The Cairo bulletin., 1912-07-23

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Benedict Arnold GENERAL MONK
tried to sell his country to its old-time
masters. He failed. History has for
ever cursed him with the brand of
Traitor" George Monk tried to do
practically the same thing. He sue
ceeded. He was loaded down with
| wealth and honors and hailed as a
Liberator.
/ When Monk was lad of seventeen
lin 1625--he broke the laws of Eng
land and had to fee for refuge to the
| continent. He had not much money,
| but he had boundless ambition. not
| enough conscience to trouble him, and
| veritable genius for military affairs.
All this was splendid equipment for
a soldier of fortune. And soldier Of
| fortune he became. He went to the
| wars in Spain, and later In the Neither
| lands, where he quickly won high rep
| utation as crafty and fearless war
| rior.
Monk fell foul of the Dutch author
| tiles in 1888 and went back to Eng
| land. BY this time his early lawlessness
| was forgotten and he was made a
| colonel in the armies of King Charles
| l. A short time afterward he helped
| to crush an uprising, first in Scotland,
| then In Ireland, and by his stern con-
duct there won still further the ap-
prevail of Charles.
Parliament rose against the king
| and civil war began, Monk was sus-
| pected-rightly or otherwise-of be
Ing q secret friend of the rebels and
| was arrested. But he so loudly pro-
! tested his love for the king and his
| adherence for the Parliamentary
party that Charles freed him and rein
| stalled him In the army. Monk fought
| CALAMITY for the king, but in 1914 was
| captured by the parliament troops and
cast into prison. There he remained
| for three years.
| In the meantime Parliament won the
| war. The Royaiist forces were routed,
! King Charles was captive and was
| soon to lose his head. The Parla.
ment army needed good officers,
Monk was offered freedom, fat brides
and a generalship if he would re.
nounce King Charles and swear loyal
| ty to Parliament. He consented. One
side was as good as another to him
so long as it promised him advance
ment. He was bound by no scruples,
Says one historian:
He had but one interest, that of
George Monk! And TO secure that in
t-rest he labored."
Monk rose high In the Parliamentary
service and at last was second In
command to Oliver Cromwell himself.
| This did not satisfy him No cum
ming or skill OF his could prevail over
| Cromwell's iron nature. But Crom-
| well--who never wholly trusted him
| was not immortal. And Monk could
| afford to wait He quietly strength
ened his influence over the army, laid
his plans and hided his time,
Cromwell was ruler of "the com.
monwealth of England" using the
title Lord Protector" instead of
"King," because the people were sick
of royalty. He died and his SOB Rich
ard-a weak, stupid fellow-succeed.
ed him. In less than year Richard
was deposed And England was prac.
tically without a ruler. The Crom
well party wanted one thing, other fac.
tons wanted another II was the time
of uncertainty for which Monk had
! waited.
The eldest son of King Charles I.
was living on the continent. For
years he had yainly sought to regain
his fathers throne. But the people
at large were afraid to trust him.
Agents Of his had approached Monk,
and now came again to him. The bal
ance of power lay in Monks hands.
And he played his cards wen. He
held out, 1t is said, for an enormous
price, The terms being agreed upon,
he quietly got about his task of earn
ing the money.
First he weeded out of the army all
who we're likely. to object actively to
the restoration of the old monarchy.
He filled the highest military offices
with Royalists and forced parliament
to receive numbers of the dead king S
old adherents. All this time he was
loudly proclaiming his loyalty to the
Commonwealth" and his hatred Of
kings, @y @ W geN emg
When the hour was ripe he deserted
to the Royalist standard and took his
whole army with him. With the
army and Monk on the side Of Charles
rs son, and parliament packed" with
Royalists, the commonwealth could do
nothing but feebly lament the treach-
cry that had caused its fall 3 Z
The young king (now known as
Charles H. came to London unop-
] posed and began q reign Of profigacy.
| Monk was hailed as q hero and a
deliverer. Charles IT, made him duke
Of Albemarle, gave him pension OF
s35 900 year and appointed him
oommander,in-chief of, the English
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