Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1921-08-12

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The Channel islands, one OF the
most picturesque portions Of Great
Britain. are geographically not part
Of the British Isles at all. Victor HUI
90, who wrote some Of his best!kn0wn
works in the islands. spoke Of them
as bits of France fallen into the sea
and picked up by England" But real
ly they were in effect the home OF a
conqueror of Britain. They were
part Of the Duchy Of Normandy from
which William the Conque-or went
forth, and to,which he added the Brit
ish Isles. All the remainder Of Nor
mandy finally reverted to France. but
the little Channel Islands remain to-
day a reminder that England was
conquered.
These tiny islands hug the shore Of
France. Jersey Is barely twenty miles
from the French coast, and 100 miles
from England. French is generally
spoken In the islands; and not English
law. but the old Norman law, largely
abolished on the neighboring coast Of,
Normandy. governs the actions Of the
islanders. .tSLdlh H1gl.
Norman in race, in language, and in
laws. 1t can be Imagined what
wrench It must have been to the is-
landers to be forcfbiy severed from
Normandy. Many of the. feudal lords,
who held land both on the mainland
and In the islands, took the side Of the
French king. and therefore their lands
in the islands escheated to the king
Of England and formed the Ffef lie
Roi, for which he still appoints . re-
| ceiyer general In, each bailiwick to
collect his .feudal rents, and these are
still paid. either in quarters" Of corn
or their equivalent in money, for his
"rents,' or In fowls for his rpouiage.r
But among the Norman mobiles the
de Carterets,4 then among the largest
| landowners In Jersey, and Pierre, de
Preaux, governor Of all the islands,
remained faithful to England. The
latter contrived that these islands,
! alone of all King Johns continental
| possessions, should a-remain English,
and they were ratified to the crown
Of England by the treaty of West
minister of 1859. which was again con-
firmed by the treaty of Bretigny, Of
1850.
So the Channel islands, have never
passed under the crown Of France, but
have been Inherited continuously by
the kings Of England as successors Of
the dukes Of Normandy, in spite Of
continual fnvasfons BY the French.
,Jersfx Faithful to Charles.
In the Seventeenth century, as the
days Of the. commonwealth drew near.
great cleavage between Jersey and
Guernsey took place. Y 4.
Guernsey, iimpei1ed to the popular
cause by Its more pronounced Presby-
terianism, by the Feeling Of betrayal
| which the Stuart regime In that is
land Mad produced, and strongly in
fiuenced by three prominent islanders,
Peter de Beauvofr, James de Havi-
Gland, and Peter Carey, declared for
! the parliament Jersey as strongly
influenced by Its great feudal family
-'of- de- Garteret, remained loyal to the
4 royal cause. and in 1645 the Jersey
states proclaimed their continued adj
herence to the king.
IN the Following year the prince of
Wales afterwards Charles III sought
refuge In Jersey; arriving from the
Scilly islands; and Jersey, after the
execution Of Charles I, was the one
place in the United Kingdom, to pro-
claim him king Of England. Shortly
4 after his proclamation he again visited
the Island ana was Supported both
with men and money by Sir George
I Cartefet' and . the majority of the
Islanders.
g Aithoaeh IL q nearly thred hundred
years since Jersey and Guernsey were
at open war, yet the old srancor still
fingered until the World war swept
away ali smaller NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
and all Channel islauders, with the
rest Of Britain's sons, became broth
ers-in-arms flof92aH 1xpY
Beauties and ArtIsts Of Jersey.
| Jer1ey,, with Its wooded valleys, III
winding lanes. overarched with foil
4 Nse ( IT'S orchards, it, miles Of glisten
Ing sand. its quaint old churches and
II picturesque granite farmhouses. and
dominated always by the magnificent
ruins Of Mont Orgueil castle, gives ths
j impression Of unbovnded, prosperity
and fertility. Its lands having beer
owned aiwsy4gng arrace Of peasan
i proprietoRs, the country shows that 4
has been cultivated for its own sake
by men Who loved It and not BY hire
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