1928-03-05 — Page 13

MONDAY, MARCH 5, 1928.

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"MAC THE MUG."

· STRANGE PARADOX OF WAR HERO.

A SPY.

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He went East with bis regiment, and acted in a responsible capacity in Cairo, and later was transferred to the censor's department at Athens.

Lost Big Fortune.

Berles of

By 1925, through a rash financial gambles, he had lost the big fortune left him by his father.

When the British seized the McCartney first got into serious gean Sea Island of Zea, which trouble in 1926, when he smashed was one of the islanda used by the window of a jeweller's shop in Germans as a submarine depot, Albemarle-Street, Piccadilly, and War here, Governor of an island | McCartney was appointed Gov-attempted-to-steal-valuable-gems.. Although he was then only When he was caught running away in the Egean Sea, King's Messen- ernor,

seventeen and a half years of age, he declared he was himself chas- ger, heir to a fortune, wealthy man he was virtually king of the island, ing the thief, but he was convict- about-town criminal, and spy. ruling over a population of 10,000. ed and sentenced to nine months'

When a rebellion broke out In Imprisonment. Such are a few of the many re. markable incidents crowded into

him,

mand of a combined force of Bri-ways brilliantly clever, he was, as the Isle, McCartacy assumed com- Well educated and in many the sensational life-story of thetish, French, and Greek soldiers, his associates had termed young Briton, Wilfred McCartney, and stamped the rebellion out. "Mac the mug"-simple, confiding, who was sentenced to ten years' lle was decorated personally by M. and easily impressed. penal servitude at the Old Bailey, Venizelos for this action.

How McCartney met Mr. George His companion in the dock, Shortly after this he was King's Monkland, the Lloyd's underwrit- George Hansen (24), a Garman Messenger between the Near Easter, who was the principal witness student, received a similar sen-and Rome. He rejoined his bat for the prosecution in the Old tence, and in each case the Lord tallon in 1917, and returned to Bailey trial, is related by Mr. Chief Justice ordered the addi- France, where he distinguished Monkland in an interview. tional punishment of two years' himself in the fighting 'around hard labour to run concurrently Cambrai.

with the other sentences. Both He was wounded and taken pri- men were found "Guilty" of being |soner, but made a spectacular es- aples in the pay of the Russian cape by jumping out of the train, Government, and of endangering while on the way to Hanover, the safety of this country.

where he was to be incarcerated in

Seldom has a more extraordinary carcer of adventure bien disclosed outside the pages of fiction than the story of McCartney's rise and fall.

Mr. Monkland stated that until last March he know McCartney merely as a casual acquaintance, After McCartney's release from gnol he met him in Bond-Street.

"While I was not anxious to na-

sociate with a man who had just

a fortress. After days and nights been in prison," added Mr. Monk- of walking, he reached the Dutch land, "I felt that if all who had frontier. On his arrival in Lon-known him ignored him he would don he reported to the War Office only be encouraged to do some even before he notified his own re-thing else wrong. As he wanted latives of his safety.

Anxious for Adventure.

His knowledge of the East, his

to talk to me, therefore, I asked him to come to my flat at Hert- ford Street.

His life, indeed, was a paradox, The man who served his country with distinction during the war afterwards betrayed her; the man

"I expressed a hope that he had who was once the owner of a for-proficiency in languages, and his a decent job. He then told me tune running into many thousands experience in pseudo-political ser- that I could be of use to him, and of pounds afterwards became the vices, led to his dispatch to Con- asked me if I could obtain jassociate of undesirable persons, stantinople as staff captain, information for him about the altimately to be sent to prison himmaintaining his connection with shipment of arms to countries bor self for an attempted jewel rob- the British Secret Service.

dering on Russia. bery.

any

With the close of the war, the "Later he gave me the question- youth, still anxious for adventure, naire, which was so obviously a joined the Russian White Army document dangerous to the coun- under General Denken, but this try that I got into touch with Ad- venture proving a failure, he bade miral Hall whom I had not known farewell to military life, and de previously: After that I acted en- cided to try his hand as a City man.tirely, under Instructions."

His father had left him a third During the Old Bailey trial the Attorney-General, Sir Douglas Hogg, paid a warm tribute to the prompt and patriotic action of Mr. Monkiand in disclosing the con- spiracy to the authorities.

The Governor of an island in the Egean Sea while still in his teens, and decorated by M. Venizelos for quelling a revolt on another Greek island, subsequently to become, as Lord Hewart dea- mere mischief, corrupt and cor-share in the Malta tramways un- rupting, trafficking in official dertaking, which Was worth secrets for what you could get out £63,000, but McCartney sold out and came to London with the money.

Sole Agents: W. R. LOXLEY & CO., Hong Kong.cribed him, "the hireling agent of

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Astounding Extremes.

With £35,000 he entered the Surely no life story ever contain-City, but life soon became mono- ed more astounding extremes. į tonous to this adventurous spirit. Born .in Cupar, Fifeshire. He re-entered the Secret Service twenty-nine years ago, McCartney and went to Ireland.

with Michael Collins and to obtain from him a copy of the terms of the Irish Settlement.

was the son of a partner in a well- McCartney claims to have been known firm of consulting and con-one of the first to get into touch |tracting engineers, who erected the tramway system in Malta. The business was a good one, and Mc- Cartney had all the opportunities of a public school education,

On the outbreak of

DIGNIFIED PARROT,

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London, Buckingham Palace, besides being the residence of King George, le inhabited by Charlotte, the King's parrot.

This fact was only recently re- vealed to the public:

Charlotte is an elderly, dignified bird which has a cage in the King's private sitting-room. Usually she treats her royal mas-

While still the possessor of ample funds in London, he lived in war Mc-style in the West End, gave numer- Cartney, then a schoolboy, was ous parties, and gathered about spending a holiday in the United him a number of friends, some of States. He immediately hurried whom subsequently proved to be home and enlisted in the 3rd Gor- the most undesirable acquaint- | ter's visitors with silent contempt. don Highlanders as a private, givances.

Few are accorded the privilege of petting her.

ing his age as nineteen, although Immaculately dressed, and often he was three years younger. affecting a monocle, he was to be The latest exception to the gen- He went out to France, and was seen in fashionable restaurants eral rule has been made by the wounded after a few weeks' sor and clubs. His experience, up- King in favour of his granddaugh- vice. On his return he obtained a bringing, and education gave him ter, Princess Elizabeth, the daugh- commission as second lieutenant in an aristocratic bearing and an en-ter of the Duke and Duchess of the Royal Scots.

try to Army circles.

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