Show F FOUR HUNDRED TO ONE SHOT 7 estimate of cf unsentimental tl brokers that lord kitchener Is I 1 not among the living legends once well rooted die hard bard many hany people believe that earl kitchener survived the sinking of the hampshire and Is either a prisoner of 0 aar or escaping caping in a small boat his has reached some remote part of the world and Is living in anonymous retirement ti the romance gained a fresh lease of life when mrs parker a sister of the great general publicly announced at hastings not long ago her firm belief lief that her brother was alive and would one day return it Is impossible to argue the matter one can only believe or disbelieve A measure of credence which business men attach to the story Is to be found in a letter printed in the liverpool echo A letton percival co insurance brokers of that city say that a client of theirs wanted to know what rate could be b quoted to cover the th following risk that lord kitchener was alive on august 31 1917 the onus of proof to be on the assured and to bo be furnished within three months from peace being signed alg bcd lloyds underwriters were prepared to accept ten thousand pounds at five shillings per cent and the insurance if that Is the right word for it has haa been completed the chances of lord kitchener being alive are therefore regarded by unsentimental brokers as one in four hundred london chronicle |