Evening star., 1923-09-04
Italy's Severe Dealing With Greece
Recalls Crimes of Italian Brigands

parties, is a gross violation Of the Law
Of nations.
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Lord Sinclair. fifteenth peer of lis
line, who, together with Lord Mostyn.
has just succeeded in securing cleo
ton to the royal squadron. are the
only survivors of a perfect hecta-
comb of candidates, including several
members of the upper house, who
We're mercilessly piled" This the
most exclusive club and premier
yachting club in the world, being
notoriousIy free in its use OF black
balls. Lord Sinclair is the head OF
the entire historic house OF Sinclair.
It is a family which figures re-
peatedly in the pages Of the history
of Scotland, and WHICH has several
representatives in the gilded cham
ber of parliament at Westminster
Lord Sinclair will be remembered
while still the master of Sinclair
and as having spent some time q
Washington in the capacity -
equerry to Prince Arthur of Con
naught, then on a special mission -
Japan and is Snow nov governor ;nr,sf- genss4
served as a fellow officer of The
Seek Royal Scots Grays, the cracE
cavalry corps Of the northern king
dom, in the last great war. and i
also a veteran of the Boer campalgn
of a quarter of century ago.
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One OF his ancestors. namely. s.
William Sinclair, was that galla,t
knight. the inspiration OF so much
Scottish romance and poetry. VIII"
was killed, along with his younge"
brother, John. in Spain while on h
way to the Holy Land with the heart
of his master, King Robert Bruce
but which was brought back TO Scot
land and lies entombed somewhere
within the precincts of the nov
ruined Melrose Abbey.
Some of the associations OF the Sin
cIairs were less creditable.
Thus the fourth Lord Sinclair, WHO
was perhaps the worst of his race,
contrived, with the assistance Of his
cousin, Lady Isabel Sinclair, to poison
the Earl and Countess Of Sutherland
at q supper which he gave in their
honor, and then coolly denounced his
accomplice, testified against her and
witnessed her execution. He mex.
kidnapped young Lord Sutherland, thu
son and heir of the couple whom Il,
had murdered, and. although the boz
time. he forced him to marry his ONLY
daughter, Lady Barbara Sinclair. a
homely dame of uncertain age and al
more than questionable reputation.
Another of the Sinclairs. the LORD
Berriedale, master of Caithness. is OF
record as having strangIed his
younger brother. William. Indee1s
the history of the house of Sinclair
in the middle ages is a long list 81
tragedies. of plots and OF counter
plots.
The Slnclairs, as rule, are very
tall, like the late Catherine Sinclair,
the well known novelist, who be
longed to the family; she and her Ave-
sisters were noted for their huge
stature. and the story ran that hall
a dozen of them together made up
"forty-three feet of Misses Sinclair"
while the pavement in front of Their
fathers town house in Edinburgl.
was known as The Giants Cause
way" Another of the Sinclairs, Sir
John. sixth baronet of Dunbeath, is
chiefly remembered in connection
with his unsuccessful attempt to in
He commissioned a London dealer to
purchase several thousands Of night
ingale eggs at the liberal price o.
a shilling each. They were wei.
packed III cotIon "ool dno sent TO
Scotland by mail coach. A number
of trustworthy men had previously
been engaged to take special care OF
all the robin redbreast nests whero
the eggs could be Matched in safety
The robin eggs were removed and
replaced by those of the nightingales,
which were duly Matched and sue
cessfuily reared by the foster
mothers. When fiedged, they seemed
perfectly at home in the place where
they first saw the light of day. In
the autumn. when the usual period
of migration of birds arrived, they
departed for the south. They nevcr
returned, and today Scotland remains
without nightingales, owing, il is
alleged, to their inability to har-
monize their sweet notes with the
strains Of the bagpipA .s-ss.s>