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SEA CHIVALRY. THE UNWRITTEN CODE OF THE

SAILOR

"Chivalry of the Sea" was the subject of a most interesting lecture delivered at a meeting of the Royal Society of Literature by Professor J. Holland Rose, Være-Harras worth Professor of Naval History at Cam. !

ridge University,

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Mr. Jos GASWORTHY, who presiler, remarked that the lecturer had clusen ai

But subjet fascinating to English mars. wint should we hulish do when traffic and warfare had climbed out from the sen to a sphere where chivalry was hardly possible lesetes in the air did not come within the The futur WAN bounds of the imagomation,

in the hands of thou who would drop i andiseminate pism gas frin above. The "Wisen and children first" would be accepted in an opprite sense from that in which it was applied on the sen. He believed that civilization was founded on chivalry. It was perhaps more popular to say it was founded justice, but justice was merely systematized chivalry,then of chivalry,

THE LONDON HOSPITAL- CHAIRMAN'S URGENT APPEAL

Visconal Knutsford has written `anto- graph letters to several residents in the Far East, in the following terms:-

St-De forgive, a possible intrusion, but I so need new friends for this, the largest Hospital in England.

I feel desperate. We have spent a million on making it a real wurid. helper and now bare upkeep is each day's problem. Yet the things learned and fight here and broadcasted world. wide by its doctors and turses have helped countless homes overMAR.

May I beg you help if and as you can ?--Your faithfully.

Katyskon. PN--Is a whip round among staff or friends possilde i

HELP. OR CLOSED WARDS. The fallowing letter from Lord. Knuts- ford recently appeared in the Times --

Sir.Another five years have gone by last war dealt and I have me more, and may be for |

the last time, to ask the public to hel

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The next war would wipe it out, and with it the London Hospital to carry on for theAUSTINIU

civilization itself. The futum lay in the chemist's crucible.

next quinquennium. Wo keep silent for

five years.

Professor HOLLAND Rose pointed out that The last five have been the mes; dithent in the ancient world there was nothing I have ever been through, but we have like chivalry on the wa, which was the managed, by the reckless indulgence of abode of human lawlessness and crust our bankers and by the gifts of generous Chivalry in its best form was essentially friends who know the hospital, not only

of Christinaity. When we spoke isalry we thought of Froissart l the to keep going, but to make mal progTISS | of his chronicles marked the lay-day of the understanding and fighting of dis chivalry on fatıșl, but not on the sea, which ease. Let me give an outstanding fact. was still the seene of ferocity and lustre. During these five years we have treated Maritimo battles always e

sendes in inserim 14.00 In-patients and more than half a inte slaughter and drowning. As late as million Out-patients, with a death-rats 1387 the Spaniards had anlars to kill every lower than it has ever been in the 150 on found in an English ship while the years of the hospital's life. English themselves often caste

t overboard their captives, especially when they were en eatinbances. In this connection we should remember the small size of the ships in those

days.

The Elizabethan age had, however, examples of elemeny to captives at sea, and marked the beginning of a better time, when the sea became more and more the home of chivalrous adventure. In the Dutch wars -perhaps there was first formulated a definite Cole of chivalry at sea. Our enemies culled forth the admiration of Blake, with as result, spared the Dutch shermen in the North Sto.

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LAPSE ISTO BAHIAN RUSM,

The next five years are of suprema importance, because we have come to a it when the possibilities of medicine

Th and surgery were never greater. letter means of diagnosing disias, the treatment of disease by new methods of diabetes by insulin, for instane the Kater safety in much mure extensive Surgica: awrations, the increased atten tion to early symptoms of lisease, the investigation of occupational diseases, and! the better organized watching of patients) who have been treated are examples of what I mean.

Is the London Hospital, the largest in Eugland, to stand till and not to take its

art in this great advaner? Are we tof Ko on for the next few years with the lainful and humilinting sight of the

on the doors of wardsli Word Cleard

say to oul staff, anxiously! Am. I to

The conduct of the Geranin in the late war was a lapse into barbarism. One of their worst features was that they sauk fish ing bents at sight, which, six the time of Blake, had been respected. In the Dutch wars the insence of the forecastle was on.

side of lenracy towards the vanquish clamouring for the opportunities of!

doing yet better work.

the

Impossible!

d. lxenlane our sailors felt a certain kinship It is a disharteting ex perience, and our I have never bad be fore in the twenty-six years I have been chairman of this hospital.

Nelson

1 wender how many people' realize that the power to help ike vast number of

for the for. By the end of the third war fights a sou had lost their former farcity and his exptains continued the tradition, and showed that it was possible to temper valour with mercy. The chivalrus conduct of our admirals and captains per vaded the whole of the service. The sea bee who will seek our help during the came an arena for generous corapetiton, in next five years depends on my luck or which the strong helpel the weak against the ability to raise £200.000 very year. common foe. Chivalry was now the unwrit

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I know all about the "burden of taxa- tion." Well, try to forget it, and hip

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FUTURE OF THE MARINES. ADMIRALTY'S PROPOSALS FOR. SCHEME OF AMALGAMATION.

thousands of having someone very dear To them stricken down by illness or in jury, and whose paly chance of recovery is by the hospital's help. I have had to see that help refused because of our closed hods.

It burns in when you say this. We have over a thousand people waiting for a vacin bed. and the remembrance of of it makes me one more take upon my- self the burden of ligging.

A meeting of members of the House of Commons, contenai by Viscount Curzon, was held last month for the purpose of I know that I shall be told that we hearing an address by the First Lord of the eught to have saved money and not apent

ca the Admiralty (3r. L. S. Amery)

all we recived. But you cannot do that amalgarantion of the Royal Marines, a step when you have to face present misery which has been decided upon as a conse quence of the reduction in the personnel of and suffering which you know can be It is impossoble, the Navy.

The First Lord explained that immediately relieved. the "division of the Force, dated from 1863 unless you have the instincts of the late and was effected with the ubject of creatTutankhamen, to put by wealth for the ing gunners for mural work. "That created benefit of a future generation. In hospital good many complications, as the Royal work if you mark time you deserve to do Marine Artillery only served in capital ships, tine,

and therefore were practically confined to "What," I may be asked, "of the home waters,

Combined Appeal and the Government Any

lithculties there might have been in | Grant!" They saved some hospitals thaministration of the force were tolerated from immediate bankruptcy-but in that a long as the strength was in the neighbour-enough! The appalling fact stands out hood of 18,000, but now that it was to be that we ended, last year with an expendi brought down to about 10,000, the Treasury ture of 418.000 greater than our incom",

must be done to

had insisted that someth the Admiralty and we had pledged cur available aseta!

seente gronomy. The

to the extent of £70.000.

People say to

me sometimes that 1

Mr. Anery explainol, had been to preserve as far as possible the identity of the Royal Marine Artillery and the Kayal Marine Light always get what I want by begging. Per haps this has been partly true, but it Infantry while carrying tion which would result in the man has tres hard and not very congenial The only difference work. At the moment I feel beaten, and of emonnt economy. between the two branches was that the Royal am reminded of Bacon's words:

scr worse days than he who, yat Marine Artillery, specialised i

maximum

din laist gunnery, a

Who

And what the Admiralty proposed was that living, doth follow at the funeral of his I am now having a it should become a force capable of being own reputation ? " lunded, witle shore artillery, not only in home-first-class fineral!

wonderful waters, but all over

The London Hospital is a

At Marines,

to which

work.

of the ranch heritage. It has been spreading know- un foreign ledge and ending its doctors and nurses service, the First Lore said. Instead of all ayer the word. Is it hert, from its Alishing a a division of the Royal Marine very size and work, a National Trust? Light Infantry or disbowling

Do bel-Yours faithfully,

KNUTSFORD London Hospital, Whitechapel, E.1,

March 8th.

the Royal Marine Artillery,

the Plan

was to combine the two. Accordingly

training one recruiting centre and

ene Land school. There would thus be formed homogeneous corps, and as far as pos the traditional uniform of the fores be maintained. It was suggested that the uniform should blue, with rei farings, present officers of the Royal Marine Light allowed to retain their red Infantry being present tires of the Royal

dress, d Marine Artillery their bule urss dress.

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The total estimated saving in cost is £ a year, and this will be secured mainly by closing down Ferton Barracks at

retained Gosport. Eastney was to be chiefly as a gun were difficult. The Admiralty

school, but the housing condi tions there were would do everything in their power to avoid

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officers men in won- sequence of the changes that must take place. Mr. Amery stated that it was proposed that the stations of the three divisions should be Portsmouth; Devonport, and Chatham. He promised to deal fully with the matter when the voto for his salary is taken in the House of Commons, probably in July,

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