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GRAND LODGE
TO THE EDITOR OF THE FRE ^ ASONS MAGAZI 3 STE AND MASONIC MIRROR . Sir akb JBto of the past might hot perhaps feel surprised , on attending the Board of Masters last tV ^ dnesday , to ob that the whole of the notiqes of motion for the | ^ known % the '; . ' ¦ Observer party , " These motions will be fully discussed on the 1 st of I ) eceinber , and I therefore allude to them only to draw attention
to the curious fact that eiach and all are to be proposed by a member of the Lodge with which that party is supposed to be peculiarly associated . The first motion is by Lord Carnarvon , regretting the tone of the official lettets addressed to Bro . Harington by the Grand Secretary . " After all that has been intimated and said about the Canadian grievance , the question is narrowed into a " regret " at the " tone" of an official letter . ' It would be oilly a repetition of the old story of the mountain in labour , were it not that it is evident that the object of the motion is to cast a censure on
the Grand Master ; and it must be met and dealt with in that light , and no other . It is idle to talk about the tone" of the Grand Secretary ' s letters , unless it be to praise the Grand Secretary for having replied so temperately to such communications as those which Bro . Harington thought fit to address to him . The second notice of motion , by Bro . Binckes , is still more transparent in
its object . I can well understand that the Observer party" object that the proceedings at the quarterly communications should be sent officially to all Lodges . No doubt it would be better that distant Brethren should have only one report , and that a reliable one . It will , however , remain for Grand Lodge to say whether that report shall be their own , or that of the " Masonic Observer "
Of the Graiid Warden ' s notice , I will only say , that we must all sincerely agree with the feelings which he expresses , but many will , T think , consider that in such a case the expression had better be quietly and privately communicated . The last motion is that of the leader of the " Observer party , " for a ct
recognition of the Grand Lodge of Canada . " I presume that on the 1 st of December the worthy Brother will explain to us how we , the Grand Lodge of England , can officially recognize a body of whose existence , I am told , we have no official intimation . But what will the Brethren think of this motion , when they tedm that at the Board of Masters the Grand Secretary reported 3 b 2
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Correspondence
eOMlSP'O KDEKEl
^ Thes Editor does hold ' himse responsible for any opinions entertainedbyCorrespondents . ]
GRAND LODGE
TO THE EDITOR OF THE FRE ^ ASONS MAGAZI 3 STE AND MASONIC MIRROR . Sir akb JBto of the past might hot perhaps feel surprised , on attending the Board of Masters last tV ^ dnesday , to ob that the whole of the notiqes of motion for the | ^ known % the '; . ' ¦ Observer party , " These motions will be fully discussed on the 1 st of I ) eceinber , and I therefore allude to them only to draw attention
to the curious fact that eiach and all are to be proposed by a member of the Lodge with which that party is supposed to be peculiarly associated . The first motion is by Lord Carnarvon , regretting the tone of the official lettets addressed to Bro . Harington by the Grand Secretary . " After all that has been intimated and said about the Canadian grievance , the question is narrowed into a " regret " at the " tone" of an official letter . ' It would be oilly a repetition of the old story of the mountain in labour , were it not that it is evident that the object of the motion is to cast a censure on
the Grand Master ; and it must be met and dealt with in that light , and no other . It is idle to talk about the tone" of the Grand Secretary ' s letters , unless it be to praise the Grand Secretary for having replied so temperately to such communications as those which Bro . Harington thought fit to address to him . The second notice of motion , by Bro . Binckes , is still more transparent in
its object . I can well understand that the Observer party" object that the proceedings at the quarterly communications should be sent officially to all Lodges . No doubt it would be better that distant Brethren should have only one report , and that a reliable one . It will , however , remain for Grand Lodge to say whether that report shall be their own , or that of the " Masonic Observer "
Of the Graiid Warden ' s notice , I will only say , that we must all sincerely agree with the feelings which he expresses , but many will , T think , consider that in such a case the expression had better be quietly and privately communicated . The last motion is that of the leader of the " Observer party , " for a ct
recognition of the Grand Lodge of Canada . " I presume that on the 1 st of December the worthy Brother will explain to us how we , the Grand Lodge of England , can officially recognize a body of whose existence , I am told , we have no official intimation . But what will the Brethren think of this motion , when they tedm that at the Board of Masters the Grand Secretary reported 3 b 2