THE CHARLUITETOWN GUARDIAN

DECEMBER 20. 1932

V Fine Biography ‘egg XMAS A1‘ Ggpps Just Published _ ER We have a large stock of the well known 0n Chamberlain

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Eighteen years have passed since Joseph Chamberlain died; for eight years hehad been tn the uncon- querable grip of aphasia. It is o. mere coincidence. of course, that the

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Gun Toters Are Keenly Watched

LONDON, Dec. iiiI-(CLPJ- Foreigners, and criminals posing a8 foreigners, will find it most diffi- cult to obtan revolver licenses tn this country as a result of the tightening by the Home Office oi ahe regulations with reference to firearms following an inquest on 4n Austrian young woman who shot iersclf at Victoria station.

It was disclosed that she had obtained a permit to buy a revolv- ir by assurng a Board of Trade

official that the weapon was for ex-

port and giving satisfactory evi- ricncc of her identity. In future a foreigner-wishing to buy a firearm will have to obtain a police per- mit. He must sat/sfy the police that he is a fit person and has an ade- iuatc reason for the possession of a revolver or a gun. Even then, the weapon will not bl! handed to him until he has boarded the ship which ‘s taking him home.

LONDON, Dec. 19-(0. P.)— Mrs. Emma. Lucy Stead, widow of W. ‘I’. stead (who perished in the Titanic disaster 20 years ago), left estate valued at $87,410. In her will M's. Stead who died in August aged 82, left direction that her

body should be cremated and the ashes scattered on the rte.

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The Human Side 0t P. 0. Activities

LONDON, Dee. l9—<O. P.)_ In order to provide a. channel of in- formation for postmasters, the Post Office Savings Bank has issued a bulletin, which. it is stated, will also “illuminate the particularly human side of Post Office activi- ties. The following extrncts from correspondence in connection with the War Loan Conversion dure- printed:

"I am a widow. Will you please tell me what I am to do about it?" "My client informs me that he converted hi5 War Bonds in 1921 and his wife in 1925." "Could you advise me as to the procedure ne- cessary to convert two current ac- counts intc one joint?" "In my pre- vious correspondence with your of- fice I am always described as ‘Mi-s.‘ You would form a different, opin- ion if you saw my whiskers." “I am the very same person as the book belongs to. I have hanged my name by the I'd commonly known as marriage, and if you have not yct entered into matrimony I would advise you to keep single."

ﬁrst volume of “Ltfe" appeared, when so profound a change is being effect/ed in the fiscal arrangements of the Empire; in any event the book under review covers a. period long before Joseph Chamberlain bc- Cflme l1 amt Missioner of Empire Union. It tells of the time when Chamberlain's advanced radicalism had earned liim among opponents

- the title of “The Robespierre of

the Midlands."

Mr- Garvinb biographical writ- ing is full of that quality of ner- vous energy which, as Editor of the Observer, he displays so effectively on a. Sunday morning. Joseph chem- berlaln made and unmade more than one political party. Even in his own days of eminence his elder son became Chancellor of the Exchequ- er. At this present time Austen's half-brother, Neville, fills the same hish office. Mr. Garvin pointed out that the Chamberlain family is e3- sentially of the middle-class, but, he adds, "middle-class pedigrees may be of as deep root and tough fibre as family trees wcll-knovm to the llEfhldk-ﬂlld Joseph Chamber- lain sprang from no common stock."

More than one _of the earlier Chamberlains lived over their shoe warehouse in Milk Street, Cheap- side. Mr. Garvin dwells at some length, too, on the Chamberlain religious environment. The family were Unitariaris-comprising the Extreme Left of Dissent. It seems odd, therefore, to learn that sev- eral became "Mr. Churchivarden Chamberlain," active at st, Law- mm JWW Church. hard by Guildhall. Like many other dig- senting tradesmen of that day they ‘practiced "occasional conformity," and took the Sacrament as a form to qualify for civic office.‘

The ulliisive character oi‘ Mr, Garvin's narrative is Ongngingp on the day "Joe" was born-July B, 1836- thcpapcrs were full of the Irish Question. Iii that year Par- lillmcnt pcriniitcrl the marriage of dissenters in their own places of worship-but it prohibited the pro- visicﬂ of a Ladies‘ Gallery in the Commons as "immodest." The rail- way from London to Birmingham was in the makingp-"Chambcrlain was to travel it to some purpose." At 16 years of age Joseph went. in- to the family business in Milk Street, looming it from the bot- tom. On Sundays he taught Ln a. Unitarian Sunday School established in one of the roughest riverside quarters.

The momentous association with Birmingham began through an un- cle by mariagc, " who had a. screw-

I-Ie: "What did you do last. night?" She. "Well, I often wondered

where the sun went down at night‘

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making business there. Attracted by an American potent for making screws by stenm~drivcn machinery this uncle l1li‘llO(l i0 Joseph's fa- ilier to ﬁnd money for development. The father sent the money, and ni- so sent Joseph, ngcd l8 to look af- _icr it. Joseph managed the sales vOl‘i'_‘fil‘i'2'llilOll—~illllililll ilic tcrin “'11s. than unknown. Mcvinivhile he join- cd the Edgbaston DOIJZIHIIQ‘ Society, and again taught school for the Unitarian body on Sundays. Be- fore he was 40 he left business, a conipnrnlivcly ivcalihy mun.

It was the controversies follow- ing the introduction of compulsory Momentary education which ﬁrst brought Chamberlain into general prominence, for thcrc began then the "religious difficulty," from which this country (and otiicrsl has ne- ver even yet freed itself. Of Chum- berlainﬁs municipal work in Bir- mingham lvl‘r. Garvin speaks at length. Probably Rirmiiighnm was no more noisomc than many other English cities of that day, but into twe years and a hall Chamberlain crowded more cleansing and recon- structive meusirrcs than hnd br-n seen before in a lifctinic. and Bir- mingham wns callcri the best-cov- elned city in the ivorld.

Chamberlain was the creator in England of the modern political Caucus. For this he was denounced by his opponents as "an American- iner of British institutions." Mr. Garvin tells the story of how Glad- stone was induced to go to Bir_ minghnm and addrzlss a conference of Liberal Associations formed on the model of Binriinghnm. “Sc-

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The "unhappy story of Ireland occupies much oi’ the later part of the book. The figures of Parnell undo! Captain O'Shea,-and of his wife-are constantly appearing in these pages. Chamberlain was ex- pected by some to be appointed Chief Secretary for Ireland when Gladstoneﬁsi choice fell upon Lord Frederick Cavendish. And when Lord Frederick lind been murdered in Phoenix Park within a fciv hours of reaching Ireland Chamberlain again was i-cndv in s30-

The strong imniiy’ aifciziion in the Chamberlain family is cxhbitcd by tho offer from Arthur Chamber- lain, brother to Joseph, to go with him-"not to get in your way and to follow you about. but to be handy

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towards Ireland had been succinct- ly expressed in a speech at Liver- pool. “I say to Ireland what the Liberals or Republicansof the North said to the Southern States of Am- erica, ‘The Union must be preser- yed. Within these limits there is nothing that you may not ask and hope to attain. Your wishes shall be our interests, but nature and your position have forged indissol- ublc links which ciiiinot bc sun- dcred without being fraught with consequences cf niiscry and ruin to both our countries, and which, therefore, we shnii use all the rc- sources of the Empire to kccp in- tact.’ He never tii-cd oi‘ repeating, though, that coercion itself was as odious to him as ever. This first volume coiicludcs at the your I855, when Chamberlain ivns

things that changed all in Cham- berlain's career were to begin in a few weeks, but at the moment we are viewing neither he nor anyone living oould have the faintest im- agination of the sequel."

Keeping Watch For Sweepstakes

LIVERPOOL. England, 11cc. l9.—- (C.P.)—A close yvaicli for Irish Free state Grand National sweep- stake tickets coming to England on vessels cross ng the Irish Sea. has been kept for some time by the Customs authorities at Liver- pool. One of the largest seizures of swccpstnkc tickets ever mode

when you lirivc time to talk, so tho‘. you shiiil have one of your oivn

curing pontificai consecration of the Caucus was a mnsti-rstroi-zc,“ dc- clams Mr. Garvin. Th" nui‘"ci' wids the comment that "60 iuicr

family to talk uﬁiii." ‘Chamberlain in ilic I.('\l\_\‘ f‘ at he ‘personally would c‘) """".t l1: f‘(."lfl to hcip him, but t“, gitun

f0. ‘Ho thought ilint with patience lire would carry the Cabinet for

IIcnlcy told fricn of large concession to Irc- -

' l".l u-iiiiout weakening ilic lmpcr-

‘ l (‘."‘_‘il(‘l‘i’,Ol'l—II1 his heart oi‘ fcrirts ..i vriis no icgiirds Gladstone, however mn- wo see how these rival eﬂoi-ts in impossible. Che/mum's attitudcijcstic, as a man of the past. NR1

was carried out oiic wcz-k-riid "l1 the arrival of a certain boat in ‘lie Mcrscy from Dublin. The tickets‘. estimated to represent $450110‘). were confiscated and sent to Lou- doii. Thcy were ready for distribu-

liiuiscrli as tlic iiinii 0i drsiiiiyz The mny instructed to be vigilant in their search for Irish sweepstakes tickets. Tickets have been found in passengers’ baggage and also hid- den away in vessels alter the pas- sengers have left. scarcely a week

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torluni to a member of our Instlt~ utc for Christmas.

It, was dccicicd upon to mukc I quilt dur rig the Winter to be lot- yt0rl0d. Tiii- pi-ogruin consisted 01 iinstrirmenial music and solos. A dainty lunch was served by thl hostess. The. sick committee for thl month. Mrs. Michael O‘Keefe, Mist Agnes, hfrillurd. Next meeting to b! held at mo home of Mrs. Mary O Mclliliis, Roll call to be answered with s New Your?» resolution.

'I‘he inc-cling closed with G06 Savc llic Kilt’.

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passes without a consignment be- ing seized.

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The annual meeting for November was held at the home off ma. Wm. Hewlett, with an attendance of eight members and one visitor. Roll call was answered by paying annual fees. The election of new officers ~- took place: Pﬂesident Mrs. Henry An Amcricnn financier was giv Mallard; vice pres. Mrs. Mary C- ing an acldrc=s on business efficien- Mclnifs. cl’.

s~¢i>c:.ir_\-, Mrs, Chas. P. Mcliiiiis. "There's nothing like bciiigcom

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