The Lehi sun. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1913-1949, 1921-08-11

prepared by the National ovosra phie so
oiety, Washington, o. c.
The Channel islands, one Of the
most picturesque portions OF Grent
Britain, are geographically not pnrt
NJ the British Isles AT all, Victor HUI
90. who wrote some of his best-known
works In the islands. spoke Of them
AS "blts OF France fallen into the sea
and picked up by England" But real
ly they were In effect the home OF u
conqueror ~ Britain. They were n
part Of the Duchy OF Normandy from
which william the Conqueror went
forth and to which he added the Brit-
lsh Isles All the remainder of Nor.
mandy finally reverted 10 France. hut
the little Channel islands remain to-
dry reminder that England was
conquered.
These tiny Islands hug the shore ~
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 neiglborIng coast Of
Normandy, governs the actions Of the
Islanders
Norman In race. In language, and In
Jaws. IL can be imagined what a
wrench II must have been TO the Is
landers to be forclbly 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 eschented TO the king
Of England and formed the Fief lie
Rol. for whic'. he still appoints re-
ceiver gcnerp, IN each bailiwick 20
collect his ferdnl rents. ard these are
still paid. eIther In quarters" OF corn
or their equivalent IN money for his
rents" ar IN fowls for his 'poulage."
But among the Norman mobiles the
de Carterets, then among the lnrgest
landowners In Jersey, and Pierre de
prenux. governor OF all the islands.
remained faithful to England. The
latter conirlved that these islands,
alone Of all King Johns continental
possessions. should remain Eng IA.
and they were ratified to the crown
OF England by the treaty OF West
minister Of 1850. which was again con
irmed by the treaty Of Bret.gny Of
I3C0.
So the Channel islands have never
passed under the crown OF France. but
haye been Inherited continuously by
the kings Of England us SUCCESSORS OF
the dukes Of Normandy, In spite Of
continual lnvaslons by the French,
Jersey Faithful 10 Charles.
In the Seventeenth century. as the
days Of the commonwealth drew near,
great cleavage between Jersey ard
Guernsey took place.
Guernsey, impelled TO the popular
ause by it's more pronounced PIE by
,er'unism, by the feeling OF betrayal
which the Stuart regime In that To-
land had produced. ana strongly In
fluenced by three prominent islanders.
Peer dc BeauyOlr, James de lIaH-
Gland, aud Peter Carey. declared for
the parliament. Jersey, ms strong y
influenced 10y Its great fcudal family
Il de Carteret, remained loyal to the
royal cause, and In 1915 the Jersey
states proclaimed their continued adj
herence Ia the king.
In tie following year the prince of
Wales afterwards Charles I'D sought
Nfuge In Jersey, arriving from the
Sicily islands; and Jersey, after the
execution Of Charles l. was the one
place In the United Kingdom 10 pro.
claim him king OF England. Shortly
after his proclamation he again visited
the Island, aud was supported both
with men and money by Sir George
Curteret and the majority Of the
islanders.
Although II is nearly three hundred
years since Jersey and Guernsey were
M open war, yet the old rnncor still
fingered until the World war swept
away all smaller misunderstanding s
and al Channel Islanders. with the
rest Of Britaln's sons, became broth.
ers-ln-arms.
Beauties and Artists Of Jersey.
Jersey, with It's wooded valleys, It's
winding lanes, overarched with foil.
age; its orchards, its miles OF glisten-
ing sand, It's quaint old churches and
picturesque granite farmhOuses. and
dominated always by the magnificent
ruins OF Mont Orguell castle, gives the
impression Of unbounded prosperity
and fertility Its lands having beer
owned always by a race of peasant
prop1etOrs, the country shows that Il
has been cultivated for it's own sake
by men who loved II and not by hire
lings.
Naturally enou Sh. SO much beauty
has bred race o. artists the mos