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THE LOYAL IRISH. DIVISION READY FOR THE FRONT. KAISER’S FLAGRANT MISCALCULATION. [United Press Association.] (Received 8.0 a.m.) London,_ .November 20. The Daily Chronicle states that on the 16th all the Irish Division, which composed of Catholics, Nationiltsts, and Ulster Protestants, and is commanded by General Parsons, have cofnpleted their training and are ready for the front. The officers include Mr John Redmond’s son and his brother William. The Chronicle says: Ireland is no longer the Cinderella of Europe, standing sullenly aloof. Her brigades will do for England what General Sarsfield’s soldiers did in the war of the Spanish Succession, De Lucy, a 1 fellow Irishman, did for France at Fontenov.
Mr John Redmond says that the completion of the new division shows the Kaisfer’s flagrant miscalculation in counting on the hostility of the Green Isle towards 'Britain. For the first time in history, Ireland is eager and full of Duty for the Empire, which no longer stands for oppression, but the independence of small nations and the freedom of the world. ALLEGED RUSSIAN CRITICISM. (Received 8.5 a.m.) London, November 26. Sir John Simon (Secretary of State for Home Affairs), in a letter to The Times, apologises for failing to notice the extract from the Russko Slavo. He says it was a paragraph from its Paris correspondent, and therefore the criticism did not originate in Russia.
AN ENEMY CONCERN. BECHSTEIN’S HALL REFUSED LICENSE. (Received 8.50 a.in.) London, govern her 26. The County Council has refused to renew the music license for Bechstein’s Hall, the’ famous concert room, on the ; grounds that, it .was ah enemy concern, two of the Pechsteins beingiin the Germany army,; . THE MERTHYR BYE-ELECTION.
(Received 9.40 a.m.) - London, November 26. In the Merthyr bye-election Mr Stanton polled 10,286 votes and Mr Winstone 5080. LORDS DERBY AND RIBBLESDALE. w London, November 26. Lord Derby frankly withdraws the accusations against Lord Ribblesdale. MISCELLANEOUS ' ITEMS. (Received 12.50 p.m.) London, November 26. The Canadian Government cabled fifty thousand dollars to the AngloRussian hospital which is being organised for the Russian front. One hundred thousand sterling is required, ■qf which £40,000 has been subscribed. It is hoped that Australia and the other. Dominions- will assist. , Sir G. Askwith has awarded the Scottish miners threepence advance daily. They asked for ninepence. The King is able to move about, and it is expected he will be able to perform his usual duties within three weeks.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIII, Issue 75, 27 November 1915, Page 5
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