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 Banditry is ever present in China, and rebellion in some part or parts of the country is almost a chronic condition. There would probably be civil warfare in China today even if there had been no foreign influence, even if there were no treaties. The late Manchu dynasty and Chinese officialdom have a heavy responsibility for the political chaos which prevails. The charge that the foreign Powers and their nationals are principally responsible for it will not stand. But to the kind of trouble which prevails in China today, the impact of the Occident gave the original impetus, and foreign Powers and peoples continue to make direct and indirect contributions. Foreigners constituted themselves China's tutors. Foreigners wrote the treaties. Foreigners took concessions in China. Foreigners financed various enterprises in China. Now, solicitous with regard to their privileges, their investments and their trade, some of them participate in the formation of Chinese political combinations and contribute to the successes or defeat of Chinese military leaders, their contribution and participation being determined by their view of the effect upon interests which they regard as vested. Thus, for example, notwithstanding the existence of a diplomatic agreement whereby the governments of the principal treaty Powers have agreed not to permit their nationals to sell arms to China, the Chinese find it possible to purchase from certain foreign sources, arms, munitions and equipment in any amount for which they are prepared to pay cash.

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 Of all the foreign governments, that of Soviet Russia is probably the most active in the prosecution of a positive China policy. Russia is no longer party to any of the old style treaties or agreements with China and the Soviet Government openly opposes the efforts of all the Powers which seek to follow the principle of cooperative action. The objective underlying Russia's China policy appears to be that of making trouble, trouble for everybody, trouble particularly for the "capitalistic" states, trouble for China. It may well be doubted whether the Soviet leaders entertain any hope of "bolshevizing" China in the sense of making China communistic. If they have such hope it will be vain. But there can be no doubt that they seek to indoctrinate the Chinese with the idea of revolt—and in this they are being highly successful. During the past two years they have been the main foreign support of the People's National army in the North (Feng) and the Nationalist Government and army (Canton-Hankow) in the South. They have supplied money, munitions, advisers and officers.

It is estimated that the various Chinese armies total in the aggregate between 1,200,000 and 1,500,000 men. The Mukden, Shanghai and Canton-Hankow forces have their own arsenals, each turning out rifles and small arms ammunition. Mukden has the most extensive ordnance plants and Chang Tso-lin has equipped his forces with light field guns and trench mortars. He is building up a large aircraft equipment. It is generally con-


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 sidered that Feng and Chiang Kai-shek have the best trained and best ordered soldiers. Feng has no independent sources of equipment or supplies. He has been dependent on Russia. In fighting quality, it is generally felt that the men of the north are superior to those of the south, with the exception of those of Hunan, but in morale the Nationalist armies are superior. Financially, Mukden and Shanghai are more independent than are the other centers. Feng controls a relatively infertile and non-lucrative principality. Wu owes much of his weakness to lack of funds. The Canton-Hankow Government has developed a substantial independent income.

Each of the major military leaders is an absolute ruler, exercising power of life and death and collecting taxes at will throughout the region over which he has control, except that, in the region under control of the Nationalist Government, the military authority is—in theory at least—subordinate to that of the Executive Committee.

In many of the campaigns money is more decisive than bullets. Both officers and men frequently go over from one side to the other. Cities fall without a battle. Armies temporarily victorious seem strangely reluctant to follow up and annihilate the enemy. All the while the people are made to pay the bills—and the bank accounts of the "tuchuns" grow.

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 of the Salt revenues, Peking is receiving nothing from the provinces; taxes everywhere are being collected by the authorities locally in control and are being expended almost entirely upon military activities. The whole of the revenue derived from the operation of the railroads is taken and expended in that way. Nothing is being put back into equipment and no new lines are being constructed, except in Manchuria.

Nevertheless, taking the country as a whole, private business appears to increase. This is unquestionably true with regard to foreign trade. The figures of the Customs revenue show an increase every year. But the amount of this foreign trade which is handled by foreign firms located in China shows relatively a decrease. The Chinese are apparently taking over, bit by bit, the importing and exporting business. Military operations, banditry, issues of paper currency and other irregularities tend to retard the development of trade; but it must be remembered that only a portion of China's area and a part of her people are directly affected by these factors. Opium is being grown in many areas in larger amount probably than in any previous period in China's history,—and the armies take the profits.

Among the adverse effects of the political and military turmoil, probably the most unfortunate in the long run is the fact that educational development is at a standstill. China has today only some


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 seven million boys and girls in her schools, less than one in fifty of her population. There never has been even an approach to adequate provision for primary schools and middle schools properly to feed the established colleges and universities, and in the government colleges and universities there has not been in recent years a high standard. Now, almost no provision is being made even for maintenance, to say nothing of expansion. Were it not for the missionary institutions and the Indemnity College at Peking (Tsinghua), opportunities for higher education in China would be almost entirely lacking. Even the missionary institutions have suffered greatly and are operating under handicaps. Some have been compelled recently to close. The revolt against foreign influence, the general insurgency of Young China, and the sympathetic tolerance of some of the missionary staffs have produced a tendency to despise discipline, with results seriously detrimental to scholarship.

The latest developments in the domestic military contest have been the realignment of northern leaders under the direction of Chang Tso-lin in order to stop the northward advance of the so far victorious Canton-Hankow forces and the steady advance of the latter eastward in the Yangtze Valley south of the River. Sun Chuan-fang has been eliminated; Chang Tsung-chang, who succeeded him in the Shanghai region, has been evicted from that region; and the Nationalist (Canton-Hankow) army is in control of the Shanghai area. The for-


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 eign Powers have at Shanghai substantial naval and military forces, for the protection of the limited area (International Settlement and French concession) which is under foreign administrative jurisdiction. The Wu Pei-fu block, Wu himself being apparently no longer in control of it, still sits astride of the Peking-Hankow Railway north of Hankow. Feng Yu-hsiang has advanced southward through Shensi and his armies lie to the west near to and constantly menacing the Wu Pei-fu group. Feng is a member of the Nationalist Party and an ally of the Canton-Hankow Government.

In the revolt against the foreign Powers, the Chinese have found organized boycotts decidedly effective and are having resort with increased frequency to strikes. The combination of the two, as prosecuted at Canton, has had a very serious effect upon British interests and has visibly affected British policy during the past year. Both the boycott and the strike are two-edged and dangerous weapons, but the Chinese are more skillful in the use of defensive than of offensive measures. The recent propaganda among the masses is forging a weapon which may prove more dangerous to its creators than to those against whom it is directed. The foreign Powers are reluctant to use force and may be expected to do so only to prevent violence.

There is one factor in the domestic struggle which holds out a substantial promise of improvement. It is the fact that a Nationalist Movement is in full swing and that this movement is tending to produce, in the political and military fields, some effective organization.


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 The Nationalist Movement is a bigger thing than the Nationalist Party. The Party is at once one of the producers and one of the products of the movement. The Nationalist Government is a child of the Party. Within the Party and within the Government there are three factions, the Radicals, the Moderates, and the Conservatives. The Nationalist armies are still another thing. There is the Nationalist Army of Chiang Kai-shek, an instrument of the Nationalist Government (Hankow), and there is the People's National Army of Feng Yu-hsiang, allied with but not controlled by the Nationalist Government. Each of these is less than the Nationalist Movement.

There is warrant for optimism over the Nationalist Movement—which is nation-wide and which extends beyond the field of politics,—because national self-consciousness, expressed in a general awakening, is making toward progress, toward national unity, toward independence. There is even warrant for hopefulness with regard to the Nationalist Government. But the oligarchy which has created and which today is that Government (Hankow) has not yet made itself the de facto ruler of the major portion of China's territory; nor has it yet established an effective civil administration throughout the considerable area which its armies have occupied.

Events of the past few days (March 20–31), most conspicuously the attack upon and killing of foreigners at Nanking, suggest that there is within the Nationalist Army indiscipline and lack of authority and


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 indicate that the work of the Propaganda Bureau of the Left Wing is creating—or has created—an instrument of terror which, unless suppressed, must inevitably alienate the moderately and conservatively minded elements among both Chinese and foreign sympathizers with the Nationalist cause.

What may happen next within China, what may happen as between the foreign Powers and China, how long it may be before a stable central government is evolved in China, what may be the character of that government and who its head, time only will reveal. In considering China's past, present and future, it is necessary at all times to take into consideration the size of the country and the enormous number of the population. China is changing neither very rapidly nor very slowly. Her mass is such that she can sustain no rapid acceleration and no rapid diminution of speed. The one thing that is certain is that she is no longer travelling in the orbit which marked her course during many centuries. She has diverged from that line. She is changing. She will have to undergo much change before a new stability is reached. Mere impatience on the part either of her own people or of foreigners will achieve nothing. Patience on the part of both, constructive effort on the part of the Chinese themselves and demonstrated willingness to assist on the part of foreigners are the only factors which may serve to shorten the period of turmoil and readjustment through which, like it or not, China must go and the world must watch her go.


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 * Vainglory (1915)
 * Inclinations (1916)
 * Odette (1916)
 * Caprice (1917)
 * Valmouth (1919)
 * The Flower Beneath the Foot (1923)
 * Sorrow in Sunlight (1924), published as Prancing Nigger in the US
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Leonard Hubert Harrison
Leonard Hubert Harrison is listed in "A SHort History of Canterbury College" published in 1927: "27th April, 1903.Junior University Scholar; 1905, Exhib. Chemistry; 1906, B.A.; Research work at Manchester Univ. and in Germany, D.Sc.; Analyst for William Baby and Co., Ltd., 62/64 Brook Street, London" Noracrentiss(talk) 08:18, 4 December 2023 (UTC)

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27 call. And that—I believe it was mainly a thank-you call.

Did she call you?

I received the phone call.

And it was Ms. Gui—

I believe, I believe, I believe.

Fairenough. And it was Ms. Guilfoyle, it wasn't Ms. Caroline Wren, correct?

It was on Caroline Wren's number.

Okay. So Ms. Kimberly Guilfoyle called you on January 5th, and the phone call came through with Ms. Caroline Wren—with Caroline Wren's phone number?

Yeah—so, so to be deadly accurate—is so Caroline, or Kimberly, called me from Caroline's phone. The representation is my phone says Caroline Wren.

Okay.

And I answer it. And can't remember if Caroline, you know, says, here's Kimberly, or if it just was Kimberly.

Fair enough. And you all didn't discuss anything, any plans for January 6th during this phone call?

I've provided the committee to—with my best recollection of that brief phone call. It was a thank you call.

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Do you know where they were at the time, Mr. Alexander?

I don't recall knowing where they were at the time.

Have you ever spoken to Ms. Guilfoyle before that day?

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28 January 6th?

Everything that I recalled about that thank-you call, the thank-you call that she gave me, I've provided to you.

Mr. Do any of the members have any follow-up questions for Mr. Alexander.

Mr. Kinzinger. No questions here from Kinzinger.

Mr. Schiff. No questions from Schiff.

Ms. Lofgren. None from me.

Mr. Do any counsel have any follow-up questions?

Mr. No.

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So we've been going about an hour now, do you want to take a comfort break?

Sure.

We will be on recess for 10 minutes.

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29 [11:12 a.m.]

Mr. All right. Go back on the record now.

The time is 11:12 a.m.

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So, Mr. Alexander, as we move on to the next sections, I do appreciate the color you're providing us. If you could just answer the question first and then provide the color afterwards, that would be greatly appreciated. And, again, we do appreciate your answers here today. But, yeah, just help this move along a little faster.

So let's go to January 6th now. All right? So, we've moved on from January 6th. For January 6th, Mr. Alexander, you understood that on January 6th Congress would certify the electoral college, making Mr. Joe Biden the country’s next President, correct? That's what was going to take place that day?

No, that is not my understanding.

So why were you protesting on January 6th then? Why was that day special?

Because I understand that there was going to be an attempt that would likely be successful in certifying the electoral college, but that the Constitution allows a protesting of that vote so long as it has a single member from each Chamber. The Democrats did this in 2017 and in 2001, and it was the first time, to my knowledge, that we Republicans were going to attempt the same thing.

And I had supported Senator Ted Cruz's proposal that we take 5 or 10 days to review the process, but I support Congress making a decision. But to say that it was—that it—that it was constitutionally required to go through on that day, that's not what the Constitution says.


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30 Mr. I'd also like you to know that Mr. Aguilar has joined the deposition.

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So going back to what you said, if the certification of the electoral college was successful, Mr. Joe Biden would be sworn in as the next President. Is that correct?

No, that's not correct. And I'm—I'm not a lawyer, but I've read the Constitution. And—but that's not—that's not a correct reading of the Constitution.

So we start on the morning of January 6th, right? And you tweet, "First official day of the rebellion." And this is exhibit 11, if you want to turn to that in your binder. What did you mean by this tweet?

This graphic on page 11, I'm going to have to add some color here. This graphic on page 11 looks like a screenshot. I can't authenticate it because I don't have a Twitter account, and it looks like y'all did not retrieve this from Twitter. So you retrieved it from, you know, wherever.

What—if I sent this at 3:13 a.m., so before I was going to sleep on the 6th, then, you know, it's color. I'm a political personality. It's legally permissible speech. And it certainly, you know, would not be illegal activity that I would publicly be tweeting about prior to legally permitted events.

No one's saying that it's illegal. I just want to understand what you meant by it.

Yeah, and I wish what I understood. But what I understand today is that that is a colorful language that you find on MSNBC or Fox News.

Do you recall tweeting, "First official day of the rebellion," on January 6th?

No, I don't specifically. But this is believable.

Do you recall on January 5th at a rally leading chants of "victory or death"?


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31 This is a quote from a very famous political document called the Travis Letter. And! was quoting Alex Jones, quoting it because a lot of his audience was there the night of the 5th. I love history, and I'm a Texan. This is a very famous Texas political history moment at the Alamo.

America’s full of quotes like this that emphasize one’s values, that one values liberty more than having longevity as life as a slave. This is the history of Americans and American descendents of slaves, my ancestors. This echoes the Gadsden flag, quote, "Join Or Die," "Give me liberty or give me death," by Patrick Henry, the Magna Carta, Harriet Tubman's own words, Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, our Founding Fathers and Mothers. And it was said in this context. The Travis Letter is out of the Alamo. No one was talking about winning or overthrowing the Mexican Government, which is where this quote comes from. They just refuse to be prisoners.

I don't believe in unjustified violence. I went out of my way to talk about that or being an aggressor. I never believe in being the aggressor. No one was talking about a violent overthrow of the United States Government that night or day. Again, this quote is just a popular quote on Alex Jones' Infowars show. His audience made up, I think, about a third of our rallies—I talked about this internally—and would often use quotes from popular personalities.

So this was Alex—this was me quoting Alex Jones, quoting the Travis Letter from 1836. No one went there was committed to violence, or we wouldn't have had permits.

So let's go back to exhibit 26, page 270. You've already briefly discussed Mr. Thomas Van Flein, who we've established is—was Mr. Gosar’s chief of staff. And I'll give you a second to get to the page.

Thank you. You say this was—

Page 270.


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33 But—so, I think what I was attempting to do here was to get a chief of staff of a member to talk to other staff in getting their physical presence to the morning rally prior to, again, a joint session that was supposed to start at, you know, 1:00 or whatever the Constitution provides.

Okay. So I'm more interested, though, in the actual POTUS wants force. How did you know that President Trump wanted force?

Well, I'd appreciate my words being repeated back to me with the context that I just gave them which is, you know, participation. So out in full force, you know, this is POTUS wants force. You know, you don't call the members of Congress to come out in forceful violence. That would be silly. Okay?

So if you're—if the question is actually, you know, how did I come to the understanding that the President wants as many Republican Members of Congress to watch the rally that he was going to speak at, I couldn't tell you. But it seems obvious in repeating it back to you.

Mr. For the record, Ms. Cheney, the vice chair has joined this deposition.

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So just to be clear, you didn't hear specifically from anyone on the campaign or the White House that President Trump wanted force from the House Freedom Caucus?

Well, again, I just want to reiterate for the third time that force means coming out in full force. It's a common term used in events, in organizing, in sports, in all kinds of things—I say this with complete conviction—and that you don't call Members of Congress to come and watch a bunch of speeches and intend, you know, anything, you know, anything crazy, you know.

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34 text message that preceded this that talk about the same thing, then I'm happy to review those and then try to contextualize it. But I think, again, it's very obvious that the House Freedom Caucus was, like, the conservative wing of the conservative wing. And having them all at The Ellipse rally to hear the speakers that preceded the President was important to all of us. And think it's, you know, the logical course of action.

Yeah, so it's interesting because you're focusing on the word "force." I'm focusing on "POTUS wants." Help me understand that part. How do you know what POTUS wants?

I'm sorry.

How do you know what POTUS wants?

Because he tweeted as much.

Got it. Thank you.

So you went over this a little bit earlier. But so after you left the hotel, by the way, where were you staying when you were here for the January 6th event? What hotel were you staying at?

I believe I was staying at the JW.

Okay. So walk us through the morning. How did you get to The Ellipse? What time did you leave? What time did you arrive? Just walk us through that.

I don't know the times. The times would be better represented by the text message.

Approximately. Or just give us a lay of how your morning went.

I really wish I could. That seems overly broad. You just showed me a text message, or you just showed me an alleged tweet that I sent at 3-something a.m. I didn't even have an awareness until now, again, if the tweet is real, that—that I went to bed after that time. It seems like I needed more sleep than that. So, so if I


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32 Mr. Kamenar. Can you find it?

Mr. McBride. Yes.

Mr. Kamenar. There it is.

Mr. McBride. The last page.

Mr. Alexander. Oh, it’s literally the last page. I'm sorry.

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I'll direct you to, like, the top half of the page. And you're talking to Mr. Thomas Van Flein. It looks like at 5:44, you are asking: "I'm hearing there's a signing of the document or whatever."

What petition or document are you referring to here? And I'll give you a chance to read through it, but I just want to understand. What document is this?

Okay. Hold on. I don't know. I honestly don't know. I mean, I wish there was more context here. The objections are getting signed. Signature instead of autopen. So certainly nothing on my end.

You were asking about it. That's why we were trying to figure out what document it was. But you do not recall?

I do not recall. I don't recall.

Okay. On the same page, it looks like at 5:48, you asked Mr. Van Flein, "If Wewe [sic] can send an email to the entire House Freedom Caucus, that they all need to be at The Ellipse. POTUS wants force."

How did you come to this understanding that POTUS wants force?

Well, in reading this and knowing that this is a message that I would send, when you're talking about—when you're talking about, whether it's sports or events, you're talking about coming out in full force. You're talking about participation. You're not talking about violence, and you're not talking about Star Wars.


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35 sought—the question just seems way too broad. And I'm happy to drill down on any of the specifics around the events that you guys are investigating.

Let's walk through it then. So you stayed at the JW Marriott here in Washington, D.C. Is that correct?

Yes, sir.

You went to The Ellipse the morning of January 6th?

Yes, sir.

Did you go anywhere between—in between going from the JW Marriott to The Ellipse?

I don't believe so.

Okay. So when you arrived at The Ellipse, did anyone let you in? How did you get into the Ellipse?

I provided for the committee maybe 15 or 20 minutes ago my best recollection of how I entered and what was happening at the VIP section, and I'd refer to that.

Did Ms. Wren escort you in, or were you able to still walk through the security?

I do not remember Ms. Wren letting me in. And, again, in my retelling of my best recollection of the story, I had to actually retrieve our badges using my reputation alone. And then I believe I saw Caroline ultimately, you know, 20 or 30 minutes later, after we made it through Secret Service, metal detectors, through the swampy mud fields and then up to the VIP-seated section.

Okay. Did you have a security detail with you on January 6th?

Yes.

Do you recall who was part of your security detail?


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36 Not specifically, but generally, it would have probably been multiple layers. I do know that the Oath Keepers provided me two gentlemen, and I do not recall their name. And I don't even know if those two gentlemen were assigned to me or my overall party. But I had multiple layers of security, and those were volunteers really.

I had a paid security, a gentleman, a security gentleman named Patrick. And I don't know his last name, but he’s an African immigrant. And—but, again, you know, I probably assigned him to somebody else. In these type of situations, you know, you welcome help from police officers and veterans and great Americans like that, first responders. But sometimes you also get paid security, too. So—

. Can I jump in for one second?

. Please.

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A moment ago you said that some of your volunteer security detail was volunteers. Is that you saying that you did not pay those individuals, that they worked for free?

I don't recall ever paying the Oath Keepers. And don't recall that being a part of any of their arrangement of how they, like, volunteered their services for security. Now I don't know if we provided them, like, hotel rooms or food or water or anything like that. But, you know, I've never written a check to the Oath Keepers to the best of my knowledge.

Who would know if you provided them with hotel, water, or food or any of the things you just listed?

I wouldn't know. We—everybody was—everybody was volunteering. Everybody was doing the best that they can. If these text messages represent something, then I can work to verify that but.


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 said the French papers—will never be satisfactorily settled till France has a navy of which England is afraid. A recent inquiry had discomfited all the critics and demonstrated that the French fleet had never been in such an efficient condition. Moreover, the people were convinced not only that the appliances of modern naval warfare tended to equalise the combatants, while the torpedo would give additional chances to the country which had developed it to the highest degree, but that their past defeats were mainly due to the terrible disorganisation of their Navy which the Revolution of 1789 brought about. This had been lost sight of in England, or rather it had not been put forward in any naval history until an American writer had shown under what disadvantages in this respect the French fought at sea in the old wars. Experienced commanders were ruthlessly dismissed, or fled to escape the guillotine, while their places were taken by inexperienced adherents of the Republic. To what other result than that which followed could such a procedure lead?

To my mind, seeing how much depends upon the traditions and discipline of centuries in the efficiency of a fleet being preserved unbroken, the marvel is not that the English were able to sweep the seas, but that the disorganised Navy of France should have made so gallant a stand under such disadvantageous circumstances. There was much justification, therefore, in assuming that this


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 inequality being removed by a united Republic, the fleets would meet once more with nothing specially to favour either side.

From the close of the Franco-German war, when it was evident that a fleet to perform efficient service must be not only strong in numbers but ready to act at short notice, great labour had been bestowed, and no expense spared, in France to gradually build up a naval force which in some respects could not be surpassed even in this country. With the special gift of organisation and talent for mechanical invention for which France has always been famous, the establishments she created for the manufacture of warlike material, and the extended experiments on which every step was based, gave her great advantages in the marvellous development of ordnance which had been going on for thirty years. In this country, having starved experimental work and given the cold shoulder to inventors, we were content to adopt our neighbours' designs, and plod on just ten years behind them in this most important branch.

The same with armour. While the rest of the world had seen that steel must replace iron, we had long adhered to the latter for some fanciful reason that, though it let the projectiles into the ship more easily, it did not crack to the same extent as the harder material. It was not recognised that if a plate kept out six shells and then fell into the sea in fragments it had done more


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 useful work than by allowing them to pass through and remaining attached to the vessel.

The special preparations in France had begun some seven years previously, when a thorough overhaul of the dockyards had been undertaken; old stores and machinery had been removed, the plant in all respects improved, and many old officials replaced by others with modern ideas. At the same time a change of policy in the distribution of the fleet took place. Formerly Brest had been the principal naval port, in which a large portion of the fleet was usually located; but gradually, as ships were completed here and at Cherbourg, they were sent to Toulon. This passed unnoticed at first, until England woke up to find that in the Mediterranean there was a force equal to that which she maintained in those waters and in the Channel combined; while France had a squadron in the north that, being always in commission, had a great advantage over any reserve which only comes together once a year.

It must not be supposed that this could be achieved with a fleet numerically smaller than our own, and other points remain as well guarded. We had been beguiled into retaining a number of slow vessels on foreign stations by observing that France had followed a like policy, and hence under such a condition we were not at a disadvantage. But our rival pursued this system as a blind, for arrangements had been made that at a given time


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 these ancient craft were to be laid up in their colonial ports, and their crews and armament transferred to the best vessels of the mercantile marine. These had been carefully prepared for this purpose during construction, so that their equipment as cruisers could be completed in twenty-four hours, while, as the officers and crews had all under the Maritime Inscription served in the Navy, they readily fell into the positions assigned to them under the new régime. These vessels would then be ready to swoop down upon the small craft of England still retained abroad for what had been vaguely termed the police of the seas; they would next make a determined attack on our commerce, while their speed enabled them to run from the few swift cruisers we had sent to distant stations.

The assertion which had often been made in this country that the newest steamers of the Messagerie Maritime carried guns below during their peaceful voyages was so far incorrect, and had probably arisen from observing these special preparations. It was obvious that such vessels could not be transformed in mid-Atlantic, but must seek a port, and would require a war crew. Under these circumstances no benefit would arise from carrying the guns as lumber in the hold.

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 been remarked that all the newest unarmoured war ships of France had been kept in the home ports. But the intention was, on the outbreak of war, to despatch them in squadrons to various points where they would find isolated British vessels which their superior force would enable them to overcome, and thus taking the enemy in detail, soon diminish the numerical superiority on which we had counted. There were several advantages in this idea. The ships had all the resources of the home dockyards to remedy defects and keep them in the most efficient condition; whereas it had often been found that English vessels when first commissioned, and at once sent abroad, spent several months on arrival under repairs for what should have been ascertained before leaving their ports. Then the French vessels were able to leave at the earliest moment for an unknown destination and without trace of the route taken. Having a clear start, they must arrive before reinforcements could reach the point aimed at. Had they been distributed abroad previously, this country would—as she always has done—have strengthened her foreign station squadrons to a degree consistent with a superiority over any possible enemy.

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 imposing upon her naval commanders a defensive attitude towards it as the best means of ensuring success for the expedition. Though here and there a temporary gain may follow, a naval war thus pursued must in the end be disastrous.

Jurien de la Gravière had proclaimed, "There is but one way to avoid the danger of being half conquered before the first battle; that way is, to be both active and provident, to keep line-of-battle ships ready to be manned at the first signal, and to threaten the enemy's coasts before he can blockade ours."

Lissa showed that any other objective than the enemy's fleet at the first onset is hazardous in the extreme. Careful students of cause and effect, the French had now determined to be first in the field, and strike heavy blows before our forces could be concentrated for the same purpose. To this end all their recent organisation had been directed. The newest ships not in commission so nearly approached this condition, that all they required to take the sea were a small portion of the crew, and certain stores that could be shipped in a few hours. The principal elements for immediate service were on the spot. The first and second in command had been in the ships from the beginning, and such was the discipline maintained, that both could not be absent night or day together. No delay could ensue in completing the ships with officers or men. In France every naval officer is


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 attached to one of the naval ports, and makes that his headquarters unless he has special leave to reside elsewhere. Hence he is ready to embark at a moment's notice. There is no half-pay. If not afloat he is in barracks, though given regular leave on return from foreign service. All this sounds simple and natural, but it is noticed as distinct from our system, in which officers on promotion are given a pittance, and retire to a cottage and grow cabbages until their turn comes for a command. All is then new to them, and the first year is spent in digesting the latest regulations and becoming familiar with the various advances gunnery and tactics, &c., have made in the interval.

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 them. These agents had been secretly warned. The notices calling out the reserves up to the age of thirty-five had been posted on the afternoon of February 28th. The next day 10,000 men were on their way by train for the chief naval port of their district. Long existent arrangements with the railway companies enabled this to be carried out without delay or difficulty. There was some resistance to the decree among certain of the coast fishermen, who endeavoured to avoid service by putting to sea in their fishing boats, but these were in nearly all cases pursued and arrested. As a choice between prison and service, they readily chose the latter.

The Maritime Prefects at all the naval ports had also been warned previously of what was contemplated. Without any unusual stir they saw that the various stores for every ship in the reserve were provided and ready for shipment, while lighters were placed in convenient positions for this service. When, therefore, the single word "mobilise" was telegraphed from the Ministry of Marine in Paris at 8 a.m. the next morning to the ports, there was no confusion. The trains had been coming in during the night with the reserve seamen, who on arrival were marched into barracks, told off to their ships, given their kit and breakfast, so that when the order arrived they were at once marched on board. By 2 o'clock in the afternoon the port officials could report to the


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 Ministry of Marine that the different squadrons were ready for sea.

What in the meantime was going on in England? The Prime Minister having been informed of the demand, a Cabinet Council was at once called, and orders were sent for the Commander-in-Chief and Senior Naval Lord of the Admiralty to attend. Though the French note only required that an assurance that steps would be taken within twentyfour hours to remove the English troops in Egypt, it was felt that the situation was very serious. But by the time the Cabinet had assembled it was too late in the day to set the dockyards in motion. Moreover, the incident had occurred at an unfortunate time for us. The Channel fleet had just returned from their winter's sojourn on the coast of Spain; the ships were refitting, while half the officers and crew were on leave. <A week earlier, and the squadron could have proceeded to Gibraltar from Arosa Bay instead of coming home, and thus strengthened our Mediterranean fleet. Doubtless this fact had influenced the date at which the demand had been put forward. However, orders were at once sent to recall officers and men, and to complete the ships for service with all despatch. To each of the Port Admirals a telegram was sent: "Prepare to mobilise the fleet at six o'clock tomorrow morning." Then a portion of the Cabinet proceeded to discuss the answer that should be given to the French Ambassador, while the


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 of the two services sketched the operations to be adopted in case the result should be unfavourable. This led to some curious revelations. Hach had a plan of campaign cut and dried for such an eventuality, but it had been prepared without reference to the other, and its success depended on a preliminary warning of at least some days. To the Army had been confided the task of defending all the ports and our outlying possessions, but it had never struck its officials to inquire what the nature of the attack might be coming over sea, and it was assumed that an expedition could be as easily equipped for distant service aS for a dash at pomts within easy range. Having been told they could expect no assistance from the fleet, that is to say, ships could not be permanently retained in any locality to await an attack which might never come, the military scheme of defence provided for resisting a large fleet and the landing of a numerous body of troops. Such a view entailed small armies in each place for garrisons, so that in the words of a former Secretary of State for War, "The garrisoning of the ports and coaling stations would require the services of no less than 125,000 men, in addition to local levies in certain foreign stations." These had not been provided, and now the Admiralty were suddenly asked to provide transport and convoy for the troops required to complete the garrisons to full strength. It required some


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 to show that the operation, besides being one of extreme danger at such a time, could not be undertaken, in view of other services which the fleet would be required to perform.

The Navy, on the other hand, seeing the danger to which we were exposed from the French holding certain commanding positions on two of our trade routes, had counted upon despatching immediately on the outbreak of war a combined force to occupy them. But they had omitted to work this out with the military authorities, and now found that the organisation of the Army did not readily admit of the prompt embarkation of such a force. Carried away by some desire to emulate Continental Powers, we had directed all our efforts to form three army corps of about 35,000 men each, and now could be seen the result of much hard work. The Cabinet was informed with triumph that the 1st Army Corps could be embarked in a week's time. But the Admiralty did not want a Crimean expedition; their modest demands were only for 5000 men, complete in all respects, and this could not be done. It would dislocate the whole military organisation. Why not take the marines? That was all very well, but this body was mcorporated as an integral part of the Navy, to assist in manning the ships, and those not afloat in time of peace were a portion of the reserve we counted upon when additional ships were manned. It is true they had been utilised on many occasions


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 other than for this purpose. If a portion of Ireland was turbulent the Admiralty were applied to for one or more companies of marines. In small wars they had been found an excellent force for doing the rough preliminary work and clearing the way for those who reaped the chief honour and glory. But this would be—if war ensued—a struggle in which the Navy could not spare a man. How had we lost sight of the fact that the best military organisation for this country is one which enables it to despatch expeditions with promptitude to any part of the world? Not only one, but several. In 1809 we had forces operating in Walcheren, Sicily and Portugal. After an unseemly wrangle, it was agreed that four regiments of the line and a battalion of marines should be allotted for the duty.

By this time the Prime Minister and his colleagues had agreed upon an answer to the French demand. It was to the effect that while they recognised their pledge to withdraw the troops maintained in Egypt as soon as the condition of the country warranted such a step—and it should be redeemed the moment this condition had been reached—this country could not consistently with its dignity afford the assurance that any directions would be given within the limit of time stated in the French note. While all felt that no other answer could be given, it seemed certain that war between the two countries must inevitably follow.


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 It being now considerably past midnight the Cabinet broke up, having arranged to meet again at ten to receive the answer of the French Government, while the naval and military forces were to be at once put on a war footing.

The next day there was an official communication in all the papers in the terms already stated, but adding that Her Majesty's Government trusted, in view of the assurance given, no rupture of our friendly relations with France would ensue. 'This however, was not to be realised, for after considerable working of the wires between London and Paris, the French Ambassador handed in a note at the Foreign Office at 2, which stated that, failing to procure any satisfactory reply to the temperate demand of his Government, he had been instructed to inform the representatives of Her Majesty that the chiefs of the naval and military forces of the Republic had been directed to carry out reprisals upon the dominions and subjects of Her Majesty.

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now before the first act of the great drama is performed, we may briefly review the state of Europe at this time, and see what chances of assistance there were for either from the other Powers.

The Triple Alliance was practically at an end. Italy had found the strain too heavy to bear, and been obliged to make considerable reductions in her Army and Navy. A large section of the Italian nation saw that a mistaken policy had been adopted. The weak point of Italy was her immense extent of coast line. Consequently the danger was from the sea, should she find herself opposed to a nation with ports in close proximity and possessing a powerful Navy. Her comparatively short land frontier was easily guarded by an army based on a series of strong positions, and such a defensive policy did not necessitate the maintenance of a large land force. On the other hand, being nearly surrounded with water and possessing several islands of great importance and extent, it was obvious that Italy's chief requirement was a Navy in proportion. This had been recognised to a great extent, and large sums spent in the creation of a fleet: but with an ambition that had not measured its strength, a few vessels of immense size had been B


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 constructed, whereas a greater number of moderate dimensions would have more effectually secured the sea approaches. In calculating the chances of injury from all directions it was now seen that the Central Powers could afford Italy no help in the direction she most needed it. The triple fleets were unequal to France alone, while if the latter had an ally with only a moderate amount of sea power, the position was so much worse. The triple armies were no doubt formidable, but then, as I have said, Italy did not need this support in a purely defensive attitude. As for any help from this country, why should this be counted upon? Our foreign policy was notoriously unstable and opposed to any binding engagement. We wisely preserved an attitude of neutrality, and Italy now regretted she had not done the same. As a neutral she would have had more claim on our sympathy, and be more likely to obtain our active support if attacked by either side. In a fit of pique Italy embraced a cause in which she had greatest risks. Our fantastic acquisition of Cyprus gave France a free hand in Tunis, and Italy henceforth became her enemy. We gained nothing, for an island without a harbour is hike a dockyard without a dock, but it fulfilled a long-cherished dream of Lord Beaconsfield, and France became, in Bizerta, the owner of perhaps the finest harbour in the world. Though naturally aggrieved at such a place not falling to her lot,


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1986 CHAPTER 56 An Act to consolidate the House of Commons (Redistribution of Seats) Acts 1949 to 1979 and certain related enactments.

by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—

1.—(1) There shall for the purpose of parliamentary elections be the county and borough constituencies (or in Scotland the county and burgh constituencies), each returning a single member, which are described in Orders in Council made under this Act.

(2) In this Act and, except where the context otherwise requires, in any Act passed after the Representation of the People Act 1948, “constituency” means an area having separate representation in the House of Commons.

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10 of how well we had succeeded, for there never was so visibly contented a man. And I recalled all that he did one morning just a year ago when he went to the front.

First he had sat in the morning-room and talked and stared out on the lawns that already had the desolation of an empty stage, although he had not yet gone; then broke off suddenly and went about the house, looking into many rooms. He went to the stables and looked at the horses and had the dogs brought out; he refrained from touching them or speaking to them, as though he felt himself already infected with the squalor of war and did not want to contaminate their bright physical well-being. Then he went to the edge of the wood and stood staring down into the clumps of dark-leaved rhododendrons and the yellow tangle of last year's bracken and the cold winter black of the trees. (From this very window I had spied on him.) Then he moved


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(4) A report of a Boundary Commission under this Act showing the constituencies into which they recommend that any area should be divided shall state, as respects each constituency, the name by which they recommend that it should be known, and whether they recommend that it should be a county constituency or a borough constituency (or in Scotland a county constituency or a burgh constituency).

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Rh broodingly back to the house to be with his wife until the moment of his going, when Kitty and I stood on the steps to see him motor off to Waterloo. He kissed us both. As he bent over me I noticed once again how his hair was of two colors, brown and gold. Then he got into the car, put on his Tommy air, and said: "So long! I'll write you from Berlin!" and as he spoke his head dropped back, and he set a hard stare on the house. That meant, I knew, that he loved the life he had lived with us and desired to carry with him to the dreary place of death and dirt the complete memory of everything about his home, on which his mind could brush when things were at their worst, as a man might finger an amulet through his shirt. This house, this life with us, was the core of his heart.

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(6) Schedule 2 to this Act which contains the rules referred to above and related provisions shall have effect.

4.—(1) The draft of any Order in Council laid before Parliament by the Secretary of State under this Act for giving effect, whether with or without modifications, to the recommendations contained in the report of a Boundary Commission may make provision for any matters which appear to him to be incidental to, or consequential on, the recommendations.

(2) Where any such draft gives effect to any such recommendations with modifications, the Secretary of State shall lay before Parliament together with the draft a statement of the reasons for the modifications.

(3) If any such draft is approved by resolution of each House of Parliament, the Secretary of State shall submit it to Her Majesty in Council.

(4) If a motion for the approval of any such draft is rejected by either House of Parliament or withdrawn by leave of the House, the Secretary of State may amend the draft and lay the amended draft before Parliament, and if the draft as so amended is approved by resolution of each House of Parliament, the Secretary of State shall submit it to Her Majesty in Council.

(5) Where the draft of an Order in Council is submitted to Her Majesty in Council under this Act, Her Majesty in Council may make an Order in terms of the draft which (subject to subsection (6) below) shall come into force on such date as may be specified in the Order and shall have effect notwithstanding anything in any enactment.

(6) The coming into force of any such Order shall not affect any parliamentary election until a proclamation is issued by Her Majesty summoning a new Parliament, or affect the constitution of the House of Commons until the dissolution of the Parliament then in being.

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12 "He could not have been happier."

It was important that he should have been happy, for, you see, he was not like other city men. When we had played together as children in that wood he had always shown great faith in the imminence of the improbable. He thought that the birch-tree would really stir and shrink and quicken into an enchanted princess, that he really was a red Indian, and that his disguise would suddenly fall from him at the right sundown, that at any moment a tiger might lift red fangs through the bracken, and he expected these things with a stronger motion of the imagination than the ordinary child's make-believe. And from a thousand intimations, from his occasional clear fixity of gaze on good things as though they were about to dissolve into better, from the passionate anticipation with which he went to new countries or met new people, I was aware that this faith had persisted into his adult life.


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It brought to mind her sorrow; she fell to weeping then,

Whereat was mickle marvel among King Etzel’s men:

What could have thus so quickly troubled their lady’s mood?

She answer’d: “That hath Hagen, ye heroes bold and good.”

They spake unto the lady: “How can this thing have been

When we ourselves but lately have you so happy seen?

None can have been so hardy such evil to have wrought:

Else bid us to avenge it; his life shall go for naught.”

“For ever would I serve him who would my wrongs repay,

To give him all he ask’d for I would be ready aye.

Upon my knees I beg you,” so spake the royal wife,

“Avenge me now on Hagen, that he may lose his life.”

Then sixty gallant warriors girded their armour on,

Who, for the love of Kriemhild, were keen to set upon

And make an end of Hagen— the ever valiant one—

And likewise of the minstrel. ’Twas all with forethought done.

But when the queen beheld them, how small a band they made,

In grim and gloomy humour she to the heroes said:

“Ye must leave unaccomplish’d what ye would take in hand

Ay, never against Hagen so few will dare to stand!

“How strong and bold soever Hagen of Tronjé be,

The man who sits beside him is stronger far than he,

Volker, the fiddler, namely; he is an evil wight.

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1832] even a faint idea of the picture; and the effect on my mind was, not to estimate them as I ought, but to feed my deluded imagination with the belief that we should find on the [19] Missouri, and on the Rocky Mountains, and Columbia river, object as much finer than the Ohio afforded, as this matchless river exceeded our Merrimac or Kennebeck: and so it is with the youth of both sexes; not satisfied with the present gifts of nature, they pant after the untried scene, which imagination is continually bodying forth, and time as constantly dissipating.

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Cattle swimming across the River — Brahmin Labourers — Patna — Bankipoor— Granary— Hackeries— Dinapoor — Cantonment— Digah Farm— Chupra— Floating Shops — Fort — Native Christians— Schools— Curreem Musseeh — Varieties of Complexion ••• • • • •••••••• 302

CHAPTER XII.

BUXAR TO BENARES.

Caramnasa — Ghazeepoor — Lord Cornwall's Monument- Palace— Salubrity— Rose-fields— Suttees— Lepers— D&k Journey — Seidpoor — Benares— Case of Native Christians — Confirmation— Mission School— Description of Benares —Native Houses — Pagodas— Vishvayesa — Observatory —Jain Temple — Vidalay a— Hindoo Astronomy — Street- preaching— Amrut Row — Visit from the Raja ••#••••• 339


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64 occurs to you, that the geographies speak of very various national characteristics, and you are greatly gratified with this opportunity of verifying your study. You see new crops too, perhaps a broad-leaved tobacco field, which reminds you pleasantly of the luxuriant vegetation of the tropics, spoken of by Peter Parley, and others.

As for the houses and barns in the new town, they quite startle you with their strangeness: you observe that some of the latter instead of having one stable door, have five or six, a fact which puzzles you very much indeed. You observe farther, that the houses many of them have balustrades upon the top, which seems to you a very wonderful adaptation to the wants of boys, who wish to fly kites, or to play upon the roof. You notice with special favor, one very low roof which you might climb upon by a mere plank, and you think the boys, whose father lives in that house, are very fortunate boys.

Your old aunt, whom you visit, you think wears a very queer cap, being altogether different from that of the old nurse, or of Mrs. Boyne,—Madge's mother. As for the house she lives in, it is quite wonderful. There are such an immense number of closets, and closets within closets, reminding you of the mysteries of Rinaldo Ri-


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When they had heard this warning still more took heart of grace,—

Four hundred gallant warriors. That queen of noble race

Had set her heart upon it to do her foes despite:

Whence soon was mickle sorrow made ready for each knight.

Now when she saw her liegemen with arms and armour clad,

Unto the ready warriors the noble lady bade:

“Abide ye here a little, ay, stand ye quiet so;

I mean to put my crown on, and to my foemen go.

“And hark while I upbraid him for what he did to me,

This Hagen, lord of Tronjé, King Gunther’s knight in fee.

So arrogant I know him, he’ll give me not the lie;

And eke care I as little what he shall get thereby.”

Then look’d the fiddle-player, the minstrel bold, and lo,

He saw the noble lady along a stairway go,

That led down from the palace. And when he that espied,

The ever valiant Volker unto his comrade cried:

“Now look ye there, friend Hagen, how yonder cometh nigh

She who into this country hath lured us faithlessly.

With king’s wife saw I never so many men around,

Bearing in hand their weapons, as for a battle bound.

“Know’st thou, friend Hagen, whether they hatred to thee bear?

If so, I fain would counsel that thou the better care

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“And some there are among them so exceeding broad of breast

That who would rest in surety hath little time to waste.

I ween, beneath their clothing, their hauberks bright they wear;

But whom therewith they threaten I nowise can declare.”

Then spake in mood of anger Hagen, the valiant one:

“For me, right well I know it, the whole of this is done,—

That thus their unsheath’d weapons they carry in the hand;

Yet will I, notwithstanding, ride to Burgundian land!

“Now say if thou, friend Volker, thine aid to me wilt lend,

If so be Kriemhild’s liegemen to fight with me intend?

That let me hear you promise, as I am dear to you;

And evermore I’ll answer to you with service true.”

“Ay, surely will I help thee,” the gallant minstrel spake:

“Saw I a king come hither, attack on us to make

With all his warriors round him, so long as I should live

I would not fail to help thee, and not a foot would give.”

“Thy service, noble Volker, may God in Heaven requite.

What further can I ask for, if thou by me wilt fight?

Since thou art fain to aid me, as I am glad to hear,

These blades may come and welcome with all their warlike gear.”

“Now from the seat upstand we,” then said the man of song:

“She is a sovereign lady; and let her pass along.

Let us that honour pay her, she is of noble birth,

Thereby our own condition shall seem of greater worth.”


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 own title of the Unique and to seek to wrest from him the authorship of life. (But such jesting distresses the angels.)

"I alone create."

"But I—I ferment."

"Matter I made and all things."

"Stagnant as a sleeping top but for the wabble I give it."

"You are just the little difference of the individual. You are the little Uniqueness in everyone and everything, the Unique that breaks the law, a marginal idiosyncrasy."

"Sire, you are the Unique, the Uniqueness of the whole."

Heaven smiled, and there were halcyon days in the planets. "I shall average you out in the end and you will disappear."

"And everything will end."

"Will be complete."

"Without me!"

"You spoil the symmetry of my universe."

"I give it life."

"Life comes from me."

"No, Sire, life comes from me."

One of the great shapes in attendance became distinct as Michael bearing his sword.

"He blasphemes, O Lord. Shall I cast him forth?"

"But you did that some time ago," answered Satan, speaking carelessly over his shoulder and not even looking at the speaker. "You keep on doing it. And—I am here."


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high, partridge-coloured heathland rolls southward, with small ridges as of a sea broken by cross winds, or as if the heather and the hard gorse cushions had grown over ruins which time had not yet smoothed into the right curves of perfect death. A gentle wind changes the grass from silver to green, from green to silver, by depressing or lifting up the blades. In the dry heather and pallid herbage the wind sounds all the stops of despair. The note that each produces is faint, and the combination hardly louder than the sound that fancy makes among the tombs. Nevertheless, the enchantment of that little noise pours into the air and heart a sympathy with the thousand microscopic sorrows and uncertainties of the inanimate world—a feeling that is part of the melancholy importunately intruding on a day of early spring. The larks rise, linking earth and sky with their songs, and the stonechats are restless.

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Rh to hoist the United States ensign and the Union Jack of the Britannic Confederation on a conspicuous palm-tree. This signal produced no effect, the squadron still bearing farther away to the Southward. The groans and murmurings of the crowd grew louder, and against my better judgment I caught the infection of curiosity—the desire to know the best or the worst—and gave orders for one of the ships guns to be fired. As the echoes died away among the distant cliffs I perceived that they had not passed unheard by our visitors. The five vessels, now more distinct, checked their rapid course, wore round, and presently began to approach us in a direct line. Soon they had regained their lost ground, and ever as they approached the anxious desire of the populace to see them nearer gave place to a rising dread, lest we should have called down upon ourselves foes instead of friends, destruction in lieu of salvation.

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Rh tance. The Himalaya range may, as I was told, be sometimes seen, but nothing of the sort was now visible, nor any mountains at all in a horizon of great extent. The ground, however, of this part of Hindostan is not without inequalities, and though it is certainly one immense plain, it is such a plain as one sees in miniature in England or on the Continent of Europe, not such a mere dead level as Bengal. The bank on which Benares itself stands, is of some height, and there were several ridges of hills as at Chunar and other places within sight, which would fully rank on a level with Hawkstone.

The whole country seems in cultivation, but less with rice than wheat. The villages are numerous and large, but the scattered dwellings few, and there is but little wood. Fuel is, consequently, extremely dear, and to this circumstance is imputed the number of bodies thrown into the river without burning. Suttees are less numerous in Benares than many parts of India, but self-immolation by drowning is very common. Many scores, every year, of pilgrims from all parts of India, come hither expressly to end their days and secure their salvation. They purchase two large Kedgeree pots between which they tie themselves, and when empty these support their weight in the water. Thus equipped, they paddle into the stream, then fill the pots with the water which surrounds them, and thus sink into eternity. Government have sometimes attempted to prevent this practice, but with no other effect than driving the volun-


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