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SETTLED LIBEL ACTION. DEFENDANTS' APOLOGY,

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were the Sun Lite Assurance Company of Cauda, a company which did an enor The proposal which was mule public kamous business, Trar head other was an the first time in detail on the introhction Canada, int they did bustang all of the Navy Estimates in the House of Com- the worlit, and in England the trustees were the Eari of Albinace and Mr. RA. mons, that it is the intention of the Govern

great naval base at gina' McKenna. Last year the new rent stablish

like ta Something Singapore, has startel a spirited con business amounted troversy. The proposal is vigormly oppos £15,000,000. The first defendant was au ed by the Labour

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somewhat foolish time of day a petty and crasoning, because it is 1st to be imaginest that the Government came to a decision without taking the usual steps to satisfy nud to soothe the susceptibilities of other Powers who might think their interests in the Far East were affected.

Equally unconvincing is the objection that the League of Nations is lacing out in this matter. The point was, I think, elec tively deals with by Mr. Amery, Fist Lend of the Admiralty, in the House of Commons debate on the Navy. Estimates While the League los as one of its chief ubjects "the prevention of war by cooper- wanton aggression,” As he Rtion, we CAT.But co-operate unless we have some furce to give effect o policy. In other word, the League of Satinas has never len set up to be a League of the Helpless.

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under which the action neet proceed! no further. The defendants a gred; the man of £3.00 towards. the expenses incurred by the plaintiffs in endeavouring to stop the circulation of the pamphlet, ami further, had consented to an injunction restraining them from Pepeating the statements of which the plaintiffs complained. Sir Hugh Fraser for the defendants, would say that there was no foundation for the statements, and would make a full apology and with drawal.

Sir Hugh Fraser said he acceptul everything said by Mr. Hastings, Tho defendant desired him to say that they wire satisfied that there was a founda-- ting whatever for any imputation on the plaintiffs, and in the most unqualified manner to express their that they should have made any such in patation. They desired to apologise and withdraw the imputation in the most unreserved manner, and also submittel to injunction restraining them from m eating their statements

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Mr. Justice Darling thereupon entered judgment for the plaintiffs for the amount agreed, and granted the injunction asked for

The highly interesting point has emerges that the decision to make a great savil base in the Far East was arrived at beför the war. At that time of day. Hongkong was the obvious place that suggestel itself to the Admiralty experts. But unfortunate ly for Hongkong that part is barred for use as a fortified base by the Washingtonagre ment. Under that instrument we pledged

According to a report on production ourselves not to fortify or develop within a defined ares (which embraces Hongkong) recently issue by the Ministry of Agricul maritin strongholds that might indicate turn, the value of farm crops and live against stock in Great Britain last year was even the possibilities of agere was £400,000.000. The value of produce sold Japan. There are caval experts here think that this arrangement seems very like for consumption in 1922, including the giving a hostage tu fortune.. It is certainly value of that used in farmers' house- self-denying ordinance, especially who holds, was approximately £261,000,000.

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in conjunction fact that Japan can deftion base or inses the on her own mainland to any extent likes, and, moreover, we are reduced in naval strength to a one-Power standard

it is estimated that ten years will be re quired to complete the work contemplated at Singapore. Having regard to th, there appears to be something in the eglieisin that, seeing the combined scientific in genuity of the world is being concentrated on the task of perfecting the instruments of war, the Dreddnought will be back number by the time the new base is com- pleted in the Far East. Be that as it may, the Admiralty evidently are not trusting to chance, but are acting on the Cromwellian maxim to trast in the Lord but keep their powder dry.

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in recent years Nicoll was admirer of Mr. Lloyd George, and it was no secret that the ex-Premier found the 67, QUEEN'S Brilish Wally an excellent medium for testing public opinion. At all events, the paper used sometimes to certain early and exclusive information which could only havecome from the head of the Coalition Government himsel£ THE LAST STRAW.

A popular agitation on a large scale bas suddenly arisen over the reassessment of property for Income-tax purposes, and for once in a way the widdle-classes have been goaded into action in defence of their pro pockets. A week ago every owner of perty outside the London area (London is in a class apart) received notices intimating Next week the House of Comnuous is to ente tain Mr. T. P. O'Connor to luncheon i that the aiment of house or land had

"FATHER OF THE HOLE"

as the "Father of the House." The speaker been increased. In many cases the increase

is to preside, and Mr. O'Connor's unique position ia contemporary politics is comoted by the fact that the leaders of all parties in the House will be present.

It is a strange paradox that it is the old Irish Nationalist Party, which always protestel against its pence in the House

was 40 per cent, and in suine instances it was Gu per cent, above the old figure. Of course, as hundreds of thousands of people in order to keep a roof over their heir, at prices that have had to buy their houses

were generally exorbitant, the higher tax is a grevious burden upon them. The taxation officials have taken the purely artifioi ío- of Commons, that now provides that lation of values as the basis of the assess House

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for by 110 other 1231247 is pected to pay. he ever mentioned or addressed has

The notices of a higher tax would be up- vitriolie tongue in date when the car disthressful country

is the subject; but in popular at any time, me they are especially Coming now, they intercourse of the lobby and thus obnoxious at present -room his words have always been of ggest a grin kind of humour on the part) of the Revenue Department. One week the honey.

course, is keeping Chancellor of the Exchequer takes.sixpence. -with the best traditions of our public

life off the income tax with a great flourish of that his colleagues, irrespective of party, should combine to entertain him to a con truupets nail the applause of a grateful plimentary Janebron, for no man holding nation; and the next week his trusty bench- unpopular opinions on certain sabjects lng ever contrived to win such real pop ty. The one incredible thing about,

is that a Member a youthful in spirit has been over forty years in the House of Commons.

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men clap it on again in the shape of a ligber assessment on all property.

Members of Parliament are being over whelmed with letters, from indignant consti- tuents, The middle-classes are thoroughly angry much so, indeed, that it is unlike ly that the new open been said that the will be imposed at It has often present. Sir William Robertson Nicoll, whose death middle-classes, so docile respectable-- is announced, is a notable instance of a man and unorganised-would put up with who wielded an influence far greater than tuing from the Government of the day. But he could have proposed to himself when be this seems to have discovered the limit of modestly started out on a literary career, their patient endurance. It is the last straw.

which he founded' for

The Brit and Stoughton thrty:VED LABOUR'S SPORTING CHALLENGE.

nny-

Messrs. Hodder

it is characteristically English that the years ago (having previously acted as publishers' reader for the firm), was designed Parliamentary Labour Party have issued a to appeal mainly to the section of Non-con- challenge to the Government side of the formist opinion which was not reached in the House of Commons to play them at cricket. eighteen-eighties by the beavy reviews. The I would give a good deal to know what paper altained to an influence not only as they will say about it at Muscow when the regarde literary matters, but in relation to news reaches the select circles of Bolshevism dinirs, which was national in the wide sense which have fond hopes of converting our of the word, and this was unquestionably due Socialist-Labour men to the true faith. to the personality of the editor,

They will doubtless conclude-as so many The prodigious energy and facility for better foreigners have done before now writing possessed by Sir William Robertson that there is no nccounting for the English. Nicol commanel admiration among all The incident would probably be impossible writing nen wi knew what he regularly in any other country on earth. Reccomplished. His personal contributions The Government have promptly accepted to the British Weekly frequently ran to the challenge, and the cricket match will, 200 words

in a single isues; but at ous it is expected, take place at Lords. I am time is wr

wrote, in

addition, another 5,000 told that the Labour men have an ex- tho words

week for other papers and It magazines. I have heard it urged against ceptionally good lot of talent among

As for the new-comers in their manks.

Le cop him that he belsuded Scottish authors Government side, it will brutally enou whose merits were only secondrate, being tained by Lieut. Col Jackson, the in this unatter true to the natives of his Yorkshire cricketer, who is now a member of own country; but, on the other hand, the Government, and in that event ha may be discovered a whole group of young writers, depended upon to pick a team that will herdded by J. AL Barrie, Ian Maclaren, and make the Labour men play on their toes all Lothers of the Kailyard school,

the time. Altogether this ericket challenge (Continued at foot of next column.) makes very pleasant reading.-H.B.

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