Norwich bulletin., 1920-07-07
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Certain labor leaders, for instance, are saying: If the Irish want an independ- ent republic. why should they not have it?" One reason why they should not is that if Ireland were independent and hostile and available as a base for an | enemy, Great Britain could not be de fended. All the freedom and security that her sons fought and died for in the war would in effect be lost. This is not
 rhetoric, but commonplace fact; and if We forget it we betray our dead.
 Capt. Fryatt's ship-What is to be l done with Captain Fryatt's ship? The Rev. T. Varnev, of St. Cedd's, Canning Town, is ready with a suggestion, which he hands in at the office window. Let it be brought up the Thames, fnoored near Dagenham dock, under the care of the
 navy league, and lent to our growing naval cadet units for Saturday after
 moons, week-ends and holidays At pres enI the lads of this district have no ac-
 cess to the waterside, and have to seek the hospitality of church halls, etc, for naval instruction, drill etc. Could there be any more appropriate nursery than the Brussels for our future Charlie Fry ats of the mercantile marine,N or Jack Cornwalls of the Royal navy?'
 Profitable Insurance.-There is a gen. eral impression that insurance business is profitable, and confirmation of this is to be found in the auditor-generaPs report on government trading. From August 1914 to March 1919 the war risks premiums received exceeded the payments on account of losses by f1e- 917,245 for aircraft and f22,609,6S5 for rine insurance. The surplus will no doubt l be substantially reduced by the payment of outstanding claims. but it is evident, says Sir Henry Gibson, that the final | outcome will show a large profit to the | British government.
 | Salisbury septeaary.-At Salisbury to- l day the septenary of the founding of cathedral, and city is being celebrated. | The double event dates from 1920, when 1 the ancient Norman church of the unit ed sees of Ramsbury and Sherborne within the Notifications of Old Saruna
 was superseded. Richard Poore, who
 knew something of both wealth and pow 1 erty, founded the present cathedral on 1 a virgin site, and around 1t grew the
 monastic and lay population of New Sarura, or Salisbury. The cathedral is l perhaps the most surpassing of all in ef- l fect-externally. Lincoln is it's only
 rival, and internally Lincoln excels. The spire of Salisbury is the tallest in this country, and unique in the world, be- cause, while 27 inches out of perpendieu- 1 lar it's graeefulness and strength have l not suffered thereby.
 i Germans in London-The Germans are
 coming back to London, as there is now l no reason why they should not. They ] may be seen, and heard, frequently in the
 West-end nowadays, and in some of the
 suburbs. particularly at Richmond, where
 there was a fiourishing German colony ! before the war. A point which strikes
 one about their coming is whether they ever look for signs of the enormous dam 1 age to public buildings in Lendon which
 used regularly to be announced to them 1 by the imperial government during the
 war as having been inflicted by the zep- pelins and Gothas. If they do. they must
 be learning at last the actual value of
 many of their war cemmuniques.
 | The Lincoln statue.-The statue of Abraham Lincoln is nearly ready for un- yelling. On the base of the structure is l a row of stars, synboiising the Ameri-
 can states, each of which has added a star to the national nag. The statue has ! an excellent site on ground opposite