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/• Wolves of Revolution '-«*â-  -^ Political Murder is Rare in Ejigland, but Recent Events 'â- '•' in India Show tKat the Assaidin's Bomb is Still a Revolutionary Weapon The recent bomb outrage In tUo In- dian I'ttrllamcnt Is only the latest of a loiiK series of "polllical" crimes â€" iUogal ads, Rcnorally of violence, de- signed to Intimidate, cu" somotlraes even to overthrow, ab existing Gov- ernmout or order of society. Acts of this kind have been much more common on the Continent rnd In the Un;>»d Slutes than In Hritaln. but at one time our shores were a favourite haunt of politiral refugees â€" some of Ihera dosperato criminals. And, in a few cases at any rate, these people were responsible for sensa- tional happenings over here. "Ag'in' Every Government" ' Partly t'ils was because they were opposed to law and order everywhere; partly because our police h.id to keep an eye on aliens of tills kind. In order that we niisht not be h%Id responsible j for outrages committed abroad, but planned and prepared In Britain. ^^*Ua of foreign Royalties wer6 alsoi uiixioit? occasions, as they presented, those plotters with new opportunities. One amazing crime planned thirty- five years a,i;o by a foreign anarchist named Bourdin was the blpwing up , of Oreenwich Observator>"#' Wfiy he] chose the Observatory is a puzzle, but It proved iiis own undoing. In order; to reach it ho had to climb a path ' whi<-U was broken every yard or so ' by liiKh steps, formed of balks of tinibpr. Itourdln, prohalily dreaming of tl\e eensallori ho was abo-- ' \ to ' 'cause, Btnmbled against ' Ihose steps nnd fell, tlin'- .,'iq bomb ho was c-''- - was "hoist with h' , ..iile of Scotland Yard ..le under.i;r(niud haunts of these foreiijn anarchists wore mostly in the ueiKhl'ourhood of Soho and Totten- ham CoMrt Uoad. On Bourdln's body was found a membership card of the Autonoraife Club, a notorious anarch- ist club siltinted off the Tottenham Court Uoad. This led to a police raid on the du'), led by' the late Superin- tendent Melville, head of the Special Branch at Scotland Yard. Melville, whom I knew very well, was the terror of anarchists, many of whom had threatened to take his life. However, threatened people proverbi- ally live long, and Melville was no exception to the rule. lie was a big, Birong man, with massive chest and flank, a grip of Iron and the hug of a bear. He wa.'« absolutely fearless. Whenever he saw a "wanted" anarch- ist ho went for him on the spot, whe- ther he was armed or not. On one or two occasions he was at- tacked In the street. His enemies even ventured Into his own private 8an(;tum at Scotland Yard in a dar- -ftig effort to "get him." A Mysterious Visit A man called, asked for Melville, und told a plausible story which gained him admissloa to tho superin- tendent's room. He was very mysterious in his man- ner, liowever, and Melville's keen eyes, running his visitor over, caught lb(! (;]iMni of a revolver barrel pro- truUliiig (I'om a handkerchief In an In- fljftC.4»n<'li,-t! Next moment the delecllvo had his grip on the visitor and the revolver quickly changed hands. The man was secured and turned out to be a noi')rious anarchi.'^t. I shall never forget the thrill Mel- ville gave mo when he described how be ".shadowed" a notorious anarchist I named I'oltl. Tlio latter was carry- ing a little black hag. Melville felt rontldeiit that it contained a bomb. Hn followed him for a considerable time, keeping nuita close to him, sit- ting beside hlra on a bus, riding In tlio siiino railway carriage, and sol on, until at last a favourable op- portiiiiity presented itself for the ar- rest. Ho was right about the bag. It did. contain a bomb- -a "ilve" oneâ€" which tlie miscreant had not had time to make use of. In his pocket-book was found scribbled: "Vile Melville!" ( I'erhapa the most sensational en- counter which Melville ever hart was named Mouiiler, which occurred at- (lorla Station. 1'.»o fact that (lie detecllvo had his wli'o '«fUh lilm at the time, and was ijiilte unai«Bd, and that Meunler was] aliiKi :t Mr^ki to be armed, made no ' dlfi.ri'if'ce^ Melville tackled him at' one-. * ,. I A terrino st.'uggle en.«ied, which i •n.l<Mi in Itio niianiiist being over- powered and sciiired. '^JIo W£^ carry- ing a loaded revolver and a largo suy ply of ball cartridges nnd liad boon I on hfs way to the Continent, bent on â- oiriir vlllMliiy or other. I Melville retired in 190J, after i thirty years' iftrvico, but came back to do .Secret Service work durlag the War He died at bis house at Clap- bam in 1918. Speaking of polllcal crimes com- mitted by ailens, I recall a remarkable â- eries of murders committed by an Armenian at Pockham twenty five year* ago. At that time there was a deal of 11 eat Id Armenia, nnd rovnliintlon- "«». There were fac- <«nd bendotlas. Armenia u borders, even to distant and prosalo Peckham! Shot* In tht Street An Armenian club was established at an old corner house facing the end of Pectham Ilyo. Secret moetlugs were held, plots were hatched and as- sassinations arranged. One of those who attended these meetings was a wealthy mouiber of the Armenian Central Committee, Sagatel Sagounie, wha never stirred nut of doors without a dagger and a loaded revolver. He had liLHtalled himself In a humble lodging at Nuuhead Grove, not far from the club. As his arma- ment suggested, ho went in constant fear of an attempt on his life. His fears were well founded. Night after night the nelglibours noticed a mysterious Individual, a foreign-look- ing man with a dark moustache, who paraded up and down opposite Sa- gounte's lodging. One wet night the vigilant watcher was there as usual. Ho saw Sagounie walking toward? his lodging and towards him. A^ second later the peace of Nunhead Grove was shat- tered by several revolver shots. The Final Reckoning People hurried to the spot. Thoy found Sagounio lying dead on the pavement outside the hoXise la which he lodged. The mysterious watcher had disappeared. That was the flrst murder In con- nection with the Armenian Club meet- ings. A little later came a double assassination. One afternoon several meinl)ers of tho club wero strolling along the sido of Peckham Rye. As they pjsscd some tumble-down old cottages a stranger suddenly appeared, shot two of their number dead and made off. But ho was clo.sely followed, and, llud- ing that capture was inevitable, turned his revolvcj ni uimseif. , Was U>'''- "â- â€¢'0 the as.sassln of Sag- ounie.' He was clean-shaven, but Ua might, for purposes of dlsgiiiso, have shaved off his mou.stache. To test this, the police resorted to a grupsomo oxperiniont. They fixed an artificial moustache on Ilia mouth of the crirpso and then photngraidied it. Tlie moustache altered the face entirely. They then showed the photograph to witnesses who had seen the silent watcher of Nunhead Orovo, and they identilled It as that of Sagoi nie's mur- derer. ICventually the police were satisfied that all three murders had been committed by tho same man. y ^ Making Canada Fsimous Abroad Cool-iaeaded Pilot Wins Battle ; Against Fire and Death In Air FAMOUS CANADIAN QUARTETTE' TO TOUR EUROPE The Hart House String Quartette will this summer n- ' >s ambassador^ of Canada's culture In Europe, to which they are sailing â-  â-  on a musical tour. The Quartette, acclaimed as one of the world's -entiy closed their Canadian season with a unique concert tindor the ; IT's llxcel- leiicy the Governor-General and Viscountess VVillingiloii,. '• of the Toronto Social Hygiene Council. The members of the Qua. i fol- lows, loft to right: Gaza de Kresi, llr.st violin; Harry Ailaskhi, ». Milton Blackstone, viola; and Boris Hauibourg, 'cello. Elko, Nev. â€" Two thousand feet above the uneven Nevada plala_^ F!'°' Hugh Barker, trapped in the control compartment of a flaming trl motored transport 'plane with seven men and one woman aboard, played a grim game with death. From a faulty portslde motor, wind whipped tho flames around the cabin, the wings and fuselage. Before'Bar- ker could right the plane from a mo- mentary twist caused by the falling motor, the flames had enveloped the right of the huge monoplane. Barker clung to his controls while his mechanic and passengers sought to escape the flames which licked against the right side of the cabin. With a skiUcd hand. Barker righted the plane and, after the .shifting of hia frightened passengers, unbalanced It.j He set Ills plane liito a long gUde^ for the earth, side-*Jipping to keep the flames from the cabin. As a small,| even landing spot appeared. Barker manoeuvred hie flaming ship to a pancake landing. Abe Warner, as-' sistaat pilot, smashed the cabin door and the pas.sengers scrambled out, un-| injured except for the shaking up re- ceived In the landing. Br.rUer was tho last to leave the plane. The spot whore Barker landed was surrounded by ruts and ditches. Chance alone afforded the small, safe laading spot. The monoplane was destroyed to- gether with its load of mail. The loss was estimated at J100,000. Weather Man Is Policeman Too Jan Mayan Becomes Integral Part of State to Protect Meteorological Station Oslo, Norway.â€" The Island of Jan Mayen liasibeen olliclally iucorpDiated in the Norwegian state. At the same time the director of metorologlcal sta- tion there was given full police au- thority over the place. The annexation of this land, the Foreign Affairs Department an- nounces, Is tho natural consequence of the foundation of a weather forecast- ing station In Jan Mayen by the Nor- wegian Meteorological Institute In connection with the occupation of the island in 1922 nnd l'J2G. In the summer of 1!I21 a wireless station was built and on September Ist tho same year the flrst wireless connection between Norway and Jan Mayen was obtained. On July 1, 1922, tho Geophysical In- stitute at Tromso (northern Norway) I took charge of the wireless station in j Jan Mayen and practically at the same time tlia first occupation was under- taken. In 1923-1926 foreign whaling; expeditions began to produce difllcul- tles for tho station, and, accordingly, the director of the Geophysical recom- mended that the whole Island be oc- cupied. Tills was commended In Feb- ruary, 192G, and completed the follow- ing April. The annexation which took place on May 8, according to the resolution of the Storting, authorizes Norway to rogulata the access of foreigners to Jan Mayen. Tho great question now Is whether It win be possible to provide a liarbor In Jan Mayen. As It Is placed, the Island might become a base for whal- ing expeditions. Tho director of har- bor works for Norway considers that it might perhaps bo possible to pro- vide a harbor on the northwestern Hide of the Island. Hut this would be costly. The greater norllieastorn part of the l.iland is occupied by a volcano named Tieerenberg." It is about 2,400 inters high and wlmlly covore dwith ice. From all sides of lleeronborg glaciers push down to the ocean. The smaller southwostorn part of Jan Mayen consists of masses of bn- saltio lava. Here', too, are creaters and rones of ashes. The latest rec- orded volcanic eruption took place In 1S18. Sea birds abound In the islnnd, and there are not a few polar fo.vea. Kvorjr now and then a polar bear flads its way to Its lonoly preclnts. Jan Mayen was discovered In 1811 by the Dutchman whose name It boars. Up to about IfitiO the Dutch carried on whaling from the Island. Hut since then few human beings have visited its desolate shores. Doctors no longer use leeches, but thoy rnnlrive to produce about the' sani'.' cITcct by sending a bill, ' Those "Managers" Kqually unlikeable Is the woman who perislts In "managing" every- body who conies witliln her radius, ro- gardles of whether thoy are friends or the merest acquaintances. She Is especially Irritating In small things. If yon accept an invitation to lunch with her at her club or some restaurant, and happen to cxprws a wish to paniplo some particular dish upon tho menu, slio imtnodiately says: "Oh, my dear, I should not have that one. Havo this instead." In the end, for the sake of peaco, you eat sonietliiiig you loathe. Nol)ody dares even to express a wish to t!;e managing feiualo, because they know if thoy do It will never bo grantc<l. I ofleu wonder what would happen It one of her victims turned, like the worm of proverbial fame, and started to manage lior. Almost as heartily do I detest tho woman who persists in asking iiiter- minalile questions. She greets tho slightest acquaintances with a string of Inquiries concerning the Intimate family history of their fatlier, their mother, and their brothers and sisters likewise, should they happen to pos- sess any. Falling the production of an ade- quate family, alis will ask her victim for full details of bar present and future plans. With a singular lack of tact she will frequently demand to be told the reasons of an unsuccess- ful matrimonial venture. Alterna- tively .should a marriage prove suc- cessful, he will Inquire the reason, as if such an occurrence were an nnpro- cedenfod event. She reacts upon her vlctlm.i like a boa-constrictor, and literally paralyses them Into replying to her. Such com- pliance Is fatal, because It oncourage.i her to extend her activities. Whereas If one of her victims only had suffici- ent moral courage to up and tell hor what they think of her In their In- most hearts to ho -an luterferrlnK busybody !â€" her efforts to acquire knowledge at the expense of rIdlnR roughshod over other people's feel- ings might be nipped In the hud. As it Is, the majority of thoni, being paralysed by her flow of language, an- swer her questions meekly, with the result, that she never realises what a nuisance she really It. The Mlschief-fvlaker There Is a type of woman oven worse than the one I have Just des- cribed, and that Is the "catty" wo- man. The mischief and heartburnings this type has created and the homes that have been wrecked through her ver- bal mendacities would All a volume. She has but to hear the vaguest ru- mor about anybody to Instantly magni- fy It Into a fact. This particular female has not a single good word to say about any- body; but If by gome mischance one should happen to trip oft her tongue, she Immediately qualllles It by a feline equivocation, such as: "I mat Mrs. X the other day. charming woman, but what a pity she. drinks:" Needless to remarks, the aforesaid equivocation exists solely la her fer-| tile Imagination. { It aUv.iys seem to me such a pity I that soino enterprisins olllcial has not t'nought of raising a tax on tale-bear- ing. I am sure one would add enor-| moualy to the revenue. â€" The Staud- ' aril, Mon'real. Teach Children To Love Animals In an address at the recent Ontario Conference of .S.P.C.A. workers at To- ronto, -Mr. J. J. KjIso strongly advo- cated the extension of Humane educa- tion amonff children. "It is only in early life," he said, "that effective and permanent impressions can be made, and we have found in our ex- perience that no other subject can so completely capture the heart and im- agination of both boys and fjirls as tallcs about birds and animals. "There aro now many Junior Hu- mano Leagues in existence, but not nearly so many as we dosiro to see. It is an almost unexplored field as yet, and is'capable of indofinite expansion. If in the future our Humane Society receives any substantial bequests this will be one of tho first departments of our work to be put on a thoroughly efficient basis, and in the meantime we ask all our friends everywhere to do what they can to get groups of children organized for tho study of animal and bird life, believing an we do that no hotter work can be done for the children themselves and for o'ji' ciuintry at large." "Is he well up on Engli.sh?" 'My friond, ha fllla in crossword puzzles with an Indelible pencil." •> GOINQ FISHING Tile vicar of a country church ask- ed his clerk to give out the following ' announcemeut: â€" j "Next Sunday there will be no after- : noon service, as the vicar Is going to olflclate for another parson." I Being rather deaf, the clerk mis- construed the message. Imagine the I vicar's consternation when he heard the following announcement made: â€" I "Next Sunday there will be no after- noon service, as the parson l3 a going allshlng with another par;»ou." .V Iliilly.vood children screened and not heard. should be "Auldl^eekie" Has Birthday 600 Years Since Granting of Oldest Existing Charter by Robert the Bruce to be Celebrated Edinburghâ€" This city on May 28 celebrates tlie COOth anniversary of the grauling of her oldest existing charter by Kobert the Bruce. A great historical pageant is to be held, and the Duka of York will unveil statu^ the national heroes, William Wal- e and Uobert the Bruce, on the v.„;tle Esplanade. Edinburgh's romantic situation lends itself to pageants. As Itobert Louis Stevenson says, "The ancient and famous metropolis of the north sits overlooking a windy estuary from the slope and sumniit of throe hills. No situation could be more cnmnianding for the head city of a kingdom^ none better chosen for noble prospects. From her tall precipice and terraced gardens she looks far and wide on the sea and broad cliampaigns. To the east you may catch at sunset the spark of- tl.e May lighthouse where the Forth expands into the German Ocean: and away to the west over all the Carse of Stirling you can see the first snows from 'Bell Ledi." The old Castle has of eccut years been very much the center of na- tional life, great numbers of people visiting It daily since the Scottish Memorial was placed on its rocky summit. The rock on which the Castle stands is volcanic, a striking specimen of an erupted mas.s, soaring] steedly up, while the Castle ramparts j form an esplanade which slopes gently Into line with the hill ridge I running down to Ilolyrood. Perhaps nowhere In the world has more his-! tory been compressed into a small j space tlian Into the Royal Mile of Edinburgh as this ridge from the summit of the Castle Kock to the hollow at the foot of .Vrthur's Seat Is called. At one end lies the Palace' of Holyrood House, and at the crown of the rock near the beautiful Na- tional Memorial stands the little ', chapel built at the en dof the eleventh | century by Queen Margaret and Mai- \ colm Canmoro. | There la little doubt that the Castle, Rock early became a desirable place la tho eyes of tlie ancient Inhabitants | of the district. On its windswept i crest the earliest settlers built wat- tled huts. indeed It may truthfully , be said that Edinburgh only became tho capital of Scotland because of t'ua great strength of Its Castle and not on economic or political grounds. Had Scottish history been more peaceful] Inveresk and nt Edinburgh would ] probably have been the chief town of j the region, but the strength of Edin- ; burgh was Its Uock. David I was Scotland's groat town- planner and hia work which began in 1124 was so well done that it is being used to-day. Ha built Holy- rood .\bbey for tlie monks, the Burgh of Canongate for the lay brothers and traders, the Uoyal Burgh of Edin- burgh Xor the burgesses and nobles, while the Castle Rock was nsed as a fortress and royal residence. Scotland In spite of Its poverty seems to have had a passion for educ- ation from its earliest days. This may account for its repeated strug- gles for religious independence. The flrst statutory enactments In the ad- ministration of education was iu 1494 and to-day It is recognized that Scot- tish oducatiati still holds its own In tho world. C. A sura way to increase church at- tendanceâ€" "put the churches on wheels. JUST RIGHT FOR PLAY \ Play frocks for youngsters must be chic and serviceable. This little dress is made of silver plaque. Reduction vs. Limitation The Trans-Canada This Is how the Trans-Cannda appears as she laaves Montreal each evening. The all-steal equipment of Ihk train, which was built at the jyiigue Shops nt the Canadian Paclflo Railway la epitomized In th« Solarium car which If carried at the rear end. With a vita glazed solarium, two shower baths. men'« and ladies' smoking-room and a large observatlon-tounge, this ear Is the must luxurljui to operate over Canadian Hues and is opea In Us en- tirety lo patrons of ttaeTransCauada limited. The biggest and most complicated question facing the League of Nations at tho present time is disarmament,' and it cannot bo said that so far any very material progress has been made A gleam of lighc in the darkness, how- ever, is seen in the s-.l^-gestion from the United Statee that the question should be approached on the basis of armament reduction rather than limi-' tation. This is made with particular refer- ence to naval strength and mean*' much more than is expressed in the difference in terms. Briefly it sug- gests that the nations could protect' their commerce and be prepared for the menace of war just as well by the' maintenance of relative strength on a low as on a high level. Smaller navies on the relative status agreed to at tha Washington Conference would mean an enormous saving to the taxpayer and the almost entire elimination of tho competitive feature which is the most menacing feature in he present situation. Whilst not committing itself to any' specific proposals Great Britain has expressed its hearty approval. The Motherland desires not only reduction but its application to all classes of vea-' sels. Furthermore, Britain showed its' good faith more than a year ago byj intimating its readiness for a still further cut in the categories covered by the Washington Agreement and by! the entire aban-donment of 8ul>-' marines. The whole question is a highly tech-^, nical one and unless those who aro out for real reduction keep that objec' five continually before >lism their] campaign is likely to become swamped, in the wrangling of the experts and a! deluge of technicalities. Meanwhilel the heavily burdened taxpayer in BrlJ tain who pays one-third of his total! income to the State must wonder whw it is neees.^ary to pay for a huge navy when a smaller one would be equally elTcctive. If public opinion In other countries comes into line with thl* commonsense point of view we may^ soon see some real progress toward! naval reduction. ' ^ Idleness What lieart can think, or tonpia| express, Tho harm that groweth of Idleness?^ â€" John Ileywood â-  *- There § something strengthsnlnf, somethlnn soothing ,and at tho asm*' time humbling. In aokuowledglnj that' wo hav» dona wronj.â€" P. W. 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