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THE ROYAL MEMOIRS

By

H.R.M. THE DUKE OF

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Outbreak Of War

...I returned torribly slo picsred as, of course, the only tople was the war, and I haven't the remotest change of getting out with the Expeditionary Force. The knowledge that 1 (for nast remain in London

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BIRTH

TATA-On 7th April 1949,

daughter to Frenny, wife of Adi Bejan Tato, at St. Paul's Hospital.

AN HONEST ADMINISTRATION

In these columns today correspondents take us in- directly but perhaps justi- Bably to task for the sweep- ing remarks of our corres- Dondent "Simple Simon." The latter, with the idea of confounding the statements made by our contributor II. G. W. Woodhead in criticism of Chinose misgovernment. hy recently been claiming that we in the British colony of Hong Kong ought to put our own house in order be- fore' attacking corruption In Nanking, Shanghai and else. where on the mainland.

tion, la becoming almost intoler-

ablo.....

Was out walking with Cadogan (y vuerry) from 11.0 to 7.30. to kill time, 1 had to come, in through the garden on acenimt of the deuse growt which was airing its potrialism in front of

Le rents went out on the

The

balcony just before dinner at 8.30 and twice again before 10.0 on fresh muaxes arrived the

whule evening.

Sacharellesing sign to feel that the people are backing. everything up. Thank Cou

the Government has decided that France shall not be deserted. Oh God the whole thing is loo ble to be comprehended. Öh, that 1 had a job! And thin the August 48

second night

WGR at

At 10.30 cama the newn that Germany had declareil way

A Privy Counell price summoned for Papa to sign our declaration of war, and as soon as this was known in the crowd outside excitement! became intense,

Then, amid unparalleled

umid an demonstration of patriotism, the

11.0

outside

1

I WENT ON ROUTE MARCHES in London with the King's Company, in Battalion Grenadier Guards, during the early weeks of the war.

What does it matter, If I att

kiled?" I insisted. I have four brothers."

1

Soviet Union has dow com pletely, liquidated literacy."

All Writo at last.

The USSR's dying wolf exter- minator is reported to have shot 438 this year. **

the whistles, the

Myrtle anys that judging by American alr Kitchener's atcely blun-eyes met forces still have plonty left... mine. He answered:. "If I were

Amorlenn

general told: sure you would be killed I do not hudlende in occupied Japan: know if I should be right torte pain truth is that the wor restrain you. But I cannot take we fought to liberate the human the chance, which always exists

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1 | 2001."

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п

The Japs heartily agreed with him. Sedient

until we have a settled lipe, of these has fallen for short of its wiemy taking you prisoner."

As an ensign commanding plation, or at most 40 men. would have put a lower valuation upon myself.

Resigned to "West Eng duties, I reported to the 3rd Battalion, By now my drill wan sufficiently good for me to go on "King" Guard," and the adjutant accord. ingly passed me “off the mjare“

Then, for, two months. I took part in the guard mounting cero- munies which had thrilled me as ́n amali bay, and at the end.com- manded

which the detachment guarded my father.

But now with the British Army hanging by a thread at. Ypres the falfilment of a childhood dream seemed to have lost some of its

point.

For the canunity lists had begun to appeur, and I found the names of my friends, including brother officers in the Brigade of Guards with whom I had trained only a few short weeks before.

My oquorry

Cadogan was killed with the 10th Hussars; one of my cousins and two of my father's equerries lost their lives shout the same time, causing me to exclnim in my diary, "I shan't

cynical frame of mind, they had The King stood by him to the have a friend left woon."""

and unknown.

end.

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Mr. Piatta-Mills thinks Britain becoming an Amerleat shiellite. Obviously

'shoufa Ing morning about

ELA will carry Ont". ""rural reconstruction work" In areasí tot overrun by the Communists, Thes aro presumed to have been recon- structed airéndy.

When Greek meets Greek... they generally fentie a commisulque.

Government's giving Britain's population £12 toupees Trio is said by an American senator to be awlaged waste of money.

They tell me there's no materi- al change in building supplies.

h

We hear from England of stingy husband who, while away from home, sent his wife a che- que for a million kisses. The wife sent back a postcard whien read:

"Thanks for the birthday che- que.. The milkman cashed it for me this morning."

.Bow

of

outalde Rex. * Barracks Brentwood, Were of kmail, Importance, except |

tion to publicise claims that teeting, kingham Palace col-day mass State had been required 6ft. required for officers and en- General Headquarters of Flol

........

the

down, my son, to foreign ghost?" Give him the: "high hati-h}}

loves that most.

If he take your hand. with ab-

harred touch

Bear

with him bravely-lt costs not much.

For he comes to trade and his

gold is good. tag Share, as a wise official should. As a son of Han with a salary

low, Be glad that Buddha ordalos 'it

Woman

so....

parouts showed themselves at

before going to bed. But been raised on sombre tales of the

Last Order My

was Army commission the people remained singing, mass slaughters on the Western

Atrainst the background cheering and whistling for an- Front; they had heard all about signed by my father. On being other three hours, and I wa

war from their fathers, its waste guzetted to the Grenadier Guarda. these incredible sacrifices my was posted to the King's Com- efforts thereaftor to find an Julled to sleep by their fearful and folly and elusive victories,

the fighting In 1914 the holocaust lay ahead pany of the 1st Battalion stationed honourable place in shindy at 130. The die is east.

God

the Fleet! protect Before elllarging upun the per-

British people

to myself.

Eventually, or November 18, Honal

This was a special honour slach which

Buckingham Palace were of good the problem

wor From the outset, it is wish-Injected into my life,

modest five feet seven inches 1914 at my father's direction, 1 should say conscience.

my

пля Juntor about those crowda ed to emphasise that it is something

None of the stratagems of the failed by a conspicpous margin was sent overseas.

officer attached 10 the the present to meet the minimum height of staff not this newspaper's inten- which for days and nights stond crowd architects of

listed men of this

Marshal Sir and reforming, to herd them there.

John French, Com- company. I was

mander-in-Chief. Beltish Expedi filling the great rooms with their They had been put in motion pigmy among glants.

sounds. tumultuous

by the simple loyalties and un- For five weeks I trained hari tionary Force,

with the battalion. We took long It was no doubt a lucky thing watched them often from my corroded faiths of Britain's un-

routo marches and Ared on the for the British Army that, not! bedroom window

to husband Ashe and reflecurg commonly fine common man. today upon that

were sent off to arrives in the car with smashed that scene across die

On the fourth

many soldiers ourth day my personal ranges.

resolved: And with the newest ensigns War in quite the same way as .1 front: "And the police Inspector void of two world wars I believe crisis was that in the behaviour

of those

my father for a and recruits I paraded under the was.

was no nice about it, Ho oaked ten in the

The last order my father gave it Til Ice them to remove all the for "qual dril commission In

Grenadiers, sergeant-major could

me wan that no longer

I should in no cire lamp standards." on the square." *tating that telerate being

unable to serve

cumstances' go into the fighting, for travel the roads behind the my enuntry and dear Phys

who schoolboys never hesitated, a montent and

front planc,

wero caned have complained to After a mean Channel crossing the headmaster. Lord instructed

to Boulogne and a bleak drive, to Stamfordham this Secretary) to notify this

St. Cmier 1 reported to Sir John, this to the War Office.

St. Omer is a small It

provincini was a happy moment for

town in the department of Pas me and now I am an officer in

A German innkeeper was pro- Calals. With my soldier the

ser secuted for

and serving teer vant Finch, my old yalet, now in brandy in soup plates to dodge the khaki of an enlisted man revenue. Besides, I made the shared a small house with half a customers, sipsy. dozen staff officers..

the bulk of the colony's civil service is corrupt and "reek- ing with corruption." Such a claim is demonstrably un- true. Most of our govern- ment employees are bevond reproach, and many dona useful and hard day's work on much less money than their prototypes in commer- cial life. The occasional "ex- patriate" who lives on a scale much higher than his salary would justify is the excep lion.

The whole subject is a very "touchy" one, and an editor who wished no trouble would understandably avoid any mention of it. This may en- able one to win friends and influence certain people, but

|

Criendly, patient,

hopeful and British crowds lies patriotic key to many of the changes that have come over our tinfes

Then mporarily

immediately of people thi

How different was the mood of the great massen time.

This time all the young meÒ went forth to fight in a hard and

nctive my and. am going to do service! I get away from this tu

where I

of

what

had the worst However, the

Jacking unless he hands over a percentage of his 'expected profits; the junk or sampan owner who cannot remain in to do moout me was only one ot business if a proportion of the private problems which tha hit earnings are not written war suddenly thrust violently inlö | off as graft payments; these the well-regulated life of the

It would nevertheless bea cannot be expected to ap- King and Queen. tactful avoidance of unpalat-prove whole-heartedly the able but obvious facts.

in

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continuance of British rule.

Prince Louis

It is no use puffing out our Our German commections Inevit cheeks, becoming indignant ably gave rise to awkward situa

parents' behaviour and pointing to our marvel-was an object lesson in

tions; and lous record. It culs no ice with the majority of the

mashers; for they never sachlic population, and it is time to the pastunton

of the merment.

$

The police constable may

One

Involved

my

Admiral

..

I WAS subaltern in Grenadiere

his word is as law. It dong finally reached the floor of Parila. this bffiterness, I asked why

ment.

I

to be.

My father answered that it was not his wish but Lord Kitchener ́s. "Lard Kitchener," he said, "does

not want you in France funt now." The Answer

At St. Omer I had my first look

Parents of

The boys, I learn, declined to stage a sit-down strike.

***

at war-the. Headquarters view would be over by Christmas, We were about 30 miles from the fighting out of earshot of ali

For a long Unse the nobrest I but the heaviest artillery bomivisional Headquarters.

the fighting was pydr got to hurdiments.

'Over Soon'

Str John French. had sur-

My days were taken up with Paperwork and the carrying of despatches-made work, I pre- rounded himself with gider sently realised, designed to con- officers and friends who instine ces my non-combatant role under tively thought of war in terms a show of agjivity.

him the war (To Be Continued Tomorrow)

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SPECIAL EASTER SAILINGS

Our position in Hong Kong is not unassailable, and the eventual goodwill of the underprivileged masses is

or the skirmishes and blouses The concept of daty was part essential to long term stable

of the Boer War

or my inheritance. Thit surpris- rule.

Many of these have

They liked their food and coming, then, that I should have lived in the Colony most of we understood that,

forts, and in the opinion of us robelled against, being held in young subalterns were often out thehess while my friends bore their lives, and are not con- Even our vaunted courts father's Arst cousin by marriage

the First Sea Lo cerned with whatever for- of law leave very much to Princo Louin of Battenberg, who Back at Wellington Barracks on touch with what was actually the shock of battler

happening in the line. ruption

China be desired. It is doubtful if had been born in Austria of audich granting of 48-hour leave credulous expression when, dur-language, strictly prohibited. exists

I well recall my father's production, even partially. In any 1 Birdenge-walk in London, the

World Copyright reserved. Ht proper. When they see five per cent of Europeans German father: rottenness here, they become have ever been inside orie. A pubile clamour arose. It was was a sure sign that the battalion ing his first visit to the troops Esclusive rights in Hong Kong

in France in late November 1914. China Mail" Bald that it But would the unbiased mind

be an would

was going overscas. edsy prey for the Commun-

But my immediate transfer to Sir John assured ist who promises

iniquitous and freasonable thing fo them consider full justice had been the

Battalion Grenadiers, leave Royal Navy uider the 3rd honourable if harshad done if convictions are made German, but my father, Incurised stationed at the same barracks, ministration. These are diffi- on the rapidly read out state-over what he considered a slander confirmed my earlier suspicions cult times, and the person ments of pollee (in most upon

finest that I would-be left behind. of Britain's one

It was a terrible blow to my who criticises the status quo minor cases) without supple-mention his own cousin, fought pride, the worst in my life.

technical naval officers, not to is suspect as a trouble-maker, mentary evidence?

hard to eave him.,

I went at once to use my father instead of being listened to

The smear campaign was taken at the Palads, and, trying to cari: as someoric who wishes to be honest or He may not, but up by the popular Press and cont improve our present lot and hopos for maintained, but improved, British rule in the years to come. It is no use pointing to our relative

pared with conditions under the Nationalists across the border.

The unlicensed hawker who belleves 'He 'can 'continto to operate if he pays squeeze, although he will have only the most miserable pittance left; the crooked, criminal- haunted gambling schools which stay in business if hush: money is paid; the ticket scalpers who can make a good thing out of their ricket if they grosse "the ap propriate palm the litigant who is repeatedly refised debess to the recessary coure Hocuments until he has paid over the required "fee" the Berson who wants to avoid The time has come to lết Being evictedy or who win) tömés freshősie fitch idurky to Bunde}} knd whosis | places; not only to punish the fellitruma takif he produces guilty bất to endnu fate the A sweatening of dollars, the great mass of upright indiv business man who wants to duals, and to, pivo je gemater puté deal through bit Thari prestige and ack official co-operation entirely with rule in the colony,

This

to

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ffa Hätäned to my caso.

2:00 p.m. Friday

a defendant no good to com- plain that equally guilty

In the end "Uncle Louls"- hbd no alternative but to resign. persons have been unmolest-called upon him at the Admiralty ed. The European or well-while all the fuss, was going 'on to-do Chinese will obtain and the hurt showed in his tired, Lord Kitchener was Secretary legal assistance, but the lined face.

of State for War. Face to face is indeed an ignominions -With- this Immense, florce-looking others are at the mercy of end lifetime of loyal service, man, one would have said that nii a system which was more to the British Navy he and, it slow, stubborn purpose of Sails from Kong Kong 8.30 am. Friday acceptable at its Inbugurátlón "but I shall not allow this to Britain was concentrated" behind a century ago, take embitter me against my country bis somewhat florid countenance. Sails from Macao

The British administration | of adoption." here has much to be genuiné- ly proud of, but there is also DO YOU much to be improved. may be true that it is the fault of the public if rackets continue but that does not milke the public like us any more. It may be said that only the lowliest reivil ser- vents are corruptible the automatic answer. Being that if their salaries were not so low, they would not need to accept" "squizo."

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