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THE HONGKONG DAILY PERĖS, SATURDAY, JULY Sisr, 1911.
HOW OUR FLEET LEFT.
LORD BRASSEY'S REVIEW OF THE
SITUATION,
TRIBUTE TO LORD FISITER.
A LUNCHEON WITH HERR
DERNBURG.
AUSTRALIAN PRESS CORRESPON- DENT'S EXPERIENCE.
In The Times of June 28th the follow- ing interesting letter is published :---
Sin-Listlessly turning over the pages of my office diary for 1914, I came across the entry on June 25th, Lunch with X at Carlton, 1.15, ket. Deruburg." Thereby hangs a tale. Ir the previous week the card of Mr. X had been brought
Lord Brassey, who for some years undertook the task of producing Brassoy's Navel Annual unaided, has returned to the control of the publication, his son, Lord Hythe, who for some years ably dis charged the duties of editor, boing engaged in the more urgent patrotic duty of enrolling and training Yeomanry In proparing the 1915 voluine, great discrep to me. The name was not familar. Mr. tion has
X soon followed his card. I found him been necessary,
Hays. The
a charming conversationalist and an engr Standard, and, a cute the British tales on all manner of subjects. Whe
will be of · Sevice and the British people, but it eval bour had clapsed I thought it well to in no way moist the chemy,"
Lola inar my visitor should come to the Brassey contributes a chapter, Consid-point if he had any business proposition eratiis on the Causes and the Conduct
o submit to me. Then I learnt that hi
of the Present War, and in a posteript presented a great German shipping written after Italy's intervention, he refers company in England. I heard that to the deep public feeling aroused you are sending a cable service to various said my throughout the world by the Lusitania uential papers in Australia, arine, und to the remonstranges by the thought we ought to know one "and as our company trades United States to Germany, in terms which might have been followed by a declaration of war. "It is seen, h says, that armed intervention would do nu good. Amerien nay, and will, help us in other ways?
Discussing the military situation, Lord Brassey anticipates that Rumanis will follow Italy's example, and although recognising that Germany is still fighting with tenacity, says: It may that Germany is approaching a situation of dire difficulty in recruiting for her armits, We may not be far from the time when a word spoken in-season from a position of responsibility would have a telling effect.' Let us ever again disarm,” he adds,
thero another. With that explanation he departed.
Two days later he came to see me again, and after some general gossip hrs broched the question of the arming of merchant-
Mare
He had very promong d views. Britain's caly object in arming ozem pers would be to checkmate Germany Germany had not, however, may intention of converting her minoth passenger and cargo steamers into ships of war, over, fritise ships were not built fo stand the disruptive concussion of naval guns, and even if the guns mounted international law prevented the shells being carried aboard the steamers, |while there were not sufficient R.N.R. men
rear liners was only playing at war could not be an effective naval policy, and certainly would engender bad feeling with peaceful Cermany.
Knowing that I had the hemour of your acquaintance, sir, Mr. X asked me to
Commander C. N. Robinson write, available to work thom. In short, arraing lengthy narrative of naval events and incidents (compiled chiefly from official documents) from the outbreak of hostili ties to May 4th. When an adequate his tory of the struggle is written," be says, "one chapter will be devoted to the story indelibly associated with the name of Lord Fisher, to whom the country owes a deep delit of gratitude for the many ralu- ablo reforms which marked his long perio of service. at the Admiralty Another chapter will describe the circum stances which preceded the outbreak of hostilities, including the authorisation by the House of Commons of larger Navy estimates that this entry had ever before in one year devoted to naval defence, and the timely mobilisation of the feet. These matters will be connected with the names of Mr. Winston Churchill and bis principal naval adviser, Prince Louis of Battenberg. To Lord Fisher the country owes the sufficiency and adequacy of the Navy for its work. To his suces sors must be given the credit of having the fleet in all respects ready for netion."
HOW WAR FOUND THE NAVY. -
me with a copy of a Shipping Register published by his office, in which tend ventilated his ideas. He also pressed ma to discuss the matter in the columns of my papers in Australia I andertook to think' over his arguments. It druck me then, and the impression grew as I turned over what he said, that you must know far more about the subject than I did and that our Admiralty must have had sound and sufficient reason for its policy. I di not therefore bother you upon the subject. I dismissed it from my mind as an interesting speculation which might b resumed at a more cowrient season, thought I wrote to friends in Australia about the incident.
After this came an insitation is ret I went. Herr Dornburg at luncheon. The German ex-Coloida! Serelars Wab extremely affable, and after a flew general questions about Australia, he inquired casually whether cur Commonwealth approved of the scheme for avming mer chantmen. Being quit uninformed upon
It is recalled that by an arrangement which proved most fortunate the usual grand inaneuvres of the British Navy in 1914 had been abandoned in favour of n-the subject, I acknowledged ignarane.. test mobilisation of the Reserves. This It's a great mistake," observed Her change of plan, decided upon five months Dernburg, seatontiously, pinprick earlier, was carried out on July 15th and Germany by such an impotent policy," the days immediately following. After as he turned to another of the guests at the inspection by the King at Spithead, the luncheon, My table neighbour, aj the squadrons on July 20th proceeded to German gentleman, who said he had sport sea to carry out tactical exercises in the many years in New York studying Ame Channel. Metinwhile the situation rican finance, asked me a myriad leading. between Austria and Serbia had become questions about Australia, and during a one of considerable tension, but it was paus in this verbal bombardment. I was not until midnight on July 26th that any wondering what it all meant, when Mr. definite measures of precaution affecting X, who was just beyond my cross- the arrangements of the British fleet examiner, leant behind him and genially became necessary. At that hour there was remarked, "I suppose you are saying fo issued the following notice by boyourself what deep-laid scheme is X up Admiralty: Orders have been given to to." The random guess naturally took the first fleet, which is concentrated at me aknek. Portland, not to disperse for maneuvre This, you will remember, sir, occurred leave for the present. All vessels of the a year ago to-day. Six weeks later we second fleat are remaining at their home were at ner with Germany. Quickly we poris in proximity to tacir balance discovered that events had marched slight
ly faster than German plots. And we that German ocean liners were know equipped with guns, shells, and gunnebs.
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of the Navy should be ready to act are new to us, but was can bear witness It was now that the plans of the Com-that they are by no means unique. mittes of Imperial Defence and the volume might be filled with the attempts arrangements of the Admiralty in con made by German agents, official and un- junction therewith were brought into play official, to influence the policy of The swiftly and silently. Not a few vessels Times during the years immediately but every ship in commission as a fighting preceding the war. unit had her appointed war station to proceed to. This was not at once recognised, and it only dawned upon the
public as the war progressed and the PENANG SCHOOL TRAGEDY. situation of some of the squadrons was revealed how complete and effective had been the arrangements of the authorities,
As the result of the death of a scholar
and the means of putting them into effect. at St. Xavier's Institution, at Penang, an
The only movement on July 29th, or
the day after the Austrian declaration assistant teacher, named Tan Kine Hoe,
of war, which became known to the coun-has been arrested and produced at the ory at once, was the departure of the police court on a charge of murder. The
As the ships, first flest from Portland
under the command of Sir George Callag cam was postponed till after the inquest, han, put to sea that morning there was bail being refused.
This is the account printed in the some cheering, and the bands were play- ing, but otherwise the vessels left their raste Eche:-A Chinese boy-abont base without the country being aware of fifteen years old met with an natimely they significance of their departure. From death this morning at St. Xavier's July 29th a curtain was drawa over the Institution. It appears that the last was movements and operations of the fleets at ordered by the monitor in charge to go see, which has only been raised at inter- and see the director because of some mis- He probably disobeyed this vals to reveal the actions with the cruxiy behaviour. War was declared by Germany upon order and was followed by the monitor. Russia on August lat, and early on the The boy attempted to run away from the following morning German troops com- monitor and, it is alleged, ran into a post mited the first act of war by invading and fell down unconscious. Medical Luxemburg.
arsistance was immediately summoned,
The but the lad expired shortly after. monitor, Tan Kim Hee, who is a school- maator at St. Xavier'a, has been detained at the Central Police Station.
This led to the British decision to call out the Reserves. The first fleet, consist- ing of ships perinaneatly fully manned, had already left for its war station, and the second feet, alsu maaned by native service ratings, had embarked its balance craws from the shore barracks and train ing establishments. All that was unces sary, therefore, to place the Naty on a war footing was to invite the Reservists
The Pinang Gazette says:A sad accident occurred in the St. Xavier's Institution shortly before nine o'clock this morning, resulting in the death of a Chinges, pupil Chin Kin Shin, about 15 years of age. It appears that he was sent
to come up to their various depots for our on a mission to the brother director
service in the third fleet. The respouse was immediate. When the emergency came not only was the fleet found ready. but its organisation revealed an elasticity in many directions which showed the fore thought and thoroughness of recent administration
by one of the assistant masters, or moni- tors, and while being led out he came in violent contact with a wall and becam
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