Berkshire Chronicle Reading 04-1914

"NO DIFFICuLTY."
de puty·mayor (A lderman J.
itd :-" [ conSIder file reS'Ult of
\('r v s n ti s ra.cto ry, ~nd mQre 60
t he Inumb e r of burg€i3568 '
Th" !lott WfiS onp of the best

ill R-cad in g in

oil 's. co ursc' now

re ~ llt

yeo.m.

ought to be

}.:() \' that the town ha s decided l) r
Il Tna. lgamation the BO&l'd
will no doubt be prep ared to
1( )1 1 n prope r sc heme _for the ca~y- '
." 1 (,r the lI ew combined school. ~e .
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<'Ol Il· ' C.

wilt have to be thr

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rll .. t b., tll e Eclu cn tion Commlt
fill 'd h h.' t h e ,council. but I see I n~ '~
\" \\ hatc vc,r In arriving at a ea.tiB-

ings in ordor to lay b efore the electors of
Resdmg lh o p os itIon of R.ffaics in P&rba m e nt

PROPOSALS FOR SETTLEMENT.
n e had inlended to talk on great soo i.1

th ~' fl1 t nrl', t he oombil1~d scbool _

e.nd mdustrial questions, but All these ma.ttors £adQCf into Ilbsolute 1l1significanco comparod WIth tho issue which confront~ d the
country at tpo p resent t :mo.
Until that
quostion Bnd tho grave i SS U06 which hnd
""Ben ",>cro settled there c~llid b. no hope
f or ,vbllt wa.s urgently required-measuros
d ealing WIth tho groat social and industrial

~ h o ;' lld

Ix> l{ c pt s t.riclly in Ith;
Ed 11 C':lt lOn Comm ittee and ,t he '
1 "l ('0 11 11(' 1 • 1l 11 l c ~s th e county education
11l,' rd , agrce to cont ribute to the school
I r " ~p \ (: 1 or co u nt)
bOYB. Tn that dase
\ IIl1 r,.. t h (' !J"cn rcprcs cntati. on t.he
~' l l l ng IHH 1Y
r hop e that
echeme
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T. G Ci llv e cs :-" The vot.ills
t hat Lhe tow n council, in
o ur of th e onc-school policy
t he ge ne ra.l , opinion of .t.h~

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It aho p rove. t hat the, on~- ".
h(' " ,(' is th e m a roC popu]o.r . and

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welfa.ro of tho kingdom .

~ !l(' r ai,(' !Hl.Y CI'3 are convIllced that
:... I hI..' le a s t eXl"H" IlSI \' e, the q u eatiOD of'"

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:::>chooL

I shouldl be

o [ c lwrg ing ('ou llt y boys m ore

80

. til" fcc fur n 'Jll tiill g boys eould be
!IS low n.8 ' po:;slb le,
I hope that! aU

d pt4: r e tht, W Clf!lf e of seconda.ry ~du- ,
In R c a.d in g,
wh e t her they ha.ve

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\'o(' nt cd one !-ichonl or lwo. will jo.in in
It{'d e n d ea vo ur Ito m!'l.ke the ne w
~ (' h oo J nn U11 C' -::.tmUcd 6UCceSS."

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Conciliator v and

temperaro speeches h.d been made bv the

a s p< J ' Bi ~l c w I t.h the preeeAt

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leader8 of b oth l"art :cs sinco tho Kin g 's
Speech (which roco.ll'nised tho gravity of th o
crisis). oxcept by Mr, D evlm , tho lender of
the "Ancient Order of Hibornians," who
&p oko of Sir Edw ard CarBon 6& U an En glish
"d~oc. t. '011 'the mnl," '" H owevcr bitterly
they might d S6-gTCO Wi t h Sir Edward CarBon ,
ho '\"1M n mlln, aM. ho bad sa.crifiooo his
hea.lth a.nd Illl his pracilce in order to take
tho R'reat position he occupied to-da y. P rlLct.ically only' one mnn on ~hc G o.ve rnmcn t
bench es flceme4 t o r ecognise t he gl'"avitv of
tho situation- and t h at was tho Prim e Ministor. Mr. Asquith had never j eered or snoered
III the men of Ulster, But h.d recognised that
that great d emocrROY in Ulste r had 61ncore
convictions. He (Captain Wilson) could not
beliovo that in th ese daya llnv Gove rnmont
WB.8 SO ba.nkrupt o f 8tatesmanl!h ip a.nd , policy
th&t it was obli'2'orl to enforoo its leR'islation
hr the arl{umcnt
force (cheers) Many of
th em in tho House of Common! found them6olv p.8 in a som owhllt difficult position.
c n.rdinnl prlnciplp
' tho Unioni.llt Dartv was
the unity of tho United Kingdom , For th irty
years they a s n party had elood _ uni ted o n
t,hn.t ono grc nt qne Et ion, At the bv -eleotion
' le asked tho C!lectou of n Cfl.ding for s · d eoi·
NVc vote fU!n.in ?ot, Homo Rulo, and h e got it
(dloerts). H e a ~k ed wh C!thor tho ele ct ors
RAafli n~ nppr ovcd or n ot. not only
wh a t
SIT F.... lwn. rrl Cnnon had n O ll r! In lJl!ter, but
Qf all that ho \\'[(s prepar ed t o do if the Bill
WOTe pas.;:oo, n.nil th . . cl ('('tors Raid they 8,p.
prove d of whl\t Sir Edwa.rd hn.d done

h \', In g- 11(>(' 11 w st rollgly em ph a.si~d
1",1.11 , ,,I,, ,
Pe rsonally I reel that -the
1l~' 1 ~ I! ("'; I d pre pn.rc a sch e me at the'\
Il· .. t pn.... !j ll>l e moment provjding for ~
Ill , III Lc r o f h o.r~ nt n. fee oorrE!6pond.
t h l..' K C ll d l lC' k

RABSON'S VISION.

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or

or

or

(cheers).

t} ! (' O ('w 50 .and 100
y.rd"
I, . . o ;t<-' tL"d by t l:c pro9idcnt, Cap\ \' 11- ,r. , n s ().
M P , at ~ 30
p til
l ie ,\!l 1 U>..: S IIPPOI tf'(1 by vlce.plcsi.
dOHts a n d oih el s
.\flcr tho ope mng
a
mat< h \\ dt I,d,(' p 1 :1. (,,(' bf'h\ ('(o:l mc m ber~ of
tJH" \('Jf':l. l '1' (' 1n tnn .d !! (iOl \u dtrLj{ fouc Royal
Be rk s '.a. nJ I ILIl II I \,) and R .H A,
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Th o cl ub ILTG ('lltr rl a tHng n n.singstoke
sho ldr . and mall ) othe r matches are lD con-

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JULIAN"
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READING.
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thi', that

a man to be

rather than

I am only spenkiul1 upoh

L.bour benches \here is going to be throug6-

#Jut th"",-!!ountry a ragil~g, l ea ring propaganda

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from

dil!m'sse<!

and :fight

or Labour, whi ch h&!I tlny right ·in th~o w orld
to alk the armed foIlC"(>s of the Crown .t o
bear arms again9t a loyal portion of thf)

th e "cTvioo oppo'ttunity of hea.p:nll ever V in~ult they can

agai.st UI.ter upon

whoJe of thoir fu t ure. Their· future 1 8S ih
the sorviee, everything they ha.ve to look
forw n.rn to in the future is in thfl servi~e,
nn d l thoy pre for to throw u p everything
rather thnn ,.that,
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the

!~i' qu'''''tion be-

IrO

th orn! (U No P), • Not one (oheers). Think
what th ey did; they preforred i9 be ditm;"ed, 10M their pension, and throw up ilie

or

cause If I gauge oplnJon .on the Liberal a.nd

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British

Army or Navy then they
.ma.h the
Army and l.he~'Navy, whol!.. glorious tro<l,j-

that

Army-(cheersl- ,;nd

the

Bag

(choors). And I ea.y to anv fair ·minded '!tan, under which that Army fight. (lo.ud and pro.
hav'in~ b een offered the alterno.tive, is tlibro 10~lfed cheers).
any slI1gl e man who can throw a stone at

sh ould bo k opt in c\'ory pos..'1· ble
party pln.tforms I1 (cbeers) . I 11m
as n I)a.rty man. I sh ould fia y
going to e&y if I b olonged to no party,
en-us e I am speaking on behalf of the
vic~3, which I loyo. MiI41 you,
men in the services nre n'ot parh "'''~'''"'''''' . I
The very large majoritJ of them
hearty contempt for po1 rtic'ans, and
rightly to o (laughter). After recent
they will h nvc Q, m ore supremo co.ntorI'p!
than over before (ch eor.,).
A NF.W RADICAL .CR-Y:,

with a helpful little boo~et
entitled ~'Hints and rips,"
is· at the disposal of anyop.e •
interested_ '
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\., Agents ;

or
them!'letves bave '
the dil'oOiplino

popul.lion on beh.lf, mind you, not of an
(chool'8) . Having becn .,L;ed whether they 1GternAt ion&l- policy, but of a. partv p':oliey
wou ld or not tb. officer. p referred a.1\1l0!t to on behalf of men who haye noyor lost an

tho Army and tho l.Nnvy.
I think ~hat
the Army and the Navy and aho tho Cro

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If .you h ave thought ofi a
n ew Motor Cycle this season
be sure a nd get this book, s,
~ will be of immense help to
you in making a wise
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satisfactory selection.

But he belioy en

nrc doing ifor di sciplin& In the .IIervioca. We
nco told the ro was a misunde rs tanding. We
h ave Had enough of those misunderstanding"
in ' connection with the pre8ent Gevernment

ing to Epep.k o n that other mattor, the qU03tion o f tho naval 8.nd milita.rv forcOB of th o
Crown . I say quit e honestly and einccrC'ly
tha.t I have nevec fe.lt nn,Y qu ostion 60 k oenly
und deepl.v llS thlll ' qu es tion which ho.s arise n.
I havo never spoken In an y pohticnl way on

l Clnp rUl 10 1l.

84, Broad Street,

.,..ere offered three alternatives.

~ound

.!6 be of an inferior make. nlld

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THE POSITION OF THE ARMY .
Captain W.t.on then p roceeded : I am go·

f-idillr ( I,. \

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obey an order to take up arm. it j ustjlied in bv ·no lIlleans worth ·t.h e money which w~s
that if be i. prepared I<> take' the . con· given. Indeed , the whol" bargain i& foond
G{)VER~MENT:S INDISCRETION.
eeqp.eneQ!'I those conscquences are very gTOlltt, to ~ expeDftive,
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I .a" no Governmen\, no Soc."tary of St.t. I my.elf, I must eonress, l{ the positiQn
People who 8j!t a call from t.h""" R!lent••
for War, has any r:.ght to e..sk any man in wore over put to me, Ann if 1 were fa. =~ with anould
hrw-e a clear unde rsta.nding fro·
tho ae rvice what he will do in certain eTen· the position. I do not know what I .hould
t ualitiOo'l (loud cheers). ,You might jti.st a! do. And I think • lot 01 men would think ~hem 1\8 to whom they represent , waat work
woll imagin e a general who was going to m&ny times beforo th ey did disobey. 'There 18 actunJly to be done, and what the c{).'1t
attack a difficult position saying I<> hi. men, are men, I b ~ lieve thore are many men, i. to be.
" \Vhat do you men prop ose to do! Ara you who are prepared In t.l:e the eonsequence,:
oommg Or not?" (la.ughter)
This is wh&t bub I 00 8ay withotlt nnv he sitation that
MUSICAL SUCCESSES,
Colonel Seely "nd _,th. present Governmont the ro is no ~ovcrnm ent.) Liberal. Uniom~t.

elector a w ould tru~t t he ir rt'p rosent..ahves
that th or would he wmrn~ to oons: d or
proposals cons istent w ith thoso pledges
rnight t C'nri t o n.v o:cI tha.t I{r~:l.tt>8 t
'that could hAppen to n. civilised q"tmtryci" il WilT (cheers). R ecent event. 118<1 clearod
away th r. fog which h nd be~n b efore the evee
of tho LihC!rl\ls, who by thOtir insane policy
hlld (orocd l b(' <.'Ounlry to Lho brink of ft.n
unfathomablo abys:..~; nnd ono m or e' falso /Step
"Would lcoo to irrctrio\'nblo disaster .

RE.\ D1~G ~IfNf ATURg
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Seoty, senl for Sir A. Pogel and said" OOer
t ho officers 'certain alternatiVB3' in certain
eventua.litics and Ask thom what- tbey will e:'~:~!!:~~:"!';h'.'

tor it the hOiuBe·oold., \,a:
ct\llnot" have the enlarge,
. original until h<l gives an
nr&lr for .. trame. for ~hieh they, ... a
rule, a8k froD,,78, 6d. to 15•.
The . unfortunate householder says, "'Oh
but the other ~.. nt told me ho was '
to have ~ enlargement done free."
' The 'reply nsul>lly i. that the agent who
oalled at 1lrat had made a mistake. and
that ·the firm .were doing the thing at to
reduced ra.te.
, In eollle -cases peo~e, in order . to
their odginalJ'.photoB, have had no'
native', but ~o ~uy the frame and advance
the money fnr_ it: This is I!"nerally deliver~d at nigbt, t\Dd when it is unpacked

UI.ler, one which vitally aflootcd the whole theil future.

'oj

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aro gOin&' to sma..sh the sorvioes. What are
tho facts T'
The GQ.ver~mont. or Colonel

:~;;~;~~r;~~~O;riginaI nhoto~ra,>h. !'oiX::

tiona and Jtrea history &rc the ~ride o£
everyone who ves beneath . the IJn(on Jack.
Law on the other. But thero wa.s 8. subject in op'eratioll8 aga.ml!t Ulster thoy were to be While any m~n. who believes in his oon·
far more 8o ri Qu~ even than the queshon of di.,miued, lose thoir pensions and &&Orifice science that ho is justified in reiu3ing to it!!

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madel

Itad intended al so to d enl at .oine lenglh whon it was .n over-{laugbter)-tbi4' is ,diowith tho proposa.ls f or Ula settlement of tho oipline-(1a.ugbter)-oll.tbo one c~ndition 'ilia\
Homo Rulo quostion, proposals by Mr. they I would not Rllht for Ulster (laugbter).
Asquith o n Lho ono SIde and by l'tf r. BonaT 'The 'third W&3 thai if they rofuecd I<> engage

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fLnd £or the third· and last time said they domi.oiled in Olst.or or their familiol! lived
would not have Home Rulo (cheers). Ho there they could iO on leave &nd ' retum

E.\:I'ENSIVB" (1).
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GOVERNMENT BqNGLlNG.
No olli".' o~ man h~· 'ij"'r "diaobeyed
order., Tho G?;renll'n~n~, a& • they' :bave done
on mt.ny. OQCt\S.IODO, have. bungled lhe ·.. hole.
case (cheed}.. . . 'l'hey '.~w ere 8Udderily . faood
lV.it h lact. wliicbihef ,h~v"':elu ... d to' ree9gmso before abd, M ,HI a.lways the oaae ' they
A. h!d~o~, misti~e . • I "{ant to te'11 yoli
what d'SClfih'le "8. You b&Vo to do wbat you
~ro I?ld. if you do ''10, think you are b. ing
Justly, treated or -I<>ld /<0 do ooMethinj( that
you t,h ipk i.s nob "right or IB' unjUsl .7011 have
got to do ·,t . Ii rot and .fter that make your
complaint in the proper manner and through
the proper ohll.lineI. (choe..). That is disoipline. I Once undermme di.scipline and you

probloms. It was high t,mo that the oIoc· 'J;he 61'8\ wa. to go I<> Ulster if \heY' .... re
tors .e!tled th is qUG8tion one .. and for .11, r cq u~rcd I<> go. The second W" if \hey were

II,, · ,,)llIiti ll cd ,c hcol . will be pushed

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, and I<> expl.ln 2..he hoped it might never be
Ilooe&sary to oxp!ain-bio voles in the H ouse
on d.fferent subject•.

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nd ..

.aying

sions during the yenr to hold pub!.o meet·

" ,.:11 orr I f ther<!"h nd been no ppll
\ . r t he p oll has b oon tal.en ~.i
r'."'u 1t j..: fi lia l
Th ere is an ~on urt' \lHd . ~ r~tan cllll~
l)€twee n the pa-rr lies
,
Ii .... )1(0 111(1 1.. 0 so regarded,
With
tIl

by

, vhen he suggested HULt meeting tt was b?ca.uso h o coruider ed it was his duty as th eu
represontative In Pnrliament on- certain OCCIl-

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" cro mad. if all that was intended wt\S to
protC<lt storeR. It was a. speech which crcatod

Captain W.I,on began

:\ ,H1h tlh ' 6fate () f opin ion iu the tOwn '
"h,t . alld t h~ low n would bave b ~n

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u .geous c haraoter of the "prc'pnraiions which

groa.t impreSSIon on the a.udience and put
t ho 8.tuation in ,the proper Itght.

Colh er :- " The poll reBJ cta

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then h e passed on to

c'pooe the plot ag~in.t· Ulsler and the out-

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NO DISOBEDIENCE.