THE WAR.
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13TH,
FITFUL FIGHTING ON ALL FRONTS.
LORD KITCHENER AND THE DURATION
OF WAR.
WILL LAST A GOOD BIT LONGER."
FRANCO-BELGIAN FRONT.
(THROUGH HEUTER'9. AGENCY.]
FRENCH CAPTURE MORE TRENCHES.
LONDON, January 11th.
6.20 p.m. To-day's Paris communiqué says:— From the sea to Lys there has been intermittent cannogading,
Our batteries at Ypres cffectively replied on the German trenches.
GENERAL.
"HONGKONG'S OFFENSIVE
BYWAYS,
DISCUSSION AT THE SANITARY BOARD.
The usual fortnightly meeting of the Sanitary Board was held yesterday, the Head of the Department (Mr. G. N. Orma) presiding. There were also pro sent Hon Mr. E. R. Hallifax, Hon. Mr. E. R. Hewett, C.M.G., Lieut.-Colonel Gordon Hall, Dr. Fitzwilliams, Mr. F. B. L. Bowley, Mr. Chan Kai Ming, Mr. Ng Hoa, Toz, Dr. Francis Clark (Medical Officer of Health), Dr. W. W. Pearso (Assistant Medical Officer of Health); and Mr. W. Bowen-Rowlands (Secretary to the Board).
A letter was read from the Government in reply to the report of the Committee of the Board appointed to con- (THROUGH REUTER'S ACIENCY.}. sider the best means of dealing with the present insanitary condition of certain AMERICA AND THE BRITISH Janes and passages which are used in com- men by two or more teuants. The letter REPLY.
intimated that the sub-section recommend ed to be added to Section 29 of the Public Health and Buildings Ordinance would be considered when the next amending Ordi nance is contemplated.
LONDON, January 11th. A New York telegram states that Mr. W. J. Bryan, Secretary of State, says he desires to postpone comment upon Sir. Edward Grey's reply until the full docu- ments are received.
High Government officials, however,
Mr. E. B. L. BOWLEY minuted-That is
CONSCRIPTION FOR HONGKONG.
THE WORKERS AND THE SHIRKERS.
[CONTRIBUTED.).
1915.
holding forth in the bar of the Club about: the mistakes of Joffré or French or the Russians, we will tell him that these men did their duty while he
NOTES FROM PEKING.
[FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.]
PERANG, January th THE NEW YEAR.
Sometimes we almost, despair of our fellows. When my friend in the Reserves, who has passed fifty, told me about the Shirkers and their golf clubs, I almost
The New Year was officially welcomed loat hope of my country.. Then there with a brave show. Its advent was Lord Iosebery, according to the latest
flashed to my mind the story of "L" cables, advocates Conscription, and even heroes of Mons. It gave me a sense of by the firing of crackers and other noisy Battory and of Young Dimmer and the signalised in cortain restricted quartere Lord Haldane regards it as a possibility, proportion. In every hundred Britons demonstrations, and there were the usual A year ago it was unthinkable that either there aro ninety-five, oven ninety-nine,. of these statesmen would advance a plea worthy to be trusted to do as the men exchange of greetings and exchange of for compulsory service in the freedomtary. The one Shirker may be allowed to advice proffered by the police every door whose names will ring through this can visits. As a result of the suggestions or loving British Empire and a year ago the exasperate us, but not to let us lose faith displayed some choice sentiment expressed. writer would have regarded such a plea in our fee shirkers, but they will also on the appropriate red paper, and from in fellow-countrymen. The Workers with rong disfavour. Now he most save the gold as well as the dross. Many practically every house flags were ring, strongly advocates is. For the last few of the Workers will come back and our while floral festoons added to the pictur months have taught us the strength and children will learn hero-wurship. the weakness of those who, in the old though the Shirker, shirks, the Soul of the quenes of the streets. days, we thought just ordinary people. World will be saved by the Worker was The war has already set a new standard;
warks.
Even
The Government offices were closed, før, three days, and officials did not, of course, neglect to attend the Presidential recep-
the characters of our associates or perhaps it shows up in the limelight PUBLIC WORKS AT MAÇÃO. | tion, which was on a large scale. As
Men are dying daily in the trenches so that we, in Hongkong, may retain our birthright as citizens of the British Empire. "Maskee they won't touch Hongkong now that Tsingtau has fallen."
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asial, officials from the provinces travelled to tender their greetings to His Excel- lency, and those who could not have their duties for this purpose sent telegrams.
There is no doubt that, so far as Peking is concerned, the celebration of the New Year according to the Western calendar was fairly generally observed, but the
strong, as is indicated by the remark that last week's festival was a men's new year,
PLANT. Sometime ago the Macao. Government- decided to adopt modern fire prevention and sanitary methods, but as it is impos sible to use fresh water for this purpess Those words came from a man in the (which is not at present available in large
ed that sea water should be utilized for years old-and in the pink of condition. The MEDICAL OFFICE OF HEALTH minuted They were in answer to the polite enquiry this object.
as to why (1) he had not volunteered.
he placed the value of his job before his duty to his country, why had he not at least Joined the local Volunteers. And the answer was that given above.
not satisfactory, as it may mean a pos/Prime of life he is between 20 and 30 quantities in the district) it was suggest tiwient for China New Year is still very
ponement for years."
<
We seized a treach at Le Boiselle after regard the tono as entirely friendly, and I do not thing there is any fear of "post for the front, a most obvious duty; (2) if were entrusted with the order to supply the women postponing their customary
violent fighting.
Our troops, north-east of Soissons, repulsed an attack, and then carried two Ines of trenches along a frout of 100 wetres, and obtained complete possession of Spur No. 132:
believe that the discussions in the future will be carried on in the same vein. The controversy will now resolve itself into not so much a matter of the principle as the actual necessities of the case. They suggest, regarding copper, that Great There have been artillery duels also in Britain might make more effective Aisne and Champagne regions. We arrangements with neutrals contiguous to bombarded the enemy's trenches, shelters the belligerente.. and reserves.
Northwards of Perthes we defeated sounter-attacks, and mado
progress, kapsuring 200 metres of trenches.
The enemy made a strenuous endeavour
The Reply, on the whole, is regarded as satisfactory, though the State Department will offer figures combatting some of those quoted by Sir Edward Grey.
DURATION OF THE WAR.
COMPULSORY SERVICE.
Messrs. Maconald Co., of Hongkong
and install the pumping plant, and this has now been completed.
The site of the pumping station is on the sea shore almost immediately below the Quia Lighthouse.
celebrations until later.
The newspapers took a five days' holiday, and the first issue of the new year was in every instance printed in red. Que of On the seaward the best sketches ecen in the vernacular side a very strong retaining wall has Press was a tiger (1914) shaking hands site (150 feet) with its foundation built been constructed the entire length of the with a rabbit (1915).
on solid rock. This wall will have to
portion of the walls of the building aro
PERSONAL.
There have been a few thovenents among
ponement for years." There is as accumulation of small amendmente which are sure to be taken in hand at no distaat date; perhaps after the war is over tion at the Government's reply to their Mr. BowLEY expressed his dissatisfac
recommendation, and emphasised the
It is, perhaps, too much to hope that necessity of dealing with the matter at we can compel the unmarried young men onco, The matter had been discussed for to start Home for the front (although they considered by the Special Committed of than the courageous fellows who have stand the full force of heavy seas the ranks of the foreign correspondente. a good many years, and it had been fully can be spared by the nation, more readily
the Board, and the Committee and the volunteered), but at least we can suggest during typhoon weather, hence great care. David Fraser, The Times correspon Board were unanimons in recommending to the Legislative Council that there was taken in its construction. The lower dent, has returned after a seven months' this addition to the Ordiance. The should be an Ordinance to compel every of cement concrete, surmounted by four holiday at Home, but will only romain business as usual for those not on Volunteers or the Reserves. There should roof of the building of Canton bricks set. F. Moore, of the Associated Press, is also British Empire had adopted the motto of male, in fit health, to join either the
feet of granite masonry, and thence to the here a few days before going on tour. Mr. active service, and although they knew be no exceptions. The spirit of the local in and faced externally and internally leaving on a two or three months tour, and that several honourable and gallant mein doctor who offered his medical services, with cement mortar. The roof is of his duties will be undertaken by Mr. F: L. bers of the Council were taking a very and when they were declined fell into Chinese tiles (double) supported on China Pratt, formerly of the China Muil, and that did not occupy the whole of their learn to shoot, is a thing to admire. It foundations of the mping sets and re York Herald closed its Peking time, and there was plenty of time to pass is a fallacy to assume that a doctor should motors are of cement concrete set on solid Bureau at the end of the year, but Mr. uncontentious amendments to the law. He be exempted from service if he is not rock, proposed as a resolution that the Govern needed in his professional capacity. The
W. H. Donald will remain in Peking for ment be requested to take the subject in men who are too old for service should of the building are three in number, con
The suction wells situated at the front some time as acting Times correspondent. Mr. R. Bate having resigned from the hand at an early date,
do the censor work-every one should be structed of dry masonry and cement mor- editorship of the China Times in Tientsin made to realise that the Empire is in the tar, backed with cement concerte. They will start there in the course of this month midst of a ghastly struggle and that hed to a depth of 3ft. Sin. below the new British daily to be known as the level of low water spring tides., Water must do something.
is supplied to the wells by cast-iron pipes Vorth China Daily Mail. His place a 15in, diameter and 120ft. in length. At the Chiun Times is taken by Mr. Wu Lai- Hou. Mr. HEWETT seconded. broken down because of the Shirkers, the seaward-end of the pipe line a strumahsi, so that we have the spectacle of a
to re-capture the redoubt to the north of WHAT LORD KITCHENER THINKS. active part in the defence of the Colony, the ranks as a private so that he could fir purling and steel roof trusses. The later of the Far Eastern Review. The
Beausejour. They attacked with two battalions, in the second case in close formation, but both were repulsed with most severe punishment.
LONDON, January 19th Mrs. Parker, sister of Earl Kitchener, opening a Soldiers Wives Club in Elsewhere the front has been main London, said that from what she could gather from her brother in occasional chats, he thought the war would last a good bit longer," and that more men were
lained.
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There has been a heavy full of snow in the Vosges,
Some shells fell at Old Thann and on HI No. 435.
GERMAN AERO PLANES
LONDON, January 12th.
3.15 a..
The Paris communiqué last night stated that there is no change in the situation.
Two German aeroplanes attempted to approach Paris, but French aircraft
repulsed them.
PRESIDENT POINCARE'S
CONFIDENCE,
LONDON, January 12th President Poincaré, speaking at Haze brouck after returning from the front expressed the opinion that we ought now to be more than ever confident of the
triumph of civilization over barbarism.
RUSSIAN FRONT.
needed.
SMILING TOUJOURS, "SPLENDID HAGGARD HEROES,"
The following letter from the front is. dated November 27th:
I can't tell you where ware, but from the papers you might infer that we are in Flanders. In spite of very heavy losses, of which the casualty lists are a true indication, we are inflicting even more severe losses (much more) on the Dutchman, completely. Our men in the trenches and are holding him
!
The MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH pro D. FITZWILLIAMS Seconded, posed as an amendment that the matter be allowed to stand over, and to come up be fore the Board again in three months' time.
separate amendments.
there voted-The President, the Medical The amendment was put, and for it Officer of Health, Hon. Mr. Hallifas, Hon. Mr. Hewett, and Lient. Colonel Gordon Hall. Against-Dr. Fitzwilliams, Mr. Bowley, and Mr. Chan Kai Ming. Mr. Ng Hon Tez did not vote, and the amendment was therefore carried.
have had a terrible time, as every one at home must know, and they have gone through it and will continue to go through it like heroes, and smiling toujours The Germans were before us in the use of devices such as saps, trench mortars, and hand-thrown bombe, and all the brutal artifices of slaughter, but, as. usual, we are following them up and going at least one better, and are killing SANITARY BOARD ELECTION more of them than they of us. At present it's a more matter of killing-there is
It is notified that an election of two none of the sporting side of war, no man members to the Sanitary Board of Hong- euvring and strategy and little tactics, kong will take place on Friday. the 22nd only, burying ourselves and one another in nasty clay dilches (after digging them) ist. An official advertisement on the and then burrowing about to get at one subject will be found in another column. another.
Mr. F. B. L. Bowley and Dr. Fitzwilliams
In Hongkong, the voluntary system has
re
FOR THE SOCIALLY AMBITIOUS.
box is fitted below L. W S T. level. cement tiles and the walls to a height of in Tientsin, and a Chinese paper int The floor of the station is laid with British paper being edited by a Chinosa eft. with white glazed tiles, the interior Peking edited by a British subject. presenting quite a neat appearance, travelling crane is provided to facilitate work in overhauling machinery etc.
The consists of two sets ington Power Pumps, each set fitted with of 13in. by 12in. vertical triplex Worth
brass plungers, brass lined glands and gauges, etc., the capacity of each set neck bushes, delivery air vessels, press being 40,000 gallons per hour agains: a functions. head of 260 feet.
An organisation has just been formed young Chinese ladies especially to acquira in Peking with the object of enabling ̈
at case when they attend foreign socia! experience which will enable them to feel
It is intended to hold social
mators of the following description ang singing and music, and as foreign guests The motive power is supplied through evenings, when there will be dancing, and being directly connected to each set will be invited it is expected to give the Protected type three phase induction timid young Chinese ladies an experience motors fitted with damp proof imprégna- tion, three ring collectors, complete with which will prove helpful in the social life all accessories and guaranteed to develop of the capital I am told that there aro- Do B.H. P. at 250 Volts, 750 revolutions.
The PRESIDENT asked the members to My friend, who has passed his fiftieth allow the matter to stand over. There year, turns out for a field day with the were some more ancndments to be made Reserves It is likely to be strenuous for in the Public Health and Buildings Ordi-
a man of his years, but somehow or other Dance later on, and it would be better if the sub-section suggested by the Special pay his silent respect to those who have Committee of the Board be added to the pay his silent respect to those who have amending Ordinance together with ho faced Hell in France and Belgium so others, thus avoiding the inconvenience of that he and his kiddies may say again,
Britons never, never shall be slaves." young nephew who will never again My friend thinks of his sister's boy, his return, he thinks of his own brother, a man twenty years his junior, who has left his wife, child, and a good job, to "follow the call and the colours and to save the Soul of the World." My friend knows that if his brother falls, upon him will come the burden of the support of the widow and child, but any friend says to himself, Well done, Dick, my lad, at lenst you have done your duty.” And in the midst of these sacred thoughts
per minute, three phase, 50 periods. The three Government University, professors looms up on the horizon the Shirkers. Dators were manufactured at Stafford, who have reeenily returned from Berlin and twenty, off to the Happy Valley golf vision has been made for the installation. Two of them-young men of about five England, by Messrs, Siemens Ltd.
Pro with the latest dances, and they are of a third eet for future service.
naturally regarded as acquisitions. course! The Volunteers and Reserves are out for a field day-and the Shirkers play Electric Co., Ltd., at 000 volts, and Chinese, men like Ku Hung Ming, view The current is supplied by the Macao | Needless so say, the old-fashioned type of golf!
That is why compulsory service is neces, colled
transformed to 250 vulte through an oil-
transformer at the Pumping such an organisation with unmixed scorn. Under almost any system the Staticn. sary. Shirker will continue to shirk, but let us ments. switches, cut-outs, etc., are fitte i All necessary measuring instru make it as difficult for him to do so as is complets, and each motor is provided with
The foreign community in Poking has a liquid starter.
practically given itself up to skating these CARRYING THE BURDEN.
Water is delivered through a pipe dine days. There are four rinks, the Peking When wat broke out there was great 10in diameter, 1,320ft. in length, to a
Club- Rink, the American Legation riak, and Reserves were shaken up considerably. ed of inasonry and cement concrete, the the Japanese Legation rink, and the netivity in Hongkong, The Volunteers | height of 260ft. into a reservoir construct The Engineer Company of the Volunteers capacity of the reservoir being 400,000 International Club Fink, and they provide The coast shipping traffic of Japan two nights out of three they were on duty.
were put to work on the tearchlights. For gallons.
"On Tuesday the 5th inst. in the pre- the exercise which has been lacking since We are giving rm, and British troops, now at the lowest ebb, the steamer freight After a few we ks it began to occur to braziers in the trenches, and one enteron coal between Moji and Yokohama Fav soms of the more public-spirited people Director of Public Works, J. Parhphirio,
sence of Benor R. M. de Faria Maia, tennis was discontinued, Hockey a to attack our first line on the left bank prising sapper hins even sent for eleotrie ing declined to the bed-rock rate of:50 in the Colony that they, also, might help Executive Engineer, J. Chavis, Electric Betting under way, and some fast games
radiators from Paris on trial, to be per ton. worked by the power used for the tele-
The reverse is, however, the case whohered for this decidedly unpleasant of Macao, and Messrs. D. Macdonald and the ice on the canals, but skighing ou to bear the burden. Many of the Reserves Engineer, representing the Government may be anticipated. The dust has ruined phones and searchlights in the trenches, the coean-going service. Of course, we have only the military races over here and people at home should for carguns destined to framed fod men from other Companies transferred to the official trials were carried out and
A very successful A dearth of vessels is now painfully felt night work, and some of the younger : Ormiston, representing the contractors, pideas continues. know that it is not only Sikhs, Pabans, India, which lie congested in a consider the Engineers clerks, business before machinery worked with the utmost smooth New Year's Eve, and a lantern procession proved highly satisfactory. The gathering took place on the Club Rink on and Gurkhas who can fight. Rajputs, able quantity at many Japanese ports - does not matter what they were
Tramp vessels of over 5,000 tons class, The Shirkers excuse themselves with the, the output of the pumps being con every bit as well-perhaps the Jats have by the 15th inst, at about fifteen per cent to run the searchlights. That is a lie. Ballons per hour for en form and Garwhalis and Dogras are doing which were taken up on a time-charter remark that it requires a technical mansiderably over the guarantee of 40,000 formed a very picturesque feature: done a shade better than any so far.
placed on the ocean-going service. Ves defence work of the Colony are engineers over by the Director of Public Works higher than a normal plane, have ben Not one half of those doing the night. The plant has now been formally taken sels of larger type are in a brisk demand by profession.
{TANOUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.].
GERMAN TRICK THAT FAILED,
LONDON, January 11th..
5,26 p.m.
A Petrograd communiqué states:- The Gormans, night aid day, attempted
of the Vistula, but were repulsed
The Germans attacked and reached our entanglements eastward of Skeirnevice. They began shouting "Don't fire on your
own, men," but the Russians were not deceived and poured a murderous fire on the attackers and then counter-attacked, driving the Germans back with great losses.
in Galicia.
TWO TURKISH COMPANIES
The native troops, in spits of being in a strange land in a war strange to them, and in bitter and terrible cold, have done magnificently they would not do magni-
are the members retiring by rotation,
ficently without British officers, but they SHIPPING TRADE IN JAPAN posibl
WATERS.
are magnificent and have done some, most splendid, things. They are excellently: fed and furnished with warm clothes by Government, supplemented by generous BRISK DEMAND FOR JAPANESE presents sont from England by the wives and friends of their British officers, and they appreciate it, as their letters show.
Jats, Punjabi, and Deccan Mussulmans,
TRAMP VESSELS.
1
SKATING.
SDUCATION..
A long Presidential Mandate which sounds very impressive was issued on New Year's Day on the subject of education,"
We want all the men we can possibly get that is the universal cry; and money unlimited for big guns, howitzers, search-
Indeed, most of the lights, trench mortars, and trench bombs, and Australia, but also from, South, panies, such as the Scouts or Artillery, not only from North America, Europe, engineers of the Colony are in other Com We maintained contact with the enemy Every pound grudged is a life or several America, Mexico, etc.
The Calendar for 1915 issued by the It amounted to nothing more than a dis- lives lost. I am now in a comfortable The boom in the shipping business in oa in the Engineer Companies of the for whom the British-American Tobacco
Bat any intelligent individual can carry Westminster Tobacco Co., Ltd, London-ertation, somewhat prosy as read in the billet, always warm and well fed, and the Atlantic Ocean has attree.ed thereto Volunteer and Ro erro force of the Co. are agents in Hongkong and South translation, on the ressity and the feeling a beat because I ain not in danger.
a large number of foreign vessels, and Colony after a few days training. There Chinn to which refe enca is made in the advantages of a national system of educa- or undergoing hardship, when one sees goods, especially Kyushu coal (lump) is really no reason why the Shirkers Company's advertisement appearing onion, but it may have some good result in these splendid baggard heroes going into which had hitherto been shipped mainly should not be made to do a month's con and leaving the trenches, But, after all by British vessels to Mexican ports, tinuous night duty.
another page, is a very artistic production preparing the Chinese mind for the needs only three fifths of a modern army can be being carried by Japanese vessels.
in the form of a folio of four pictures of the country in this direction. in the fighting line. The Allebosches
In consequence, the s.s. Keskin Mary,
lightly attached to cardboards measuring are, shelling this town every day, and if owned by the Kishimoto S. S.
They are in the minority; in the Colony about 2ft. x 1ft and bound together by
BURSO-CHINESE FRIENDSHIP they fired a bit more to the right would Dairen, has been chartered by a coal there are, happily, only a few. The two blue ribbons. The frontispiece is a hit us; but no one minds... At present.
Following the example of other capitals The Russian Army in the Caucasus has ther have only hurt an empty field, a merchant of Moji to take up this line of finger of scorn will be pointed at them reproduction in sol-urs of The Pool of
tablic quare, and some private houses, trade and left the latter port last Friday in days to come, if they have hitherto London," by A, Wildo Parsons, R.W.A., and other nations, Peking is to have a achieved further successes, capturing two and killed some women and children. It for Mexico, with 4,500 tons of Kyushu ezeaned. For five months men have been while the other pic ures represent types Russo-Chinese Ascociation in order to giving up their lives or the field of battle, of feminine beauty by a Preach artist consolidate the cordial rolutions between Turkish Companies and two mountain is a wanton bombardment of a town secu-
She is the first Japanese tramp veel and for five months the Shirkers have (F. Barrabel) There nictures are colour pied solely by civilians and a Red Cross going from Japan to Mexico-Manchuriz been shirking. guns.
hospital,
We will never forget, 1 by hand on linen and are suitable for the two peoples and to work for a better Daily News.
Ten years hence, when the Shirker in framing.
understanding.
CAPTURED.
LONDON, January 12th.
7.15 a..
A Petrograd communiqué says:-
Coal
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