The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-03-02
ISLANDS ARE
ADMIRABLY
FOR DIVER CRUSADE
Central Powers Could Not Have
Chosen a More Suitable Base
from Which to Operate subma.
rines in Mediterranean.

said that "A large bag-fuii OF pieces oil
granite. of different sizes. thrown In
discriminatory iuto a small shallow
pool of water viii give a tolerably cor
rect model Of the islands OF Scilly.
They are seventeen IN number. vary
ing in extent from ten to 1880 acres.
besides twenty two smaller islets and
numerous naNcd rocks. They are To-
Gated In latitude so, longitude =. about
twenty five miles west by south from
Land End. Cornwall, England. Those
who recall The scenic effects in The
Pirate of Pcnzance," retain some idea
OF the nature Of the %Scillonian pano-
rama: villa and picturesque. sheer
clins, and yawning caverns followed
out by the ceaseless action OF the
ocean waves. n perilous approach IA
stormy weather Thus begins a bull
lctin OF the National Geographic So
ciety issued here today. IL then says:
Though dOur Of aspect. the Islands
are rich in legend and they left some
small record ON the scroll OF history,
For centuries Their, was q persistent
tradition that dry land once connected
Cornwall with the Scilly islands. Leg
ondary ave 10 that this
champaign was sirewn with villages
and hal!oVcd boy lto churches. known
to the Cornish OF ancient days as
PethowsoW. or Lyouessp. aud en- his
iair land great and gallant deeds were
wrought which Tor ages were kept
alive ny wandering Ministries.
Ancient Legends.
1T is said thuj the white horse
borne as @ crest by the Trevililn fam
lis Is to commemorate the escape OF
an ancestor from an go mum
dalton los swimming 20 the mainland
ON horseback. The similarity OF the
rock structure az Lands End and at
81 Martins Head sl,es credcnce to
the story TIA The islands were once
a part Of the mainland Il has been
suggested that thc subsistence which
cat OF the stands might have occur
red about March. $50. q suggestion
based on 4 statement appearing iu the
Irish uuuJ.s ~re,uuuting a great con-
|rulziou which happened iu that year
ia the south 90 Ireland and which
might, not unlikely, have reached
Cornwall u Scilly.
The origin Of the name is wrapped
ia doubt The islands Wer" called 1N
the Greeks Hcspcridcs and Cassitcr-
idcs bat The attempt Ia identity ihem
with the Cassitcridcs of H%crudotus H.
40 longer made 10y SoIinus they were
called SiluI,.. bl Antuuius, SIEdClus,
a. i in ~ crll OF the Tower records
they were known a. Sully or SuiicN-
which Heath suggests may bee derived
from ln-uIar The Islands are said by
Soiiuus ;u have 1rcu discovered boy
Hamlicu. q C-aythlEiuIan, belonging Go
a Phcnicilu COLONY 100 spain
1T has been asserted by some his
|'or.ans that th, aucicnts engaged iu
! the tin trade iu Scilly. but the slight
evidence OF anl large deposits of this
ore in that vicinity has led others 90
I believe that these writers made Corn
lwail q part Of the Cassitcridcs PIluy
saws that lead vas first brought from
these islands tu Greece by Mndracti-
tuy
FIRST Mention In History.
The nrst mcuion Of Sicily in Eng
iish history Vas when the Islands were
subducd bv Athclstln early 10, the
tenth century lie rs supposed TO
have granted the Stands To the monks
and iu the reign of Henry I they were
granted 60 Oshert. Abbot Of TavistOck,
'all tho churches ul Suly, with their
Iappurttunucrs. and aul The land as the
monks or hcrm.'s held I'm the time col
Edward the tuuic-sor. ana Burgald
bishop of Cornwall Various trans
irrs ur title TOOK place until. 900 the
|Icgu Of Elizabeth. the islands passed
60 the C;udulphiu family, iu whose
pog.c-sIuu thcy rested uutil ISL
lwhcu thr. were Transferred IN Icnsc-
hold 90 the most famous 81 al Anglo
Saxon tar.lli'-. the smiths,
"Rc,oaul1ug tn, strategic value "f
Iihr Islands. Elizabeth caused tu Ice
erected on 81 Mary % font kn""u as
ih, star Castle lu 1898. In eight
pointed structure with suns 300 'w-
brasuro- at each point. n Is one
Of thu chief sights OF SoiliN. purius
the cl,il ware Dr. was a place of im
prisoumour for some ana at refuge
for other In 1915 IL was the tenn
iIurarN asylum lut Prince Charlie and
his friends. Lords Hopton me 'Apcl
In 1919 sir Richard Grcuvillc fortihod
here and held thc islands for Charles
IN. Parliament finding their trading
lrssois much ANNOYED by G%rcu'll"s
frigat,-. sent Admiral Blake ana Sir
John Ayscue Ia take the island-. Al
mlral won Trump offered his services
Co Grenyilc Who refused them, sur
rendered and wa. delivered up O." par
Lament
Infested IA Pirate.
I'm earlier days no, islands W"r"
Infested with pirates and rInugRlets
while many of the inhabitants picked
nm 90 living as Urockers. II was ON
Gllstun rock that Sir Cloudsicy shovel
pcrishcd with 500 mcu In l10l and iu
the graveyard ui - Mary's reposc the
bodies of 3il Victims Of the wreck OF
the Schiller. 900 INtr. So t~reachcrous.
h. the sea .n these parts that there -
an old pro,,rp that for every man
who dies 70 natural death, the sea
takes nine.
"Borlaise after "a ,urvoy 81 the
Islands. about 1850 reported them AS
rich In pruId'c monuments, harr"ws
cor places ~ scpulchroi cairns cir
,l,s and 'ruck-basous. while the