NEWS FROM ABROAD

Evening Star, Issue 19788, 11 February 1928, Page 5

NEWS FROM ABROAD

Church Courts and Prayer Book

Heavy Amendment List Deplored

LONDON. February 9. The revision stage o) the Prayer Book was opened to-day in the Houses cf Clergy and Laity. Jt consists ol a discussion of the measure clause by clause, and also consideration of the amendments. At least two days will be devoted to this purpose. The bishops do not take part in the revision stage, but re-enter the debates at n later date, which has not yet been fixed, in order to consider any amend--1 incuts passed by the Lower Houses. THE HOUSE OE CLERGY. The Dean of Westminster, who presided over tlie House of Clergy, deplored the heavy list of amendments. Ho said that really the only question was whether the clergy accepted the bishops’ proposals. A clergyman iorthwith moved the desirableness of showing confidence in the bishops by debating only the bishops’ proposals. The motion was defeated. Another motion suggested allowing each province of Canterbury and York to decide upon the book separately. A Yorkshire archdeacon contended that the proposal amounted to Presbyterianism. He also denied that the bishops were unable to issue instructions without the clergy’s concurrence, i It would change the entire character of the Anglican Church. The motion was defeated. The House quickly disposed of the prayers for the King and the insertion of the black rubric. Then began the debate upon what the chairman called the crucial point of the discussions —namely, the reservation of the Sacrament. The discussion proceeded along theological lines until the gallery applauded a clergyman who heartily’ denounced all forms of reservations. Another clergyman appealed to the chairman to keep the gallery in order. The chairman demanded silence. The House eventually refused by 110 totes to 46 to delete the second rubric, which provides for continuous reservation. The House also accepted the first rubric, allowing a daily extension of communion for the benefit of the sick. THE HOUSE OE LAITY. The House of Laity did not cover the same amount of ground. The reservation rubrics took up the entire day, members being engaged in a battle royal. The Earl of Selborne opened the proceedings, and frequent angry scenes interrupted the speeches.

The first motion favored the rejection of reservation. The mover said shat reservation was antagonistic to the church’s history and doctrines. Sir Lewis Bibden, the church’s leading legal mind, expressed the opinion that the first rubric was necessary, but that an overwhelming opinion of the laity was opposed to other forms of reservation. Ho declared that reservation at present was undoubtedly lawfuL He did not wish to truckle to the House of Commons, but it would be better if the book broke down there and then instead of encountering a disastrous rejection in Parliament.

Lord Justice Rhillimorc, as a father and grandfather of clergymen, appealed to tho House with tears in his eyes not to inflict cruelty and tyranny upon the clergy who found reservation for the sick absolutely necessary. The Earl of Selborne’s heir. Viscount Wolmer, earnestly protested against •jlie idea of submitting to adverse votes of Scottish, Irish, and Welsh members of the House of Commons. He was repeatedly interrupted, members rising in order to refute his allegations, one of which contended that a majority of the Anglican members of the House of Commons voted against the book. Viscount Wolmer concluded: “If wo upset the bishops’ settlement owing to the Commons’ vote we shall show ourselves is a church preferring the loaves and ishes of establishment to our own con■ictions.”

Lord Daryngkm expressed the opinon that no speech was more calculated o make tho House of Commons reject he book than Viscount Wolmer’s. Lord Hugh Cecil said that nothing md done the church such harm as .'ielcling to the State’s guidance.

Some evangelical speakers appealed o Anglo-Catholics to accept solely ttie list rubric as a compromise, a.bandonng the second rubric. It was a great sacrifice on the part of the evangeli-

General A. J. Kelly, us a converted Anglo-Catholic, eloquently advocated nor© warmth and color in the church service in order to attract congrcgaions. The altar needed lights and irnaments. He sat down amidst prolonged cheers from the galleries, and he chairman threatened to clear the The House decided by 202 votes to 51 o proceed with further consideration >f the first reservation rubric, and deeded by 162 votes to 108 to go on with he second rubric and consideration of ho amendments thereto to-morrow.—A. ind N.Z. and Sydney ‘Sun’ Cable.

Battle Royal in House of Laity

GANADA AND AUSTRALIA

TREATY CRITICISED INFAIR TREATMENT ALLEGED. OTTAWA, February 0. Dr- F. S. Tolmio (Conservative) told ire louse that under the Australian Teat,-/ Canadian butter manufacturers tot unfair treatment. Canadian farmT 3 bad to store provender for winter aid eed it to the cows, so that they ould not compete with the Antipo<eans whose cattle were turned out to ;rass. if there was no market in Can,da fo - their butter, he feared farmers would* move to the United States,

BOY WOOED WITH MURDER

RERUN SENSATION , REMARKABLE PRECOCITY PROBLEM LEOROLD-LOEB C,\SK RECALLED. dmi Association—By Telegraph—Copyright, BERLIN, February 9. The case of Kranz, a schoolboy, who is charged with murdering a boy friend, recalling the Loopold-Loeb case in Chicago, lias caused a sensation in Berlin, ft will form a standard document for the historian of social life 'since the war in Germany, particularly as regards the consequences of the precocity of a. youth playing on passions which lie is unable to control. Leading sociologists, doctors, authors, lawyers, and professors were present at the trial, analysing the psychology of the drama. Kranz, who is eighteen years otage, was a scholarship winner, his chief reading since being arrested having been Nietzsche, Schopenhauer, and Dostoievaky. Kranz was visiting the house of a schoolboy friend, Schellcr, on the night of the tragedy, others present being a third schoolboy, .Stephan, and Schcllcr’s sister, Hildegard, aged sixteen. The girl’s parents being absent, - the boys sat np the night drinking liquors, and talking of love. The discussion finally turned on death, and Schellcr proposed that all four should die. He wrote a letter to the universe, beginning, “Dear Universe, —A single portion of your organism perishes. Don't worry. Time will roll on.” The letter ended with the intimation that Stephan and Hildegard would be killed, and the others would commit suicide with a smile. Kranz states that Schellcr shot Stephan and committed suicide,_ and he was about to commit suicide himself when the girl snatched the revolver. Some of the evidence suggested that Stephan, being found in Hildcgard’s bedroom, precipitated the tragedy. There is also evidence that some of the boys belonged to a juvenile club, the statutes of which strictly enjoined that all members who were deceived by men or women friends must avenge themselves upon their rivals.

LOS AN6ELES TRAGEDY

HICKMAN SANE NEW YORK, February 9. At Los Angeles the jury returned a verdict that Hickman was sane at the time of the kidnapping and at the time of the murder. The judge will impose sentence on Saturday. He had already intimated that he would impose thjp death penalty if Hickman was found to be sane.

THE ROMANOFF MYSTERY

GRAND DUCHESS ANASTASIA DECLARED TO BE AN IMPOSTER LIBEL ACTION INVOLVED. Press Association —By Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, February 10. The war correspondent, Mr E. A. Mackenzie, in an article in tho 1 Daily News,’ declares that tho peasant girl who is claiming to be the Grand Duchess Anastasia is an impostor. Her claims were originally advanced in 1923, when they were rejected by leading Romanoff survivors. Mr Mackenzie twice visited Ekaterinburg and saw the scene of the Czarist murders. Ho examined the Communist records, winch stated that Anastasia feigned death, hut the soldiers accompanying the murderers smashed her head in with rifle butts. The ‘Daily Mail,’ in view of the possibility of Anastasia’s claim to the Czar’s fortune, points out that, besides the considerable amount the. Bolshevists confiscated, several 'millions are lying in foreign banks, including English and American. The Czar’s income from all sources in 1913 was estimated at £6,000,000. The private fortune inherited from his father was increased by judicious investments. The * Daily Mail’s ’ Berlin correspondent says that supporters and opponents of Anastasia will meet face to lace next w'eek at the hearing of a libel action by tho editor of the Extreme Nationalist paper, the ‘ Nachtausgabc,’ against the editor of the ‘ Tagliche Rundschau,’ Dr Stresemann’a organ. The ‘ Nachtansgabe,’ m a series of articles, favored Anastasia, hut suddenly recanted, declaring that she was merely a Meckleburg farm girl. The ‘Tagliche Rundschau.’ which consistently championed Anastasia, immediately declared that tho ‘ Nnehtausgabe’s ’ volte face was due to a handsome payment to a member of the staff by the Grand Duke Hesse, the late Tsar’s brother. Tho ‘Tagliche’s’ editor announces that he will bring evidence proving that the Grand Duke actually made a payment. SOVIET AUTHORITIES’ VIEW. MOSCOW, February 9. The Soviet authorities ridicule the story persistently circulated that the Grand Duchess Anastasia, the youngest daughter of tho Tsar, is still alive. They state that the whole Russian Royal Family is extinct. The official list of those executed at Ekaterinburg in 1918 includes Anastasia.

SINGAPORE BASE DOCK

TO GOST £4,000,000 TENDERS INVITED. LONDON, February 10. I The Government has invited several firms to tender before March 31 for the construction of a wet and dry dock at the Singapore base. The cost, £4,000,000, will be partly borne by the dominions, the payments covering a period of seven years. There will be a separate contract for the armament and workshops, which will not be begun until the above work is fully under way. ‘Sun’ Vable.

IRISH LOYALISTS

PERSECUTED BY REPUBLICANS COMPENSATION CURTAILED U,LEGATIONS AGAINST BRITISH GOVERNMENT. LON DON, February 9. Nine Irishmen, who desire to remain iiionymous because publicity could enlanger their lives, recounted to the •Southern Irish Loyalists’ Relief Assouitioii their sufferings duo to the meaty. They emphasised that the British Government betrayed them by drastically curtailing the compensation awarded, entailing the ruin of hundreds A prominent Dublin man said ho was burnt out and raided twice and kidnapped once. He rebuilt at a cost of 67,500, for which purpose the Free State granted him £6,000 and the Irish Grant Committee £1,500, which did not enable him to furnish. For this reason ho had to leave the house as a “memorial of the fool who believed in the pledges of a British Cabinet Minister.” Another stated that his house was burned down, and his two sons, aged fourteen and nineteen wore shot dead in the presence of their mother, lie escaped to England. His cattle were not sold, and his horses went unshod, and the pastures were flooded by the Republicans, who murderously hunted him to the mountains. He managed eventually to take his family overseas. The committee awarded him £7,UUU, and paid HI) per cent, of that amount.

A business man asserted that the Republicans (ired volleys through his door and windows, and hunted him throughout the country. A payment of £2,050 did not compensate him lor the loss ot a business worth £7OO yearly. A Tipperary farmer said that because he helped a fugitive to escape the Republicans wrecked his motor car and shot dead his two companions. They robbed his house, and turned the family out, stole his cattle and furniture, and kidnapped his son. The Republican court ordered him to pay £1,400 compensation. Ho borrowed £14,000 to go surety for friends. The committee awarded him £6,000 and paid £2,125. Field-marshal Wilson’s brother asserted that the committee cut down his claim for £0,750 sterling to £2,350.

EARL HAIG MEMORIAL

DIVISION ON THE RESOLUTION REGRET EXPRESSED IN LOBBIES LONDON, February 9. Considerable regret is expressed in the lobbies that Mr Ramsay MacDonald put Labor in the unfortunate position of going to a division on the Haig memorial resolution. It is the opinion of many that Major Cohen paved the way for a graceful withdrawal of the amendment when lie suggested that Mr Baldwin should sign a national appeal on behalf of the legion. Mr Baldwin said he would bo proud to comply; but Mr MacDonald persisted that the Select Committee should devise the best method to help ex-servicemen, so there was no option but to divide. LEGION MEMORIAL. HOMES FOR EX-SERVICEMEN. LONDON, February 9. The British Legion leaders decided that the Haig Memorial should take the form of aged ex-servicemen’s homes throughout the country. The Lord Mayor will call a meeting at Mansion House in support of the appeal.—A. and N.Z. and Sydney ‘Sun’ Cable.

EIGHT HOURS ACT

, EFFECT ON COAL MINING UNEMPLOYMENT NOT GENERAL LONDON, February 10. Mr Neville Chamberlain (Minister of Health) said it was fallacious to blame the Eight Hours Act for the increase in unemployment. Tho Act reduced the price of "coal by 2s Bd per ton, and resulted in more being rained and marketed. Unemployment was not general, hut was concentrated in the basic industries—coal, iron, and steel—in which there was a permanent surplus of labor. The Ministry of Labor was operating several training schemes with a view to tho transference of men from the black spots of unemployment to other districts and other employment. Ninety-two per cent, of those trained in woodwork, plastering, and painting had obtained work, and nearly 2,000 miner trainees had gone to tho dominions.

Mr R. C. Wallbead (Labor) said; It was a. rather cruel joke to throw them into the competitive market after a few weeks’ training in new occupations.

AMERICAN PRESIDENCY

THIRD TERM CONTROVERSY DISCUSSION IN SENATE. WASHINGTON, February 9. Senator La Follettc’s resolution concerning Presidential third terms again became tho vehicle of a debate in the Senate, in which President Coolidge’s intention was discussed at great length. Senator Fcss declared that the President “ wants to get out of office. ” and “means what lie says,” but under hectoring from the Democrats ho said ho thought that a contingency might arise in which tho Republican Convention would nominate President Coolidge again. He contended that the President could accept nomination. Senator Walsh said the resolution was a reflection on the President’s high character, and insurgent Republicans, backed by a considerable number of Democrats, might succeed in forcing the resolution through when tho vote was reached, probably to-morrow, in which event it would unquestionably hamper the efforts to draft President Coolidge at the last moment. Rumors have been gaining currency lately that certain Republican leaders have planned to force a deadlock during the early balloting at the convention, and thereafter take advantage of the situation to secure the unanimous nomination of President Coolidge on a wave of enthusiasm. Senator La Toilette's resolution is looked upon as a definite effort to minimise such a possibility. REPUBLICAN NOMINATION. SENATOR WATSON ANNOUNCED. PROHIBITION ISSUE. WASHINGTON, February 9. Senator Watson will shortly become an official candidate for the Republican nomination for the Presidency. His name has been frequently mentioned in the pasty but it is not considered likely he will become an important figure in Mm pomonign.

Senator Borah has sent the Prohibition questionnaire to ; Mr Hoover and Mr Willis, who are asked to declare themselves fully on the Prohibition issue. Mr Willis is counting on the support of the anti-saloon party, while Mr Hoover is supported by some critics ;n which there is a strong “ wet ’ sentiment, though he is generally considered “dry.”

TROTSKY

CONFINED IN SIBERIA MANY PRIVILEGES GRANTED. MOSCOW, February 9. Details of Trotsky’s life show that he is living in the dirty little Siberian town of Wjerney, which is inhabited mainly by Chinese. It is revealed that the hardships of the place are softened by many privileges not granted to less illustrious persons. He occupies a fiveroomed flat in the best house in the town, and is provided with a horse, on which he takes morning_ rides, and has a monthly pension equivalent £22 from the Central Treasury of the Communists. Trotsky is forbidden to_ write for newspapers but is completing • a theoretical work on Marxism. He cannot leave the town without permission, and is not allowed to go more than a mile without escort. His correspondence is subject to censorship.

AMERICAN NAVY

BUILDING PROGRAMME QUAKEHS’ PROTEST. WASHINGTON, February 9. Representatives of 100,000 Quakers saw President Coolidgo and protested against the proposed naval programme on the ground that it would gravely imperil American relations with other nations, . particularly Britain, and threaten the peace of the world. Admiral Magrudor, addressing an Atlantic City (New Jersey) club, said that some of the money which it was proposed to spend for the expansion of the navy should be used to develop the merchant marine, “ so that wo would have something for the navy to protect.”

SHARP EARTHQUAKE REPORTED

VANCOUVER ISLAND SHAKEN MARINE DISTURBANCES. OTTAWA, February 9. Vancouver Island was shaken by an earthquake at 4 o’clock this morning. It was accompanied by a rumble which wakened thousands of people. The shock was sharpest at Bamiield cable station, where fishermen reported two tidal waves.

GERMAN WAR FILM

HISTORICALLY ACCURATE ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF DEFEAT. BERLIN, February 9. The second part of the official Gorman war film, which was shown yesterday, acknowledges that Germany’s fate was sealed at the end of 1910 owing to the failure to break through the Allies’ lines. The film is historically accurate, and shows the horrors of modern warfare.

BRITISH SUBMARINES

SIX MORE ORDERED LONDON, February 0. The Vickers, Armstrong Company lias received an order from the Admiralty for four submarines of the P class, and two others are to be built elsewhere.;

BIG FIRE IN RIGA

COTTON MILL DESTROYED GIRL’S VENGEFUL ACT. RIGA, February if. A girl who was dismissed from a cotton mill confessed after her arrest that she set fire to the mill in revenge. The premises were destroyed. The damage amounted to £IO,OOO, and 500 employees were rendered idle.

RUSSIAN GOLD

FIRST SHIPMENT TO AMERICA PURPOSE NOT DISCLOSED. NEW YORK, February !»• The first consignment of gold from the Soviet Government to the United States will arrive on February ‘2O, being 5,000,000 dollars, consigned to the banks which have been the Soviet's financial agents. The purpose of the shipment has not been disclosed.

AUSTRALIAN MINING

INQUIRY INTO BRIBERY CHARGES ROYAL COMMISSION REQUESTED. SYDNEY, February I l '- Mr E. A. Ruttenshaw, the ActingRremicr, announced that Cabinet on Tuesday would consider the request lor the appointment of a Royal Commission to inquire into the bribery charges made by Mr Hoate in connection with the Stockton Borehole Colliery.

AVIATION

HEW FIGHTING ’PLANE SUCCESSFUL TRIAL. LONDON, February 9. The Air Ministry has made a successful trial of the new fighting ’plane Westland-Jupiter. The machine carries two small cannon firing explosive shells, instead of machine guns. It is understood that the new gunplanes solve the difficulty of recoil.

AUSTRALIAN INDUSTRIES

PEACE CONFERENCE LABOR 11EP.RESENT ATI YES. MELBOURNE, February 10. The Federal Attorney-General (Mr JG. Latham) announced that the Labororganisations would bo allowed to nominate their representatives on the proposed industrial peace conference.