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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News-Record, 1910-07-07, Page 3July 71.11, 1910 elmilisup7 THE SECRET WAR PLAli '4):111.888:7:'ne: COCHRANE THE DAUNTLESS WAS THE INVENTOR OF IT, Intrepid Tenth Earl of Dundonald Presented the British Government With an Invincible Attack Nearly a Century Ago, and It Has Lain Ire the Archives Ever Stnce-Gist i• of It Has Never Been Published. The security of the Empire is a subject sof ever-increasing interest, and at the present juncture its ade- quacy has takeet a foremost place in the arena of topical discussion. it , may not, therefore, putting on one ! side the merits and demerits of the present controversy, be out of place to draw attention once more to that famous "secret war plan" to which slight reference has been made from time to time, and which should now be reposing • in the official archives of Great Britain. Very little is known regarding it, although whether or not 1 10 it is now as "secret" as it was whets 0 its inventor submitted it to the con - 4. *deration of- the Prince Regent is an • oprem n atter. Its inventor, as no doubt most pee - twee know, was the brilliant tenth Earl of Dundonald, better known, per- haps, as Admiral Lord Cochoane. He entered the naval service at the age of eighteen, and soon distinguished himself by his bravery, being almost continually engaged in the most dif- ficult and daring enterprises. He was only twenty-five years of age when appointed to the command of a sloop - of -war, and in less than twelve months he had captured thirty-three vessels and assisted in the capture of many others. It is not, however, ne- ceseary to follow his brilliant career in detail. It need only be mentioned that his sturdy Whiggism brought him into disfavor with the Liverpool - Castlereagh Administration, and led 'to the temporary annihilation -if the phrase may be used -of his prospects of advancement in the service of his country. He sought and gained em- ployment in the service of Chili, Bra- zil, and the Greeks, and on the return of theffhigs to power in 1830 he was reiniKfed in his command in the English navy, and, dying in 1866eibas buried in Westminster Abbey. As a daring, brilliant, and successful naval commander he has been ranked with Nelson. Soon after his return from the Med- iterranean in 1811 he laid before the Prince Regent plans of a "new and most formidable method of attacking and destroying an enemy's fleet, and of performing other warlike opera- tions on a large scale." The prince was greatly interested in these plans, and they were referred to a secret committee, consisting of the Duke of York, Lord Keith, Lord Exmouth, and the two Congreves. This commit- tee gave it as their opinion that the mode of attack proposed it ould be ir- resistible, and the effect of the power and means outlined infallibly. They added, however, that if the plans were divulged the result might be fraught with peril to our colonial pos- sessions; "an observation," com- ments Lord Dundonald, "marked by no little foresight, for had the swine plana been known to the rebels in the Indian Mutiny not a European in -In- dia would have escaped." The inves- tigation being secret, no official re- port was made, but the opinions of the committee were conveyed to Lord Dundonald by Lord Keith. The in- ventor was commanded to secrecy, and it speaks \Ka for his patriotic character that throughout all •the trials he underwent, and in spite of the fact that lie entered the service of foreign countries, no indication of the nature of his terrible invention escaped him. . 600n after the accession of William IV., who was a practical seaman him- self, Dundonald submitted his plans to him, and "His Majesty at once admitted their importance." in 184t when the suspicion of the British Government was excited as to the motives and intentions of the French Government, another investigation was made iuto the value of the plena. L 1 cealing avid Making offensive warlike operations, the second "one of which experiments would be required before a satisfactory conclusion would be ar- • rived at, and the third a combina- tion of the first and. second "for the purpose of hostile operations." It t desirable the commission was no added, that any experiments should be made -they could not be carried out without divulging the secret, The commission •considered in the nezt place how far the adoption of the proposed. secret plans would "ac- cord with the feelings and principles of civilized, warfare. We are of un- animous. opinion. that No. 2 and 3 would not do so." That is why the plans were never put into operation. Their inhumanity was too great. Lord Dundonald's own opinions •of his plans were downright and confi- dent. They would, he said, totally change the aspect of war and super - Bede every known system of warlike operations. After their disclosure not a ruaa would be found to engage in war except for •defence of his coun- try. To use them in defence of r order and civilization would be praise- worthy, but to let the world know that we areat all times prepared to use them, against 'aggression would 1..e a protection of the best interests of mankind, no less than of her, own. Such knowledge can may be danger- ous to those who have cause to fear it, but "to those possessing it it Is power, strength, and 'safety. He was not entirely convinced that disclosure would be altogether harmful. It would, he maintained, show the ine- cureity of coast defences and other "stationary asylums," and it would have the effect of "binding over na- tions to keep the peace.'. A French journal of "high author- ity" remarked that. "should a 'war arise between England . and France, the latter .Power would bring warlike engines into play to which rifled 'can- non were a; trifle." Bad Feeling In House. The outburst of temper occasioned by the all-night sitting at Ottawa is likely to delay prorogation, Some members think they have already earned their $2,500 which a tolerant public pays them for their ability to perform the gentle operation of do- ing nothing. The naval bill is strand- ed high and dry, being docked for re- pairs. The insurance bill which is so bulky a document that whenever, a member wants one, it takes the unit- ed efforts of two page boys to bring it into the House, has- made its ap- pearance on the order paper after taking up all the time Of the Senate so far this season. Unless the dove 'if peace begins to hover about the precincts of Parliament soon it will be well on to midsummer before -pro- rogation guns boom frame Nepean Paint. The Smile. We talk of a smile of defiance'. There is really no such thing. • Such a so called smile is nothing more nor less than in snarl, a survival of the way our savage ancestors had of ehow- ing their teeth tn. meter to strike fear into the hearts et' their enemies. The real smile of pleasure begins with' slightly opening the mouth. and is. ot course, traceable to the joy Of thoee same savage forefathers of ours at the • prospeet of food. • POLICING THE PLAINS R.N.W.M,P. ARE GOOD MATERIAL. FOR THRILLING TALES. Recent Report Gives Some Idea of What Intrepid Riders of Prairies Are Poing. to Keep the King's Peace on Edge of the Untouched Land -Furthest Off Post Is Fully et500 Miles From Headquarters. If a copy of the report ef our Royal Northwest Mounifed Police should fall intothe hands of a genius -a :Stevenson or Kipling, for instance - he would find in it abundant neater - lel for as thrilling tales as were those - written about life in the garrison towns . of India or on the balmy I -- lands of the South Pacific. In that report he would find the ground -work of stories of duty, herois.m, unselfish,. ness and brave endurance; . stories - worth writing, .for they would tell of lives nobly spent in the service . of country and in behalf of the cause of ' • civilization. Some day the writer will appear and the stories will be written. In the meantime Canadians should at least look through the report and by glean- ing here and there obtain some idea of its contents and some understand- ing of the work that that little corps is doing -doing so well, considering. its limited numbers and the compare. Lively small • means at its disposal; and perhaps what is only of seeond- ary importance, doing so quietly .and with an eye single to the demands duty and in keeping with the dignity of the uniform its menthere wear. The report should not, in the public • .eye, be allowed to drop to the dead' level *coupled, by most -governmental blue . books, for it is n message from the -Great West and the Far Northern hinterland beyenclenmelt of which has yet to he 'won- to the cause of Indus-. try, and upon the winning of. •which, to SO grand an extent, depends the future .of the Dominion.' . -• • One brief glance at :the. statistics of the -report. Last year. the strength of . the Royal Northwest Mounted Police stood, as follows: .'51 officers, 600 non-coinmissioned officers and cone stables., and 558 horses -a gain. of 2 constables and 35 horses as compared with the return- of the preceding year. • "In Alberta there are five .divisional Pestle:Mid 64 dot a ehments ; - in Sas- katchewan four divisional posts and 78-dkachjnetits; -and im.theNorthweit Territories one divisional post and 6. •detachinottfi; ..a total of 10 divisional posts and 148. detachments. , - 'The area cover!7d by these detach- ments is,..Very.extc7nsiw, the Provinces Of Alberta 4.1.1i.(1 Saskatchewan and the • districts of l'acKenzie and -KeeWatM in'the Northwest Territories. The -far- thest --detach ment on- the Arctic 'ocean is 2,500..mileS from heath -Our- • terS, and it takes two months -JO make the • journey ." • . • • - A jurisdiction like that,. extending from Manitoba to the 1tockies, . and front the - international.. bOundary. to the ehoree. �f the Arctic ocean', elm - .ply staggers an Eastern 'Canadian ac- customed to -the narrow monlines• of townships and co-Untiesor even of Provinces, for - here . a • regieli •*. tbrOughout hich law and order .is be maintained;largr than many. an'. old-Werld empire. •'. •. -.• .• .„. In the southern part of this trmt- region .F.,nttlement is.. rapidly going ahead, and 'although-- the policeman's : work mayin comwquence be increas• - ed,- it is yearly b•.;7cming less pictur- esque and 'adventurous, although • not 'a bit less -eangerons. or. necessary.. That' the . work hasl)-0fl well done is attested by the high reputation the -Canadian West bears 1orthw or - ;der, Itj the' boast that Canada has never had a "wild•10A,'''. and if- the, boast..is • well • founded. it is .largely due. .to those nien• on. horseback. -.With'. re- volvers in bolsters and titles at their backs who everywhere .have stood •for •the majesty' of the law, .•• • • . In the • Far North the. members of •the• force have long baen more than policemen. The parts they. there hay.e to .play are many- and varied,' but • each is for tbe..well being of..their • lowmen- when] Nature, the .lure of the fur trade' or.••of the •uold Mine: nr the snaking Sperows Into 'Canaries,. • Some strange ways Of. "reising the • wind" are adopted, mid the folleieing case is certainly' one of One day recently' detecti ,re 'noticed •two men named Hall and Figinkliu.. EA- • deovoring to sell what appeared to be • a line gold . finch .. in the street..at King's Cross, .London,'• asking .half -a-. • crown for the --Songster, --When he. enolie to „Hall the latter threw ilie d .• bu.1nto the air, but the bird killed iteelf Thy flying into a shop and war picked . up by the officer. • . "It was actually a greenfinch, Worth . M.," said the detective at the . Police (;ourt, when Hall and Franklin were remarnled on a . charge of loitering. "Hall's pockets were full of 'color used ' to convert sparrows into canaries, affil he , also had -some .ochre, which. he used to bronze bifels'Iieeels lilte those - af Little cauaries.'" 4 • formsEMMIIIIICESISSIM. aim oat eerie' end. acivi7iittu in tho Great end "widely nuchii, orpr eions of th finger-tips ereignty, often the men of seiel Geological respecting t tent parts. mile to thi look after tl lug camps, oleo whom own ntietalt tions of gre. It is from spectors in poets and .0 edge of the and althoug and matter a modesty t self ports afford struettve re News fro esting, .altho , not • now le thee a few y famous, T their reports nary of the inn the year, reports are phase of thei for instance, scribing er 'our artiliot pounder nite • which is bra 5fnxints and Canadian. Two C'auad ually winnin Europe are and his wif. ington. The etchers, and tracted. a,,e7e• -of typiNa li have been a • ash and Sou. This sfloaks As all•tlic w matter, note of those ins Fond .reeroer, • in emiciiptio Mr. .errei honor of bei Pei; al Soi.eet Engravers c 'also to be se. iseinn of . gressioaal Both Mr, '4 carneet worie kno0 ;both c'oe;rinip studio -1.4.r ill • her of diseet aulred srec r a singular s classified • a •compelled to. 1 Canada. . •• • sr "I don't pile • said Brown t leek at the in need Is a • .of my exper has been tha Give me the . need." •I 1 .. Supplement to The Clinton News -Record -July 7th, 1910. REPORT OF CLINTON PUBLIC SCHOOL PROMOTION EXAMINATIONS Division 1. • Junior Class to Senior Class -Aggre- gate 250. To pass 210. - Herold Kilty 265, Roy Forrester 212, Leverne Cook 210, Lulu Connell 195, Willie Pinuing 181, Willie Britton 172. Division IL Div, II to Senior Class in Div'. 1- grega,te 350. To pass 210. - Helen Rodaway 307, Carman Hoare • 294, Oela Beacom 266, Harvey Walker 285, Wilfred Dickenson 276, Harold • Holmes VO, Alma. Judd 265, Chester Marshall 257, Elsie Finch 252, Irene Gould 251, Lack Kennedy 240, Arnold Rathwell 245, Charlie Thompson 245, Gladys Cook 243, D. A. Cantelon 241, Loretta Barge ,240. Viola Cook 239, Violet Argent 239, Frank Rice 230, Austin Martin 223, Roy Obowen 213, Walter Shier 210, Llovd Wilkes 210. To Junior Olass in Div I- A,nthony Yesbec 198, Arthur Grant 187, •. Third Class in Div, II to Fourth Class in Div. 11 -Aggregate 700. To pass 420 - Austin Nediger 499, Frank Penne- • baker 495, Harriet Cantelon 489, Gertie Wallis 477, Emily Cutler 469, Charlie • Cantelon 456, Gifford Beaton 455, Fos ter Copp 451, Lloyd Riee 433, Alhe,t Shier 425, Carman Turner 424, Ruby •Greens 422, Bellma Johnston 420. . • Remaining in Third Class in Div, • II- • • Clara .Twitchell 282, Merle Moore • 366, Hartley Managhan 350, • Mae • Nickle 326. • Division III. •Promoted from Division III to Divi- sion II. Marks obtainable.735. Marks • to pass 441. Willie Doherty 634, Frances Reynolds • 605, Wilfrid,Crich 590, Oliver Johnson • Crafty M. Blanc. Blanc, the founder of the Monte Car- lo gambling' resort was well aware •-of' the- desperate character oe many of his customers. Knowing that they • included the scum and riffraff of the world, he took precautions against them. He never married any money. Which fact he announced So. frequently and pubilely that It was known every Where, along the Riviera that the mil- lionaire Blanc 'Meer had a penny oii • his person. But he curried In a pocket- book a draft on red paper for several • hundred thousand francs, payable to the indoreee. He feared kidnaping as rnuch as robbery, and In case of ale - duction he intended to ransom himself •with this draft. But the instructions • at itis• office were not to cash a red draft with his signature unless a tel- egram was received frons him ordering It to be clone. . ‘.11C MEM Cli1N11104, • 579, Jessie Watkins 561, Eva Carter 555, Norval McLeau 548, Bernie Hall 544, Elenhor McKenzie 539, Mervin Elliott 534, Larene Langford 533, Annie Yesbec 532, Milton Streets 531, Sara Baines 527, Clinton Cook 526, Fred Lawrence 495, Douglas Shipley 491, Willie Gould 484, Arnold Giesler 452, Nora Kennedy 451, Willie Blacker 442, Recomutended-Addie Little 430, Mary Levy 410. Reineining in Oiv III -Lela Mitchell 895, Jean Barge 383, Willie Doherty is warden of the Nelson Shield -Janet. Wilson, Teacher Division IV, Promoted from Div IV to Div III. Marks obtainable 690, to pass 414. Lois Holmes"' 900, Mary Ohidley 585, Nellie _Kemp 574, Erskine Evans 549, Mildred Cook 538, Nellie Watkins 533, Brie) Higgins 530, Kathleen Dowzer 522 Dorothy Rattenbury 520 Leona Nedi- ger 518. Bessie O'Neil 516, May Rut- ledge 51C, Alice Peckitt 508, Bessie Chowen 507, Berta Jackson 493, Jennie Baines 489, Marjorie McMath 486, Hat. tie Gr eig' 473, Maida Cooper 461, Maida Armour 446, Carl Argent 446, Vera. Trick 439, Lulu Bailey 434, Mansfield Cook 419. Remaining in Div. IV - Elsie Holtzhauer 314. -i:on.Chvid ley, Teacher Div v. IV -Total From Div. V to Di marks 500. To pass 300- Willie Nixon 429. Hope Brown 420, Claude Higgins 400, Harold Manning 406. Charlotte • Sheeley 399, Leona, Hearn 389, Earl Cooper 386, Mabel Maestuill 881, George Evans 380, Hilda, Hailes 357, Fred. Grimes 357, Beat rice Britton 354, Jim Reid 338, Saidie Yes- hec 325, Ernie Little 307. Sr 2nd in Div, Ir to Sr. 2nd in Div - IV --Total marks 400. To pass 310, - Marjorie Barge 367, Agnes Fair 367, Frank Smith 359, Mary Rathwell 351, Mattie Shipley 34.3, Nettie Glazier 343, Ruth MeM.ath 329, Murray McNeil 324, was bone In 1849-W. E. n en ley never knee'• eilint a dne's • perfect'. health meant. When little Lubec than a hoe . elm wits attacked by a diSeas'e which • necessitated the• amputation foot. liewas told later by the doe- , tors flint the 'secrete° of the other leg. was necessary were he to live. The • fame of • Dr. -Liser had 'welled Hen- •.. ley, rind, penniless and 'almost iriend less. lie •determined to ti7y Edlifinirgh• infirmaryi Thither he traTe,1Ei). t wra) ei;iss in physical suffering taich as few' have known. and when the rehcbed the..hilirniari Ixis whole , possessions amounted 10.8 few 0111111gs: •Flis con - ['Kleine!. in Lister wits. just 'fled, and his leg was saved. Ile wile • and remained xi iiiir)Ie. but neither hopeless nor help- • less. Uis astounding nimbleness un - iter these conditions suggested to Rob- ert Louis Stevenson tbe physical sketch g of JON' silver. • Orville Murphy 324, Cecil Pickett 317, Elsie Greens 815. Remaining in Div, .Sr Class-Elarry Lawrence 302, Ed- na McCaughey 301, Leslie Rice 301, Ernest Livermore 296, E Hall 292, Earl ()rich 292, Alec Eagleson 276, Wilbur Welsh 206, Earl Livermore 255, Earl Steep 218, Pearl Gould 218, Jean Bell 212, Addis Jones 208. -Lucy Steveus, 'reacher Division VI Promoted front Div VI to Div. V- M arks obtainable 250, to pass 170 Bessie Harland 250, Madelon Shaw 225. Clete Dunford223, Ethel Wasman 21e, Margaret Kelly 211, Fred Wallis 210, Lyda Livermore. 209, Robbie Schrenk 209, Asa Deeves 205, Oinl Warretrer 202, Eulalie Hill 200, Sadie Draper, 199, Harry Ranee 195, Edna West 190, Lawrence West 190, Mary Carter 190, Merion Andrews 189, Mer- ritt Nediger 189, Willie Fulford 187, Ettie Argent 186, Jame4 Walker 172, Evelyn (Muff 171, Remaining in Div. VI -Ronald McDonald 139. • Hattie Courtme, Teacher • The following have been promoted to Div, VT. Total melts 250. Re- quired to pass 125.-713eryl Cooper 200, G. W. Barge 195, Helen Ross 191, Margaret Bell 180, Alice Pinker 162, Fred. Pickett 162, Mildred Liv- ermore 151, Cecil McIntyre 149, Ern- st Bradshaw 138,, Charlie Cole 133. From division VIM toj !division VTI Total 250. Pass 150. -Amy Hellyar 245, ITurh 'Maguire 243, Dorothy Ruske 241, Willie IVIuteh 7241, Fergus Reynolds 241„Toseph Yesbee 237, Jack Bawden 232, Amos Osbaldeston 231; Dixie Fair 228, Fred. Elliott 221, Lottie Judd 216, Harry Munroe 215, Joseph 'Allison 215, Stuart Mc- Dona?.1 • 211, Marion McIntyre 208, John •Yesbec 197, Stewart Taylor 186, Amy Gould 178. • Minnie L. Ker, Teacher. •and rest Contented. Nyal's Soothing Syrup con- tains no opiates. It induces natured, healthy sleep --gives immediate relief to baby, calming the mother's tired nerves -does riot put on soft, •• -4. flabby flesh, making the little folks easy. victim3 of childish diseases. \'r0 wouldn't think of recommending Nyal's Soothing Syrup if we were not certain. of its beneficial effects, Anything you- buy : • with the name w:11 give yoti entire • .satisfaction. Sold and guaranteed by r7450 W. S: R. Holmes W. A. McCennel J. E. 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