A STORY "OP THE HAMPSHIRE

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 20, 18 October 1918, Page 6

A STORY "OP THE HAMPSHIRE

Mr. Arnold White, speaking _ at a British Empire Union .meeting m Hyde Park recently, told a remarkable story in connection with the sinking of the Hampshire. "Kitchener's murder," he said, "is one of the greatest proofs of the existence of a vast, aplj' organised, and wonderful machine ui our midst for the purpose of downing England. Twenty-four hours before the voyage it whs decided to alter the course"of the. Hampshire to enable a visit to be made to the Grand Fleet. On that day a cablegram was sent to Holland expressed in clear English. It stated, 'Shall Herbert enter the legal academy next December? The first censor, a young man, passed it, but tlio second censor, not quite so young, wondered why the sender had gone to the expense o'f cabling tlio word 'the.' The answer to his query is this: The initials of the words m the cablegram spell 'Shetland, , and it was off- the Orkneys that Kitchener met his death." that was what he mean,, by "the hidden hand." It would be a' cheap investment for Germany to spend £30,000 'in this country at tlio next election in order to produce a victory for Germany at the polls, and ensure that at the peace table there should be some representatives of tlio Huns, who would have their clovnn feet under the table. ~