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' 1 J,:t THE WEATHER, ADVERTISING PAYS, Fair today; local, raiha toniehf nr Saturday; colder Saturday in west por- A The new Parcels . Post opens up won derful territory to Wilmington merchants. In nil this section' of the .CaroIIm. . We cover this territory like the mominc; dew. rv. Kiriril m it?- rye riw 17, 191 y. WHOIiE KUMBBK 13,223; HQ LAW OF fill: IS: MIM OF . H l Jl V fill . .-' " 'in II mil ANTi-TaUST BILL . . - : - ' ; Justice of Guilford Intro d u ces ' Measure for -Prevention of Monopolies - mm Ymm k Crippled Liner and Her Commander.: REI QUIRED GEORbsfflflRTEII GOBS 1. : Jacqb Schiff Thinks the Laws of Nature Will Pre.: vent Monopoly. INDIVIDUAL GQIIGEIITRATIOII New York Financier Opposes Concen .. ration of Money and . Power By Corporations Let Indi vidual Go the Limit " Washington, January 1C. Liberty of individuals ; to concentrate .' money and power to the limit of their, ability was advocated today before the House Money Trust Committee by Jacob H. Schiff, of the New. York banking firm of Kuhn, Loeb .-& jotepany , f-x i5 ; Mr. Schiff declared-" that individuals should be allowed to exert their' ut most efforts to concentrate : fortunes and power, until the' "la'ws of nature 'caused the attempted monopoly to fall of its own weight," He was opposed, however, to concentration- through cor porations and holding companies. Mr. Schiff could not'say? whether concen tration had as - jet Reached a ? point whereit is dangerous., The New York banking financier fol lowed George ' M Reynolds, ; of -Chicar go, on the stand.. Mr: -Heynolds told the committee that h,e had studied the concentration of lmoiiey-and .credit and that he believed, at the point it had now reached, "it was a. menace to the progress of the country.?! : He.-- said that competition in ; ban-king should be revived. ' ; The committee adjourned after; to day's session until f next -Wednesday, when H . P , Davison, :F. L. ; Hine, George P. Baker, Jr-, and other wit nesses representing Jaanks and "bank ing houses; in New York, and Chicago will be heard. The committee expects to conelud&itts-ipubliS Friday and to begin immediately the writing of its report, r Whett the : cbmv mittee reccnrenesitilaiiS ' for taking the testimony;, tt William 'Rockefeller will be made: .V '- In the course of Mr, Schiff's exami nation today h; voiced the view hat depositors id, - banks - were sufficiently projected undervthe'- present' law "if administered and kept up to the teach ings of experience. 4He s"aid that he could see no objection to one "banking, institution selling , securities to ',- an other bank, which' it --owned. ' ' "Pru dence," he said, "would "prevent the officers of a bank front accepting too much of a doubtful security. - He thought this matter could be safely left to the "self-respecting men" on the board of directors, and that no further law was necessary. ' Then you" think the less law . the better for banks and trust companies?" as'.-ed Mr. Untermyer.; v "Yes." asserted, Mjv Schiff.- "Too much law can crush the life Out of a tank." :- .-. ' ,; Mr. Schiff said that he had observed a concentration of the control of mon ey and credit into the hands of a few corporations during the last few, years, and that the control of these corpora tions had been centralized in the hands of a few men. . . "Has this been' a, subject of concern to you?" asked Mr. Untermyer. "No. It has not.' - . - J "Would that bea subject of concern to you if it continued to drift until all control was in the same hands?" "I can't answer that question," said Mr. Schiff. .. ,.": .: . - "Have you considered the possible efTect of this concentration on your own credit?" .: ;;;: . v ' "I don't require credit," Mr. Schiff replied. , - V '. .'. : 1. Mr. Schiff said that he, believed it would be better if clearing houses were incorporated- , ' "Do you see any objection to en forcing the publication.' of bank as sets9' asked Mr.' Untermyer. - "The more ' publicity we can have about banks the better."" said 'Mr. Schiff. -i - f .- Mr. Schiff further said he would not approve of one owning another. "As a rule," he sgdd,:"I am opposed to all holding companies f "Why?" . r ; v- "Because they lead to concentration, which under our law.vandiunder;our. conditions, should not' be allowed' Avas Mr. Schiff's replytvjt-; -:?.- sL '.' The witness declared that, he did not object to the concentration in the hands of individuals, but he did ob Ject to corporation concentration. v "I believe in individual .freedom," he said. "I believe the Individual should be allowed to do his best. If h goes too far; the laws of nature wouid interfere. ' The f first great at tempt at monopoly , was. at the time tne Towej; of Babel. U That fell ofc !. own weight. . Every. individual mo nopoiy will do the same'when it reach es that point. The law of . nature takes tare of that and no law of man is re Quired. " ' . , t - c ' ' have you ever thought .what ouid happen while Vth is monopoly n golg on and-when it fell of its own weight?" - sfli'V 1 have nt thought of . that." said Mr. Schiff. , Edwarc) F. Mylhis; English . Journalist, Barred From' United States. CHARGED KING WITH BIGAMY 4tyliu Charged peorge V. With Mor ganatic Marriage While He Was Prince of Wales Can Return . To England Washington 'January 10. Edward P. Mylius, the journalist, detained at New York, was ordered ; deported to day by Secretary ' Nagel, of the De partment of Commerce 'and Labor, en the ground that in ' libelling King George V., of England, "he .had com mitted a crime involving moral turpi tude. :- " ',- . ,, ' -,' Mylius-was convicted in London of criminal libel against King George V. in "Connection with the puolication in the Paris Liberator of a story alleging that the King, when Prince of Wales, had contracted a morganatic marriage with the 'daughter of Admiral Clume- Seymour, at Malta,' In .Mylius' fense it was:. urged ttiat if he were guilty of anything it was seditious libel and not criminal libel. Seditious libel would be a political offense. 'Secre tary Nagel held that .Mylius had not been convicted of a purelysi political crime, but of a crime involving moral turpitude, under , which' thfe immigra tion laws bar aaralien from admission to the United States. ; , ; "1 cannot assume," said Secretary Nagel in his decision, ."that a - law which " excludes - anarchists ana per sons .who,, advocate the overthrow . of government or thef assassination of Dublin officials was " intended to admit the publisher of. a false charge of big amy simply because she' advances ;a political purpose Or motive, for the act, or.. because the false- charge was di roM oplnst. . Kihar' among othera, or beeaus:thercurt whic aai triat: was field jegafded the. pon of the case as an . aggravation-; vj me f ;Pcoponent oft MyUusj;4dvand : the1 defense that he" was convictea or seai tious libel a political crimer-that his trial in London had been a farce; that in-circulating a story attacking , the honor of the King of England he -wis aiming a blow at monarchial govern ment in the interest of republicanism whicfr should maike v him a welcome visitor to a free country: The alleged libellous story, publish ed in the Paris Liberator, and for the distribution of which in England My lius was convicted,., charged that George V., when a Prince, contracted a morganatic marriage in 1890 with the daughter of Sir Michael Culme Seymour, an admiral of the BriUsh navy, now the wife of Captain Tre velyan Napier. In ordering the depor tation of the journalist Secretary Na gel was confronted with the unique situation that although Mylius was not eligible to-enter America, he was not barred from returning to England where his alleged crime was commit ted. - . : ? " ' - "it is , admitted," said the secre tary "that this alien was accused of having published a libel charging the King with bigamy; that he was tried before a jury, convicted and sentenced, and that he-served his term. It can not be doubted that the offense for which the alien was convicted is ' of the character described in our statute as a ground for exclusion. J; "Tin nnlv nuestion left for discus sion is whether the offense should be regarded as "purely polttlcal, not in volving moral turpitude,' and there fore, meets the exception in the stat ute. ' " ' ' '.S;-.--.- "Primarily false charge oi -oigajujr is a common crime, m im uiuu that charge was : directed, not only against- the. :KJng, dui j)y " against' 'Mrs. Napier. While a con viction in a properly constituted court of a civilized country is for all pur poses conclusive upon us in the con sideration of such cases, it is proper to add that the alien -admits the cir culation of the libel; that upon the trial no evidence was offered to sub stantiate' the' charge and that Mrs,. Nauier. her father and her brother, an ntier witnesses, testified without contradiction or cross-examination to its entire untruth. The sole argument so far- advanced of treating - this, of fense as a purely political one is that the writer of the article in Paris jind Mr. Mylius - in England, intended it as an attack upon a phase of a monarchical'- institution, and ' in . justifica tion of good morals and true religion and that the crown in its proceeding treated it as a political offense'. "I have not found a clear definition of 'political offense.' The accepted rule seems to be that, to 'constitute a nnlitJcal offense, it is necessary to show something.in the nature of con certed actional. - -r. "The: alleged crime lacked this Char acter," the secretary -further - said, 'and was not part of a ppliticaL con troversy; an uprising - or' a " common movement, but Mylius 'depended en tirely 'upon his avowed motive or pur pose to give his actr the required polit ical character.' 7:- -'.V-w-' 'r. '' Vlt such a contention ' is to be ac cepted,? added Mr:-Nagel, "there is no crime in , the calendar which cannot be provided with tfce-proper, coloring by the, offender himself.' ?, THE LEGISLATURE YESTERDAY Bill of Mr. Kellum for Regulation of " Gas and. Electric Companies Gift -for Retiring President Newland. v Other Items Yesterday. vtByW. J. Martin:) Raleigh, N. - C, January 18. In ex plaining an' anti-trust bill, he introduc ed in. the House today, and which was the' featufe of,; both sessions of the General '"Assembly, Mr. Justice, of Guilford, says ' that it makes it unlaw ful for any person or corporation to enter in any : contract or-have any combination in the form of a trust or. otherwise, or 'conspiracy in. restraint of trade, and makes violktion of this provision, a - misdemeanor, and any de-per3on acting as the agent of a corfKK ration in violation of -this provision is as guilty as if acting for himself , and the, fine on any .corporation . cannot be less' than $1,000; anL! each week's vio lation' is a separate offense ; It", further provides that .; any con tract "or combination in the form of. a trust or conspiracy which - violates the principles of the common: law, shall be a crime and punishable by fine and impriosnment in .the discretion of the court- These provisions undertake to maka illegal the . things which are made illegal vby the Sherman Anti Trust ' law and which are illegal at common law, and to make criminal the violation of the- common law. Correcting the defects in the Na tional 1 l!aw, which grew out of the decisions of the . Supreme" Court of the United States in the American Tobac- rrh ft - stTl oeA nrfarma -xta- . t. nt ntoo-ni tha t these . offenses . Were - not illegal unless - they .unreasonably restrained trade, the Justice bill provides that any. 'Civil-or criminal case prosecuted under the provisions of the bill, if it is contended the agreement or. combi nation of conspiracy in. restraint of trade is ; not unreasonably so, that the burden shail be on those who main tain this position to prove affirmative ly that they do not injure the business of any competitor, or prevent any one from becoming a competitor because of fear of being injured by; such con tract, combination of conspiracy. There ia further provision that any agreement5 which limits the rights of any person Ato do business in any ter ritory however small, even though it does hot violate the common law, and even though it, is I valid under the de cisions of 'the State courts, shall ba void unless produced in writing and signed. ,. - j : . The bill provides tnat all things de clared to be illegal by the Reid bill of 1907 shall be illegal and, punished by fine and imprisonmnent. " . There: is provision that any person or corporation In lor out of the State who allows or permits any agent ' or associate to violate the provisions of the act,' shall be guilty of a crime. And that if the business of any person or corporation or firm shall hs broken, up, destroyed or" Injured by any act of .an-, other person, firm or corporation, dam age for vstjch injury may be assessed by a Jury In an action, and judgment shall be rendered In favor of the plain tiff for .treble that amountr-of the ver dict. - - ' The ; bill " provides ample machinery for investigation of offenses in viola tion of it, and Aconfers upon the attor ney general powers',; similar, to those possessed : by the ; Department of Jus tice of .the United States. He can compel persons to produce, books and papers before bim n his office and testlfv. and he can call to his aid the powers of the .courts to compel them to subject themselves to jexammationtmittee, asking him -;-to omit the "inau by him for the purpose of enabling him to determine when the provisions pfthev'bIU7;arev,bi8lng;-Tlolated. Only trusts land " illegal . combinations and like corporations are to be examined. AmpJe;pro vision Is mad to insure that no corporation or person engaged in legitimate - business will b.& disturbed or harrassed, or. their affairs inquired into. . The machinery is intended, Mr. Justice says, to protect all jegitimate business. .. ' .. ' - 'r : -- 'w Senate Eighth Day. 1 LietSLt Gov.. Daughtridge called the Senate to order at 12 o'clock, and first of all requested the retiring president of the.; Senate Mr. Newland, to approach- the clerk's desk.; Daniel; ' of Halifax thereupon proceeded to pre sent a handsome J gold-headed cane to Mr. Newland on behalf of the Sergeant at Arms, Assistant, sergeant at arms, femployes-and pagesof the Senate;; The Sentors stood while Mr. Daniel deliv ered a brief,"? appropriate presentation speech. ' .'Amid applause Mr. Newland began a fitting response that;was full of feeling, especially when he referred to the warrscarred old veterans repre sented" by. rthe. "sergeant-at-arms - and their : great-grandchildren, : the pages. He thanked them with . appreciation more than- he-could tell, and again thanked : the. Senators for their kind ness and courtesy to him at all times, , (Continued on .Page , Two;. . Revenue Commissioner At tacks Acum of ; Whisk:Case-.---::y:' frmidsIallegeo Case Characterized as a History of Fraud, Embracing. Debauchery of y : Employes and Bribery of Kevenue vrncers. ; . Washington, Jan. It. A sensational report bi Royal E. .CabeU, commission er of internal revenue, to - Secretary MacVeaghy teemfhgfwjlth caustic criti cism of jiieged: 5; whis)eyf;:ixauds in North Carcina'and oi thet6burse of the Federal court, pesWed over by Distrct Judke Boy d, of t Greensboro, N. C, in deang with! the:!conditIons, was made' public here today by ? the House Commm.OnjExpehditures ' in the Treasury Dejpartment, which , has undertaken an investigation of the sit uation. V.--'.'';; Mr. Cabell describes: the conditions in the case, directed against. D. C. Fos ter, a; distiller, of WilUams; N. C, and N. Glenn , Williams, the alleged pur chaser of the whiskey lin question as a- "history of frauds against : the gov ernmentr.embracing;debauchery of em ployes, bribery of revenue officers and successful theft." r'. ... V . The Commissionert- declares that Judge Boyd has. issued a total of Ihree injunctions to restrain pie government from seizing and-selling the whiskey for taxes, i He points out his authority to act under the reveifue laws and adds' in reference to. the injunctions: "In view of the positive and emphatic lan guage of the Supreme. Court it . would seem' incredible that" the; icourt. should lend Itself, to ' the; consideration of -so plain- a violation 'pf "l&wvas tthls :ro ceeding.ls.'? M ;m$mM 1 Tfre-cja.se egan-?wthe . selzittrer: in 1905 of the : rectifying house,, known as "Old Nick" at Williams, N. C., not far from Winston-Salem. The seizure was made on what the revenue officers charge were frauds discovered in a two years' - investigation that resulted in the indictment of N. Glenn Wil liams, D. E. Kennedy, D. C. Foster and others. Their company was found guilty and Williams and Kennedy ac quitted. The commissioner ordered the distillers -to give a new bond and later, because -of the-alleged frauds, ordered the whiskey seized and sold for taxes. In three moves in this direction he was enjoined by Judge Boyd. The last effort of the commissioner contemplat ed the transfer .of the whiskey to a general bonded warehouse at Louis ville. The issue is pending in the courts. ; Mr. Cabell asserted that the official reports appeared to demonstrate that the "OM Nick" distillery company had disposed of its property so that there were no longer any assets from which to collect a judgment and said that evidence indicated that during one pferiod the frauds ran from $250 to $500 a day , The commissioner told of heated language between himself and R. H. "McNeill, attorney for the distillery, in connection with the case when he -de- ( Continued on Page Eight.) OUTLINES The National Assembly of Versailles will meet today to elect a President of France. "Izzy the - Painter," head of New York's arson trust, yesterday confess ed to firing 200 houses in the past few months. V " . . - ' " The Irish home rule bill passed the House of Oommons . last night by a majority of .110 and was read for the first time in the House of Lords. v Gov. Wilson yesterday wrote to rChairman Eustis. of, the inaueural com- gural ball, if possible Edward Mylius, the journalist, was ' ordered deported yesterday by Secretary Nagel on the ; ground that In libelling King George V., , of Eng land, j he had committed a - crime in volving moral 'turpitude.., ' ; ; Due to the 'failure ' of the. German ambassador to ' : receive '. instructions from his government, the note of the powers - has not yet been presented to Turkey, yesterday passing -without any progress in the peace negotiations. Commissioner of -Internal .; Revenue Royal E. Cabell's - report to Secre tary MacVeagh teeming with castic criticism of alleged whiskey .frauds in North Carolina and of ; the course of Jdge Boyd's court, Was made pub lic yesterday. i.- Jacob H. Schiff .the New York bank er, , appeared ; before the money- trust committee yesterday and declared he was t in favor of. allowing individuals to concentrate - as much money ''and power as they , were able," the: laws of nature being -sufficient to prevent an attempted monopoly. : - r r- NewfYofiS markets: Money on call steady, 2 1-2' to 2 3-4 per cent; ruling ratel 2 3-4 ; closing bid 2 1-2 ; offered at 1 2 3t4. - Spot cotton closed quiet; Flour steady; .:. Wheat steady; -No,' 2 red 1.08 1-2 and 1.09 1-2. -Corn quiet, 57 13-4 Turpentine steady. '.Rosin tqulet. TO ELECT PRESIDENT TODAY National Assembly of Versailles Will Select Ruler of France Situ J . tion is Complicated on the ;- a :. , Eve of Election. . ; Paris, Jan.' 16. A President j. - : - France will .be chosen tomorrow, by members of the Chamber of Deputies and of the Senate sitting together as the National Assembly of Versailles. The eve of the election finds the situa tion as involved as it was at the begin ning. ' The joint caucus to nominate a can didate for the Presidency ended today without giving a majority to either Premier Poincare or Jules Pams, the minister of . agriculture, and it is im possible to forecast tomorrow's result, although apparently the election lies between these two officials. , The third ballot taken this afternoon gave Premier Poincare 309 votes, while M. Pams received 313 Five votes went to three other candidates. , -It-Is thought, however, that the radi cal left may bring forward a new can didate, or revive the candidacy of An tonin DuBost, president of the Senate, or ex-Premier Felix Ribot, if M. Pams does not win on the first ballot, for whicb the Socialist 'Eduardo Vaillant stands. - - .. It is explained that- the uncertain situation is due to the fact that a large number of -M. Poincare's -supporters would on nb account vote for M. Pams if the premier withdrew, while none of the exponents of proportional repre sentation who support Hhe candidacy of M. Pams, would vote for Premier Poincare if the minister-of agriculture retires. ' - ..'.- ;' ' : -Apart from this there are more than 100 right and conservative Republicans who were not present at the -caucs, most of whom, it is believed, will -vote for M; Poincare, and there are .75 So cialists who might vote for the' premier on a' second -ballot owing to hig cham pionship: of proportional . representa tion, of which they are vzealousXiad va cates. ' : ' :- ;. .'I ' ' A large meeting of the members of the Republican left jvas held late to night under the chairmanship of ex Premier Combes. At the" opening-of the session. the discussibn was exced ingly stormy, M. Clemenceau charac terizing Ferdinand Buison as a "miser able liar.' - :v -V: - Calm having been restored, the dele gation, including M. Clemenceau, Cafl- laux, . Combes, and Monis, which had been sent to ask Premier Poincare in the interests of the Republican, party to -withdraw If M. Pams did likewise, reported that M. Poincare absolutely refused to do so. .. ; - . ? ; , During the course of the daythe pre mier made several - efforts to induce Leon Bourgeois to reconsider his dec laration and accept the candidacy, but without avail. - - - ADVERTISERS' TOURNAMENT Semi-final Rounds Will Be Played at ' Pinehurst Today - Pinehurst, N." C., -January 16. As the result. of today's play,' R. M. Pur vis, Woodlawn, Mass.," will . meet D. M . Parker,.' of Garden City," and Mar shall W. Whitelatch," of : Oaklahd, will play George. C. Button, of 'Oakley,, in the semi-final rounds tomorrow of the Advertisers'. 'mid-Winter '' golf - tourna ment. ' ' .- - "' .' t : i In-the ' women's event thei trophy contest tomorrow is between '- Miss Eleanor Freeman, of . Dyker Meadow, and Mrs. Herbert Li Jillson, of .Beth lehem, - N. H. '".-.-.',- - ?. ' t? : 17 . v.---.'.--. (:-. . x. m rof -iii 1 f&irmm mmm (Steamer Uranium and Capt. Eustace) Under the direction of Capt. Eus tace 883 passengers were safely, trany shipped from the Uranium when that vessel was thrown on a reef in a near hurricane off Halifax. . - TELLS OF FIRING 200 HOUSES Mzzy the Painter" Head of New York's Arson Trust, : Confesses When Brought from Sing Sing Many Lieutenants. New York,-Jan. 16.---"Izzy the Paint er",head of the New York underworld's "Arson : Trust",!., came from Sing Sing prison today to confess to putting the torch to 200 houses within the past Tew months. ' He unbosomed himself to District Attorney Whitman and two stenographers. ; - The confession is said to bristle with! names of "Izzy's" lieutenants. Some are. said to be notorious charac ters, of. the tenderloin, and the East side;'; some insurance agents ' who worked "with the "trust", and divided the spoils; others, adjusters of the big fire Insurance companies. y "lzzy the Painter', was convicted of arson recently under the name of Isadore Stein, and sentenced to serve not less than 12 years in prison. Since "then he has been ; indicted again for arson, wiiiie on nis wayo pieaa to the last indictment: he concluded to turn State's evidence, and threw him self on the district attorney's mercy. Mr. Whitman was amazed at the enormous extent; of -the trust's opera tions. He -now 4 believes that more than . 1.000 ; fires kindled in New York withimtne pastfew years can be traev ed to the gang. . ; - Examinatioii of "Izzy the I Painter" was fesumed tonight and much of his testimony i was 'corroborated :' it ; was said authoritatively by statistics - and other data furnished' from the. fire mar shal's office. '"Izzy" told ih detail of his own operations and those of eight mechanics", professional incendiaries and described howjie applied the torch in tenement houses' and waited to watch the "firemen 'work. i, "The greatest pleasure I had was to see the fire horses come tearing down the street,"; the convict declared, cool ly, continuing that on- one occasion he climbed to the fire escape of a build ing opposite , One he had set on fire, straddled a. fire escape and smoked a cigarette while the flames- were being fought.- - ... ; "- .; T -' - v.-All of "Izzy's" statement will be In vestigated." 5 before A indictments ? are sought.. ' .' V.,,. ; Pictures at The Grand Today's bill - includes two great Lu- bins, ? one of thd . West, another, r a strong drama. . (Advertisement. Irish Measure Receives Major . ; ity of 1 10 in the Lower House. BEAD W HOUSE -OFMOBi An Anti-home Ruje Demonstration Is Held In Belfast and a Copy ' J Of Bill BurnejU Among . (" Deafening. Cheers ? ' !T ; . X London, January 16 .After, a long, : stern battle the home rule bill passed the House of Commons tonight by a majority, of 110. Later it' wasvfead for the ; first time-in the .House of Lords. v : . ;" . '. There were two divisions in the low er House. Mr. Balfour's motion for . its rejection was defeated . 258 to 368, while the -third reading ; was carried -by a vote of 367 to 257, one member of each side having left the House in the interval, -y -;,! " -i ' ' . ; . ; ;' The result of the decision was too much, of a foregone conclusion for a tremendous demonstration,, but Irish men : inside and outside of the House - did their best, and, assisted by the Liberals and Laborites," gave the meas-1 ure for which they , had Waited and worlded so long a good send off on its way )to the House of! Lords, "where its-. fate certainly is sealed. ; " - The division was preceded 1 by an other series "of brilliant speeches "by ' the political leaders, ? . among i whom were Frederick E Smithi' and': the so- . licitor general, 'John A. Simon, two of , the cleverest among . the r younger members and the veterans, John . E: j. (, Redmond, Timothy Heavy 1 and Au - gustine BirrelV Chief secretary for. Ire- . land.,- :- Mymztm:-. " The ; House.' Was, crowded! through; out the day. -" The Nationalists were ;; tly'i one mah; short of vhelr full strenkth. S s er-hiderNa. tionalists who are seldonV 'Sble to ' . tend came over1 from Ireland for the division: . " " '' ' ' The Liberals . arid ' Latforltes, , too, turned out in' force and the Unionists ; were far below their total, member ship; The galleries were .filled to their, . capacity. ;C . ;' ' ' When' the figures- were 'announced the Nationalists waved hats, handker- ' chiefs and papers and cheered lustily ; for; Premier Asquith and - Mr. . Red- ' mon'd. The latter, who is usually 1m passive, was carried awayi. by the en- thusiasm of his followers and entered.. nto the spirit vof the demonstrations , as effusively as they : v . ; .. Those who crowded the lobbies re- ' ceived ;the figures with another roar of welcome and added to this by cheer- ng. the bill itself as a copy.' was car ried by an official from the Commons to the Lords. The upper : House met especially to receive the measure and ' formally passed its first reading. - : y- The House of Commons soon quieted" down after the Irish demonstration. but outside the crowd continued to cheer for sometime. ' A ; strorig ; force of DOlice prevented an. attempt at or-: ganized demonstration, fearing a Clash ' . between the opposing factions. The Nationalist songs 'and, cheers brought forth! counter cries from the persons who had gathered largely out of curi osity-; . An anti-home , rule . qemonstrauon was held in.the streets of Belfast to night and a copy of the ; bill burned ; amid deafening cheers. Intense ex citement prevailed, -but there was no disorder. ; :-. r 4 ' . In! a characteristic speech -in tne course of the debate, Mr. Redmond - dwelt feelingly oh the years of defeat and discouragement through which Irishmen had passed in their efforts . to gain home . rule, and now, their day. , of -victory had arrived; "We know that : the House of Lords is going to uirow the home nile out," he saia, Dut i ; ? believe the home rule bill, ia spite or , the House of Lords, ; is going to pass , , into law, within the lifetitoeV of thiss,( parliament."-:.. ...-; -. 'V -,vV :Ahdrew Bonar Law, leaaer, oi me onnokition. said that, for a generation the Liberals had been emulating Sisy phusi ; They had rolled the stone. to the top of the hill, for a third time, but the cheers" over; the vote about to- ..-;. be taken would not Dave died, when. " the stone had begun to roll down, this time to remain. ,at . the bottom: .;;.; v: He declared that no bill .Which in- clnded Ulster without 'Ulster's con sent; ever could become; a jaw..:' The ' bill," as it is," could not; stand for a single year...: Once they gave Mr. Red mond a parlianient in Dublin, he could,' alter-it in any. way he pleased.". Compared with 1885 ; and 1893, the ,. speaker added, ; the (demand now for . home rule had decreased while the : hostility agafhst It 'had . intensified.. The 1 real demand : came from' . the Na- ' tionalist party which had 80 votes to . sell. The Unionist party, he said would remove more temptation-: when' - t got the chance of reducing the Irish - representation at Westminister to just proportions. He challenged. Mr.' Bier-s rell to say that the bill could be im-1' posedrupon Ulster without bloodshed. 'No rebellion would be better jus- ? tified." the opposition leader declared.- ' The men of Ulster are ready to give up, their iyes at the hand or tne Brit- , Ish soldiers.- ; If they shoot down ; a' , " . (Continued on Page Eight.) x I'M n. v .-A tth: it mm S !? if 5-- mm mm t; ,"t IV :ii;r :-' l:: i ' ii' : '!;;J;; "'t X, ;ri;