The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-10-15
LOYAL HOTHEAOS
PROMISE TROUBLE
So True to King George They
May Refuse to Obey
His Laws.
A CURIOUS SITUATION
Body OF Irishmen Who Prepare
to Fight Against Home
Rule.
CURIOUS SITUATION
ny PHILLIP EVERETT.

ments are taking place in Ireland just
now. ~ number of men in Ulster, who
are fully convinced that the people
of the Emerald Isle are not ft to gov
ern themselves. and who fear that the
present Liberal government may be
able to give home rule to Ireland, have
determined to have home rule OF
their own and 10 resist II necessary,
even with arms, the local government
that may be established at Dublin.
So loyal are these men to the King of
England that they will refuse to
recognize law that may be passed
by the British Parliament and signed
by that very King. and IL 1t should be
decided to send the Kings army and
navy to subdue them, these loyal hot
heads of Belfast have even now made
1t known that the said army and navy
will attack them at their peril"
No wonder Eishmen have always had
a reputation for their keen appreeia-
tIon of humor.
Mr.. Lloyd George Is not yet out Oh
the woods with his national Insur-
ance bill, which was created with SO
much admiration by all parties, when
1t first appeared. His difficulties seem
indeed to grow worse every day. and
OF all the attacks that are made
against his favorite measure the worst
seem to come from the men who pro-
fcss to speak on the part OF the work
ing classes
The minister recently asserted that
the main point OF tho measure Is that
It gives every worker pence In bene-
It's for every 4 pence he pays In. but
n Socialist member of Parliament now
maintains that this is not SO. and that
Mr.. Lloyd George either does not know
the finances of his own bill or Is deliher-
ately misrepresenting them. The same
member openly accuses the chancellor
OF trying to amend the bill so as to
deprive the workers OF the control oS
the insurance scheme, which he orlgi-
nally promised them.
In addition to his political critics
Mr. Lloyd George has his own Difficult.
ties with the doctors. friendly socie-
ties. AMI those who advocate the cause
OF the manned and broken lives which
are excluded from the bill. It is there
fore not surprising to hear a rumor
that he is about to recast his meas
are upon more generous lines, so much
so, II Is said, that his political appoint
ment, the Unionists are planning to
forestall him by introducing an alter
native bill or their own with all the
defects of the government scheme left
out--not out OF any sudden love Of the
workingman. but as q bait for his
.e 1T the next elections.
Joseph Verey. the messenger. who
was Mark Twain's courier. and mado
nine tours with him, has fallen upon
evil times. and is now living in Lon
don, in a Rowton house. He has come
down In the world through the loss
of his savings. which he invested in
an incandescent mantle business.
His last engagement OF any length,
the Star" states. was when he was
employed at the royal palace, Madrid,
to hatch pheasants for King Alfonso.
He left London with an English
gamekeeper and 1000 pheasantss eggs.
and In the Casa Real Del Campo, at
the rear of the royal palace in Madrid.
Verey and the gamekeeper Matched out
the eggs with Spanish hens.
King Alfonso and the Queen mother
one day visited the Matching place and
talked to Yerey about his travels, and
he told them stories Of Mark Twain
which kept Their Majesties and the
ladies of the court In constant laugh
ter Verey was also able to inform
homage before three popes.
When the engagement at the royal
palace was finished Verey had to re-
turn to London. But. apart from the
possession OF a testimonial written on
parchment In Spanish and bearing the
seals and coats OF arms OF Spain, his
had nothing very substantial to show
for his foreign trip.
Ferey HIS, of course. an endless store
of "reoollections" of Mark Twain. CIV
ing few or these to newspaper re-
preventative yesterday the famous
courier said
Mr.. Clemens hardly ever talked to
any one. Once I travelled from
Cologne TO Dresden with him, and he
only spoke about two words TO me.
What l was instructed to do was to
engage the other people in the COM
partment in conversation and ask them
about everything. Mr.. Clemens used
to sit and listen.
"He must have had wonderful
memory He used TO go to museums
for hours. He would not say a word,
but he would listen while 1 asked ques-
tons and engaged people in conversa-
ton.
II never heard him make Joke, not
even with his own family. He never made
one with me. The nearest approach
that he got to one was In letter to
me about the uncertainty of his plana
He wrote. IT'S are as bad as prophetic"
'He was a great listener. He would
take 1t all IN, and never say word
himself
Mark and Verey understood one an
other thoroughly. Mark discovered.
Very In Paris through the hall porter,
at the Hotel Normandy. who gave
such glowing account of Verey that
Mark determined to have. him.
George. must have this verey," no
said. George could hot leave his poss
10 go and find him. so Mark said rs
would put on Georges apron and look
after the door.
vercy remained Mark Twain's courfss