The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-07-06
ASQUITH NEARING RECORD SERVICE OF
 ENGLISH PREMIER

Tsondon. July 6--Prernier Asquith fras now held ofhce for just six years, Ith41s exceeding in length the admins kfraffon of Disraeli. who occupied the Isasvs of Lord Liverpool, who was kT,rfrne minister for fifteen years there Eava been only three statesmen who have held the office for longer pe- trdod without a. break, than MT AS l-s11sfI7 Two of these, Iord Melbourne and Lord PaInerston, both were fprtme minister for about two months fongsr than MT. Asquith has been so tTar The third case is that of Lord iSa1isbury, who was prime minister Ifor exactly seven years. rom lsSS 70 N1pa3 Lord Pa1merStons during his fIong term of power, wass like MT As- Ee11ffis leader of the House of Com kroons. as well as prime minister The others, however sat in the qu1etsr S1- lnuosphere of the House of Lords The kpresent prime minister too, has ta- Een 11aes extra burden of the office of lfsecreta1-v of War, and his aydTrir1stra- Zion has been at Ieastsas full of hard ework as any in modern times.
 Through it all MT. Asquith, all though the strain must be great t.-a<zr9E to thrive He has certainly kaxed somewhat, but so have all those kvV1no have gone through the last few Esfrenuous years with him. He is st1A t4lrs master of the House of Commons, NTrnE4uZ nOzGQu5l~ SxCSDL QeE1EAJ5 NIT .BaIfour, in dsbate, while as poll sdeaI tact1ctan. none come within rafles of him Even should the Uls- &er question prove to be heyond his bowers of getting over difdcult situa- fions, he will be able to look back upon a. long series of successes.
 The annazgamat1on of the trades un- aons goes steadily forwardsi Follow l5ng closely upon the working agree tu1ent between the miners. transport workers and r9iIwaymen with a total membership of 1850, 1000, which has EnovE been finally settled, the general kaaborers' un1o1y which has an inn k1nense organization spreading all over f9he country. has been admitted to the s2he unions whose members mine ,ieoa1 or handle the freight Of the teount1y are in one organdzatio11-
 fE This is. the reply of the workers to Nhs continuation of the employers of Mhe coumtry but it is only part of sFnat the trades uniontdsts aim at They kAre working for a. general ama1gama- Hion of thR lesser skilled or general labor. At present the workmen are Maced with am alarming growth in the temraoynent Of cheap Chinese and Eothsr EasteEZ labor, chiefly at the kereat ports. where Ch1namen and In Eddans are arriving in increasing mum bers. and they propose some drastic mctioh, either political or direct to put aL stop to tnfs comp etttion-
 WhzIs ne ane9enf Egyptians DOS eessed no newspaperas an interesting Ecfr onar1e Of the small happenings o1 t11eir daily life is exposed in the pa &pyrean writings soon to be exhibited khere by the London Society of An aiquar1es.
 That human nature has not chang Fed very much with passing ages, is tehoUn by an order for an inquest into 8fhe death of a slave. killed by a fall l1rom a. roof on which he had craw1ed tout to obtain a close view of some kGancing girls. Announcements o1 khorse racing and other athletic sports land a. complaint by a wife against g tsuriy husband who refused to give her the house keys, are other items ir Mhe papyrf One notice tells of a cer-
 Ea1n PIatonac pE1ilosopher who was HprfvfIeeed to receive meals free at the EAIexandrla library.
 The purpose of the exhibition is tc ratse funds for further explorations in Ehe upper reaches of the Nile.
 4 great transformation is taking Blacs along the lower stretches of the MThames old docks are being en- Naxged, and new ones built under the tschenne-of the Port of London author E1tys to increase the trade of London New model towns are spHnging up swhere once great sluns existed. and svvfthAn a few years saThamesside,' will Mave entirely changed it's appearance
 The most important item in the lprogram is a magnificent deep water Edoczk, which is being cut south of the Royal AIbest docks When complete
 t will cover 6 5 acres, and the mean fdepth will be 35 feet. So far 2,OO0.-
 ZOO cubic yards of earth have been E4Ecavated and as much again re- mains to be removed
 To re-houas people displaced by the