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ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGOLONDON, FRIDAY AUGUST 22, 1919Bridge news
Appointments
in the Clergy
Just prior to the start of the World
Youth Championships, writes
Julian Pottage, Bridge
Correspondent, the English
Bridge Union held the annual U26
Pairs at TGR’s Bridge Club in
Paddington, London. The winners
are as follows:
1st Jonathan Clark and Kripa
Panchagnula, +110.5 IMPs; 2nd
Theo Gillis and Jack Ronayne, + 69
IMPs; 3rd Eshan Singhal and Ian
Robson, +62.4 IMPs; and 4th
Jasmine Bahkshi and Henry Rose,
+23.3 IMPs.
Revv Sarah Lunn, p-in-c,
Chollerton w Birtley and
Thockrington (Newcastle), to be
also p-in-c, St Oswald in Lee w
Bingfield (same dio); Jitesh Patel,
to be assoc v, Holy Trinity,
Leicester (Leicester) on a half time
basis, with responsibility for
training and development, and
half-time asst-dir, St Mellitus
College, East Midlands (same dio);
Joshua Paul James Penduck, c,
Newcastle under Lyme w St
Thomas, Butterton (Lichfield), to
be r (same dio); Craig Lee Shaw,
p-in-c, Essington and Shareshill
(Lichfield), to be v, Essington,
Featherstone and Shareshill (same
dio); Alison Margaret Thomas, c,
St Mary, Stafford and Martson,
and St Chad, Stafford (Lichfield),
to be c, St Paul and St Thomas,
Stafford (same dio).
From Perceval Landon. Paris, Thursday.
M. Clemenceau returned to Paris early this
morning, and at once set to work upon the
arrears of Conference, business which had accu-
mulated during his brief and busy holiday. It
may therefore be convenient to sketch in rough
outline the position which immediately con-
fronts him and his colleagues at the outset of the
new session of work. The fact that Mr. Lloyd
George has chosen a pleasant retreat in Nor-
mandy for his headquarters during the Parlia-
mentary recess is in itself sufficient to show that
he has but exchanged national work for work
international, and that he will have to wait many
months yet before he takes the rest which he has
earned. The choice of this fashionable little
coast, with its excellent service of trains to Paris,
shows that it will not be long before the Council
of Four resumes its activities. Signor Tittoni has
publicly given proof of his anxiety that no time
shall be lost in getting into harness, and Mr. Polk
has already had time to show the stuff of which
he is made.
There will be need for foresight and resolu-
tion if the ship of the Conference is to be
steered a safely through the quicksands of
international rivalry and – perhaps to an
even greater extent – the rocks of interna-
tional envy. It would be premature to assert
that a notable improvement is to be recog-
nised in any of the problems which the sig-
nature of the treaty by the Germans and the
subsequent delegation of authority to the
Council of Foreign Ministers left undecided
in July.
Throughout the history of the Congress so many
have cried “Peace” when there was no peace,
and so many have cried “Wolf ” when there was
no wolf, that only the experiences of the next
month can enable students of foreign affairs to
form a reasonable idea of the changes which a
month’s vacation has brought about in the work
of the Supreme Council. It is generally assumed,
however, that the Italian position shows signs of
distinct improvement.
The commissions of the Conference and the
committees of the delegations have not
been idle, and it is expected at the Quai
d’Orsay that when the question of the Dal-
matian coast comes up for reconsideration
a conciliatory temper will be shown on all
sides, sufficient to ensure that a substantial
recognition of the proper national pride of
Italy shall not stand in the way of justice to
the other principles involved.
An increase – even a substantial increase – of Ital-
ian territory in other spheres would be cordially
ceded by her Allies, not only as a fair compensa-
tion for the new regime in Fiume, but as a recog-
nition of Italy’s unquestioned services during the
great war. So much it is permissible to anticipate,
but he will be the wisest prophet who awaits the
first actual discussion of the Adriatic problem
round the council table of the Four.ROUMANIA AND
ALLIES
An even more important question awaiting
decision is the existing disagreement between
Roumania and her Allies. It would be both easy
and unwise to magnify this difference, but it is
obvious that the recent action of Roumanian
troops has altered the Central Europe position to
a degree the Council of Five – the Council of For-
eign Ministers – has been unable to deal with in
any final manner. Rumour has it that the ques-
tion of the right of minorities in the territories
newly acquired by Roumania to appeal to the
League of Nations is no longer as acute as it was
when M. Bratiano left the Conference in July.
It will be remembered that the Roumanian
Government then demurred to any deroga-
tion of their full sovereign rights, and that
their action was supported by the other
newly-formed or newly-enlarged States in
Central Europe – with the notorious excep-
tion of Poland. From one aspect the matter
was one of cardinal importance, perhaps
the most important principle that the Con-
ference had before it to affirm or modify.
It is rumoured that this sense of the vital nature
of the new departure has led the chief authori-
ties of the Conference to recognise also that this
is precisely one of those things in which the
League of Nations should be trusted to exert a
moral rather than a contractual influence. But
even with these difficulties laid aside, events in
Hungary proper – if as yet the phrase is justified- as well as in the Banat of Temesvar and the
Bukovina provinces are fresh within the mem-
ory of readers and make up a sum of problems
which may be said largely to have arisen since
the signature of the German treaty.
THE RUSSIAN
PROBLEM
Russia provides a series of problems which
alone would tax the industry and acumen of the
Council for months to come. Mr. Lloyd George
will have full opportunity for displaying in this
matter his peculiar gift of gauging the personal-
ity of his colleagues. The decision to modify the
blockade of Bolshevik Russia – a decision which
has become quite inevitable – places an entirely
new complexion upon the old trouble.
No one in Paris will be surprised if some reli-
ance is placed by the Council upon the abil-
ity of influences other than brute force to
combat the spread of Bolshevism. It has
long been an axiom at the Conference that
famine was the best weapon in the hands of
unscrupulous Anarchists. It may be that the
relaxation of the blockade was a means of
allowing the helpless and starved victims of
Bolshevism to come again into contact with
the material help and restoration of law and
order which the bulk of the unfortunate
Russian population associate, however
despairingly, with the name of the Allies.
Behind these nearer difficulties lurks always the
subtlest of all the problems with which the
Council will have to deal this year – the division
and reconstruction of the Turkish empire. There
is at this moment in France a wave of special
interest and anxiety connected with the old ter-
ritories of the Sultan. But in a brief review such
as this it is not necessary to say more than that
no active policy can be adopted until the Council
is in possession of two important pieces of infor-
mation.
One is the extent – if at all – to which the
United States is willing to co-operate with
the rest of the world in setting up standards
of justice and human happiness in Armenia
and elsewhere; and secondly the nature of
the reports which the various Commissions
sent out from Paris to report upon the con-
dition of affairs in Asia Minor and Syria will,
in the late autumn, have compiled and sub-
mitted. It is not necessary, therefore, to
regard this matter as one that need yet be
added to the heavy list of causes demanding
weighty and immediate consideration. Nor,
to turn to the West, will the precise attitude
to be adopted by the United States in ratify-
ing the German treaty add to their burdens
for some time to come.
However interesting the daily reports from
Washington may be – and their influence upon
Paris opinion needs to be perpetually recorded- at least the Council of Four have this source of
consolation, that the manner in which the Amer-
icans decide to shape their future world-wide
policy is no matter with which the Council of
Four has any right to occupy itself.
It would be foolish for the circles of the Con-
ference to shut their eyes to such passing
indications of the ability of President Wil-
son to bring his Congress round to his own
policy, or of the extent to which he is – or, as
we saw yesterday in the case of the Daylight
Saving Act, is not – representative of the will
of the United States; nor are less important
the influences which our own Eastern pol-
icy seems to exert upon American sympathy
with the League of Nations and the assent or
refusal of the States to the decision arrived
at in the Shantung problem.
All these and many other matters deserve, and
must receive, minute and daily attention. But
with the ultimate decision of the American peo-
ple the Supreme Council wisely has no concern
whatever. That action may remain for them as
the source of yet another cardinal difficulty in
the near future, but at present the Council of
Four has, in all conscience, work enough on its
hands without prematurely concerning itself
with extra-Continental questions, either East or
West.
NEXT WORK OF THE PEACE CONFERENCE
KNOTTY PROBLEMS
Today’s birthdays
Mr Max Hebditch, Director,
Museum of London, 1977-97, is 82;
Baroness Prosser, Deputy
Chairman, Commission for
Equality and Human Rights,
2006-12, 82; Sir John Banham,
Chairman, Johnson Matthey,
2006-11, 79; Mr Alun Michael,
former Labour Government
Minister, 76; Prof Roger
Cashmore, Principal, Brasenose
College, Oxford, 2002-11, 75; Dr
Lindsay Sharp, museum
consultant; Director, National
Museum of Science and Industry,
2000-05, 72; Mr David
Anderson, Director-General,
National Museum Wales, 67; Mr
Steve Davis, snooker player and
commentator; six times World
Champion, 62; Sir Julian King,
diplomat; European
Commissioner for the Security
Union, 55; Mr Mats Wilander,
former tennis player, 55; Mr Sam
Ingram, judoka; Paralympic
silver medallist, men’s judo -90kg,
London 2012, 34; and Miss
Jessica-Jane Applegate,
swimmer; Paralympic gold
medallist, women’s 200m
freestyle, S14, London 2012, 23.
Today is the anniversary of the
Battle of Bosworth Field in 1485
and of the death of Richard III. It
is also the anniversary of the
beginning of the Civil War in
England in 1642.
Diamond weddings
FAZAKERLEY - CASE.—On 22nd
August 1959, at St James in Haydock,
Brian to Barbara. Love from all the
family.
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NEWLAND - CROSBY.—On 22nd
August 1959, at Plympton Register
Office, Plymouth, Paul to Glad.
Congratulations on your Diamond
Wedding Anniversary. Love from all
the family.
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PULLEN - DENNING.—On 22nd August
1959, at Emmanuel Church, Plymouth,
Ronald to Florence Edith Margot.
Congratulations on your Diamond
Wedding Anniversary. With love Sara,
Rachel, Emma and all the family.
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SIMONS - ST CLOUD.—On 22nd
August 1959, at All Saints, Newtown
Linford, Leics, John to June. Love and
congratulations. Now at SY3 9BW.
Online ref: 572953BRIGHT.—Martin Frederic, Lt Cdr, RN
(Retd). Died peacefully on 3rd August- Much loved husband of the late
Joan, father of Roger and Rachel,
grandfather, stepgrandfather and
great-grandfather. Funeral at 2 p.m. on
2nd September at St Stephen's Church,
Sparsholt SO21 2NL. Flowers or
donations to the Shipwrecked Mariners'
Society c/o Richard Steel Funeral
Directors, City Road, Winchester
SO23 8SD.
Online ref: 573013
FRANCE.—Jean. Formerly of Calne,
passed away at Ryeview Manor Care
Home, High Wycombe on 9th August
2019, aged 92 years. Funeral Service to
take place on Wednesday 28th August,
Salisbury Crematorium at 1.45 p.m.
Family flowers only. Donations for
Alzheimer's UK c/o F.W. Jones and Son,
30 Market Place, Chippenham,
Wiltshire, SN15 3HP. Tel: 01249 652525.
Online ref: 573128PENNEY.—Dr Joseph PhD (Ponteland).
Passed away peacefully on 14th August
2019, aged 77 years. Joe much loved
husband of Irene, dad of Emma and
Justin, adored grandad of Chloé and
Camille. Would family and friends please
meet for Service at West Road
Crematorium NE5 2JL on Friday 30th
August at 10.30 a.m. Family flowers only
a collection will be held in aid of
Northumbria Health Care Trust
HEX050.
Online ref: 573166RENNIE.—Hamish of Morpeth. Born in
Glasgow, and formerly of Whitley Bay
and Malta. Died peacefully on 13th
August 2019 aged 90 years. Dearly
beloved husband of Nancie and adored
father of Fiona and the late Gordon.
A devoted grandfather to Kevin and
Gordon and a loving brother and uncle.
Fondly remembered by all the family
and friends. Private family cremation
followed by a Service of Thanksgiving to
which all are welcome at St George's
URC in Morpeth on Tuesday 27th August
at 1.45 p.m. Family flowers only.
Donations, if desired, to Alzheimer's
Research UK.
Online ref: 573154UREN.—Sir Michael passed away
peacefully during the early hours of
Friday 9th August after a dynamic life
full of achievement. He leaves behind
Jane, his two sons David and Mark, and
his beloved partner Janis. The Funeral
will take place at St Mildred’s Church
in Tenterden, Kent, on Wednesday 11th
September at 11.30 a.m. and all are
welcome. Family flowers only please
but donations would be gratefully
received online via twfuggle.co.uk/
obituaries or by cheque made payable
to Moor�elds Eye Charity, sent c/o
T.W. Fuggle & Son, Funeral Directors,
20 Ashford Road, Tenterden, Kent
TN30 6QU.
Online ref: 573107Mr A.B. Bond and
Miss H.E. Page^
The engagement is announced^
between Alexander, eldest son of
Mr and Mrs Max Bond, of Bentley,
Suffolk, and Hannah, younger
daughter of Mr and Mrs Roger
Page, of Oundle,
Northamptonshire.
Online ref: 573133
Mr P.B.K. McCosh and
Miss K.M.L. Dodd^
The engagement is announced
between Peter, son of Mr and Mrs
Andrew McCosh, of Hunt�eld,
Biggar, and Katherine, daughter of
the late Mr Hugh Dodd and of
Mrs Dodd, of Tyninghame, East
Lothian.
Online ref: 573145
WISDOM IS a shelter as money is a
shelter, but the advantage of knowledge
is this: wisdom preserves those who
have it. Consider what God has done:
who can straighten what he has made
crooked? When times are good, be
happy; but when times are bad, consider
this: God has made the one as well as the
other. Therefore, no one can discover
anything about their future.
Ecclesiastes 7.12-14 (NIV)HIGGINS.—On August 17th 2019, in
Hong Kong, to very happy and proud
parents Caroline and Timothy, a second
son, Magnus George, a brother for Hugo.
Online ref: A235480BOOTH.—Major (Ret'd) Anthony
Courtney, aged 89, died peacefully at
home on 15th August, with his family
in attendance. The Funeral Service
will take place at All Saints RC Church,
Lanchester, Co Durham DH7 0JH
on Tuesday 27th August at 1.30 p.m.
followed by refreshments in the
church hall. Family flowers only please.
Donations, in lieu, to SSAFA. Enquiries
to Stuart Wright Funeral Service.
Tel: 01913 863850.
Online ref: A2354 78HANCOCK.—Audrey Helen
(née Mason) aged 99 years. Peacefully at
home in Dore, Sheffield. Beloved wife of
the late James, much loved mother of
Michael and Elizabeth and a very dear
grandmother and great-grandmother.
Service at Hutcliffe Wood Crematorium,
Sheffield on Wednesday 28th August at
3.30 p.m. No flowers please. If wished
donations payable to the Alzheimer's
Society may be sent to Jason Heath,
John Heath and Sons, Earsham Street,
Sheffield S4 7LS.
Online ref: 573157LIVINGSTONE.—Judy (née Cooper).
Died peacefully on 16th August 2019,
aged 88 years. Beloved wife of the late
Harry, much loved by all her family.
Thanksgiving Service will take place
at St Mary’s Church, Beaminster on
Thursday 5th September at 1 p.m. Family
flowers only please. Donations for the
RNLI may be sent c/o A J Wakely & Sons,
7 North Street, Beaminster DT8 3DZ.
Online ref: 573186LOCKWOOD.—Maria Elisabeth
'Mausi' (née Esterházy), peacefully
on 15th August. Beloved wife of the
late John Lockwood. A service of
thanksgiving will be held in London
on a date to be con�rmed.
Online ref: A2354 87Mr D.S. Hart and
Miss F.J. Corke^
The engagement is announced^
between Douglas Stephen, son
of Mr and Mrs Terrance Hart, of
Battle, East Sussex, and Frances
Jane, only daughter of the late
Mr Richard Corke and of Mrs
Richard Corke, of Clevedon,
north Somerset.
Online ref: 573132
Mr D.R.S. Robertson and
Miss E.C.R. Richardson^
The engagement is announced
between Douglas, younger son of
Mr and Mrs Robert Robertson, of
Brad�eld, Berkshire, and Emma,
only daughter of Mr and Mrs
Michael Richardson, of St Saviour,
Jersey.
Online ref: 573194
SHAW.—On August 15th 2019, to
Josephine and Robert, a daughter,
Enid Amanda, a sister for Ernest.
Online ref: A235479SHAW.—Susan Margaret, of Charvil,
Reading. Died at Royal Berkshire
Hospital on 4th August (aged 76).
All enquiries to A.B. Walker.
Tel: 0118 957 3650.
Online ref: 573174MASON.—Sheila, died after a short
illness on 19th August 2019, aged 83
years. Much loved wife of the late
Hugh and dearly loved mother to Nicola,
Clare and Philippa. Funeral Service to
take place at All Saints Church, Oakhill,
Somerset on Wednesday 28th August
at 11.30 a.m. Family flowers only.
All enquiries to Trotman Funeral
Directors. Tel: 01749 880271.
Online ref: 573243LYON.—Rosemary 'Rosie' (née Allchin),
died peacefully at Silvermere Care
Home, Cobham, surrounded by her
family on 16th August 2019, aged 73,
after a long battle with ill health, borne
with patience, good humour and
always a smile. Beloved wife of Major
General Robert Lyon CB OBE FIMgt,
loving sister and aunt to Susanne and
her family. A loved stepmother,
grandmother and great grandmother to
Melanie, David and their families.
Funeral Mass to be held at Our Lady of
Lourdes Church, Esher, on Friday 30th
August at 3 p.m. Donations, if desired,
to the Stroke Association c/o Lodge
Brothers, 78 High Street, Esher, Surrey
KT10 9QS.
Online ref: A2354 75PORTER.—Thomas Chinnall Mansel,
died peacefully at home in Pershore on
8th August 2019, aged 92. Much loved
husband of the late Pip, father to
Nicholas, Simon and Joanna and
grandfather to Pixie, Paul and
Fia. Funeral enquiries to E Hill & Son.
Tel: 01386 552141.
Online ref: 573247GRATEFUL THANKS to St Jude for
prayers answered. CJ.
Online ref: 573253Anniversaries
CHRISTODOLO.—Alexander Robert
James (Chris) died peacefully on
19th August 2019, aged 88. Beloved
husband of Ruth for 63 years. Loving
father to Andrew, Sarah and Simon and
much loved 'Bapa' to Camilla, Lucy,
Alexander, Maya, Jasmine and
Anoushka. Funeral Service at St Peter’s
Church, Langford Budville on 6th
September 2019 at 12 noon. Family
flowers only, but donations if wished
in aid of St Margaret’s Somerset
Hospice and Cancer Research UK c/o
H Tredwin & Son, 15 & 17 North St,
Wellington, TA21 8LX.
Online ref: 573161GAIGER.—Betty Silina. Passed away
peacefully at Paternoster House, aged91. Dearly loved wife of her late husband
Ken. Much loved sister, aunt and cousin.
Forever in our hearts. Enquiries
c/o A Slade & Son. Tel: 01285 656336.
Online ref: 573136
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