WEAK INDUSTRIAL POSITION OF GERMANY.
THE END OF SUPPLIES FROM
TTALY,
In de following article the neutral correspondent of the man shows why the industrial position of Germany is kosa wound than the Germans declare it to be and how it will become aggravated by the intervention of Haly, through which country supplies of raw material have hitherto been obtainable :~
THE HONGXONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30th, 1915.
falling-off in production, the absorption of workman in the war industries, and the clever manipulation of financo have.
all helped to create an appearance that things are working smoothly,
F
total
LORD C. BERESFORD AT THE FRONT.
WHERE WE HAVE 4,900 GUNS WE
OUGHT TO HAVE 5,000.
WAR NEWS
CELEBRATING A VICTORY.
HERMAN AVAZUJEANT AND A CHINAMAN. The forliner Tageblatt reports that the Lord Charles Beresford returned to Third County Court on the 3rd uit, con Paris on the 25th at after a week's motor domed, to a fine of dive hundred marks. ear tour on the eastern French frout, ia merchant from Wilmerdorf, who on splendid health and spirite. His jour February 22 insulted the interpyuter Pyau ney extended to recovered Alster. He Ling and the Attache Chiang of the Chin- said:
est Legation.
But appeurages cannot alter the fact that the inck of rosential raw materials: is being severely felt. There is enough. for the war industries, but other industries are living on the dotes they receive from time to time. Even the most marvellous organization cannot produce petrol, gotton, or wool out of the German soil. In 1913 Germany sold to the rest * Great courlegy was shown to mi by all
The journal adds "The accused ex of the world goods Worth sone to generals. 1 was allowed to expressed deep regret. On this day he said, £120,000,000 sterling. The total German parade of the finest troops of Frane he had celebrated with a friend a hin imports reached The entry of Italy into the war on the £500,000,000.
of nearly magnificent men, marching along full of denburg victory and had drunk some fivej No fearrangement of the good spirits, very like men of my natió, litres of her. side of the Allied Powers will seriously home demand, no reorganization, no re- the Irish, in that reapret. All the officers the twa Chinese wore Japanese spies owing He said that he thought affect the industrial position in Germany. trenchnut, no financial prestidigitation, and men had a look of grim determinato their small stature, Reuter,
liavo already pointed out that the con- can in the long run avert the consequence:tion. After the parade and the hand dition of her industry is the weakest spot of this stoppage of raw materials, unless had played the National Anthem 1 had in the German armour. Though Germane the German armies are able to secure new to say something. I said, Now I've constantly assort in public that they resoureds of supply,
seen your Alpine chasseurs, all I can say
A now far better off than at any time since
is, Puuvres Boches Poor Boches.' It
prem
the sinking of thoj the outbreak of war, and that a normal
was a short speech, hat it went well under Toy. Its character, says the Daily Lusitania appears in the German paper state of things will soon be attained, tho
has gone all down the line. Everyone real situation is very different.
was much amused by it.
Nee, may be gathered from the follow- ing stanza salated as literally as possible ---
SCARBOROUGH "WAR"
MEDAL.
LIGHT ON THE GERMAN MIND.
A correspondent drew attention in the columns of The Times recently to the number of war medals issued in Germany, since the war began. The catalogue of an Amsterdam numismatist who is offering some of these trophies for sale is com- mented on in The Times of the 25th uft. as follow:--
It is from the iron and contrades that) the Germans draw the statistics which they use in support of their contention. But these trades have been less disturbed, by the war than any others. Trustworthy Gigures show, moreover, that even the production of iron and of coal has been adversely influenced. The output of pig-iron fell from a monthly average of nearly 1,000,000 tons before the war to 537,000 tons in August last, and has only gradually been worked up to a level of $10,000 tons, The coal output fell from 249,000 tons in July to 97,000, tone in Thoje nedals give some slight, but August, and eventually rose to 183,000 amusing, help for our better understand- tons, During the last few months there ing of the German mim?, The issue of has been a noticeable fall from this level. these medals is, of cours, a triffing mater, The sudden cutbreak of war caused but their qually and number-nearly 200 greater havoc in the industrial world that have been issued already make them as lost their heads, factories were closed, and the same way. is generally known. Many, manufacturers misses of workmen were discharged. Un sight.
But after a few days of bewilder- ment, which was increased by the rifling put of workmen and the stoppage of industrial bausport during the mobiliza tion, the German genius for organization was brought into play. It was imme- diately understood that military succosis would be of little account unless the people at home were kept employed. It was seen that masses of unemployed, with the attendant destitution and its paralys, ing influence upon the community, must ut all costs be precluded.
"I saw many other regiments and places I must not nate. I heard German shells and saw remarkable evidences of the power and accuracy of their guns There is no doubt that this is an artillery war Where we have one thousand we ought to have five thousand gums. Ther is so doule as to the final result, but we must keep at it and be prepared for anything.
HOW HE WAS MISSED,
PIRATE AS "POET."
**
The ship goes down with passengers and
Hurrah! a dousand German lives "twit
yao.
To guard, one fiobbsgrey hero, we would
strew
Ten Lusitanias gladly 'neath the wave. Not inappropriately, it is signed Caliban."
"At one place, the Germans sont a Tube to bombard my house. It. missed
GERMAN ATROCITIES. and killed a poor woman a few doors away. The same night, after 1 left, they
WORSE THAN DAVE YET BEEN PRINTED made a scochid attempt, Tho. nirman swooped down and dropped two hombs
A private of the 1st Seaforth High- The explosion just outside the door. covered the face of the house with mud anders, in a letter home, relates the story of the captured German officer filling the bed I bad slept in. The who had been gassed. The incident French authorities were of opinion that
Witness:" The soldier writes:---
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significant as the go-step, and in much-and-drove in the windows, the glass laughing at the sufferings of our men GENT'S
employment on a large scale was in bravery and fighting cupseity of the the attempt was the deliberate results already been mentioned by Eye-
DEGANIZATION OF INDESTRY.
The goose-step does not lessen the German soldier on the contrary, by its encouragement of the deliberately heroje the haughtily conquering attitude, it prob rhly makes him a better ghiera nevertheless it makes him ridiculous. So for the same obvious reason, these memorials of "glorious" exploits are ridiculous, to though no doubt in a lessor degree they also foster a belief in invin- cibility and soothe and encourage the populace of the Fatherland. What, for
information by a spy."
I
Lord Charles Beresford treated the matter as a compliment and said: must write to the Emperor and tell him what I think. I know him well. stayed twice with him and also, molored with him to many places in England. knew him when he was quite a boy. never thought he would turn out.such bad fellow.”
"I have nearly recovered from the
German gas poison, but a great many KIT BAGS
brave lads have died from its effects, When
wo had come to ir senses after the German trenches, taking a good number of gassing our regiment charged the
prisoners. Angst them was a Bavarian laughed at the men lying suffering from the officer, who, when he was passing as, In the course of his tour Lord Charles poisonous fumes and gasping for breath. Beresford was introduced to Sister Julie, He turned and asked with a smile and instance, is to be said of the issue of a heroine of the war, who nursed thee What do you think of that?
Thas sights I have seen committed by medals to commemorate the bombard-wounded while her village was being To this end the industrial leaders meat of Scarborough and the Hartlepools, burned, saved her patients from having Germans have been disgraceful. I have turned their efforts. It soon becarne tontfortified places" We laugh. their throats cut. defied the German a mother and child stripped naked and dead with many wounds. When you evident that fears of unemployment had and we can afford to laugh, at a proceed-colonel, and stopped further burning. been exaggerated. The demand for waring that displays so little sense of pro- Lord Charles Beresford has ligh praise see such things reported in the Press, don't supplies of all kinds caused a general portion; but it helps us to realize, not for the work of the British Ambulang think they are false, for there have been I found our 250 men many worse things committed them have rearrangement of industrial activity. merly how credulous are the German Committee. Every factory that would possibly be people, but how entirely they are obsessed working, under striet French discipline, yet been printed. Surely, when the young men of the British Empire realize such under dangerous conditions. 1 Haw adapted to the manufacture of war with the idea of "military glory." White wounded brought in from the firing line horrors, those who are not taking muai- inaterial was transformed, and the work we should never think of hcmbarding and heard their grateful remarks. I was tions of war should roll up and join the men who had been discharged were watering-places, we should also never speedily reabsorbed. in head of one think of such commemorations, simply delighted with all I saw, but must refrain Army or Navy. Will the people of Great of the large concerns in Silesiat told me because we have too much common sense to the military situation."
from detailed description, having regard Britain never vake up and take this horrible war seriously! Miles and miles that in bly works extensive preparation to be led away by romantic notions of the for the production of war material had vahte of war for its own sake. Of course already been made in peace time, and that Cerian leaders are too shrewd to be other works had been very rapidly adapted themselves deceived by that sort of theory to the same purpose. They had all been kept busy, though the margin of profit had of war; they have made war for very bean smell on account of the difficulty of definite material ends, but it is a theory liberating workmen who had been very useful for rousing and maintaining mobilized and of training new workinen the war frame of mind among their who had been brought in from different people, and to spread it every little, anch
as absurd war medals, helps.
čndustries.
The first step taken by the industrial Some of the medyla have been struck a leaders was to regulate the distribution of little prematurely, such as the Von Kluck military orders, so as to eliminate the medal to celebrate the capture of Paris- speculators and middlemen who sought to the city is represented in flames-and intervene between the military authorities another that commemorates the relief of and the manufacturers. By August & the Przemy; but a few little slips are two chief industrial federations. the perhaps excusable in eo large an issue. Band der Industriellen (Mmufacturers The exploits of Captain Müllor and Union) and the Zentralverband der Lieutenant Weddigen have been rightly deutschen Industrie (Central Association of German Industry) joined together and honoured, though the Bearberough meda! formed a War Committee of German rather cheapers the homur, and Hinden- Industry." This committee commanded barg and Von Spec are several times the whole industry of the country, and represented. Von Tirpitz seems to figure appointed a special commission to net only ones, but no doubt he will again as a link between it and the military appear when the Lusitania medal 13. naval, and State authorities. It took issued, over not only the distribution of orders. Many of the issues are satirical and the but was also entrusted with the work of sarcasm is, of course, of the heavy Ger- deciding the boat use to which the availman kind, facetious-rather than witly able industrial forces could be put," the The landing of our Indian troops at Mar- most efficient division of labour aung seilles has inspired the most vigorous. On the various branches of industry, and the the obverse side is a giant and hidegus organization of the supply of metals
"Tommy setting down a miniature Hand in hand with this reorganization elephant, with the inscription All right of industry went the organization of Weiter zum-Kritgrechauplatz" ca the credit. War-credit banks were created with the help of the Imperial Bank, to reverse side. A triumphal arch on the support the andertakings that had been stashore labelled "Vive les anglais-nous Similarly, the soires sauté" with an Indian under hard hit by the war. Labour Exchanges were called upon to neath bearing a banner inscribed "Grand Indiens-Marseilles." distribute in the most effective fashion attraction--des the available labour supply. A Central Office for the whole Empire (Reichszen- trade der Arbeitsnachweise) was insti- Luted at Berlin. It comprised ati organi- zations previously existing, those of the trade unions, as well as those formed by the employers. Employers and employed wero equally represented.
TESOUTORS.
A GLOOMY FUTURE.
MR. BALFOUR AT THE ADMIRALTY.
The Rev. Samuel Bickereleth, of Leeds, in a letter to the Times, saya
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is
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1915 to 31st August, 1915. Private R. E. St. Amery's leave
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RESIGNATION,
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who came over on a bombing expedition to our trenches-they were Bavarians and rather fine, men. They have not tried their gas lodge bere yet, but a lot of men came in from Ypres to the hospital suffering from it, and several died. Our Col. Dr., who has been in Egypt, India, and Africa, said he never saw such a sight LONDON CUTTER. as they were. It sets up soute inflam- mation of the lugs and the man geta smothered by degrees.
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also from jaundice. The cutbreak could not be accounted for, and a fow-daya ngo we were asked to secum a sample of water from a stream coming from the German position and joining a stream in rear of the trenches. This was sent in to be tested, and une grain of arsenic per pint
BISHOP'S MAY MEETING STORY.
20th June, 2015. A Requiem Mass for the repose of the of water was found, so they have begun Thus the war solved a problem which
In the light of the Cabinet changes, soul of the late Pte. F. M. Soares, who was their South African dodge of poisoning "They hard long been the cause of bitter struggle you may not think the following incident killed in action in Fence on 5th April last, the water supply out here: it may give a between workmen and industrialists.
will be held in the Roman Catholic Cathedral lot of trouble when we advance. too alight to be recalled: Among the difficulties overcome by this On a Sunday some 13 years ago, my Glenealy, on Monday, 5th July, at 7.30 a.m. are perfect savages, and will stick association of employers and employed has been the distribution of work to work neighbour of those days, the late John Members of the Corps intending to be pre-nothing. The only thing is to wipe them
sent are requested to inform the Adjutant out, but it will take time. men who, for various reasons, were, no: Penn, then M.P. for Lewisham, the head
Other of the well-known engineering firm, said early as possible, in order that seating war industrica. necupied in organizations for the supply of petrol, to me:" Yesterday I was going to play emmodation may be arranged for.
HONGKONG POLICE RESERVE. rubber, copper, etc., completed the re-golf with Arthur Balfour, and went to markable network of effective war co pick him up in Downing-street on the way operation which has hitherto enabled the to the railway station. He threw down country to make the most of its industrint the book he was reading, cad excused Wednesday, June 30th
Speaking at a meeting at Church House himself for going to sign some letters.
recently, the Bishop of Stepney-paid- before starting, and I had the curiosity
that missionaries were too apt to take it Yet, notwithstanding this succes and into pick up the book. To my surprise, it spite of optimism in other directions, was on my own subject, marine engineer
The Match against the regular Police for granted that wherever they went about religion. China missionary raul anxiety for the future & compara-ing, and I said to myself, 'Well, I flatter will take place at King's Park Range on they would find thousands of people keen tively near future-is to be found among myself that this is a subject on which at Saturday, July 3rd. at 2.30 p.m. sharp, at the industrial leaders. Not even the least I know more than my political 200, 500 and 600 yards, Bisley targets. Ten told him rocenily bow, after he had en Open Preaching for some time, he saw a Chine successful conversion of piano factories chief." But as we travelled from London men a side, best eight to count.
man enatemplating lira earnestly. Later into cartridge-making establishments, or to the south coast, I was almost led to sights, slings and Verniers optional, of silk spinneries into shrapnel works, change my mind, as I was put through The following will represent the Police he asked the man what he had been thinking of so seriously, and the reply Reserve:- can hide the fact that, outside the sphere such a searching catochism of inquiries as of war work the industrial activity of to first principles and their application Chief Inspector Mason, Sergeant Major was, "Oh, I was simply wondering wint Cermany is gradually slackening down that I had to recollect all I knew about Roylance, Sergeants Lammert and Sirdar on earth your boots were made of." After only 20 months of war Germany engineering. I felt there was little I had Khan, Arnott, O. Chan, Grant-Smith, Cooke, (Laughter.) has been reduced to the position of n son learnt which that man did not know, and H. M. Remedion and Potter.
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