Berkshire Chronicle Reading 02-1918

M& CLnJBB' WAR ING. -

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A ~... ...-polllibility
. . . . . ol tIae trade tmiosa
"....t jaDetun, aDd It i.e ..tilt
.....' I &!la, .n 01 lIMa haTe nOt (IlCC
•• mniy ......i of the mo
IMa. IIr. I. 1l ClYD~, M.P.. who i, tee
pr.ida. of til. NaUooaJ UDio of e e, "ra!
WorD,. and who ia wen ImOWD iol Read" ~
b)' rH*m of hia -.ociation wi th.t org. .. ,,~
uao, which hu 60IDC tbOWl nde of
ill the town, 1I'ritee ftfJ plainly n the "".,.
Ja.tter-<iey de..
ent..
lie
ace of t
.peab of men on tJIe C1J'~ ID in Lo,,~, 1
~inlJ in a Itate of mllliDy Iraint their tIl, .
uaiOIW and eondelllJle tJao.e .,.ho I II "lOll(i1 " K
,rea~ ~ of men $0 the ul .
II d8ilt ru~ .
tion of their h<>t* .'nd .. pi
." Ho
pointe out that a prote•• 11'«i • (bia policy
II .. nooea&fJ lifeguard fa.: tbe j)el'lnaJlftl \
weUbein, of Labour. and po "'lid. : .. I knr".
of DO Labour '-!.tie 'lfhieb bas 00 benp/j,.
for the· w...e-earnina' el.
wbe bell'ln . , ,I
pursued in anytbinlf like the • rit of "I'
~t-day .tr~IJIe... " He .Ilrl' that ""-..
w.rf.nt is 'fl'ried too far when
of the 1V~r clue
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MwI..by oquMed coercion ~-'r',
c:outractra with emploJ'eJII and Ix
of i~ own UJlion." He poin., out
t LI. \" .• ,
cunoi ignore public opinion 011 tb.. .. ... 1
beluo"iOur." and he emphuisee
f. ct .. 1.,;
H Labour ii likely to be .. otene
t>o . :. ~
period. of impotepey and dieeredit if ;t, r,",.
~lion it lel$ ' in peril by ae
orge , :y
di.onIn." We hope ~ ~mp ~ic ,...c; ..
will han · .. .obering e«~ 00 tb06e ' e '.,
iu Readinr. ,.ho are inclined s., look I , ;,
uvour on th_ abon
to the
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Labour orpnilatioo. oJ Readin hue. j'.1
pleot,r of opporWnit,r 01 -ink ha l ca " I "
aooom~ed b)' mllNal ~reemeo. and • ,.¥
.bould do their !Met to oppose I I!Olicy II j,
ia eripplinlr iDd1uV:7 and malrin« im P<>" ': '
the COD iouance of higb w&&,,,

The late Sir Henry
w... relpOnsible for
that .. minorities must su1Jer. n Since
t:Iae Ubie of Ul.,t famous utterance we
have come .. long way, for the ..ted
po1lUcal manlfestatioD is on behalf 01
the doctrine that .. minorities mud
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rule." This i8 the new oligarchy.
Under this system the man at the gas
BOXING I J;tOXING.1
works or the electric supply station eaORN EXCHAN31t ~EAn1NG.
on deavotlnl f,.. hold up a. town till he get.
110NDAY
CtC>IDaieaeiDI' ., bis way or till he forces the band or
o'clock eb~,- G~WA~ llACES ... ~!
~ VEBSIUJI.-'11aiI ~ has . _ the Government. The motor·men of the
poltponed until FEBKUABY !!tb. OWIJIC-to tube nllways may suddenly leave btl
d,ate 0/. cround.
daty in defiance 01 their union, and
without warning to the public. thus
caoslng great (DCOnventence and bard·
ship to their fellow.men and diilocatthe industry of an entire dty, 80
, A GlUND
to make e"etyon4t {loorer. - Let the
(OP_~" G~POl~ 04Beej. . "
nation ~learly underst~d what is
ur~
going o~. The present strikes .are not
(OK OP'l'IONAL),
.
tile organised eftorla of re.ponsibl41
. . . . . . . . . .,F. . . . . . .
Under the Pa~ at the Mayor and
unions, but the seeUonlll. unauthorised
day. excl\JSin to thil
~.
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action of a few who desire to create
Theatre.
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disorder and chaos 80 that anarchical
FRIDAY,
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theories of government clln get a
chance In t.he · contusion.
Doubtless
in aid of the
W.E.A.
NATIONAL EGG Qqu..ECTION FOR tM «reat majority of those who .are
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WOUNDED "IOO,"'U SOLDJEIIS. pa...""p"",, in 'be ......."Iy
Patron: H.lf, QUE
ALEX.A.NDBA.
going on are not the le&.st hit aware SOCIAL AT UNIYEISITY COLLEGE.
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ot whither they are being led.
Th_ WII8 A·large ptherillg. of· th. mem, DANCING FROY • p.m. to S a.m.
The great requisite just now is that beu
of the W~8 FAiuCP.tioDal .Aaeoela-- I
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the people should have genuine guid. tic"l au.d their frIends at the *lC11Il held
Saturday -evNllng in the haU 01 UD~v~r­
liES RS. KElTH-. PROW E AND CO.'. ance.
From evel'Y pulpit and plat- on
&it, CoI1~ Rt4Icfing. The p~1Ilgs
~
BAND form, tn every lndustrial conference con
meaoed with 101118 c.hoice IJOBp. lJ'?lll
Celebrated '-"'VN
• and in 'priva~ circles. no ~lIort should t '••} Fellowship SoD&' ~k'\"ahTht ~cl
WAlt led by a IIDIaIt choU' w'"
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be spared to bring the influence of formed by }fr. BII'*er at very
. ort
V./ILUABLE
PRIZES
will
~_riven for the
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sound prineJples to bear. Trade notice. Mrs. Newcom.h l! at the plaJ1O.
. On TIl
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BEST FANCY DBESijES,
MT
Bu~r
and
his
OOftdiutou
are
to
. be
and follOW'illg
o d~Y8 nchlllive to this
Unions must exercise their authority. con'lDlellded !or their initial t!&ort, which
....
Theatre.
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all.
the
Government
must
Above
prtmillS ITftlt ~iI. llbe liar,. Hay
TJCKETS: Single 15s. Double ;S8, (In.
1'1l)tltdill.r supper).
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govern. Th&1 must exert their powers 801 her party then _barked 11PQ1l • fin.
protrramm. of r.ci~iou. dramatic. nlPreSIR J FORBES ROBERTSON '
Tiolets can be obtained f~ MeamI. Att- ror liberty and" order. and to prevent III11taticna.
and mulcal ~t.u. ThIS pr~
well •• BWieid &lid C?~ ~1'11. ~. . and Qle community from being victimised.,
in
C)pelled with tb. eIlon. from
A.. i.s. Ltd., )1-.. lficllle aauI H~!, ~~
F!~I1I'.
V
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~ct IV .• in. which lrfisa ClutOF 11IE
:a.1-fnett. 181. Kl!'I"a RoM. aauI ...... ......... They are bOUhd to make a 8~nd,
apIJropriat.lr
mud[ 1\ mn~h
dol Bathe. HoD. Bio~fary and Treuurer. otherwise t~ere is no sure foundation
Rllth Lea U.en pve, W'lt
Court. and C.~l S. D. lIarJ'01r". upon which good government can
Act m.. Sc. 1 \>f
Froni tile
Ieown .taro play and • with nartl!l)'
B.!A.l'., 1'1,' Chrillt Chuid Qar~en••
Nothing." I\Dd thilJ
the g,~ -*1' in hit oriFnal part..
.rest. For it,' a ,minority of 'the people
a pianof9rii solo by MiM
CO'NVICT." . ------------.---1 are to be ~wetl to force their own
....aa todtnld with admirH.y did more than im·
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will upoQ file r~ 01 the '1OIDUlun1ty.
Stu~r ' ~ VER~ON CASTIJ:. . "
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BeYIII
.. for II
Eo
ft
.
tHen the 'lto~~on of the franchise is
J. my.te
cleYeyY w\)rlced o~.to ~ •• A K 8
that
and
-' &II, iuilb.
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\he
a ~ .jiiitf1ea'e. an.d tt4lDlOC~ac;y.
whkfa h-.. bMa U.e goal of aU. re,....
New.. • ···
forme" "ls
an-ead. The laboul' to
UDder the diranioD 01.. Mioiet~ ' of11ft peOpl . tfI\ 'Vote In order f;bat thU
CI(mItLon.
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qbt secure'delf-.govemment baa been
THE ~"'Â¥1It EX'11UORDINAJlT~
In vain. ' .'De .-Coalitiop Govel'DDleD.t~
"TIlE
F
haa }PM-gfv.o Ple .p~·ple gf thla
~t:~'La.~:.u
tl'1 the witIMt .aad most ~emocnlUe 1=:o.:=:Il:i':;~~~~
franebtae tt' II.. pver kD<lwn, and sure-I.
ly Um~ ' Diut ' )Ie giv,n for,. the new
democl'8CY .t6 work out Its OWll
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It we do DO~ .tanr;l fast by democra.- 2~~~·.:r:tr'f~
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tion will go Into the
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--.~melUng pot, )ltd what wnf come out
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ot it? Sqly anarchy. :took at
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RUllda..· ~. didaUonof ·the . ",~
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~erged tench ,. ~Qnnot be, pennitted, IJ~~~:F
nor ean an" body arrogate to the.m,. ,
selves the nlime or Labour, and exT GIIGII ALE
a· Dl~de. who are as truly
---~~:±=::-:;::i'~r-:::------'I entitled to the appellaUen.
The
.. TiDies '" LIterary Supplement, in a
leading 1lfUc1e a fortnight ago,
FMAB STREET.
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showed the political evils· resulting
on
!. " W I til EM.
HAN T: .
from the. mJ8US8 ot the tenns Labo\tr fonQlUlcle!
. .. ~ Pt+ACI! ' ItBADINO and Capital. It pleases many of the
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present day extremists to spea)c 8S
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though the,! have
a fresh patent tor
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-the eure 01 the hI8 of the body politie.
BERKSII!&J!' I
But there ·i. nothing new under the
sun. Hobbe. long ago gave a true
deftntU.on of Labour, . and Frands
Baeon, 88 the \I Morning Post.. aptly
points _out, .wrote wanta of wisdom
upoa .. eedWons and troubles P' and
thelr: cure. It 11 true that Ule war baa
~wn .a 8f.ree Ugbt upon
'incJUIF
trial and aoeial PI'ObIeDla, and _

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A WARNING .tItOM RUS IA.
It i ....ident that there is • aeeti of 1, •1•
opinion in BudinI' wh~h fa
the R"I.
aIIeviste ... mllcb mali8'D«l refonDe • '1'lw ,",'
of lrh. goodn"". and guiJelMm
of t be ,r
heeJte are e del1'OIIriDlr to I hr'
the " " :,
lenium neuer in RIlUM.. It ia ne .... to .say
tltat it ..... UJe awe ~1' of thougbt _h"
thzougli' the W'1lr were ~ghly anti:Briti' l.
and ...bose effort. were diree$ed not to.... r. ',
adnnciog the _tiODal caUrle, but in retard""
Deepite the rebulf which they n peril!"" I
at t.b. lut election aU over ~ COIIDt ry. tI".1
have no. Je.ened their pro-paganda. aOO it ,.
t.h.at (loch u tbey appear abould ~
placed before tbo.e wbom Lbey ~lly " .
to in1IuellCe. 1 Thi~ ';"eek .. The Timeo " \ .
j'elpofldent at Om.k h
abed a atrong I,. '"
on th<l wi.ability and b1"Ot.herli~ 'of tire D.. I.
abev.iats.
He 6&,.1: : . F oreigners ..,<1 R,..
.una arriving here from Rut.a
int a 1( '
rible pictllre of the (l9nditiona pr{". ili""
lUid.r Bolahc"id · rule. The ab!olll e ropfuc •.
tion of every COIDU!odity a~~
be UIl;'
nraal. and e.,.lYtlWi(r ia kken I
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rib&bl~
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to ho),
cbinl,l: of ...
bu ...eryOOdy
from lWaIi& , ..~ tile the Bol.
cIelibuatel-y endea"ouein. to u.
tc.nn.inD -the edlwla~ cIa_... · And aga i"
.. The DltiOllalisatlOll 6f -women, tflOUgh fri ed
in many"pIair!ea, W pro"ed • llike o\\ inK
'" 1M -1inC -a,ropeed. bu, the ... ~ little dou bt
tba' women beloaa;.nc . 1Io the \letter ciai-,
unclaraoo ~ keatme.>t at
~ of th"
i~ , 1D~r. who cooMiiut. the Ik,!.
u....ltt ritiae,'· ' Cumulative e~'
of th i.
IOri eaanoi be cU.r.ca,..led end IIbould pu~ t h.
"'OBen on their fllard ..-inn th. inJlu~nC('!j
Ii w'ork . io thit coIm~ a~ "~h are ar.
'parent ev~lle~. to parmi. the e ~m "'t.
eKereise Uteil:, away hare, .

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ii prvbably no actor wbo 11-. " ""
....,. deeper iato the afteoUOIlI,Of R ud lO\(

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taeatN-lfotrll '01 re<:tni yea,. than Mr. Martm
Har..ey. and the CI'OWd~ ho\l.l • ~ the R oy,,1
Oouniy TfIeamt a& the'beeinning I!I ~II "ee',

and ~e enth . m 'lfhich pre,,~~ allowed
bow ~t!y h.ia art i. appl' . t@d. 00 M Ol.·
day neDinc', in ~IJ' to 0&
!MIld fo t a
epeecb. Mr. Martin HArVey qpreesed hit a ppnKliatiQll at lpJ)Mrilll' befCH .Uah a aympr.tbeUe .~ NIpOmi"e audi\!Jl<:ll. ~. M.n rn
Barvey _DOl on. of tho. ."tio ~. COMU""
hi.& ialen~ to London. bu, he baa gi ..en iI,e
provine., the opportunit,. of apprtlciat.ing hi~
ahilitiee. and in thia "e 'hat .!Poe wiael~' .
- y DOt be fenerally Imown tba~ Mr. Ha l"
~=::l~r~ ve,'1 ·f.th.r
tbourhta of briorin. up I';.
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.atl Ma.rtin U -1\ Dnal arohiteet. ~ r. Hun:,
Gowner. ' bad qdler vi_a ror bie ):veer 1JJ.t

..wUenecl a "!lew apirft
But _WII~~I.""" --==;~;;;~~==:;'
reaponding to the DeW IIplrlt abroaciL I.~IIII! I
let 118 bot fonake the old
have 8tood the nation In
rood Mead- and are etfll IOUDd
n~ to.dat.
WRb Mr.
Mount, M.P., ,.,e belie.. that JIll......
men ·have at bOttom tba trae
thelr.bearta. 1'be I&CriIeea
made In_q,. w.t·fbe1NCt that.
&0 PIlO8"ll.. bat tIley have

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...! GREAT AC'I'OR.

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advice of Sir pi. 8. Gnber\ 101'1 ...hOlD b ..
Will bt&iJdIDr • yaeM. Mr. B.,...~·. f.ther
_ . him ~ e4(ud1 for
der th"
John Ryder. a tamou. 6Ctor who bad
been M.:ae.dyrl I~ man. . Or ~
1-1'11 Hai"lIJ WU wMh . Sir Heth- Irnnc,
~~ _I him 00 his
tours

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AmIrior:
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-perf0lllllllee 01
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p~ on ot
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epjoy•• Jle a.dmi~ · tki" Ra m.
...~. Mk.. prj_ 01. place in hia aft4lctiol1J',
WfIi)e ..
danG.a' ia ~ of hi.
JaNiieulu . 1'''OIIria... It .. a 'rea~ treat
.. II.NIIiDr piQf9II'a to _ ·tlta r~t reman·
. . . . . .. III ..Dr.... 0aftcI1•• and 110 ·",n·
.... ~ ... ~_ that of dl. lat" .
Mr. . . . . . 0 a , .
Ilia ~rfarmanCM
AN . . .~ ~ ~ 01 pe\'Cllption • ."
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6Jaia w .. cerialnly the
f&ftiiftte ........&h
tuty play
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