Norwich bulletin., 1919-07-31
IN THE DAYS NEWS
London Fewer, Where Ex.Kaiser May
Await Trial.

The Tower of London, suggested as 8 place where William Hohenzollern might be held pending his trial, is de- scrihed in theA following bulletin from the National Geographic Society:
 Palace and prison, once noted for it's menagerie and its pageantry, birth place and death house of monarchs, scene of hairbreadth escapes and re- memories of tortures and killings and sacred for it's martyrs. the Tower of London amply warrants description as the most ancient and most poetic pile in Europe
 William the Conaueror gave Lon-, don charter but built the White Tow CT to show the people how little that charter might mean. Like the Eng fish constitution the rambling London Tower of today is product of cen- now are scattered over some 13 acres. The site had been fortress since Ro- man times.
 ITO the Middle Tower Eliza beth came back queen five years after her jealous half sister. Mary, had kept her there a prisoner. The hump-backed Richard III hired three assassins to murder his nephews in Bloody Tower. Not until years later were their bones found and taken to Westminster Alp bey.
 Lady Jane Grey, she who had the birth of a Princess the life of a saint
  beheaded in London Tower Henry VIII waited to hear a gun fired from White Tower. signal of the execution of Anne Boleyn. so he might marry ister. Thomas Cromwell sent hosts of enemies to London Tower to be butchered until he he1ned pick Anne of Cleves for his much married monarch. bride he pronounced her a Flanders mare and off went CromwelFs head with the rest
 Relieving such stories of royal cru- city are the immortal last words of the brave men and women who laid their heads on the axeman's block.
 |" God forbid the King shall use any more such mercy to- my friends laughed Sir Thomas Moore when told that Henry VIII had 'mercifully' con- sented to let him be beheaded instead of hanged. and. to the executioner as he moved his beard aside, Pity that should be cut that has not committed treason.
 -The Countess of Salisbury proudly refused to lay, her head on the block because she had committed no wrong, so that. says an observer, apologizing for the executioner.. he was constrain- ed to fetch it off slovenly'
 " If you strike me twice. I cannot promise you not to stir warned Mon mouth. Asked to raise his head bit Aigernon Sidney retorted. Not until the general resurrection; strike on' Peter inquired Sir Walter Raleigh to keep up the spirit of his attendant. 'Dost they. know of any plaister to set a mans head on again when it was cut off?'
 "Consisned to the Tower for some 1s wars Sir Walter set fashion which made a salon out of the palace prison. While he was not attending his garden and distilling essence from plants, he wrote his quaint History of the World and there too William Penn wrote No Cross, No Crown not to mention the writings of the Duke of Orleans and Sir John Eliot.
 About the main entrance to the Tower was a rnenagerie until hum dred years or so ago because Frederick II of Germany sent Henry III of Eng land several partners and Henry did not know what else to do with thnn. Later James l. who like bear batting, added: those animals to the zoo.
 AThe wardenS, known as Def eaters. proba bly because they once were fed on rations of meat, form one of the cu- riosities for London visitors. They wear Tudor costumes and. like the Swiss body guard of the Pope. they keep their ancient costumes. undis- turbed by currents of modern fashion. warden and the porter. carrying bueh of huge keys. go to the guard room( summon the escort of the keys made up of beef eaters and then pro- ceed tremendously to lock the great outer gate. The pass word is given formally to sentries the procession passes, and in conclusion the detail sa lutes the keys as the porter cries, God
 "The wardens known as beef ca ferss months the reigning king or queen sends the pass word Of the Tower to the Constable, signed and sealed, and