The only exception to the general demonstration of loyalty and patriotism comes of course from Ireland. Last night in the House of Commons Mr. Seton Harr called attention to the speeches and letters of Irish Nationalist members delivered or read at a recent meeting in Dublin, when Trish soldiers were counselled to mutiny and fight for the Boers, and when messages of sympathy and support were sent to President Kriiger, That the M.P.'s in question were guilty of an offence whi law entails terrible penalties is undeniable but as a matter of expediency it is best to disregard these yap-unrigs, which are quite ithout effect. Mr. Balfour's reply was a perfect model of tact and humour. "If memory serves me rightly," he said, ""support—I do not know whether I ought tecali it moral support—of similar character has invariably been offered from the same quarter to those engaged in hostilities inst this country, irrespective of creed, the there of military operations, or the cause of the quarrel. Ihave, hot ever, no ground for thinking that this support was ever regarded as of importance by the persons to whom it was offered and I should advise the House of Commons SPORT AND THE STAGE, It is difficult to excite interest now in anything apart from the war. Even the races for the America Cup have now fallen quite flat here, though the fact that the Shamrock's chances have proved by her two defeats to be practically nil have a good deal to do with this. Sir Thomas Lipton has, however, won golden. opinions not only by his valiant Sght but by his gallant acceptance of defeat. There was a brilliant audience at the Duke of York's Theatre on Mondar night to witness the production of Mr. Hall Came's own dramatization of his novel The Christian, the Prince of Wales and the Duke of Cambridge being among the "first-nighters." But the play is not a success, It is gulland didaz'ic, and the motive is declared to be in some Rave not read the novel, and not very clear arts quite unintelligible to those who
to those who have, 20th October,
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