1915-02-25

OUR LONDON LETTER,

[FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.]

LONDON, January 10th.. THE DURATION OF THE WAR,

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25TH, 1915.

wounded no country houses. After all, dalling out the people on a great emer gentle attentions at the hands of a charm-gency. This right can be shown from a ing girl for two or three weeks insuccessories of precedents to be recognised by the sion, in some anng country mansion, will probably bring wounded officers under the sway of Dan Cupid during the war, as some compensation for the loss of occum tion by that distinguished archer in other

The report that comes from Paris at tributing to Lord Kitchener the remark "I cannot tell you when the war will end,circles, but I can tell you when it will begin-in the month of May," very likely has more

truth in it than most tales of that sort

usually have.

I happen to know a good deal about the plans for the next few months, at Fleet Street nowadays has to be discreet, and all I can say is that by May two of the Kitchener armies will be at the front and

third will be training at home for the call when needed. The French are well aware of the intentions, hence the

articles in the French Press of late, prais. Į

GERMAN TRICES THAT FAILED."

Another trick of the Germans bas just been described by one of the military

medical officers who have just returned to England from captivity in Germany. In one place all the prisoners of war, officers and men, were paraded,

Then the Prussian colonel enlled out Men of the Munster Fusiliers and other Irish

They then

constitution and custom of this country- that it is the right inherent in the Crown to exercise this power according to the nevessity of such case as may arise, and to be limited by that recessity."'

THE LABOUR SITUATION.

The latest reports show that the labour situation in England is better than in road companies, are so hard hit by the October. Some concerns, Fike the rail-

active mecruiting that. I understand they have appealed to the Government to dis- courago any further men leaving the rail way service for the fighting line. At the Docks, also, the docker is a lordly person to-day, and he works only when he feels like it. The consequence is that there is considerable congestion on the Thames and also on the Mersoy

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ing British co-operation and hinting at the things that will be done when these had risen against England, and they had London would be busily preparing for the Al J. P. Comins

new forces join the allied warriors against the Huns:

The Huns themselves are also aware, to

a more or less exact extent, of the trend of events, and for that reason the past week has seen tho German railways en- tirely monopolised by troops and military stores, to the end that, if possible, a big

blow may be strück before, the new

Roman Catholic regiments, step forward The order was obeyed. marched the Trishnen away from their poor quarters to comparatively luxurious barracks, and there told them that Ireland been brought there to be invited to join their countrymen

on the German side The. against "the hereditary oneray." men were proof against the lie, and spurned the invitation with insulting As a result, they are occupying today even worse accommodation than

words.

before,

This story is in keeping with one well Kitchener men arrive, But at the pre-known in Roman Catholic circles in close sent there is no reason to believe that the touch with the Vatican. When the Ger tide of battlo is other than in favour of mans took some Irish prisoners at Mong the Allies, slow as their progress may be, they sent a telegram to the Pope, inviting and the only little set back, the with him to send chaplains for the Catholic drawal of the French across the Aisne at prisoners because England has not Soissons, was positively a victory for the allowed the Irishmen to have their spiri- heavy rains and not the Germans, for the tual leaders with them The Pope con bridges were washed away and the consulted the Irish callege in Rome, and the manicntions were, therefore, in some Germans were again foiled. danger.

THE KING AND THE INDIAN TROOPS,

The King has developed in these trying days a warmth of manner towards the heroes and the wounded that recalls the bonhomie of his father. To those who wout to Buckingham Palace this week to receive their V.Cs, and other orders he Was cordiality itself, and had an apt word

for everyone. Then at Brighton, he was most agreeable to the wounded warriors Frometde East. And surely be retired a tribute as great as any that rulor ever had, for when he asked a wounded. Sikh how he was, the man, who could not risc in bed, replied: "I caine from India to die for you, and when I am better I shall try to do so again."

NOTES FROM THE FIGHTING ZONE. 20

normal times the emigration offices in

Emigration, also, has fallen off.

Spring campaign on behalf of the Over seas lominions. But this year nothing of the kind is in coatemplation,

Two great emigration vans that used to tour the country on behalf of Canada, making mandeered by the War Office long ago. a stir in the country villages, were com Australian and Canadian statesmen are agreed, I understand, that all auch activity should cease till more normal tinca, and, meanwhile, all the manhood of the Empire should have an oppor. funity to strike for the common cause

CLUBS AND SUBSCRIPTIONS. Another result of the war is the casy attitude of the clubs as to subscriptions The National Liberal members who are honorary members till the end of the year serving abroad will be considered as those at home who are wearing the King's uniform will be regarded as country me bers; and all members will have the op- tion of paying their subscriptions by half- yearly instalments. Later on, several clubs intend to commemorate, by means of bronze or marble tablets, the names of those who have laid down their lives for their country.

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Mis J. A Randall.

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Mr J. Hert schlib... Hon, Mr E, A, Hewett,

Post correspondent writes "I hear that Mrs. B. H. Hough On the topic of rubber the Birmingham Mr W. J. Hodge the Governinent have now come to a deci-Mr R Hunter will permit the export of rubber from the Mr Hvan Heidenstam sion as to the conditions upon which they Mr. C. I. P. Hay British Dominions to the United States. Mr. P. Hamburg or Exporters in the United Kingdom and in Mr & MB.R. Irvin given licences to export under certain Mr M.T. Jones the rubber-producing colonies will be Mr K. B. Jegson guarantees. These involve the signing of rs E. L. Jones an engagement by the consignees and Mr & M. Joseph manufacturers with the British Consul-| Mr E. M. Josaph

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A doctor just back from France, after eulogising the cheery spirit of the British Tommies, says he found, in a tour of the French hospitals, that the pluck and determination of the French rank and file are equally worthy of commendation. No doubt of the ultimate victory over enters their heads. Moreover, actual active service has not impaired the satis action of the French with their officers and their commander-in-chief. This, in democratic France, where there is con- siderable camaraderie between officers and men, means more than in a country where respect is a matter of a greater social dis tance. The respect in France to-day is born of the conviction that their officers are worthy of the distinctions they hold The great need of rubber in Germany at Incidentally, this doctor gives the Present is illustrated in two important reports by the United States Consular gratifying information that the Allies are officers at Berlin. One of these states! amply supplied with medical necessities that, as a result of the war, German

chemists have been experimenting with the Mr Alison for at least four months ahead-a condi- object of discovering a satisfactory sub- Mr B Almond tion far better than the medical profession stitnte by a synthetic process, and that Mr.J. Arnold expected when the war broke out Our some success appears to have attended Mrs W. B. Bacelay own organisation in this department has important discovery has just been made

their efforts 1t is also claimed that an Mr & Mrs Escon

Miss Bacon been excellent, and from all parts of the in the use of coconut water as a rubber world besides, including not only our own coagulant, by which rubber of better Dominions but places as remote as the diced by the present method.

quality can be obtained than that pro- heart of the United States, have caine great supplies of anesthetics and other His speech in the necessaries of the baso hospital, went by the defeat on be Marne was over 5000 iss Crees

men and women who felt the Anglo-Saxon blood. tingling, even though the years have long rolled by since the contact with the Motherland was direct and personal.

The cold damp of the trenchesbas played havoc with the Indians, and most of"} them have been moved to the rear for the present. They had not sufficiently warm clothing when the cold weather came sud denly and many developed chils. That has been put right, but the bulk of the work by the Indians will have to wait

awhile.

LORD KITCHENER,

· Lord Kitchener pays flying visits to the headquarters in France, and to this and

that contre at home. Lords the other day was good as lor as it went, but if he had made

a more vigorous appeal the recruiting would have advanced all over the country as much as it has in Liverpool and one or two other places. But Lord Kirchener hates semti- mentalism.

The other report states that the number of large motor wagons used by the Ger- man army in its retreat in France after

and that an almost equal number was used in Russian land. after the defeat exclusive of the fleet of armoured motor- at Warsaw. These motor-wagons were cars, searchlight vehicles, motor ambu lance, and wagons for telegraph equip. ment. The manufacture of similar meana The Lord Chancellor's warning the of transport has been curied on iu haste

GREAT BRITAIN AND CONSCRIPTION.

Ho lacks the gentler magne other day that we might yet have to resort in Germany since the war began.

get

Lism of Lord Roberts, and if he can what he wants by the force of facts he

refuses to resort to appeals of motion

to conscription has rearoused an old con- troversy among politicians as to the extent of the Royal prerogative in regard

Those who know him call him a hugely to the Army. It was last raised in con-

TRANSPORT DRIVER'S UNION JACK VERSES.

efficient driving instrument, but scarcely ereto form over the employment of troops port Service, attached to the 1st East

human in his attitude towards the world.

was one

The waves of the boundless BJD,

Driver J. E. Mitchener, of the Trans- I heard the other day a little story that is during the great railway strike of August, Surrey Regiment, has returned from the front with a remarkable gift for poetry, characteristic and deserves to be true, 1911, but Mr. Churchill, who was then although before going out, as he says, he even if it is not. There was trouble with Home Secretary, effectively disposed of was "a plain man, little given to books." the canteen down at Salisbury Plain, and his critics on the old-accepted doctrine-Mitchener was wounded in the leg while a certain Colonel wrote to Lord Kitchener," Salus papuli supremsa "les" As that driving an ammanition wagon near

Ypres. moment it was not thought necessary to Ho received a to complain about it.

The following poem brief message promptly. I told him bring into discussion the extent of the Mitchener's first efforts t

THE COLOURS OF THE FLÁC. that a little reflection would demonstrate Royal prerogative in respect to the army. that the Secretary for War, with an Arma. Sir Charles Dilke, who was an authority What is the blin on our flag, boys? geddon in hand, had several other duties on such matters, once said, that he always. to attend to besides controlling a local deprecated a debate on the part of his camp canteen. If, the letter is said to Radical friends on this question, for he have added, the Colonel could not control. had never been-able to discover the limit his own camp, why not make way for to the Royal prerogative. Therefore, he Bomeone who could They say the story though it best to lest steeping dogs lie.

Now that Lord Haldane has clearly got out at Salisbury, and there has cer- tainly been no increase of discipline indicated that the prerogative will be. among those men in cursequence. They used, if necessary, to justify compulsory say, in fact-they are overseas men-that servico, precedents are being overhauled. hey will salute that particular officer beThe one most in point is that of the cause of the regimentals, he wears, but not for the man inside them.

THE LOT OF THE DEBUTANTE.

measure of 1803, when this country was in danger of invasion. To enable Majesty more effectively your

Where our vissels ride in their tameless pride And the feet of the winds are free. From the sun and smiles of the coral isles To the ice of the south and north, With dauntless tread through tempest dread The guardian slips go forth..

What is the white on our dag, boys? The honour of our land,

Which burns in our sight like beacon light You, dearer than fame is our land's great

And stands while the kills shall stand.

name;

And we fight wherever we be

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For the mothers and wires that pray for the Lt. Col. Gordon Hall,

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The case of the young girl to-day is not speedily to exercise his ancient and un- doubted prorogativo in requiring the one fur roay reflections. Debutantes of

his year can have no possible show at all. military services of his liege subjects in The con- Every dancing man is with his regimont, case of invasion of the realm."

stitutional doctrine enunciated therein was sustained and elaborated the follow

And so there will be no dances in smart

What is the red on our Bag, boys? The blood of our heroes slain

On the burning sands, in the wild waste

Innds, And the froth of the purple mein. And it cries to Gail from the crimson: sod And the crest of the wives outralled, ircles. Matrimonially-inclined mothers ing year by the younger Pitt, as Prime That He send us men to fight again save often expressed the conviction that Minister, who declared: Nothing ap. As our fathers fought of old.

faagirl did not steuro her chances in pears clearer to me than this proposition be first season of forty dances or so she--that the State has the right to call on would probably be free for three years the people to defend it, and that in the r more afterwards. But now there will Crown, being the depository of the power nly be the alternativo of nursing the of the State, in vested the right of zo

"We'll stand by the dear old flag, boys,

Whatever be said or done;

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