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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. FRIDAY, AUGUST 14, 1936. -.

GREAT.. CHAUCER

Manuscripts Reveal

Secret Writing

HISTORY IN STYLUS

THAT VANISH

(By LOUIS MORGAN)

MARKS

SECRET writings completely covering manuscripts of Chaucer have, it is claimed, been discovered. They will mean the rewriting of several chapters of English social history

I talked with Professor John Matthews Manly, 71- year-old heart of the Department of English in the University of Chicago, and his colleague, Professor Edith Rickert, of the same department.

They told me that the writing had not been discovered earlier! becquée it in vivilde only when the parchment is held at a certain i angle, and often it seems to disappear for days.

Even the finest phofostals show no trace of it. -

It appears to have been made by using a stylus without ink and the discoverers refer to it as "dry point writing."

"We showed vise of the MSS, to an export, who, after enreful examina- tion. declared there was nothing! fhøre," rald Mr. Manly,

PRIVATE MESSAGES

n

Among the writings BUT private ained meganges and,, comments by owners of the manuscripts mich Ann Cooke, Bacon's other, and n close relative of Henry VIII.

I saw Mr. Manly and Mis Riekeri in their "photostat" room, where they have collected together for the first time fesiile coples of the, 03 known extant MSS. of Chaucer.

Hitherto there would be studied only in the world's great libraries and museums, and in British country houses such as the of the Dukes of Devonshire and Northumberland, the Marquis of Bath and Lord Leron- field,

chire:

Thomas Clineer, wealthtest and most in urteat of early fifteenth- century FORTIDACTA ant Brice Speaker of the Honse, ** Ond poet's sun.

The poet's mother wens Cour Mendur Agues „Chaneer among the mine konten Zines Chawers of the

iny.

The poet belonged to a wealt and poiserful family of civil ser rants which is more traced back to EXO, veden his great great grandd mother, Daten Malan, if aze tent women to Edward 1,

He won an "A1" business menu.

tie uns ethemed at the Temple.

at a cost of £3,000 a year in present money.

The most imporiout thevery in oval history made by the two pros fenors is that fit before the inven tion of printing there was a big nut pretitaisie trasle in broks in mis enuntry,

SMALL ERROR

They have male a list of the names These are some GE the tirelings for 1,000 people engaged in, it as shortly to be published with evid- stationers, seribes, binders, parch-

ment-makers and book-sellers.

Publication will be in eight large volumes

mes carly next year. The 2,500,- and variant readings will derupy 4,370 pages.

Minister

Indicts Death

Merchants

Paris, July 25. The French Government's scheme for the nationalisation of war industries proposes the ex- penditure of at least £13,000,000 in buying up firms exclusively producing war materials.

It is exilmated that the rate of error In noting these variants was reduced by checking and re-check- ing to one-twentietir of 1 per cent. Boll professors are convinced that my priertess Chaucer manuscripts are lying about in uniber or muni- ment rooms or in old books in un- eatalogued libraries.

70 MISSING MSS. They have found references to 70 jor more such ́ MSS. of which not a scrap has yet come to light, and are janxious to alimulate search for them

among the owners of old houses.

I was told by Mr. Manly how a int dropped by a soldier during the war led to his Treent disconery of a sou mai important fragmen- tary MS. In a bank at the of Murthy Mater, Wales. "It probably strayed from the

rectory

M-Dallier, Minister of Denearby castle of St. Dont's," he said. fence, told the Army Commis The rest of the MS., he believer, sion to-day that the Government may still exist in some corner of the had no desire to initinte State asile, which is now owned by the millionaire! American newspaper monopoly of war industry. Their proprietor, W R. Hearst. plan was inspired by moral as well as material necessity

There had been a world pro-

test against the "endalous Empire

profits? made by armaments manufacturers, he continued.

Armament trusts have been formed to mako huge profits, in consequence of which national in- tercat has been ignored. French guns were sold to countries which afterwards fired them at French soldiers,

"There is something mysterious || about armament manufacturing."

STRICT

CONTROL

Flying Boats

As Troop Carriers

THE new 19-ton Empire flying-

boats, which are to be placed on the Singapore and other Em M. Daladier added that it would be pire routes next year, will be impossible to nationalise all war in suitable for conversion into troop dustries. Many firms have only ono or two branches making arminnienta, carriers, and for other military While those entirely devoted to purposes in event of war, accord- armaments will be bought up and ing to reports from Australia. nationalised "the rest, including

many working for the Air: and

The Commonwealth Govern-

Naval Forces, will be submitted to meat, it is announced, has

a strict control.

The Government will take a share in their capital and administration.

The nationalisation of armaments firms will be submitted to a Special Committee which will bo presided over by n Judge of the Appeal Court, MINISTER SELLS i

agreed to participate in Imperial Airways flying-boat schome, but only on condition that:

n. Australia has adequate "control

over her section of the service. cer

b. In the emergency of war

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Singapore, Aug. 1. THE airplane dropped 1000ft.. out of control. I shouted to my pupll in the rear cockpit to get it under control. There was no reply.'

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