The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-06
UNITED MORE
 FOR HOME RULE
Movement Covers England, Ire
 land, Scotland and Wales
THE SCOTS ARE AROUSED
Scots National League-rhe Fly ing Machine Mania in
 England

l iSh RoiltitS lS d iilONeIuSHl lO uiiiNO ASAA
 glish, Irish. Scotch and welshmen who favor home rule. The proposition is being seriously urged.
 | The Anglesey Liberal association, re- gently unanimously adopted a resolution
 in favor of federal home rule, and called
 upon the Welsh members to cooperate with the Scottish nationalists in promot- | ing the movement, have now communi- cated further on the matter with every liberal organization in Wales. The Welsh national liberal council had a sim | liar resolution on the calendar recently. The covering letter of the secretary of the Anglesey association says: "I
 earnestly hope that you will bring this
 resolution to the notice of your assoeia-
 ton, and that your representatives will
 actively support the motion. An alliance between the Welsh and Scottish mem
 bers will insure that Wales and Scotland will be placed on the same footing as Ireland as far as the question of rev.
 olution is concerned, while an alliance between the Welsh, Scottish and Irish
 members will make federal home rule for the four countries an issue second only in importance to the veto question. There never will be a more opportune time than the present for the bringing forward of the claims ofe>Wales, as once home rule, is granted to Ireland, the in- evitabIe result would be that Scotland and Wales would be more than ever be-
 fore over shadowed by the power of the predominant partner in the councils of opportunity and secure a measure of the nation. If we take advantage of our opportunity, and secure measure of devolution for Wales, we will be in far more favorable position for dealing with the questions of disestablshment, licens- ing reform, education and the land, than we are at present. On all of England and she should be entitled to deal with them upon lines in accordance with the genius of the nation"
 A remarkable document has been is- sued by Comunn Nan Albannach (The Scots National league). The document, which Is headed "A Manifesto to the Nscottish People" makes the following appeal: "Scotsmen, Which would you rather-a land. your own and filled with the peaceful homes of your kinsfolk,
 preserving inviolence your old traditions, and informing your institutions with your old characteristic genius; or a land not your own despoiled of men to form a. playground for cosmopolitan. Does 1t please you to see Scotland's sons act ing as ghillies, valets and boot-lickers to that unlovely cres, and Scotland s daughters in the ignoble position of hand-maids to their wives and daugh- ters? Surely 1t need not be asked. You know in your hearts that nothing can
 compensate for the loss and perversion of your people. Awake in your strength Not with empty boasting and vain glory, but with unbending determination, set yourselves to the task. Grasp with both
 hands your destiny, and fear not at all, raise the lamp of freedom on high till it gleam from your land to the uttermost ends of the earth. And this be your slogan and your hope, your high resolve and your victory signal-Scotland free,
 Scotland sovereign, Scotland a nation once again!'
 The flying machine mania will probably
 bring about new laws or additions to the common law Considerable damage has
 been done to crops by airship men who alighted on farms. Several damage suits have been commenced by farmers.
 Unless the parties come to terms it is likely that several flying" cases will be
 set down for hearing shortly in the high courts. Although aviators endeavor to
 alight without doing damage, they have
 in instances played havoc with the crops of agriculturists.
 Earl de Ia WaT, whose total estates extend to 23,500 acres, has written to his tenants intimating that he intends selling most of his Buckhurst estate by auction, but before offering the farms to the pub l lie he wishes to give his tenantry op- portunity of acquiring their holdings. The land has been held by the Sackville | family since the time of King John. The new airship which is being built | for the navy and which is now practi-
 cally completed, is by far the largest, swiftest and most powerful aerial cruiser l ever constructed.
 | She is even bigger than most ocean,
 going battleshps, being ten feet longer than the Dreadnought-600 feet, as com-
 pared with 49O feet. She will carry a commander and a captain The place of the first will be in the rear of the car | that of the other In the forward one, and
 her complement, of P men will be simi- larly distributed.
 | Once more members of parliament are
 demanding the privilege of franlxing | tnclr COTEtSpOuutHCt, WlliCH IS generally heavy.
 Not only were franks used by members of parliament to such an extent that once member franked a pack of hounds from Sussex to a midland county but | franks were freely given away in pay ment for political service, or money was
 raised upon them by impecunious mem
 bers who had only to sit down and write
 their names on several hundreds of en-
 velopes.
 To such a pitch came the scandal oi
 franking that not only did the number
 of bona fide franks far outweigh the let ters paid for but fraudulent franks were | freely used. King George pays his owr
 postage as did Queen Victoria.
 | F. D, Smith, NJ. F.. follows Austor Chamberlain in upholding the Osborne | judgement, but he thinks that the pay. Inent of members of parliament Is the only alternative. If the return of sucl charges were placed upon the rates ant Iif members were paid, the representa- tive, MT Smith says, would be the ser want of the country, and not of a eau GUS. and no burden would be left whicl It would not be unreasonable for tn, socialists party to raise by voluntary eff fort. He confesses himself a reluctan convert to these views
 Scotland Yard is taking a keen interes lin an invention which, if it's trials prov,
 successful, will make it possible to cal
 up a policeman or taxicab by the simpl
 rressing of a button The device consist
 of a. little wireless apparatus which cal
 be fixed to the front of an hotel, shop, o
 building at any desired height. By tn
 pressing of a button Hertzian way
 signal is transmitted over an area o | r1c ioo