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LONDON , N . W . Hotel , Grand Midland Venetian Rooms now available for Masonic Dinners , etc . Other Midland Railway Hotels at Manchester , Liverpool , Leeds , Bradford , Derby , Morecambe , and Heysham . Chief Office : W . TOWLE , Midland Grand Hotel , Manager . London , N . W . M . R . Hotels , etc .
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PERRIER = JOUET & Cos . CHAMPAGNES . FINEST VINTAGE RESERVE-CUVEES . THE FAVOURITE MASONIC BRAND . Agent—A . BOURSOT , 9 , Hart Street , Hark Lane , London .
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ASSURANCE . EXCHANGE ROYAL IN'COKJ ' OKATEJ ) A . U . 1720 . Funds in Hand Exceed - - . £ 5 , 000 , 000 Claims Paid Exceed - - £ 42 , 000 , 000 FIRE , LIFE , MARINE , ANNUITIES , ACCIDENTS , BURGLARY , EMPLOYERS' LIABILITY . New and Special Concession to Private House Insurers . Apply for full Prospectus lo the Secretary . Head Office : —ROYAL EXCHANGE , LONDON , E . G .
International Freemasonry.
International Freemasonry .
THE MASONIC
ILLUSTRATED
.SOAIE of the most interesting cases which Grand Lodge has to adjudicate upon are those which involve questions of international law . In Alasonic as in profane politics , the questions at issue are based upon a sjiecial system of jurisjirudence , necessitated by the fact that
a state or a nation may do many things with jierfect propriety which are denied to the private citizen . The most elementary jioint to be considered is , of course , what constitutes a state or a nation . The importance of getting this decided becomes apjiarent when it is considered that its
settlement will make , for instance , all the difference between murder and piracy and legitimate civilized warfare . liverything beyond this is detail , and has been built up as occasion required . Alasonic practice is similar , uji to a certain point to political procedure . It is undoubtedl y for the good of the
Order that there should exist in various parts of the world independent Sovereign Grand Lodges . Secure in her own jiosition as the tacitly recognized head of the Alasonic hierarchy , our Grand Lodge has extended a benevolent welcome to each new comer , subject , of course , to assurances that the new body was fully representative of the Order in
the locality concerned and was bounded by the landmarks . Once within the jiale of communion the resjiective Grand Masters exchanged rejiresentatives , and treaties were drawn uji defining the resjiective areas of jurisdiction , and thenceforward nothing but a transgression of the landmarks could
imperil friendly relations . If this unhappily occurred relations were formally suspended , rejiresentatives would be withdrawn , and visitation forbidden . This took jilace with the Grand Orient and with the Grand Lodge of Peru , and in each case for the same reason , the ignoring of the V . S . L .
When , however , the proposed new Sovereign Grand Lodge intended to form itself practically out of lodges on our own register , involving , as of course it would , diversion of revenue and loss of territory , then jirocedure was much less simjile .
Until some five years ago every steji taken by the intending secessionists in the direction of independence was subject to Afasonic jiains and penalties , being in fact treason . Grand Lodge , however , mercifully closed its eyes
and only took official notice of what was going on , when a letter came to hand from " a body styling itself the Grand Lodge of " demanding recognition . Then the whole history had to be gone into . Possibly it might ajijiear that the body in question only rejiresented half the Alasonic feeling of the district , and then , of course , the reply was
obvious . This was actually the case in the last application of the kind received . In Queensland , out of 152 lodges , but 39 , none of which were on the English register , were concerned in the movement . The recognition asked for would have given this uninfluential minority the sole
jurisdiction in the colony , and probably a more imjiudent jirojiosal has never been before Grand Lodge . Even where there is practical unanimity , Grand Lodge wants to know 7 a good deal before comjilying with the juayer of the jietition . No lodge can be comjielled to surrender its warrant if onethird of its members , or even of those jiresent at the meeting
where the matter is discussed , object . Article 219 would , of course , refer to cases not included under 218 b . Previous to 18 99 these jiroceedings were delightfully illogical . For instance , the body styling itself , & c , never asked for recognition until it was in good working order , that is they had been warranting lodges and making Alasons clandestinely ,
and every brother concerned was by the very fact under susjiension until clue submission had been made . This asjiect of the case , however , was always conveniently ignored . Then sujijiose there to be practical unanimity . That is , say , out of fifty loclges of forty members each , all but three in
each lodge threw in their lot with the newly-formed Grand Lodge . That is to say , 1850 out of 2000 . It is morally certain that recognition would have been granted , whilst the " loyal" three in each lodge could have retained the warrant and of course retained all the jirivileges conferred by it . Then the question of the Scottish and Irish loclges had to be considered .
In the colonies the three Grand Lodges work side by side , but still there would have to be independent recognition , and the fact that the two smaller bodies would probably be guided by the jiredominant partner , imposed a considerable resjionsibility on the latter . At the same time the first case decided under the new rules added to the Constitutions in
18 99 , that of Western Australia was settled without reference to the Scottish and Irish lodges , which held aloof from the movement . The new rules referred to were jirobably due to the trouble which arose out of the newly-formed Grand Lodge
of New Zealand . They have not yet been referred to a sufficient number of times to warrant an ojiinion being formed as to their exact applicability to every question of the kind that can arise . Naturally new Grand Lodges are not a daily nor even an annual jiroduct , and the interests
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LONDON , N . W . Hotel , Grand Midland Venetian Rooms now available for Masonic Dinners , etc . Other Midland Railway Hotels at Manchester , Liverpool , Leeds , Bradford , Derby , Morecambe , and Heysham . Chief Office : W . TOWLE , Midland Grand Hotel , Manager . London , N . W . M . R . Hotels , etc .
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PERRIER = JOUET & Cos . CHAMPAGNES . FINEST VINTAGE RESERVE-CUVEES . THE FAVOURITE MASONIC BRAND . Agent—A . BOURSOT , 9 , Hart Street , Hark Lane , London .
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ASSURANCE . EXCHANGE ROYAL IN'COKJ ' OKATEJ ) A . U . 1720 . Funds in Hand Exceed - - . £ 5 , 000 , 000 Claims Paid Exceed - - £ 42 , 000 , 000 FIRE , LIFE , MARINE , ANNUITIES , ACCIDENTS , BURGLARY , EMPLOYERS' LIABILITY . New and Special Concession to Private House Insurers . Apply for full Prospectus lo the Secretary . Head Office : —ROYAL EXCHANGE , LONDON , E . G .
International Freemasonry.
International Freemasonry .
THE MASONIC
ILLUSTRATED
.SOAIE of the most interesting cases which Grand Lodge has to adjudicate upon are those which involve questions of international law . In Alasonic as in profane politics , the questions at issue are based upon a sjiecial system of jurisjirudence , necessitated by the fact that
a state or a nation may do many things with jierfect propriety which are denied to the private citizen . The most elementary jioint to be considered is , of course , what constitutes a state or a nation . The importance of getting this decided becomes apjiarent when it is considered that its
settlement will make , for instance , all the difference between murder and piracy and legitimate civilized warfare . liverything beyond this is detail , and has been built up as occasion required . Alasonic practice is similar , uji to a certain point to political procedure . It is undoubtedl y for the good of the
Order that there should exist in various parts of the world independent Sovereign Grand Lodges . Secure in her own jiosition as the tacitly recognized head of the Alasonic hierarchy , our Grand Lodge has extended a benevolent welcome to each new comer , subject , of course , to assurances that the new body was fully representative of the Order in
the locality concerned and was bounded by the landmarks . Once within the jiale of communion the resjiective Grand Masters exchanged rejiresentatives , and treaties were drawn uji defining the resjiective areas of jurisdiction , and thenceforward nothing but a transgression of the landmarks could
imperil friendly relations . If this unhappily occurred relations were formally suspended , rejiresentatives would be withdrawn , and visitation forbidden . This took jilace with the Grand Orient and with the Grand Lodge of Peru , and in each case for the same reason , the ignoring of the V . S . L .
When , however , the proposed new Sovereign Grand Lodge intended to form itself practically out of lodges on our own register , involving , as of course it would , diversion of revenue and loss of territory , then jirocedure was much less simjile .
Until some five years ago every steji taken by the intending secessionists in the direction of independence was subject to Afasonic jiains and penalties , being in fact treason . Grand Lodge , however , mercifully closed its eyes
and only took official notice of what was going on , when a letter came to hand from " a body styling itself the Grand Lodge of " demanding recognition . Then the whole history had to be gone into . Possibly it might ajijiear that the body in question only rejiresented half the Alasonic feeling of the district , and then , of course , the reply was
obvious . This was actually the case in the last application of the kind received . In Queensland , out of 152 lodges , but 39 , none of which were on the English register , were concerned in the movement . The recognition asked for would have given this uninfluential minority the sole
jurisdiction in the colony , and probably a more imjiudent jirojiosal has never been before Grand Lodge . Even where there is practical unanimity , Grand Lodge wants to know 7 a good deal before comjilying with the juayer of the jietition . No lodge can be comjielled to surrender its warrant if onethird of its members , or even of those jiresent at the meeting
where the matter is discussed , object . Article 219 would , of course , refer to cases not included under 218 b . Previous to 18 99 these jiroceedings were delightfully illogical . For instance , the body styling itself , & c , never asked for recognition until it was in good working order , that is they had been warranting lodges and making Alasons clandestinely ,
and every brother concerned was by the very fact under susjiension until clue submission had been made . This asjiect of the case , however , was always conveniently ignored . Then sujijiose there to be practical unanimity . That is , say , out of fifty loclges of forty members each , all but three in
each lodge threw in their lot with the newly-formed Grand Lodge . That is to say , 1850 out of 2000 . It is morally certain that recognition would have been granted , whilst the " loyal" three in each lodge could have retained the warrant and of course retained all the jirivileges conferred by it . Then the question of the Scottish and Irish loclges had to be considered .
In the colonies the three Grand Lodges work side by side , but still there would have to be independent recognition , and the fact that the two smaller bodies would probably be guided by the jiredominant partner , imposed a considerable resjionsibility on the latter . At the same time the first case decided under the new rules added to the Constitutions in
18 99 , that of Western Australia was settled without reference to the Scottish and Irish lodges , which held aloof from the movement . The new rules referred to were jirobably due to the trouble which arose out of the newly-formed Grand Lodge
of New Zealand . They have not yet been referred to a sufficient number of times to warrant an ojiinion being formed as to their exact applicability to every question of the kind that can arise . Naturally new Grand Lodges are not a daily nor even an annual jiroduct , and the interests