Berkshire Chronicle Reading 03-1915

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·"in th e inee; they died lUI men ...y.m g
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I .... bi~h waS ' tho emblem. of . theu fa~a,
(roedor{! . Wo wero \,eglOrung jp re&~e
tho prico of war. We shOuld
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ricar1:!' two million pounds on
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, m.nbood-t~e llallant liv.,. .,....--~_-.-'- .""--.-J.
laid down 10 FI..ndera . a.n4
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: uncertai n water" of tho <lOOp.
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I the dRily toil a.Dd 9w<l&t of out indUitrial , workel'll,
I 8 ' well ..... ot our eoklie!A' am!. sailors:, All that Wall
,. tJho prioe we we re payUlg for .....r • . What
the
i rico ....o . hOllld h" v-e to pay _for p C , - What ,,!,.as
I .~. prico that we ehould Mn to pay for that no.tor y wilJ1011t wJ.iob wo QO'II<l .not. ba.ve pe&qe7
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.p..A JUST I,CAUSE. . ',." W., belie voa th ..t tho oommon QOnsi;ien<l8 o! ,?ur
· nation and our Erppiro beli....~ ~ cause.' to ...hi~
"e bad pledged ours!,ivCE! . ~,...' .. just OQ\lB9. and if
cause wore to be ""'7,ed to .. '~rYJ wj:lo.t
I th.t
the price to be ? It" .was 8O~t4mg . ~o..., than
', money; it was 8Olll<lt~ more than. "'l..up~~~.
I· "p\endid b<>yond
.. nything the I Army ...
.bad . li t
.."" somothinl{ mo"" tban the grest ehipr ~ war. ~e
good busiIi_
InOS~ nu,gnifioont 600t, the world ~_ ":.~~ed~! ' TOtS of thanks .tO tha
which, un conquered and unoonq\1erau..,,4 II!U.l
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oco&n high ways to-day. It. neOOed ,..u ~ thin}ll'.
;:';dulb~~~d
but it meant more tba~ that. W .. wel)!
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to hn v. victooy 'merely becauso of. OUT, _~ator
. and finanoin.l resources. We had theae''beC''U86 , r

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had "II 1M mod-om .. r!if",... ~f war on ,lo.nd- ~nd
under tho _ and Jfi' ~ ' &ir. ~,t the,,? :things Y
thcm8elvl'B ~6 not .goHlg ' to WUL U.B '!1QtorYl
famous Admiml, writing in " 'Th..
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minded us or [l. vel"y importa nt £a.ct, ~na y?t It ':'~R
ODe W~ wor(\ ,,-pt. to forll; et.. Ho sa,d:
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i'lV"orything: a 1"0 tho ~.wo handa o! the . m1l'n.
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,this IOuj{n lfi oont eqlupm~lfl~. {11&~lOnOO Jby t!to ski}l.
and po tienco . .nnd pa~nohc: tOll o~ ouS mdllB.trjal
worite rs·- :.l1 till S was 10 th" last, resort 110 b e . dlroc,
ted, to 00 guitled by tho h v!, ha~s of ", rna.", to l><d iroot.cl by his MP'OIty, hili br&lns. and his chAr·
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MORAL FORCES BEHIND THE G!!N~.

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Now, t ho m oral qu alitioo that oould ,to.ke !~h'1""
material for",," Ul h,,"d and harn""" thom, a~ i""
uso thom as to compel viotory-oomvleto· nctoFJ:
whioh wo uld not only ROVO us peaoo at tpe' end .Iof ,
w.r but. ~ho asonr.pee o( peace for t.he / ll"ne.ration
to ~mo--wcro eaorili(~o, discipline, and. per80 nal .~~­
' noaa of m iud nndbody. J'he lesso!, which he wo.\ld
try to draw in . regard to 'the war m ~h,ch..wo w,~ r,!
ens-"ged appliOO no t morely to t'h.. man .J.Il Jth"ln
6nd our lI"ollanhloa.mcn;: it appLiet to _ all. ." We
are U1<I dco.d who stay at bome::1qpoted, ~ _keto
"You o.ro tl)f'J ~root river whiol1, Is flowing··oot to
o)e&Il56 tOO wor.ld of. 60nwtilillg evil and bitter, al'd
wrong." Tho qualiti"s to which he had , referiod
Mould apply to civilian. as ...e ll ' .... 8Oldiere. ·.'T~..
muat be 6&cr.ifioo. and what. 'a spl endid and 8tir~ ·
apoctnclo of ' enocilice we hll.d seen during tile l"ot
Boven mombs! He qU6llt 'onOO if any maD among 1m
......\;.00 the sn.crifioo l"tont in the' young
of our nation and our Empire. They had como from '

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T ,h e Railway NationalJaation
mit.txld .. memorandum to the
the Secretary for W ..r· urgmll" ,.
so.ilors in ' uniform 8ho~t1d _00 I
trnql. l\lr. B. B . Cllbitt, ""'JIYIII,

the ~rmy'Collncil, states ': -

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Minister and
soldiers "nd
free railway
Oll behalf of

1.1FTO<> trave lhng , to

Boldjenl a.rtl granted one
th.. utl.erm08t part. of the earth. ,
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\0 ~barkation. or aU....
aprung forw ..rd to take tOOir pm",,"
ng:n"_._J the.. I h"ve not previoualy .....oei'~oo
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o.nd st...OO besid<. tOOir """n~~.
. jb) ·'aU offioora and men. <T~:~~~:::
onJy tdlf'J men. but tho
tho Ooritinrurt, p:et a; f~ee .
motl,e ... had made the grea._ '!"'=~-..!:~
and' back; (c)- ..U ·.ic~ ' and\;;fJ:rii~
. fl oe of tJ,..ir eGIl, perhaps their
mended by themed.ical ..
Mid "Go" to their husbands; mai<l<ma- bad
reoeiv<> f>'OO war",nt. to theii"Go" to thoir lov<lr.. Ii <lverybody J had boon . to the ,station " whiob they ' aro
thinkinp: of his pofIIOno.l p:ain &lld I!kin. all
(d) ..It oftioen and men under ......."lIIr.
. possctI8ed would ht\1'6 gone lor naught. It ....... be- on leaT<> at ~y
oan do' 110
cause t.hore WIUI that 1Il<>ro.l .-ponsa to too no.tion·. ,the dou1;>le ' journey.
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need. th~t readilHl88 to ' ee.crifioe o.nd hold one's lifo
'2. Soldi.. n. visiting their
ohe&ply. tJJat we oould lOOk fO!W&rd to oomp\ete _ !-Froe tre.~eUing-h811
and dofinjte t .T'jumpb . Disoiplil'W\ was one - of tho! eeriou8 illne&8. br dcat;h..
, hilZht:6t and fillest form. of· eelf·sacrifioo, but <!ia. ..truouons to this effeot
eiplino wa. not eufli"'ent. W" wer.. di.'!OOve ronj1". Jj'ebruary.
porru.ps, m<>re ~ra\1y tha.n ever we hail d:..oovered
3. I am to infoTm
h Afore. bow muoh oopendNl upo~ individual fitl)(l8ll opinion that tbe oo,JDoo8Bi,oJl8 f.bOT'+_.ofI~Olttil~Kl
-bo1l1 pRy."",l and m ental.
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WAIl. NEVER So. DIFFICULT.
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Way WIlo8 ne..... r · so diffieUlt (l6 it
tiJ.o...y; it
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l)Gyer mo.de 'f!,cli .. call. not ~rely upon the p;1)1:&i- CHlfRC
ooJ. but, 'W'!n the "mento.l. th., mtel100tual oo.p&01tiee
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of the indiviQuo.1 man all it ·did to·da:!. The pbJ-sical and jDOntsl ,wea1dinge ' were" cl no aOOoUlll The
men w·ho were ·all.rlng ~ Dow
the
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united in themselTee ' the .t.hrne lllkli .-qualities ' of

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oo.onfi09, d i8ciplino, and ~r60naJ c fitnCol.. , TheBe.
... me quo.litiee that would e&oure us victory in tIie

groat oonHiot in wlii<ib, Europe· 'WIUI being ·rocked at
the presoot time wer., DOOeBSary if W6 ....,,""

the good filfht of f~th. If t.heee higher
were to be buttreMed and11Ulwarked. if'the
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w-ere · to bo etr<mgt1tenod and bu.ilt ·,up

ba.ser pa.rt were to be oruehOO, oown 'and kept

foot. th..re WM one key-Jesu. · Ohrist, ' th ..
Cant.in or our salvation. '
During tb" ovenirig 8.p'prooiat.-d solO;; 'wero ren-

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d ored by Miss SpenCe>: ·and Mr. HOIla<).

OXFORD A. . & . H .

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A qua'rt;;rly lD<l;ti~ :of', thit '~a"ilinl[ and Distri<:~
Commercial Tra!.oUerii' AssOciati"", W84 held
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'Great '·Western nqtel: Re",ding. OIl, Satni>d ..y '"ven.
ing. ThO' chairman, Mr. W. F . Kyn.,ton,p~,,"~.
and the glBth'erin2" also included M QI38rs. C. qladwiu
(vidc-Cha.irman), ,S. A. Cresswell (hOI>. tr"""urer). W. ,
Clayton (honl secretary). Mee.,rs. W. Bakor. W.
.l. B ennett, T. ' H . BOWmAn. G. Donh"m, W. O.
at>?lIeT• .J . HUIPPhi-eY5. H.J'Bee . H . L.ay., W. 'J .
Nelly; C. T. Payne, J. G. RoW!, E. BlIDth, A. W.
Warmingham .. F . ' Well..
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. The.balance &b....t was submitted ~ tlie tr-eIl6Ul'6l'. '
..nd "'.... - conei.<!eted "ifery' ..ati<.faotory, QOrdia.1 thanb
being, pall6ed to Mr.~Croo..... ell for his excellent saf".
JUAM!n,g of ' th.. . funds . .A: voto of 't~ks ...... also
p~ W thf'J auditors, Messrs. +._, ~ughes, a~d W.

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. Qp ,the proposition , of the ehainn..n., . ocon.ded by

the "Tioe.cliairman. \ii!wo:a deoi.<!ed to vote · £~O lOa • .~
the 'COmmercial- Tr;,vQHehl' Sohools.
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, ';Mr. . HumphroYs pioposea t:nat a sp~l donation
or £1 h. 00 g iven to' the Roi,.a1 Barks1ilre ?UI~'L&l,
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to tho u. ual "d:~~'f~~::"ins1;i:~ti,~1
pm-eya
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' t he &eti;<>n' of the> p~mero!~I Tni.....llel1l· .~~~~~<l
in ' makmg ... spec",1 !lOnt~ti()n would bo f
other.hodi/is in R""din'J!" i>-'lQ I distri.c~.
Mr. Goodoy~ .,;econded the, propOS!\,'pn.
f- "P,!OQ- to pnaniiniMialy.: .
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