The way international intrigue was used to
depose the Right Honourable H.H. Asquith when he was Prime Minister of Great
Britain in 1916 was explained to me by a man who was extremely well
informed. I met him while serving as King’s Messenger in 1917. We were in
my room, in a hotel when, during the course of conversation, I mentioned
that I strongly suspected that a comparatively small group of extremely
wealthy men used the power their wealth could buy to influence national and
international affairs, to further their own secret plans and ambitions.
My companion replied : “If you talk about such things it
is unlikely that you will live long enough to realize how right you are.”
He then told me how Mr. Asquith had been deposed in December 1916, and Mr.
David Lloyd George, Winston Churchill, and The Rt. Hon. Arthur James Balfour
were placed in power in England.
The story he told me had a remarkable similarity to the
plot used by the Secret Powers who directed the campaign of L’Infamie
immediately prior to the outbreak of the French revolution in 1789. It will
be recalled a letter was used to lure Cardinal Prince de Rohan to the Palais
Royal where he was involved with a prostitute disguised as Marie
Antoinette. The alleged modern method is as follows :
Shortly after the outbreak of the war in August 1914 a
small group of wealthy men authorized an agent to turn an old, but very
spacious mansion, into a fabulous private club. Those who made it possible
to finance such a costly undertaking insisted that their identity remain
secret. They explained that they simply wished to show their deep
appreciation to officers in the Armed Forces who were risking their lives
for King and Country.
The club provided every kind of luxury, entertainment, and
facilities for pleasure. The use of the club was usually restricted to
commissioned officers on leave in London from active service. A new member
had to be introduced by a brother officer. My companion referred to it as
the “Glass Club”.[1]
Upon arrival, officer guests were interviewed by an
official. If he was satisfied with their credentials they were told how the
club functioned. The officer applying for admission was asked to give his
word of honour that he would not mention the names of any persons he met
during his stay at the club, or reveal their identity after he left the
club. Having given this solemn promise, it was explained to the guest that
he would meet a number of women well known in the best of London’s society.
They all wore masks. The officer was asked not to try to identify any of
the ladies. He was sworn to keep their secret should he happen to identify
any of them accidentally.
With the preliminaries over, the officer was shown to his
private room. It was furnished in a most luxuriant manner. The furnishings
included a huge double bed, dressing table, wardrobe, cabinet with wines and
liqueurs, a smoking humidor, and private toilet and bath. The new guest was
invited to make himself at home. He was informed that he would receive a
lady visitor. She would wear a brooch of costume jewelry with the number of
his room. If, after getting acquainted, he wished to take her down to
dinner that was his privilege.
The reception room, where guests and their hostesses
mingled over cocktails before dinner, was like that of a King’s palace. The
dining room was large enough to accommodate fifty couples. The ballroom was
such that many people dream about but few seldom see. Costly decorations
were set off by luxurious drapes, subdued lighting, beautiful women
gorgeously dressed, soft dreamy music, the smell of rare perfumes, made the
place an Arab’s dream of heaven. The whole atmosphere of the club was such
that the officers home on leave relaxed at first and then set out to have a
real Roman Holiday. There was nothing gross or vulgar about the “Glass
Club”. Everything about the place was beautiful, delicate, soft, and pliant
... the exact opposite of the horrors, the violence, the brutality, of a
modern war. Between dance numbers entertainers gave performances which
brought out the feelings of joy, fun and laughter. As the evening
progressed, a long buffet was literally loaded with luscious dishes of fish
and game. A bar provided every kind of drink from champagne to straight
whisky. Between midnight and one a.m. five beautiful girls performed the
Dance of the Seven Veils. The dance depicted a scene in a Sultan’s Harem.
The girls started the dance fully clothed, (even to the veil they wore to
conceal the facial features) but, when the dance ended the girls were
entirely naked. They danced the final act in their lithe-nakedness, waving
the flimsy veil around and about them in a manner which extenuated, rather
than concealed, their physical charms. Couples, when tired of
entertainment, dancing, and other people’s company, retired to their private
rooms.
Next day they could enjoy indoor swimming, tennis,
badminton, billiards, or, there was the card room which was a miniature
Monte Carlo. About November 1916 a very high personage was lured into
visiting the Club when he received a note saying that he would obtain
information of the greatest importance to the British Government. He drove
to the Club in his private car. He instructed his chauffeur to wait for
him. After being admitted, he was taken to one of the luxuriously furnished
bed-sitting rooms. A lady joined him. When she saw him she nearly
fainted. It was his own wife. She was much younger than her husband. She
had been acting as hostess to lonely officers on leave for a considerable
time. It was a most embarrassing situation.
The wife knew nothing of the plot. She had no secret
information to give. She was convinced that both she and her husband were
philandering. She thought it was only this unfortunate chance meeting which
had brought them face to face. There was a scene. The husband was informed
regarding the part hostesses played at the Club. But his lips were sealed
as if in death. He was a member of the Government. He couldn’t afford to
figure in a scandal.
Every employee in the club, both male and female, was a
spy. They reported everything that happened at the club to their masters.
The identity of those involved became known. The information thus obtained
was printed for the record in what became known as “The Black Book”. “The
Black Book” recorded their sins of omission and commission, their peculiar
vices, their special weaknesses, their financial status, the condition of
their domestic relations, and the degree of affection they had for relatives
and friends. Their connection with, and their influence over, influential
men in politics, industry, and religion was carefully noted.
In November 1916, a member of Parliament tried to expose
the real character of the “Glass Club”. Three army officers, who had
patronized the club, became suspicious that it was a vast espionage system,
after an attempt had been made to blackmail them into giving information
that would have been valuable to the enemy. Their adventure involved an
Australian lady, her chauffeur, and the wives, and daughters of several
highly placed government officials.[2]
The effort to make known the true facts was suppressed,
but mention of “The Black Book” was made in Parliament, and in the public
press. The government’s policy was said to be based on the contention that
a scandal of such magnitude could prove a national calamity at a time when
the armed forces at sea, on land, and in the air, were meeting severe
reverses.
The Liberal press began to attack the Prime
Minister. He was accused of harbouring men within his government who were
unfit to hold office. He was accused of having had extensive dealings with
German industrialists and financiers prior to the war. He was accused of
being friendly towards the Kaiser. He was accused of being unable to make
prompt and firm decisions. He was ridiculed as “Wait-and-see-Asquith”. My
companion told me that evidence against high officials involved in the
“Glass Club” scandal caused the Government to resign. Thus, according to my
companion, the British Empire was forced to change political Horses in the
middle of a World War. When Mr. Asquith did resign in December 1916 he was
superseded by a coalition government headed by David Lloyd George. Winston
Churchill and Mr. Balfour were two of the more prominent members.
Shortly after hearing the above story, I was struck by the
fact that the three army officers mentioned were reported in the official
lists as “Killed in action”. In war-time such a thing is quite possible.
Next came a brief notice that the Australian lady, and her chauffeur, had
been imprisoned under the Defence of the Realm Act. Then came an
announcement that the member of parliament involved in the case had retired
from public life. A few weeks later I was taken off duty as King’s
Messenger and appointed as Navigating Officer of British Submarines. We did
lose 33 per cent of our officers and men but I was one of those to survive.
It was not until long after the war, when I was studying
modern history and comparative religions, that I began to realize the vast
importance of political Zionism to those who planned to obtain undisputed
control of the world’s economy. The following historical events speak for
themselves.
When war broke out in 1914 the Rt. Hon. H.H. Asquith was
Prime Minister. He was an Anti-Zionist. The International Bankers decided
that Asquith’s Government had to go and be replaced by a coalition
government in which David Lloyd George and Winston Churchill would wield
great influence. Lloyd George had for years been Solicitor for the Zionist
movement as planned and financed by the Rothschilds. Winston Churchill had
been a supporter of political Zionism from the time he first entered
politics.
In 1917 the International Bankers were supporting both the
Bolshevik and Zionist movements. It would seem incredible that the British
Cabinet didn’t know what was going on, particularly when the British
Government had had to intervene to get Trotsky and his revolutionary leaders
released after they had been detained in Halifax while on their way from New
York to Russia.
The overthrow of the Russian Empire was bound to cause the
withdrawal of the mighty Russian Armies from the war on the side of the
Allied Powers. The German Armies, which had been engaged on the
Eastern Front, would be free to re-inforce the Armies fighting against the
allied forces on the Western Front.
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