Word: plumer
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Honor was done to brown Umberto, however, by three personages: 1) British High Commissioner for Palestine Baron Plumer, who entertained him at Government House; 2) Patriarch Monsignor Barlassina (Roman Catholic), who donned a great purple robe and blessed Umberto; 3) good Father Aurelio Marotta "Custodian of the Holy Land and Guardian of the Holy Sepulchre" (Roman Catholic), who led His Royal Highness into the Church of the Holy Sepulchre and showed him an empty tomb...
Another part of Government House, in which were the apartments of High Commissioner Baron Plumer,* was completely shaken down. He, lucky, was in England last week...
...Field-Marshal Baron Plumer is virtually "self-made." From 1876 onward he rose steadily through the ranks of officers until, in 1915, he commanded the Second British Army, in France, at the victorious action of Messines during the Third Battle of the Marne. Accordingly he was created Baron Plumer of Messines after the War, and granted £30,000. As A. D. C. General to the King, during part of the War, Field-Marshal Plumer won the liking and confidence of His Majesty, George V, who subsequently appointed him Governor of Malta 1919-24, and in 1925, High Commissioner...
...started out shortly after his graduation to race J. M. Plumer '21, a classmate, around the world. In China during a shipping strike he was in charge of a gang of coolies and had other strange jobs...
What happened from this point or, Leys will tell tonight. Since the completion of his unusual race, he has returned to China and Japan. With the wanderlust still holding him, Leys continued his journeys to Hawaii, Mexico, Guatemala, Columbia, Ecuador and Peru. Plumer is now working in China...