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coLoREp MEN DRAW, COLOR IN
BUSINESS. iN. MASS.

Association for Building Houses has
Clause 5srringf white Men.
Springfield, Mass. Feb. 5.-The Col
ored people Of this city intend to shut
ont ali white people from taking part
or investing IN the Mutual Housing
Association This association Is work
ing to give the COlored people better
house acoommodations. Already two
hopses have been secured, and Others
win be purchased or built a. soon as
the funds accumulate.
one Of the provisions OF the ass0-
citation Is that none Of the stock shan
fan into the hands Of q white man
This Is not done IN the spirit Of retail
iati1n or spite. but merely to insure
that the control Of The association
shan remain 70. the hands Of colored
men. The Rey. william n. De Berry
Is one Of TIE leaders IN the move
ment-The Herald, Boston. Mass.
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GEORGE ALFRED CHAPMAN AND
MISS MARY sERvs. MS cot.
oRED AFFINITY.

Mrs. Frances Earl Chapman, resid.
ing in her own large fat building al
594S Prairie ave-, has for sometime
been laboring under the impression
that her fiickled-minded husband,
George Alfred Chapman, who is 81
years old, being quite a few years
older than his beautiful looking wife,
has been doing a little too much side
stepping in the past and bestowing too
many of his sweet kisses on his soul
mates or afinities Colored and
white.
So at last she decided to engage
detectives to hit his trail, and after
they had Swallowed him for some
time, they caught him and Miss Mary
.Servis, his Colored AFFINITY, residing
at 312O Wabash ave-, in a rooming or
bed house at 1901 Dearborn street,
last Sunday evening and they were
placed under arrest; Miss Servis, who
does not claim to be any higher than
a servant girl, is only % years old
and she must be a warm baby.
Monday morning they faced Judge
Hume, in the Municipal court, at the
Harrison street police station, and
Mr.. Chapman, who is real rich, was
fined SIS and cost and Miss Servis,
was taxed SO and cost, for embracing
and hugging and kissing each other.
in the rooming house on Sunday eve
ming.
And now Mrs. Chapman, feels so
sore or hurt to think that her hus-
band would persist in turning her
down for a common Colred lady, that
she has made up her mind to secure
a divorce from him.
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support from quarters least expected
by him, and he feels that he will msla
a good showing at the primaries Tres
day, February 23d.
Mrs. Adolph Howien, 1907 Wabash.
ave-, will in the near future. give
select dinner party, to a number OF her
lady friends.
Mrs. Carrie Warner, 1923 Dearborn
street, the past week, expressed her
great pleasure, In reading our articles
in the last issue of The Broad Az On
Abraham Lincoln, and Fred,-fc,
Douglass" She declared, that in her
opinion, that, they were the best and
most interesting that she had read in
any Of the newspapers in Chicago"
W. E. Carlmore, 51st and Dearbo-,
street. has instituted divorce proceed
ings against his new sixteen year Old
wife, Miss Lucy Flynn. The couDIe
were married about one month ago.
and Mr.. Carlmore hasasked for his
divorce on the grounds of infedelitv.
Hale G. Parker, is Attorney for lIr.
Carlmore.
The Advisory Board of the PHYLLIS
Wheatley Home Association, $3.50 For.
rest ave, met Tuesday evening and
the topic under discussion was Pub
licity as an aid 10th e work." and it
would seem that as the home becomes
better known and the efforts put forth
by the Phyllis Wheatley Club, through
the columns of the public press, the
better it will be for it.
Grace Presbyterian, Bible Glass and
Base Ball Team, will hold their second
annual musical services at the church.
corner Dearborn and 34th street. Sun
day evening, February 21st. Mr.. VIII
liam Sharp, chairman of the base ball
league will deliver an address. Attor.
ney Albert B. George will also speak.
The musical numbers include some
Of the following talented musicians.
Miss Virgiline Sharp, A. c. Brown and
church quartette, also the young musi-
al genius, Master Frank JOrden
Woods, who will render some choice
selections on his violin.
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followed by General Skate Fest and
the awarding of prizes which viii be
for the best characters. 500 each,
the best skater in Mask Costume and
the poorest skater in Mask Costume
500.
Midnight Vaudeville, Dance and
Supper and farewell to Flesh Meats
in the Cafe. These functions will
positively take place. Rehersals now
going on.
All good people invited, good pict.
ure show, best OF decorum and a
good time guaranteed. Admission 10
cents, One Dime. Leland Giants Base
Ball and Amusement Association.
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THE INSTITUTIONAL A. NJ.
CHURCH, 1926 DEARBORN ST.

BY urgent request some of the
views given last Sunday night will
be repeated Sunday Night, March It'll.
Quite a few other views will be add
ed. Mrs. Patti Dean Brown sang
with excellent effect Miss Lillian
Tooley recited with feeling, a very ap
propriate selection. The audience
heard her with appreciation.
The Pastor will preach at both ser
vices Sunday.
The new choir under the direction
Of Mrs. Jessie Smith will sing some
selections Sunday evening Mrs. Bes-
sic Weisiger Organist.
Mr. VIM E. Wright, will sing a tenor
solo; Mrs. Clark, a soprano solo.
Arrangements have been made by
which the illustrated services will be
continued every month the first Sun
day; also Saturday nights for the
children from to $3.50 p. m, showing
some useful views on practical sub
jects free.
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CHOICE MISCELLANY

Smart Boys Of Long Ago.
It Is often asserted nowadays that
our young men and women attain In
tellectual maturity much later than did
their parents and grandparents, and In
support OF this theory the precocity OF
distinguished personages who flourish
ID a generation or two ago Is cited.
Nov, somebody who has probably
been bored like the rest Of Us with
this yarn about the phenomenal
hrightness OF the old fashioned boys
has looked up the records. Of eleven
leading colleges to see what changes
have taken place In the age Of grad
uateG From 1880 10 1so0 the average
age at graduation was . years ID
month";. From 1890 to 1900 It was 2
ysarB 10 monthG In $50 years at
Dartmouth the average aga ct gradua-
don has fallen three months. tbs
average age. Il appears. has changed
e. little a. the average weather. Thus
one o. two precociOus youths OF ne
inng ago arr. E1ficient b endne al
Der contemporaries with the same
qualities. But the fact Is the TWEEN
dsth century boy b smarter than any
q his predseessors, and unfortunate
D a nine caaes ont ocrtsn be knows
--Pittsbmg Gasstts-Timess
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lars latest Fish Story.

Justice Harlan, says Joe Mitchell
Chapple in the National Magazine. told
a story to Judge Taft Of how he went
out to play golf in a fog. He thought
he would drive the bail and sent it Of
at hazard" he came to the caddie
and asked him to find the ball, looking
within a radius Of 800 yards. The
caddie's eyes stuck out.
81 done found dat ball, judge It
am In a hole sure 'nOugh. II Jest wig
gled In like"
1t was certainly remarkable that
drive through the fog should place a
bali where the most earnest effort Of
two to twenty strokes may fail IN
broad daylight
Judge Taft responded with a fishing
story, also about a fog. He went out
enc day IN a wagon to fish. and the
fog came down thick. He drew up
where he thought the stream ought to
be, cast his line, felt a pull and hauled
In a fine trout-another bite and an
other. until the wagon was filed The
fog lifted, and the wagon was 300
yards from the river! There was
silence which might be felt when
Judge Taft concluded, and Justice
Harlan told no more fog stories.
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APPoMATTox CLUB.

With all of it's Old Time prestige
dignity and merit the AppomattoS
Club swung into line last Saturday,
with one of the most comprehen-
sive and complete Lincoln & Douglass
Memorial service of the week Pres.
B. F. Moseley was in fine feather, so
was the Hon. Judge W. n. Gemmill,
who addressed the Club in Chief JUS
tice, Olson's stead. Mrs. Ida Wells
Barnett also made a splendid short
talk upon Douglass, while Prof. ]. W.
E. Bowen of Atlanta, Georgia demon
strated his deep and profound learn
ing by his mastery deductions of the
life Of Lincoln & Douglass Most Of
the members were present with their
wives. a fact, which indicates the or
ganization is again wide awake.
Invitations are out for the Martha
Washington Ball-Masque Party next
Monday. The Entertainment Commit
tee are determined to make it the
SWEETEST of affairs.
President Beauregari F. Moseley
received an invitation to be ali to
the Marshal Of the dav Of the Third
Division of the Inaugural Parade,
March 4th at Washington, D. c. Mr.
Moseley's health, however, will pre-
vent him from accepting or partici-
pating in the inaugural as he has
been for the past week. and is nov
upon the Sick List.
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CONDEMNED NEGRO GETS RE.
PRIEVE.

Andrew Williams, % years old, a
Negro sentenced to be hanged to-
day, was granted a respite for two
weeks by Governor Deneen. This will
give the prisoner an opportunity to
appeal his case to the Supreme Court.
Williams execution had been delayed
twice. and it was said Governor De-
neen had refused to allow him an
other reprieve until he learned Of the
charges made by the prisoner against
J. Gray Lucas, his attorney, who is al
legged to have retained money given
him for the purpose Of appealing the
case.-Th Chicago Record Herald,
Feb. 10. 1909.
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AID or cHIcAeoANs GIVEN.
Appeal Says Blacks Are Robbed Of
Right to Vote In the Southern
States.

New York, Feb. 12.-Signatures Of
many prominent men and women are
attached to call issued today for a
national Lincoln conference on the
Negro question" The object of the
conference, as outlined in the call, is
"a fun discussiop Of present evils,
and to awaken a renewed interest
and activity in behalf of the Colored
race, and to secure for it perfect equal.
ity."
The question is put in the call:
How far has the nation lived up TO
the obligation imposed upon it by the
emancipation proclamation" 1t dep
recates 'fhe spread of lawless attacks
upon the Negro, north, south and
west" and says: SILENCE under these
conditions makes tacit approval"
Says Negro Is DISTINGUISHED.
eff Mr.. Lincoln could revisit this
country in the flesh" continues the
call, he would be disheartened and
discouraged. He would learn that on
Jan. 1, 1909, Georgia had rounded
out a new confederacy by disfranchis-
ing the Negro after the manner of
all the other southern states.
He would learn that the Supreme
Court of the United States, supposed
y bulwark of American liberties.
had refused every opportunity to
press squarely upon this disfranchise-
ment of millions, by laws avowedIy
discriminatory and openly enforced in
such manner that the white man may
vote and the black man be without
a vote in their government; he would
discover, therefore, that taxation
without representation Is the lot Of
millions OF wealth producing Ameri-
can citizens in whose hands rests the
economic progress and welfare Of an
entire section Of the country
Some q the sIgners.
Among the s1gners OF the call are
Miss Jane Adams, Chicago; Samuel
BOwles, Springfield, Mass; Mrs. Ida
Wells Barnett, Chicago; William
Lloyd Garrison, Boston; Prof ". E.
B. Dubois, Atlanta; the Rev. Francis
]. Grimke. Washington, d. c.; Rab-
bi Emil @. Hirsch, Chicago: Louis +.
Post Chicago; william NJ salter.
Chicago; Mrs. Rodman Warrior. Phil
adelphia; Miss Sucan Warrior, Phfla-
delphia; Prof. Charles Zueblin, Bos-
ton; and many prominent New York
ers.
II those interested in this new
movement can IN time succeed in
restoring the ballot to the Negro, and
wipe out all the sJim Grow Laws"
then they highly deserve to be show
cred With blessings from on high
Editor.
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Thought Him a MoIIyeoddls.


John d. Rockefeller rebuked Cleye-
land man one day for swearing.
Don't swear" he said. Say durn'
or pshaw' There is as much COM
fort In those mild words as in the red
dest oaths.
Il know" said Mr.. Rockefeller, that
such u not the prevalent opinion. The
prevalent opinion-but It Is a wrong
one-was expressed the other morning
by my caddy.
my caddy had just been around
with a minister. After I drove on
said to him:
"'what Kind Of a player IL the mtn-
4ster, JosephT
Joseph snorted.
"HimY he sneered. He'll never
make a golfer. Do you know what be
says when he misses the ballP
No. What does he say? asked
-He says. 'Tut. TUT Joseph
anoarad -
The broad ax., 1909-02-20
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
By Abram pale Cash.

BY Abram Dale Cash.
Copyright, 1909, by Abram Dale Cash
In the sacred cause Of Freedom
Rose a man We hold most dear;
And his name was Abra'm Lincoln,
Whom mankind doth much revere
He was kindness, in perfection;
Honest in this holy cause
Making free a race OF beings
BY the nations fairest laws.
Thus the mighty Declaration,
Which came with the country's
birth,
Has its perfect salutation
In her laws Of sacred worth;
And Old Glory, Freedoms Pinion,
When it flies DER land and sea,
Waves for every class of beings
As the banner Of the free.
And Columbia, on her mission,
Sends the rays Of Freedoms light
Round the earth, with true devotion,
In her sacred cause Of right.
Blending with the name Columbia
Abra'm Lincoln rises high;
In the patriots true devotion
All men hail him with most eigh.
In all ages this old story
Will flow onward through the
years;
Gaining always greater glory
For he stay'd a peoples tears;
And the Nation, sadly riven
Firm he moulded into one;
Thus we love the name of Lincoln
AS a universal son.
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Springfield, III. Feb. 17.-Represen-
tative Robinson desires to call the at
tention Of President Roosevelt to the
fact hat Illinois has a perfectly good
and well working geneerla assembly.
He has introduced a bill to prohibit
the intermarriage of japanese, Chin
csc, Asiatics of all descriptions, and
Negroes with white persons.
Representative Robinson evidently
wants to make an effort to earn his
salary, hence the introduction Of his
bill which will never pass the Republi-
can legislature of Illinois.
The broad ax., 1909-02-20

No other newspaper in Chicago, the
past week. aside from The Broad Ak.
had suncie1t enterprise to publish one
line. IN reference to the s2d anniver-
sary Of the birth Of Frederick Doug
lass, and we pride ourself in stating.
that more space was devoted in its
columns in setting forth HIS wonderful
career, than any nfty papers, publish
Cd in the various parts Of the country
which have 60 Tar fallen under our
notice.
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CHATEAU RINK NOTES.

Mr.. Ollie Curry and a party of
friends paid a visit to the Chateau
last Sunday evening.
Every person visiting the Chateau
reports a good time. The attendance
is growing.
Tuesday and Friday Matinees are
quite popular.
Mr.. s. Hamilton OF the West Side
visited the Club Parlors last Sunday
Eve.
You win find no Zero weather at
the Chateau, come out and join the
crowd and have q good time. Grand
March on rollers at 1O:45. Picture
Show at 1890.
The many friends Of Mr.. B. F.
Moseley, Sec. and Treas. of the Cha
teau are sorry to hear OF his recent
illness and hope him a speedy re-
covery.
Something new at the Chateau
every Saturday and Sunday Eve.
Meet me at the Chateau Tuesday.
Feb. 2Srd. A good time in store for
all.
The broad ax., 1909-02-20

. TO $3.50 p. N. the Mystiek Crews
Of Nereus Falstaman. Alauteans and
Comus vim arrive on rollers at $50
His Majesty REX" the King Of the
Carnival. accompanied by hiS famous
Brass Band on Rollers. In. search Of, 4
Queen. Win appear.
10 to 1915 Growing oS ousen ana
Grand March Led b. KING ana Queen.
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PAY WITH 81 AND PROMISE.
August Judge Shows His Mercy by
Not Hanging Blacks.

Augusta, Ga Feb. 14.-Seyen Neg
roes convicted of allowing refuse to
collect in their yards today felt the
mercy Of Recorder Picquet when he
fined them only s30,O0O.0OO each-or
a total Of $21O,OO0,OOO. The record.
er was merciful in that under the let
ter of the law, he could have SEN
fenced them to hanging.
Having surpassed Judge Landis'
famous $2s,OOO,OOO fine, the recorder
then suspended payment until a sec
ond offense, each defendant deposit
ing 81 as guarantee Of his promise
to keep his home spick and span Eere-
after.
Inspector Sheehan Of the board Of
health brought the Negroes before the
recorder for violation of the sixth
and eleventh sections of the law Of
the board of health, in keeping an IN
clean yard. Every Negro had an ex-
cuse, but these did not go with mis-
honor.
/. Negroes Long in Suspense.
When he arose to sentence the
blacSs Judge Picquet read the ordin-
ances to the effect that he could visit
sny punishment he saw a.. on any
2erson found guilty or having an un-
slean yard. The Judge mildly in
formed the blacks he could sentence
them to hang IL he wished to but that
be would not
Il am a mercifnl man." he added;
%and have no desire to place an un-
usual punishment upon You. win
make the fine for each Of You only
ssO.O0e, 900"
Approaching their inability to pay
any such fne-hgures absolutely be-
yond their comprehension the Neg
roes sank to the bench with groans
and staring eyes. They feared that
failure to meet the courts demands
in the coin OF the realm meant life
servitude in the penitentiary.
Pledges and Deposits Given.
When the laughter which the an
nouncement Of the courts decision
had caused slbsided Recorder Pic
quet suspended the sentences upon
condition that each OF the defendants
deposit 81 with the clerk and prom
Use. not to offend again
They all promised, and hurriedIy
left the court room as II they were
afraid the recorder might change his
mind.
The ordinances under which the sen
tence was imposed provides that the
court may impose any punishment
he sees At"
The time may come when the Jud-
ges Of the Municipal court in this
city wilI.round up, both the white and
CoIored people. for, permitting their
frpnt and rear yards to remain IN a
filthy condition and It would be a
mighty good thing II many OF the
people residing in Chicago are com
PEELED TO spruce up IN this respect
IKE they are forced to do IN Auglsta.
Ga-Edltor.
The broad ax., 1909-02-20

Although OF humble birth was he.
No herald the event proclaimed.
No royal scribe wrote down his name
A hut Of logs rough hewn ca1 bare
With scarce enough Of light and air;
A bed OF straw, a floor Of earth
Such was the place Of birth
OF him whose name the world reveres
That grows in greatness with the
years.
Uncouth, unlettered, yet a prince,
That God vouchsafed no right divine
To man his fellows to confine.
To mark their bounds, their course
dictate,
A royal road to greatness make.
The cabin floor, the pine knots blaze.
Might be the medium At to raise
Ambitious man from low estate
To heights ennObling, truly great,
From raft Of logs with peers to stand,
The applause of senates to command
A grateful nation now in praise
From loyal heart a song must raise
To God for those who blazed the way
For Freedoms universal sway;
For those who prayed on Plymouth's
rock,
For those who felt the awful shock
OF war with savage fierce and wild,
Who gazed in deaths grim face and
smiled
Because from tyranny's naughty sway
The sacrifice would pave the way.
Yet few were they who rose above
The common trend of thought and
strove
To tear away the pail of shame
That blurred their country's sacred
name,
A sleeping conscience sought to wake,
The aliens CALLING chain to break,
Who brayed the scorn Of bigot's base
To succor a benighted race.
Foremost among this stalwart few
Stood old Abe Lincoln, staunch and
true
In every fiber Of his frame.
He waited till the hour came
Then raised on high the fiery brand
To scourge the evil from the land.
The awful storm Of blood and tears
Did rage and beat for four long years
The world looked on in blank dismay
AS brothers struggled in the fray.
All reverence for his wisdom fed.
They heaped reproaches on his head.
Foes lurked his pathway, stormed his
door,
And wise men deemed his judgment
poor
Yet firm and undismayed he stood,
This rustic lawyer, hew'r OF wood
Although at times defeat he saw.
Yet still he deemed it Saxon war.
he gave the word
Which called forth the immortal
lorde.
The alien host, unshackled, free.
hose like an angry, billowy sea
Ind grateful for the longed chance
70 check the sullen foes advance.
ct Wagner and Fort Pillow tell
The glorious story how they fell.
Heights-oh, CORY field
n Freedoms cause they could not
yield
Up. up that rugged steep and wide
They climbed to glory side by side
)r calmly laid them down to rest,
Jlasped to a Spartan mothers breast.
Brave chattels from the auction block!
They faced alone the "Crater's" shock
Ind turned the scofer's laugh to
cheers,
rhe skeptic's eyes made wet with
tears.
Ind when twas DER, the strife. the
pain,
There lay their great commander,
SLANT
They raised the blazing torch on high
TO light his pathway to the sky.
9e hushed forever, lips Of scorn!
n generations yet unborn
PARENTS TO children still will tell,
While love and pride their bosoms
swell:
me rough backswoodsman Of the
west
Vas he who served his country best,
md nations stiI shall gather there,
Iround the martyrs sepulcher.
JACK THoRNE.
The Recorder, Indianapolis, Ind.
~ q A
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ILLINOIS INSTRUMENTATION BILL
AIMED AT JAPs AND CHINESE.

Representative Robinson Introduces
Measure In House to Prevent Inter.
marriage Of Whites and AsIasties.
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RIGHTS OF NEGRO TO BE De.
TENDED.

Call for Convention Issued to People
Of All Parts Of the Nation.
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Entered as seeond-cIass Matter,
ATs. 10, 1902 at the Post once at
Chicago, Illinois, under Act 81 March
3, 1879.
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s21o,oOo,ooo FINES FOR DIRT

Seven Negroes Given Bigger senten
ees than the Oil Trust.
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All THE CHATEAU De RLAI-
sANcE RINK, ssa42s
STATE STREET

MAsouE MARDieRAs CARNIVAL
TUESDAY. February. 2srd, 1909.
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JULIUS F. TAYLOR. Editor and Pub
Usher.
The broad ax., 1909-02-20
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ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
Negroes Glowing Tribute to the Great
Emancipator.

Far in the west, in forest wild.
Was born one day to US a child,
A man most truly great to be,
Although Of humble birth was he.
No herald the event proclaimed.
No royal scribe wrote down his name.
A hut Of logs rough hewn ca5 bare.
With scarce enough Of light and air;
A bed of straw, a floor of earth
Such was the place Of birth
OF him whose name the world reveres,
That grows in greatness with the
years.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-01-21
JAPANESE FOREIGN
RELATIONS HARMONIOUS

Toxic, Jan co. Marquis Katzura
the premier. opened the house of Lords
at moo today and in his speech dwell
upon the cordial foreign relations eX
isting at present between Japan and
other powers which, he declared, We're
especially favorable at this time. lie
said that il behooVed Japan to uso
her best efforts toward the develop
mcnt of the nations Internal re-
sources, that the alliance with Eng
land had resulted IN strengthening the
bonds of friendship and mutual good
win with that country and that a sat
isfactory exchange of notes with AM
erica had removed all misunderstand-
ings between Japan and the United
States whereby peace In the FAR east
absolutely insured
Referring to the finances of the em-
pire Marquis Katzura said that espe-
cial attention was being paid toward
balancing the expenditures of the ma
tion with the known receipts and that
was the intention OF the department
IF finance 10 devote "a large share OF
It's attention to national development
Tho premier closed with asking the
Of tho members Of tho
house Of lords.