AN EMPIRE SHOWMAN.

Mataura Ensign, 11 February 1916, Page 5

AN EMPI RE SHOWMAN.

Aiiii mL A H oAftTL uTT AH V iCt. ten pup AN A M I'.ASSADui:. .Mr A-hmead l!:i it It'll ex | ><■ |-it-1 nt> il a- a \v;ir i <»f r«■'-[»< »n<i<■ n i in l in* (ir.leeo-Tlirkisli. I ‘ l|-50..) apa lie-e. | preiieh ;nnl Span'-li <•: i in|nii nin ,\|i i - ' n.-m, llm lialian war in 'I i ipoli, Mini 11 u* I lir-1 M 11,1 -eeond Italkail nontii>dve | Inin eon-idera Me in-milt iilln llm wayiu| tin* ( 1 1 pll > 111.) lir world in llm Near I |vn . aml iI i- proha Inn 11 1 a i mi hi- ! I .mi lignin .i! u. lecture lour hr will ileal 1 wnh ihe Halkan and Ka-tern -iliiatinib 'in addition to the Hard Indies eamliaieil. I Mr A-hmead Maire'.ett write-: -'What we waiij at the present lime, although I am all-aid ii i- now a|mo-i Pm hue. a real -howmaii ior the Hrit i>h Kmpile. Me roomie a Sellndoe or a wintelev nr the head ol -.nine oilier ereU em|inr.nin. in show in ihe re-t ol Ihe world, and e-peeia My m the little neutral Slate- ol ihe Neai' P,a-l. what mind- we real'y Keep in ,-nmk. and ill, ir rela live value when com pa red with those nl our liv'd-. We have the entire command ol the -ea. and ihe whole ol ihe world's line- oi eonmmii'ea ion are open to n-. 'i i-i with our (lllldl-ll - I i'll I oi keep II" on I-cI Voand evervolie el-e 111 the dark le-- iknown nl one deed- ami a, hj levemeii t - in the 'tar in the Near I'.a.-I than those oi ait v oi her I’ower. • \\ e have prince-. Inn what n-e do we make o| them' (lermanv ha- innnmerahh* prune-. and lhe\- know how to make n-e ol' them. Von are always readme o| a Sa\e-(’ohnre or a Hohen/o| hrn he my sent on a mission. They ; travel in "real -tyle. with a re-plendent-'-n le, with their pockets -tidied with i order- and promises, with unlimited money to calm the -eruple- nl im-a l i--lied nairiot-, and are followed hy a Zeppelin. The I’ritice ol S't\e-C ohnpj; ■ wa- -eii| to Sofia. Then we derided too late to -end a -penal ini iou out. con--i-i in", of a -inft,le mdi v dna I, Mr O’Peirtie. However estimable hi- (|ttaP--1 tie-, hi- name and hi- atl ai n men I - are ! nude unknown to the net t v (irieiital i poietltale- ol the Near k.a-l. lie carlie,] no order- and no money except 1 pdu that wa- handed m him mi leiuau i 11,,, l-'oremn nihce. With -I riel iopi in - iimi.- to -pend no more than wa- ah-o-I In t <- ! v ne, e--a rv . ■Tim- armed he - a-ke ( ) lo compete I wnh tin- I‘r 11 me o| Sa \e ( oh ni" with |,u ,-lcH. Id- older-, and unlimited I re nlv mone\ to ha ml on, to the wa v ; . 'ViThu- t lie very imi ter a | Ihe -1 a t Min 's hj" ( at the -lari. lie try's a -o'eren.'.ii Icm 'saxe-( otoir;’, and ' -• i j I,’iier Irom our man. lie pmi- ihe i ('ell II a I power- ; aml -o on up the ' -rale. Wh\ did We tmt -mid one of mili prim e- oO I !'i-i d title Tien e Pr n l '- jA, i i hnr ol ( 'onn i nchi. who ha- loci ii a I ex per 11 on'e in -mh ’na I i er-. M " 1 i oiild hat e -en i a man like land ( m i with 10, who know- ihe wav[and ihe tt i'e., ol Ihe < Irielit al hel ter ' lll.ll' he'" I "Hut II ,- the -ame -lorv ad thrmom 1 , e mil dlolo ma e v I n 'he Ne 1 1 I'.a- I Tlie I il' e-1 oeriee, "I "i ailiaieU' , er-iis 11ro 1 e-- opal-. We -aw it i>r i rear- !,• fore tin* war m ( 'oii-t anli noi do, and in Sulla, and m Pnmani.i, The

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