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THE KING AND THE H.A.C.

Review Of The Regiment

The King recently inspected the Honourable Artillery Company, of which he is Captain-General. The review was the culmination of a series of events and festivities with which the ancient Galld of St. George has been celebrating the 400th anniversary of the grant of its Royal Charter in 1537 by King

Henry VIII. The Lord Mayor and

the Sherifs were present.

PANCHEN LAMA WILL RETURN

TO TIBET

Lhassa Procession Proves To Be

Difficult Issue

The forthcoming return of the Panchen Lama from China to Tibet will bring to an end a series

months. At first they refused to have the procession pass through Tibetan territory st ALE and

on its way to Outer Tibet, but not to pass through Lhassa. This being unacceptable to the Panchen Lama, another deadlock ensued.

COMPROMISE REACHED

of protracted and difficult negotia- | negotiations were broken off on tions, says a special report to the several occasions. Subsequently, "Shanghal Pao,"

however, they allowed the pro- When the late Dalai Lama pass-cession to enter Tibetan territory ed away, it is recalled, the Central Government despatched General There was a large muster on

Huang Mu-sung to Tibet as special parade, and nearly 1,000 veteran envoy ostensibly to pay respects to members of the reglinent and their

the remains of the late dignitary, friends were spectators of the re-

but really to sound the Tibetan au- view, which W15 held in the thorities on the question of the re- grounds of the Armoury House,

turn of the Panchen Lama, Gener- Finsbury. Altogether the

al Huang's suggestion was at first active members and visitors total-Armly rejected by the powers-that-people, who, since the death of the led over 3,000. Members of the

be in Tibet, who were bent on find-" | Dalai Lama, had looked forward to contingent from the Ancient and ing the reincarnation of their late the leadership of their only re- Honorable Artillery Company of ruler. Buston. Mass., were prominent in the'r quaint and distinctive uniformas.

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THE INSPECTION The regiment formed up with the Battalion and the Colours in the centre and "A" and "B" Bat- teries on the Banks. The band" and drums were in rear of the Batta- Iion. Lieutenant-Colonel E. F. Stanford (Master Gunner within the Tower) was in "command of "A" Battery. Major J. A. El in command of "B" and Lieutenant- Colonel H. W. O'Brien in command of the Battalion. Lord Fortescue. Colonel Commandant, was in com- mand of the parade.

The King, who was in the undress uniform of Colonel-in-Chief of the Coldstream Guards, accompanied by Colonel Sir Lambert Ward, was received at the main entrance by Major-General P. R. C. Commings and Lord Fortescue, and the re- giment came to attention, the Battalion at the slope. Directly his Majesty reached the saluting tase the Royal Standard was broken from the flagstaff. the regiment gave a Royal salute, and the band played the National Anthem..

SPIRITUAL PONTIFF

At this juncture, it is learnt, the obstructive tactles of the authorl- tles aroused the ire of the Tibetan

ligious head, the Panchen Lama. A movement was afoot to welcome" him back to his native land. It was not until after repeated Apart from the popular clamour. negotiations that the Tibetan lead-large military forces were also be- era agreed to the return of the spiritual pontiff on condition that he would not pass through Lhassa on his way back to Outer Tibet, and that he would not interfere in administrative affairs in Tibet but would devote himself exclusively to religion.

ing massed on the Tibetan border by the authorities in Sikang and Chinghal provinces in preparation for an armed escort for the spiri tual leader, if necessary.

Finally convinced of the deter- mination of the Central Govern- ment to restore the Panchen Lama These arrangements, according in Tibet. the Tibetan authorities to the report, still did not suit the have re-opened negotiations with Tibetan authorities who continued him. "As a result of these discus- to put obstacles in the way of the slons, it is reported, the religious Panchen Lama, the most thorny procession will be allowed to pass question arising over the procession through Lhassa where the Panchen marking his return concerning | Lama bimself may stay for two which pourparlers went оп for months.

Seafaring Parrot A Woman Hater

Seated in his cabin just off the engine room of the China Naviga tion Co.'s s.s. Szechuen, Mr. J. H The King then inspected the re- Fayers chief engineer, told a giment and meanwhile the band "North-China Daily News" repre- played regimental airs. Afterwards-sentative about his famous African the King took the salute as the grey parrot as the vessel heaved regiment marched past. Lord For-in rough seat near Ningpo a day tescue then took command and the regiment advanced in.review order and gave a Royal salute, the band again playing the National Anthem.

or two ago. Mr. Fayers parrot is the hero of three shipwrecks. He

well known to all China Coast officers, and popular among the miany passengers who have made his acquaintance.

anyone on the tug who cared to buy it. There were

many who

wanted the parrot, but no one had a dollar, so it was given to the tug's crew for nothing..

in an Andrew Weir vessel. He rot's rightful owner, heard strange was given to Mr. Fayers by the noises coming from the fore part skipper of this vessel. When he

of the vessel. They were obviously took charge of him Swahili and the plaintive cries of his friend's Hindustani

the parrot. Rescued from the clutches were among languages in which he could make of his kidnappers, Polly was kept himself understood,

ashore until the beginning of this year, when he was handed back to his master.

FIRST SHIPWRECK

KIDNAPPED BY TUG MEN

After falling into the hands of the unscrupulous tug men, Polly entered on one of the darkest periods of his long and exciting career. He was kept up in the forecastle of the tug, where very MEMBER OF BOSTON COMPANY

little daylight tickled through. "This terminated the review and

The famous seafaring parrot One day, however, the master of the King left the ground with the started out on his career in 1924 the tug, who a friend of the par- Colonel Commandant and went to the Armoury House. The Colours were marched off with due cero- mony. In the Court Room the King signed the vellum' book, which is of great antiquity. He signed on a specially decorated page lumin ated with the Royal Arms in heral-1 dic colours. In the Long Room/the Colonel Commandant presented to It was in 1929, after three years' the King all active, officers of the experience on coastal boats, that regiment, attached officers and Polly frst sprang into the head- officers of the Anclent and Homo-lines, In March of that year, he rable Artillery Company.

was on board the ss. Tungting, a Finally the King accepted at the river boat, when the vessel was hands of Colonel Henry D. Cor-wrecked near Wusveh. The Tung- merals the certificate of member- ting left Wusueh in the early ship of the Ancient and Honorable morning, and at eight o'clock Artillery Company and was after-struck a rock, which tore the vessel wards photographed with the from the forecastle to the engine officers of the H.A.C. and also with room. The Tungting was beached, the officers of the American Com-and the passengers and crew got pany. As his Majesty left the safely to shore. While waiting for Armoury Ноцве he was loudly help to arrive, the company, which cheered by members of the regiment included twenty of ao cabaret girls and their friends and by a large, from Hankow, were entertained by crowd which gathered in the City the parrot, which went through its entire repertoire in order to keep up the spirits of the shipwrecked

Road.

Later in the evening Captain C. J. McKenzie presented a silver rose bowl to Lady Fortescue on behalf of the American visitors as a token of their appreciation of the hos- pitality they had received at her hands.

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The seafaring parrot has a distinctive personality. In the first place, he is a very moral bird. Unlike most parrots, he

ahuas bad language, and he is never heard to swear. He is also a strict teetotaller. Only once has he been drunk, and that experience seems to have taught him a lesson. During very cold weather up in Newchwang, the parrot was given some whisky mixed with sugar to bring warmth into his frozen body. As soon as the liquor took effect, the "parrot seemed to lose all control of himself, and swung wildly around his cage for a quar- ter of an hour or so. He has never touched any intoxicating drink from that day to this, refusing whisky... beer and other liquor which has been offered to him at different times: -

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The parrot had its second .ex- perlence of disaster at sea in August 1931, when on board the

CONFIRMED MISOGYNIST ill-fated ss. Ichang. The ship was badly battered 100 miles from

The scafaring parrot is also a Amoy while running away from a confirmed misogynist. He is never typhoon. She managed to make so happy as when he is surround- port, but was so damaged that speed by admiring menfolk, but he had to be broken up and converted has a positive hatred of women, into асгар iron. During the in whose presence he adopts an nervewracking,trip into port with air of superior detachment, Then a gaping hole in the side of the he has his own opinions on the ship, the parrot was not in the question of diet, He

lives on the least dismayed, but Insisted on twelve peanuts a day, and a little new Arimstrong Whitworth planes whistling and shouting absurd re-water. There must not be more nor less than twelve peanuts, ns to be delivered to Imperial Airways. marks. Two of these tyres, which are 6 Folly had his narrowest escape this quantity has been worked out ft. 6 ins, overall diameter and 2 from death last summer, when the over a period of years by a system ft. 3 ins, thick, can be used for an 6.5. Sunning was caught in the of trial and error. Occasionally he aeroplane weighing more than 22 worst typhoon experienced along is given a chipped potato, but that tona. The weight of air contained th China Coast for many years, is only one feast days and holidays. at 40 lbs. per square inch is ap- and was driven on a rock at Hong "I have become so fond of my proximately 10 lbs. for each tyre. | Kong. Mr. Fayers was at home on parrot that life would not be the Enormous stresses were involved in leave at the time, and the parrot same without him,” said Mr. Fay- the making of the tyre. To per- was being cared for by the mem-ers, giving an affectionate glance mit proper moulding of the airbag bers of the crew of the vessel. in the direction of his cage. "What an internal pressure of 250 lbs. The Sunning was anchored at do you think of life at sea?" ven- per sq. in. was required, giving a Junk Bay when the typhoon tured the "North. China Daily total pressure of some 350 tons struck The parrot was spirited | News" reporter, looking nervously that the mould had to withstand. away from the ship by members | at the parrot. A wicked look came A 10-ton Jadie ""was required for of the crew after the arrival of the into his eye. "You old food," he pouring the steel necessary for the tug, which had come to the ship's croaked viciously, "Just you shut mould castings.

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