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FREEMASONRY IN

GERMANY

The Earl Of Cassillis On

Its Prohibition

ROYAL ARCH INSTALLATION

Hore-Belisha's 21-Year Offer

Reference to the prohibition To Recruits

of Freemasons in Germany and

Austria was made by Com- panion the Earl of Cassillis.

A new long-service enlistment scheme for men who First Grand Principal of the want to make the Army a career was announced recently Supreme Grand Royal Arch by Mr. Hore-Belisha, Secretary for War. Chapter of Scotland, when, with

the other office-bearers who were Men between 18 and 24 may engage for 12 years with elected at last quarterly con- the Colours and have the right, subject to good character vocation, he was installed in and fitness, of continuing for another nine years, making

office by Companion C. C. Nisbet, of Stobahiel, W.S., Pust Depute First Grand Principal.

21 in all.

Men enlisting under the new terms-will be entitled to earn His Lordship said there seemed to the improved rates of pay and family allowances recently an- be no reason for this prohibition, benounced for the whole Army, qualifying for pension in addition. liice that of the Latin countries, To maintain the Reserve, the numbers to be engaged on this which was political and subversive, now long-service enlistment will for the present be limited to but corresponded to our own Ma 5,500 a year.

| cause Masonary in Germany was hot

sonry, und therefore it seemed very wrong that Freemasons should be attacked.

Of these, 2,580 will go into the in

Over 3,000 Reservists came back, fantry of the line, 200 into the many giving up jobs of a mere lucra cavalry of the line (mechanised), 900 tive character because they liked into the Royal Field Artillery, 100] being soldiers. into the Tank Corps and 80 into the Of the new Foot Guards. None will go into the Belisha said: "I feel that they will

One excuse that had been given for the suppression of Masonry in Germany was that they were too much in contact with Jews. They were not any more in contact with the Jews than any other men who worshipped the Supreme Being and rendered im homage. He was Cavalry. afraid that the spirit that prevailed 2,000 years ago still prevailed-that might was right. They wanted to reverse that.

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YANGTSE OPENING EXPECTED

Cryptic Paragraph In Japan Paper

Shanghai, June 17. Considerable interest has been created in naval, diplomatic. and in Shanghal by a

shipping circles

cryptic paragraph appearing in the Japanese paper, Shanghai Nippo,

stating that the Yangtze will pro- bably be shortly opened to foreign shipping.

The paragraph runs-The Japan- ese fleet on the Yangtse has been en- saged in clearing mines during the past few months. The work has been completed as far, as Anking. The Japanese naval authorities will probably grant permission to steam~ ers to navigate as far as Anking."

The Japanese authorities appenr- ed considerably taken aback when queried concerning the paragraph by schemes, Mr. Hore-

Reuter. At first they attempted to Improve the whole status of service Jin the Army, because a man will now deny that the paragraph appeared, be able to say from the beginning of alleging that the translation on which

Router was relying Men wishing to enlist for a shorter his active carcer: "I am going into a coined since

was entirely they could assert de- pensionable service?"

finitely that no such report had ap- peared. When Reuter produced the

SHORT TERM STILL OPEN

term will, na before, normally engage A MASONIC RECORD The Installation ceremony

was for seven years with the Colours and curried out in the Royal Arch Free-five years with the Reserve. They masons Hall, 75 Queen Stevel, Edin- must be between 18 and 30. burgh, in the presence of nlarge gathering of Companions.

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PENSIONS FROM 14s, Pensions would be given to men actual cutting of the paper in Japan- in middle-life, rather than in old age, eso together with a translation as number of) and at a time when the mon would above offcially stated as correct by drinking in the fine delicate milk-oils, yet

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In congratulating the Earl of vnenncles in the newly formed Const still be able to work. Cassillin

The lowest the British navol on having established a Defence and Anti-Aircraft Branch of pension for a man with 21 years Japanese interpreter, the Japanese Masonic record by the completion of the Royal Artillery. Recruits may service would be 148, a werk, but he authorities would only remark, “We

quarter of

century's service as enlist in three categories:

could get a much higher one it he have no comment to make." First Grand Principal. Companion

rose in the Service. Nisbet said

was a rent gratification to the Companions of the Orders that hin Lordship had consented to under- take again

A daty which he had per- formed

60 emelently tur so many years. (Applause.)

Companion the Earl of Cnssillis nominated no his Depute First Grand Principal Companion Hon. Sheriff- Substitute Peter MacAuslan, Lanark, Grand Superintendent of Lanark shire (Upper Ward.)

The Companions afterwards pro- ceeded to the banqueting hall, where! the Festival of the Vernal Equinox was celebrated.

Companion Str

John C. Watson, M.D.E, KC., Past Depute First

Grand Principal, proposed the toast

(1) Medium service. Those who

It is understood that the British have completed a 12-year

"I hope that we have removed the authorities have not been notified of ment in any rm of the Regular slur," he said, "that the Army is a Army muy enlist for six years with badly paid and badly conditioned ser- any change in the Japanese attitude the Colours and six years with the vice. Everything possible is being on the Yangtse; On the contrary Reserve. carrying qualifiention for done to-day to make life in the Army their continued representations have pension; age up to 33.

as attractive as in any other walk of up to the present met with a blank

(2) Long service. Age on enlist-i ment 18-24; engagement for 12 years! with the Colours with right to con- tinue for another nine to qualify for pension.

ment 18-35; six years with Colours (3) Short servien. Age on enlist-

and six with Reserve,

RESERVISTS RESPONDED

of "The Supreme Grand Royal Arch Mr. Hore-Bellsha explained to a Chapter of Scotland."

News Chronicle representative

Nfc."

refusal to open the river.

The speed of recruiting was faster than had been reached

The appearance of the paragraph for sotic years, but it must be maintained, be in a Japanese paper, however, which cause 53,000 recruits would be want it is felt in British ocial circles ed during the current finncial year could not have been printed unless make up for earlier deficiences, to keep abreast of the wastnge and officially sanctioned, has made the British optimistle as to a change in the Japanese attitude. To-day the Army was 22,000 under sirength.

The Japanese naval spokesman at this evening's press conference de- Other fighting services were reclared that the Japanese press report requiring more men, In acknowledging the toast, the cently that the offer to take backed 18,000 this year, compared with

The Navy wont- was unauthorised and untrue. Earl of Cassillis stated that charters Reservists into the Army made Inst 11,500 inst, and the Air Force 15,000, Nevertheless, the British naval had been granted to five new Chap-August was party designed to show compared with 3.400. Air Force 15, ters during the past year, as against to what extent people might want to 009, compared with 8,400 Air Force only one the previous year.

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