Reading Observer 03-1918

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BY APPOIN'UIEl\T 'fO KING . C WRGE

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:lt\IGE LI:;;rS OF SEEDS POR 'fUE FARM
AND GARDEN post Ire. on .pphc.tion.

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PACIFISM.

Tn:a tiddle of the BoI.hevik. muet prob.
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the We stet'll 1"-ind. Public opinion has
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positions iIi which they are regazded
diriJluaioned ide~i.tll and as the pliant instrum.nte of ' Germany. It i. lIIore profit.
~bl., ~rhape, to ooneent~':te 0;' the moral
rhlch ibe Roo"",,, Situation holda for the
of us, ljIo...ever large mey !he the a _ '
8peC'Il1a.tiT~ ma.tter,
theTe are some
mg. tjlat ri&nd out as cold fecte, a.nd the
cledr.rotion of German .termA to , her fallen
· enemy i. one 'of them. Th"" _0&1 tbe Ger,
· 'mSn u hJ is, &Dd it is w:ith him rather
than with Lenin or with Trolaky thot " •
.... ~rned. And there can be little djo.
pirie, one would imagin.-, IUI1OII4! those ~
J.h, not inriDcibl,- ignorant, abo"~ the lint
&nd ~ ' ~4JttI moral to 1be dia:wn from
wIoat bas iui;;.,.,n~~ H ie that the po,';·
biliiy of ,J;;'<~de ~ peace by J>egcitia.
tion" ia the idleot of d _ : The'
.-.ill DOl; be worth lMng in ·u ntil ·the" p.;,..
.-,t ,,;lin of Germany are impotent. The •
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makers of \. Ruaia are a defi;uce .of . t!le
. world. '1" s;., -.010;.. . ..". Gpgnuy " to
AmOric& l aud ibe WeRe'm ..w;.oel .and ....
h ..... lio Y),. ~,Tbou ..halt nat." In th'. ·f....
of tbit ..... n-'- 6jl8nd no 6-t amop1lt of
time on the . inYitr.tion~ 01 Cnnt Hertling
' " & ~n ' on BelgiUIIL
MlIciI more
than th..t is at .-take.
, The, _r 'then must 80 ...-it iI what the
Variaill... eou.Icil ..... reb,,~ for i ~,mg

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glamour of -.-ar 11M ~" it is no · Ioagoer
f ....ionablo w ~ ocI lib, on the .~ 41 i~ .~. r..Iioo"
for !be _ _ of
fai in I IO'~ on 0ImI:'16Cl ..yWt...-,--:.,._,:.";'010
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DO ' ~1 imagiJialiYe penon w be poid~ <Ill tbeir .l"Il:BiIlp or ...q. .tiOm,
can .b e blind .to the' e.rio"eneea · of ouch " .mp.g.. 1hM ill ript .ail ~ for· ~· wbo
decieion. VJd:ory so complete .. .the TOry bmI ,notcrioaol;y p1\JOP6!~' ~g ibe'· . . .· bII&
lifQ of dTilit&tion demand. canitot be won _bat &bout the !...we DtJIri:bw of ~ ....... -inquickly nor ebe&ply. It can come
·at ' 00Il"" - . thrunlt ..ell niP. to ....,iIirllIg'
lhe .end. of • long '.~e. drain~i. Our reo SIr Rob<n KindenIe,- did no~ """'"
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upect of tAte pt'OWem, aDd it
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lOurte. to .... - _ . ~.... ...
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BUt Ibet. i ....... ". '=
ooutOmj>lation. _W • .• C&Il a~oci&te the feel·
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peet .of': a " " . of exhao."stion," -.eeks
of ".,.,.. in ~p
Al ! Ln,
around lor some fJIOea!M'. The prospeCt i.
.......t 'fa m priJ6te ~ th.' .... Will terri~~ Bllt it ia not .t a\l b.lplal to tum to it ~, ,,,",, tubeCribo! .....~ly. fot /.be
our eye, deliberataly away from tho ..Iter. oIiue iel tI>o Moail<l<', wbicb iL i. hoped '" t=nati... The .....ocIy for the "peace by . . . by the q........ of milIiaD '" be noieod by
negouation." l'Oad i. to read' the
tlu. ~ Do lIeodiDs· · lfJ ti>o
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lail in tIIolr oblipAoua
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term. to Ru"';a. The term. i.tDpo-I by I<iok
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Germ"",., "'1& Mr. ArlI!ur ~, "" '
. . ~ibility 9i ........ 4' a <Ill ~Ir
IUch that no ~, ..~ c.p;~ist tIoo_JaaN.
or Socialiat, can Ii"" under $hem: They' are .... .
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• uch .. to force Rtl8Iu ' """" ."'ore. into the WANTBD EQUlTAIILE itATIOmNG.war. Anoth.r writer ....1IIlIl&riMt thiem ..
~ .... the bond;;" u" oddreio ~
r ev...ling ~ 'PrulliOll in bit ~e ·~IU•. Wud&:r by . ;!Ib-. :W-J11iam4 111. taO ~~~f.~;';'
U He hllll no mellC:J ~n. thOse ~o ate
.JIiiotiDg M a...rung. .hd ~ " got
abl. to nmt 'b!m.. . Oaring, not a ,oer8p
is houDdio be ctiocontent. if the f$Od ~' cOD'
hie fin. profescioM and pledgee. h. plO- tinoea bog eDOC>«h to maI\e ·th. _ _ ~
• coed. to dimlember the Ruosian Empir. . . ~...U: belt. any mOl'f). lb, ~ -n' it js
Nmorselessly as his forebean partitioned quite J>IIIIIibIe ....., DOW if you _
: 6a. or 60. in
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of Poland.
If h. Can
1.0 get, .......1 of . . - .......-ia the
h elp it, ibere i. to he no
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End ....hil • ....,rken "" tho 1Ioa' End·-. to
the conililg Ilplitury. n,., Baltic P~
, in queuee !~ \oheiT n.u0lll. 'He' miPt have
.,-inees are sliced out on one side, the added , aIoo while worlun have bad
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Ukraine on &uother, acd both, under OD4!/l quo_ outoide..c,l l\eedIDs T~wa RaIl
fonn ' or atrother, are to ile YAual. of)'~. ratioo .,.ro. wlUb!, in mODY. c;.YOI w.... IIOt
Central _ Empi~.,
Poland hecom~ an ...hen .at _they p,~~,tI.> btriidUIg.
enelave helpl.ly at th.e .disposal of the ...-or, .... OIIpJ>OlO that ie qnly a <Wainor
' .ame Pq ....
imo will do
her w~r ~ivo tmrn lib Reading. , We &hoald' lib
th e.r consider to be in thei.l- own in ,
. -remind Mr. Williama, h""~r, thM . .-.oulh it
The ·boundaries are cut aJtd carved with ' a . may be possible, 1& lH! _,.. Ie g-' "'dinner of
fi ~ndith ingenuity . to keep the varll>u, -......J ..... - in the W.... End if 0. onlv
=e. 'and notionoHti .. in ~ pat,eet poo. .!it. or 60, in . hie pocket: it a~ · not. n-ioorily
oible diocontent With each other, 10 tha~ IoIlmv tAat the diDer hat had . " meoI,'"
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t'\"ecning by Sir R obert Ki

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hocl 0 '.
-.mv.....uy liked fur
bright and ~ , diliJ!06iti""- . H. ....... gm.tJy
'reeJ>ected by. all ' who h~ biminess at . th. · Co.trl.
Th. borough
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said, _cd "1'riKM
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dutioe !' -..it~ feo<:, I_Of, alhIcI:ioIl, or inW1"1l."
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h~· ~ clerk Mr. F. N, Bell, who aeUld·,
. Do ·that .Cl!{'Od.ty f.r ~en :1""'"', "!hen ·b. loft M
enter. upon , si!(niloi' dINe. at &ve. ' AlIoJrt ' n~.
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'r""ch .1 Reading, H. th
.tigmatiaed the
n,oney w~ich . waa applied fOl:'i tho po~ 1'01
for ladle& t!urmg war time. Slt' Roltert n
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no litt le warmth a.nd tinder copaj.dcrable omotion expect 00 cation wi come m. Ue' t~lpe, a.qd re..
when he branded fnnd ....d irl the """""'" Hidi, ot.rictiOD ,,)aced 00 unnecesearil:r, ~Jive lunch...
<a'.cd
"bIood:moDor." U. kne... of ladi.. ...-ho
Â¥onito.. bell'''!
had recentiy .darned t.ben:ieelv~ with expeme I· ",no'p", j. oar 6ry, at leMt ..lu9il tbe eliipltui]djewell and in Ia.oe of the .ac~tlCflI CIOl" mep an ing eamp.ign ia in progrMI JlIl~o-t.be auaPi~ ~f
n"..lcing for UI on ~he baltle,fiel~ and 00 lhe wid6 ~he Roeid.
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lng. Chamber of Com
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"<'<-ans 01 lhe world, Ih. lint to'defend lilt, ·and the
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jewel. . . .. blood'money." TlH! reuon given
Whoo IiJtenlng \" tb. Ir:;:~~~=~
t bat Lbo G<.<ernmODt need. I~ mone,. '" bo in. 0( ...omeq ....-rkero
the )0
\·(!£.ted for W&.I' material to fig • the, _" to ~ . dinner-time in lut week
·-bj.;.a'I<\i<IDI..".ob~.
fl Ol,b, and to &.... p ~ MCrifk..
, ...hioh ""dll'" plainid of t.Iie ~. '
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.,..d ·tho gOQd lady' to
bo.-Jr. Thie i. cold,- er.meet logic Ln! oaimo!.
,.ad abe co\Jld Dot
g.i. .. i<t--Wb.ti,...·' lIleb jewell are p1!Jtlbaaod
oofJee. It ' it •
Women t.h~..lv", Or .... aOq~i1'id'" gift.
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)tI4"*1bol<!er' l ti&t.Wiq refereocee tp the dQa,tIt .nf tl.e{:lIIIe ldr.

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ie&ding Woo End haUl· {or IUDch. It ..... oDly '.
niodeat lit.t!& lunch of a iight detlCriptimr l'11DIN>g
into about. 60. each for a.,ta&! fO,od, ~ . lioother
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pef"<>D • . When thor had finiahcd tI>o ·w;orb· 111&.
&f!Ol' Said be .mU&t. bo.oft • .ole ",.."~,;;;;"'p - ..
fried orilobo, and b-.l oDd "pmt of'' - .aiijag· ~=2!'~
"'~ ,him .in' the ~ 1I.M! and he
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ltUDgryl On tlaia grpund we do ,Dot ~iitk ·Mr.
Willi . . . . . . ..,..,plain very ,much .. It)_ MIi the
quantit,' of food one get. et !iJ>elt. .., ~Iiohmeot,
e'geD'if it,. does iun into t1nee aT f& ~ ' It
m the pJaoe., Lbe eoeiety, -the .efv.i~ .."..st ~hL.f t
the enTironment th&t ooe
for.
thst te.n16
m~ who eats three 0; four lillpt '~O"'~T i.
.DOt robbing hieW
, 110..., man of ·hi. in~ ' '1-ii·b'; . or Oardilff·,,>&d,
anything else. It ie
&lu?tber quOlition llMdiJjg
whether 10 InU ' money BhOuld be .:n.-nt.
a.
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devoted

oodeties in tI>o
ciTe!<! 'of '~ and. 'was
~.mnal 00C1l>t..,-, and

~ he had ' - ' ,""own by & Woru mo,n"B"r
of a factoOy
in tho EMt End .ho t.ook him I<> a
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of Lh. blaclQnail;", end even 'he aaaeejn, Bri\.
the;' .,.. not' :i ,.it t.do '.treng
claaract.orioe the
c,n d ll ct 1'Of cerWn per:tOns refe
to on Friday

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in . poio~ a abort ti_ ago. W~1l to reoosniae

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Courto ah9uld be simplified 'os much
P"'',.hen CIl!OS bad to be )loanI. ' ' . . '
alwaY! tOOk al keen inte....t> m'rowMg,
of Reading ~ ~ ,thoroughly
th... faact.ion, makiQg it. & ~plete ·
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hearing ite. fimt case under such Act.tJ.- . Tbl\S Mr~ "
JoDea waa "·'pra.cticaJ student. of the '}a.w, s~ .

-'a gain.t their ' ov~r.

sac res. t I Whatevey other ~lIect they ~ave,
thp"-,, terms. ale surely for i \tA the end of
'Bacifism.

,..... the Criminal Just.ioo Adm inistmt;.,n ' A ct,
1914, and the II1inute ~ ' Which lie lavished l'J!O"
tWB branch of. wOt'k in. his 'spare tlme enahJod mm'
to -gei tbe"detei.. of a new . Ac~ at h", fing.,..' .enda

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Th~ Turk ie '" he retnetateci '
Armeni,a and gi..n the' oppori-..nity ot ex·
t inguishing the remnant ' 'of the Christian
population ..hich hae snrrhoed hi' m ....

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-oug\mess with which t.hi~ 1 work.~ done .h13
books ...ate in """sttlera.b1e requeo£ tlXrCughout lb.
country among magistrilteo' ·clerk.. One ' o[ tho '

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~iation . The money with wb.ioH. iucb costly

ol bo", we

are bought. does nDt belong to t.b6 p~,
wbere they are a ,gift to the wea.rer, they do

lxiJong t<> ber in .uch tim ..... ~..... Tho
01 ",04 o"pertluo';" adommerlti 'belong to
S(.1<, nnd if tbore iI to bo a coD.;mptio~
....Ith we hope the ijrat; ~hinll.~ t.o be taI:...
b!l the costly neekl~ 'i'»d ~\l«
bnv. />een ,Putehuad /1>1' tb.'·idle aac\
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ia ,~t8ed and re;jectld,.boMl. I!I,;••
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