on the subject, following which it would "appear practical to have an early joint conference of the committees of all Allied organizations in Shanghai to decide upon a plan of federation.

Thanking you for a consideration of this matter, and with best wishes, we

are,

Very sincerely yours, THE AMERICAN CHAMBER OF ..

COMMERCE OF CHINA

Gentlemen, I have every reason to be z Captoni

an Allied Chamber of Commerce.

The Archbishop of Canterbury said the bill introduced a far-reaching principle: He disclaimed any idea of putting a bar in the way of raising money for an object so obviously good and right. He was quite prepared to say that the registra tion which the bill required would pre- vent abuse, but what would be said by other institutions of the highest possible merit which were extremely hard pressed if they were told that this means of rais- ing money was limited to war charities, and that they were absolutely barred from using them, He greatly doubted that what was proposed was to be tem porary in its character. There were many war bills, emergency bills, which were stamped with a temporary charac lieve that the spirit and manner in whichter, but which in all probability would our proposal is made will be understood find a permanent place in the statute by our Allied friends, and it is particular book. If a principle upon which we had ly gratifying that I am able to make the based legislation for the last 200 years especially so it seemed when it was the whenever that Conference takes place. Arst announcement, personally, to such a was once withdrawn, aa' proposed in the tür of Sir Edward Carson to endure the stripes Ha condemned unsparingly his He regretted that the difficulties had been powerful Allied commercial organiza bill, he did not see how they would be recent July 12th speech at Belfast, and cormously increased by including Iretion, the Chinese General Chamber of justified in saying that the principle must bold good when they were dealing the language he had used with reference land in the last Military Service Act, and Commerce of Shanghai.

While an inter-Allied Ampciation, as with other good objecta from time to to the Irish bishops and the, Catholic reviewed the efforts which had been made religion. I admit the bishops gave him in the last few years to reach a settlement planned, would be founded on broad time. He expressed surprise that lot- the opportunity," he said

but to take They had all failed, though each had come lines, it can readily be understood that series were common. For many years the it was not helpful towards winning the near to success. What he asked was, Are out of the comingling of many Allied in Church had made it a condition that we now going to give it up in despair!terests there might develop what it is be war." The clergy ought not to take poll He appealed to all parties to make que lieved would greatly benefit Shanghai lotteries should not form a part of bazaar tical action; but he added drily Privy more effort to settle it for ourselves and

proceedings By passing a measure of Councillors ought not to organise

this kind Parliament might be opening by ourselves." The House murmured hon Sir Mark's strokes were clean and

I believe that when this matter is con.

the flood-gates. If they passed the bill sharp, and he drew tremendous Nation-asent; but without seeing clearly how the sidered by the Committee of the Chinese what was to prevent foreign lotteries

effort was to be made. And then came a alist applause when he spoke of the Battlersent of angry shreats from Mr. Dillon, General Chamber of Commerce that it coming into the country to draw on

"the prelude to eighty of the Boyne as

British money as a source of supply! A years of the greatest rascality and sing the whole thing back into the will favourably impress them as a move-

ment for the general benefit of the com- principle of vital importance to our villainy

that Irish history has to show whirlpool once more. Let all parties combine, he urged, or there

Late in the evening Mr. Adamson, munity, and all of those of you who are will be a terrible Nemesis, and he begged speaking for the Labour party, supported here to-night will, I am sure, endorse the national life was involved. He opposed the Nationalists in a most eloquent brought to a conclusion by a short speech agree that as association, such as d

Mr. Dillon's motion, and the debate was action which our Chamber has taken and the second reading." passage to take their due part in the war from Mr. Bonar Law, who said it was speaking of, ia urgently needed in again, and check the deep estrangement curious that Mr. Dillon never came within Bhanghai. which was growing up between the Eng 100 miles of the real difficulties of the lish and Irish

peoples

problem. He spoke as if this was a case ME. ASQUITH 6 APPEAL.. Parts of this speech were extra the rights of the Irish. There was not a of the British people tyrannously refusing ordinarily well phrased. The House man in the House who did not know

The following order, sent by, Trotaky that laughed heartily at the epigram that it the real difficulty in the way of the tout to all Commissaries for War, has was "no good, the friends and relations tion of this question was not a diferite received by the Admiralty per Wireless set the Red Cross, Society on its legs of an insolvent lunatic looking at pictures between Englishmen and Irishmen, but of the Rake's Progress, and the Falstaff one between Irishmen and Irishmen.lish and French detachments on

In connection with the landing of Eng. reference, in connection with Sir Edward Hear, hest.) As to tyranny, there was Murman Coust, and the open participa Carson's anti-clericalism, was also much enjoyed, except by Sir Edward and hot a man in the House, who did not know tion of French officers with the counter- friends Bir Edward Carson, sitting on fault towards Ireland it had been shrough Slovaks. I order all military institutions that if the Government had committed a revolutionary matineers the paid Czecho

NO COTTON IN HOLLAND, the same bench, a few feet distant, listened asity and giving her treatment different and soldiers not to military oficers, the French grimly to these rebukes. The Nationaliste, frem, that given to the rest of the United and English naval and

A firm of cotton brokers at Liverpool, when adhared by Bir/Mark, to drop the Kingdom. He asked whether nationality not to permit them to go from one town the letter from Holland from which impossible dream of Dominion Home depended upon used 17 so Ireland had not another, to watch carefully all their the following is a quotation: In our Hule, were still as statues, though they scout, four millious out of the ungdam's nets of the nets of persons who, it has country the stocks of, raw cotton have cheered, uproariously the suggestion that population of forty-five millions. If it been proved, are capable within the ter been used up to the last fibre, and a few Lord French should disarm Ulster. on was not to depend upon size but the real ritories of the Russian Republic of can spinners have begun apinning paper Mr. Asquith was grave and sententions. differenced of sentiment and feeling, spiring against the sovereignty of the Bus varnost spinning mills, however, He emphasised the supreme and over anrely the same right of self-determination sian people. The present order is sent are absolutely idle, and so are the whelming importance of coming to a settlement," both as & war mensure, and and of nationality which the majority of to all by wire, and remains in force until majority of the "weaving sheds The the Irish claim can be claimed with equal | countermanded. The causes which have workpeople are for a great part employed still more as a Peace Conference measure, force by the people of Ulster against the compelled me to issue this order will be in making new roads and improving

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The Marquis of Crewe did not believe that the adoption of the proposal of the bill during the period of war would shake serious opinion in the country or in any way open the door for a general legalisa- tion of gambling.

Viscount Sandhurst' said the real object: of the bill was to enable certain people to collect a sum of money which would

Viscount Bryce opposed the bill. The bill was afterwards read a second

time.

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