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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.'"
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look after tl
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their reports
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reports are
phase of thei
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scribing er
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Canadian.
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Europe are
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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.
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