LORD KITCHENER TALE.
NEPHEW TAKES UP THE MATTER
WITH THE ADMIRALTY.
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 20TH, 1926
EVOLUTION OF MAN.
THE RACE IN ITS INFANCY..
At a luncheon hour, service at Christ * Viscount Broome, nephew of the late | Church, Westminster, Sir Oliver Lodge Lord Kitchener, has been in communi- last month delivered before a large,con cation with the Admiralty regarding gregation an address on the subject of statements which have been published as the evolution of man, to the manner in which Lord Kitchener met his death in the cruiser Hampshire. The story, told is that Lord Kitchener and two other survivors, ono alleged to be a spy, found themselves on a rock, where they spent one day and nights. One of the survivors suspected the other, and determined that he would not leave Lord Kitchener.
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Sir Oliver said the order of evolution WIS Brst some grade of piant, then water beasts, then land beasts. first truly land animals were lizards ar reptiles, some of which took to the air, ed into mammals, which were in the line and became birds, while others develop of human ancestry and were comparative ly late-comers on this planet. Ultimately, however, he was persuad-noteworthy that no special day was ed to eravi along the rocks and look for allotted in the Genesis story to the crea help. When he returned, it is stated, tion of man. He was represented as he saw two dark objects floating in the originating in the evening of the day on waves, the suggestion being that Lord Kitchener met his death after a hand-to which the mammals originated, the special distinction given to him being hand struggle with a spy.
not in a special variety of form but in the soul. His superiority and in ence were indicated by the dominion
We could
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A remarkable story was told at the London Sessions when Mariel Shields, 97 governess, & demute, well-dressed for the payment of a 10 per cent, com- woman, with a full round face and greymakers to a woman customer, in respect mission by a firm of Wost End dress- blue eyes, was, sentenced to 18 months bard labour.
She was accused of:
Obtaining a coat and other articles, dressmaker, of Vanity House, Marsham the property of Irene Isobel Mackain, street. Westminster, by false pretences,
and
Obtaining credit to the amount of £100 from Frank Harold Cares, garage pro- prietor, of Shouldham-street, Bryanston- 81, W, nader false pretences.
of orders from other customera whom she introduced, were made by Judge Sir Alfred Tobin at Westminster Country Cours last month.
makers, of Mount-street, Berkeley-square, Adèle de Paris, Ltd., court dress-
claimed 264 65. s. from Lady etcher, wife of Sir Lionel Fletcher, of Prince's- gardens, S.W.
The accounts submitted by Mr. P. Quass, for Adèle, Ltd., showed consider- Mr. Eustace Fulton, for the prosecution,able dealings between the parties and stated that Miss Macksin first made the that commission was allowed for orders acquaintance of Shields in 1999. In May from customers introduced. last Shields again called on her and told
"What was the commission!
" asked
asu per cent," replied counsel Sir Aftred Tobin: Then if Lady
Fletcher gos orders for £1,000 worth of
dresses she would ges £100. Out of whose" pocket would the £100 come?
Lord Broome so it has received aply a formal acknowledgment of his letter to the Admiralty. Other steps are now being taken, and Lord Broome has been granted to him. Thus man was raised her a wonderful story of how her father. Sir Alfred Tobin in communication with Sir Georgetar, above his bodily ape-like ancestors
and felt like a new creation. Arthur, Lord Kitchener's private secre-
not really follow the whole process of tary, from 1914 to 1915,
ma's evolution, which must have been Sir George Arthur would make do
very gradual; but at some stage a statement beyond remarking:
"Like everyone else, I think it is special kind of consciousness must have begun, and these higher faculties must obviously a pity that, the second report have shown themselves markedly in some has not been given to the public."
The report referred to by Sir George early human ancestors. Arthur is a confidential document deal- ing with the loss of the flampshire, and has been stated to be of a technical character.
It was not easy to specify at what stage the developing creature might be called human, but he thought all agreed that it was only a case of thousands of years perhaps 50,000, perhaps 100,000, but cer AN ALLEGED STRUGGLE,
taialy a short time. So far as humanity The story that Lord Kitchener met was concerned, we were still in the morn death in a hand-to-to-hand struggle with ing of the times and the human race was a spy on a lonely rock after therainking still in its infancy. The human race of the flampshire, based on the experi-began but a short time ago and might vace of a 13th survivor, recently appeared have millions of years before it on this in an article by Frank Power dealing planet.
mine-owner in South Africa, had been nurdered. and she had beer loft h fortune, apparently a very large one, seeing that she was going to have an in- When Shields was pressed for pay come of £230,000 every two years. ment in July she promised to send a cheque along, but did not do so.. Shields then took one of the partners of Miss Mackain down to see a large estate in Sussex which the said she had practically bought, having a paid a deposit of £14,000,
Going into the witness box, Shields said that she had no intention to de fraud. The story she told was, untrue, and some of her statements were due to a desire to swank.'
She had occasionally had a futter op horse races and hoped by winning to pay for the goods. Besides driving about in motor-cors she had taken lessons in horse riding.
A LIFE OF GAIETY.
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Shields has travelled extensively and gained an experience which has been an up after the war. She has beauty and engaging personality.
Mr. Quass: From the plaintiffs". Fletcher's frienda queried Sir Alfred Or out of the pockets of, Lady
Tobia.
"Oh, no, your honour!" protestil counsel.
Sir Alfred Tobin:" Of course, it would. Do you mean to say that Adėle, Lida would not charge enough to make it up. M:." Quass: Not Even the assistants get commission.
Sir Alfred Tobin: Don't tell me that it comes out of Adele's pocket. It comes Lady Fletcher's friends who ordered the out of their till, which was Blled up by dresses. I
am only wondering what Lady Fletcher's friends would think. I loow.
A HAIRDRESSER'S BILL.
with the Kitchener mystery in the Going on to speak of the develop London Referee.
of ment
the sense of free will, Oliver said it probably aros "The name of the informant is not Sir divulged by the writer in view," he very gradually, but we might con- says, of the public enquiry which raust 'ceive its apprehension by some early sooner or later he instituted." The nar- genius of the race whom we might regard rative relates how Lord Kitchener, too as "the first man," whether we called asset to her in the life of crime she took HIS SPECIAL LICENCE REVOKED”İ wrak to help himself, spent a day and two nights on the rock with two other survivors, strangers to each other, who on Lord Kitchener's instructions from time to time crawled along the rocks to look för help..
SUSPECTED SPY. Suspicion crossed the mind of the 12th survivor that his ether companion was a spy, and he resolved not to leave Lord Kitchener. On the last morning shey were together the survivor wielded to the other subordinate's inaistence that he should renew the search and at Lor Kitchener's "almost imperceptible nod staggered out of sight,
What greeted him on his return to the spot Mr. Power describes as follows:
All he saw was the hat of the Field Marshal on the edge of the rock and some distance away at sen two dark objects being tossed about by the waves, one of which to his fast-failing vision appeared to be elinging to a large piece of drift- wood.
FIGHT THEORY. "Personally, I am not going to at tempt, whatever I feel or tank, 10 b up any gaps in this story. To the minu or the one who was left, and be alone has
any means of judging, Lord Kitchen was betrayed and sent to his lonely and piteous, grave by the hand of his other companion-probably alter a man-to-man fight, alone, weak and weaponless with both protagonists at the indiscriminating mercy of the sen.
This is the story of the 13th survivor, the man of whose existence officialdona is aware, but who would seem to have been allowed to disappear from all further record for reasons for which it is not for me at present, at any rate-to try to explain. The thing would be Judicrous if it ware not tragic.
The writer incorporates in his story a stalenient aigned Elbie Boecker," "de claring that she, a German spy, got to know of Lord Kitchener's departure from a young. War Office staff officer, informa tion which she passed on to Germany through safe channels. Her informant was lost with the Hampshire and she, owing to the discovery of some letters,
was arrested.
Another statement from a titled man alleges that Kitchener's journey was betrayed by a German woman living with an officer at the War Office and that she was paid 10,000 marks by the German- Government.
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That the development of electricity in Great Britain is providing many women with careers is revealed by the story of the Women's Engineering Society, "George-street, Hanover-square, W..
him Adam or any other name. He said the story of the fall in the third chapter of Genesis was a crude legend, but it contained a great truth. The free will being was liable to fall from his high estate, and, as all Christians believed, a lofty Being ultimately took flesh and dwelt among us to help humanity and share its weakness and burden.,, We could not examine the Incarnation in the light of science. Apart from all puzzles of theology we were immortal beings with a great destiny before us, and were sur rounded by a host of Leleers "with whom, indeed, I know that it is possible to have communion.”
ECONOMY IN THE SERVICES. 'ADMIRAL SUETER'S PLEA FOR
REDUCED ARMAMENTS.
"The Need for Economy in the Administration of the Fighting Services" was the subject of an address given to the 1912 Club at the City of London Lon. servative Association last month by Rear-Adml. M. F. Sueter, M.P.
Alluding to the Locarno Treaty, the lecturer said that those people contended that this country should to isolated had
no idea of what they were talking about. If it had stood out of a military pact of that kind it would have been faced with commercial pacts, because one followed the other. This country was bound more to Europe than ever before, and it would have been suicidal not to bave entered into the pact. The result of it was that Armaments, could be reduced.
Urging that by agreement with the United States and Japan this country could and should reduce the number of her battleships, the speaker contended that this could be done also with sub murines, while economies could be effected with the Dockyards, and the Admiralty and War Office staffs. There was a grow. ing feeling that there should be some form of control over the fighting services, and if so, be felt that much of the expenditure there was in connection with both at the present time could be cut down. Everyone in this country should make it their business to preach economy, for the country would never get back to prosperity "unless its taxation was
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She Grst started her career of fraud by accuring bicycles on the hire-purchase system" and then selling them. She be- came associated with West End pests, who suggested other schemes of fraud. He first sentence was one of six months' imprisonicen.
A complaint by a customer that he had' been persuaded by a hairdresser's assis- tant to pay £7 188. 3d. for unnecessary the Public Control Committee of the "ultra-violet ray treatment" resulted in
London County Council last month revok ing the licence granted to Mr. Joseph Caplan for massage or special treatmentTM at 31, Charing Cross
She later made the acquaintance of a number of wealthy young men, and was able to secure invitatious "to dinner It was stated on behalf of the council. parties and balls. Once again she com-hat Mr. Cedil Waldron, who had re- fraud and received another cently come from Cañada, went into Mr. mitted sentence of six months imprisonment. Caplan's establishment to get a 'baircut After this, Shields, who is well educat. on December 5th and an assistant nained ed and can speak French and German, Gilbert told him he had a disease of the secured introductions to foreign bugi-scalp and eventually persuaded him to ness men staying at London hotels. She undergo a course of ultra-violet ray secured, the confidence of a representa treatment for which, with the haircut, tive of a Parisian house, and went to he paid £7 186, 3d. This included a Paris. Here she led a life of gaiety. bottle of lotion and a box of ointment.
On returning to England she said that
Mr. Capian and Mr. Gilbert after- she was engaged to an American million-wards called on Mr. Waldron and offered aire's son, and obtained credit at various establishments. She then travelled first- class on one of the big liners to New York,
When staying at one of the big New York hotels sho wrote to West End Court dressmakers that she and her fiancé were travelling back to England to view a house at Stroud. Some time after this she reappeared in London.
She visited various shops in luxurious motor-cars, the bize of which is said to bave amounted to $20 & week.
When several shops pressed Shields for payment of her accounts the called, dressed in deep mourning, and said that been murdered in South Africa, and her father, wealthy mineowner,', had that this would mean the postponement
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of her allowance.
to refund his money if he signed a state- ment that he was satisfied and did not want the complaint to go further. Mr. Waldron refused and his money. was afterwards returned anconditionally
A doctor said Mr. Waldron had no disease of the scalp, and a chemist said and cau-de-Cologne and could easily be the lotion was chiefly castor oil, water, sold for as, The ointment could also be sold at the same price.
Mr. Caplan, giving evidence, said he had dismissed Gilbert, because he was convinced he had not dealt properly with Mr. Waldror.
Jacobs), he explained that the lotion was In reply to the chairman (Mr. Cyril
a bottle. A usually sold at 10s. 6d. month's supply, with "violet ray treat- ment, was a guinea. The sintment was sold at 79. Bd.
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OUR FEAR TO SING.
MUSIC'S MANY VIRTUES.
That we talk too much and sing too little was the view expressed by Sir Hugh Percy Allen, who, aa guest of the City Livery Club, gave an address on "The People's Music at a luncheon at the Cordwainers' Hall, London, last month We listended too much to music, he said, and did not perform enough. Wireless, the gramophone, the pianola would never take the place of the music we might make ourselves. Music was an expression of the inner life, but English people were as a rule very loath to give any evidence
"The book binder should be instruct. of what went on within them. On that point he quoted a parody of the "Death
ed also to mix some corrosive sublimate of Nelson" he had heard when a boy- in the paste he uses in binding.”.
England expecte that every man with a Sir Arthur E. Shipley, G.B.E., F.R.S., voice should not conceal its beauty. The in his article "Enemies of Books" ordinary man when asked to sing pleaded states that in Cuba in order to avoid the inability. But the proportion of people ravagea wrought by white-ants on books who had no singing voice at all was only 100 ce of methylated spirit 20 gr. of bichloride of mercury, and 15 cc. of
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In the same article he states that “Sir
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the one of Vienna. Until 1917 the col- 3 per cent. There were, however, "pitfallsheric acid with enough shellac to pro- lection was in the hands of Herr Hugo to be avoided, such as the unnecessary duce a certain adhesive quality, is used. Kaftan, who is at present director of restriction to bres songs which people This mixture is lightly brushed over the the Museum; but it was not till 1922 that who bad deep notes in their register im- the public was able to see it, after it The society has a membership of had been properly housed and arranged. persuading tenors to leave a top-note once never be placed against the wall and its posed on themselves, and the difficulty of book covers. To prevent the access of the termites to the book case the latter should 200, and was formed six years ago," "Miss
The Museum is not only charming in they reached it was well known. Haslett, the secretary, said to a reporter. itself, but of historic and cultural im.
It endeavours to pinen trained women
Music, especially singing, was one of legs should not touch a wood floor. Imagine the ticking and the very hest disciplines. It taught Norman Lamont tells me that he has portance.. in the engineering profession. One of occasional chiming of some 12,000 clocks courage, and-except to coloists-hum successfully preserved his books by using our members, Miss Margaret Partridge, and watches, the gurgling and other lity. The chorister learnt to adapt him a solution of: is engaged in installing electric light in strange noises of many centuries-old self, to sink his individuality, and ever the village of Bampton, Devonshire, and clocka before they strike. No fewer than to bear the almost intolerable remarka
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ance and punctuality. How wide was January 1st. Many women are employed Specimens of every kind of clock and the appeal of music could be seen in the The gilt lettering' should be avoided."
is passed down the inside of the back. by a largo Manchester ärm in designing watch from the beginning of the sixteenth number of "communal" songs, designed small motors for mines and textile mills, century "are to be sean, Beautifully to enable workers to work in unison. while two women university graduates chiselled watches, old clocks with There were spinning and weaving songs, Leytonstone woman: A new hat to a are working as college apprentices to the spindles curious grandfather clocks, haulage and sun gouge, and, of course, woman is like wine at dinner to a man. same firm ia exactly the same way as clocks of spires and" public buildings, cradle songs, Bir Hugh thought that a men. One of our members in the head of wooden clocks, "hight clocks" dating law should be made to compel everybody Women continue to win faurels in a the electrical department of a London from the seventeenth century, and many to learn to sing when they were young, new field. In the recent final examina firm of tool-makers and, another is assis-rare and compliented specimens interest- tant to an authority on the applicationing from the technical standpoint, make neglect the art when they grew to man's first prize, and first certificate of merit and he urged that, people should not tion for Incorporated Accountants, the of electricity to farming,"
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