Reading Observer 09-1917

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MR. BR9ADLEY.
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t.EC1'lIRE AT TH~ ABB!~Y
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teo of Uta Bnd.h E.penmtd
a 1001ll'''
g'''''' m the Abbey Hall, Re~1Dg Oil 'Iu ...
• .., evenmg by ~lr.. S M Megahy, VIC,. Pres,
dent of llie LMcJI6b,re ana m."qlr~ RoperaDti>
VedorMlon. Mrv C J E, aOI, M A, headmuter
of LeightOD P..-lI.8c\1ool, presided,' and there were
also on' \bJo plalfonn Mr CunnIngham and' Mr
W Hamell: The li\ldience W88 & 1l1li1'11 lone; but

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p ~om,"ent part In tho ~&perant() movement in
!tr ading Ifl U.e p8IIt and pa.rtlcularly to I
done by Dr CJarko before hc lert the nOiighuo'lfo'l

hood lhe Chummn.,..went on to I&y he rwas COD
vm eed there wa.s In esperanta a. great promll6 for
tho lutu... or the world: Mn. Megah~ and be
~ ... well known to ~ach other end b. b¥ staved
p..t her house In Presbon W~tte her home waa. and
b o hAd plea.sure 10 mtrodncmg tha.t Indy i to them
as 8. promment. and entdlu91811tlc <exponent of

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She appeared to read

th e fint p.rt of ber lecture, but ....h~ en~rcd

oe .. pCT moo her subJeot and
m ent me appa.ycntly

dll!!icnrd.e~er

mOTe

manuecnpt and

only r esorte d to COp iOUS n OU!8 from time lto tlme
At tbtl out!let of h er 'J'emllrks she tum\ ahe thought
an miernatlODal language Wa! neoes~d·
'lbe
1F&:r b!o..d made It necessary tha.t we should ba.ve til

crest
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tbfl propaganda work of the. espera.ntio

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F a.rrer 1\1.1

lihadmg or reducmg lig hts
Baths i m Ktng ti r oa d on

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trom t.he Will' In makmg It more difficult to com:.
fuumcate between countries at the present time

c:q>enmentmg
ltghts I suffiCiently
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the movement bad nevertheless received la great
Itlmulus from tJ!.e ,var because people who were
prevIOusly mdiffercnt and unthmkm g were find
Irg out that the one great need of the wdrJ~ wa s
the po 'tslblltty of the nlltIona to undentahd fach
other Ie , the comO)on people of the dIfferent
nq,tion!\ ebc thOll g ht they would all n g~ now
th at an mternatlOn al la.nguo.ge WI\.! badly needed
if they h&d rc.~ Dr Clarke a book on the .ubJ,ct

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~"l)ar:,tlnn

"' '' wntten by on. "ho ahvny.

a long ~ca.rong by lbe Bench

W \ S ! summ oned
Castle square on

weN &ummop.ed fur nut
attend school regul atl)

stated - H enry Ja.mes

'a~~I::~o'~1~: was fined l 20s or 14
d

Maud aged 15 a
Isabella Fre,\ m, 12, Vorn

or 14 James
days for
ber
ag~ 'le T,Ca.r8
Robm
~~~~~t.:~:~~~~~,.:fine(k20s
fined 10. or 7 d... for h"
8 y~. , Eleanor R~IJlb,

son Gevrge

39, RUl~el t. ~tt:eet,

7 da.ys for h er 60n ,

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tarm I"hollrcr SlIdd he ",as Geor~ !W Ilhanl a.ged
ye 8 Ubarles Kelsev
/ [l' he Sportsman
lIJ> to ~leven .() clock He 91, Wolsle, street. tined lOs.! 01: 7) dRYS (or hiS
n ht see lhvl>odv 6upplled Wi t h beer after nme daught<j.r. W,m'rcrl May aged 12 yea1" , Ihom • •
Gmgcr stout

The lectm:'e r went on to explam that" by means of
esperanto it was :p0Cls1ble for tbe sake of ! mter

eerv,ed

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Gardmer 52 h Itef\gt'Ove lane Ifined lOi! or 7
for hl :5 snn lhoma.s aged 10 years ,Ka.te

a.fter

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Htndes cattlAnlM of Earlev
Ii. EnId er cinnloyed on the land

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rodgo 108, \ Elm Pork ro&d, fin'ed lOs I or 7 days
fO! h"" 180n Arthur aged 8 yoars Mo.rgaret Den
ton 64 Sh.fte.bury road, fined lOs 00 7 days tor
her da.ugbtor, bhve i\~(1 5 yearB Hester Reid

.... other soldIer emploYdd on the' lanp

h, cen nations to adopt thc pnnc Lple! laid down
by the pi oneer or the movement eo that they
could aVOid 86 she put It the ternLle Jungle and
mOrM! of t.he Vl.rJotUIl national hmgnages In ntlrer
wor~ she Illustrated her mennmg by SlloYlOg that
e.spepmto ,vas hke DlAking a. beautIful garden,
,..h lqD. could be t a.ken III at a glnnce and ebJoyed
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There was no noed to put It mto
s; nnlone
ho
other IF\n guogc On the other hand those1 W
Ie Lmcd eS\leranto 'Were alway", fired by a dr lltre
to learn Mother language In thIS mstance !tirs

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\\ as of considerable IdUi'MIOD and provlnces declared throll~h their elected dcputles
the BClUCL d sml sscd Uto !!.umnl ons theIr unanimous I \nll to be and to r cmam qQe
WIth the new born dempcra.cy oI Fmnce No
tep,de:red some good adVlCj t o bol~ Ipathe S_l
mote spont.aneoJs and yet deliberate dcc1 urat on
CHmGE OF USING THRE"AjTS
Bro e>its 30 Ca.stle square : 1\ was sum ba~ ever been rc!corded
In 1870 they protested vehemently aga.lnst
US II ~ LhN!ats to Emily Jefferle., 36,
tbelr enforced sepa.ratlOn and recorded ngam

Ed1"ord AldrIdge

vCi!al brotherhDOd
Espera.ntI8t.s
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movement was ODe or the hopes of the r-trld
They beld tb nt lt Wf\S not a.n a.rtlficHt.1 language

brc,\ er s vatm.,n J ames R obm
Siher street. co rr obor~ted ellch
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0 c1o~k beer dra.wn sol d or sup
retired and on t hel' reLutn the
they did not believe t he w1tneSl'eS
for the
they conv cted no 1 fined de
!enc1n.nt £ 5 The :c;hmgen cv of th e 0 clf'{ undcr
which t lie prosccutlon WAIi taken r ender..:d It very
tmllrrtilht that It should be observed
If anv
otli"'l CI\aCS came be(ore tbem t.h-ey would .pe dealt
With more severely
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O:rlord road

fincd lOS or 7 da.p

daugh t'l' Hest", nl("d 13 y~a"

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86 St Getlr~~ IS ron.d fi1Jcd lOs or 7 d....." s
for. a boy n a.med Fredel'lcl.. Fra.mpton, nged 12
\ eara , F a nny P a mter r 79 Hi 'th~ove street fined

5, or 5 daY" for h.r son Frederock RIchard uged
12 ~eats - Mr George Ph1p'Ps
Sl1permtondent
Att end ,m ce Officer of the Educa.tlon Commlttee,
plolted th~ ca!es

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Megahy CIted cases to Illustrate her POID> E:,or MONDA.Y - Before 1.1r C G FIOrd (m the
II\IIt.ance, a youul! man le1ll1led French aad SpaD18b
chalf) Mr M H F Sutton, Mr S R WhItley
alter len.nung esperauto lit h.d been argued by
and Mr J J Coope r_
some th~ lecturer contmuoo'IQeshforeb the t,vlur that
1.1EN1AL DEFICIENCY ACT
c\tcryboay )Vould l-now En~ I , ut S t l l eaper
W Illiam Brown, no fixed abode was charged

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FOR A
ORDER
no e,,,y m "Wr '"
"'fo rmcd of th"
ler 81 Crnnhury roa d a.ppeared were obhterated1t the tlmc ()f the Frtnch R evolu LI!d th e stlln gont censorshlp makes lis """ru" qJUJ
an il:pph cu.tlOll of Jane Ohandler for bon At that ~cat Cl !!lIS th e mh abItants ofI thosc I of mu ch t ha.t we hc iU' anaI cert tIn-' thn.t
order iOl pers luent crue lty

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While adhep ng \nth
Bor,- ?lfr i\r~hur Broadley. oagent... to keep honesty to the terms
an mdlffcn!nt VUbhc informed as to the preCl ge well from time to
cOndttlOM of
own optnlons IS well known to of former dlfl'el cneos
your reaqcr, I ~
In llJ\kmg P1.rmlsllon to di sc u ~s some pOints
ra!sed "TTl hi S latest conLnbutLnns to your colmnns
I ha.ve little h&Pe 01 slltl.dJ mg bun, but I bR\ e
rrequen tly met ut.hels who, while thcy are m
.generll-I sJ mp ~ t Y WIth the alms oI t he Alli es HId er
Stll1 ha.v6 serlOUS ml sglvmgs on MUch p01D ~S "hlch
~an cil..Sll y be c~eared ~1 fu ll a.nd hank dl ~cu!!I s{o u
r\ tYPlca.1 ca~e 15 til at of Al"n.ce Lo\"ralOe
Re
fcrrmg to- the Ikgm nmg of the W;).l l\tt Broadley
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'Va.s t e wrestmg ~ by for~e of ~ f.Hl.C C
LOlT3lne from Germ "m y an Alhc ~ \\ar 81m?
ThiS hke the famoutIC conundrum
R ave you 1 It re'ol turcd t.o lb;
stopped bea.tm your "lIe?
I S one of
t hoslj I
dlfJieult queStI II whlCh cannot be anS"jerCd bv
Ihe nece!<..'I ltlC»
an unqllo,llfied Yes or No If ~1o B ondle) s th ~ g o, crntnent
questlOn means~
;}Vould Fran ce lo?' any of t.he subordll atc(j to
~lhes) have provoked a. " ' ar on that ac10unt
Laba lr P trtlC S 'ned
the answer I~ cJ11{lha.tll~t1y No An) one \\ ho mg tlH~e relorms
hus etudlC9.,. F~c!ldl bl s tOlY
IIU pal Uc lilally won \t gl ea t cost In
French Journaluiru oI the p lSt twenty o~ t.bll t y for no lct llln
') ellrs can ha.ve n o pmiluble doubt upon tha t pomt Sf mt nlmu.ted all
lhe revanche mst.lOct. na s explOit cd by an 11 1 he P IOCCSS bas
::ndious cijque whose ul h mntc ol~ ect. WIl S the o, er mand s fl.1 e mu,de
Its thc ~ ":e,,; iti , ,,
tluow of the RepJbl w I nnd the ludIcrous colIap' . the Ilnllt. of liberty
o! their oba.mplon D oul Lnr,er III 1889 demon struled 1) tt t y \\ Itb l selfle:i3
hmv {,<eble ",as~ t.h elr hold upon th e natIOn 1:1 he that IS a:sked
la.ter pcrsecllt.l( n or Drey fu s was an attcmpt to
explOit i:Ln t L SlJnute pr eJudIce for the same pur t no pum~
Palty With a rea1j"' u.tl uo
pose
It was none th e less' recogn\~ed that. shou ld 8U! rendered
oth ..", Ise
the Germans pruvoke: another confltct Ib would a.wn.v re cklessl) t he
be a. moral obligatIon on the pn.rt of the French 1t... Jus+. as the Trnde
to conte to th~ rescue of tbClr compatriots m have been tllbulated !wtt.h
the IoN proVIn~e8 Tha.t oh hgatlon was avowed restoratlon so must the
at the beg mnmg of thQ Wa.r by Joffre m 'lus pro freedom keep an ac~ Utate
c1lmn.hon to th~ Abu.t l{l: ns on Allgust 7t H, 1914 mcnts of 1 berty aSI the
M;,ny people f.,1 to reahse that the ~l'ace the Part, mu st have a
hllv ~ a ny rluhts III the matter, lOt a.ny
In theLr ~o\1;n fa t.e
Ibclr rights are Llli!cd
thetr unwa.vCTlflg clalm to be tt<ut of the

conq~:~~n" i~~e:L~~ r~gr~~~or o70~~'r::d

SEI1 ~RATIO~

th ey \\ ould notIce there had been hundreda of f!uch
Inngu ~gei m\"ented
~ome silld the Kg:ypha.ns
were the first to mvt.mt an mternationa l liU\~nge
and (rom that time a.ttempt a.lter Ittteropt was
made most of them fnutlesli Only two m modem
clav. had beld the field V ol.puk wae tfe first
and was tu.ken up by a. good many p ec\1>le 1n
\ere.sled 10 lt In th& meantime h owever J esper
anto came upon the seene: That wu the[ tnven
- l tion of & bay aged elght years n. RU!l1an Pole
whu was an Icreahst Whcn ei ght yelln old he
, not.lced tha.t people qunl"l.elled and came Ito the
I conclUSIOn that people quarrelled becu llse ~f mls
and ent fLndtng t.l1rougb bClOg of dtfferent natlOnnh
tles
A fter golOg to College he foymyd the
0pwlon t.hat
quarrels of natron s ca.mel abol1t
m the Btune ",ay as ItI the case of ~oplc ttttd thnt
H "}leoples cou ld commum ca.te freely wlt~ each
Other a meat. de 11 of mlsunden;tandmg could uc
don B Il.wa.y "It b 1 ho lad s f&ther \\ a.s: 8. Ic~ool
fu~ter a.nd bt studied Jan guage.s
H e select ed
{the ~recr of a doctor lnd never made an ....
out oI csperanto All th@ gra.mmar lD cOlo~"ctiou
wrt.h esperant.o Could be ,got on a post
convDnlently , Dr ESpel8.Utd" was
Inventor too'k Rnd It w as a good name
movemont '&eCRU.S It meant U one
It was & good n{\me for It beca.u ~e

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Coliler
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J,HVDVtS AT THE BA'IlHS
81 II De Bf':au'Volr road

ma.ny thmg! we were lJIdlfferent a~u~ be
Althougb "'I"'r""to h&d reoelved
check

n.hon~loty o( tbougbt .nd

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EOlTOa 10•

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Vef:v &ppteolatlv8 and h.tened With m!ld:ed at-.
\entlon to tM Jedurer for qUIte p,.n hour
\The ChaJrmRp; In IntroduCing the ledurer, re
!erred t.o- one or _two pe~ns. who had tA.ken ..

esp~mnto
MI'8 Megflhy, IS' ftuenl

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PRICE OF MILK.

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the a.dmmHstntlOn of manYiOf oW' nC\\
alwaJs

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entu'O conforml y Wi th the inl!en.tq 'E

hem ~nd

In spIte of tbo," "ho Introduced

of a ll tha.t the dermana ha.\ e done since", hether IUlIclamnn tll 1 s[l.fcgualds h 1ve lbecn
by persecutIon 01 by caJolerJ Ilmost all SignS 82: IhcJ see wtth IiUlpll:se th t. PEople are
to ~how tha.t tho 1mass of the mdlgenous populr:' Irnpus( ned for ex.presslOn::; of IOjlTllOn tb Lt
tIon rein'nns thnt J attachment. t.o tbe full And It ltshmen are tntern ~d w t~out tl1.al t.hat ~
must hkewJss. b~ rrmomberdd that 10 1870 the re\Olut.lOnary RlI SSIu.n police system h.as
~ ec.deTS of German Soc w!t>m protest.ed ag ainst up m our nndst , tb It ou r letters :uc r e l {
the poltcv of a nnho.tlOn
house:! 1<lldcd our employees regl ~iered O UI
1He clru.m of t\.lsltce Lorbme for re union With conscripted, a.n~ our lIberti es ertmct
Hu
Fra.n ce IS on moral grounds preCIsely sJrnllar Corpus has gone the !lIghL of Asylum IS
to that of those pa.rts o f Champagne WhIc,b t h e I the Judlcatme has Imoro tho.n ooce gIveu
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enemy have ocaup~ed' durmg the prescnt war The t.lOn of tho. mfiuenl.lc of t he .E.xecutlve
dlfference ' 18 really oot!! of hme They have suI arc created ouh1de the House LIld a cor""" " 'A~ '
f~d :under the tyrant for forty seven years m whIch" as the fuil<:hecl achievemen t
sf:ea.d of for three ~ raDce IS equally pleaged to of .free Enghshmen has ~en de&'tro,."d
both'
)"ars
Th~, wb.1Ch lustilied an
Iha mca.lcuI.a.bl~ sacrifices of our herOIC Atlv on prIde In hIS country, whICh dlfferentla.ted
behalf of clvlhsa.tllOn make her obligations our othCls wh ch made her
Kultur
of
own In this sense th~ ledemptlOn of the 104 value whICh gave ner al most a. ~l.SOnahle
proVlnces llas bc.en one of the AllIea' rums SInce for lIer dreams of expa.nsJOn, that ~s destroyed
the beglflntng of the war
Natura.lly thiS prCiOcnts a 'eTY @enous ~t.a te
I should hke to reply slm11arly to other ques affatrs eHn 1ft It IS merely a temporary
hons that h.ve been rau.ed but I fear tbat 1 have. UnI01tullately thmgs Itro not even stubc
already oCl:t1pled too much of your space
elt elY fresh accretlOn of power
the
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tne more <.md~ more mdepe ndent. of r.fIlI,m,,"
Reodmg .September 24t~, 1917
control, ond J despIte " completely
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House we h&ve a; system of Orders m
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whl ch-..has put !the power wh-!c;h should belong
t he people g reprc"ento.tlves mto t he bano s (If
MR
RUSSELL.
small group
Pa.illament. rna, find Its
utrophl ed by lon~ disuse
If In a ISe rt
Imtnotlc
lazrness
It
ccaees
t
o
sa.fegllard the
TO T1tt :EDITOR OF TKE • R'EADlNG ODSERVER"
terests of the people it lS p1n.ymg strrught
Sir -In the absence o( Mr Quelch I mUll. reply the hands of
direct actt9n1 sts
Theso arc
to t he letter of Mr BrQadley m your la.t ISsne
thmgs which can 'r;,ut. bit
after t.he Witr
Be- sa.VJi Ml Quelch llnd l\.1r .Rutaell do not c t.lIlpa.tgn of preparedn~ ss must. be se t on
repl esent the SoclD.l rind Ln.bour movement Doe~ a.t once
Mr Broadley '? 'lnle. he has trled and eom "tl m€s
SomethlDg has"
dy been done m thIS
succeeded m gettmg resolutIons pll.ased '~bH! b t lon and the Nat14nal CounCI l for CIv il '
seem to mdlca.ie thIS, but .I"s lack of success bas ha.s for some tIme now been- busy both ill

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thm Ijnalterabl. j .bLachmcnt to Ftance

nll.~h th It \\ e ale not allt1wed to
have n. ,ague anu not lIleo n ect.. not.um
the
dllr ~tlOn o[ the Wi.Ll
hbet Ly of
thought af person has b en .broo,""ed,
po" el s of the authontlcs are o;alloe,inbracin~

\Ilad~ hIm angry,

hence b,s .pleenetle attltudo lIuardujg where pO!jSlble the liberty of the
to Mr Quelch and my.elf
and m ascerta.mmg and rccordmg
!'o m; BDrrOR 01' ~
R~DING OBSBRVEJt
'By methods which a.re very reprehenSIble--=; thmgs stand FIrst tho gounell made a.n
af tlsts belae'\"cd tliat the nations who had tongues on rem~nd 'WIth etea hng an offertory box value
Sir -I an). at a. loss to understo.nd w~v the ~ce talnng adV".wtage of the fact that so many work
tlve study of t.h.e Acts ~ the RegulatlOns
to dlSCU"'S affuJ.l) mue;! Ihave some heutral I'll th'e property 0' tbe Vi car and Churchwa'rdens om milk-as l'eport.ed m your paper last week-IS 109 men are J)OW 0\ elt"'worked and thus cause COndttIon.- unde.r WhlCIi s~ch .Acts arose and
Iangu"~ Could they Imagme when the w..- I",as of S o Bartholomews Charch, Rea.ding
v
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Dr Cburchlll of Cbosh.m, now attended the about to be ralBe
s you o""em: , nere as f!mall meetmgS' by pla,ymg 011 their SUspICIons ca.uses a.nd motIves un eifymg tbem
m er th... t- lt woold not be neccllary
a.ve an Oourt and 1581d,bf ~ knownlrlsoner all hlB hre been food for cattle m plenty! and grala.ng has and fears by emphatically st \.tm g tha.t all kmds followe d their admmlst IOn closely and
Ini.ernLtlonaJ langu.g.' Germ..s would not h· He WM of weak mtellect IIZ\ ~ i Ultable person been "bad for Dcxt to nothlDg Anu yet tho of schemes were ·' prepared to further entdave the aSSIsted In th,s byl the ports whIch were
WIlling to ipnve a.n English,1 lta.lla.n, or French to be proVIded for under the :M ental neijclODCY
offi91al Prlce 18 to be 7d a quart I I spent thc 1 ra.de u.pton I members... but which never ma t erl them from all ovc~ the c uptry 1 hey (Ilsm,,;~e'i
language and on the ot~r hand shou1d we be Act I
week end 10 Eton, and thcre found IIplendld mllk a.l!sed-proLe.sta
beeJ1 oblamed
from their provmce wb.lt a'ppea.red to
",!llDg to takQ the aerman languagot In fuljlher
1.1, -A F Clark (from the lown Clerk',
belDg wId at 4d' per quart and n dall-yman ID
'Vlth
regard
to
the
Socla.hst movement hlB mlS mate war measures !msptrc ~ mihta.ry n~:~J;j
l'e:ma:ru the lecturer lwont on to eho\v that e,~r ex pI uncd that the Budtlpgha,tns.h 1re, ~~~~he(~:~~:~1 fJ)rme~ me t.ha t at t.hat h e was recelVIQg quite
of those ,
anto could be learned by all Tlite question iss bu.d accepted the cuae Wld 'bap made m
a fau p rofit and was not pl OpOlUDg t.o r4Use hlS represent(>t'911 cannot be allowed to I ,tand mtb- Then they faced the pro
WhlCh whi le pcrha.~ n
were.
for
pn$Oncr
to
be
received
at.
the
Wmslo\'{
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ill
t
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pay
a.t
Eton
out
Ch~lIBqg~
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-tV&8 It worth" bIl e to lel\rn It? It \va@ she
L aw In ~tJtutl0n
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prrce
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l..S pI ICe IS SU Cleo
The BritIsh Sociali&t Party, to wblch Mr Quelch mmlStered m a.n uJ3UBt or parly f1Pmt
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tenticd lor all people who v.: uched to talk to 0 th er "' The qhalrnUUl. announoed thiS arra..nllement to then \v' l ....y not m Readmg'
YOlllS etc
.nd I belOng: aeCeded by a large mOJorlty Irom cases It t.ranspnM. that the a.uthontlC3
people. How ..peranto could be used for PUSI B,own wbo 1I'1lJI acod>dmgly Bent to Wllnslow
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A F-Al'HER p F A FAMILY
that pa.rty after tlie conf9renco at Manchester had not 80 much to defend th
nc.. for soc,al mwrcolll~e throughout CJvilosed
HQUSING OF THE WORKING CLASSES
countries how It (.'owd be used for corr8&~ding t Honry Whlteway 173, Go~brco1!: road Wll~
been captured b~ 1\11 element whIch cannot be n~:ut.~:~~::C their STI
reg.,.rded at! the cream of t he party, and, In VICW
With tEie Far EMt were Ilmong ot.b&' t.beQles tbat summoned for ftulmg to ober an Ordcr made undel
of Ithe then depleted ranki, even the ma.]ont,
a. position to report on t
were dlSoourBed upon by tile leoturer m on In the HOUSIng of the Workmg
Act pro
ItlUctlV6
eDterta10mg manner / There were, hlblting the UAe of hiS house for humao babltaIn the LL P
ICl'C aro .some who dIsagree With Backed by an mVH.lu tble
facts, t)oeir work could beg 1 It ..."" obviom
is
tlOn
!
bed ~ Consu,
the officlOl poont of VIew, 14. proporLlon who h
ncb 1 f t "'_ tb t h d
wbat !!he de,erl
or
Delerldont, who IS a ,old,.r; ..... ~r""ented
of the esperan to movemont JD every
bv hiS W ife
'\>
left t,he ILl) ot"CY' their n..Qn resistance :r:esolu t ere was moss 0 b I t;I ' I"Jthe a atheDO
twn and muked tto distingUish between attack In miHtn.ry necessity, f.1jU
i f' r lD
bow well everybody wbo was an e'B'",nt,.t
Mr A IIF Clark repN!.ented the COJ1!Q...t ,on
and def~noe 01 • naban I do not. know btm I do power that 15 mhcrent m
st of us.
wh~ t.hoy could III t.ha.t. language approach a
Farma.l evidence wa.s given by Dr Adt6;> the

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any other

natlana.lity who knew the
In
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n.~ua.ge-e5peran o-waa we
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D
audience.
lfn. Megahy mentloned her
ber of

Medical Officer of Healt.h, statmg that the cottage
In qUestl9D was unfit for human 9.ablth.tlon
It
was
a. dirty dllaplda.ted oondltlOn '" Itb in
Ruffle ent ventJlo.tl.on There w as no th10Ugh ' en

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..... delightful to b4!ar how one cou

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d_Mi George J

Soutbern of Il5 WbJtol'n ,gMs

thougbt he
had •• ,,1.

au~IP'n'CO Ill. Abbey HBoli it will not be
~h. elP"tanto l Ight. ~re re kindled on
Certainly, artee h.ten1ng to tho ...,hau.twe

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Mega.hy a dlscoursa,:Ml;

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Was

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lor gf'Iontil1a (f<ltniItAI""

cHaJ! for tho """'mag.

'" h'l " ere an::tJOllfl: tn pull the proPt!rty dOl ... n Phi:!
other cotlap;c ' Hl-S emptv now but proce edl)'l~~

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"ere duly .ekh owledi!'~
I!rofttlbl~ . Tenmg closed

tOMFOftT~ FOR ~IILn"nI1l1

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he W3!S ovU 90 years

~lIoweu

nf ago 1'l,nt1.I' p",,~ ,~,,~,

w18bed1.t'ns
to rboeded,
be
eli. mthat
'! tbe.heliOus.
H"
wllIll
rn.ndto how
,m del),]
tb. place would be pr,lIed d_n, ~"ether "-Ilh ~he
cot.Ajll'.l ooncertlmg wblch prooeedttlgJ '" ere taken

th a.' dl\'\':
.. j
I hr. BehciJ made the t.1I!t1l\1 f'\roer to qmt nnrl
.lInwed defend.ol 14 day s m "hJoh to -seft out of

tbe bOUle
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IUESDAY - Befnre tho Mo,or (?IT F , A Sar
jPBrl) Ih bhe cb." Mr, J. j ~r, ~~
J:i Bnll, Mr W H SmIth lLIld MT E ..
R, dley
MOTOR LORn)'

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Socla!

D~Il').Ocr8tIC

be

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sawed thmgs 01 which tHoy 1me.... little

Some h a.ve done the events of the da.y weret-?rOllg-ht, to therr

hood of ~lIn.n but lidO not -allow m y hopee to blmd
me to plesen l rl!'t fllc ts
~nd when a. brot her ( )
1 uos amolt It III
dut.y of the other mem bers
of the fanuly to "ee that he IS prevented from
destroy mg the i3.'fll)
Dld , ,,e go to war for Trentmo for Italy
et c' " W ell, of bour&e nDt, thesc have become
sbbsequent queshons by the cntlan~ I (If othct
combatants, H bu~ I Mr Broadley fi:t@nt.IOl1S t hem
to 'Creo.~ a. snoke cloud to ob·curo the VIlHon
and cause confuston Did we anh clpate the shell
of
~a.termg places or the bombmg
of toW'n8 an'a vmtg .. ~ the dnrk Ot t.hc murder
of ov r 3000 merhhobt; seB.lJ1-en or the :nnl.. mg of
1 9 d-add
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th e Lu81tama
.I... ev er
1 we arm In [\. ess
worthY'fD'use " S8f.d Mr R nmsrl.Y Macdonal d some
t1F
ago
!hnce 1then y everl ts h a.ve p re)\ ed the
Just.ificatlon for our achon
Yours fat'thfull,}
DEN RUSSELL

lhl.\

b(lrl not been taken IlWlm, t the l tenan t m fhnt

cuse h~ca\l~e

~ot

t1

Ilcfped In- the second place. thel'e W'aa the
t.a.sk of ma.kmg publIc, amId a :network of Ii,!:!'>
censorship, Just wha.t thel Slt.uation SlgIHtiul I
was necessary to cal1 thc attbn;ton of a ll Lhl!l~ n
men 3nd women ill
d to the dea.t.h 01 t
d
f n li
l
ConstItutlOll the ISUICI el
ax amell Iry ('
trol. a.nd the murocr of libertj
~L fil ~ t
CounCil encountered "'pnth a.nd tgnomnce
were ba.rely a.wa.re o f what w ~
man) of them It lia.rdlv seemed t.o bo th eir
\ lhe St"te a.od ~he ConstitutIOn were
DOLI..:.!

.Ise.

also a sol81 er and

1tJr Cla rk explll med tbll ahd the t.O lommv cot
tIIqe belonged to tbe ~hurc hwarden. 01 St G,I.,

lilltl un 'nl .... stlng

ta.mly

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pln.ee the WM the mdiVldua J

good "" ark 1D the past, but w~ere WIll most of t.hey wele aJrea.dv so oveiWhelmed by the rot
t hem be "ben ib~ rcason for therr protests ...,r trophe tb.t had hef.lIen 1Elliopo that lb",
obJ ec ttons JS condydetl?
II ttl. tbought {oJ anythilig
fbcse
I beheve in h ope and work for the brother could wa.tt till tl:ie fimsh o§he war f9Z'

• • Id the dw.lhn~ was danlp, dIrty
ILn litterlv tuJQ01U!. C Ondl~10n I

~.bbv

Dr

th~ Cbmfoldn

I fh ese

JlIdgm~ .. ~tller reasoned or logical and cor

Mf SOllthern ,u9mltted th. recelpLs to 'he ...

bv bl8 wli6

I have no

wa.r p~!SslOn, bqt IE ~6 actIOns of eome of mv
opponents IS any CTlt.cnon.. then tho peace pa..sslO1).
18 somethmg 1httch' mote: ~ be detested
'Ihe fea.rfully' ska n ge a.C1mlItUTe to the PaCifist
P a.rty warrnnts me""1n de cltnmg to accept their

rert'la.rks, In Yo IC,. pOltt"l~ to.howlDg lie had expended con l!lderablu
present. who wldt t o uD'} ~J~nls r)D the property
st.s In
f\lVllhMl I Edwj1rd Fhtt.el', of 47 SouthEtmpton
8~rcct " I\S summoned for n. s.itnllar offence

Dcldnd..llt in tbls caae

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tlrf'

He ...ad pr""eot .t tbe hard,b,p "here poople had

It ~pp~,e~ k.!>pw tq,,~ I.hov deserve it

[he Ma.glBtra tos Clerk RtlgRested that It ml~hb
sati! fy Mr Southern fr he .placed tbe documents
before the Pre!\S rep't~:sent.ll.tlVef! wbo )"ere III at
tlllldlUlce IUld be h&d no doubt th ey would meet
h ili!' le~ II

wdS 1"8prtisented

sentence tn the

abbrevlated

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of money tho.t hod been expenHed Qn t l16
property and b. e1pres" d the o~im~n thll L
JU!'ttloo to htmso)£ the Court "hotllcil allow him t
f~; ~~::r058 documerta to slrow hi S t'aLtl\'udc I I

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mcetmg a.o.d kno'YS It does not rep~sent wht~t I
Imtd but ho lilieS 1t hopmg It Will prejudice some
,vhom 1: respect a.lthciugb I dUl&gre6 WIth I do
not hes1tate to state that the achon of flome- of
merlt! the.term. u~~d, &nd thooo to whom

Mr Sou thern producei' receiptS' frrr ~o[lj;!l dcrnble

able ISUl'VGY of Lbe lecturer tbere can be no
to d04bt thntr -ev7Ybody who would enJo)
.bJlcct.ua l f po.,t.mle IMld I combme "tUh tt the
and kn O\\ ledge begotten by travel and
qU8.mt moel With fon,i gn fneeds

me l to

quoted by M., Broodl&y

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'1'fie MagI~trJltcs' Clerk pomted 0\1t.~ that ~

~:::lDga related t r the tenant and , not to t

-BAtnet-. made a f~w
he pomteR t he wriy
etlKlI.themijelvea. ,..
vote nl thanks to
-there '1VD.I a
experlenOO as an
l e..... ,ng' Pam

1hls brmgs

~bollld be Jie&fd "fter ...-ha" DJ A,buy

pr6mltently attlOtl lnud, we have no doubt
from the ~I..~ 9f peo ple who _P".ed tb.

l...rn' 1 ' pet.lIto '

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road the owner oI tbe property WAI!l.. preflcnt I r
CaUl t. and sa id that aB a.n act of ,.JustlCO he

had to ~"Y about the progrJs. In Chorley,
J.y and LOJ1.C""hlre generally, WIth wblcb

vailed the perfectly no.
des.rre on the
be those In a.ut.honty to sJleIlf the people tha.t

rut

Defendants wtfe mid she W'1l8 looking out for
Motber house a.nd only needea time to get out
lhc Bench mn,de an order for her to qUit m 14

With people ln foreign I and veI1 di!ltaht
esperanto, and Judg lll~ from wbflot. the

men refused to

coDllecteoJ. with a PA<t) wqlch t.l!ereby condemned bohe""d wrong or ~ded. Confrontod
the brave Belgm.n natLO
a. drfficult 8ltua.tlOn the autbontles took
,Although to ~y tb.".o IS no FabIan Soc,ety "rows thought to st.... p
opmlon by
almost all of them sunnon the AHleS In mB--rtyrs and bJ &busmg the prIDClples of
thiS wa.r !'horn hal been a. contmua.l depletIOn ~ which they pro{essed, put a \ powerful
of • our
supporters, and an a.ocretlOn to. the In the hands of theIr enerrue.s
P acifist sectlOn which Justdies me In descnbmg
Ihe Conncil found t.hey Iha.d a huge t l..'=k
them iIS nondescn.pt.
~hcm It fell roughly mt.o two mam Idl VI

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h latlon there being no hack wljldow. ,

tqe o utbreak. of \\ar, wllere of course,
ntl rli hke everybod J else who w~
ad to obey tho edlch of the poweri t

mteltent

know that some

In

rl encos )n Ro",e, ~d what took pl."" In

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IYet
th& COltncll
danger of ,,{a.itm g
~sevm-ed amitl ldllJCOUra
t and alm':)o
$3,W the

degrees the tliilig came ~ me to the p eople
began to affc ct tHeir ever<aylln"eS Thc,
to riah se what I tl~c loss 0 hbcrty meant
1\11 tM work
Ithe COl cli beg:&Dl to be
CI ~ed
Their IhtCliLturelObtl'uned a. wul er
tholr meehmgs aU over he 90untry drew
audIences then aflihatlo s ran mto th()!,,'"'·"
a.nd thCll' or~a.rilsa.t lOn be m to be of r eal
C
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an I: the same
tltc LIberal Party h us
for the run..'Um~m l of Itbert.y compat.lble "' lth
d
lt h\S sOHO'h t bv( reason and cOllIlN1
oret,
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I e
to t flfy at oItce tbo cI Ims lof the
8ndl!oat~e <.IpclRwstl 1t 15 e~sent.Ja.1 that t
not forget thlS alleg lanoe to hberh
JI I.
much tha.t can be done evan In war t im£' "
the confli...t IS over the Party will W1'-1h t" h
to ,: ; ta.rt the ti~ht. for ellil freedom whclc- It ~
left. atf In 1914 I not to find Ihell set b; , <,
obh ....e ~;) be repe,tJ the strugglee of tho Ia: t t V1
~ U[ In Older to <.J ch,evc t.hl s constant t
all C6
necessa.ry tn-da.y I Ih~re IS n o tin ~ to

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lost
IU t lOll,

t.he onlY safeguard ag_m,L
which

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IS

" lllle not.

HAYING

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