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MARTIN'S

THE FOREIGN LEGION,

"ROSITÁ FORBES' OPINION.

NOT A BAD SOUL OF LIFE.

During the last ten years I have seen a good deal of the Legion in North Africa and in Cochin China,

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and, I know the Druso country, where it is temporarily employed. writes Rosita Forbes, the famous woman explorer in the Evening Standard.

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BARRISTER AS SHIP'S FOGLESS LONDON. HOW ENGLAND BEAT

FIREMAN.

PREFERS SEAMEN TO PREMIERS.

QUOTES. SHAKESPEARE IN

...THE STOKEHOLD.

A dramatic story of modern sen life was related to the Festminster Gazette recently by a well-known. Temple barrister who suffered a financial crisis three years ago, severed all his old connexions, tramped to Southampton with hardly a penny in his pocket, and

me; and fireman on coal-burning became, for over two years, a trim ships.

Its officers are dealing with very difficult material, for the Silent Legion, where no questions are asked, attracts four classes--refugees front war-wrecked principal Central Europe, excaped criminals, the down-and-out who have chance of a better job, and hot- This barrister had been briefed headed youths in search of adveniu notable lawsuits, had contested ture. In ore Moroccan fort I met An ex-Roman Catholic priest, an ex-Lutheran pastor, a German who had murdered his wife, an aircond ing Austrian banker, a Swiss pea sait convicted of theft, an ex- colonel of the Russian Imperial Guard, an ex-A.D.C. to a Serbian King, and a quantity of vague re volutionaries.

There nationalities represented in that ane garrison, and when a trooper who had received a sentence for brawlling protested, My captain.

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am not like these others: I ar

French,' tris" officer retorted There are no Frenchmen here, only. Legionaries, and you will re- ceive another seven days for having forgotten" that fact,'

Proud Of Ita Becord. The Legion is not intended for men who can find easy or well-paid work, but it is intensely proud of its record as a fighting and march- ing unit, which is second to none. Its hard life, but it gives a chance to ang man who wants to see the world and doesn't mind roughing it, and its conditions are vonsideralily better than those

under which the Frenchman in a Senegalese or a Soudanese« bat- talion serves. The clothing and equipment, wherever I have secti it in Africa and Asin, is as good as that issued to the French Re- gulars. The allowance for food is Just sufficient, but it depends on the officer to see that none of it remains in the pockets of a cor- porel who may be of any or all nationalities.

A woman one served in the Lezion undiscovered for many years died of wounds received in actions and was buried at Figing, in Algerin, where her tombstone can still be seen. After that, if a man calls

too hard a life, itrust in because of what he has left be hind, not because of what he finds | Di Africa.

Englishmen are not particularly welcene in the Legion, because the standard of living is much higher with us than it is in the majority of European States; but no false promises are made. The pay is ind, 1 franc & contimes a day, with small additional allowances, but it is about the same as in the regular French army, and a bounty of 500 franes is given on the understand- ing of five years' service, at the end of which the majority re-enlist.

Allowances For Depression, Discipline is, of necessity, strict, bus there is much latitude in its enforcement. Every allowance is made for the cafard," that ap paiting depression which in Africa is trented as a disease. No man is posted as a deserter until he has been absent eight days without leave, except, of course, on active service, when (even under English martial law) he is liable to be shot. If he has deserted in tines of pence, his punishment is rarely ac tually administered, but held in reserve; it note as a deterrent to further aberrations. There are no small punishments in the Legion, unless one can count those fatigues invented by the malice of non-com- missioned officers, only half whom are French.

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The policy of the officers, who have to équinand, train, look after;" and apparently cheer. restrain or encourage Dien of a totally differ- ent and often dissideat pational ties and of as many social ranks, habits and occupations, of too much intelligence or

too little moral sense, is to make a re- primand go as far as possible, and after that to punish with much severity that the offence is not re- peated

Looking For Excitement.

In conclusion, I suggest that life in the Legion is tolerable for any one who is himself tolerant, and I would quote the opinion of a Stan Legionary as Bou Anane, which is one of those Moroccan frontier forte from which Mr. John Earvey imagines that no one re- turns! One had hoped for little excitement," he grumbled, caressing one of the 50 pet dogs belonging to his company," but the

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Do you like fighting ?!! I asked. "For what else does one enter the Legion 1" retorted this citizen of Geneva, surprised

There are about fifty Englishmen among the 10,000 North African Legionaries, and the opinion of a number of these with whom I have spoken may be summed up: If you show that you're out to do your job, you're all right; but if you're a lurker, God help you

a South Country constituoney for Parliament, and dined and played chess with Prime Ministers. His identity cannot be revealed, but the authenticity of his story is with out doubt.

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"When the crash came," he said, I could think of only one thing -to get away from it all and 'go to sea. It was not so easy as it sounds. I was on the beach Southampton for six weeks, earn- ing a few shillings as sandwich- man, and super in Julia Neilson's production. Hanry of Navarre, and making a round of the ship- ping offices at six every morning in the bape of a job.

RESEARCH WORK BY GOVERNMENT.

EXPERT'S PROPHECY.

When I asked Dr. Linnell, the coal expert and laty official at His Majesty's Fuel Station in East Greenwich, writes John Fanbrook,

what the nature of future Govern meat resurch in coal would be-ho

which experiments will be carried gave me three headings under on:-

1-The_mara improved and more enlightened using of domestde toal. The converting of coat into oil..

3.-The total gasification of coal. Our efforts to educate families in the best methods of using coal with the usual resistans, dar to zaid Dr. Linnell, "will be met

British conseruntiam. Bist when housewives come to realise that so Per cent. of the fres in London are but by their own ignorance, they ransed 'not by Divine displeasure,

may at last agree to sweep the skies with their own brooms. If they will, I can predict a virtually fog less London within five years.

WALES.

FINE ENGLISH TACKLING.

GREAT RUGGER MÄTCH AT !

SWANSEA

..LONDON, Jan. 21st, At Swansen there was heavy rain tefore the start.

Wales were en the English Eure a minute Be the start, but the effort, which was sustained for 3 minutes, did not materialise. England, rallied, and overcame" with most determined tackling by the bucks and a concert- ed-movement-resulted in Taylor- scoring a try after wight minutes which Richardson converted,

England were penalised, but Iver Jones missed Anti the Welsh forwards rushed over and claimed

try whith was disallowed. Hees pulled him down. Taylor Richardson was almost over when again burst through and passed to Laird, who obtained a by which Richardson again converted.

out

Bartlett scored a try wide,

Wales made xenuous efforts and after forward rush. Ivor Jones. Failed to convert.

It was mining heavily. At the interval England were leading" by 10 paints to 3.

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Wales Superior In Scrum. Thirteen minutes after the re-

When Goal Burns Quicker. "The weather really has little to do with our fegs, though wind mysumption D. John scored for Wales cause imperfect combustion in st

A high wind will bura coal quie and Ivar Jones converted from a seminate soot broadcast in the at the ball in nearly every serum and ker than normally, and will dis dithcult angle. Wales were getting mosphere. When there is a whirl. the whole town was now playing a pool in the sky overhead, the coal stronger and cleverer gaune, but dust collects in one spot, and Lon-

two forward passes spoilt promis don becomes the land of the riding attacks. Wales continued to night noon.

press and in tura Richardson, Young and Sellar stopped rushes in a plucky, fashion. Laird also did great work in this anxious period.

"Then my Army war pension came through, and with that I bought #

book for £3, and signed on as down-and-out sailor's

engineer mess room steward on the Inverleith, Sailing for Tampico,

Mexico.

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Wonderful Workmatas.

trimmer on the Balmoral Castle

His next experience was

which took him to South Africa. Afterwards he became a greaser on the Homeric and Berengaria, and fireman, at £9 105 a month, on the Kinfauns Castle, the Balmurai | Castle, and Kenilworth Castle, the lent-named-taking troops to China "A trimmer's or fireman's life on a coal-burner is terrible," he declared, On my first tip to the Cape, although I consider myself strong. I would break. down after an hour of it. That was when I discovered how splendid stokehold fellows, can be.

these The second engineer wanted to pay me off at Madeira, but all the boys said: Give him another chance, let him go on to the Cape-he's a gent, he's not like us.' And, with the help of those good lads. I did..

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Coke has advantages which in time, I ara certain, will supremacy for it: it burne com- pletely, leaving practically no ash; and it will cope to be 35. per ton cheaper, though at present it costs about as much as coal. Companies already farmed to exploit coke will be in a flourishing condition in five

yeare' time.

By-Products,

"To understand the economic situation that is going to develon in the future you must get back to the by-products of coal, which

are gas, con-tar, and coke.

The faus that coke is a by-pro-

dusts the determining thing in most important by-product of making it less expensive. The the future is the coal-tar, because in time it will yield the same thing trouble is to find a method which As petroleum wells, The present. will seperate this coaltar,

"When this is accomplished, ar the science of the near future sure- ly indicates that it will be, the waste of cool and its valuable com- ponents as fuel will be a bygone practice..

Experiments.

ed coal, Government laboratories "In experimenting with powder-

cylinders under a pressure of 1,000 are now pumping hydrogen into atmospheres to the square inch- They then heat it to 400 degs, when it liquefies in part. I used to come up from the "Under such low temperature four hours watch completely knock-carbonisation eighty per cent, of ed up, and my hands bleeding. the substance of coal can be trans-

"On another ship we were so

formed into liquid products. But laboratories and plants is much too dangerous for geral use, because of the possibility of explosions. Research, therefore, in the future will endeavour to obtain equally good results by using less, pressure.

The English forwards rushed tin and again and relieved the situation. Then came a lull in the Welsh onslaught and each side was penalised in turn

Wules C003- tinued to get the ball from the acrums, but the English tackling tried without success to drop a renched great heights. D. John

goal.

by a great attack by the Welsh for

The closing stages were marked wards, who twice claimed tries, which

Were disallowed, while Roberts just failed to drop a goat England 10, Wales 8. for England. The final score was:

except that T. Lawson, of Working- The English team was unchanged

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The experiment of playing the two Johns vice Windsor Lewis and Powell in the Welsh side, was suc Sellar, and Laird were the best of: cessful. Cove Smith, Areald, B.K. Bank the English teazu.

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"However, until the time comes The stokehold hands soon learned when we shall be using coke, from of this strange seafarer's ability as coal for domestic fireplaces, and a teller of stories. A lover ole for coal to run locomo Shakespeare, he told them tales more economically, I can say that they had never heard before about meanwhile the public attitude will Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth, and change in regard to the quality Hamlet.

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"These rough, uneducated fel lows," he said, grew to love these Shakespeare yaras more than any bawdy story. They would listen

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