Reading Mercury Oxford Gazette 11-1915

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OXFORD GAZETTE, NEWBURY HERALD, AND BERKS COUNTY PAPER, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER
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DEATH AND FUNERAL OF MR V W B
VAN DE WEYER

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La.st " eek the Lord Ch:LJloot or wrote to tbe
Town ele k of R ead ng (Mr \\

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th e de ba.te n the

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follow ng upon Mr AsquIth s speech
Asq I th h mself made a comprehensp,:e
survey of th e s t atlon and h s tterance
5 one that deserves th
closest attent on
He s to be congratulated on nIs very frank
expos ton
Mak ng no attempt as far a-s
one ca.n. sec to gIve a sense of false secur
ty he adU1ltted the shorlcom ngs and d s
appo ntments that had ansen
He d d
not profess tha.t we were wIth n a fo v
m l e~ of a. great Vlotary In the Dardanelle s
On the co ntrary 1 c descr bed our ope a
tlOns tl ere as
not flO oncheq uered a
cha.pter
Of th e Sltuat on n the" cst
the best I e would say wa.s that the Gor
mans had not been able to ga n a foo t 5 nee
Aprtl
Of the 6nane al s t lat on Mr
&sq th u cd gra e Vi ord" H e sa. d \.\ t h
emphas s that we cannot susta n the 1 u r
den of tb s. wa unless as nd v duals as
classes as a com numt) a.nd as a. Govern
v. e are prepared to make far
sacnfices tl an we I ave h t her lo
ShOVi an
6 gn of
do ng
the
of retrenchment
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means
vi 1 ~ co ntry
never d d nor
foo t of 11 eooq
Vi 1D a gr ea t v
wo ld s peace

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the borough

k g tba.t the Com m ES on of th e Peace (or the
Boro gh she d be fon a.rded 0 h m 0 Tues
da.
lUI returned to tl e Town CI rk "t1 the

The co IOtry Ii". grateful
tbrov. n upon the posltlOD

1915.

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the fll'8t batch of spec &1 co 6t"bles appo nt.ed n

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La st but not least vo c come to t he ques
t 01 of can P' lsory !lerv ce " e have the
adn Sfl on of Mr Asq th tha.t 0 r PM;t
ethods ope a.te n a hapbaza d oa.p Ie 0 5
and to so nc axte t nJ st ay both
th
rega.rd to nd v d al~ and cla.ss.cs
One
n ght go f rthe.r and say that the system
n ,og e m st ha.ve serlOuslv han pored
WILL OF MAJOR R P BARVE ...
the rna e , gorous cond ct of our m tary
opelH,t ODS
Mr ~sqll th has reira ned
from en ploy ng tID!> on the ground of ex
Prent ce Bane, 3rd
pedlc cy He does not obJect to It as an a
pr or prIDC pie but oeca se he fears for
the ma ntena.nce of nat onal un tl
f
t
were adopted Our be l ef s that f rufter
the dark da.ys of last a Jtumn conscnptlOn
had co me t would have heen acceptod
almost ~ thout a
l'm If B t the check
to the Ger 1 an pla.ns co pled w tb trea.t
expectatJODS which" ere encourage
by
som e m n atef!~ a.nd aIded by the censor
sh
led to a le.1 ng that
could get
thr~ugh w thout e50rt to compuls on A
d fferent feel ng pre ails now The people
see that unless the volunta.ry system pro
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