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THE MERCHANT NAVY vessels were to be treated as prisonera-of. war it they resfited capture, and that OFFICIAL WAR HISTORY,
passengers, in case of resistance, "might be proceeded against “ under extra- Slowly
the ve
veil which shrouded su mannydinary martial law it is plain what deeds of heroism on the seas in the Great that meant. So we ought to have been War is being lifted. Ons remembers prepared, but only slowly came the full those laconic official messages, a line or realisation of all that war as conducted two of black type printed in the news by Germany meant, and that acts which papers, as if words were things least to
we were disposed to accept as dua to the De spared. The Admiralty hait ilmitted excess of individual commanders were, proof that the drifter so-and-so had des in fact, ordered from the highest quar troyed an enemy submarine: The ss. ters. This first volume of the history Bhunk had been sunk by torpedo, with a takes the war a little, past the sinking lons of forty-nine lives. Even this little of Luaignit the first twelve months. publicity was soon "denied, sacrificed to The long tale of outrage began with the the urgent need of withholding all infor- torpedoing without notice of the timiral. mation from the enemy. We learnt only tenuie, when forty of the hopeless -of-lyssen--of - ship-in tons gross, und Belginti refugees crowded on board human life was ignored in the returns, pershed by drowning, followed by the the toll being disclosed only in some ex-sinking of the L'alabag with 104 lives, and ceptional circuinstances. (Aachener
many others. The book tells in detail Wisely the decision was taken by those the steps taken to deal with the new in anthority that the official history of menace, and pays tribute to the gallantry. the Great War should include the record, and hardihood of the seamen of the mer- of service of the Merchant Navy. Was chant deets who exercised a constant it possible to ignore it "Men and ships vigilance. But till the numbers of small played a great part. The Royal Navy craft were immensely strengthened and for four years fulfilled its historic role new devices for destruction introduced. sure shield" but in this war, the submarine had always the advantage." us in n other, "the existence of the The bont did not meet with un ater- nation depended upon our peaceful rupted success. That boat which set out seamen continuing their accustomed to sink Jellicos's flagship; the fron activities, in face of new perils, and Duke," in Scapa Flow, teelf went down confronting an enemy more ruthless in after being rammed by mine sweeper method than any we had known. The and destroyer successively. Oberleutnant Merchant Navy largely provided the men Neuerburg, the second in "command, has for the patrols, trawlers, drifters, mipe given a narrative of the crippled craft's sweepers, and other auxiliary but indis-attempt to escape."YA DARAS pensable services. They saw war in itsThe boat shot upwards and down. stark reality. Theirs was a great sharewards, the men rushed forward and aft; in the ultimate" triumph. Few incidents the flooring became slipery with the oil are more stirring than those which betel the Merchant Navy.
as our
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carried out of the engine-room by the men's feet; the men slipped. We shot upwards so violently that I gave up all The official historian is Mr. Archibald hope From the conning-tower came the steering gear jammed; man the Hurd, and there is none better qualified | report, by intimate knowledge of sea conditions hand-wheel!" And then from the engine and sympathy with seamen to, teil the room, The motors have broken down!" great story Records at the Admiralty, The boat eventually began to rise, and the Board of Trade, the Ministry of Ship. then suddenly the captain pushed open She had a ping, hitherto jealously guarded, have the conning tower batch. been placed at his disposal. He has heavy list, a hole tarn in her starboard seen what so many of us in the silent tanks, redder, gone, propellers badly years would like to have seen the re damaged. As I came on deck 1 saw the ports given in that simple, graphic nar- periscope, was almost broken off, short. rative which contes natural to the sea. Suddenly there was smell of burning. farer, of fights against odds by merchant Sonicote shouted, "The battery is on ship against submarine, of successful ruse fire!"The captain gave orders that the and daring escape, and far too often of bout was to be sunk. We drifted help. barbarity displayed towards defencelesslessly in the currents of Pentland Sker- people--not-seanien alone, but harmless ries."
passengers, men and women, frightened Officers and crew were taken up float- children-such as sen fighting in alluring. The German Press stood alone in earlier wars happily had not known. We the world in its paeans of praise at the are reminded by the historical back torpedoing "of the Lusitania, on May 7th ground that the author supplies of the 1913, with a loss of 1108 lives, mostly of growth of the Royal Navy out of the passengers. Of this ocean crime, the peaceful feets of earlier ages and off Kolnische Volkszeitung declared with Napoleon's efforts to destroy our joyful pride we contemplate this latest borne trade, that combat, between stips deed of our navy. It will not be the of war and ships, al commerce are nolast," The more responsible Kolnische new things...
Zeitang proclaimed that the news will The French wars of 1793-1815 cost be received by the German people with Great Britain eleven thousand merchant unanimous satisfaction." The city of ships taken as prizes, and when boarding Magdeburg proposed to honour officers parties from enemy corsairs, swarmed and men by collecting a antional gift. over a ship's 'side not seamen along, butt,
**Manich struck a medal. It seems unbe- passengers as well, handled cutlasser with teerable but it was only five years ago, effect. Tender women among the pas-This and many more are among the most sengers on some stout East Indiaman (urid events of the war against merchant
A reminder of would pass up powder and grapeshot in men at sea. The book" the heat of action. But "spurios versen. Janxious days that already seem far dis- ken" as a policy in warfare had not been tant. Its purpose, however, is not to invented; the fight over, passengers were revive old pains, but to place on record not sent adrift in open boats, often hun- the great work accomplished by our mer dreds of miles from land to take their chant seamen, now told for the first time chance of rescue or of periebing in a with ample detail. It has been possible. gale, or of being maimed by frost-bite. to notice but very few of the incidents As becomes an official history this frat which crowd the 450 pages of a work volume by Mr. Hurd is written without which will rank high among official histo- passion. But we are too near the events rites of the war-Daily Telegraphi to read its pages coldly, and it is not humanly possible to suppress the natural feeling of indignation that so often the narrative; excites. Baron Marschall von | Bieberstein, Germany's representative at The Hague discussions in 1907 told a listening world what Germany's attitude 1 war would be N
FREEMASONRY.
Scots Lodge, No. 2,319, had one of the best of u làng series of successful meet- ings on the occasion of this year's Ladies' Festival, held at the Holborn Restaurant, under the presidency of the Worshipful Master, Mr. J. Wylie Patterson, who was
Military acts (he said) are not governed solely by international law. There are other factors; conscience, good sense, and supported by Mrs. Patterson, officers and the sentiment of duty imposed by prin- members of the lodge, with lady and ciples of humanity will be the surest gentlemen, guests, to the number of up- guide for the conduct of sailors, and will wards of 400, the main King's Hall being constitute the most effective guarantee filled to its utmost capacity. In keeping. against abuse. The officers of the Ger- man Navy, I emphatically affirm, will always full, in the strictest fashion the duties which emanate from the unwritten law of humanity and civilisation As to the sentiments of humanity and civilisation, I cannot admit that there is any Government or country which is superior in these sentiments to that which I have the honour to represent."
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with the traditions of the lodge, several members appeared in Highland dress; while the piper who figured at Tel-el- Kebir and in the Crimes was well to the fore with his Scotch music, especially in the procession of the * Haggis."
Emulation Lodge of Improvement held its annual festival at Freemason's Hall Great Queen Street, under the presid ency of Sir Alfred Robbins, President of the Board of General Purposes, There This official history of the Merchant was an attendance of about 300 promin Navy in the Great War drags into the ent members of the Order. The Emu light of publicity much that has hitherto lation. Lodge of Improvement was found. been concealed. It affords a striking comed in 1823, and has been working under mentary upon those humanitarian sent the sanction of the Lodge of Unions sineg ments to which the Baron Marschall paid 1830; it has been practising the working this lip service. At first, the conduct of recognised by the Lodge of Reconcilia German naval officers was not reprehen- tion, and has held weekly meetings at Bible The few surface cruisers, nine in Freemasons Hall for the past cighty number, that raided the trade routes, till years, always under a committee, every one after another was destroyed, made member of which is chosen for his strict seventy-two British vessels" prizes, and adherence to the facile practice of the though these were with rare exceptions working, and pledged on taking ofice Bunk, crews and passengers were cared never to depart from it in the smallest for and their lives made secure. The particular. submarine-commands seem to have at tracted a more disreputable type of Ger
man, whose excesses were unfortunately TORIC LENSES ARE GROUND stimulated and encouraged from Naval with a deep inner carve which conforms to Headquarters He is pictured in the
officer from the P17, when visiting the
Gilstra, the first British merchant ship every movement of the eye and makes the sight: sunt by a German submanne,
An officer and two men boarded the equally clear in every portion of the glass. merchantman They were fully armed Toris will sat closer to the eye than the ordinary and evidently in ruthless mood. The f
master of (stra was immediately order. flat lens thus doing away with the annoying ed off the bridge, the German officer a -placing the muzzle of a revolver against
reflections from the edge of the glass. For those
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