Evening star., 1912-04-13
STRIKE A SK|RM|SH
Apprehension in England of
More Serious Troubles.
ANARCHISTS ARE HOPEFUL
Baronet Reckoned Among the Fire
brand Socialists.
WHISPERS OF KING ALFONSO
Bones Of 1000 Skeletons Cause a
Controversy Among the
Antiquarians.
ANARCHISTS ARE HOPEFUL
WHISPERS OF KING ALFONSO
Special Cablegram to The Star.

their heads and anticipating dreadful
events. Tor the opinion is spreading that
the coal strike was merely a skrmish,
q Iorerunner OF far more serious troubles.
During the whole time of the coal strike
all sorts of desperate precautions were
taken IN the neighborhoods of the coal
helds against what is plainly called the
impending civil war. The workers of
England generally are as peaceful a set
OF men as 1t is possible to find in any
country. but they have learned the enor-
nous power they hold, and they are
more and more eagerly listening to the
golden promises of agitators, who in
striking colors paint the differences be-
tween things as they are and as they
ought to be.
In anarchistic circles 1t is believed that
the moment for which the enemies of
law and order have been waiting since
1848 is near at hand. If there ever is to
be an English commune the time is
drawing close.
At the same time the anarchist leaders
are disgusted with the tractability Of the
English toilers. History can show no
parallel to the coal strike Nearly two
million workers out and not a single Sc
rious act of violence-nay, not an angry
word spoken against monarchy.
What are we to do with such people?"
the anarchists are asking. At the same
time they have by no means given up
the attempt to rouse them, well knowing
that If they are once reused they will
be far more dangerous than any others.
Baronet Counted Among Firebrands.
There is a real baronet among the fire.
brand socialists. His title goes back to
the days before they took off the head
Of King Charles, and he Is the ninth Of
his line. Moreover, he owns five seats
in Yorkshire, and the family was set
tied in Westmoreland before the Norman
conquest. So it is not exactly the sort
Of race that ton might be expected to pro- tSe
editor OF the Herald OF Revolt claims
Sir Walter William Strickland as one Of
his most trusty comrades and con-
tributors. And what the Herald Of Re-
volt. is the title tells plainly enough.
Sir Walter Strickland's latest effusion
| is play laid in a classical r1ilieu. The
characters have the most unpronounce-
able names and It is not yet possible for
the ordinary man to be quite sure what
| 1t is all about.
Hunting men who remember old Sir
Charles Strickland, the nonagenarian
hunting baronet, will be 'doocid sorry"
about this development in the family.
The ancestor who introduced the turkey
into England did more service to hu-
manity.
Judges Reply Unrecorded.
An entertaining little incident trans
pired the other night between one of the
best known judges of the kings bench
division and an ex-cavalry officer by no
means unknown in London's social world.
The two met at reception and found
themselves side by side. The Judge shook
hands warmly with the officer and said:
Il know we have met before. ! recall
your face perfectly. Do you remember
where 1t was?"
The soldier smiled grimly. Yes. sir"
came the blunt reply. "It was at the Old
Bailey, when you were good enough to
tell me that ought to thank my lucky
stars that l was only in the witness box
and not in the dock!'
What the judge replied is not recorded.
King Alfonso's Whiskers.
Although the King Of Spain, who re-
Gently underwent an operation. is ap
parently again in vigorous health, It is
an open secret at court that he is suffer
ing from a rather serious ear and throat
trouble This, however, has not prevented
him from keeping all his engagements.
and he occasionally gave his doctors
much trouble by his determination to
behave as though nothing were the mat
ter with him.
The throat trouble seems to be heredi-
tary in the Spanish family, for King AL
fonsos second son. Don Jaime, has suf-
fered from his throat ever since his
birth.
Latterly King Alfonso has taken to
wearing whiskers, but this is not the first
time that be has done SO. A few years
ago he grew small side whiskers, and
told Queen Victoria Eugenie that he
thought he looked like an English admi-
raj in them.
"Oh. no." replied the queen. with a
laugh. you look much more like an Eng
lish butler!" After that the whiskers came
off, but apparently the king is too fond
of face fungus to allow a wifely jest
to stand in his way for all time.
Controversy Over Bones.
A remarkable attraction has been pro-
vided by the vicar Of Rothwell Parish
Church, Northants, by the neat rear
rangement of the skulls and bones in the
famous twelfth century "bone-crypt.'
The discovery Of the existence Of the
charnel-house crypt was accidentally
made years ago, when the sexton, digging
a grave in the south aisle of the church,
broke through a vaulted roof covering a
great heap Of skulls and human bones.
Two months ago. following inspections
by various historical and scientific per-
sons, the vicar and church wardens de-
cided to restack the bones in the center
of the crypt on the shelves on the sides.
The remnants represent no fewer than
II, 600 skeletons--a number. arrived at by
counting the tops Of the 22.OOO odd thigh
bones although the number of complete
skulls is only 500 or 600.
F. w. Bull. F. 8. A.. tracing the history
Of his "valley of dry bones." finds first
mention made In 1712, when 'the great
multitude of men and women's skulls In
the charnel house at Rowelf was al
ready famous
The earliest church register, 1914, made
no reference to the crypt; neither did
Bridges. the Northamptonshire historian,
who carried the list Of Rothwell Wears
down to 172O.
A theory that the bones might have
been brought from Naseby field was dis
counted by Maj. Whyte- Melville, the nov
elist, in 1852 because Naseby field was
more than ten miles away. He also
secuted the idea that 1t was a monastic
place of eeputure as the skulls exhibited
ghastly wounds. while some Of them
seemed to be Of Ethiopian origin.
He concluded. in view Of the absence of
evidence of gunshot wounds, and in view
Of the great size Of the bones, that the re-
mains xvers. those of Danish jnx aderS slain