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MONDAY, MARCH 13, 1933.
Great
Figures
Tribute To Lawrence
Of Arabia.
In Iraq CHINESE VIEW ON
sein. Over his shoulders he wore ļa soft aba of sheep's wool, with a Įdeep embroidered yoke of gold or ailver thread....Feisal himself could boast no more splendid rai- ment than was worn by his friend always Iraq is now a fully independent Lawrence.....Lawrence Sovereign State, and a member of wore sandals, kicking them off in
"THE INDEPENDENT ARAB.”
London.
the League of Nations.
still alive.
B
MANCHURIA
Interesting Book By Journalist.
THE CHINA MAIL,
"ONE YEAR OF JAPAN-CHINA
UNDECLARED WAR"
Adventures Of The "Mystery V.C."
Admiral Campbell' Life Story
"MOSQUITO" FIGHT ON CHINA STATION
THE LAST MR. MUDIE PASSES.
"O.H.M.S." After the conference Line Of Famous London
—at which, incidentally, nothing useful happened-he returned to Queenstown, and a few weeks later received a letter from the Ad-
Librarians.
London:
|miralty ordering him immediately The last survivor of the original to remit one shilling and three- "Mudie's Library," which has sup- "One Year of the Japan-China
pence, the cost of the telegram, plied several generations of Lon- proper Arab style when he came in- Undeclared War," by Edward Bing-
which should not have been sent doners with their reading-matter, Behind this simple historical to a house or tent. His theory was Shuey Lee, is welcome at this junc-
"O.H.M.S."
has passed with the death of Mr. fact lies a great story. One day it that it was no good wearing Arab ture, being a comprehensive histori-
The money was duly sent, and he Alfred Mudie at the age of 89 will be written, perhaps, in the dress unless one not only wore the cal record of events following the
Insisted upon a receipt being given years. same way as Mirs. Garnett has tac- very best of everything but wore it Japanese occupation of Manchuria. The life story of the famous to extch the very next train to him.
It was in 1840 that another mem- kled the tale of Pocahontas-as as an Arab would wear it."
The author is a well known Chin-war-time, "Mystery V.C." Rear Sandringham. In his latter to his
Plots To Kill Him.
ber of the family, Mr. C. E. Mudie, "work of art”.
The author alludes to Lawrence's ese journalist. As editor of the Admiral Gordon Campbell, V.C." chief, he wrote:
During the war there were nu son of a bookseller, set up in pre- Great figures will appear in It"passion of contempt for the Regu- (Peking) Leader he angered the Ja. has been told at last, and told by This rather staggered me and I'merous rumours of plots against mises in Bloomsbury and developed The benign Sir Percy Cox; a bruslar Army" and his attitude towards panese by his policy, and they made, himself.
explained I could not possibly go, his wife-plots which, he contends his father's plan of lending books que, incredibly efficient Colonel British generals as "à mixture of representations to the Chinese ati-
Number 13" is the title which having no clothes or luggage, and resulted from the fact that he was at a penny a volume. A. T. (now Sir Arnold) Wilson; a schoolboy cheek with an assumption thorities which caused the paper to Admiral Campbell has selected for no time to get any. I started off, known as the "Mystery V. C," and amiling, enigmatical and audacious of emniscience." But he pays be suppressed. However, Mr. Fe his autobiography, published by and I was met at the station by the Germans believed that he was
Both Mr. Alfred and Mr. C. E. Colonel T. E. Lawrence (now Alr-generous tribute to the force of ¡impartial in his statement of facts, Mesars. Hodder and Stoughton, Ltd. two huge men in green liveries, the person responsible for some and it was the latter who inserted Mudie were devout church-goers, craftman Shaw, R. A. F.); a tall, Lawrence's personality.
and quotes from Japanese docu (208. net). And be explains the one of whom seized my despatch thing quite different from the deed lean, tireless, profoundly knowing "I have often been asked," he ments and official sources in his choice of this curious title in the bag and sword and the other was for which he received the decors-the word "Select" in the title of woman, Gertrude Bell-these are writes, "whether Lawrence could presentation of the Chinese point first sentence of his book.
most anxious to empty the guard's Įtion.
the library and pursued the policy some of the chief characters. They have done what he did if it had not of view.
"I was born number thirteen out van to get out my heavy baggage." He was stationed at Holy-
of limiting the range of books are all first-rate material for been for his almost inexhaustible This book has been written after of a family of sixteen on January At York Cottage, Lieutenant
which customers might obtain.- head when an attempt was
Reuter, skilled writer. Three of them are supply of golden guineas, and I Arst-hand investigations were made 6, 1886, at Upper Norwood." Bonner says, he was "Left with made to kill him.
have always made the same an-j by the author at a number of places' It was in September, 1900, that H.M., who was awfully nice. He "I was late going ashore," he Background for this story is swer. Lawrence could certainly affected by Japan's attack on he entered the old Britannia at gave me my V.C., asked a lot about says. "As the boat was approach- available from "The Independent not have done what he did without China.
Sir Eric and Mr. Roosevelt decid. Dartmouth as a naval codet, and you, and settled down to tell me Ing the pier a little boy hailed it Arab" by Major Sir Hubert Young, the gold, but no one else
could
Mr. Lee gives an account of the from that date he has stories soms of his own sea experiences, and asked the crew to pick up his to dine aboard the Patrol one published recently.
night. It was rather difficult for He rendered have done it with ten times
the steps already taken by the League almost without number to tell of until dinner-time."
dropped fishing line. The boat the captain, since the accommoda distinguished service himself in the amount."-Reuter.
and criticises the attitudes of the senior officers and high officials of On the following day, after din stopped, and the two men in the tion was limited, but the First Lord Powers, and the stops which they the Admiralty.
ing with the King the previous bows started to haul in a piece of A Mosquito-Very. Biting. This book is published by the have taken to uphold the Pact of
evening, Lleut. Bunner went to wood with a fishing line attached While serving as a junior officer church, walking with the King to It
Says Admiral Campbell: "I won- This book is a record of his ex- Mercury Press, Shanghai and is: Paris and the Nine Power treaty.
he was in after the service. periences and a record of some as the first written on the subject by; The future peace of the world de- on the China Stativa
"At the end of the line was a dered whether the fact that U.S.S. a speedy settlement of very hot water. The admiral was "The King asked Govern-a Chinese. It contains forewardspends on His Majesty's
Admiral Bayly's pects of
walk bomb which exploded in the boat, Kimberly and aleeping aboard' his ship, and, over with ment's polley in that part of the by Messrs. Sun Fo (ex-president of the Sino-Japanese question.
him to see Queen hurting one man's hand very severe-house wers both dry had anything world.
the Executive Yuan), C. T. Wang "One Year of the Japan-China young Campbell was officer of the Alexandra at Sandringham House, ly, another man less seriously, and to do with the necessity of dining Here is a picture of Lawrence at (ex-Foreign Minister), C. C. Woo Undeclared War" enables the man middle watch.
Queen Alexandra patted me on the doing a certain amount of damage, aboard the Patrol; private inquir Akaba in 1918:
"The Admiral rang his bell, and back, and I was asked to sign her (former Minister to the U. S., and in the street ta obtain á definite
"The boy, who had a Russian les rather strengthened this idea, in the sent for me about two o'clock in autograph book, "He wore pure white silk ex-Foreign Minister), Hu Han-Min picture of the hostilities
After that name, stated, on being questioned, ao 1 took the precaution of send- Legislative North. It is illustrated, contin- the morning. He was in over-shirt and loose white pyjamas. (ex-President of the
a very walked back with His Majesty to that a strange man had come down ing a lieutenant on duty to Cork to Round his waist was a gold belt. Yuan), Lo Wen-Kan (ex-Ministering numerous photographs and bad temper and wanted to know York Cottage, and after lunch said and thrown this thing into the purchase some champagne, and I
why the h he had been hitien good-bye to them all." in the front of which was a gold- for Foreign Affairs), and Dr. Wel-maps.
water, had then given him a shill was able to give the party a first- hilted dagger in curved gold scab-lington Koo (Minister to France, I (Continred at fast of preceding by a mosquito: he ordered me to "In spite of the humorous side ing, and told him when the steam class dinner, of which Mr. Roose bard, given to him by King Hus-'and ex-Foreign Minister).
Column).
make investigations and report in of the yarn," says Admiral Camp-boat came in he was to ask the of velt reminded me when I had the the morning. I made careful in-bell. "I know that Bonner felt that dcer, who would be standing in the honour of dining with him as |quiries. * . "
the King, by doing him so much latern, to haul the line out of the Governor of New York State; so Later the captain of the ship honour, was expressing his high water.
I was able to tell him the secret asked Campbell what he intended appreciation of the wonderful ser "I at once communicated with history of the dinner party.” doing about it and, says, the Rear vice of the officers of the R.N.R. the Secret Service, who took the The book la delightfully written Admiral;
during the Great War,"
(matter in hand, but to this day I in typically easy sailor style, and
have never heard the whole truth." crammed with splendid stories.
A Roosevelt Visit.
Middle East and had his full share of adventures.
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"I told him the only thing I Ordered To Return 19. 3D. could think of was to put the Admiral Campbell tells of the sentry under arrest for allowing Admiral's economy during the war He has a good story to tell of a the mosquito to enter the Admiral's (when the nation was spending_ninc/visit-paid-by-the-First-Lord of cabin without his permission. This millions a day.
the Admiralty (Bir Eric Geddes)
apparently satisfied the Admiral, į He was ordered to London from and Secretary of the U. S. Navy, for I heard no more about it." Queenstown 10 attend # con- Roosevelt (now President of
Then coming to the war days ference, and he told his secretary the U.S.) to the fleet at Queens Admiral Campbell has some really to wire from Holyhead for a sleep-town. excellent staṛies to tell
"Secrete" of the Town. Of the secrecy which prevailed he tells the following:-"I was out: on patrol duty one day when I got: called into the Fort (at Plymouth) about 8 pm. The Captain-in- Charge gave me instructions as to where I was to patrol at night as a certain ship was leaving harbour. "I said, 'I suppose it is the So and So?' and he said. I'm afraid I can't tell you, as it is too sceret.' | "Well even if I mad warded to, I couldn't have communicated to any enemy as I was at sina. Ang- how, that night 'HM.S. Sʊ and 20'. salled and was cheered out of har- Lour by crowds of people on the shore front to give her a send off! "It was the same when the In- flexible and Invincible sailed for the Falklands under Admirał Stur- dee, as it was common talk of the town where they were bound for and what time they were sailing; but it was all too secret to tell Commanding officers.
Admiral Campbell once and for all smashes the yarn that when as captain of a Q ship he dressed as a woman and carried a baby in his area, the baby being a bomb, which he threw down the conning tower of a submarine.
**There is not an atom of truth 'In_that_yurn," he says; "though I ¡still meet people who believe it,"
And Another V.C.
Associated with Admiral Camp- 'bell in the “Q” shipi was Lieut. C, G. Bonner, V.C., R.N.R. He was awarded the V.C. after the famous action In the Dunraven, but owing, to secrecy he had not officially re- {ceived it when about to go to sen 'agalu in command of a dangerous-
looking "Q" ship.
Admiral Campbell feared he would never return to receive the [decoration, so suggested to some. jone in authority it might be in order if the hero received the de- ¿coration, immediately.
The result was that Lienten- aat Bonner was sent for and Invited to spend the week-end
at York Cottage, with the King and Quinen.
Unfortunately the hero had no Hiden that he was to be so greatly 'honoured, and went to Bandring. -ham with only an stlache case and
his sword. He wrote to Admiral | |Campbell-e long, sccodat of his |visit, which la reproduced.. in
“Number 12,” S
Lieutenant Bonner was ordered
ing compartment, to be reserved Admiral Campbell was then cap- for him on the train.
tain of H. M. S. Fatrol. Sir Eric The secretary rent the telegram and Mr. Roosevelt were on board.
Don't forget
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