The chronicle=news., 1913-03-01
Notes, from,
Foreign Capitals

/ London, March Sir Frederick
George iianbury. unionist member
OF the House Of Commons for the
City OF London. has u reputation as a
/ wag that today is proving embarrass-
ing to u measurable degree. The
suffragists are 20 eager TO reach
him that they would readily cease
all their hcckling OF cabinet minis
tors II they could only find Sir Fred
crick. but the member for the City
OF London is In seclusion. and he
will no; trust crcn his colleagues IN
the House with II knowledge OF his
whereabouts. In the meantime the
women pursue the speaker and the
cabinet members to their extreme
discontinue. aud Sir Frederick con-
,inmes In hiding,
Sir Frederick mod" the discovery
that to introduce u clause into the
franrhis" reform hlll. giving the
votes TO women. would make Is ne
cessary FOR III" speaker Of III. house
to rmic the hill out of order ns going
further than was contemplated when
II passed its second reading. ~. did
this. and consequently the suffra-
.ists lost til. Opopriunity OF testing
the feeling OF the house on the qucs.
against Sir Frederick rosc In propor-
iion ms the realization OF their de-
feat sank home. but by til. time they
began TO look FOR Sir Frederick he
was gone. So they turned their at
tcniion to the members Of the cab
inct who. compared To the member
for the city OF London. ar. quite In
nor"nt of responsibility for the de-
feat OF their plans.
Sir Frederick Gannury n.s III. re-
nuiaiion OF being the most success
!ui hunorIst In the llo,is" OF Com
mons. Among other things. h. NOV
I'd last year tn" amendment. and ar
ranged the trap. whicl, resulted In
the Temporary defeat OF the govern
m"nt on III. financial proposals Of
the Home Rul. bin. u. made tho
discovery that the speaker would
have TO act against u vote for wo.
men clause in III. Franchise Reform
bill while hunting M evidence
against the bill. li- felt tn. nca-
surc was unfair To the city Of Lon
don In that IL provided that voters
must east their ballots In the con-
stltucncy IN which they reside. There
fore he decided to oppose II. and be-
.an his search for evidence. lie
found also that Ms few OF the prop
crtv owners or business men In the
city reside within the square mile"
the members would. had the bill been
passed. simipy rcprc.cn: the por,.rs
and rhnrwomcn OF the office build.
irrs and banks.
Sir Frederick Ii u retired stock
broker. tutil recent months he
WAS chiefly known for his cliecry
xIn f.t1 ,l.t
but never ON any very important
question. In tn. early days OF u
session OF tn. Houfc Of Commons
FRIDAYS mr.. given M to private mem.
b"rs' business. i,v draw II Ii dccil-
cd what member shall hive u Friday
Z" himself and on that Iay he intro
duccs some pet measure OF hIMsclf
or party. The measure wust he pass
eel before fiv. O'Clock or disa ppcnr.
Thcrc were field dars for Sir Fred
crick. No matter what the subject.
he could talk for hours on II. talk II
out In fact. 50 that there was no pos-
sible chance Of concluding the de-
bat. by the stipulated time. He was
seldom known to favor any measure
introduced on Friday by Il private
member.
Another favori,c pas;imc OF his
iicrcciy. to cross fh. house aud take
seat on the from, bench reserved
Tor cabinet ministers. Although
these benches ar: reserved for min
listers merely through courtesy. Dri-
vat" members never sit there unless
invited. Sir Frederick. however.
found tha. by some old act OF par
lament members for the city Of
London have the privilege. aud on
certain occasions he takes pleasure
in exercising It.
AicSandrio. ESyut. which has at
tained notoricty recently on account
OF revelations OF municipal graft. has
submitted TO the government q coat
of arms which has been subjected to
much criticism by patriotic Ecyp-
tians. The most prominent figure
IN the design is n scan:ily clad ltO-
man maiden floating oil II raft to-
ward tn" noon. The meaning of 'hs
irsign has not been explained by til"
city fathers. and the peopl. are LETT
wondering why a Roman and not On
Egyptian maiden should have been
chosen for the chief figure.
Lord Kitchener has u reputation
for 'ackling any problem presented
TO him. but he has refused to play
Solomon in the present dispute. and
has referred the matter to the Col
icge OF lIcralds in London. These
experts may be able to shed some
ligh. uopn the reasons for making
the Roman maiden srmbolical of the
city which is nov Egypts coruIer-
cinl center and which was once the
intellectual shnb 'f t.. world. II
they cannot unrAvcl tho ruH:I. they
will be asked to submit q design Of
their own which viii tyn!v more
svmply IT,. hta.Jrv of A'eNanfiil.
Some of the Oppn"sr.s cf the tres
cnt design have suggested designs
embracing II burnt library to SYM
bolizr the past. and n cotton pod for
the future.
\ rOu'. deal of sentiment and no.
u few sov"reigns have recently been