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READING MERCURY. OXFORD GKZE'ITE, Nf,W13tffiy RER:ALD, :AND BERKS COUNTY P!PER, SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 17,1917.

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GREY FRIARS LODGE OF FREEMASONS
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when the ne s of 1 c g a\'e e e se on tl e
1ta a n fro nt came to I and
TJ ougl as
;y et the s tua on In Italy IS not r epa able
the Cent a E p res have come near to
aclle ng a dec s on of supreme mport
arce Far fron tl e war end ng n a s a e
nate n the fourth yea v.: e 1 a e see
, cta y exceed Ig In magn tude a ) tI ng
pace n e i l e spa ce of
t me prev ou ::,ly e ccpt p c I a os
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THE OXI ORD CADET

VALENTINE FLEMING SWILL
SAl lEY FOR DISABLED SOLDIERS

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en H kable s peech
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Geo ge dell ered at the ,\ A. Office
on Mo nda ) has ca sed a n e t[l. I ca va
n A Ie 1 cou tr e!'i
nd h 5 co n t 'Y n
part cul a r
It may be add ed that t h :s
abo g yen h s enen es a oopho e for c r t
c sm and a tta k an I h 5 po I t ca opponen ts
I a ve not been SID v to ta ke ad antage of
t for the r own purposes vi ch a e not
nat anal one!'i
But wh en th e peech ::;
ead as
wI ole U ere 5 noi ihe sl ghtest
ri o hL t hat t stJ u ck the na on the head

th a t except for a fe lOfel CIt es of expres
so n t as a fa thful f brutal J frank re
e of th e course of e ents Mr Lloyd
George 5 speech s comparable to that

ear ler utte ran ce In the var when he l aid
ha re the deficlenC) of mun tIOns and called
a great effort to make t good
It
m g l t be ~aId that I e gHve comfort to the
enem y then but ve all kno v how Just fled
as h s brutal franlmess on tha.t oeca
SlOn
He I as come to the conclusIOn th t
only by d stu b ng us out of our compla
e cy by more shoc k tact cs can he ac
campi sh that un ty of control Whlci he
tIghtly b el eves to be absolutely neccssa y
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NEW ELECTRIC STARTER

"" hat s the gravamen of the complaInt
aga nst M Lloy d George
Is I tbat the
p cture he pa nted of the AllIed effort IS
grotesquely nadequate to what '\\-e have
aco np shed n the face of great dlfficul
lIes that he represented tl at ve had let
o Ir All es do vn that he bel tHed the efforts
of OUf soldiers lD France that h s notlons
of strategy are wrong
that he contem

plates pol tical mterference vlth mIlitary
control and In general that he gave com
fort to OUr enemIes and depressed the

Tm:. VAunr.vn E
FIlIiE Fn;M -Much
'*t has been lIoJ"oused amollgst 0 e 5
These charges can ofnieI".he
p etUTes bV til e s pc b film
A TI\ e of
only be sUbstant ated by quat ng Isolated T vo C t ell wh c s be ng exh b ~d t s \\ enk
C ltor e~ D ekenll
passages and ignormg the context As a (l.t the Read ng Vnudev TIe
matter of fact he paId tlle mo~t glowmg great s.ory of the Fren ch Revo t.ion wh ch s so
kn()wn pa.rt eulaT y lends t~elr t.o drnmatie
tnbutes to the Army and Na ry for wbat well
J')Orl 8; n and the p etlsnt film
wh ch co t
they have "l'compl shed
He expressly £30000 to n oc1 ee s ,.. worthY p ctu!' Rat on of
stated that the fault has not been WIth -the D c kens tbr 1 ng na Ative T~ prod c.t on s
annies but has been ent rely due to the pnrt Cll afly a.p OPO ust nn_ when revo ution
and c.ounter revoluti on n Russ a fI roproduc ng
absence of real war dnectIon of the Al1ied many
at the Ecenes of tp ror And bloOO3bed wh ch
countrIes '" e have been slow to vHmahse d ~figured the French Revo nt on An excellent
cho
ce
for th.a dIm) role of Charles Da.rnAv and
and provIde for the war as a whole
No
doubt there were geographIcal difficulties S dnev CIlM,on 8 made n the person of W I 1\.'nl
Farnum who plt!'t cula.rlv a the hf!fO of the
about directly helping Serbia Russ a and 1fT611.t sacr fice 8 respons b e for some Vl!ry fine
Rumama But th~ same does not a.pply to fa.c 11.1 play The de a. J n the f;Cen c~ of revolu on
A Tale of Two
Italy and it Is this crown ng mIsfortune s very real st a Certtinl,
C t 08
I5bo111d not be m ssed b" an" wpo
tbat raIses the Ire of Mr Lloyd George a'Pprec
ate the eduoa.t onn] VII. oe of the mOVlng
Whatever may be the defects of bi. vlttues P Clture It II shown n.t 245 R.nd 815 Next
he at any rate has the root of the matter wook" n1"Qj;Cramme " advert ~ed Forthcom ng
In hIm und it behoves the country to g ve filmUi Wlll inolude Womanhood-the frIory of the
nation
n.nd
Tl)e J!)8rlfng nt P4rijl
JqJ.r~
him its tull support lest worse'1l1~ befall dacilUt
_.ra.ld. 01 Notre Dom. d. Pada
sp r t of the All e5

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ODDFELLOWSRIP IN lU!lADING
A.. lug-aly attended and enl:hu 8 Sti C meet 1:11; of
loc.a. 0 ldfella,, !'; took place on Tuesday e enmg
at St Peter 5 I odl;e tI e occa.c; on be ng an offiCla
v 811: by the d1.8trict officers A.f er the ord nary
Lodge bns ness ha 1 been camp eted Pro
UM
A. \\ 0 oll on tho nv tat on of ~t. I eter s Lodge
ook the aha
'1 he l o G M called on the Prov C ~ Bro
:ar S Ol\ to open a dlSCusSlon on
Our Tables
and Benefi 1:6
Bra Br stow exp\a ned In un ablo manner the
present contI' hution tables and benefi s and made
Val' ous suggestioD!; as to 0" these co tid n h.i.F;
op n on be mproved upon He ment oned that
members )0 n ng s nee tbe Insurance Act. "ho
were not ent t E'd to pav after 70 could now
make arrangement;,; for &ame from the volllntary
mde A cap tal d sellss on took pla.ce t.he follow
ng Brethren tak. ng pa.rt the-re n Deputy P O'f"
G.)f W D Wb te. Br08 A len Bernard. Dore
P rlon Tubb Walker W thers Wheoler and
other5.
A I early vote of thanks to tbe d "tr ct officers
and 18 t ng brethren closed an nterflst ng mt!et-

n~n Tuesday next the d sty. et offiotrs w I V!il t
the J..oyal Berksh re Lodge of Oddfellnwa when
t e Depntv Prov Grand Master (Wm D '" 1 te)
w I add eMi the gathenng on the
Future of
the Order

BROTHERS WIN TIlE MILITARY MEDAL
Cpls Frank NeaJe Royal Berks ~nd Robert
Noale E&sex ReS ment 01 1 0 GOllbrook Road
Caver ha n hUB been a.w!l.rded the M 1 t&ry
Meda.! Bath of them )0 ned the Army Ai. the

outbreak of WIU' jlnd baye b<Hm "",ollDded
Cpl
'Frank Neale 18 22 years of age 8Dd W88 educated
at St John 8 Sobool
Caveraham
Ho was
fonnerly employed by MeI!l6r& Sa.muel En ott

and Son.

BIB brother Cpl Robert N..:te

27 years of age and wu alto educated at
JOhD II School Ca_raha,m..

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KINO ALFRED TRAIl!IIl'lG BRIG
D1,TRIBUTION OF PRIZES

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