VACANT CHAIRS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2170, 8 June 1914, Page 5

VACANT CHAIRS.

;'-■' BMffIAL SERVICE . EMPBESS -OP IRELAND: DISASTER' GREAT GATHERING AT ALBUT mi MESSAGE FROM THE QOEfiN 3x Telwsraph—Piriw» AMociaticji~PoD*rfßbS . (ltee, Jimo 7, 5.5 p.m.) London, Juno 6. General Branvwell Booth conducted a memorial service at Albert Hall. The upper tiers '.voire crowded and ©very seat, onjlio floor was occupied, except tiio chairs representing the- Salvationists who wore kist in the Impress of Ireland. Bach seat was ornamented with the Army white mourning badge and surmounted by & emvrn. The.Church of England, and Noncoiiforniiste were specially represented. Hoi- Jlajaaty the Quoeu sent a sympathetic message. The Mansion Houso Fmul, for the relatives of those lost in the Empress of Ireland disaster in ihti St. Lawiwico llivor, now amounts to £24,000. Tho Liverpool Fund has reached a total of £13,738.

REUHF FUND, for the sfiuciiN STiEYIVOES. {Ree, .June 7, 5.5 p.Hi.) Montreal, Juno 6, _ Tho Board of Trade is opening a relief fund for the stricken survivors of tho Empress of Ireland* Tho CanadianPaeifio Railway Company hits not desided- yet whether to attempt to raisa tho vessel or not, though it has been a-itnotmcod that tho company i« deter--miiisd to recover tho bodies If at all ! practicable, ; Memorial services are planned : throughouj; Canada for' Sunday. The Salvation Army will, bo praaiuient in these services. j JWQyjRV TQ OPEN NgKT WEEK. . ENGLISH BEPEESBNtATIVES, Ottawa, Juno 5. Mr. Kazen (Minister of Marine) announced. i» Parliament that the Empress of' Ireland inquiry would eomBienco on J ism 18, at Quebec or Moiitrcal.. _ .Lord Mersey-, the 1 English i'eprcsentative oil the inquiry, is expected fro» Miigland on SxaiA 13. . Assessors' have been a,pj»iiitod to assist the amnrd-ssion. iftclude ■Commander Caborno (Itoyal Naval KcKi'vo),.'.t.'.|Qfessoi- Wefaii (af Nawca.stk, linjjlaiifl)/ and Captain Deniers and En-ejjieer-Cwnmnrtdcr Soffe (both in tiw Uajiadiau serviea}. Professor Jolm Welsh and Comm.a'ftder \V. F. Caborno, xvi» have, been appointed the British assessors on the ftfflpress of Ireland inquiry, depart for Canada on Saturday.

Mr, holm an,. SOME HTRfHHI obiti-cism-. Sydney, Juno $, Mr. Eolmaa, tho Premier of New ■ Srotifi Wales, replying to the -Guii-adia-n ' it'scntliiejit of his remarks -regarding ■ the Empress of Ireland disaster, maintained tho view that. the. inquiry oiight ■ not to bs cmvlmed to a few unfortunate seaman or officers, but ought to extend to those chief in respoiisibilil.v. ''Where (SMBflicrßtnl men agree to send the public from Canada tei .Europe, .as a, matter *f fact Uicy send tknii -from Canada to the nest wGrid, 'l'hafc alone is a sufficient ground for putting thoiaj liicia ', mi their trial. I tfc, jtat'say they, ought, to ba convicted. If they can -show, as ■ we aro otfiissivo-ty assured by their piuss I backers, that the ship represented the last- word in naval architeeteo, then a | trial would not hurt ilie,R>. But- tutirfi they can show .thai, the jo-fit that tho calamity occurrtsi, tuider their direction,, to men a-uri wfliflion ivfio trusted, thciiiselves to their invitation, is a prima, facie case B-goitetttam." Further, Mr/ Ho-lmaij held up tho Ctinard Goavpany's boast thsit.it had Porer lost a .pas-sengef nor a letter ivs m illustration of svh-ai liav-ai AM eonld accomplish is sec-urflrg the safety,<if the toftvellnig pnibli-c-, wlien those po-were tfcto ttireeted to primarily maintaining the publ-ie safety, not- iij>flating dividends,