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United Pree* AssArintion—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, December 20. Lord Cawdor, speaking at Leeds, said that if the Irish got Hk>mo Rule only ivar would prevent tho Germicj fleet, from occupying Belfast. Th« people of England were not blind enough to allow Belfast to become a German dockyard and tho baso of a German fleet. Mr Mullintr was a man or high standing whose statements •.Iβrnanded an explanation from the Government. Referring to tariff reform, Lord Cawdor said that if Gn-at Britain did not take her chance she would -,co the colonies entering into preferential arrangements with America, Germa.-iv and other countries.
Mr Edward Johnson Ferguson., Chairman of the Liberals in Dumfriesshire, .Mr Joeeph Jonas.Cnairman of the Attercliffe Division, Mr A. J. Robeon. Chairman of tho Sheffield Chamber or Commerce, and Sir John Swinburne, if Northumberland, havo withdrawn their from tho Government.
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Press, Volume LXV, Issue 13612, 22 December 1909, Page 7
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