BRITISH AND FOREIGN NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 116, 8 February 1908, Page 12

BRITISH AND FOREIGN NEWS.

1 THE UNITED KINGDOM ■■■;■"■> i 1 ( OIL FUEL. p'j'-.'.ii In' view 'of tho rapidly increasing use.of Adniiralty; l :• 'lias (Icculcd to .create a number of storage (r.-.-:'. ;- : depots at various ports round tho coast, - /.subsidiary' to' the main/tanks. which have fy ■-;already been, or aro about to bo, constructed i/. ■ *t tho pnncipah-.'-'nav.M/.-.^arbours.. 1 ,. .■Tho,nrv: rangemonts so far made .provide for tho con--Bv'tv ".■r.-V 1 ' striietipaoP ■ jian ba j or. tlio. stationing' bf;.'tank f' /v.' 5/vessels: at; the,'ports _ likfily y to ; l>o c-v by torpedo :cr:;ft in tho' event of war. ■. ■ |: •' .- • ■ At- Harwich and .Grimsby 500. tons will bo. kvv: ,stored)' at Queensferrrlooo- tons,-,whtle pthei f • /dopolswill be created at EarroW, Birr.onhe.id,, p 'j,- and Queenstown. i It-is considered probable r,-,.:' -i - that one oi' iroro of the:ships that wcro ief.. 'moved from tho , cffcctivo list; under, the ."scrapping" ■•schema or v 1901-5 will :b3.,.confy.' Tested ifito/tank-vessels. - Orders . ha/a re--5 .■•. ■ .- cenfcly bean.■■recflivcu at ■ Devon port. for..the, f • :• • 6t6'ng out of tho florro for some nou-coinba- • tiVe duty,'and it; is believed that this is thu; • •rold'■ ror. which sho .is destined. ■• ~Littlo proc- ; •■;■' grws lias vso'far been* £;ade . : wifch tha: main I-, .c .• depots# -whoso construction was dtcidod : ,upon &srly last year, , fiisavations h&',o biyn goiiy on for some ii.vu.tv 'time, at l s 6rl. Victoria, .Shecrness, for, ~tho. p ; . foundations of . tho four/oiMJ-ton. tanks that' r ■ oro to bo but iiv.i'J not likely that. : . v tha-eontract ■ iv>l! ;bis ..eivsn out until Well, i into tl'o next linanenl year. At lurnv. •: v ' v chapel11 f lymolithe Bi'.< Sji/O-wn tanks aro to bebuilt; and tho contract Has just.been awardedto • Messrs.'llelr and Soil. • Tho .'amount, .of. • excavation nenessary ms ivery, extensive, for :•. tho -tanks aro:to ho. sunk below..the ground level andisurroulldLd by nounds, M as to J-/ : ;. ■• •: aifoM defence again*!? .'jiitack . from tW.sea,<. }./'while tbti-.sUpply.-pipM:running to the jetties;3 :■■■••'■; Will bo-laid in deep trendies;- Tho 'present 5:. .v :> vi-lurncliapel /scheme / will; take, two years. ■ -to v completo,: arid :.--.tbo .;-i>Hiwv...liavo.v bfien -so drafiyi up that alty furllidi e■.tension that ciccided;ii?olleall, bo. carried.oflt with './/■.:,;'. •/ • tlw Mwimnni df.-.croubiyvand., expsnso. '■:■ ■ 1 , , LORD KKLViya FUKER\L. ' t i Lfindan, D'cociabm h.l. ' i Tho funeral of Loid Kelvin took place jn ;,. ; 'V/o3tliii]lsi6r , Abb(.'r.oil-'-l^ci;inbei-.23../ /.Long. . • - beforo oi'-ven Eiiaiij' at thoato-ttho. had .been -iiivitfctl /jtb; i>.*iy* : i f |r * Hak t i tfi b;«itp\: ,o £;; rcflpce t; s"'! •• to 'tho' scientiM, .wlioiso-claims r to. greatness' I'.t ■.-■■•■■wdrtf.'acknowlcdgcti-. in every /quarter ; of/tho,. t; -globe had assanitlcd-in tho .Abbey, and .half, !/••»■• an: hour' before .stho j opeiuii!;..of ;tho P servico.. ■ [/• - ■ every seat* was. lii 1 l-c1.... ..Men jand women. v/:;v-waited.'-in; solemn • silenco,/.unbroken jcxcept. '-thb .tolling'-)of: tho iunera!; bell/. Suddenly. /Sthij^rgan.Started Jji'aiyihgj.the. solemn .chortlov jv ■ ■. /or 'Ptirceli's I'mieral Jlarch. 'fhero was no. t other k sound- in .tho Aubcy except the movcK''.v : v nieilt of Wverger.-ehon-tng •»ilate'comer, to |^r : liHiusicjti'fof 'noises lioni; ; ' -.thd .'world -outsidt',' and -tho/tolling .-of tho • - • funeral bell as it' broko into tho scqucnco .':■/ " ot tho organ's harmony: With the last chords of i'ufceii's march thoro was silenco again, ' - tho silence oE a great congregation awed b-, tho"pfosonco of.death-'-'iii'/its solemn'.and' - l:*: niftjestiC:grandeur. /' Hardly had.the'chords / •• . died away iwhen slight snatches of the sing- 1 . b. .by "the approaching clioir ofr tho/hymn /'' .-''Brlot lifo itp liutfe our portlon" were heard ' in tho distance Onlj tho higher notes ~' /..i i. could bo hoard in -tho navo -.vhen tho hymn , started, hut a<3 tho choir m prooassion drew ;V.,- ■ / ■; nearer tho defiper ! notes. woro added, and at jf r./i, wholo of tho chant was iandiblo '/. ■ / throughout tho building:,- .Tho congregation . r,v . swod,* and. as 'tho choir fiamo'.up: the. navo. r>-: !/...,■ ■ thay sang the .opening sentences, 'of vtho: • ■ Bllrial Service to tho beautiful music arrang-. Ed ti/rtiusid i thafctrcfu3iis: to'interpret j v : -:death as .anything other/than tho beginningof a fuller life * Tho clergy of tho/Abbey all f. ;•>/ :; (- attended,/including !>A>cliseacon :Wilbertorce, 1 v ' ''.■.. Dr. liwjtthnigj Dr, Hcnsloy. Hcnson, Canon v. » . ■: -..-.Barnett,- the' i'rteontor, ■ and .'Minor/Canons <■ .. . Mine,/ Haycock, l'erkins, Hcrkin, and z:;i.///.v." Nixon,;whijo toe 'rear was.brought up .by .tho ; :l)eair of ( ;. VVostininstor.„and: the hub-Dean, ,in i: • ;•. (Splendid purple copes, heavily embroidered, s ; • with 3ilvtr, _ Ttiey slowly passed, and took ci'ii/'thii (sac.rariuni;'i7' catno 'tho ,co/tin,/covered 1 with . the pall, on i - i Whicli rested a largo/crois of whito floworsi ~/.auda. v/roath .of evcrgreons and flowcrs. Th.C. ■'-;. v // .■ choir/.chanted tho OUth I'salm, "Lord, Thou hast ,biien our refuge ono generation •-' v . to:another,- and in solemn;tones-tho Dean, .///(.'iv/ //read out tho losson from tho fifteenth .chapter A:-': \ 'of tho.first' of Cormthians. ,/:Tlien tho full r choir joined in Wesley's famous anthem, I, •• "Ho :.will swallow up / death . m victory." !'; /.. which, . with 1 its > appeal to, tho j/. v. .v mourners to "Awabo .to •righteousness 'and ■: W'Hotf"-jis, : perhaps, - the imost impressive f.v,:/;) and /notablo.-v example : ,ol English Church h:.,,/ music. -Thoni/tho'.procossion otchoir, -of - fiK • ! '"■■.! clorgy,. and -of -niourners was re-formed,- anti 1 s. tho collin WUs/slowly "borne ,to 'tho head' of nh,/:', . ; tho navo beiow the organ loft, where tho grave-had.!boon dug closo/besi|do tho tomb i of Aewton. - Tho. pall-.was removed -and ■ v the Dean' comraitti.-a tho' body;- ni its plain, £,; ■/.." , oak/ coflin,', to -tho,; earth,- his voice'.'echoing'.' through the: Abbey as-lie read.tho.wonderful I'--: :,'r sentences,,'.!' Man, that, is/born -of a woman. 1 ...hath but a short tinio to. live/' • / And again thefo^:wiw'th-d bmphatio of; faith and lioiie. : ; s:w . . :ol Ooss's anthem, "1 heard a Voico from p'fir.:' '.Heaven.''. . Tho • concluding -prayers./.woro ; 'congregatioiiv' stood" and: sang; MMIIII3OII -tho fust three and. tho last- verses «'."■-•■/ot "O God, our help m '-agos- past."- /Tho, . / Jtisnodiction .-was pronounced; "and, while : all' I ; /. .v.. i Were -still/kneeling; the opening bara of tho r( Dead March in "featil.': wcro played.- /As tho [,// ■ .: •, .march concluded, tho congregation dispersed; 1 p-, pausing at-tho open graVovtOjgazo on tho: 1,•,...-.last rooting place ot Lord -Kelvin,- who lies » : :■ / in .the.,midst of, tho ;men /whose, labours ho i .'' -' \ ~has:shared;aild in the-place of/honour, besido; £!/ •;/ . ■, the greatest ot thoso who havo wrested .her {■y/';V ,'6eorets from Nature.'- .■/';. vY-:-r ; '. ; MR GINNELL, M P • The fihargo of contotnpt of. Court against i'-,v. / Mr. Laurcnco Ginnoll, Ivt.P., was heard be- .. 1 foro Mr: Justice iioss, / who,, in delivering sontonce said," MruOinncll not being present or reprcsentc<l — 1 . ¥" . v.; v.. I will: now proceed 1 to; deal .with this mat- ■ ; iter 1 at-.onco.' -In con.?equfence;;6f, the .erron-' v ';"..eoiis,statements/alludiid ; to by Jlr. ,Campbell- ;•/. : / .. that have ■ appeared in. tlio "public;. Press, I ; jy ivisli'v. it _ to . bo. -.clearly ■ understood • that .this ; application has not. boon•'brought 'forward at ,tho mstanco of tho Irish Executive.: In i;':':]: :/. S: :iespcct; of .'these proceedings''''it lias no rc--1 / .aponsibilit.y. whatsoever. ' Tho . -estato *in /■ question is an estate under ,the control ot :■/: tho Chancery Division of tho,High Court 6f i ,-. . Justieo. '.' Tho official to whom tho manage-; 1 / .'/mailt of tho estate, is'entrusted- has made a: r^.v-■■/' serious, charge, before "this .Court against 'Mr/1 Ginnell, a mombor of. Parliament. He ■/ complains that a short timo ago Mr.. Ginneir made a speech, in whioh , a .number ,of .per-, v eons; wcro incited to drive cattle,'oil these '; / v'/ lands. 'Ho charges, that this is .an unlawful ■■■■ interference with property under, the care . of the Court, and : an lriterferenco with him-: solf as tho officer of the Court, and that, as i /-• - such, it amounts,to a grave conteinpt. v- ■ In this case/ on tho evidence adduced by tho applicant, there can; bi/rio doubt that a ////■:■ violent speecti was mado by tho gentleman impleaded: inciting to cattle inciting t,'/:. to-'.boycotting, ; and, ■ finally, , ofierinw 'the 1//• • wrong-doers tno finest and best bits ot« tlio; i".-,:- ■ [ands. /That speech is... an, incitement, to. serious crime. It is in itself a serious crinie. ; No. attempt has .been made by calling wit- . nesses -to prove that the .words 1 woro not spoken, or that they can bo interpreted, as having au innocent meaning, _ Everybody now .understand 3 what cattle driving -means.' , The ; connection .of /this gentleman with " organised'cattle driving is so notorious that ' / ■it is.necossary. for me to 'that Mr." Ginnell is not now on trial before me for; his , general conduct in rolation to that form of criino. 1 have >no judicial knowledge of his , doings, and I do not permit my knowlodge derived from tlip Press to aflcct my judgment at all. ' I am aware that this form of organised violenoe, from the timo ;I first called publio »iinutior to it from this Bench, has grown

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and. increased beyond measure. The peoplo /are incited.;.to' ihvade ; 'tlio property of others ;i;i open; day,.They,;.-are taught to pride themselves ...on 'breaking ,au olementary. law Qn.-whiclivoitrT.ciivilisation itself largely deips.nds..; The.resnlfc-has been thedomoralisa--1 tiori of the people toj anextent never equalled iiiViny memory, /' The wrongdoer's laugh at, 'thbjqtile. attempts, of the authorities, and thp Ifingls, subjects have., no'' longer. .confidence. in/tno' oißcacy of..tHa;jaw as. a" protection 'for their' property or their. liberty, ,C'ndbr..,sn9hV ; ..circumstances, lcriotVn to all, , this gojitlejTian.. has;dared to turn the swollen tiilp; of lawlessness j'l&nd , violenco. upon,' an' ; estate under. v tfie'.. immediate protection' '.of' are undisputed.. Tho law' ; is,'clear/,::|-F6r -toe , thcr ( e'is .no. option.. ;This;Court-,cannbt bo, flouted ..with impunity. ■; l'-;-therefore ;adjudgo and dcclaro that /Laurence'. Gihiicll . is of' .contempt iof court, and that he do stand attached therefor.' I . order him to bo arrested, -and, 1 direct : him;to/,60 .imprisoned f()r six calendar months from- the .'date."of-, arrest,■'■■or.'..until, further order, and I order him fo pay the costs this , application. " ■; . ,■ A TRAMWAY RUNAWAY. ■ -Tao '.Ghnstmaa'; holiday season: seldom passes, without a serious mishap,, and, unfortunately, an-alarming .accident'.happened in l'ontonvjlle, Road/'North London: •Ah electric tratiitvay carj'. : getting the control or tho' driver/raii'down 1 tho steep hill at the rate of 20 .tmilesail "liouiv 1 and crashed into 'i'Stiltionary'Citr;'.which, was waiting in a sid"g * i'Ortunatelv thcro were no lives lost. There word : some J.B ;persons on tho 1 car whilst, it w«3 tearing do,wa' the hill, but of these only hurt:;:' Help -was"'-willingly renred arid the'injured ! passengers were qiilcliiy: conveyed ;'tb tlio Royal Free Hospital Inn 'Roid.'S : There it was .'found ihiit .theif'injuries v<ere only superficial, and if tor trea tme nt; they we re. allowed to 'leave." ' , : A : who saw the collision, ;sSfdi^l£?!wft«. ! 'il?\ricked.smash: - I-'UM. the ;da'r!'teanng and thought there was going: to':be diiother■.Highgate ,disaster. Fortunately,- ■ howeyeif, tho car did 'tipfc leave tho ■ rails,' 1 and we wore 1 able' to clear tho car Jho.-terminMV-'iyolmin-iltcsr a'ft'ir,'ilii.-Arigrf',tram crashed ,;irito : the ■stationary-"car, .aiut'there was'ft .smash-up i-brthy ' Brock's benefit at' - the. Crystal Pfllacc.'' 'AVhaV'/struck ine''as tlie ■ most-cre-'marksble; th'iii^;'ab'6iitit- was.., the '.'fact that thh ittotoritttiii, in.:change of the -runaway car, staring him: in ue IcVto' r hii;"■'post, andy■ after.- the dSHi'sipri;!ttiriied;ti'p'smil[ilg and Uninjured.' V h'liw;' 'Jiim/. standing V-in '-his placo, j'lartd:.: in "n: sccond' found him standing beside''nie~uninjured.: '■ ■ 7 .•'T)ie-'mb't'orniaiiJ : Turner, said that hq be.longs to the Stamfdi'd Hill .depot, and that lut was taking • his car to King's Cross, • the newest extension of, tho London ■ County Council electric service. Ho • had left tho Angel m'.the. ardinary. course of his run,: -.Hid ■ reaj)hcd ,: thfi reservoir.,corner all right;' It is a£itlifs.-corner - thatVhorso, omnibuses' liavo. a special brake put on, and, in tho ordinary course, traiucar. dnrei-s apply the magnetic .ibralsp. ,s,o, but' the brake would; not-aot,' and Ins car descended the steep hill nt a pace: that prophesied disaster. Turner, as: : wo have; said,. stuck to his post,) but his car dashed into the one 1 waiting at tho/end ,of 'the lino, drove.■ it', back some 20 yards, • and', wreclf ed .the front' portion ofboth' 'carSi'f :■ ■:: ■■' ,' : ■: A'BRIDEGROOM'S FIX. v ■An', extraordinary ,sfbfy. of; a sequel :to a Christmas • Eve marnpgol camo to light at Bristol recently; ' Abput Heft o'clock;,in-tho morning', a 1 gentleman went' into a Bristol post 'office, and', statedlthat'' 110 had not- only,lost his memory, but bad lost his bride: Ho .romembevod.'.being married- At Wigan the' previous . morning and ■ setting out 1: by train ;fbr;Bristol, ; 'whoro .he was• going;■ to. spend■liis• hpn(}yino()u'.,y; On,tho .Way he missed • his wife, .thbugh.haiwasUl'ii'abJo.to.'romember how .'this; 'hippisiied. '-'■' Finding- himself in' a strange ;place, hnthoiit -any -knowledge of where he lbolohged: dr';wheroi 110 was going, lie applied office officials /1 Thc,'oiie;cl<|e .ho had was that .before, leayiin? telegram, ■''tip'-' .relatives'*in ■ Bpstbladvising - tliem that, hb'was 'coitiiii'g by ■a', certain' train. He knew ; tho ;.tiine;,ha.' handed : it' in,' and was able to .give- ■We.Tnamp?'^^in",.which it tvas■: sent; but there,'his memory "ceased, . The post .fpffie'e ■ officials. set •to work, 'and,' by,' making : ensuirieSj,iwere: it' longthable- to find': the "address/ to;,iwhich' their inquirer wiEhe'd.'to, go, ,"wliithor . they despatched him in . charge :pf v : a n nlgsseriger. He had been ■ wandering;-about jrr Bristol I streets' for four or five hours b'fcfore'.'it struck him that the !p6st' : '..offi'cp ipepplp.'.'might. help - him:: -' When: giyen a:bue,;tp tho; address' he' jumped readily ■atvitivandlsaid. to'shis memory like a flash. After expressingVliisithaiiks to, tlie:officials,', hp. left,..with - the remark, "This will bo a'lesson'to me." , . NATIONALIST UNITY. ' ■ According to the' "vStandard,"' there can be no''doubt that'-.the recent efforts: to reunite th6',-'lrish .IParliameiitary,; party;. have griev-, ously failed. '.- Nof caii thcro bo any. doubt that f Mr/'J.bhn';:Redttond : comos, out or tho ■ riegbtiations: with' a', distinct doss, of prestige. :To understand-the position one niust go, back to the days of the Land-Conference., When th'o'':Wyndh'am''L r ahtl"Ac.t' was' produced it; was. 't]id','resulli:-'of ■ a>ebnforencu,; at which ;both 'landlords' . aiid, toiiants'-,'representatives 'came ■toVan 'agfeomontif-That:'agreement, was subsequently "ratilicd r 'by ' .the. National Convention'.' " JSilt' stiniy'-tiniei,afterwai ; ds :Mr. John Dillon 'discoyered/tha't:.the Land' Act was too favourable to-. the .' landlords, and, to the ;chigfiii r of Mr.;O'Brien;, 1 he. took tho field' i against it.-\ : Since then thcro. have' been two forces,irf'lrish'pblitics—O'Brienism, ivliich iB •it pblicy,'of ".tako what you can get, and uso it;, as a. lever*.^for getting 'moro,'' , .and Dillon-, iisinj wliich' .is a ! . pojicjr ;'of rejecting everything short'of tfhat is 'called "Boer, Homo Rule." :Each side has :,„had ■ advantages .; in the struggle. 'Where 1 O'Brien's advice was taken, the farmers, bought .their • land.' , Where Mr. : biil6ri's-"advicA was':taken,' they did not. ; Little by little doiibts as to the' Dillon policy of; "poison-mad,"pig-headed fighting" began to obtrude themselves. The rejection of. the Irish Council Bill accentuated these doubts; iiiid tlio .pressure ifrom Sinn Fein, which : flourishes. the ofparliamentary,' agitation,'completed the'transfcr of opinion.. ( .... '.V -Buli\']>3lpnism side the great advantage" of.; control. of the "political machine'.'; .and. tho Press.; . The "Freeman's /.Dillonism through. thick and thin. But for some time pastj • since the death" of- his 'wi'fej.'.ltfri Dillon lias withdrawn from-piiblio Redmond took advantage,pf(the opportunity to try to come, to terms with Mr. O'Brien.- , Mr. O'Brien' and Mr. .Healy both held that the . party 'pledge,bound those, .who. took it to abide: by. tho,;dMisipns;9f tho .party in Parliament, but .left>them'free to.discuss questions of policy 'in lrelaiid. they gavo way on this point, and agreed to a definition of the party, pledgo: that. bound them in and out of Parliament. . They also agreed; to a rather platitudinarian" statement' of national policy, Button'it'reamb to.'a really, practical step, an iflsriperable difficulty 'arose. Mr. : O'Brien asked that a National Convontion should he called to give its ratification and blessing to the reunion. .Moreover, he asked for a convention.; called jiow basis, one that would givp.O'Brienism a fairer chance. Mr. itcdmond refuseu.V The reason is obvious. A •convention "approving of O'Brienism, which is, the-policy of "giving Birrell a ohanco," would praotically set the seal, of approval on Devolution, .which has already been rejected. It would .dictftte. '.H. riew policy to the Nationalist Press,: it jpuld bring at least one prominent into revolt, and with him the Ginnells arid Slioehya and other irreconcilables;'. The only result of the negotiation's ,is ? to; give' a, qualified approval to O'Brienism by Jlr.ißpdmondi and to put Mr. Redmond iri; ; the unenviable position of a who is affaicl*; of an appeal lo the country. Meanwhilo,i';no practical effect can be riven to the unity resolutions.