WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16, 1932.
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REDUCED THROUGH TICKETS TO EUROPE VIA U.S.A. VARYING Shipping.
FROM £79 TO 1120 ON SALE.
AN FRANCISCO eta Shangha, Japan Ports & Honoluis.
Wednesday, Wednesday,
23rd March. 6th April.
-EATTLE, VANCOUVER vla Shanghai & Japan Ports,
Tuesday, 20th March. Tuesday, 26th Apr. LONDON, MARSEILLES, ANTWERP & ROTTERDAM via
CHICHIBU MARU
TATSUTA MARU
KIYE MARU
HEIAN MARU
Singapore, Penang, Colombo & Suez.
KATORI MARU
Saturday,
KASHIMA MARU
Saturday,
SYDNEY & MELBOURNE vis Atanila & Parts
ATSUTA MARU
Saturday.
KAMO MARU
Saturday,
10th March. 2nd April.
20th March. 23rd April.
MANILA.
TATSUTA MARU
Thursday,
31st March.
BOMBAY vía Singapore, Penang, & Colombo.
TANGO MARU
Sunday,
TOKIWA MARU
Tuesday,
27th March. 12th April.
Los Angeles, Mexico and Panama.. RAKUYO MARU
Thursday.
NEW YORK, BOSTUN via Panama,
+ TOBA MARU ... LIVERPOOL via Port Said,
Monday, Beyrouth, Istanbul,
17th March.
11th April. Perseus, Genos,
& Valencia,
Saturday,
18th April.
↑ PENANG MARU
+ HAKODATE MARU
Tuesday, Thursday,
29th March.
7th April.
SHANGHAI, KOBE & YOKOHAMA.
KAMO MARU (Nagmanki direct) ... HAKONE MARU (omit Shanghal) -
Friday,
18th March.
Friday,
18th March,
† YAMAGATA MARU (Nagasaki direct) Thursday,
24th March.
SOUTH AMERICA (West Coast) via Japan, Honolulu,
+ LIMA MARU
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24th Mar.
BAILINGS FROM HONG KONG SUBJECT TO ALTERATION.
RIO DE JANEIRO, SANTOS Santos Maru
MOMBASA ZANZIBAR Arabia Maro
DAR-ES-SALAAM, BEIRA,
MÀRQUES.
BETH & CAPETOWN
Tues.,
5th Apr.
THE
CHINA MAIL.
Shipping
Intelligence.
THE GERMAN NAVY
OF THE GREAT WAR PERIOD.
When the Kaiser's "Coolies" Turned Against Their Master.
"I'll teach you how to shovel coal. Call that the goose-step! Stretch your damned feet out! Detachment halt! Stand easy! Keep your ayes wa that mud."
At their feet lay a puddle of rain.{ "Down-upi Dowal-up! Down-" They lle there with their faces in the puddle....
Down with Everybody! Then after months of seething The
An incident that shook Germany's ship, but not all of them. "Where's unrest the storm breaks. faith in herself and so helped to end Willy got to?" one
of the officers go about with revolvers In the War was the mutiny of the "Soydlitz's" asks; "and Louls and their pockets, but they can no longer sailors at Wilhelmshaven and other the Danziger," "Man, they haven't keep their mon in check:-
Officers coming down from the great waval bancs. If the treat- got inspection faces; they're down ment of the German bluejackets, as in the bilges with the fatigue bridge are pelted with buckets, described in "The Kaiser's Coolies," party." A couple of hundred men boots, boiler scales, anything that in handy. Arms. Flats. by Theodor Plivier (Faber and have been shut up in the under-comes
picture of the "Victor of Faber, 78, Gd.), is true, one can only water compartments, while the in-The
Lamps wonder that the mutiny was so long spection goes on, to prevent them Jutland" is torn in pieces. delayed.
being seen by their Supreme War are broken, rifles and ammunition served out. Shells for a secondary But there were murmurings early Lord.
The men are here in the War.
put against armament
ready... talking about their dead comrades their officers.' Shore leave is pro- aristocrats! The cut-throats! Thei who perished in the "demonstra-mised, but it is made as difficult to Imperial Navy! Down with them tion" against the English when the Blucher was sunk:- "Sheep to the slaughter." "And what for? A parade.” "A demonstration, and useless that."
Still the men murmur
const obtain as possible:--
all!
"Liberty men. fall in for inspec- tion!"
Commander Kessel himself in-
**
The
"Down with the ensign," they shout. And down it comes:-
A pair of arms wave a swab in
at spects the parade. He walks-along the air, a dirty swab used to wash the ranks drawn up on the dark the decks, old and frayed with the
"If only one of those damned Bri- deck. "That handkerchief is not sweat of innumerable tish neroplanes would came and drop tied properly!" "Boots not polish
tenced to extra work.
coolies sen-
"The swab-tie it on!" "Ready... all of you. Up with
n bomb on the fleet flagship. Right ed!" "Cap battered." "This fellow an the C-in-C.'s cabin."
has dirty nails!" "We needn't eft here and grumble,
About twenty men he picks outfit"
The swab rises in the air; hangs needn't wait for a British airman.] for improper dress and dirty nails. If I had my way, not a shovel Instead of going on shore they must up there, at the gaff; at which, dur- should move next time a couple of muster each other's kit....
ing four and half years of war and ships are to go out by themselves. Some of the ships are sent to sea, from the very foundation of the Either all goor none."
mostly as mine-sweepers and mine-navy, the symbol of the Empire has Their ships are rotten, they say, layers. Que ship, on which Herr flown. the engines too slow, the guns Pilvier served, returns "after an Such was the end of the proud. over five seas, Imperial German Fleet. The haven't a long enough range, the unparalleled cruise
Coolies" They hate after laying mines off the important "Kaiser's.
had turned leadership disgusting. their officers, these volunteer sailors, harbour of four continents, and against their master. Herr Plivier's! most of whom were "pressed" into sinking 30,000 tons of enemy ship-is an unforgettable book. the service from merchant ships.
ping":-
our
It has the same bitterness, the same grim;
CONSIGNEES' NOTICE
The Kaiser's Visit.
In Kiel Bay we drop anchor. realism, of "All Quiet on the West- Sent out era Front"It is the "All Quiet" of Even when the Kaiser pays a visit After 144 days at sea. of inspection there is the same bit-to drown. Our obituary notices the sea-Joka O' London's Weekly. ter note. "While his Majesty. Iaļ have been written long ago and dis- still fur off, lying in the sleeping patched by the Admiralty to car of his special train as it dashes relatives. And now we have come across the country, the crews are back and are at Kiel
One hos fallen in on board the ships and in pital-ship disembarks the sick, an- the dockyard at Wilhelmshaven. other the prisoners... They stand in long lines, their dressing perfect" :---
for orders and decorations..
Making an Example. When they arrive home they find
And cident":
Consignees of cargo ex 8.8. Bengloe are reminded to take de- livery of their goods which will, be subject to rent after March 19.
A bid must be made for the ap- the situation at the bases uglier 5th Apr.proval of the Supreme War Lord, than ever. Here is a typical "in-
the lower dock ratings HONG KONG TIDES. a well-disciplined and faultlessly-have refused to fall in for duty; a 9th Apr. drilled personnel is just as im-lieutenant determines to make an. |portant-perhaps even means more example of one of them:----
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Sat.,
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-than a victory at sea.
NEW YORK via Japan ports, Kwanto Maru (from
One hour has passed.
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Thurs..
241h Mar.
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Sat.,
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Fri
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The time used is Standard, or mean time of the meridian of 120 deg. E your 00h. is midnight, 12hrs, is noon. The face as- heights are referred to the datum of the largest scale Admiralty chart of Into the the place and should be cdded to the deck depths given on the chart unless pre-
"Seaman Bulow, up to work."... Bulow's heavy Two hours have passed.
sumes a fixed expression. Divisional officers, commanders, farthest corner of the mess captains, admirals in command of penetrates his voice.
"If Bulow won't, he won't." battle squadrons, have made their preliminary inspection. The finish- With these words he seizes his 19th Mar.ing touch, so to speak, has been seaman's knife and drives the blade
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WARSHIPS IN PORT:
The following British warshipa
were in barbour to-day;***.
Bridgewater......In dock. Bruce South wall, Cumberland-North_arm. Devonshire.--No. 6 buoy, Herald-East wall
Wort wall: In dock
SANG WO
4th
Ltd...
Medway & aula-No. 2 bay.
Moth-In "Taikoo dock. Pandora-East wall.
Parthian No. 10 buoy. -Proteus-East wall.
Seamow-North_wall" „Tamar“ Basin, Aust Whitehed
Wall.
given.
The men, standing with through his hand. His left hand their hands and faces blue with cold, pinned to the table, be stands with are only allowed to move their knees, bent back and stares at the master- Man is fine material! No monkey at-armis. or circus horse could do this!
ceded by an asterisk (*), when they should be subtracted from the depths.
March 16 to 22, 1932,
Date
Mar.
Wed. 16.. But on other ships the officers are
17 ..
"Not Much To Look At." still topdoga-for. the moment, at Thurs. Finally the Kalsar arrives, and any rate. One division is too slow the men are allowed to wave their in coaling. This means punishment Fri. caps three times. The tension is drill under the eye of the divisional Sat.
broken and the "coolies" have a officer:-
High Water Low Water
· Standard Ht. Standard HL
Times.
Times. H. M. F. H. M. F.
14 21 6.8 23 49 1.5
15 42 5.9 17. 85 19. 09.
18..
1.2
30 0.8
20 09 10 4.8 02 10 0.6 18 20 8.2 21.. 09. 25 49 02 45 -0.5 20 48 7.2 14 10 2.6 09 45 5.2 0820 0.0
chance to express their feelings:- On ahoré, among heaps of coal, Sun.
"Well, he's not much to look at." he makes his men stand with knees
Mon. "The old bloke with the beard feet bent minutes on end, do the goose- long is Admiral Tirpitz." Most step and keep on lying full length Tues. 22 of the crew is fallen in, opposite the in the mud..
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