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his escape by climbing over the back wall of the courtyard of the State Model School in close proximity to a sentry who was on Mr Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill, guard thers. His two companious who attempted to follow him some twenty the First Lord of the Admiralty, was the mipates inter were seen by the sentry and plaintiff on May 21 before Bir Justice compelled to desist. The sentry'a vigilance Darling and a jury in an undefended action having been thus aroused, it became in for damages for libel brought against pessible for Mr Churchill's companions Mosara William Blackwood and Sons, the to join him on the

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every one knew, he was. First Lord of the kind as a means of making money."

obvious on the

on the other hand, that liability Admiralty. No charge evidently could be to pay dazuges may prove to be the

or injurious a soldier or to the head method

only I deterring malicious persons froto

мога

to a

of a great military department than that

791 be di-honourably broke an obligsting which circulating statements of this kind in future. For the reasons I have already stated it every soldier held sacred.. No,

Neone in does not appear to Mr Churchill and public life was more tolerant of criticis those who arise

him that this in indeed, he might add, more accustomed to one of thhae Cases. The defendants it, than Mr Churchill, and certalely no one here have giron complete

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xa less likely to object to censure of Churchill in respect of his costa, at 9.35 p.m. a political or party character. however hostile and extreme in its expresions, and are prepared to make public sp

before your lordship. For many years past Mr Churchill had ba

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MUS

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Mr Churchill then entered the witness. box and took the onth

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thin opportunity of saying, on fr Churchill's behalf, that wherover Bud character as that in question-and whenever those falsehoods of any variation very wounding to his reputation both an soldier and man of honour, had been of them are repeated he proposes to take

to steps punish those who either from given currency, especially at moments of ignorance or malice have sided their political excitement, by ill-disposed or ill- informed ersons. Those statements bad, a rule, baan made șibterraneously and under circumstances in which it was ex tremely difficult to bring the responsibili ties home to persons of position or any substance. They had taken various forms, but the commonest had been the statement to which the defendants had lent cuYTADCY | in an important and widely rest periodizal

On two provious ocasions it had been possible to identify persons who bad cita- inted those falsehoods, and in each case public reparation was made,

THE ESCAPE FROM PRETORIA,

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Mr Smith.-Were the facts contained in atatement stated by me with accuracy 7 With perfect, accuracy. Mr Douglas Hogg, I have no questions

(Continued on pagi 5)

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