Great Britain

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXX, Issue 46, 29 May 1916, Page 2

Great Britain

SENSATION IN THE CATHEDRAL. [Umtep Puisbs Association. 1 London, May -<• The to was a sensational incident m St. Paul’s Cathedral at the Empire Day service. While the naval cadets, bearing flags of the Empire, wore kneeling at the altar and receiving the blessing, two young men rushed in. One shouted: “Bah! Where’s your patriotism? This is not patiiotism. The second shouted: “You are breeding war hearts in the children! ’ They were promptly seized and ejected. The congregation was almost entirely composed of children, including boy scouts, girl guides, and pupils Lom the military and naval schools, who had previously passed in the procession through the ft', rand. The Archbishop of York, in an inspiring address, said that the efforts of jour soldiers and sailors would he uai availing unless the younger generation did its duty with a view of avoiding party, sex, and class disputes aide) the sternness of war, and bringing the people back to God.

ANOTHER COLONIAL GIFT. London, May 2G. The Press Bureau announces that the presidency of Dominica, a British colony in the West Indies, has presented the British Government with £lO,000 in recognition of security afforded to the Dominion by British iorccs. MEAT TRADE FUND. London, May 27. The meat, trades’ Red Cross fund totals £I4OO. A special effort will be; made at Smithfield on Thursday and Friday by auctioning meat and produce presented by the British Government North and South America, Canada, and South Africa. It is hoped that Australia and New Zealand will contribute similarly. PAPER TO REPRESENT LLOYO GEORGE’S VIEWS. NEW LIBERAL DAILY. (Received 10.30 a.m.) London, May 28. The sum of nearly £200,000 capital »has been subscribed to establish a new Liberal morning newspaper, representing Mr Lloyd George’s views. EFFECT OF INCOME-TAX PROPOSALS. (Received 10.30 a.m.) London, May 28. Owing to Mr McKenna’s forthcoming additional income tax on American securities, many holders congregated at the National Debt Office on Saturday offering to sell.

COLD CURRENCY AND THE WAR. (Received 10.30 a.m.) London, May 28. Professor Pox well, in tlie course of a lecture in London, said he hoped, now that tlie public had taken kindly 10 paper notes, that theie would lie no sudden replacing of them after the war by gold, otherwise there would be a sharp fall in prices comparable wit.i the depression after the conclusion o peace in 1815.