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The appointment of Deputy Provincial Grand Master for Essex has been conferred by the Provincial Grand AIaster , Bro . Col . Lockwood , ALP ., on Bro . John Henry Salter , J . P ., surgeon , Tolleshunt D'Arcy . The vacancy was caused by the death of Bro . Claude E . Egerton Green , P . D . G . D . C , on September 12 th , by a cycling accident during the Arniy
manu-Uivres . His successor , who is well known and highly esteemed in his district , is a Past Grand Deacon , a Past Provincial Junior Grand Warden of Essex , and a Past Master and the Treasurer of the Easterford Lodge , No . 2342 , Kelvedon , which was founded in 1889 , during the Earl of Warwick ' s twenty years' Grand Mastership of the province .
© © " 3 » At a meeting of the Grand Lodge of All Scottish Freemasonry in India , held on the 1 st December at the Freemason ' s Hall , Esplanade , his Excellency the Governor , Bro . Lord Laniington , was installed as the Grand Alaster of the Grand
Lodge . At the close of the function his Excellency unveiled the marble bust of Bro . the Hon . Khan Bahadur D . R . Chichgar , one of the oldest Freemasons of Bombay , who was mainly instrumental in subscribing money for the construction of the new Masonic temple , where the two Constitutions , both the English and the Scotch , bold their lodge meetings . His Excellency , in unveiling the bust , alluded to the many valuable services rendered by Bro . Chichgar to the Craft .
< 5 > O An American paper has recently published a somewhat lengthy article entitled , " Monarchs as Masons , why they are not active Members . " Most of the " facts " will , we feel sure , be as new to the distinguished personages therein named as to our readers , but one or two excerpts will be interesting if only to
show " how Masonic " as well as universal history is sometimes " wrote . " " Threa monarchs , " it goes on to say , namely , " Edward VII .. the Kaiser , and King Oscar belong to the craft of Freemasonry , and in each instance they have , since their accession to the throne , ceased to be active members , and have severed their connection with the lodges to which they belonged .
The fact is that they have found the obligations of sovereignty incompatible with those of the brotherhood . Thus , during the last year of Queen Victoria ' s reign , the discovery that an atheistic Alasonic lodge , known as the Hiram Lodge , bad been constituted in London under a charter from the Grand Orient of France compelled the then Prince of Wales , in his capacity
as Grand -Master of the English rite , to issue a somewhat violently worded decree directed against French Masons , denouncing them as beyond the Masonic pale , and prohibiting British members of the order from holding any Masonic intercourse with them . True , it was in keeping with the attitude assumed by the Grand Lodge of England in 1877 , when the
Grand Orient of France banished , so to speak , the Almighty from its lodges , excluding in the most rigorous fashion from its ceremonies all acknowledgment of , or reference to , the Grand Architect of the Universe . But in view of the role displayed by Masonry in the political life of France , where most of the leading statesmen , from the Presidenl of the Republic and the
Premier downward , are members of the craft , it was , to say the least , awkward ; and it is easy to see that if circumstances were to arise necessitating the issue of another attack upon French Masons by the English Grand Lodge , the connection of King Edward with the latter would not merely endow the manifesto with an official and international character , but would be calculated lo impair the friendly relations between the two
Governments . " We fear the facts do not warrant the writer in crediting King Oscar with the prudence which appears to have actuated King Edward and the Emperor William in retiring from the Grand Mastership on ascending the throne . ijf > > i > ' 5 »
"This danger was brought home to the King within a lewweeks after his accession , for among the earliest petitions which he received after becoming King was an appeal signed , not only by a large number of Turkish Freemasons , but likewise by thousands of other members of the Craft , calling upon him
to use his influence to secure lhe freedom of a brother Mason , ex-Sultan Murad , ' who , for the last quarter of a century has been imprisoned at Constantinople on the pretext of a mental malady ' by his younger brother , the present ruler of the Ottoman Empire . It was , perhaps , fortunate that a lew days before this petition reached its destination , King Edward bad
surrendered the Grand Mastership of the Order in England to bis brother , the Duke of Connaught , since otherwise bis Alasonic obligations would have forced him to take some steps in behalf of - Murad which might have clashed with the political interest of his kingdom .
< 3 » < S > <& "The Emperor William on succeeding to the throne , with the object of avoiding just such quandaries as these , hastened lo sever his connection with the Craft , nominating his cousin and brother-in-law , Prince Frederick Leopold , to the Grand AI astership ; and King Oscar of Sweden showed similar prudence .
Napoleon III ., however , neglected to take this precaution when he became Emperor of the French , and it was owing to bis Masonic obligations that he gave such powerful support to the United Italy party south of the Alps , in defiance of French interests . For it is hardly necessary to point out that it was to the advantage of France that Italy should remain divided up
into a number of petty sovereignties , instead of constituting one united kingdom that would necessarily become a menace and a danger to France . Unfortunately for bis ' facts ' the popular Swedish Alonarch is still the Grand Alaster of both the Grand Lodges of Sweden and of Norway , King Edward is 'Protector of the Order , ' and the Kaiser never occupied the position of Grand Alaster . "
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At The Sign Of The Perfect Ashlar.
The appointment of Deputy Provincial Grand Master for Essex has been conferred by the Provincial Grand AIaster , Bro . Col . Lockwood , ALP ., on Bro . John Henry Salter , J . P ., surgeon , Tolleshunt D'Arcy . The vacancy was caused by the death of Bro . Claude E . Egerton Green , P . D . G . D . C , on September 12 th , by a cycling accident during the Arniy
manu-Uivres . His successor , who is well known and highly esteemed in his district , is a Past Grand Deacon , a Past Provincial Junior Grand Warden of Essex , and a Past Master and the Treasurer of the Easterford Lodge , No . 2342 , Kelvedon , which was founded in 1889 , during the Earl of Warwick ' s twenty years' Grand Mastership of the province .
© © " 3 » At a meeting of the Grand Lodge of All Scottish Freemasonry in India , held on the 1 st December at the Freemason ' s Hall , Esplanade , his Excellency the Governor , Bro . Lord Laniington , was installed as the Grand Alaster of the Grand
Lodge . At the close of the function his Excellency unveiled the marble bust of Bro . the Hon . Khan Bahadur D . R . Chichgar , one of the oldest Freemasons of Bombay , who was mainly instrumental in subscribing money for the construction of the new Masonic temple , where the two Constitutions , both the English and the Scotch , bold their lodge meetings . His Excellency , in unveiling the bust , alluded to the many valuable services rendered by Bro . Chichgar to the Craft .
< 5 > O An American paper has recently published a somewhat lengthy article entitled , " Monarchs as Masons , why they are not active Members . " Most of the " facts " will , we feel sure , be as new to the distinguished personages therein named as to our readers , but one or two excerpts will be interesting if only to
show " how Masonic " as well as universal history is sometimes " wrote . " " Threa monarchs , " it goes on to say , namely , " Edward VII .. the Kaiser , and King Oscar belong to the craft of Freemasonry , and in each instance they have , since their accession to the throne , ceased to be active members , and have severed their connection with the lodges to which they belonged .
The fact is that they have found the obligations of sovereignty incompatible with those of the brotherhood . Thus , during the last year of Queen Victoria ' s reign , the discovery that an atheistic Alasonic lodge , known as the Hiram Lodge , bad been constituted in London under a charter from the Grand Orient of France compelled the then Prince of Wales , in his capacity
as Grand -Master of the English rite , to issue a somewhat violently worded decree directed against French Masons , denouncing them as beyond the Masonic pale , and prohibiting British members of the order from holding any Masonic intercourse with them . True , it was in keeping with the attitude assumed by the Grand Lodge of England in 1877 , when the
Grand Orient of France banished , so to speak , the Almighty from its lodges , excluding in the most rigorous fashion from its ceremonies all acknowledgment of , or reference to , the Grand Architect of the Universe . But in view of the role displayed by Masonry in the political life of France , where most of the leading statesmen , from the Presidenl of the Republic and the
Premier downward , are members of the craft , it was , to say the least , awkward ; and it is easy to see that if circumstances were to arise necessitating the issue of another attack upon French Masons by the English Grand Lodge , the connection of King Edward with the latter would not merely endow the manifesto with an official and international character , but would be calculated lo impair the friendly relations between the two
Governments . " We fear the facts do not warrant the writer in crediting King Oscar with the prudence which appears to have actuated King Edward and the Emperor William in retiring from the Grand Mastership on ascending the throne . ijf > > i > ' 5 »
"This danger was brought home to the King within a lewweeks after his accession , for among the earliest petitions which he received after becoming King was an appeal signed , not only by a large number of Turkish Freemasons , but likewise by thousands of other members of the Craft , calling upon him
to use his influence to secure lhe freedom of a brother Mason , ex-Sultan Murad , ' who , for the last quarter of a century has been imprisoned at Constantinople on the pretext of a mental malady ' by his younger brother , the present ruler of the Ottoman Empire . It was , perhaps , fortunate that a lew days before this petition reached its destination , King Edward bad
surrendered the Grand Mastership of the Order in England to bis brother , the Duke of Connaught , since otherwise bis Alasonic obligations would have forced him to take some steps in behalf of - Murad which might have clashed with the political interest of his kingdom .
< 3 » < S > <& "The Emperor William on succeeding to the throne , with the object of avoiding just such quandaries as these , hastened lo sever his connection with the Craft , nominating his cousin and brother-in-law , Prince Frederick Leopold , to the Grand AI astership ; and King Oscar of Sweden showed similar prudence .
Napoleon III ., however , neglected to take this precaution when he became Emperor of the French , and it was owing to bis Masonic obligations that he gave such powerful support to the United Italy party south of the Alps , in defiance of French interests . For it is hardly necessary to point out that it was to the advantage of France that Italy should remain divided up
into a number of petty sovereignties , instead of constituting one united kingdom that would necessarily become a menace and a danger to France . Unfortunately for bis ' facts ' the popular Swedish Alonarch is still the Grand Alaster of both the Grand Lodges of Sweden and of Norway , King Edward is 'Protector of the Order , ' and the Kaiser never occupied the position of Grand Alaster . "
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