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JMKrtL m. w : RED CLOUD, NEBRASKA, CHIEF V i ' JfiKfiMM An Appeal co the English-Speaking Peoples of the World iVK Westminster Abbey. So miys tliu Denn of Westminster In an ap peal to "the KuglMi-bpeuklug pw pies of tltf wwld." Ho iisCm for tfino.OOO sterling to make urgent repulr.s nnd Insure future main tenance. In lilh appeal on lielialf of the Ab ln'y, Illshup Herbert K. Kyle, dean of Westminster, says In part : "During the past J'.O years over 100,000 has heen expended upon the fabric. This large sum hus been obtained partly through the temporary suppression of one of the Abbey cuunnrlci nnd the use of the Incomu for the fabric, partly through subsidies supplied from time to time by the ec cleslustlcnl commissioners In answer to urgent and piteous appeals. At the present moment we are Indebted to the extent of several thousands of pounds in respect of moneys borrowed from the ecclesiastical commission for essential repairs. "Now, however, we are faced with n desperate Atate of things. The sum of money which more than no years ago was fixed for the malutenunce of the fabric and for the services of the Abbey has become utterly Inadequate for these purposes. The Immense rise in the cost of materials and in the wages of the stuff, together with tho greatly In creased standard of efilclcncy demanded In the lust half century from every branch of service to church nnd nation, has brought us to the verge of bankruptcy. It has even been necessnry, while fabric repairs Iinve unavoidably been postponed, to divert to the absolutely essential duty of keeping up the services and worship of tho Abbey the In adequate sum of money which nnd been 'ear marked' for keeping the fabric In repair. "We nre no longer able to pay our way. "At the same time there Ls urgent need for "1. The repair of the two great western towers. "2. The reparation of tho external stonework of Henry VII.'s chapel. "3. The renovntlon of a large portion of tho parapet running round the roof. "4. The repair of the clerestories nnd flying buttresses. "There Jh besides a continual large outluy re quired by tho maintenance In proper repair of "1. The much decayed cloisters, nnd "2. The nnclent dwellings which, at tho present scnle of prices, enn not be kept In suitable struct ural repair (as has hitherto been required) at the private cost of the ofliclals who uro the temporary occupants. "Kut, tho Abbey must not be allowed to suffer. Tho English-speaking peoples of the world glory In Westminster Abbey. They will not tolerate tho thought that Its structural condition should suffer through lack of adequate funds. They will expect me to take them Into my confidence, ns I now do. "I know well, ufter residence for over nlno years In this place, and I know well from the ex traordinary experiences In the Abbey during the years of the Great War, how dear Is this church to tho people of this country, to our brothers und sisters In Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, and India; und, in u peculiar degree, to our brothers ond sisters of tho great Ilepubiic of America. "I ask for the sum of 250,000. Of tills, tho sum of 100,000 Is required for structural repairs In tho Immediate future." Tho 8iifety of the Abbey and Its relics was of great concern to the dean during tho period of air raids during the wur. Of tills he writes in the London Times: "When tho wur broke out it was hardly be lieved that Loudon was likely to be assailed from tho nlr. Hut ns time wont on tho menace became evident. Tho counsels of thoso who at first had said, 'Oh, there Is no practical danger; they will never get as fur ns London, and If they do, you can safely take the risk of not being lilt,' could not possibly be followed by thoso on wliom the chief responsibility rested. We decided to do nil that was possible for tho protection of the chief trensures of the abbey anil to give assurance to the public that nothing had been neglected. "Needless to say, many Interesting and fantas tic suggestions reached me, displaying more sym pathy with the security of tho building than prac tical knowledge of tho cost or of tho feasibility of tho recommendations. Whnt wo did mny bo grouped under three heads (1) Tho removal of treasures to n safe place; (2) Tho protection of certain conspicuous monuments, nnd (!l) The sub etltutlon of wood for glass In four of our most nn clent stnlned glnss windows. "(1) Tho following objects wcro removed to tho crypt under the cloister bouse: The corona tion chnlr; the old processional shield nnd sword; the saddle, shield and helmet associated with King W3E&?nzrr$3 A2V? a?ojw$D Henry V; the five full size bronze elligies or King Henry III, King Edward III, King Kichurd 11, Queen Anne of ISohemla, Queen Eleanor of Cas tllle and the etllgy of Wlllluiu de Valence und two or three score of stone stntuettes In the niches of ' King Henry V's chuntry, which, not liuvlug uny structural fustenlng, were liuble by concussion to be shaken down und splintered to fragments on the pavement below; the wooden top of the Con fessor's tomb, made by Abbot Keckcnhitm ; the pic ture of King Richard II ; the tapestry hangings, the bnnuers of the Knights of the Buth und the old altar frontal. "(2) A strong protective structure consisting of balks of timber and sund bags wus erected over the Confessor's tomb. No less than 1,100 sand bugs were used for tills purpose. A similar erec tion was raised over the beautiful tomb of King Henry III. Suillclently substantial shields of tim ber nnd many, sund bugs we-e placed over the marble efllgy of Queen I'hllippu. Queen Elizabeth and Mitry Queen of Scots disappeared from view under small mountains of sand bags. Tho Lady Margaret received similar attention. And n par ticularly substantial breast work and covering of timber u-iil sund bugs formed u solid protection for the glorious monument of King Henry VII und his queen nt the east endjof Henry VH'a chnpel. Nothing could probably huve averted the destruc tion caused by n direct lilt. Hut what wus most to be feared was the crashing of stone nnd timber fragments from tho roof. "(IJ) The gitiss wus removed from the three oust clerestory windows nnd from the west win dows of the north ulslo of the nave. Wood sluts were substituted, which, though much more drnf ty, were inlinltcly le.-s costly thuii plain glass. The very ancient glass In the Jerusalem chamber was ulso removed and put In safety. "As a matter of fact, tho uhbey wns not touched by uny hostile missile. A harvest of our own shrapnel was collected. Hut the building passed unharmed through nil the terrible time of tiie raids. A lurgo German bomb fell about 25 ynrds to tiro southwest, Just gracing tho wall of the Abbey Choir school nnd making a huge hole In tho courtynrd at tho back. Hut It did not ex plode. The damage was trilling, and the choris ters, who wore being kept during the raid on u lower floor und were singing merrily under tho burruge, wero at tho time quite unconscious of their extraordinary escape. Whole Abbey Quivered. "During the raids most of the occupants of the official houses repnlred for greater security to tho so-called Norman undercroft In tho cloisters, u vast chamber beneath the old monks' dormitory, with Mout massive Norman columns nnd u strong stone-groined roof. Being deshous as fur as pos sible to bo on the spot In case anything should happen lo tho nbhoy, wo In the deanery used to go to tho foot of, a Httlo stone staircase lending up to the southern of the two western towers. It wns possible thus to bo In the building und see the watchman nnd learn what wns going on. Tho whole abbey seemed to quler whllo the henvy'lmr rngo wns being fired; the windows rattled, nnd tho roar of tho guns seemed In the empty abbey to produce tin extraordinary resomurt effect. "Very careful precautions had been tnken against fire breaking out In tho roof. Wntchmen wero on guard every night. They wero specially reinforced on tho occasions when notice was given of Ihostlle attack. The water tanks wero in good order; the hydrants und hose pipes wero contin ually tested; lnrgo numliers of buckets wero ready, somo filled with Band and some with water. I dare say, if tho emergency had arisen, we could not base dune much. Hut the staff vere keen, well dis ciplined and brave, and newr held back from arriving even while the barrage was i aging. "We look upon those nights and we icallze bow powerless we were to avert the most terrible catastrophe. The re lief when the end came was the measure of the tension which we had all been expe riencing. We perhaps only then realized how tremendous had been the responsibility of our trust, how profound our thankfulness for the great ness of our deliverance; Deo grntlas!" The dean's appeal to "the English-speaking peoples of the world" ls bused upon the Ideu that Westminster Abbey n the "unique and priceless treusure of tho English-speaking race." He got this phrase from un American friend. The American being shown uround the Abbey by tho denn, exclaimed: "Can any sacred building In the British em plro compare with Westminster Abbey? Is it not the unique und priceless treusure of the English speaking race?" And using this explanation as n text the dean says: "It was not made In the tone of rhetorical com pliment, but with the Intense conviction of one who hud quite suddenly been awakened to n full sense of the significance of this great Inheritance from our common Anglo-Saxon nncestry. It Is the same story If you take round friends or visitors who have Just come from Canada, or Australia, or New "Zealand, or South Africa, und who have never before been in the mother country. One feels overwhelmed and humiliated In the pres ence of their delighted enthusiasm, their rever ence for the historic associations of the bulldlr.g, their appreciation of Its antiquity, their emotion at the sight of places and things of which they have so often heard. Familiar us It Is to some of us, to them the uhbey Is the heart shrine of the world-wide empire. The thought of it Is Inter twined with the most sacred feelings and deep est affections of brothers and sisters scuttered over the whole world." Westminster Abbey has been called "the his tory of the English race set In stone." In n sense, It ls the symbol of English monarchy; for Harold, the last Saxon king, was crowned here; so was William the Conqueror, in 100(5; so wus ever shire every English king. Yet, ns the TIiiioh says of the abbey : "It Is no history of a dynasty or of a kingdom that speaks hero. It Is the history of n race In every branch of humnn activity, told generation after generation by the hands that, through good days and through evil, curried and handed down We torch. "Deeply ns these great repositories of tho great dead must move all educated men, the story they huve to tell Is short and confined to thnt embodied here. Thnt Is nil-embracing, unbroken, widening down from Hustings to the great war, from the Saxon Wltan and the King's council to the parlia ments of the empire nnd, not less truly If less dl' rectly, to the congress of the United States." There Is u lot of legend about the beginnings of Westminster Abbey. The first church Is sulci to hae been built ubout 010 by King Sebert of Essex. Edward the Confessor In 1010-05 built a church on tho present site und gave It Its present name. Henry III In tho thirteenth century began tho reconstruction which was carried on by his successors. The towers were not built until 1722 10. The Abbey was disendowed during the Ref ormation, but was restored by Queen Mnry. Its present organization, a dean and 12 cunont, dutei from Elizabeth. The practice of Interring the great begun under Itlchard II. Lord Macuulay, who himself lies In Westmin ster Abbey, wrote of It : "No other spot In the em pire contains within such nurrow space so many Illustrious citizens." Ills statement Is undoubtedly trueund tho list of the great Is nil tho moro In teresting for tho reason that Westminster Is no Valhalla established by ordinance nnd decree. 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