"KITCHENER'S ..MURDER."

Taihape Daily Times, 23 October 1918, Page 2

"KITCHENER'S ..MURDER."

Mr. Arnold While at a British Empire Union meeting in Hyde Park, told a startling story in connection with, the sinking of the Hampshire. "Kitchener's murder," he said " is one of the great proofs of the existence of a vast, ably-organised, and wonderful machine in our midst for the purpose of downing England. Twentyfour hours before the voyage it was 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 academynext December?' The first censor, a young man, passed it, but the second censor, not quite so young, wondered why the sender had gone to the expense of cabling the word 'the.'. The answer to his query is this: The initials of the words in the cable spell 'Shetland.' and it was off the Orkneys that Kitchener met his death. That was what he (Mr White) meant by the 'hidden hand.' "