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WORLD'S GIGANTIO TASK, POSITION OF GERMANY, LORD CHANCELLOR'S VIEWS. Lord Birkenbend, the Lord Chancellor. was entertained at, lunch recently at the Cannon-street Hotel by the Imperial Commercial Association.

THE AMERICAN COLONIES,

AN HISTORIC LETTER. NEW YORK'S APPEAL TO THE CITY. The library committee of the Corpora tion of the City of London have just pub- lished in facsimile a document of uncom mon interest to the British and American The Lord Chancellor in a speech, said peoples, by both of whom it will be wel everybody agreed that at the earliest cumed as opportune at a sino when all momente emergency legislation should be remember how the cordiality of the citi brought to an end and all abnormal consens greeting to President Wilson found a trol removed, but when the Government warm, responsive echo in New York on imposed this or that restriction they did The document is a letter from the Com the occasion of the Prince of Wales' visit. it neither through folly nor perversity. mittes of the Association of New York to They might be wrong in a particular the Lord Mayor and Corporation of Lon course that was

"liability to which on written on May 5th, 1775 a few days humanity was prone--but they did not erred the War of Independence. The com- atter the affair of Lexington, which start- without giving the deepest consideration mittee put the case of the American to the elementary arguments on the other

colonies before the city on the ground of side. Every member, of the Government the Empire to the cause of liberty and the warm attachment in the capital of desired to get rid of all the artificial con fatica.la trol necesitated by the war, bat we could not go through five years of war and then every line of the letter. It is a dignified The spirit of free men run through be in a position to resura pre-war life büt resolute statement of the colonists at once. It was utterly impossible. The stand against interference with their per association was right in emphasising that sonal liberty, but while it contains a the commercial prosperity of the country warning, there is he threat of separation. was founded during long centuries on the The signatories aimed their loyalty to theory that exceptional individual initis the King and the love they bore to all live, enterprise, and ability deserved

exceptional reward "We must be their fellow-subjects in the King's realm declared, sweep away the crazy doctrines and dominions, and they were willing, as of those muddy philosophers who tell us Englishmen, to make voluntary contribu- the best way to obtain the maximum tions to the King's needs, but having been achievement of the nation-which is only born in the bright inheritance of Eng the aggregate sum total of the citizens-lish freedom," they asserted their right to is through a system under which, what dispose of their own property as they ever a man's industry or effort, his reward chose, and they were resolutely determined is to be the same." There never had been to defend their rights with their blood. a community in the world which had pro aveded upon this system; there never was commimity which had achieved great ness which had not achieved by relying on the opposite system,

The majority of the signatories were of British origin, and not all became advo- cates of independence. Isaac Low, the chairman, for example, was a stout de The Lord Chancellor next dealt with ed independence, and when his property fender of colonial liberties, hat he oppos the trade prospects of the country in rela was confiscated returned to England. tion to the world situation. He said there Among the committeezen of Dutch origia never was such an opportunity if the manufacturers, the merchants, and the who signed the letter was Isano Roosevelt, working classes would co-operate. Our direct ancestor of the late President. export trade had made an amazing re covery during the year, while the In the City's archives, and in the admirable This letter fowat & safe repository in export trade, which almost disappeared reproduction of its six pages by the Cor during the war, had shown the most en poration's library committee is found the couraging expansion. value of exports, including restports, bad it.

Since July the best proof of the care taken to preserve grown from 77 millions in that month to prefatory note which does good service With the facsimile is an excellent 131 millions in January and 108 millions in reminding the citizens of the part the in February. For the whole of 1919 our City played in the defence of the people's exports and re-exports totalled 960 mil liberties. If Ministers had been as far- lions, while imports amounted to 1,830 sighted nad liberal in their views as the millions. That represented an adverse City Fathers and had paid head to their balance of 670 milhons, but it was esti oft-repeated protesta, there would have mited that it would be covered to the been no extent of 520 millions, or 78 per cent, by colonies. Five years before the New York conflict with the America earnings of shipping, interest on invest letter was written an ments abroad (allowing for the interest

Alderman had

we ourselves must pay), and insurance pleaded in Parliament that the Customs The remaining 150 millions might he atteichould be entirely abolished. The Const butable to the replenishment of stocks of of Common Council petitioned against cer food and raw materials.. the Lord Chancellor proceeded, we con- contrary to many of the fundamental During 199ain balls affecting the colonists ta being fidently, expect this balance to be comprinciples of the British Constitution, and pletely reversed, and to give place to an a prophetic warning told the Govern favourable balance of about the same ment that the utmost confusion was to amount." Contrasting these figures with be expected, as it cannot be supposed that those relating to France, Italy, and Bela great number of men naturally hardy gium, Lord Birkenhead said they showed and brave will quietly submit to a law that we had no need for alarm so far as which our own position was concerned, but the famine." The Livery, in a petition to the

will reduce them fact remained that trade would never be King on April 6th, 1775, gave another

almost come normal, prosperity would never be established, and we should never escapa the active resistance. at Lexington Green the shifting quicksand of uncertain and they were bold in their language! warning which was soon to be justified by changes and anxious industrial conditions until we had to some extent restored stability and consolidation of Europe:

the

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Not deceived by the specious artifee of calling despotism dignity, your petitioners plainly perceive that the real purpose is America": to establish arbitrary power all over

THE INDEMNITY QUESTION. Any idea that a permanent edifice of commercial prosperity could be erected On the day after the letter was received while the whole of Russia, the Central by the Corporation the Livery voted á Empires, and a great part of the Balkans: ramonstrance to the King, declaring that wers unable to make any contribution at every moment's prosecntion of this fatal all to trade, of which the very life was war may loosen frreparably the bonds of reciprocity, was to cherish false dream that connection on which the glory and When he talked of enabling so far as wasafety of the British Empire depend." conomically possible, the Central Power By a small majority the Common Council once more to make their contribution to petitioned for the immediate suspensions the reconstraction of the world he was not

advocating a concession to the Germans of hostilition, but three weeks Ister a The reason was not so much to help them totion to reply to the New York letter. as to help ourselves. What was the use was lost, due principally to personal of talking about Germany paying thou-oyalty to the King and to the sands of millions of indemnity if she was so exhausted that in same men's views sheNevertheless, the City

fact that: hostilities had begun. could not pay any indemnity. He refused to back the warrants for the entry" magistrates thought that Germany could and ought to of 'pre-gangs into the City. and made pay indemnities, but she could do so only every effort to prevent the suspension of 1 the world, including the United States, the Habeas Corpus Acts against the combined in

creating a state of affairs in Americans, while the Common Counal de which alone she could ever restore the clined to take any part in the subscription discipline of her people say nothing or support the way in any ways On the about the incidental condition of Germany signature of the peace preliminaries the at the moment," continued the Lord Char Common Council congratulated the King cellor," but in my judgment it, is a trana on his having paid final attention to tory circumstance, and I would not be the petitions of his faithful citizens and all sure that the misery of the people. may not afford strong temptation to other people, movements, perhaps ous quarters in Germany,hich may even more danger possibly submerge any hopes of that peo Ple contributing towards the reconstruc tion of the world

Lord Desborough proposed the health of the Chairman,

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