Transcription: 1.     d. 1t. April 1820 Wie oft hört man nicht heutigen Tages laute Klagen über den raschen Verfall der Musik u forscht man dann Gründe derselben nach, so finden die meisten ihn darin, daß die schlechte italienische Opernmusik auf deutschem Boden zu fest Wurzeln fassen, die Sinne der Hörer einnehmend u berauschen u so allen Raum, der etwa noch den edleren Deutschen zustände, vorwegnehmend. So gegründet auch diese Klagen immerhin seyn mögen, so drängt sich nur hiebey die Bemerkung auf, warum es doch uns Menschen so äusserst schwer fällt die Mittelsraße zu halten u. wie die Meisten gewohnlich von einem Extrem in das andre hinüberzuschweifen geneigt sind. Denn nicht nur gegen Italiens Opernmusik spricht mancher sonst tiefe Kummer dieser Kunst das Verdummungsurteil aus, sondern selbst in Mozarts Opern findet er Nebelflekke, weil nur Eine Sonne, Glück, das Ideal  aufrechter   Erhabenheit u. tiefer Cha- rakteristik ihm hohe Bewunderung, ja demüthige Anbetung abzwingt. So wenig eine Darstellung der aufziehenden Eigenthümlichkeiten dieser beyden  letzten  Meister von einem  Layen  in der Musik versucht werden dürfte, eben so  anmaßend wäre auch jedes Urtheil über die Wahrheit und den Irrthum der eben angeführten Ansichten. Indeß Eins wird vielleicht erlaubt seyn, nemlich einen neuen Gesichtspunkt aufzustellen, von welchem aus weder dem Ritter Gluck irgend ein Blatt seines unsterblichen Kranzes geraubt, noch Mozarts vollendete Karriere einen Augenblick verkannt wird u doch zugleich Phoebus den Italiener Rossini nicht in ruhmloser Finsterniß verschmachten läßt.

Transcription: item 42                                                   Osteuropa ____________________________________________________________________________________37  linke Spalte   das aussieht, wie die Halbinsel Kamtschatko im fernsten Osten. Und so zeigt er sich im Westen: jung, dynamisch und belastbar, kontaktfreudig und kreativ, alle Managertugenden in einem Exemplar gebündelt. Viel jünger als seine Kontrahenten im Weißen Haus, fixer, gewiefter, womöglich sogar ehrlich - und nicht nur wieder ein neuer Besen im alten Dreck. Michael Gorbatschow. Machen Männer etwa doch Geschichte - und nicht die Geschichte Männer? V. Im Zentralorgan der SED wurden in diesen Tagen zwei Reden von Michael Gorbatschow zitiert, kommentarlos abgedruckt, Dokumente vom Januar-Plenum des ZK der KPdSU. Ich habe mir die Augen gerieben und gelacht. Das klingt ja, als hätte mein Freund Robert Havemann aus seinem Grab in Grünheide frechfröhlich ein Kassieber ins "ND" geschmuggelt. Gorbatschow redet wie ein kommunistischer Dissident, er fordert für sein Land:_ - geheime Wahl außerhalb, aber auch innerhalb   der Partei - Nominierung mehrerer Kandidaten - und zwar   von unten, nicht von oben - öffentliche Diskussionen über alle öffent-   lichen Angelegenheiten - Rechtssicherheit für alle Bürger:   "Wir brauchen die Demokratie wie die Luft.   Wenn wir dies nicht begreifen, und selbst   wenn wir es begreifen, aber keine wírklich    ernsthaften Schritte . . . unternehmen dann   wird unsere Politik versagen, dann wird die   Umgestaltung ersticken, Genossen." VI. Seit Stalin verkünden die Bonzen, daß der Sozialismus im Grunde gesiegt hat. Es ging immer nur noch um Verschönung des Arbeiterparadieses. Im Grunde blieb das so, auch nach dem aufregen- den 20. Parteitag der KPdSU 195,  Nikita Chruschtschow mit seiner Geheimrede über Stalins Verbrechen. Als damals mit diesem poltrigen Glatzkopf die stalinistische Entstalinisierung begann, wurden die Arbeitslager des Archipel GULag geöffnet. Aber warum? - sie waren nicht rentabel.      Das war die Zeit des "Tauwetters". Die überlebenden Opfer wurden rehabilitiert, man verzieh ihnen. Das System blieb. Dann, im Neustalinismus, kriegte man das Loch in die Lochkarte geschossen und seltener ins Genick. Und Andersdenkende gingen immer noch ab ins Lager! Ab in die Psychiatrie! Solche Zustände können nicht verbessert werden, denn sie sind grundschlecht. Im altmodischen Jargon des Marxismus hilft da nichts als eine Revolution.      Und nun wird eben das proklamiert: Revolu- tion. Spät, aber vielleicht nicht zu spät - zu früh gewiß nicht: Siebzig elend lange Jahre  rechte Spalte   nach der "Großen Sozialistischen Oktoberrevo- lution" - von der wir inzwischen wissen, daß sie weder groß noch sozialistisch noch eine Revolution war. Gefeiert wird dieser Sieg zudem am 7. November, denn es galt damals noch der zaristische Kalender. Das waren die Losungen, mit denen Lenins und Trotzkis Bolschewiki 1917 in Petrograd so leicht das zusammengebrochene Zarenreich beerbten: - Die Betriebe den Arbeitern! - Das Land den Bauern! - Friede den Völkern! - Alle Macht den Sowjets! Nicht eins von diesen Versprechen konnte bis heute eingelöst werden: - Die Betriebe den Arbeitern? Die "Ausbeutung des Menschen durch den Menschen" wurde abgelöst, ja, von einer Ausbeutung des Menschen durch den Menschen. Dem Volk gehört  das Volkseigentum nicht. Es herrscht die Monopolbürokratie, eine neue Klasse aus Partei, Staat und Armee, Polizei und Geheim- polizei. Die Arbeiter sind noch brutaler ausgebeutet als bei den Kapitalisten. Und sie können sich noch weniger in ihre eigenen Angelegenheiten einmischen, sie haben nicht mal unabhängige Gewerkschaften. - Das Land den Bauern? Seit der Zwangskollekti- vierung 1930 wurden die Bauern Bürger zweiter Klasse. Sie kriegten keinen Personalausweis wie andere. Sie wurden zurückgestoßen in die  Leibeigenschaft. Da sich in der SU jeder Bürger außerhalb seines Wohnsitzes nach drei Tagen polizeilich melden muß, waren diese Bauern praktisch an ihr Dorf gefesselt. Für eine Reise brauchten sie die besondere Genehmigung der Dorfobrigkeit. Es gab drei legale Möglichkeiten das Dorf zu verlassen: Man wurde rekrutiert für Großbaustellen oder die Armee - oder geriet ins GULag. Erst unter Chruschtschow wurde diese Diskriminierung aufgehoben. Seitdem verwandelten sich diese realsozialistischen Leibeigenen zumindest in Landarbeiter. Ihre schlechte Lage ist mit der der LPF-Bauern der DDR nicht vergleichbar. - Friede den Völkern? Die SU liefert in viele Länder der Welt Waffen. Nicht nur an Vietnam, sondern auch an rekationäre Feudalstaaten. Sie schürt den Krieg im Nahen Osten aus  machtpolitischen Interessen genauso zynisch wie die USA.      Mit der Hilfe für Nikaragua überträgt die Sowjetunion alle ihre eigenen sozialen und politischen Krankheiten auf dieses bedrohte Land. Insofern hat Nikaragua nicht nur einen natürlichen Todfeind, die Vereinigten Staaten, sondern auch einen natürlichen Todfreund. Die SU hat Finnland mit Krieg überzogen. Die SU

Transcription: Düsseldorf, den 18.9.1915 Tu' Du redlich nur das Deine, Tu's in Schweigen und Vertrau'n, rüste Balken, haue Steine, Gott, der Herr, wird weiterbau'n. Zur freundlichen Erinnerung an Deine Mitschülerin Dora Palitzsch.

Transcription: 3rd Sept.   John G.H. Wilson is dead. His brother, Willoughby & he were solicitors in Belfast & distant connections, who do our legal work. A young man called today with a letter from Willoughby. He is Thomas Wilson a great-grandson of one of the famous nine Lennon sisters, who, as Wilson says, seem to have peopled half of Co. Antrim. Another of them was my great-grandmother,   "  was Willoughby's    "  "  ".  He married a Ritchie.   This boy is studying Economics & has been at Zimmern's school. He says the vice-chancellor of Belfast University - Osborne or something like that - told him to inquire if I would be disposed to give a lecture in the University.   I left it vague.   But no Dublin University has had such a thought.

Transcription: Schützengraben 3h früh, 7. III. 15. Wertes Fräulein! Stellen Sie sich vor: eine 1 1/2 m tiefe, 4 m lange und 3 m breite Grube im steinigen Boden ausgehoben, dazu ein 1 m hoher Zugang vom 1 1/2 m hohen Schützengraben aus und die Grube mit Brettern und Pfosten überdeckt, darüber Stroh und zuletzt dicker Erdbelag, dann haben Sie was man militärisch  Schützendeckung oder -unterstand nennt. Im Zugang wird eine Türe den Verhältnissen entsprechend eingesetzt, bleibt den Höhlenbewohnern überlassen, kann auch ein Persiander seine Falten darüberbreiten; innen am Boden ein viereckiger Raum mit Brettern umgrenzt und mit Stroh belegt die Liegestätte, ein sogenannter Schwarmofen, die übrigens ausnahmsweise ausgezeichnet sind, ein roh gezimmertes Tischchen und Bank, Wandbretter, herrliche  Hängelampe oder elektrische Stearinkerze, an der Tür eine ulkige Aufschrift das alles unser Palast. Tausche nicht um die Welt. Handkuß - Gruß allen   Jos. Strömer Antwort bitte auf Bundeskarte.

Transcription: TO MY COMRADES   OF THE 47TH DIVISION. 30th March 1916.   It is now 10 days since the great German offensive commenced, and we are once again taking over an important Sector of the Battle front.   During the past 10 days you have been called upon to carry out one of the most difficult and trying operations which can fall to the lot of any troops,  viz a withdrewal in the face of an overwhelming enemy. On the Riot instant you successfully withstood the strong enemy attacks on the WELSH RIDGE with the greatest gallentry - on this day the 18th and 21st Battalions especially distinguished themselves.   In accordance with instructions from Higher authority you were ordered to withdrew that night to the HIGHLAND RIDGE this operation was successfuly carried out and the line hold all day, and could I am confident have been held for many days. Owing to the Army on our right withdrawing on the afternoon of the 22nd, you in conjunction with the 63rd Division on our left, were ordered to again withdraw to the line of the 2nd  Svsm. This further withdrawal at night was again carried out in accordance with orders in a manner most creditaple to all concerned - and this line I am confident could also have been held by you. We were however again ordered to withdrew on the morning of the 23rd instant to another line from HETZ SWITCH to DESSARE RIDGE. Later in the day a further withdrawal was ordered to a lane running from EQUANCOURT to the East side of YTRES. R. E. and Pioneers, 140th, 141st and 142nd brigadaes all successively were heavily attacked on the right  rlank by the enemy during the withdrawal. The enemy had driven       a wedge in between our right and the left of the Fifth Army who again had eithdrawan before the hour named for our withdrawal. You however of the 142nd Brigade held on and covered the Right of 63rd Division at YPRES with great gallantry and when the enemy had penetrated between YPRES and LECHELLE and had seized BUS you withdrew fighting and again formed up on the Left of your Comrades.   On the night of the 23rd/24th you again established a line from MESNIL to ROCQUIGNY which line you held next day with the greatest gallantry against four enemy attacks. Here the 141st Brigade especially distinguished themselves and here again had the troops continued to hold the enemy at bay.   Owing to the enemy having broken through to the South of out line and were again pressing on towards our right rear, you were ordered to withdraw later in the afternoon of the 24th.   Beofre these orders had reached you the troops on both flanks had withdrawan and you had to fight your way back by long and circuitous route to the position assigned you in and to the West of HIGH WOOD.   The withdrawal of the transport was during this operation successfully covered by the R.Es and Pioneers under Major  LANON and all enemy attempts to out in on the line of withdr awal of the same were gallantly frustrated. The enemy had however penetrated between then and the Brigades rendering the withdrawal of the latter a hazardous operation.   In spite of this by the morning of the 25th instant you established and held all day a line 4,000 yards long on the CONTALMAISON RIDGE joining hands with Divisions to the right and left of you.

Transcription: Advertisements (cont) 2.Under the picture of a sinking ship Bread costs ships, eat potatoes. 3.Dye your 1939 dress for 1940 4, Save your bones, even Spot's, for the bone-bin in your street. 5.Come to help with the Victory Harvest. (Afull page spread.)   -Memories of local children attending school on mornings only while the evacuees went in the afternoons.   Memory of our worst night when bombers flew low over-head, on their way to bomb Harwell.(Then an Aerodome.)   Villagers willalways remember the all-pervading drone of more than 100 bombers, as they assembled overhead before heading for a daylight raid on Germany. How eagerly we listened to our radios that evening - no raid was mentioned!   An indelible memory of sitting quietly shelling peas when a B.B.C. announcer told us "This is D-Day. Our men have already landed on French soil. Soon after came V.E.Day. (Victory in Europe Day.) On the day we held a Fete in Slade End Green came the news of a bomb dropped on Hiroshima - an atom Bomb. This quickly brought V.J. Day (Victory over the Japs.) Then at long, slow intervals our men came back - all bbut eight of them.   We remember-     Edward Charles Allen     William Currill     Roy Graves     Alexander Harkness     Richard Wycliffe Spooner Inge     Normal Taylor     Reginald Thomas Whichello     George Woodgate         1939--1945

Transcription: Carry basket for 3 cartridges 77 mm    Two photographs.   Rattan stake runs horizontally through the outer slats. 43

Transcription: GOUY-EN-ARTOIS COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION CEMETERY INDEX NUMBER Fr. 104.  GOUY-EN-ARTOIS is a village and commune in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, on the North side of the main road Arras to Doullens and facing Bailleuval across the road. The Communal Cemetery is on the Southern outskirts of the village, and the Extension is on the South side of the Communal Cemetery, divided from it by a thorn hedge. The Extension was made in April, 1917, at the time of the British advance from Arras. Two further burials took place in June and July, 1917, and five in March, 1918. The graves number 48, of which 44 are those of British soldiers and 4 those of German prisoners.  The Extension is a long strip covering an area of 526 square yards. It is entered from the road by steps leading up beside the War Cross. It is planted with pleached lime trees, corresponding with those in the Communal Cemetery.  The Register records particulars of 44 British burials.  THE REGISTER OF THE GRAVES. AYRE, Pte. Herbert, 26928. 2nd Bn. Wiltshire Regt. 10th Apl., 1917. Age 34. Husband of Eleanor Ayre, of 75, Kings Terrace, Garden St., Grimsby. Native of Grimsby. A. 15.  BARLOW, Pte. Wilfred, 34002. 6th Bn. Leicestershire Regt. 14th Apl., 1917. Age 24.  Son of John and Elizabeth Barlow, of 11, Burch St., Woolfold, Bury; husband of Annie Barlow, of 12, Nuttall Square, Blackford Bridge, Bury. A. 29. BOOT, Cpl. Frank Morton, 36474. 9th Bn. Leicestershire Regt. Died of wounds 11th Apl., 1917. Age 31. Husband of Elizabeth Boot, of 12, Brown's Flat, Kimberley, Notts. Native of  Awsworth, Notts. A. 16. BRANNAN , Pte. Albert George, 21511. "D" Coy. 1st Bn. Lincolnshire Regt. Died 12th Apl., 1917, of wounds received the previous day. Age 28. Son of Alfred George and Hannah Brannan of 3, Rowston St., Cleethorpes, Lincs. A. 22. BRAY, Pte. Thomas Alfred, 302686. 2nd Bn. Royal Scots. Killed in action 28th March, 1918. Age 19. Son of William Bray, of Gonalston Lane, Lowdham, Nottingham. A. 47.  BRYAN, Pte. Edgar, 27590. "A" Coy, 10th Bn. Yorkshire Regt. 12th April, 1917. Age 26.  Son of Thomas and Elinor Bryan of 10, Hartley St., Wakefield Rd., Bradford, Yorks. A. 23. INDEX No. Fr. 104 GOUY-EN-ARTOIS COM. CEM. EX. FRANCE

Transcription: ..."July 1914 - father was due for referral, this is the year that I first remember England. But our voyage home was abord a German liner - War was not yet declared, but there was plenty of pent-up tension blowing about the decks between the British and the Germans, and to this day I can still hear the German ship's band playing the double eagle. ['Unter dem Doppelladler] as we steamed into Oporto. Mother had already retired to her cabin; she had only to see a ship to get sea-sick, and whilst father spent much of his time - wherever men spend much of their time on liners - Anyway, he dissapeared frequently. Meanwhile, Jane Jenner dressed my sister and me in our sea-going uniforms; navy-blue sweaters and long pants, blue reefer coats and sailor hats, and we walked the decks, or lay in deckchairs. My sister was a fat, shy child, and she stayyed with Jane, whilst I had my father's everlasting bonhomie, and made friends indiscriminately, much to my eventual cost; one day I eluded Jane, and became friendly with a German professor and his wife who were childless, and evidently admired my long, golden curls and sailor hat. They flattered me, and I shared my biscuits with them, until one day, the professor picked me up and held me over the side of the ship; no doubt in harmless fun, but I was terrified. From that moment I became violently anti-German on my own account."...[both laugh] ... And this is sort of her memory of England. They were very well-heeled, my parents and grandparents on both sides. My grandmother' side of the family came from Salisbury, and her father was a cutler, as had been his people before, and they're stuff is all in Salisbury museum. He supplied cutlery to Queen Victoria. WIth regards to the War, I have got some letters written by the family to my mother. This letter [by my grandfather] was written in 1915; but there's no mention of the War - that's really weird Yes... but his job was sort of taking him all around the world at the time that the war was happening....

Transcription: W.4 L.V.C      YPRES

Transcription: TEN YEARS AFTER 1918 -1928 NO1. The Menin Road the first pair of a magnificent series of plates celebrating the Tenth Anniversary of the Armistice to be presented with Answers Other plates in this Series :— NEXT WEEK - ALBERT. 1918 -1928 NOV. 3RD - YPRES, 1918 - 1928. NOV. 10TH. - ARRAS. 1918 -1928.

Transcription: Home at last thy labouts done, Safe and blest, the victory won ; Jordan passed, from pain set free, Angels now have welcomed thee. He suffered patiently and long, His hope was bright, his faith was strong, The peace of Jesus filled his breast, And in His arms he sank to rest. IN LOVING MEMORY —OF— PRIVATE OSCAR WILLIAM COLEMAN. Son of GEORGE and EMMA COLEMAN, Who died of wounds at Whitchurch, Cardiff, October 24th, 1916. AGED 22 YEARS. Interred in West Tofts Churchyard,Oct. 28th.

Transcription: No.................. H.S. ANTILL & Son, Wholesale & Retail Gilders and Picture Frame Makers. —o—      —o—      —o— 453, Harrow Road, London, W.

Transcription: STANTON HARCOURT PARISH MAGAZINE   WHAT has been a nightmare for years has now become a reality. How few of us attached any importance to the writings and words of men we termed scaremongers. now we find that we were foolishly scaremongers. Now we find that we were foolishly lighthearted. They are right and we have been wrong. The European War has come and we are unprepared, or only half prepared. The Navy is strong, but the Army is small and unable to give adequate assistance to our allies. An expeditionary force of 100,000 or even 200,000 men is not worthy of a first class power; so the first seven weeks of battle have gone by and still our enemies are the agressors, both in France and in Russia, though in the latter country it should not be so for long, in view of Austria's defeat.   This position of affairs must nerve us an our allies to even greater efforts. We can rely on the moral support of the civilized world, and without hypocrisy believe that God upholds our arms.   Stanton Harcourt has done and is doing its share. The following are serving in H.M/ Navy: Mssrs. E. Stockwell, A. Belcher, Bert Dorrell, Percy Bradbury; and the following in H.M. Army: Messrs. Bernard Bury, Ed. Batts, Jas. batts, harry Boulter, George Bradbury, Roland Bullock, Henry Burden, Tom Burden, Harry Dorrell, John Fox, Percy Franklin, Chris Haines, Fred Haines, George Haines, Fred Hicks, Tom Hunt, Tom Phillips, Harry Sirman, Harry Talbot, Percy Trinder, Percy Walker, Harry Webb, Henry Wickson, James Wickson, Tom Wickson, Bernard batts. Thirty from a population of 500 is proabably as goog a proportion as that furnished by any other cillage for the prsent, but it must not be forgotten that such figures as these would not bear comparison with the corresponding figures for France or Germany, where the people have imposed upon themselves concription. We heartily congratulate Messrs. Percy Franklin, Percy Walker and Tom burden on joining the new Army, and Messrs. Bernard batts, Tom Hunt and harry Sirman on joining the Territorials, and any others who have volunteered but have not passed the medical examination. We have not mentioned the National Reserve, or the Special Constables, but we are well assured that if occasion arises they will do their work as bravely and efficiently as the younger men.   Our prayers have been offered to Almighty God for our fighting men day by day. The week of continuous Intercession in Church was perseveringly carried out by about tenty-six Intercessots, and the Friday Evening Services have been well attended. These must be kept up and our prayers must be made more efficient if we are to be heard. In putting our needs before our Heavenly Father we can have great confidence for we know that He has not condemned war. Cchrist is the great revealer of God's Truth and He said on one occasion to his disciples, an occasion of great stress:- "Noww he "that hath a purse let him take it, likewise his "scrip ; and he that hath no sword let him sell "his garment and but one."   Sympathy is extended to the Vicar in the loss of his cousin, Lt. Commander Walter Watkins Grubb of H.M.S. Cressy. In a letter from Mrs. Grubb he is informed that he was firing his guns till the last moment when his ship turned over, he was then seen for the last time in the sea holding to a spar, and must have perished from exhaustion if not from wounds. His brother Reginald's ship, H.M.S. Leonidas, was on the spot later searching frantically for him, but in vain. THE BORNEO MISSION.   Two new members have joined and have sent subscriptions:- Miss Webb, Sutton, I/-, Miss Lily Prentice, 6d.   Collection at Mother's Union Service. B.S.T.   ON Wednesday, 14th October, there will be a Lecture in the Schoolroom, by the Rev. E. P. Baverstock, of Oxford, entitled: "Names of places and the tale which they tell." It is hoped that all who can, will try and come. Admission free. Collection afterwards.   THERE will be a special Mothers' Union Service on october 30th, at 2.30, in the Church, when all members and their friends will be welcome. The name of the preacher will be announced later.   THE HARVEST FESTIVAL SERVICES on Sunday, October 4th, will be as follows:-   8 a.m. Holy Communion.   11 a.m. Matins and Holy Communion.     3 p.m. Children's Service.     6 p.m. Evensong.  The collections will be for the Hospitals. HOLY BAPTISM.   As many of you as were baptized into Christ did put on Christ.   September 13th, 1914. Betty Batts Talbot, daughter of Henry and Lena Talbot. HOLY MARRIAGE   Those whom GOd hath joined together let no man put asunder.   September 26th, 1914. Frederick George Putman, of Nutfield, Surrey, to Minnie Akers.

Transcription: Yours affectionately Alvin How is my little girlie going on? Is she quite better now? XXXXXXXXXXXXX For Mother & Babs If you reply in time to post before noon on Thursday please address HOTEL ZUM GOLDENEN LOWEN       REICHENBERG (BOHMEN)             AUSTRIA If Tuesday night or Wednesday morning:- HOTEL BURG WETTIN       CHEMNITZ (SACHSEN)          GERMANY Hotel bill Central Hotel Berlin Datum 28/10 Room 5.0 Hotel bill Nota fur No. 12 Rohrig's Hotel zum Grossherzog von Sachsen Unmittelbar am Ausgang des Bahnhofs      28/29 Okt 1912 Tages-transport Mk. 3.50 1 Port. Kaffee oder tee mit Butter und Brot 1.25 1 T.Cafe Brittensh? 0.50 2 Eier 0.40 Logis mit/Bett II E 3.Etage 3.50 5.15 Hotel bill HOTEL DU NORD Haus ersten Ranges Besitzer: W. Koch  WEINHANDLUNG    Telegramm-Adresse:           Telephon 293 und 499    Nordhotel                        Breslau, den      19 14