Berkshire Chronicle Reading 06-1915

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l'rincipal
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~on- of the kinduell8 of the
ehalr that n'igh~
'riley: '
energy and !public SWlt
Mayor was putting into hia'
In the eouiee of-his leCltU;re.
~",d that the year 1916 w ......
lIersarieB, and if ~ey li.lIed in a
they would hea.r a grea~ delll -of
'm.lleB. On .October .lath
11JlDivers!U'y of the famons
won by Henry V. ',Tuesday,
700th anniversary of the signwig
Charta, o.nd June l8Lh was the
centenary
the Battle of W ute,loo. Always in th ei r hi.tor~
they would nrid that the Bntish pfople had shor''ri
themselves to be a liberty-loving people, a-nd
aiwaye they ,had exerted themselves to
, throw any p owor that ~too(bto, obtain oV-e1'.lOl:d;ing anthority and _the dominatiorl of the
In 18]5 they. ' were ' fighting ' not sci much ~,g)l'instt he French nation os agamst Na;paleon.
ton had grievo us shorteomings as a Iil4ltc8DlI.~
some as, 0. 6Oldier, ,hUh'he "tood' secnr!l
r ecoguroon -a.s !I really - great leader _of '
great meri.
'l'here were two ' thiDgS in his
acter whicb still <:~ntinued a leliSon to , eV!lrY0r!e '
who cared to regam 'it, and they were hllr ,q uj4ity
01 Bteadfnstness ,,,,,d l,is sen s~ of ldu,ty to liie lriqg
lIL1d COUll try,
They , wanted -- the i type, now, __ no);
oll ly in the Government I>nd the men who l~d
Iha count1-y in the gpoat str-u!,,<:le; thex w";'}ted
it ill every member; in every.rirtdividua l in the
C!C'lIl1try .
The ledurh w-enl ·on tb d escnbe' Weilj

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ingtoIi'B early careet~ -: Wellington w'as ·t he , mtin
wllo found the best way to '~eal l wIth I NaiJ<>leoh,
IUld tl1!tt wu.s b1 a system of masterly iuaction. -

WII6 the wa'! to' (leol' with I those peopla ; it
carried , out In :l~12, ' ii.nd "1a8 being ' cMri~
out til 1915 by the RU1Isillne, Wjellington 'allow,ed
th e enemy to come ' Oll· as .ra.r: ~ Wll8_copveme:nt,
allowed them to go Uirough ,the 1wimer, ,lUldthen
wh eD thcYJIlre exhl!-usted drove ,thep-,ou~1 (Mr. IChi!tfs) did Il Ot,' tU~Y the 8a:ni,e ,
goizrg: to ha.ppen a~[n; but , the,;~ B":"Iir .
p r,in cfphi.lo.y h ehiu.;! the Russi.mJ Arirly to;a~y. _
man who would carryon II. pl:i.n so mas"ive,
clfec~ivc. a ' mall' wlio could go ,through with it,
mIJ. t:/ ho a great mail at his busineB8, 'Fhey ' mllst
,,0,,8111e1' the gre",~ fir mness nece£enry to carry an a -policy ~ljkc . that, Everyone ~aS against . him,
trom th s Government 'at home to. ,bie ' officers in
the field, WeIJiIlgtcn waa , owrprlii£ed i 'in' - hi stime; ho Iiw-' great "'faults; fault.! in' - hi8 - per80n",' charllCter;-and -.there were- faulta iIi' hilJl '
which explained why ,men did not love I\~.: " iRe
was ~' aJ:d, uneympa.theti<t" ~l:d not' p'lIr~~\~wrly
grittEiful ' for fav.our -·recelved. ' ,It_ was: 'Bald , of
him lhat .he w~ a
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m~ster ' tQ_~~, He
spoke of ,his anny at
, f< t he1-S(!Um of
til ~ eartll .. " he- saJd
rbe
with the British 80Idiers e".a'~~I~;~bi[:~~~,~~
that they ~vere a Ilninkeu , :e
.,o<..."e,,; .I,
men ~hlln he !would not h .."e
~~';i~~tti~,~:;.t1~~ri;;~gl~~:;:t~It:J'
not hesitate to sa.y w}lat was
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can sid eicd it. But he in6pired Colofi,:iellCIl.
~oldi e m; if not aJrectioll , -One
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it was Illw ..ys better w/l.en th ..t long-nos~ .beggar
wn.s ubDut to betit ~e,"r l P!l.rl~: voo.s-.""
WHAT
WELLINGFtON
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DO: NOW.
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The lecturer went .on to consi<fer what We lliIll';t<ln would "~y or ~<> -a.t this
~s-, for
d ung, there wll8 ' no ilcubt
Wd,u ld
either be ",t tlle hont .or be f
' the,
CoaJir!~n GMenunent- -He' w?n Jd .
,W~&
were :f18 'colle~ullll 8O- ]cng ItS 'they
,hlB
own <leternrinatlOu' to uphold I ~eir tiu'MJ
country; ,he wQuld llot -Uini:e'i 10ng :~
hI!
would go stra.ight to tl)e 'point; ~d
that eV'01'1/ thin~ -must O';,'IIe w,ay.'to the
1>( beatin~ the G-ermallB. He: woul~
time in dismiJl8iflg the- topic '/;hat was 'erlio'(Jfjsllll( '.r
nHLDV peopJ..,- as Co- -wha'" WI>S •.to - be '~<l!OD'e
I,he KGisW'. when
was -cauglit;' or- 'WI(aste
d l6cuu;iog what was to --be the, ne,p; i~fu 01l.
programme when ,the Allies. had entered Berlin
III triumph, H~-Ol,lld -hot
time, in- discuss·
ing th e )Darn! turpitiJde ·of
he would think it;
wOllld
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ab.ou~
tl,e
o~f.~~rf't'ri;"~i~~
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