Show MILITIA a TO REPEL i TT ARMY OF INVASION War Maneuvers on a Large Scale Planned by the Brit British British British ish War Var Office TEST OF REGULARS REGULAR WLL W LL LANDON LANON ON THE NORTH AST COAST SCOTLAND BY TEMPLE London Dee Dec li Next year may very possibly s seo NO o Great Britain one 00 huge firmed amp assembled ea to repel an inva elon on BOW flow being arranged The defenders will be ati a u many of or the territories as u can ean b be mustered the In Invaders Invaders invaders will wIn be the regular lr army which will wUl under escort of or the navy naV and as assisted assisted assisted by landing parties of sailors be landed at various points on the coast line stretching from Sussex to the northeast oost of ot Scotland a The exact landing places are not yet et decided upon though the choice cho ce of ot the northeast coast cout is U somewhat signified pined The general Idea will be that two or more Invasions designed to split up the defending forces have taken place The actual disembarkation will not be opposed the supposition being that it ft has hu been successfully fully conducted before belote the are mobilised The war office te Is now making Inquiries amongst the various territorial command commandIng Ing officers In order to see aee how bow many men could be mustered to take part In this exceptionally wide scheme of maneuvers Should the tM plan mature the whole of ot the territorial t army will win b be employed and after slier the tha ordinary training which will w I last lut from July 8 II to August 1 the In fn Invasion will take place operations ceas ceasing ing lug on August Auguet 6 f Each territorial district will be attacked either directly or indirectly and hostile forces forres will be landed which the citizen division will have I to engage a and it may maybe maybe be repel each as as nearly q as possible po In ID its own territory Just Like Real War WarBy WarBy WarBy By this means meaDS a thorough test teat of ot the value of the will win be obtained or the home defense army wilt will be con COD confronted confronted fronted fron with the problems that it would have to face In real war and lid active acUe ser Mr service service vice Ice conditions will pr prevail vall as far tar as they can ean be reproduced in all an their rigor Whilst the whole of ot th the territorial forces will wUl be employed the array army arm of in ID invasion Invasion will in all aU likelihood be skeleton It is hoped that the navy will be able to cooperate fully tully though the naval nav l ma maneuvers maneuvers unless steps are taken to overcome over overcome overcome come the difficulty may prevent the theop op operations from being as comprehensive as the military authorities desire Nothing as yet Is definite nor can any anymore anymore more pact exact steps be taken until the gen gnu general general eral ejection is Ia over and It is known what the Ute government in power will spend speed on th the idea Will Be Costly Its execution since many warships and transports and possibly 3 men willbe will wUl willbe be engaged must naturally be ba very V costly cost coat e t the numerical strength of the fh territorial army is lB In round figures VI W mOO OO men and it Is hoped a very large proportion of ot the men will take part in inthe Inthe inthe the operations The number of ot sailors Bailors and cd regulars depends de depends depend pend of ot course courM entirely upon the en enthusiasm enthusiasm enthusiasm or want of ot it displayed dl by the next government towards this ambitious scheme With Uh the view of providing accommodations aee daUoD for tor the collection of or gold keys and caskets containing bur burgess burgess burgess gess tickets etc all mementoes of ot Mr Andrew Andre benefactions Mrs Mr proposes to te pInt a L m to the town of A sit site atte will wUl be provided by razing ruing the cottage Cotta e in which Mr Carnegie was born bornA bornA A new pleasure ground will Ill be secured for tor the Inhabitants by clearing away addi additional additional buildings The center of ot the new will be adorned with a hand handsome handsome handsome some marble fountain also the gift of or Mrs Carnegie Ministers Sudden Death DeathA A trial for tor murder at the Leeds As Assizes ne was tragically Interrupted by the sudden illness rapidly followed toll owed by death of the Rev Bramwell Dutton a minister of the United Methodist church Mr Dutton who was wu a strong temper temperance ance arce advocate had been listening to the trial of DC John Riley a Castleford miner for tor the alleged murder of his wife a tragedy In which drink played a prominent Dent nent part The accused man man had Just given from the his story of ot what had occar and the prosecuting counsel was addressing the jury when his words were ere suddenly interrupted ted by loud moan moaning moanIng moanIng ing and ad groans groAD from the gallery where Mr MI Dutton had been seated The minis minister minister ter hr bad suddenly collapsed under the ef et effect feet of what is understood to have been an seizure One of et t the medical witnesses in to the trial Dr I C Hall quickly gave all pos possible sible attention to the sufferer but there ere was no possibility of ot recovery ry and Mr lir Dutton was not Bot removed from the gal p lery k the commotion caused can ed by the in Ift incident incident had Md subsided the murder trial was resumed r su and Mr XI Charles Mellor was saps his appeal app l for the accused man manan maD maDan an JAMI to which the Jury responded ded with a prompt acquittal when the str minister m breathed br his da last Iasi Ja t The Cotton Industry Mr C W Macara Nacara president of the international cotton federation has re received from the United States letters from Mr S So T Hubbard a prominent member of Dt the New NeA York cotton exchange and from Mr Stanwood secretary of ot the Arkwright club Boston Boiton Rasa Mass M MIr Mr Ir Hubbard states atatu that few tew people In the United States State believe that running in European cotton mills is 18 re really rea reb ally a lIy in b operation He quotes large tak taky ings by y spinners in support of that view Mr Macara Macera has baa cabled to Mr Hubbard to the effect that spinners takings are no guage gua e whatever to the actual con consumption consumption of cotton The reduction of consumption Is enormous Most of the Liverpool brokers broken he states are now re reselling reselling reselling selling cotton for tor spinners on account of the paralysis of ot the cotton industry in England and aDd all other cotton using coun countries countries tries brought about by the tha exorbitant price of ot raw material The secretary of ot the Arkwright club reports a continued large reduction In consumption in America ning Ding agreements in home continental continents countries have terminated but follow tollow following followIng ing the lead of or England spinners are ar get getting getling ting ling Un these e extended into next year Sir Hesketh Bell high commissioner oner of northern Nigeria and late high commis commissioner commissioner of ot Uganda speaking yesterday at Manchester said the cotton shipped out of Uganda amounted to in value In ten years time it would be ten times that amount The natives wanted clothes bicycles perhaps motorcars and realised realized they could not gat get these things unless the they grew something that Britain wanted He found however that the for tor foreigner eigner eRner was competing with them at every turn and exploiting what ought to be British Britt 1 trade Next Years Pageant The great pageant The Story of Lon London London London don to be held beld next summer at the crystal palace is to be conducted on aD a aI I scale the story being told toM by bythe bythe bythe the help belp of ol performers Perhaps the most interesting feature of ot the whole affair will be the introduction Introduction tion lion of the cloud curtain for tor definitely marking off oft the various scenes For so huge an amphitheatre it will be b designed on the lines of ot those of or ancient Greece the raising and lowering of ot a curtain would be Impossible and even if It it were not the effect would be theatrical While the spectator is gazing on say saya sa a 1 cluster of ot ancient Britons returning from the chase a dense white cloud will rise riM slowly between him and the actors It will be quite impossible Impo for tor any eye to see th tAil 4 it U ill has bas dispersed dl persed another Ken lr 1st lW fl readiness readi and fresh characters will have taken their places The cloud curtain Is a development of or orthe the steam curtain invented by b Wagner and It is intended at the evening performances perform performances ances anees to produce some beautiful effects on it by means of ot colored lights c |