GENERAL CABLES

Taihape Daily Times, Issue 220, 23 April 1917, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES

INTERESTING TO NEW ZEALAND

Received 9.45. LONDON, April —n. The Marquis of Hartington has been married to Lady Mary Cecil. The freedom of the City of Manchester has been conferred on Messrs Massey and Borden.

A proclamation prohibits public meetings, and processions in Dublin between to-morrow and May 13th.

Obituary; Sir Francis Burnand, -editor of London “Punch.”

ENCOURAGING REPUBLICANISM

H. G. WELLS’ FANTASTIC SCHEME

Received 9.45

LONDON, April 22

Mr. H. G. Wells, writing to the “Times,” advocates that the moment is ripe for organisation with the object of encouraging republican movements in Central Europe. He suggests a series of republican societies in the chief towns of Britain to express their sympathy with their fellow republicans abroad, and to" form the

basis of more purposeful activities, which need not contact with loyalty to the throne, giving a clear expression to the great volume of republican feeling which has always existed in the British community. He declares it would he an agreeable t-hfxg to the Allies. • ! -

The “Times’ ’editorially comments on the letter, and says it shows that .clever men sometimes write very foolishly.. / It characterises manifestations from Britain as abi Surd. I:-.']. <:;■