Berkshire Chronicle Reading 03-1918

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the IMperial lUa irne t

.".. 0110 t~ Olle Oo'fernrn 0
Qt
OII!OW ~ • OOJIIplete
hllme

?ut

GtIIt...u., te"itorlal C)01J1l ill. ['ho i;j:
1IIerit.....d it w.. no rood having a
nee 00w1l lrom the Ozar to the viII 140"
1nIt the, DllItt work upwards holo thpa:,::

east to 'sell

cheap . stockings-tl~e . most -. diffic~lt
i,n t
.world to tave ch~ap.h~ good. Qrdinary
ods· GOB'e a~GompHsh it-Qnly the ma~ed purocks . suJ)icieht to , claa the f~et of half Reading's
Uldl.IUU ·.arid · Ule paymeJit 'of prompt cash, ' have.·tinade
th values listen

is

below.

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'~merr's Plain .All-wool

Lisle

STOCKINGS in a large
variety of 1\eW sbades.

the

jus

to Co wjth the
~.
Navy.
lOIlyancttan . •

atilt.

/Wt.

)0
Women's
Cotton
.STOCKI N GS Kcllroys
offer splindid ul~. Plain
black ItIIt, ribbeij black
'f/3t, a1lOplain black wifh
c\ouble heels and toes at

. Plain Heather .
HOSE, lull Iallh, will be ia great de.
)(c1Jro
s!ill an
exc:eI>tionaUy good mlIke at

2 /1 t.
• Hav~ you lee!} Mcllroys"
new ranges oi lAdles' Sh<)t
C01~ed Silk HOSE in all
sha s 1 Record value
4/1 i.·r- The .ell-known

Fibre
S'rOCKINGS with spliced
hecl!, toes anddoublctops,

br-U!htJ..v

HOSE-these are in good
Md dark shades,

li~t

... Z.. i, 3/Rj.

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The amous" JllJOn " make. . Women's STQCKINGS. ~I WOOl, with epiiced
heels, iccl and toes, in all shades. 3Jf1• •

A pot;:

.

I/-t a pair.

J.a Ladles'
STOCKINGS.
II io f.r .._ , ~.;
foel a . atr.

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Girl," Tall Ribbed STOCKINGS, a '
b~e ...ora-at jut..-riYecL size. 4,
~, 6 -;:: 8141. \01.1, I JOtd. .
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For cliable wear-Ladics' Black Ltama •

~, .-;, _'

, STO KINGS, aU wool, phliJI:

,

BI~Ck'

Women's Navy Ribbed HOSE, heavy,
all· wool make. A bargain at 3/111,

e,ll.

.

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Ladiu' Bb~ Fib~e.Ankle~HOSE, with
lisle tops and reet, slightly imp.erfcct.

bar,aiu

""0Il
,ric.

h~~r:e'

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'in ,-t..omeri's
Silk
StOCKINGS. Liocd lisle, aDd with
l~xtra deep g~rlcr lop, 3,'1,H ..

The arn01l1 "..
.. make. \'10
Ii's
Lisl < STOCK!
S, grey only, -mado .
with fIoub1e f~ Specialat 3/~.
"

.,, .a"
.do willi
t ... ucI tile

2!11l.

AAottk;~ot ofLadies' Fibre

3,_" 3jllj.

-0... ., ....
S..-

~ Unished

3/f1~,4J""

"WolseY>'

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4111,8,1,.

3,_.

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Children's Ribbctl SQCKS, size 4 only,
in good lours.Bul' these early - cannot be repe:\lcd. 1/8t.

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Wen', Good Li Ie HOSE with ebOt
eff
011 black ,round. ASsO~';hit!es, -

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~}t'or school and holidal! wear, Boys'
~ge S~ Three-qu:lTter SOCKS, wIth

!allCY lurno\'er tops.

alII t.

! ' . ALL' THE
FOR . SPRING.
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copy II is; th.~ _xtYe! of _Mcilroy's glowe department. '
Th selection~ _must be , llr~sh ; the n~~ s.!y~e~ ~ust. be
'sho n first aneJl tile- valu' S . must lead. . Ladies will get
Ii

~(Inlt

~o~e idea of t~ce ' sp~~ndi . bargai~s in ~p'rin'i glQve.s. from the Ifollowing 'items. An i~spection of the! pres6n~ window
display will reveal . many . :ther special values which' cannot be rel'eate~. lat~r;
•
Ladi ' Whitc Frrnch
Kid LOVES,
cia!
valll ,as the Impoi1s are

Ladles' Silk tte
• GLOVES, good quality,
in while or black. ./8t.

few and iar betwcen
3/1- , 4/11.

The old .reliable quaHty
of Ladle' Merceriled
GLOVES. 4111cading
colours
represented:

Ladies' - Grey Suede
GL~VES --these are
ill al sizes and
very
•rcl~ !e ma\;e.
I. ' .

wer~

one weekJ 5

were vanquillhed.
lost their livee dlll'the bousee we;re
even razed to the
,

BJack

Womcn'~

male. --WomCII'" Btai:1c . "
Rib
STOCKI NGS;
• guar~rtleed Ilnlbrinkab(e.

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. .1/31. . , . .

A mectinr 01 the Briti~ Socialist ~art,
held in the Worken HaJj"
King"_
!WAd, JHl;dilltJ, oa SudD)' on~IDg,
at
which )lr. 1. F. Bodpon pl'C$lded, IUld
W88 aupported 111. llr. Arth.~x:
Broad]e,..
u'adcl_.".. laTeo. on I< Life UlJdcr the
BolBhevik OoftnlDleDt~J by Dr. lobo Ric...'
.JIlIUI, )(.A., )I~.{;. Mr. Tom llOU1~
tIM p~i",
uw eaniidate lor ReIItt:
iIIl. ,..1.00 .ttea
as a .melDbe.r of th-e
aud~nce. -was riUD • cordjal welcome.
The chainnaD &Aid H was his duty to
introduce to them Dr. RiolonAn, who was
Fing to ten them ' abaut the
Uu ian
.Soviet. What the), were told by the Yellow
Pre.. or tile CooOa PJ:e8S, thel did not 00lIeve with ~ard to the efflUl'S in Ru
.
He did Dl>tkr tho ellarge of bei.JIg II
Socialist at tho door of Dr. Rickman, but
he did - f that they could take him a8 a
man 01 bll o"n judl[lD41nt : ;He. W'ollld tell
them all about the things in Bu . II from
his own experience
" f:
Dr. RickllUlo ~A he pro~ to djscu6S
the \!aU1le8 of tbo troubJ,e in Rllssia. They
ool1ld not do better thap place them }.ves
in the poejtion 01 the 8qviet.-!. If tJley "'ere
(JOing to judge tb.e Sovlet haey mnst not
Judie it by it~ disorders.
w01l1d linve
to go bt\ck into tile history ~ Ru ia for
about,ftve or ten yoor8. Th.. pre!>ellt was
no jrulCfe a8 'to what was to b& the futuro
tlf Ru ia, and they· must tuo ioto CODe!deratioD the 1I-'\8t. It "'88 l'eported that
io the e rly months of 1815 tbero were only
half 1\ million d_deTs from. the E8~t(>1'n
Front. Later that 'numbor rose to_ I0bout
two millio 8. During the ' time of tne pro-visional or Kercnsky'a Qovernment that
nnmbel' rose ap.in to a'bout SIi millions. It
theretol'6 appeared that the morale bad
Githor been broken, or the genl'TA.\ ~n1!
work: had somehow gOM ... roDIJ. 'Kerenslry
tried to get these men back into the Army
bot tho vil1alfer8 would not give theID lIP,
l!IIying that it lIIl'l.IIt earrying on tbcl ...ar.
WM

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1anit to the Mate. The Bollhe'fib _'.'..
bUUdiDr lIP the edueatjon of the lX'op)"
aad thq )iad JIIO:.:e. knowledge . of gove> P,
1ILQt than tho ~rltiab •. TWfllc thal th~
prwellt ~ 1D Bu , wa.s no. tl irerted
from the rillue oo1lJllllls did not u",..., . _
ilJ JD8aD thai it WM ~ a dem~rar
poUc,..
The Bolsheviks had ne'fer h:J
.., .ciece11t _railwa, ~m ler~ to them
• lerac,. .. variou8 incidents conle
the tl'lUlsport of munitioll8 during tbe .
had .ho1"D UIII In his (the I tnre,',) d,.,.
triet tbo BoJeheTib oYderM that tl l~ r.:)
...a;, I1sfem ~ould be subservIent tn loea) OOTeruent.
The,. read in t I
eount'-! PrM of the Il'Ut disorder
'
b.,. tbit, but 87 did llot read of ·1h ~ gr..1
diaqrofob -.,eipre that period.
Th~'(' II
lllge coun il,.. .~fttrw&1'd8 found tha l Ill';
eould. ' not o~&Dtl,. run the-r ra ilway< 'II
their district, so tbe,. deejd il to r~n"
pro\'incial Bd&rd of lilana,e.ment. T',e
8IUIle trouble occurred there. and it
_.,
tbu. \XlII8ible to form an all-R)1saian ( "or,~.
cit of Yall.8gement, tlating With the r.,l.
:vstemll- oJ the ...bol~ ot Uu is. ( I "',
. had be,n. aud ill was, but if ~'"
l'apidlJ' "dimini41hlDg.
The old ?I~".ft
official, lined tht o-.m )lOCket and 1\'( ,~, I
"ntl~ iastia&ll;V. fo.. tbeir own cIa',.
It
was an inten
form of burea\lcrnt ,f' ( \'.
ernment. · The BOlahevilul now . placH) 'k,
officl~18 tn, their oost8 aCCOrding t', ' '.r
oapacity. and their tlollllr6 of offi.o . ;
govtlTned by ~heiT' ea-pac:ity•

WORK£ltS' nOTEST AGAINST
BO~HE~M.

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In view 01 the propngnnda in RIlPP '" "i
DolwEll"ism amo'~stc ertain ' ('~tfl.· "'" ",' '.,

of the Labour

~orty

the pubh{!8 t.( It,

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pamphlet by Mr~n. W. ~ OD .. H. _, ..
vistn :. A Cuj~e & d Dani!lr to the " . k, <'
is very timely:
r. H . W .. Lee " , J • ~
MIlOOi4.ted w/
the Social
II,,,,. " ,,'
~'Edoration a its £«Teter)" I\Jld \. "hl'.r
of" Justice," so that hi claim to '1 ;. "r
t\tot eection ~ the labo!lr movem~u f I- ',.
imIKaohable. In 1\ foreword, lIr. \1 .'t
Thorot', the ell-known Lohour )f. P. , , .
.. I flfOl oonv' oed that the m~ority 0' , .
rank I\Jld file of the W~IH!tITn&r8 do nOI .' ,I
ctnno-t know~wbat it IS that. our & ,1., .'.
vist.q t\Te atri iDB for. They have not "",
fninte.:t idl'Ii ' l"'hat di.rection 80me of II , "1
are beting led, ~'he Belshey i til in C(t ll •.•
indu trial oontJ'ee want M impose th~ r ". n
authority em ~e Tank ' and tile of 'il>

the Bol5hevists ewe into pOlfer,
'rei", of te;rror' comme~.
of ·affairs 11'1\8 welcomed b)' ~
workinll'.cl•.-... wbo r\!Ctived IDUC\h hilfhar
conditions generally. but
nl'"norti"D that it did not meon
for- the 'bourgeois'
nod in addition to tbi5
WN allo ...ed to pleo68 himDlabeY hounJ per day 'he worked
muoh work he did. F()r a contime murder and rpollerT 1)1
rut.'.'lIrn. -.tat' rife, All on accounf bf
fr~
. the nelfll'-formed and self-eledcd
wOI·kere. Ulling oatdl"'ordA for thM pu q "",
rovernDll!D~ of the BolehOTiite gove no
Jf t}\.(Ity 8Ucceed In tJli8 di~tion tlie,y \I II
police. Very f_ peopl& lfere brl\'fe enough,
et to work to und91'mine the trade uu" Q
to j;o into tho "«reets alter dark. Murder
I
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and Jobber), ITew t.o 8uch an Alarming ~~~~~~~!I'!"!!I'!"!~!I'!"!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~!I'!"!~'!'!'!!!'P8a
extent that at mst even the new Rovernment found it to their· diendvantage, .l.nd
alfOJli broqht illto · force capital pIlnien.
ment. wllicll had fOQ1iahly been abolished
after the first revohttion.
.. 1 Stilted that .the workiDr-cl8S8N ll'et'e
oonten,t ,..jth the ~e... Bol.hevist Govornmellt ; but ' of1;, for a time. Germ:uly
WOD made t Il separnte peace with the!
Ukr;:line in order to Rl't brel\d, the Crim~n
also· bcc.'\mo ~nrate, RiId th_ are tllo
two looO-produclnc part:, of Ru in, llllU
were .now ecadi'!(J no products to tho &1Ihevi,sts. In addition to thil tile OP8l\nisaiion of the BolBhevist. with - rE'!f8-Td to th~
.procuring and distribution of product.
was from liIe' Arlit im~ble. Indeed, how
oollid orKMwliQD be e:s:pected from • bQdJof mpn lVho were uttt'd1 without experience
or educl'tw,n, and one mirht almost lay hl\d
onl, just heen relNeed from tho bonda of
" _
..laver)' P,
.. lIcWl 1''1 It ~u, tho ~mm.l.ssars. or chief,
ot....the Bolebo"lsw, with the ellception of •
very 'few id-.llats were runply enrichio.
themMlv9ll h,. aU ~inde of ciiahonMt mean.,
It will, thf:refo~e, 00 seen tbat the ·pricee
of p'ro17~IQ1'l8 became dearer and de£lrer
onhl soon the workman, ....ho •• lot ... u supposed to have I)een iJnproved by thi, 80Called Socinfutio r'eIme, found that hi ..
inorenBCd w~ were '1\11 nougbt. To-dR.Y
he i. thirst~ for rOY"Dge epinst · the
Dolehevists. } personall.,. bav.. DO ~;pn. ,
path, with nim; he turntd ~ainet the
ll)telJigent cia" ~eJl it luited lill pocke~
pri.ncipl!-f.ho had Dot-and DOW' thu things
have nft turned oot II. ho 4IX'POCted h. haa
oome oyer to the eide of the inteUigents.
I might here ~Jl\ja the mcaninp of the
words '&blleYls'"
and 'lferuhevist.'
, &I,ho' menne' more than' (tho compam.tivCl d~ in ~~I':amma.r) l and 'Men be'
''lees tIlan.' 'vat' is ettnpl;, the ending
oC the _rd, ud has no meaning. 'tlio
oqoinlent iB Enlli,1l is 'extremist' alid
'lIIoderat4.' .
.
.. The greatest traRed, in Russia at tllo
Pl'8Wlt fune is tho laCk 01 food ud leek
of fuel for hNtilll' houses, tl5Jl4!CiaUy the
former. A. it it were not ,bed eDIOu,8'h that
there jlt luch little tood in Room. aJld
what there is bl>illl' practically nil Tequie:itioned by the Bolaheyiats, I IDtist now saJ
that tho -.Ie of aldloet ever, kind of food
is ~orbiddeo by the Bolllhtrra tal The onl,
...a1 i. to 'hODg .•oout' the JD8rket pll'-S)es,
ROW 'bare of foOd e:s:oept oorrote, parsDIp~,
onionl. and swedes. U • p8I\6!lnt who I.M
rood to 8811 thinb ~01l look 1\ little prOllperhe
aU: yoa what ynu are lookili.·
lIn_ by- the • Red •
;'OD to hb hove1 and eell
an.·. .~rm~fii j)ri(le: But
fro.m

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I:@Il8nll, 11 f'
aDy

tooeh

. ~~' ~ite
Wi a I1ICC euede

• ~ White

ES' .rdl

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~.t.

.e/I , ' 7,.. 8/1
2

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pairs of

VEl '0
1 aU

Ch~· G.LOvis· - Ladies' Glace Kid
sa. a{t Ii, 4/8. ·. .. alUoa. Sll(qlle.sblipe,
" CatOf' ( . 1111"
d Cha~is
,.,ith mong seams

,..

ies' Ore),

Yoch~-'

alII la/~ t
,-.,.
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IIJGtoi~'Chamol~GLOVE~;

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~i h ll\Id

tcb~ black.

3,'11.

.

GLOVES,

cfu~

'n tan aDd ~ver. '

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Cbiklren's N';Ippa GLOVES - ma'ke tbe
nitre halide 100II sma~, ~ win .tand hard w~, ,4 ,_ to ./If /,
.
Alao a .m.ulatock
of
Urown
aud
·Grey
"'ft
4Kid GLOV."..,1Q be cleared at 1_
HouWT'lQidIt' GLOVES.,~«..qullt ,
In cbaoiois,leather., . . . . .,.,...~

GUNNER A. W. WA RD,
.ABBETT, R.B.A., 7. Blanhelm RDad,
Read III", died of pneumonIa
In France.
moVEllDoot of this couptry.

.te!td

0'

preaent

o.nd upeet, 111makjng 18 01, the mNllJJ ..e ilt
for improvi.JIg our CCODtl lIl'U

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ooaditiQ..us."
!
Â¥r. ~ In his JlII.Qlphl t dea ls Cll"yinoln,ly with tho ter(ihle conclition p I
Ru~. uncrer t II llolshevia~
.
j{ "
menti~ that
lbe oJ3olshevi$ OTlr'"
, PraWn" repo t... that 1:r,7".p(inona hn' "
l!eeD. c«oouled within the last three mon th.,
and he ctescr:lbeS tho ",,(111 internal 0011 ditions at Moeoow aDd Petrottnld . IIe n.rlds ,
" AIId yet lth& apolOQi _ of t.be . Belahevi:t4
btte
u~ U.9 'lhot in RUll6ia at the pro~
nt time W6 4ve a. • j)ocl~.iat Republic ot
a vOr,. liieh order',''' The whole pe.mpblr"
fQrms striking 9QDdemnation of tJie \ i<~'
of Mr. Honis. It is pUblbhed. price 2<1 .

lind the best

that can be.
Mackintosh',
Toffee de

'Lac, the
.~tplus
puts

food,

eoergy

and

10 into the

Claildreu.