The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-03-21


 exact feeling was in the army over the Ulster question. He had been assured, he said, that there was no in tentiOn on the part of the government to make use of troops in Ireland ex- cept ''to maintain law and order" Speaking of Irish troops and the ]Ul- ster Volunteers. which are being or ganized to resist Home Rule, the General said:
 "It is not thinkable, it is not pos sible for me to contemplate ever be- ing asked to concentrate my men and to move against the forces in the North of Ireland.
 ..At the same time, you must re- member that in our lives we soldiers often have to do things that we do not like. When we have to deal with large bodies of men who under stand the meaning of the word dis cipline it means that, however, dis tasteful it may be to them, they will carry out any orders given to them by the King.
 s.And it may be-God forbid it should be-ny lot to be ordered to no doubt that many officers would re- gret it. but if the order comes that order must be obeyed.''
 This speech is taken as the reply of the official heads of the army to those who have suggested that many
  to put down revolution in Ulster .ff
 'sH would be we'll if those who are experimenting with radium would be silent for the next couple of years un- til they know where they are, and can make some definite announcement,'' ,'' said Dr. Charles Ryall, chairman Of the medical committee of the Can cer. Hospital, at a recent meeting of the governors.
 .RadiumD he added, sshas not come to suppIant surgery in the treatment of cancer, but to aid it in fighting the disease. The properties of radium are comparatively little known, and we are therefore going through the ex- perimentai stage of radium treatment, endeavOring to fathom its effect on disease, especially cancer. estimate it's dosage and classify what cases are suitable for treatment by it. That will mean some years of work, but we can wait with confidence for defiE- ite pronouncement, as the radium re- search work in the country is being carried out systematically and is in the best hands,
 pr. RyaH said there was enormous field for research work at the Can cer Hospital but it7was haTnpered by the inadequate supply of radium and it's enormous cost z44s
 1hc 6EACSA navy Is D6At1G ndnO1Cdp- ped by inability to keep up contin- uous and adequate supply of oil fuel. This is said in naval circles to be the real cause of the decision not to hold any grand uanoeuEres this summer and for the cancellation of the review of the fleet which the King had in- tended to hold at Spithead- Every effort is being made to husband the supply of oil at the supply stations and to use it only in such ships as burn oil exclusively. The destroy CTS have been kept in harbor since, they arrived at Christmas.
 The view Of a county court judge that the action of money lenders in ringing up a debtor at his employers office constitutes electrical trespass'' is endorsed by the Law Journal, which states: eaTo ring the telephone at an other persons house in order to put pressure on some person employed there is not only a most offensive thing to debut is an insuferabIe tres pass for which, no doubt, substantial damages could be recovered by the owner.''