WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12, 1918.
Hughes & Hough
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AUCTION.
PUBLIO AUCTION
THE Undersigned has received in- structions to sell by Public Auction
OA
FRIDAY,
the 14th June, 1918, commencing at 11 am.
premises, (Kowloon),
(POK ACCOUNT OF THE CONCRANED), 29,578 † SACKS. FLOUR
all more or less damaged by sen-wator
Ex. 8.5. TJITAROĒM,
On View Now. Tra:--Cash on delivery.
CEO. P. LAMKERT.
Auctioner.
RECORD OF GERMAN BRUTALITY,
BRITISH PRISONERS AT THIS FRONT.
THE CHINA MAIL.
acknowledge by the German Grover friends rarely reached them.The son next, but on the contrary it has always way be gnomal-furthe existence d bren, studiously concealed, there is cow prisoners In occupied territory is not ng loght that as early the latest as oficially acknowledged by the German Again 1915, the German Command Command after the April 101 agree were systematically employing their ment it would be highly inconvenient The detention and employment by the forced labour close ehind the Western Neutral visits then are not, as
Brush, as well as other prisquiers in have done so German Aries behind their firing linearing line, themby deliberately exposing has been seen allowed. Their wher
Belgiuri and France of British
them to the fire of the guns of their sun hauts ring not be disclosed. any 3.C... and men explored on the and Allied Armies Western Front bas brought upon these
patcard or letter which they were" per Characteristically in this case, as iu pitted to write, the pristers were tes many similar instances, when conduct tired to give as their camp of address, in itself, incapable of justification could dret Wahn, later Limburg-am-Laha, later no longer be coccessed, the official Get-Rill Friedrichsfeld-all of them Gemar man apologist has sought to gloss over prison camps which no one of these men or reuse the practice by asserting that had ever seen, Germany was driven to it by way of
"Instances are "ca record where the retaliation for something as bad charged tery existence of some of them, was w by her against her enemies. In this disclosed by their raptors for many stance the excusa put forwart has been months. In the menth of March, 1017, that this treatment, not appareatly suge example, body of these prisoners estext to be ctherwise defensible, was tho had been captured as long betore às for upon the German Commend as August, 1910, and had been kept at work reprisal for what was art to be the by the flernwus behind their lines sec act, namely, that German prisoners in ince, were Peterned to a parent camp British hands, bad one time another been kept less than 80 Hometres (how much less does not appeary behind the British 6zing line in Friser..
in several lighters off the Hongkong & prisoners an amount of unjustifiable
Kowloon Wharf & Godown COB
dering, Tor which a parallel would be hard to find in the history, tragic in so many of its incident as that history has been, of the treatment by the enemy of thele. prisoners, during the war.
Such is the opening sentence of report presented by the Government Committee on the treatment of British prisoners of war, and signed by Mr Justice Younger, Chairman of the Com Bongkutig, June 11, 1818513mittee. The report is dated 6th March last, and was insert recently is a White "Paper [13. 8988). The evidence as to the treatment of prisoners of war on the Western Front was summarized, as fol Jows by Mr. Balfour on 20 February In & Dote to Sir W. Townley, British Minister at The Hague, for communica tion to the German Government through the Netherlands Legation in Berlin.
Overwhelming evidener had been re ceived. said. Mr. Balfour, which con- vincingly established-
FOR SALE
FOR SALE
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A
PUBLIC AUCTION.
HE Undersigned have received instruc.
tions to sell by Public Auction,
CIF
THURSDAY,
the 13th. June, 1918, at 12 o'clock Noon,
at the Government Store, Bullock Lane,
hanchal
About 5,000 lbs.
USED GALVANIZED WIRE
Trans-Cash
HUGHES & HOUGH,
Auctioneers to the Government.
BCB
Hongkong, Jude. 7, 1915.
PUBLIC AUCTION.
THE Undersigned have received instruc
(VON ACCOUNT OF THE CONGKENID),
on.
SATURDAY,
the 15th June, 1918, at 10.30 am, at their Balos Rooms, No. 8
Das Vaux Road, Corner of
Ice Evans Street,
30 pairs Hemstitched Sheets (single).
do.
404
**
40 Plain Sheets (double)
90 doz. Pillow Cases.
(double).
30-Linen Damask Serviettes.
40 pairs Bath Sheets, 48-in. by 79 in.
12 doz. Both Towels.
MO
M
Facs Towels.
(in-small lots to suit purchasers). Also
SUNDRY FURNITURE, &c., &c.. (Removed to Sales Rooms for Convenience of Bala).
Consisting of: Electric Fans, Desk, Ice Chest, 2 Oliver
Typewriters, c.
And
A large quantity of Ornamental Brasa Ware and 2 Sewing Machines. Terms ---Cach.
BUGHES & HOUGH,
eductionsars.
Hongkong, June 7, 1918,
PUBLIC AUCTION.
507
THE Undersigned have received in- structions from Mr. Doo CHEONG Kis to sell by Public Auction:
on
MONDAY AND TUESDAY, the 17th and 18th June, 1918, commenç- ing each day at 2.30 p.m. at his premises "The Uld Post Office Building Queen's Road Central,
ALARAR CONSIGNMENT OPN CHINESE PORCELAINS,
EMBROIDERIES, KAKEMONOS,
IVORY AND JADE CARVINGS,
My Comprising beyn
A large variety of 5 and 3 coloured Vases, Bowls, Plates and Flower Holders, Be and White Figures, Ginger Jam, Buddhas and Wall Plates.
Old Brasses and Bronzes, -Ferineso
Rooms.
109 THE PEAK,
Apply C. H. GALE,
P. W. D. Hongkong, Mar. 28, 1918.
TO LET
TO LET.
N1st July.
377
、
Germany weak and emachted, D val there they tounds aumber of their uns in the lists of missing mea that had be went from our War Offer through Switzerland and pested in the
that excuse world he no justification for day****
Even if to any extens well founded,
the calculated brutality of the so-caller]. As late as November, 1917, there were
reprisals actually adopted, But a truth Limburgen-ban 1950 to 20,000 the excuse tsel will not hear examina-indelivered cool for Retish, prisoner First, **
on the tiersian western froits hy the
In the dispatch referred to dated with of chat amith's memorandung (80%) erlin, 24th Jamary 1917, the German in the White Paper Be the Cherasa Foreign Office alleged that while fer-vernment was sent to the Sether ands un prisners were employed behind the falling attention to the failure to foc front in Franc
several had been killed and wound. pied territories.
ZERT that Mard parcels to British prisoners in the
HO
(1) That Britisa prisonces of War were employed within 30 kilometres [last miles of the firing line at least As early as July. Bld. ... a consider able time before the German Govern- ment denied that much employment had
Numerous cures TO MORRISON HILL from commenced and woughs, te pustify it as
ed by German gims-hitherto un British were cited, in particular that of 7 Xaw- an act of reprisal.
prisoners had been similarly treated by Mandland, prisoners gaptured an April 14. (2) That-thear prisoners were treated Germany. This assertion was made six, and Brat reported on July 2, 1915. with the utmost brutality, and that months after the Germans, in fact, had a previous note verbule to Hestia most of the deaths at Dulmen attributed begtas to employ British prisoners in large (lated March 21, 2017 Mr. Balfour had by the Germans to sech enses as heartbers behind their front. The Reported, with names and particulars, 12 weakness and intestinal catarrh were, in inct, directly ine to starvation. "and ill. trestnent on the Western Freat.
Apply to
THE TREASURY. Hongkong, June 3, 1919.
TO LET.
No. 33. THE PEAK
7, STEWART TERRACE
4-rootner! FLAT, No. 36, The Peak.
Apply to-
·LINSTEAD & DAVIS. Hoogkong, June 1, 1918.
TO LET.
497
453
LAURNISHED FLAT in Queen's
Gardens, from 1st June.
Apply to PERCY SMITH, SETH & FLEMING.
Bonzkona, May 16, 1918.
A
TO LET.
427
FLAT in Nathan Road, Kosbon Four roomed HOUSES fa Kowloon
A SHOP in Nathan Road, Kowloon.
Apply to HUMPHREYS ESTATE & FINANCE
CO. LID, Alexandrs Buildings. Dongkong. August 22, 1817.
No.
INTIMATIONS.
continues
disin whicit postul facilities were being "Furthermore at the end of April, |vithheld from: British prisoners in ocen (3) Tast though an agreement was
1017, an agreement was definitely, con-pd territory, in spite of assurance to cinded between the Britisis and German the contrary made by the German tiorem. concluded between his Majesty's Govern-invernments that prisoners of war should rent of November 10, 1925.
ment and re German Government at.
the rid of April. 1017, net te employ kilometres of the firing line, Never not on either side be employed within prisoners of war within 10 kilometres of the firing lize, British prisoners were. up to the time of the most recent in- formation, being employed within, that limit.
A
(4.) That British prisoners were treat-
LODGING AND Cietaisa Rommons.
To add to their miseries, the ac theless, the Bernau Cominund continueurdation provided for the prisavers without intermission so to employ thei
was in many mises pathetically inade British prisoners under the inhuman conditions stated in this report. Adate. The witnesses regar to this gir and again. One sleeping place, for in that certainly until the end of 1917-sunce, for, a large patty was a barn with
with extrenie brutality on the West.arty be even until now-although it has no roof. The rain poured in upon the ern Frt up to within a few days 389an authorities, so far as the Committee Fetahes and work in the same elothes. Leing forced to work on totally insuffi-
never evanshee suggested by the Gert. They had to step in their wet cient food, unitil rendered taeless owing agreed upon has but been scrupulously sane of these prisoners, it they survived are aware, that the 30 kilotortres limit They had no change of any kind And to extreme weakness. That they were clwerved by the British Command in the log, were kept behind these enemy employed on work directly by Article letter a well as in the spirit."
likes for over a your.. Here is a
of the Annex to The Elague Convention,
men continued to
such work being immediately connected tione iu oficial German documents of the were accommodated 110 in a Tuca
Further, it appears that, the descripcription of neerudation at Lille with the operations of war. That these reprisals in contemplatiou are in subim by, 20s. We slept on the bare
arrive daring the ausuma and winter of 1917 at hospitalstantial accord with treatment which the ards without blankets. There was no and camps in Germany in misery and semi-starentina.
H state of
(3.) That British non-commissioned
officers (Detwithstanding their rank and
consequent exemption from TEADU
labour) have been compelled to perform manual labour, often within the 30-kilo- metre limit.
CALCULATED DECEPTION.
Compuster, frora the information in their possession, know now to have been in regular operation for mouths before either the threat or the so-enlied excuse for it and to have continued in regular opera that it should cease.'" tion after the solema promise of April
LILLED WOUNDED AND STARVED.
Inmans of sanitation 'except a barrel stand
in the enrer, of the com. It was se vald that the windowa bad to be closed
night, and, of 'epasse, the smell in the room was awful. gires any clothes.
We were never
1 April, 1917, three of the prisoners. wapfa avere No Man's Land" and The British prisoners we placed all were received by a major in the 1st. the way along behind the German frana Aizke L'orpe, un öfkeer on the Dengraf Helgium and France, large numbers. This is his report under date 18th. being stationed at Cambra and Lille. April: *
TO LET.
70, 67 THE PEAR, "LUSTLEIGH
HOUSES on Shameen, Canton. The report states that while evidence
Apply to ...
on the subject rapidly accumulates, the THE HONGKONG LAND INVEST-story is fuil detail will not be ascertain
MENT & AGENCY Co., Lenable until after, the close of hostilities. Their normat work included making roads, Three ren escaped from hebind the And this for several reusiems. As in repairing railways... digging trenches,German lines to as the other day. They sell known, both American and Dutch constructing wire entanglements; making had been prisoners three months and visits to prisoners in occupied districts guts, leading amannition, filling literally nearly dead with -treat- Inave Jalways her strictly forbidden by innnition wagons, and carrying trenchment and staptation. One of them could the German Command. The actual con- snortare-work forbidden by the laws of Hardly walk and was just a skeleton, dition of the nien there has accordingly war. The work, excessively bard. lusted He hate down from list. to less throughout her bidden from neutral eight to nine hours a day, with long wallow his st. ir three months. I fetched him eyes. Again, it has only been slowly to and fro, sometimes ix miles in each bek from the line, and it almost made that information frons other quarters has direction, and for long periods was career. All that awful January, and Feb. gradually altered through to this counried on within range of the us of the ary he was out all day in the wet and At this no surprise need be felt, Allies. Many were killed by these gased; no overcoat, and at night no blanket, for reasons that are obvious. That in re were wounded; deaths from starved shelter where clothes froze still on formation, however, has now become tion and over-work were constant. "One him: ns change of underclothing in three cumprehensive, and it is especially strikinstance of the Allied shell-fire myths and he was one uses of vermin. ing in this, that; goming awit does from given. In May, 1917, a British or thaar washing. The bodies of all every kind of independent source, all of French will hurt among a number of them stere untered with sores. Best it convage the same impression of acute British and French prisoners work on end starved, one of them asid behind the dines in Belgium-Seven werencer than through it again I'd just gender put my heed under the first railway?”. Appalling, evidence is given concern When sterly worn out the prisoner ing the systematie semi-starration of the were taken to camps in the interior of prisoners. We used to leg the sex-many, The evidence of 10 persons, said a witness evidence as untly, offoris, from five different compe
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to conditions at Margen, to allow manis as to the condition of these to prakting pestles uz dandelions men when they arrived. One witness to eat, we were so hurry in fact, we migles
were always hangry Anther witness of this year [1917] a large from Cambrai, said If it had not been party of British came into the camp whe for the French civilians giving us food hat returned from behind this Derman. da we went along the roads, we should lists: Their clothes were ragged, most certafoly have starved, the they were half shaven, verminous, ander, septries safe us make a movement, out
Ling fraju skin), diseases, and were half of the ranks to get food they would image with hunger and bad triatments mediately make jab at us with their • Alter their, Irrival the Commendant Representatives :——
BRANCHES A tifles but it was worse at forsiz, jo the excup jusued an order from which I JAPAN-Kosz, OHARA, TOSTO AND YOKS where r if a man stepped out of the yanka
que that my icre of these parties should, Nagasaki, Karate, Wakamatan, Moji.
he vos itamediately shot,..
be laken teranghy the rain, street of the Kure, Kobe, Osaka, Tsuruga, Nagoya, FORMUSA--AG, GIRAN, KAO, KLEINKE
but should go Yokohama, Tokyo Hakilite, Müstan,KILLUSO MAKUNG, PIKAS, SAIN To instübeen ate given in the evi.
CHIKU. TAICHU, TAINAN, TAKOW dence of men who weighed 28 when edit of the feeling Otaru, Vladivostock, Peking Timtim
captured. One was went back fron, the
reliked anionist the pur Dairen. Trinanfu, Hankow, Shinghai, CHINA-ANDY CANTON,
ToocHow, ring life to wrale to walk, weighing that the population showed KIUKIAKO, SHANGHAL,
great Taipeh, Hongkong Canton, Eatons.
NEESWATOLERANT has weighing no more. Author: man.
Baticaly the other escaped by the British dek wynpathy tears fe Manila, Singapore Calcutta, London | OTHERS-BATAysa, Bombay,
Aha oyidence, cited" LONDON, SINGAPORE, SOERAMALA, Jost 24tinix weeks Parcels und notes that person
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