Norwich bulletin., 1919-02-04
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 Salute is all pert of the old com radshin-T have sa9uteA ;ts q private and am now salutcd as an officer, ard know. T. seemed irizs mn once; i: often seems iri1so1re H0yr; Init ih o'tf hearts. 0ffcer or man. WIZ know that it is a, good hing, the token of a spn., niai and splendid colnr ,deehip. Al that talk about 'tRemeintcr, # IS t',~ Kings coInr1.ssicn and no. tl1e mar you salute" r'ay be alI very true but it seeTns an unnecessary apology, q can1nufage of the real stcrat meaning as we have learned Nithort oficia! na.ruals or orders. to l11dw #. We meet here, CT a road rf France where rev patches el!r h4If conceal the old shell holes. w. are comrades Who have coG1c alive o,2t If T common llell-as once wa were comrades who mieht, go together into that com'ncn hell on the n1orrow--anI 50 we greet one another as r1en having a common knc aledge of terrible things. The junior in rank-it is the ordinnr; l courtesy of every walk of .lfe-initi- atee the sal'Ite ar greeting. the otlae", retS-ns it. t-ou who pass f- may sen i only 2 private saluting an officer ard 1 the officer acknowledging she salusa and if your fancy so inc1irrs you may 1 call it q dcbesing thing ant talk e 1 nilitaarisp. Rut we iava oaen dow n strange paths togetLer, where death was death fo~ officer or man, and whateve the salute may nave been on the old training groInd at hone. it is now very great and almost holy thing.
 Spencer Leigh Hughes, M. D., writes:
 1 Perhaps may he foretren an -s=.1-s s.-fz 1 and SC I will say that Ireland con- tributes 9 notable group of absentees 10 tho house. Some Of sI1e1n are men hl-t little kr 1wn outside the house in 1 this country'. hut members had be- come so accustomed to their pres
 ence there as to regard them as beI9nSing to the place. ike the table or the mace on it. Men will look i'll
 vain for "Lorg John,' the tall and handsome nau from Kiid,;re, also n1et such as Cullinan and Cond0n. Kilbrid,
 and ODowd and so far as am con cerned, T. Scsnlon's absence will leave
 a gap. It may be howevnr, that Min
 isters at question time vii not mourr
 over the disappearance of 'hase gentle
 men and others of the group.
 How the House will get '.i) without
 Mr. Swift MucNiell remains to be saan It is certain that his re cement ha; deprived the House of one who knew 1 more about the British Constitution , than was known ny all those who har' l helped to make it. and MT MacNiel
 was always ready to impart ais kno@- ledge to others quite lavishly.
 To reputation from the Ere, Churches President Wilson said s: complex wers the issues ahead tha any man who relied on his own miro ilt n cYn fJssS s{f 10 no. : temptation of the task hefoce him. I
 would be impossible to bring thei ideals to fruition if they did not believ in the assistance of provideftce.
 Glr. A. Henderson and BTr. c. V , Powerman. on behalf Of tue Trade Union Congress and Labor party, pre-
 sentcd an addi ess in which they prom , jsed him organized labor's support q l the Peace Conference.
 To deputarionS (incIuGing ord Gre . and MT. Asquithl from the League 3 . Nations, he said he regarded a Leagii f of Nations as key to the whole settle :. | fnent.
 2 George Barnes, M. p, member 0 s tie war cabinet, writes: The result c h the election shows that the voter n were determined to reject any ma
 CT woman who was suspected of en
 tertaining views which were oppose
 to a vigorous war policy, or of havin a done, left urldone, or said auythin V which could injure the position Of ou = soldiers and sailors in the fightin u line.
 Personally, I think the labor part 1 has missed the greatest opportunit that will ever come to it of consoli v dating and improving Its position. u all it's members had supported tn L. wa. all t1rnuoh from first ta e had done everything possible to asst: d the government, it would, bel'ev = have had 200 members in the presei -e parliament.
 And if it had acted in this way. k would only have been carrying out u ,f wishes of the rank and file of the ol l. Sanizations connected with it. l ha1
 been in all parts of the country dul
 ing the past four years, and I a,
 confident that the people as a who
 were behind the governinent in it's dt
 teftnination to carry on the fight to 'p finish. There could not be strong s- CT proof of this than the figures WhiS Iy were announced on Saturday 70 1t the same time there are son - results winch I frankly derlore. 5' was very sorry to hear of Mir A oe ouiths defeat, and also that Of M j. Arthur Henderson. The late prin le minister has rendered invaluable SC a vice to the couhtry. and ! hope ' in shall not long be deprived of his pre- $, enee and help in the heuse sf con ct mons. Mir. Henderson; too has alwa he taken up patriotic attitude towar as the war. and has done ali that he DO Of sibly could to help his country in h e. time of trial The trade uni ionis le have lost a valuable representative Of hlr. Charles Duncan. but i am gl; 6f tt see that 1tr Voting. the secreta cs of the A. S. E.. has obtained a seat.
 Lrs-~ Landan ChxnnielA-