Abergavenny Chronicle

SUSPICIOUS. I "'Ere! did you tell Bill Jackson that I pinched that shillm' wot you lost?" "Never said no such thing, Joe! All I said was that I thought I might 'ave found it if you 'adn't 'elped me to look for it!"

NOTES ON NEWS. It is interesting just now to recall whai the late Baron Marschall von Bieberstein, HCMANIXT AND CIVILISATION." the German representa- tive, said at the Hague Conference in 19 0 7: "The officers of the Ger- man Navy-I say it with emphasis-will always fulfil in the strictest manner duties whith flow from the un- written law of humanity and civilisation. As regards the sentiments of humanity and civilisation, I cannot admit that any Government, or any country, is in this re- spect superior to that which I have the honour to represent." The speaker was showing cause why Germany should not bind herself to do certain definite things and not to do others in naval warfare. It was all very well, and might of course be highly desirable, that other nations of a lower degree of kultur and civilisation should agree to conduct war, as far as pos- sible, upon principles of humanity; but there was no need for Germany to give such a pledge. She would "always fulfil in the strictest manner duties which flow," etc. Baron Marschall ron Bieber- stein is dead. It is interesting to specu- late as to what he would have thought of the manner in which Germany and officers of the German Navy arc fulfilling his pre- diction. The murdering of women and other non-combatants, which is the out- standing feature of German submarine warfare, hardly seems to accord with the war f are, hardly r sentiments of humanity and civilisation. The "New York Tribune," at any rate, has no doubt on the matter. It declares that these humane and highly-civilised German officers should "forfeit the right to be treated according to the laws of war." "We hope," it adds, "the brutes will be caught and hanged, not alone as a penalty for their crimes, but as a vindi- cation of the law of nations, which they and their Government have previously out- raged. A speaker at the Council meeting of the Central and Associated Chambers of Agri- HAY AND PATRIOTISM. culture the other day, during a discussion upon the price to be paid for hay by the War Office, remarked that it was impossible to expect any man to raise his patriotism to such a pitch as to take 12s. 6d. a ton less for his hay than he could obtain if he sold it to a private dealer. There are men now in the trenches, having given up comfortable and well-paid posts to take a private soldier's pay and a soldier's risks, who will think this is an unfortunate way of putting it. The discussion arose n consequence of a reported intimation that if hay could not be purchased at a price named by the War Office the hay would be requisitioned. The farmers are, of course, entitled, as men of business, to expect that the War Office, as a buyer, will give a fair price, but patriotism does not come into this; it is merely a commercial transaction. It would be interesting to know, if patriotism is to be expressed in terms of so much a ton, at just how much less than the market price a real patriot might be reasonably ex- pected to sell his hay. Although a considerable number of women have enrolled themselves at the WOMEN AND FARM WORK. 1 J • Labour Exchanges as being willing to undertake work of various kinds in order to help remedy the snonage or labour" and release more men for the fighting line, there does not appear to be a rush of applicants for farm work. It has been announced that the Govern- ment has taken farms for the purpose of training women for agriculture, but two applicants were informed the other day that unless more women signified their desire to undertake such work it did not seem to be of much use to contemplate any extensive training scheme. These two ap- plicants were asked if they were willing to pay for their own training. They hesi- tated, and were told that if they were not they might perhaps get about a fortnight's instruction, in which time they might per- haps learn that it was usual to sit on the stool and milk the cow, and not sit on the cow and milk the stool. That, they were informed, would be about the sum total of their agricultural education under the cir- cumstances. It was not encouraging, and one cannot be surprised that the appli- cants decided that work in an ammunition factory held out promise of better things. If farmers must have female labour, they will undoubtedly find their best THE FRENCH EXAMPLE. workers among the women who live in the country, whose husbands, fathers, and brothers have worked or are work- ing on the land. The women of France have already set the example. "Without them," says a "Daily Telegraph" corres- pondent, "the labour of France, already greatly slackened by the war, would be at a standstill. In the fields one cannot, un- less one has watched them, imagine the great work done by Frenchwomen. The elderly men remain, but all the others- plough boys, farm hands, market gar- deners-are fighting. In their stead their wives and sisters do almost all the work of farm and field and garden. The French peasant-woman always is a miracle of robustness, industry, and patience. When her man went to the front she took the plough as a matter of course, drove the sheep or the oxen, and reaped the wheat. Last autumn in the fields everywhere one saw women cutting and binding the corn. France is an agriculturally self- supporting country, but had it not been for the untiring, unconsciously devoted French peasant-womien of France, French fields and pastures might now be barren, with all the sons of France at the war." If the need exists, the women of this country will do no less. A speaker at the Chambers of Agriculture meeting recom- mended farmers to begin at home with their wives and daughters, letting them see there is no degradation in the milking of cows. An interesting experiment is being made at Liverpool. The dockers are to be THE DOCKERS' BATTALION. soldiers, wearing khaki uniform, and amenable to military law. They are not to be' sent to the trenches to fight, but will do the nation s work at home, m the docks at Liverpool. It is a happy idea, and pro- mises to solve the labour difficulties which have caused so much anxiety lately to the Government and the general public. The men will receive regulation Army pay in addition to the docker's minimum wage, and as much more as they .can earn by overtime. The three first non-commis- sioned officers appointed for the First Dock Battalion of the Liverpool Regiment are officials of the Dockers' Union, of which all those in the Battalion are to be members. The soldier-dockers will be pri- marily employed upon Government work, but they will also be available for other work in an emergency. The result of the experiment will be watched with interest. Government intervention in this guise promises greater success than. if it had come in the shape of coercion.

Mr. Henry Thomas Godrich, fifty, of Tot- tenham, a clerk on the Stock Exchange, was found dead in a taxicab in which he was being driven home, after being on duty* as a special constable. Without discussion the London County Council adopted the recommendation to ap- point Mr. James Bird clerk to the Council at a salary of £ 1.000 a year (rising to £2,000) in succession to Sir Laurence Gomme.

I DEATH OF LORD ROTHS- CHILD. WORLD FAMOUS FINANCIER AND PHILANTHROPIST. Lord Rothschild, the great financier, has died at hia residence, 148, Piccadilly, W., at the age of eeventy-four. The late peer was the wealthiest member of the wealthiest and most famous banking house in the world. This famous family of bankers and financiers had its origin to- wards the end of the eighteenth century in Nathan Meyer of Frankfort. He migrated to London and married in 1806 the daughter of a City merchant named Cohen. Their son, the father of the late Lord Rothschild, was the first Jew to sit in the British Parliament. He was elected Whig member for the City of London in 1847, but was compelled to wait eleven years for the passing of the Jewish Disabilities Bill before finally gaining admission. The late Lord Rothschild was born in Piccadilly on November 8, 1840, and was educated at King's College, London, and Trinity College, Cambridge. At twenty-five he was elected Liberal M.P. for Aylesbury. In later years he became associated with the Unionist party. He was head of the banking firm of N. M. Rothschild and Sons, New-court, St. Swithin's-lane, and was one of the greatest financial experts in the country. Shortly after the outbreak of the war he was in constant consultation with Mr. Lloyd George and the Treasury officials, and it was after these interviews that the mora- torium was introduced. Lord Rothschild took a deep personal inte- rest in the British Red Cross Society and the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, both of which organisations have done valuable work for sick and wounded troops. On February 19 the fund for Red Cross work reached xi,ooo,ooo, and the King sent Lord Rothschild, chairman of the council of the society, a letter in which, as Sovereign Head the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, and patron of the British Red Cross Society, his Majesty, on his own behalf and on behalf of the Queen, expressed his great satisfaction at the result. Lord Rothschild was keenly interested in the Territorial Force, and was president of the Territorial Force Association. I SAVED BRITISH CREDIT. In an "appreciation" in the "Daily Chronicle," Mr. Lucien Wolf says that under Lord Rothschild's auspices New Court remained the hub of the financial universe in spite of the growing competition of the joint stock banks. It has been calculated that since he succeeded his father as head of the firm in 1879 quite 45500,000,000 worth of public loans were negotiated by his house. And this business was in addition to large mercantile and miscellaneous transactions, the immense value of which it is impossible to estimate. Mere money-making, however, was always the least of Lord Rothschild's interests. I remember his once telling me how he refused a bribe of £ 2,000,000 to float a loan for a foreign Government of whose political methods he disapproved. "Happily," he said, "I don't want money, but, even if I did, loantmongering is not the pleasantest of businesses. If the loan is a failure it is a great bore; if it is a success you are torn to pieces by premium hunters. Neverthe- less, until a few weeks ago he remained one of the hardest worked men in the City. This waa because he felt all the responsibility that devolved on his house in maintaining the power, prestige, and predominance of British finance It is characteristic of him that people in the City very rarely talk of the money he made. No tales of great Stock Exchange coups attached to his name as they do to the name of his daring grand- father. What the City alone loves to dwell upon is how he saved British credit from disaster in the Baring crisis of twenty-five years ago. the services he rendered to Egyptian finance in the dark early days of the British occupation, how deftly and surely he managed the money market during the Boer War, and similar achievements of that highest finance which is before all patriotic.

In a ease heard at Clerkenwell a recruit- ing officer said some men made quite a system of enlicting at several different re- cruiting statioae, drawing a day's pay at each. One mail, had joined seven different battalions in one v

I BARBED WIRE. Barbed wire was invented by a farmet fifty years ago for the harmless purpose of preventing cattle breaking their way through fences, but later his discovery was taken up by every army in Europe. In war barbed wire is used in various ways, but its main object is man-stopping. It is inter- laced with ground pegs in front of trenches for the purpose of tripping charging troops; it is strung across bridges and main roads to prevent the passage of cavalry; and it is used for fencing in camps to guard against rushing tactics on the part of the enemy. Whenever possible barbed wire entangle- ments are hidden in long grass or in hedges, so that advancing troops will be trapped while the enemy rake their lines with shot growth is Bar l ? rake their lines with shot and shell. Barbed wire concealed in under- growth is particularly deadly where cavalry is concerned, for the wire grips the horses's hoofs, causing them to fall on the spike- strewn ground. At times certain roads that it is desirable to have passable to towns- people have to be rendered impassable to an army. To accomplish this zigzag fences of barbed wire are built from one side of the road to the other until they form a maze. A peasant with time to spare can pass this barrier by laboriously threading his way through the narrow zigzag passage left open, but an army of several hundred men, especially if they have guns or are mounted, must halt to destroy the entanglement. The barbed wire used for military purposes pos- sesses long, jagged points, which inflict most painful wounds on the body, especially when men and horses fall on to them headlong, as so often happens. -8

I WORTH IT. Fraud (to old gent, who has dropped a halfpenny to see if he'd pick it up): "Make it a tanner, mister, and I'll forget myself!"

I DUMDUM BULLETS. Ever since dumdum bullets were invented rival armies have accused each other of using them. In the present campaign the Germans are making groundless claims that the British are guilty of this crime. In Bengal there is a little military village called Dumdum, and it was there that the bullet of that -name originated. It was in- vented for the purpose of stopping the mad rushes of fanatical natives, who ran on heedlessly when wounded yith ordinary bullets, but were forced to retire when hit by the deadly dumdum. The bullet hae a soft lead nose, so that when it strikes a man the head spreads out like a mushroom and causes a painful jagged wound, which results in great loss of blood. The Hague Conven- tion prohibited its use in war, some years ago, for experience had proved that the dumdum was capable of horrible mutilation. The modern high-speed bullet generally puts a man out of action, but does not kill or result in amputation of the limbs unless it happens to hit a vital spot. It travels with such velocity that it invariably bores clean through a bone without smashing it. With the dumdum, however, the spreading nose shatters a bone it strikes against, and tears ga ping holes in the flesh. It has been found that the modern bullet sometirnes results in wounds similar to those caused by the dum- dum, as at times it is liable to be deformed when leaving the rifle or striking a man at close range. For thi. reason the dumdum charge so often crops up, when as a matter of fact it is doubtful whether a real bullet I of this type is ever carried or fired by our 6oldiers. ————— ————

A FURTHER PUNISHMENT. "Look 'ere, guvner, the beak gave me six months' 'ard labour! He never sentenced me to no bath, and I "Go and 'ave a bath as you're ordered, and don't give me none of yer lip, or I'll 'ave you ironed as well as washed 1"

CLERGYMAN WHO WON THE V.C. Only one clergyman has ever won the Vic- toria Cross, and that is the Reverend J. W. Adams. He was chaplain to the troops which took part in the expedition to avenge the murder of Sir Louie Cavagnari in Cabul in 1879. The chaplain saw a wounded Lancer retreating and went to his help. While doing so his own horse bolted, and the parson had to walk back towards our lines exposed to the greatest • danger from the Afghans. As he was going he heard a great splashing at the bottom of a deep cutting, and saw two more Lancers in a rushing torrent, entangled with their horses. The Afghans were close behind, their bullets whistling all round, yet the brave chaplain, without hesitation, waded into the water waist deep and by super- human efforts manged to get the horses and men on the bank. All three even- tually arrived safely in camp.

A number of ladies driving their own care have volunteered to act as honorary chauf- feurs to staff officers and others whose duties compel them to travel in and around London every day. With Major-General Lord Cheylesmore as president, a London County Council Staff Volunteer Training Corps has been formed, and it is hoped to furuieh a complete batta- lic-lJCOO strouz.

RUSSIAN AND BRITISH VESSELS SUNK BY U31. On Sunday two small ships were tor- pedoed by the German submarine U31 off the south coast of the Isle of Wight. The crews have been landed at Portsmouth. The first was the Russian barque Hermes, which was proceeding down the Channel, and the second the Glasgow steamer Olivine, which was bound from the Channel Islands to Calais, with a cargo of stone. The Hermes was overtaken by the submarine about four o'clock in the afternoon, and after firing rifle shots by way of warning, the captain of the pirate boat went alongside, and told the captain of the ship, Captain Erickson, that he must take to his boats at once. Captain Erickson, in making a statement, said: "As soon as we showed the Russian flag the submarine's commander told us to leave the chip in our boats in ten minutes. I and two others took one boat, and the remainder of the crew, ten in all, took the big lifeboat. The submarine came alongside, and two of her crew told my men to get some food. They then placed two bombs in the after hold, and when these exploded the vessel gradually settled down. The Germans took our Russian flag. Afterwards I was asked to go on board the submarine, and the com- manding officer said, I am very sorry, cap- tain, but it's war and cannot be helped.' He treated us very hospitably, and gave me an excellent cigarette and my men some cigars and a case of beer. He then took us in tow for forty minutes before casting us off. We were eventually picked up and taken to Portsmouth." The Hermes was built at Newcastle in 1875 and was a 1,019 tons vessel. I I THE OLIVINE. A few hours later, at St. Catherine's Point, the pirates sighted the Olivine, a British steamer of 256 tons. The submarine came alongside, and the crew were ordered to abandon the vessel. She was bound from Guernsey for Calais with granite. The first torpedo fired on the vessel missed its mark, but the second struck the starboard quarter and the ship very quickly sank. The sub- marine immediately submerged and was not seen again. I SUNK WITHOUT WARNING. While carrying coal from Port Talbot to Bordeaux, the Dublin steamer City of Bremen, of 782 tons, was torpedoed at 6.40 on Sunday morning by a hostile submarine near Wolf Lighthouse, not the slightest warning being given by the submarine, the periscope of which was seen by only one man on board. Simultaneously with the firing of the tor- pedo a violent explosion occurred, the vessel sinking within five minutes. Four men-Mr. Waters, second engineer, of Swansea, a Norwegian seaman, and two Spanish firemen-were killed. The rest of the crew, including the captain, took to one of the lifeboats. Some hours elapsed before they were picked up by the Liverpool bar- quetine Fanny. They were ultimately landed at Penzance by a patrol boat. One of the survivors stated that it was his belief that the submarine followed the vesset i during the night and waited until daybreak to make sure of her nationality. The vessel sank five minutes after being struck, and the submarine disappeared im- mediately. Half the crew were on deck at the time, and the vessel turned turtle, en- gulfing the four men who were lost.

I CHILD MURDERED IN TRAIN. In the early hours of Monday the body of a geven-year-old girl was found in the lava- tory of the women's waiting-room at Alders- gate-street Metropolitan Railway Station. The body bore evidences of maltreatment, and marks on the neck suggested strangula- tion. The discovery was made by Inspector Groves, of the Metropolitan Railway police, while making an inspection of the station before closing shortly after midnight. Dr. Kearnley, who was called in, found that death had taken place about two hours previously, so that the crime was probably committed between ten and eleven o'clock on Sunday night. A piece of cloth was found in the child's mouth, and this, it isi thought, was used as a gag. On Sundays there is no attendant at the waiting-room, and this fact was probably known by th,ø murderer. Inquiries by the police resulted in the identification of the body as that of Maggie Nally, the daughter of Herbert Nallv, a night lift attendant, who lives at Amberley- road, Paddington. Her birthday was on Saturday, when she was seven years old, and on Sunday afternoon she left home to visit her grandfather in Carlisle-street, Marylebone. She was last seen alive about eight o'clock in Carlisle-street, which is parallel with Edgware-road and leads direct to the Metropolitan Railway station, on which line Aldersgate-street Station is situated. She was then playing with another little girl, named Alice Scott, who subsequently returned home. After dark the absence of Maggie caused her parents much uneasiness, and inquiries were made, without success. When the discovery was made at Aldersgate Station the City Police communicated with Scotland Yard, and Mr. and Mrs. Nally subsequently identified the body as that of their daughter.

I KING GIVES FREE PARDON. The following official announcement was issued on Monday night:- "His Majesty, on the recommendation of the Home Secretary, has been pleased to grant to Mrs. Mary Johnson free par- dons in respect of her convictions at the l 912, an d Surrey Sessions on October 15, 1912, and July 1, 1913, upon charges of ending threatening letters. "The Treasury have sanctioned the pay- ment of a substantial sum to Mrs. John- son, who suffered two terms of imprison- ment for offences of which she has now been proved to be innocent." In 1912 Mrs. Johnson was sentenced to six months' imprisonment on a charge of sending threatening letters to the police and certain residents at Redhill. On her release threatening letters were again re- ceived, and Mrs. Johnson was again tried, and sentenced to twelve months' imprison- ment. Soon after the expiration of her term of imprisonment, threatening letters again made their appearance, and she and her husband were arrested and tried, but the case was stopped by the jury at the sessions. Subsequently, when more letters were re- ceived, one of the witnesses against the Johnsons was charged with the offence, and was sentenced to eighteen months' hard labour.

SOLDIER'S HEADGEAR IN COURT. I The question as to whether a soldier should remove his regimental cap in a civil court was raised at the Liverpool Coroner's Court on Monday, when a member of the National Reserve, the father of a child on whom the inquest was being held, refused to remove his cap. The Coroner reminded him that he was only entitled to wear his cap when on duty, and must remove it in a civil court. "It is understood in the service," the man said, "that it is a disgrace to remove your hat unless you are a prisoner or in the pre- sence of Royalty." The Coroner said the man was wrong, but he was glad to find him showing such spirit. It was a good thing in a soldier, but it was a pity he was so obstinate. The man was allowed to wear his cap throughout the hearing of the case, and at it,4 conclusion he rose from his seat, saluted the coroner and left the court.

During the London County Council band season in London parks this year it is pro- posed to afford facilities for dancing at Blackheath, Hampstead Heath, Clapham Common and Victoria Park. The Kingston-on-Thames Gas Company announced that owing to the advance in the price of coal and freight charges they will increase the price of gas from 2s. Gd. to 2s. lOd. per 1,000 cubic feet, commencing this quarter.

OUR CHILDREN'S CORNER. I BY I UNCLE RALPH. I I MY DEAR CHILDREN,— h. I Holidays so quickly come and go, but yours are not quite over, and during the next few days I am expectng the postman to leave me a great batch of special holiday letters from members of our "C.C.U." Do not forget I have a splendid box of Fry's chocolates waiting for the sender of the best epistle received by April 8th, and that every member stands an equal chance of running away with it, even though previously you may have gained a prize. How did you enjoy your Hot-Cross Buns? All little children like good things, I know, and many were the visions I had of you sit- ting round the family breakfast-table on Good Friday morning. You see, I often take a peep at the photographs which so many of you have sent me at various times, and each little face stood out quite by itself. I wonder if you have ever heard the story of the widow's son's bun? No! Well, I will tell you. Each Good Friday morning many people are attracted to a certain house in one of the London suburbs by the know- ledge of a quaint custom which has been ob- served there for many years. Hanging in the house are a great number of blackened buns, and each Good Friday morning a new bun is added to the collection. There is a legend to the effect that the house was once kept by a widow, whose only son went to sea, promising that he would return on the following Good Friday. That was seventy years ago, and the sailor has never- re-ap- peared. Throughout her life, however, his mother clung to the belief that he would re- turn, and each year she set aside a bun for him. After her death the custom was main- tained by succeeding occupiers, who named ths house "The Widow's Son." It is one of my greatest delights to re- member with what eagerness my little nieces and nephews turn over the pages of their paper, week by week, to find "The Corner," and while I am concluding my letter to you this week I am thinking with pleasure of the one which I shall have the opportunity of writing to you next week. Until then, good-bye. With my love to each and all.—Ever your affectionate, I UNOLK RALPH. I ANSWERS TO LETTERS. EDITH HUTCHINSON: Thank you very much for your kind letter, Edith. Yes, I expect you were surprised to hear from Amy. DICK PALMER: So glad to be able to welcome you as a member, Dick. You must try for the prizes. JACK GRAHAM: I am pleased to have your letter, and to learn that the prize arrived safely. You must try again. Thanks for kind wishes. MUBIHL HUTCHINSON: I hope you will enjoy your ramble, and that you will find the wild flowers which you are seeking. M. WHITBHOUSE: Thank you for the pretty postcard. It must be nice to live near to such a beautiful place. ANNA POLAND: I was more than pleased to have your letter, Anna, because as you say it shows that you have not forgotten me. EDITH LEWIS: So glad to have your letter, I and to welcome you as a member. You must try for some of the prizes. ANNIE: COLEMAN: I am sorry you did not get a I prize, Annie. Although your solution was I correct it was not quite one of the best. You must try again. I am pleased to hear you like your certificate so much. WILLIAM I CLARK: Yes, William, both surprised and pleased to hear from you again. I knew that you had not forgotten me. I see your pen is still in good working order. I VIOLET COLE: Your No. is 2,806. I I LETTERS FROM MEMBERS OF THE CHILDREN'S CORNER UNION. I DEAR UNCLE RALPH. I Thanks very much for the nice book you have sent me. I am delighted witr i. You did not expect to win anything at all, and I I was surprised to see my name, in the I "Corner." Now I must close, thanking you once more. I you once more. Your loving niece, MAUD INMAN. I DEAR UNCLE RALPH, Thank you so much for the lovely book you sent me. I was delighted with it, and mother and father liked it too. I have read it, and it is very interesting, so I shall try my best to win another. With much love. From your loving niece, DOBIS DARLINGTON. I DEAR UKCLB RALPH, I received your kind gift yesterday morn- ing, and I was very pleased with it. I did not think I should get a prize, and I think I am a very lucky girl.. I am using the blotter now as I write you, and I always shall. Now we shall soon have the spring, and all the birds will begin to sing, their sweet songs. The hedges are beginning to shoot oiik their bright green leaves, which look very pretty. I think our Corner" is very interesting, and I like your letter best of all. It is great fun, too, sitting round the fire puzzling. out your puzzles. Now dear Uncle Ralph I must close, and once more thanking you for the blotter. Ever your affectionate niece, EDITH BURROWS. I DEAR UNCLE RALPH, I Thank you very much for the nice prize that you sent me. It arrived this morning, and I am sure it will be very interesting. 1 was very excited when it arrived. I hope I shall win other prizes. My mother was very pleased that I had won such a nice prize, and thinks it was very kind of Obu. Hoping you are quite well. W From your loving nephew, LESLIE BoNFIELD. DEAR UNCLE RALPH, I Thank you very much for the volume which I received this morning. I did not expect to win a prize so soon. It is a very nice book, and I shall like it very much. By the pictures it looks very interesting. I shall try again for the competitions. I remain, your loving niece, LuCIA BRADLEY. DEAR UNCLE RALPH, I I am writing to thank you for the lovely box of chocolates which I received quite safely. It is the first prize I have won in the "Children's Corner," but I hope it will not be the last, as I shall try again. From your loving nephew, DONALD WALKEBJ I

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Large detachments of German prisoners have been set by the French Government to drain the marches of Auvergne. Those under twenty-five are described as "full of insubordination," while the old men are completely demoralised and profoundly melancholy. The King of Bavaria has decided that all members of the Royal family and their households shall be given the same bread tickets as ordinary citizens. The King has forbidden the consumption by hie family of white bread or any kind of cakes until the end of the war.

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