The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-07-10

she was eager to entice the Hussar
within range. For that purpose the
French captain ordered the French en-
sign hoisted under the English. as
though the frigate were an English
prize. That was quite legitimate, but.
as the Hussar did not bite quickly. the
French hoisted the English ensign re-
versed and tied in a weft or loop-the
well 10Y signal of distress which no
English officer could disregard.
The Hussar closed at once. but luck
lily her crew were at quarters. The
Sybille hoisted the French flag and
tried to u the English ship down, but
on account of inefficient sails she rolled
so that the English were able to send
o crashing through her. The Eng
lish ship Centurion came up to aid. and
the Frenchman surrendered, but an
honorable surrender was not granted,
and the last ruse was universally con-
demned.
The famous English admiral. Lord
Cochrane. also resorted on one occasion
to tho use of false colors. He was cruis-
ing in the Mediterranean I'm the brig
Speedy. during the war with Spain, and
by reason of it's many captures the little
brig had become such a nuisance that the
Spanish fitted out a heavily armed frigate
and sent her, disguised as "A merchant
man. out after the brig. Cochrane sight
ed the prize. and, I'm order to get near
the supposed merchantmen, raised the
colors of a Danish merchant brig. He
did not discover his mistake until the
Spanish ship, opening her ports, showed
her teeth. and then lowered a small boat
i'm order to investigate the Danish
stranger. The situation looked a tribe
awkward for the Englishman, but Lord
Cochrane promptly ordered the yellow
flag hoisted and reported as hailing from
Alsiers, where cholera was raging. The
Spaniards sheered off, and the Speedy
proved that she was well named by get
TIM out of reach In marvelously quick
time. The S~paniards were, of course.
wrathy when they found how they had
been fooled. but their wrath didn't appear
TO worry England.
In many countries. and particularly in
England, the presentation OF flags to a
regiment Is a most impressive
and even more solemn is the installation
of worn battle flags in some sanctuary
where they may be preserved to the glory
of the nation. The old colors of the Scot
tish regiments were placed with national
honors in the Edinburgh cathedral at 81.
Giles. Canterbury cathedral holds a host
of worn banner worked with the names
of England's victories, and I'm France the
victorious flags were kept In the Hotel
des Invalldes until Just before the allies
entered Paris. when the French burned
more than 1890 in the court yard of the
Invalides rather than allow them to fall
into the hands of the enemy.
II is q rare thing for a victorious army
to treat conquered colors with marked
disrespect. but the Highlsnders, whose
ancestors fought for Prince Charlie. still
grow white with wrath when they tell
how, after the battle OF Culloden. the flags
of the Jacobite leaders were carried 10
the Edinburgh market place by chimney
sweeps and there burned. one at a time,
by the public hangman. while a herald
proclaimed the names of the chiefs who
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colors seems a thing harder to forgive
thar the death Of the men who bore them.
for a mans a man. but a flag il a cause.
Chicago Chronicle.