1920-22 Draft of the Seven Pillars of Wisdom – Page 144

The document appears to be a handwritten text, which reads as follows: The new revolutionary committee meeting from weymouth. The composite was awaiting and delegates were arriving. They did not look at all East as I had expected - rather ordinary workmen in shabby clothes and flat caps. The smokers puffed at pipes and cigarettes as they came along. You could hardly believe these were the men behind the naval mutiny, about to "settle" once and for all with their deposed "masters". I don't know what had been expected - Trotskys and Robespierres maybe? At any rate, they were very ordinary men indeed - nothing of the flaming apostles to them, and the greatest fomentation of dissatisfied seamen could not turn the weathered trawler crews into bolshevists. So far I only heard a word or two in passing from some near me "Them was the last of steamers - if only we could 'a' waited another day as I said". Presently the straits were rearranged to continue the meeting. The total so far reached £19,079,14/-. The funds were now being added to from donations. We were told much progress had been collecting from well-wishing friends. The most out-cried feature to Hands was the terrible way things were housed and men kept like dry-salters waiting to be gutted. Our own yard was like shipping cats, with hammocks hung in alleys made for the traffic of tradesmen and ship's companies. The curb of a Tarbert trawler in sail unwishen a gun on deck, or to make a man swear in making chains were all mulcted, often govermental inspectors sailed, and heavy pains sentenced even though then were not branded as criminals. One or two curt anecdotes were given to ...asion "It was on a more wide 15 to answer some of the admirals' who..." Militants were anxious to expect. The demands were to depose Admirals... and even his most decisive. For and them had been no question of an end to war, of which we were all utterly sick and as weary as the soldiers. We meant they will to matter, to escape all the officials orders under the shady and be quite free to say yes or no. Looking round the audience, the workers' and soldiers' delusion was clear. But he wished there were among than men who would lead them to safety at any cost, and be neither than no unifying purpose ahead of them. Most of the men present had borne no bad habits towards authority, and their faces showed no feeling of malice. It was only a sense of justice which moved them - not the fierce longing not thrill to bring booted ansius domines lie some. In a new democracy, the issue to remain the order would be must unknown hazard, and leading man off the men would do its utmost to steel so it should be left to decide. The debate on the motion was carried. There had in fact occurred no mutiny in any sense in the old. The coming weeks we shall invest our acts within the accepted methods of the mutiny, even before wounding our own. And it was given na grader the turtlish secrets. "I say pass the word - let us take it up - "every man who answered. When the last by his orders". The ony old fellow who may yet have a chance all men are not...as we know, not expecting any scene. The crumb of each a rules waits though muddied as well we could have in complete celerity. The came ocurt unred to the essited kind and at times of weremous day - and we had all started with, and passed for something unless we are complete reputations in this word. No-how, we supposed the formuation would carry all about the end of wit ... Would be confronted. We awaited three move behind in all ranks of many then many days ahead, with awaited. I was seeing through my subject . The substantial hints had see little daily sore b... ...bies where ... ...ars ...ade several wearily . The behaviour main hand appeared long b ... pursued ameaful of the periods am which were moved on arrived with the wrong from mutily. However . Thus sustions had circumstances but while I speak to write abothe le mid-sea with clubs would sound no double at distances, a tempering soldier. Lath worthy an aiste bus words - activities which had been the cut of cance upon hia narch. Our preparatus was treated. It was the fatus amidst the ... ...ecte