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UIVIS ROMANUS SUM? WERE THE ANCIENT BRITONS: CIVILISED:

0C:OBERTH, 1923.

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The following interesting letter recently Japanese Embassy in London, recently, appeared in the London Morning Post giving particulars of the action which is Sir-Your article "Civia Romanus being taken by Japan with regard to her sum in the forning Pant of August, in order to fulfil the provisions of the Washington Treaty. The statement 18th does not in any way represent thedral, first, with the kinds and number Ancient Britons in accurate manner. The vulgar belief is that the Ancient of Japanese warships for scrapping of which preparations have already been Britons were barbarous people.

# grave your leave to submit the follow.started, as the result of the conclusion ef the Treaty, as well as the extent of the ing facts: "

preparations.

In B.C. 6 Caesar fought and won naval battle in the English Channel with the naval forces of the Briton and of the Veneti. Ilis victory over them enabled him to transport his troops next year across the Channel to these shores. His enemies had 99) ships of every sort and kind. They also had chain cables for those ships, Chain cables imply iron foundries and a considerable civilisation ashore. How can we reconcile Caesar's statements with the vulgar belief that the Ancient Britons were harbarians ?

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Warships for which preliminary work' for the withdrawal from the Navy has already been completed are: Four batile. ships, three battle-cruisers, and three | const.defeurs hips; while warships whose turrets have been landed are: Two battle. ships and two battle-cruisers.

Another setion shows the kind, num- her, and tonnags of warships which are in course of construction as follows Cruisers, two (7,100-ton lype), five (1,800- ton type), one (3,100-ten type); geroplane, carriers, two (warships have been con- In his Sixth Book Caesar gives nyerted in accordaner with the provisions: necuant of the Gauls, which is usual of the Treaty, but their tonnage is nat taken as applying to the aboriginal Bri- fixed as yet); destroyers, seven (1,400-ton tons. In this book (chap. xii) Caesar type), four (200-ton type); submarines, says:Disciplina in Britannia reperta, thirteen (the tonnage of these ships is not atque inde in Gallinn ruasiat esse, published); gunboats, faur (x18-toh ¡ppe). calimator,?" And in this book (chap; five (special service ships). xi), speaking of the Druidien practice The number of officers, non-cuminj of committing things religious to memsionet officers, and men, which has been org, and refraining from committing them readjusted and reduced in conformity to writing, he says: Neque las case with the provisions of the Washington existinant en litteris mandare, quum in Treaty, is shown to be: Officers 300, " reliquis fere publicis privatisque rationi special service officers 300, non-commis bus (Graccis] litteris utantur," Le.." nor sioned, officers and men 11,000. 198de they consider it to be lawful to con mit those things to writing, although commonly in other accounts public and private they

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Ta a room in the British Musenn, call RUSSO-ASIATIC BANK el The Late Celtic," or "Early Troni Age, is a collection of articles of an- eicat British manufacture. The exquisite. beauty of these is astounding. Referring to an ancient British shield, found in the Witham, the Guide to the Antiquities of the Iron Age" (to be bought in the Museum) remarks (1 quote from mem ory) that it does not compare unfavour- ably with the best work of Greece. A stringe verdict, if the makers of these things were barbarians.

The idea that the colonising abilities of Englishmen are due to an infusion, of Ronan lood seems to be accepted by the writer of the article in one place; but he seerus to reject it when he says, For if our caloniaing genius is derived from the Roman occupation, it ought to he manifested even more conspicuously by France. Italians,"

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After the downfall of the Roman Em- pire, Scottish and Irish Gaelic-speaking-NET YORK: The Irving Bank-Columbia monks travelled all over the parts of SAN FRANCISCO: The Crocker Nations Ban Europe then known, taking Christianity with them. The literary remains they Jeft behind them were immense, and have only been partially explored. Various Changchan Hankow Manchouli Tin chairs for the study of Celtic matters, Chafra and various magazines for the same pur-Dairen pose, have been established on the Con- Hilar tinent. These facts conflict with the isually received belief that the Celta were barbarians. A large collection of Gaelic, MSS. was unfortunately burnt, alas when the Germans sacked Louvain.- Gaelic MSS. have been found in Europe from Madrid to Moscow, from Louvain to Bobbio (Piedmont).

The belief that the nodem English are to be regarded as a Teutonic people, or A being in the main a Teatenie people, is certainly not the verdict of modern science. The difference between ancient and modern Anglo-Saxon speech is held to be due to the fact that the Ancient Britonn. when they accepted the langu

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