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During his campaign in Oldham in September 1900 Churchill said that the contest was between “ . . . the turtle soup of Tory Imperialism and the mock turtle soup of Liberal Imperialism.” “I hope there is no difficulty in telling turtle from mock-turtle.” (Letter to Lord Chatfield [Admiral of the Fleet], 18 June 1938, about the early experiments with Asdic, a system for locating submarines. CV5/3, 1065) >From Anthony Montague Browne’s *Long Sunset*, page 230: “The shorter coastal trips on *Aronia* had revived WSC’s memories of the many cruises he had undertaken, some of them as First Lord of the Admiralty on the official yacht *Enchantress*. The First Lord had explored * Enchantress* from deck to keel. In his investigations he had found a tank of turtles, to be turned into soup. He was much moved by their plight and ordered their immediate release. But turtles are normally tropical or subtropical creatures, and *Enchantress* was in the North Sea . . .” Jim Lancaster -- Jim Lancaster [email protected] 00 33 2 33 43 52 48 (France) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ChurchillChat" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/churchillchat?hl=en.
