Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-11-11

Whltenali bLTet. IL II bnhttofou
battle flag Of the war Of 1919, with
but fifteen stars upon 1t. And II
hangs in the place where King Charles
spent his last moments before they
took him through the window onto
an improvised platform in the street,
to lie flat down on wooden block,
in absence Of the regular block for
royal executions, and have his proud,
arrogant head chopped off. The
chop Of the headsman's ak on that
common stick of stoyewood dealt
such a blow to the divine right. OF
kings that it will never be heard Of in
the English-speaking world again.
King Charles statue, on q pFancing
bronze horse, stands few hundred
yards from the place Of the execution,
looking proudly down to the window
through which Charles went to bis
death. The statue is In Trafalgar
place, a place of great pomp In Lon
don, and before they move the figure
next year, to make way for an ap-
proach to the new Kings Gate II will
pay number of gentlemen in Eng
| land to 90 to the statue and look at
| It a long time and think, and think.
And while they are standing there
we can 20 back to the tattered Amer
lean banner in the room in Whitehall
street. and remember that with all
these new banners. with the forty
five stars floating about In London
| It may be good for our national pride
TO see the old captured banner, and
remember that we have come long
way in the world since 1S12,-only be-
cause we were honest and brave ana
kind as nation and as men, ana tnat
when we forget these virtues God will
forget us. For after all, In that
very hall are a score Of momentoes
Of the Great NapOleon-the man VINO
said in his heart there is no God OF
| (which Is the same thing) that Coo
IL ON the side that has the heaVies'
artillery. Well, In that very room
/ in Whitehall street is a most iilumin'
ating model Of the battle Of Waterloo
There is a place where God was not
on the side Of the heaviest artillery
/ And one of the worlds greatest
/ tragedies was enacted on that field
of waterloo, because OF the ponder
GUS folly of Napoleon's creed.-W1l
liam Allen White.
/ Among the features of the Abby the
room of the United service museum
is full of mementoes and souvenir
of Napoleon and Charles the First
, two gentlemen who failed because
they placed their trust in princes
| 1T is one of the most interesting
rooms in London. And even II thu
b ood-stained American banner doe
/ hang among the captured flags, 1t Il
! a room that Americans should visit
/ Americans also seem to enjoy visit
ing the tower-the bloody tower Q
] London, where feudallsm hovers lik'
!, a ghost in every corner; where tn
, cast iron armors Of the knights harl
| back to the days of chivalry; wher'
} the spears and lances speak of tn
: days of old, when knights wer'
bold" where the big black block o
: the executioner stands, q grewsoIa'
] oak block with notches groOved on
\ to fit the neck, and with two or thre'
, deep hacks in 1t where the execution
er either made a miscue or struck to-
n hard and went clear through the poo
} devils neck and fastened his axe II
Il the wood; and where a few feet ava!
A in all the blazoned pomp and gaudl
} circumstances Of this latter day med
: ievalism, hang in q glass case tn
} royal red and purple and ermin'
robes-all gold embroidered and be
: spangled with gilt, hang the new
} coronation robes Of the new KIM
of England. Perhaps, between tn
! big, black block and the crimson
) robes may be a good place to paus'
, and put down the popular gossip tina
King Edward thinks the Englisl
monarchy will run out in anothe'
. generation. In which case, God saw
Q the King! For no one else will, II II
THAT day he forgets the lesson tina
r the people tried to teach Charles ]
and failed to teach to Napoleon.
: On the whole, We did not EMO!
: the great show places Of Londol
s -westminster, the Tower, and 81
Paurs-as much as we should; W
! were instructed; we improved GU