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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 143, 12 March 1919, Page 8

In the House of Commons, duriujr the course of tho War Pensions debate, members warmly cheered the mniden speech of Major Cohen, one of tho ineinoers for Liverpool, who lost both legs in the war, Seated in the corner below the gangway, Major Cohen told vividly tho human story of the disabilities o'f the maimed officera and men. They would be fully capable, ho said, of various occupations if they were ..enabled to work in their own homes to supplement their pensions. They could not all become members of the House of Commons. Colonel Sir James Craig, on behalf of the Government, mentioned that t'he pension claims wire increasing by nearly 2f1,000 a week. The expenditure for 1910 would bo approximately J50.000,000. During the war the Isle, of Tlianot -underwent 119 German air raids and bombardments from the sea, From December, I9U, to March, 191G, Portugal was governed by no fewer than six 6oparate administrations.