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G NE THE CHARLOT'1‘ETOWN GUARDIAN QQTQBER 29__1914
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HER MUST GRMHOUS MAIESTY, QUEEN
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Stead’s Tribute to Queen Victoria
on Her Diamond Jubilee in 1 89
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“NO other British nionarcli /ins
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O-OO-OOO
reigiiutl so long and so ufcll and has
continued so steadily to grim' in thi' love and iiffcirtiun of the liuges
to the very end. T/ii’ lirzglilsli spvakiiiu rave has in thu closing century
made a tolerubly i‘uris[*ii"i.'oi3.\~ mark
It opened with thi' bat/le thumii'/' as
4-_o
foi itself i`n tlieliistory of the world.
of Trttfnlgur ii/IJ Witte/Iuo. It is clos-
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ing with thc peace/ul conirnirrriorutioii rv/ .1 reig/1 ii'hiifh, elf/tough ilrlrke/lcd
by thc .r/iadoii' 0/ one war and one iiiiitiriy, has /icifertlielcss for sixty years
been a reign of pears.
“Among all thu igurriercd /glories of thi' linnil/ml years there are noni: 2
that may bc regardvii wi/ii tnori' ficrfwt and t1lisi>iii!i7 sczlisftzcliori than the
production ol the siiprenii' .-lrnvricnii
and the suprermr Iinglish wanton in t
Ii is easy to siiggest hon' riilirr
"40-OO-00%
The Queen is not ii Raphael.
"But, riotwithstundini; that, the
wornan-neither of them apparc/ltl_v
them con/orm more closely to the <‘oni'¢?ritio/tal /viii' ol the inirnan idcul in
person, in uliaracter and in captivity. Inzproiw//zirrits :nity/z! Iii' siigncsfirzl In
bring therii up to a more ideal staridard. l.i:noln ii' ' /:ot ii S.’ial.'espi'ari:.
man in tiic ri'r.\‘nn of /llfra/iiini l.incol:1
/ir pi't:'nn of Uitirri I'i.‘ioiia.
niight /i;.n'c Iwi-1: i:Itvrui.' so as to nm/.iz
06-OO
century has i'ui_\' Iillli' that is greater
to show than the soniewliul /iuniely Init familiar /igztrvs of that nuzn and that
of thi' sniff of ii'/1.17/1 :eainrs and siiigcs
and heroes are made, both inodvtlcd our of siniplu /iiimun clay, treading
our common earl/i with aifura;;i: rnortiil /ect, and _wt Iioth alilrr dist*/zargiiig
‘the common round, thi: ilaily tn.~;I;` niitli Iiili'!it_\' and capacity, /iussilig
thfougli ordeal after ordeal iilii'a/iijziislxud, /1t¢'¢'i‘i.':y.; ,-gran! t‘i'i;;c\ ivitli un-
/ I nl uid i`niii'Ii`l‘iy ii/to/1 i/it lnirzd of the tact' I/te
daunted heart-who iam' :I u I
conception of the /iigliust dn/_v nuttin
“There is nothing after thi' 1:11:
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some strange inversio/i of thi' .Srini-
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M Watts. ‘ _
By `.ry_ _ _ ‘_ V _Tm 1 gri-at north of our own continent. that
l.*iLAl.l.$_i‘l ii lit( t llU|-- X V
.  _',f§L\:.r_i
7* *rt
= 3'*-I
nas niiificit-iitly \\l-`L‘ "”‘
trui--hirnrtli ln lu-cniiiu
a Lniiidlr of cinlllljc lmlf
Y VV u ,.\.u¢_ury iigo (»i\rint\ii
i - iii* » stati-.~iiu<'n \\`\‘\"‘ K""“ll5'
 . '_.-,- 4/' d.mt_"n(,cm-ll wlivii, nt the
' -- ~ ltln-'land
t the D,-\.,w|,| \\.\i, .-
eumhzxlmio-:wiird as an r\“_f.l"° "“mb'“`r uf
mggagleiitllrigforia hail ni.. im-,ii i\ls0 U10
ll
. . ;t tide
Empnn of India. lf *‘l'° l“‘“l ’°_ B' d
Q g mg bond betwccn Australia nn
.3 .
Britilh North Axiicrivii iiuil the m°L\i;i
ll have bocii
country Germany woiilikcn by Fndand
rliazilzgnilti-\t°_|“"lii .tliiiltd isa auw dlBi'UD5°5
Bunn' il Aiist-hlllil
d
It there were ¢i;otfC:;I:ei\w‘;:c not Indm
to had En¢\snCo»hm’bm N una trwrs.
sat” wld it matter to the nrmiw 0f
- " . Britain.
lllmporor Wllhom _t-lla* Gui.”
' .§|!_ them. 
euedto ' _ ood with mr_.|°m_
0"” vim” it mmadd utho
:‘“:’°:;"f:  ,mas me an
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h“;? oi conduct whldi ll! V°n-
gipniiar-dl\¢ in l _
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in ¢»»ll*"" ‘mais .dit iii
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V' toria/1 age except pirrliups thi' tmiihliul _iyIori'i’.\' of the (.`onin1oriiz/cull/1.
ic
Elilabulli and Victuriii ii'.‘l[ wer In' I/if' ,;'ri‘l1Ii‘.»i i.'.inii‘s in our /iistory, rank-
ing side by side with .fl/_/red, Ifiiiuarfl the Third and ()h`i'cr tlroniwizil.
"Many 11 lime arid o/I has thc :lira ri:i.'nrruil i`n L-ali:/' years 1:11.'-‘i/ter by
to -Ass oiilv tliruugh /cniiilv _-.‘i»i.'i~ri'i;;ils.
'Hanan' y,'Cm,,'“ ,‘_,~ mp 1-.;|i1m,' ,'1;;/.ne of thu nfhult‘ Eriglis/i spca/:irig
* .., 1 'l
rue' me s,_,I".Cm,.; W(,,,|u,; .;/' . ,.1 ..nliir3.
\-¢¢44+4¢ov0-4~¢»44»4f¢4¢¢0O-004
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i~ t ~¢ ‘-
st done.
alu.'i.’i.ui 1'/'a tt'/iicli ci;/npiirvs with the
0
00440-o-Q-Q 44,4,
lun' our dy/iuslic line could iw: inizdd
7 \l.'ii'don;ilil \vi~,-ldnii so powerfully in the
oiizililuil tin- oiiipire lo survive even whgn
ii :ri-oiip ot' ldiiglisli idntcsmon lind como
‘ to thu 1-niivliiaion tluit it wolilci lm much
i bi-tier for Gu-fit, llrit.-rin if hor colonies
` wi-ri: to fall nwaiy nnd tlcniruid their in-
di-pc-iiileiit-ir.
"Under Victoria England has ciicom-
pirsseil the world with nascent comiuoii-
wiviiltlisf’ said \\'illi1im T. Stood.
“The cilirouiclc uf the Quei~n's reign is
an imbrokizii record of imperial expan-
sion. Oi' nll‘lhc it-wel; in iii-r ilindom of
r.-.inpiru she has Inst only out-, llc-ligo-'
land."
' When the young Queen mme tn the
throne monarchy had ceased to he
groa¢.ly-admired in England.
It had como to be associated more or
loss with dexpotiiiin, lux inorins and un-
diguiticd behavior.
Litilivthat was good or kingly, much
thatiwumweakfiind ugly, was connected
in the inimh of the peqdo with the
preeedingmelgns. , " `I
In-order»thlt,Qucen Viteorin dhould be
*ablatuuexelciaiang ixflaanee vhatover,
thunabre, it- wsu nseenumthnt she
,ishouid.lli-ltigzin the rmpact of her
“liegso-uI|rl&l¢1dle~lhould»»wln.from-tlwm
‘A pdlo!Il0reprd£vliloh"would prove n
mwchuededlhulwlrk for the is-own.
'.l‘he»Quem4wu eiuinautly fitted by
+Mtnre4to|udlGve-thh tank merely by/
living ouvlior life according to natural
jluelhudoii. Pure hearted, hononbls, lu-
dultdoumlmdv devoted to her duty both
as A cunrdm md ii woman, she was
.able an the yearn went by to nuliity to
a arida what tho ofhct of the im~
ha-my rleortln of the previous reigns.
lho cum loou to nobody tho national
_Noll of what A good woman and n good
will and mother nlioiiid be. The pei--.
ion! -'uquldoh liiu.i\o1',qi-._cii:ai_iavfi more
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,num vicronii in
ii-is iuii.Eniss,1a5s1
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‘ no-in. Fimitv or sustain wiisn vicronitnsicnsa. V “Wim ‘lm mm first __,m ,_mm__
`nl\ips, the .Tnpaiicse four; the iliixsiiiiis Il
good Queen the English people furgnt
thu had kings who had gone before her.
Tliu i~i:.~ipcct and love for the Quirun por-
soiinlly ciiiuc tn comstitutu an asset for
iiroimri-liy that in England providiul :iii
indciitriictiblc barrier to the domocratiif-
and liboml principles which in-the coni-
gmrtitivcly early part of ber-reign flooded
‘iiirnpc and might have fc-nnd Exuzlanil
ti very vnsy conquest if the hand of the
Smio had been an object of scorn or of
dcrisiun.
Thiis wliilo the your 1848 shook so-
mniiy Contiiieiitnl tlirones, thnt of Great
Britain si-anroly felt the shock of the
Cimtini-nt aide uplioiival of discontent
wltli iiioiiitrvliiiriil ;;tivt~rvn'incnt. Paris,
Vienna, llorlin, Maiiiriil, Roma, Niiplos,
Venice. Munir-.li, llruslieii and Budapest
“Pre all shhkcii hy rovoiiitiousz that your.
lint royalty was :igain in staiivh favor
wiidi the people of lirvnt liritiiin, iiud
l')ng_la.nd beoiiinc nn asyluin for the myni
pvrsriringirs who were forei-il to |'|i~i- from
their own countries by the niisfortuiics
of their governments.
The Queen was not lieautifnl, hut sho
had ruuuh personal vliarin, ii swnnt and
iwlf-sat-ril'»li:l_|ig iiatiiro iiud that \\_'oniiiia-
linens \v’hicli appeals mort- ii-iiifely in
mon iii' :ill classes than i‘\'i\u iimre brill-
iant qualitlm. Froin hcl* mirlit-_st doin-
iuxr to the throne she had ht-on an 'ln-
npirvtion to her aubjqnts. Men ofthe
army and the ‘niw_v, government otficiiilu
of iill clasiipli and thi- public nt lnrgv
eherishi.-il a hontiment of teiidernmin for
the young lovereign, who reprlscntod to
#hem u.ll-that was awevtest and best in
life. Kipling in one of his stories speaks
of this feeling whit-li existed among thi-
offleeri of the .indian rciziincnts. in
which it was the custom for thi- officers
to break the glasses from whizli ii toast
to the Qllétti hid been drunk. since no
up also was worthy to hi- io:is‘.i-il from
fume nnd occupy so exalted n place in
the affections ot ~her people as onine liitcr
to he hers he probably ncviir iiiingiited.
But in it slightcr sense he realized how
ti piirc.h<!i\rtcd :ind dcvotc~il (liii-on might
nppoiil to the in-arts of her subjects.
"It will tnircli every si\ilor's heart to
'lmvo n izirl'-Qucc.n.to-fight lor," said the
King»wlicn.ho realized that lin was fast
coming to his last hours. "’l‘he_v will
tattoo her five on their arms, nnd l`ll bi:
l1ound=tlie_v‘ll all think she was christened
after Nclson's ship."
it was the pvrsoniil populnrity of the
Queen whicliavus time-striingvst hiiltvnrk
of the crown in the Chtirtisl. iriovifniont
\v‘liiqh in lb)-14) was niiplmesuii to linvo
fniind ii tool in Eiltvurvl Oxford, .'\ triv-
crn potboy, who soliglit to ttilm tho
Qiieciis lilo \vhi!r\ slip :tnd l’i'iii\~n .-\_l-
lai-rt wvri- drivini; up (fogmtitiitiiiiii llill
in tin opvn i‘:ii'ri:ign. (lx ord itoi \¥\'0
pistols, lint tht- lnillcts wi-nt wide of thi-
iniirk. iii- uns lriinl nnd iii'i|nitli:ii -ni
thi- groiinil ot' i|\.~iiii|il_\'. but his rooms
were foniiil tu ln- fillvil with the lilirlii-
liirc ol' :I sw-ii-t_\' ciilloil "Yllllllll Hilti*
land." So iiii|»:i,<,~iioiii\il dill the dviiiilin-
stmtiozis pl' l|»_\:ili_\' for tho Qni~i‘n 0-
i-oinu :itll-r this 1-pisiido llnit Syiliiny
Suiitli. lln- I-lrglisli wil. di‘<'lilrf‘¢l llllll
cvcn this lmiiiloii i»:tri:ut ili»_t,'.~. lnirkcil "Lind
save tho Qin-i-ii."
lIii\~ii)|: i|i\~c.<loil thi- i-rown iii lliv
minds of tho pvopli- \\'illi tlw intvriirily of
lic-,rown \~liiir:\i~ii-r so that it hint i-rmir ‘fn
ha n uiii ri'gurili‘d`\vith i'e\'r-i-i~iii‘i‘, ln-
Qiicclzi ihvn i~iiini- to tliv si-mniil phn.~'i~ of
hor builiiiiii: of viiipiro.
'l`hi: suit(-siiiuii of hor diiy, iuuny of
llieiii nt lvnst, had brniiglit thi- homo
go\'i~ri\ii'i‘:~i into iiisrogiiril with the trol-
oiiiva lay iiisi;.~'lii: ‘.l\:ii tlzcni- ili»;»<-ni!i\ii-
vii-s iinil t`i‘ili\;`:iti'il stiiirei owl-il :il'.ir;'.iii'.it-v
to l‘in1,'ln|id :is ii :.1-\-i-ri-i<:ii ,-:tziiix
'l`liu rolfminlis |i\\i\'i~i's;iil_\' i'i\_ii-i-lvil this
tlir-ory oi n<i\`vr:iiiii\i\t :ind i'i~=i-=t---l that
the mme glass.
»:Wllll|1n IV., Queen \`iciurii=.'< nnrlc.
and her prcdarciisui- on 111;- tli.-our-. had
'INN Vlkilo cbnctmtluii of thi' rt-liitinn
in which lilo sweet nnd uh.'.i'.iii:z; nine
tllijlit ltanli tn the iicoiiloot Gmrit
Britain wlien who ciiinn tw '-;i;:\ in-or
thi-m. lie was fond of tht ;:'.:l nnd wr:-'
allen |§ll¢2'l\\.'i Gtr.: ni.-_ \-ct '.~.~n:iti- n
` ~wof\:r.:i nm] n ui<.li Cu-~=‘. l'.::i|
,_f__' lvl, - p to uwli hotghu at
they mvvil :i‘.li":i:\iii~i- to ilu- i'i'o\\‘ii ~»Hl.\'»
nnd n..t to I-Inizlzind as it ,<i»\i~ri~i;i\ si ii.-.
.\l0ilf‘i'n lii.'4i<.ri:\n~i nrt- ol' thi' iilllliltill
lh.\t the i:'sistr~iii~l- on ilu- ft>!~‘.i\<~;‘ :iii-nr_\
of the l-.oral wliii-li iniitwi tip i-i\'~::‘i~.»° 1--
tlio |'.:ni`..c1' <o,:;.iiy ‘r-ulilll ‘- 1' *fl*
arpto.-E tin v: .pirsu
Th" Qttrcti :mi iici' l`.i'.i~:'. iii i\‘=
sri .".:-w t ; ii‘:':~~ l".~ -' n'.‘.:» il 1- s' \ -\`
of |~-~-»`--- 'f \';~. '-',~"`-" 1' ".' I 1'3"'
the ooioalu uma uiiegiulwv Qi-4' iv M
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suv(-reiazii wzis so iinivli beloved thu bonds
wlticli liiiitud the vnriuiis p.'irt.\‘ of tho
i-mpirc soon hi_\i'-niiie strong bi-yonil pos-
i~'ibi.liLy-of si:vcr:\ui:i'. \Vliiii\ thi- Quirvii
pliiyi-<l‘.lwi‘~'pni'l. in the streugtlu-iiiiig of
thu cinpirc by stmidiiig ns its cinhodii-il
cxprrfi-niioii, Lord Bi.-iicoiisflcld, lini' fa-
-vorite minister, inrivln iinpuriiilisni ii
rallying Cry for the nation lhrougli ii
pulitii-lil party and also iiilvuiiccd the
inti»rv.~4ts of the vinpirt- iii tim Orient.
Sir John Mncdomilil held the gri-at
North Ainnriciiii tnrritorif.-s in the crown
as-his part of llic-oompiwt, it is inter-
esting- to note that llritisli liisloriitns
'liuvo net down the <-oiivi~,-tioii linit it wus
the courlviiii-tl power uf the Qiii-i_~i| :init
.\lu`ciioiiiilil nt this point that ki-ut (_‘ni\-
:idn friiin si‘ci-ding, with the probability
of liitvr joining thc United Stat:-si.
lt_ \\'|is \\i-ll for thi- i-inpin: that tho
Qlivoiivliiiil licvii nlili- to iiuiki! for lii'r.\‘i:lf
:io »~ili~i»iii: in position' ii~ ilu- hi-iirtu of
thi' iicopli- of thi; 1-olo||ii~>', for ltr-t\\'i~i~ii
l-*till find lR<0 ti uiiiiilii-r of thi- li~;\diiii;
liritisli Slsitirsnii-ii iii'ri\'i-il tit llii- von-
i-lnxinii that it woiilil lm \visi-at to dis-
iiii-nxIii~i' tliv i-inpirv ity piirsniiit: ii iruiirsi-
ot`,:ii‘li<\i| \\'l|ii-li \\'oi|lii imiid this i-nlniiii-s
into di»iiiiindii\;5 ilii-ir iinlo|ii~i|<lviii~i‘.
'l‘l\vsc stiitvsini-1| had voiui- to l»i~lie\‘\-
tliiit iii lliv miittvr of iiiiirkcts for I'lii;.;-
litdi gimils nnd iii nil iithi-i~ ways it \vuiil,|
lm l»i~st'for Lireiit llrilnin to lm fri~i» of
hot' <-filoiiivs. lfiniililluiis ol' t|':\d|» \\‘o|'i‘
l:ir;:i~l_\' ri‘.\]miisil»li~ for this point nf \‘i<‘\\'.
:ix in i-vrtiiiii iin<t:iiii‘i~.\' spot-inl iirriingv-
ments in ri-_:ard in triiilir oristi-il hc-
t\\'ci'n tlm niothi-r i-oiiiiiry and lliu col-
iinii-s \vl|ir~h si-i~xni\d io siiinv i-i»iii:i,ii1is|s
of the tiinf-.~a to lu- ii ilrni; upon thi* hi-nn-
inurkot.
'l`li:' i'oloilii~:: lug' this limo l|i.»\\i“-vr. li:iil
li‘til'i|i‘il in ilie:i'i~:i|t'tl thi' .\lii\isti-i'.~i nnd
lo i-<»ii~iili,~i' ilu- .si-vi-ri-iL'|| us iff x-iii- nn-
puliiiiit-i'. \\`li;|l li:'i~' wilwi- li.-i-ii ini-1».'
ll|i~ l`.'il!:i~_\- -.|‘ il‘~'i‘i'-wht-rziiilzl \\ .
vl\1‘l1‘fi :'i‘ -iiilri-l\‘ ini 'lu-_
'llv n:ii~i<' -I' fj.ui~n \:\‘1<~.'i.i -.|-- i '
til .., ii' \\ iii 'I .-  i»»..t tho ',.<»i'.\i,
'lli-ii.iii'.‘.l.~l..i.1.,,-_‘_-‘¥\;`\:'~~~~ \i|\~
1.  1~'- ith .\":x<‘:. .ml l1i~ii'~‘< .\'i'.=li
.\'. iff-'_ \'-.i»»1\ij»; ‘l ill- l)\:i~i-ti. \'.`l- .
:-,:,: \ »." i`.,i-,ti i»:|l i'cv=~:' i~‘.‘i‘n <-un. :\\
'.` :ji 'xi "ft 'Iwi' 2.11:'  ..v.' \'.l|~ flir-
n`n.l.c~l Lum wit1i_uu i-ical lui- which if
vrinvn, nnd since tim prmim nt the
figiit. ln lniliti the niitivi-s 1-:illr-d Quonii
\`i<-tiirin “'l'lii- tlrvnt Whitt- Mother," and 
i-wil in thi- iiiust roiiiiitc purtluiis of ilii-i
i\inpiri~, iviicri- tht- iizlino of the ;.;ri-ati-1-it 
liritisli .\liiiisti-r or this \'ii-oroy woiilill
hnvi: bc:-ii rt-i-i~i\‘<~il iritliniit rucoziiitiun.
that ot' the Quo:-ii was respected and
lovuil.
'l‘lic Qiicnn hi~<'nnie tho liinprexs iii' lu-
diii in JST() by the pnsszigi: of ti hill iii-
h‘odili‘t\<l into lhirliiiiiitriil. by Disrrii-li.
The hill was striiiigly opposed hy tliosi:
who conceived tin: titli~ to ln- riwrcly :in
empty buubli-, iii-sigiii-il .~.i\li»ly for tht-
plonsure uf the sovereign. lint thnri- was
ii. much lviggor i~i-ii:-viii for tho niriiiiisi-
tion of the title. lt was Ziitviiiioil to lin-
prrss the lnriinn priiicos :iinl pf-uplo with
the suzeruinly of the British <-rr>\\'n. lt.
Wim also it rccotruitioii of thc so\'oi‘r-igi\'s
responsibility toward linr grvut il<~pr~ial-
ency. The ehfect of the ailuption of lim
title upon the ludinn srrhjiwts was ini-
mndiately felt in their ireoftter devotion
and in greater unity. Some years later
tlie influence of the Empres.-r of lndin
wus still further to bv noted in the viii-
IJ'l\i:Lry raising und rqriipmcnt. of ii nu-
tive force to be mnintiiined at (lic i.‘.\'-
pense-oE'»the“'rribiimr_v States.
The-newly created lilmprr-ss lr-ft im‘
slime iuitumed to iinpross upon hi-r ln-
' ilnrn-siihjects lim' -interest in thi-ir wi-l-
fnre. That thc “Kniseri-hind" loved
thorn--imd took it pi-rsnnul interest in
the!r‘;woil*he!lng'ttuz»y\ were nt-vor loft to
doubt. 'Bie»Queen»endi~ured hc-rsolf to
hirr Irliian subjects by stuiiyiiig the
litumtzira oE,'the East,.in which slit- wav
instructed by learned Indiitus. She
'f GREAT BATTLE
N'tl'\o~nrinnmenbi engaged nnd the
I {iei‘f.~i'ness of the fighting T’su»shinia
has not been equalled in the authentic
annals ot` the sen. hcfori- the pr:-sent
wiir. According to Sir George Syilon-
I lizim Clarke in his prciami to Cnpiiiin
`Lindsn'y`i-i trzinsizitioii of "'l`sii-shéiiiu," n
hook by Civptain Suinimolt, coiixni:zndi>r
of the Ruwsizin war ship Suvuruff, the
thriwv must ilcfuicc iii-nmr vlnils, ilu-
.iiipiiiiizsn none; the Japanese i-ight
nrinored i-ruiiicrs, the Russians tim-1-_
It was Mriy '.56 when the stately l{n<
sinn \'i'i-si~l::, wrapped in fog, approtieliixl ‘
(lic straits. Liiti-i* iii tho morning a large l
body of vessels was sighted. steaming on `
rl. parallel cinirse in tlic llixssiniis. 'Phi-,
Oi-el opened fire by iuistnku and the,
Japiuiese withdrviv. 5
At the Adinii-iti's order four llussiii
battle shits tiirucd to starboard,
though to attack the i-ii<:'n_\', and, thi-ii '
wheeling, formed in line ulii-nil, parallel l
(0 the rt?St of Lim fleet. and soiiivivliat ,
mhead of it.. The Ji\p||ir~.sn withdri-wi
from mn¢:i-, and at about lnilf-past one
in tho nftcrnoon four niuru lhimiiau sliipn
joined thu advance linf. to stiirbonrd.
The fleets were now .'n the wide casi-
lcrn strait of '1‘i=u-s`_ima. At about in
| runtic of 9.000 yards the heavy .liipiinmw
` vi-mirls, with 'l`o|:o in the Mikiisai lcarliiiu,
nti~iuiit‘ii ohliqiii-ly aerosol thi- ltiissiiin
bows ani] heguii ri cirt-ting mo\'eini~nt,
'hii-li would enable the Iiiio in rrfvross
0 Russian liown. the ships boinz so
pared that this Russians woiilii he uridcr
n <-oiiwrzing fire.
The light cruisers, meniiwliiir. uri-
knnwn to tho llinuiians, were manoeu-
vrint: to attack from the mar.
To oppose the .lapiuicsc circling move- l
iinvnt, llojiloatvrntnky swung to stur-
lvotiril iind ops-iii-fi fire nt 8.:'»()0 ynrdn.!
With luittorii-s silr-nt. the grim \'e.\'u~lsl
ni' 'l`o_;o swvpt omviird to 6.500 _vnrds.l
'l`l\i~i'i- uns ri si-rii-s -if flririlivs' ironi lim 1
tfiii-s :ind tiirrvts of the Mikiiiiii iinil the ‘
\‘i-:i~'r~l.~i ncair ln-r and shells lwiian to ex- I
pliniv on the .\`i|vnrnfl' iiiiil tho (lsslial»_\'n. l
fi:
mg;
'l`I|i~ -l::pi|nvs-- |;\ini|i~r_\' wus iii\.-wi iv- |
ing, .\ lmn\_\~ shi-ll ¢~x|iloili‘ii iimiiist the l
i-¢»ni:iii;; h\\ii\i' of ilu- Snviirnff, nnd :
llviJ'li‘.~'t\i|i~=l;_v stiizzcrcil li:i1'k. his skull `
so injiirvd that lm i-nulil not :=|\f»i\l<. l
l7_\ 1‘~~'.\ |`.~i- iz, 5-.\':.‘iiti‘ .\li-Xnn-li-r lil. i
:nl ilu- i|<.linl»_v:\ wi-ro in fliiinvs. A!
1 “- ‘.i|i\\i\l~‘:< l:il\-i‘ llirw- ollivr \'\ii\\~ of’
-ii-_ 'li\§.~i-in slit-iriil ull. \\'r:\ppi-il itil
ik
ll:|,:||~.- :\i»il, l\l.ii li ~in\i 1*.
llvr .\i<\ni'iii: i:i\;\r r:\r\'ii‘il n\vn,\'. the
S\i~rir.»tt` i`|<n1n<li»rvil nlioui in ilu- swells.
i \\'l\ilc -lnpiiii-_--‘c tniiilt firm-in avcvpt hor
li-.-tml-il llindiistuiii wht-ii sho was rev-
i-n:_v yi-:irs old i~ :id sho kept ii diary in tho
Ui-il longiio. Sho livpt rnun_v Indian sor-
\':iliL~s about lit-r nnd ut all times cou-
liiiui-ri until thi- and of her life to show
ii wtirrn :ind iievtsr wuiilng interest in her
dark siiliji,-cts.
ln Jimi-, l\'f|T, nn the omimiuu of the
Diiiinonil Jiilzilt-r», the Qu:-en had the op~
Iwflllllily of »-»~-=f\\viiii; :i procession
whit-li ri-pri>si\iiti>d in in:\;;nil`ii~i\nt fashion
thi- iiiipvi-ini s<»lidai'it_\- for the further-
iiiivi- of whit-li sho had »:.\pi.-nded har in-
i`iii»~ii/'l- for sixty yours,
'|`ht~ _\linisti»rs of Great Ilritain sr-ized
tim iippurtiiiiity to iiittlie tlii: occfisiu ~ it
i`i::'li\'n1 for thc llrit-itil: llimpire. i ,
! in tlir- ,liihileu pri).--i~ssi~in their: w.-,r,
i in zitlilitiini to tht' ri-g_`.,mcu§s of English-
men, lrislirnvn, Srvt;~linii\i\ and Webli-
inen_ Miiiiiiliwl lZif'Yv:: from Viirtnrlo nail
<. l‘\'i‘w Sniztii \\'.~il1';;. i'1'<i::1 thc (kpc. from
` Natal :in-l (min (`,:\i::\d:i: llziiituis fr-mn
i
l
.thu Niger and iliu~Gulil Const, ri-lured
mon iruin the \’»'l.-si .lndn':ia rcgiuiniiil.
Ziipt.ii~l»,.< _l`rinii (`;:pi':i.~'. <`.liiiicsn from
ll'<»n;: K-‘ii\;_ l\\':1l.f. i`ri»:n ilritisli T-'ortli
llin-rico, liitprrinl .\`i~i'\`ii"-~ ti'n|\p»: [writ by
lhv il:i1i\'i~ ;;.`::~-i.~ if lndln :tit-! ili-i.-ii~l`i-
rn:-ills o1'.‘1ii.l.-: wi..-_ iirril in ilu- l.iIil,;xiit
lndiriii :im ;:::_ z----i~.-.-.l ilri- nur:-L iidiuir-
ing iippitim i- l'::.:i: thi- 1.; i-f~::ii-.i-~,
'l`lii\ 4.j.tii»iz. ;:'i..li}.' .'|ll`o<~l-'~l l»_\' the
niiiiziiilii---nt i~_'.'.'i|:_-,' i.:` thi- .`;1i|,'_|_\-_ F,-pc;
to lit-r .\'iil»ji~.'l~‘ ll;rt»'l:;h|_»'tl (iw \'.=irIil the
nii>.-s:i;;4‘:-
"l"riini my lar-art I lhnrl: my lii~ln\'ed
pcopli-; iuny t;~~l inf:-:rs t!:u:n."
'l‘l|i\ Qui-rn ilii-il .l:iiii':|i_\' 1.".‘. li"'}l,
having ri-lt.'t.\\-il sixty-foiir _\i-ni'.-..
.: . ,, _ , ,. .  ,__-»_;
OF TSU-SHIM A. _.
-liiivkets, priii-iivzilly ull her strain pipes
`n:\viii<,; lwon siworcil.
'l`li<\ liiipuriitor .-\'t-xniiiicr lil, had lm-
coiui! thi: flagship and shi: led Lim llus.
sitiiis in ii virclc in :ln iittcinpt tu hm] lite
.lupnuf-si- null btw-nk tlirougli i=\i'i»iinili_v
to the imrlli, but 'l"i\;:i» foiiiwtnl in u
pzirnllnl lim- until, ns ilu- lln:n~$.¢n;. \zi>i'a
piiiiiiiu; due south, he whex-im! :ta skips
in short 'lmli i~ii~<'lm. nnd .vf_» ri»iif,\_,~ rn
vro:-s tho llussviniis' hows as thr.;- tlwthy
liiir/~ n\\‘n_\' to tin- imrtii.
'l`lii- _-Ui-.\:\ii<it\r 'nas the ':< ii to .MQ
out of lint- iililfi-/i~_ 'l`l.v» 12-,iinliiio was
now iilii-nil, ini: .-, ..i;v ti-wil in iu[.,¢-ig
thi- lliisxinii £\i.-- i ...- 1-i' thc lizht urixistr
'*‘Il\5‘1f"U-‘* Hi ,»\‘i\rl-ll froin tho ri-nr, vuin-
‘i'r\iir.tlo\l liy iii-:ir .\diiiir:il lli-\\':\, \\'ln» il
:ww sniil to lu- ntlizvliiiig l{itii»\iio\L
'|`liis thr»-iv tlxr- lliissiiiiis into ii liiiil.
dli-d inass tiuil doulit ns ti. this nxitvi ie
of thu imttlv was :it :in cud. M
J\'Wf\.V 10 tin- ur-st lii_\' llic S|i\iii.,tf,
iifirv, thi- .»\ilniii':ll =pi~<~4‘l\li\.~'s with a
l'r:ictiirr>il .skull :tml (,‘.;|pin||| 1gm\;;i",
liii-wn tn uiiiiiis. l"ri»ixi hor innsit ii tn!-
lorwl lliis.\i:||| liavni flag still flotilud
:ind ns xi gmnp of .liipiiiif-<i» di-strnyorig
dnrlvil out to finish hor shi- fought
thiuii nfl' with six quit-k fi;-9|-S '“ hip-1|
were still in coiiiniiinsinii.
Undvr thi- guns of cnoiigli Japan:-so
vc-siinln to hlow lu-r init of the water thu
llussinu destroyer lliiiiiy ran ailougsiile
and took off Itujiicstu-risky nnd it lmnd-
ful of survivors. l
\Vhen night firll tho Japanese battle
ships \vit‘hdrcw and ciglrty torponlg bonu
:ind dcstmyi-rn which had remained un-
ilor cover itll day were iinlcnshed. 'l`bo
night rn.-irvil with tho explosions of the
liiiutod llunsiaii vessels. \Vlt.h no llzii
showing they spoil through the izoiivy
sous, but the enemy were rel¢'nili1< in
their pursuit. ->
The war ships than renewed met at-
tack. A squadron of Japanese vonol
nsliml thn Svintlanii to siirrnnvler. but
(`<\pt4\iii Snhi-in nnd his officers deeiiieii
to filrht. though they had bh¢100 cutt-
riilzrs in tho hold,
As the inn fr-~t was fired Ciiptdn
Si-livin npiiucil thc svn cocks and the
iZt"'i\t vessel ~ ‘ ------wi licnuxtli the Whul
ta-mod \\‘nl.ors. '.l`liif fighting was
frx\ii;:ht with similar acts of heroism ol
hoih iiiiliw :ind 'l`o|:,o showed hh IWW
vi-‘lion of llmljviit\‘o.nsky‘g gallon( cop
din-i hy rvfiisiiiig to reeglvg hh "ford
\\'hi~r\ tho lliissiiiii Admiral Wll flsulb,
mipturml .\li\y ZS. .1-__
Only two Russian delhvytrl, thi
llmwy nnd Groimy, itll tbl erhlllr
Almiiz rritchc-il Vlaillvollock lltor tho
lmttli- of 'l`n\i-iiliinm. the greltelt llVll
lmtiii- of all time, .vrovlnal to th! 'IDI
ldec‘u,ga\lam tquaclnluaght thsilnvilth eutvu. L _ 5. , p- 
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