In the Public Eye

Evening Post, Volume CIV, Issue 91, 14 October 1922, Page 12

In the Public Eye

POINTS OF NOTABLE PEOPLE

Lord Hawke, the' famous Yorkshire cricketer, who is in ibis sixty^ird year, recently met with J a slight accident. His fine sporting .qualities on the field of play and his splendid work in the administration of !the',, game have done much to make English cricket .what it is to-day. During"; his long association with. Yorkshire, Lord Hawka made cricket history when he captained the "White Rose" for 26 seasons. No other, county skipper has ever held the reins for so long. On eight occasions he led Yorkshire to championship honours, and in first-class games the sporting peer scored over 13,000 runs. Lord Hawke is a direct 'descendant of the. admiral who maide naval ■'. history in the . eighteenth century, and the' family motto, "Strike," 'is appropriate enough, whether dealing with the sea-dogs of_ a bygone age or the present peer's mighty work with the. willow.

Father Richard Wilson,.formerly vicar of St. Augustine's, Stepney, East End of London, is known as "The Hopper's Parson," from his association with the London poor who annually, went hoppicking. It was 38 years ago that Father Richard first went to this East End parish as curate to his brother, the then vicar, who exchanged a family living in Oxfordshire for "the blackest spot" in the Bishop of Stepney's diocese. At the time the brothers went to Stepney the character of the parish may be judged by a little anecdote about a lady worker, who was one day walking down Commercial road, surrounded by a group- of her club boys. A policeman followed them for .some distance, . and then forced his Way to her side. "Do you know you are walking with some of the jnost dangerous characters ..in this district, Miss?" he' asked. Some of these "dangerous characters." brought into contact with workers from St.Augustine's while working in the hopfields, are now honoured sidesmen at the church.

Sir George. Holford is a very old friend of the Royal Family. While a captain in the First Life Guards, over ■a third of a century ago, Sir George was appointed equerry to the Duke of Clarence, then the second .heir to the throne. Captain Holford accompanied the Duke when'he toured India, and remained on his. stag until His Royal Highness's death. Sir tieorgß then became one of the equerries to King Ed,ward, and was associated -with His. Majesty until King George ascended the throne, since when he has been an extra "equerry to His Majesty,, as well as one of Queen Alexandra's equerries.

Ths new Prime Minister of Austria, and.. the first regulation premier since the revolution of 1919, is a priest, Dr. Ignatz Seipel. Dr. Seipel, who belongs to the old school of Austrian politics, first became eminent in State affairs in 1916 and 1917, when he was a great favourite of the ex-Empress Zita. At that time, prior to the revolution, he was 'Minister of Education, a< not unusual post for a papal prelate in Catholic i countries;: ■ ■ (The Hungarian Minister of ;j6au^^rafcaJs6: ; a^p'rie|y;;lJfg%^* Di H' Seipel" began' 'life as "-a" practising pr.iest in .Vienna, became a professor of religion in Saizburg, and later a lecturer in theology in the University of Vienna. Then came .his .court connection, which ended with the fall of the monarchy under the socialist revolution in 1919. However, the same year he was elected to the National Assembly, where he. became prominent as an opponent to the social democrats. Dr. Seipel soon became the leading spokesman for the Danuoian Federation policy, which opposed union with, Germany.

Lord. Manners, who is now 70 years of age, has been married to Mrs. Claud Guinness. "Holder of a century-old title, Lord Manners has long since made a name as a great sportsman^ jind he is the only peer who has ridden a winner in the Grand. National. . That was ,in : 1882, when Seaman was successful. He is a gTandson of Thomas Manners Sutton, who, after attaining high law offices of State, was in-/1807 created Baton Manners of Foston. After graduating at Cambridge Lord Manners served foxsome years in the Army, chiefly witE the Grenadiers. Lord Manners's county seat is at Avon Tyrrell, Christchurch, Hants, where, it may be remembered, a heath fire during last year's drought threatened the house. For hours there was a fight against encroaching flames, Lord Manners taking a. share in directing operations.

General Richard Mulcahy, Commander-in-Chief of the Irish Free State Army, is credited with being the brains of the whole military organisation. A short, spare man of a retiring disposition, he threw up a Civil Service appointment to fight against the British Government in Ireland, and he was soon admitted to the inner councils of the I.R.A. He was chief of staff during the rebellion, and has succeeded the late Mr. Michael Collins in command of the Free State Forces. When the Treaty was signed the whole of Southern Ireland waited to see how he regarded it, for his influence with the rank and file was greater than any man's. On the first day of the fail's ■'"hate he tnrew in his lot, with the proTreaty party, and his speech on the military ■ situation was very effective in making the people understand what would he the position if the Treaty was overthrown. Some members had talked at large about "the Republican army having driven the British forces into the sea-j but Mr. Mulcahy, in rebuking them, declared that the I.R.A, had done nothing more than capture good-sized police barracks, and that if the florht went on they could continue fdr some time, but there was no possibility of eventually defeating the British Army. The majority of the LR.A. followed Mr. MulacbVs lead, and -the Free State Army stands with him to-day. r

Sir Paul Chatsr i? one -of the wealthiest men in/ha Eas. *ise .o tortune ;s a romance of conMfiei.'ce., About 58 yea..'? ago Paul Ghat*. »ho -«?a? then 18, wart to Hongkong,. I'hefe, he. vorkep *fc a bans clerk at Sb a month. To-oia,, le i» -i director oi '6 conijiamfla ■ be il >te senior anofficiai member a. *he Pcrigkong Exeentivß. Oo'unci his . ho'nce, Marble Hah, <n Hongkong, is a ■i?t "> plane t arid be has a .oiiection of jju.velaih for whicfi ho has been offered £250;----000. He vas reuently i> England in Lonnection witii the dovelcpment o' cca'mining in Chino^ and said """'dei-e ia a great deal 65 :oa> in Chma ; int > that whflh the statp. o* the jousiirj ;s .juieter'the mining o' v-oai v.-?l \% i^iderta,keu {iropeflj. > V/V.ea ihii is sonp J hope to organise iron arid gn>#\ ■sorki hi Ihe Bi-ifcisK tart'itorv • near Hongk6?;r. Hongkong has given mo a. yreht c'cal. and 1 hope to U6 able to Jo something for it iri reiurii. If I ;M!i leave an iron industry aa a hevitage 1 shall he glad." At Sir Paul Chalor's house in Hongkong is a marbla hall, constructed of mr.rble hewn in Greece and fashioned in Brussels. • '