2/2 He was created a knight in 1911. At present he is a member of the governing body of that organization. He spent the summer of this year in the United States. Sir Roger is at present in Berlin, where, after a visit paid to the foreign office by him, the German Chancellor caused to be issued the statement that "should the German forces reach the shores of Ireland they would come not as conquerors but as friends." Sir Roger is well known for his investigation into the Putomayo rubber district atrocities in 1912. |