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Joseph Lenoir, formerly of Dudes ingon, Luxembg, has arrived in New York as a refugee from the Grand Duchy where, according to his statements, a tho Central News correspondcut, intoler able conditions prevail under the Prus
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COUNTER MOVES THAT BAFFLED THE RUSSIANS:
[BY LIEUT-COL, ROUSTAM DEX.]
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The Russian Headquarters Staff was long baffled by the extraordinary manser in which the Germans contrived to get news of almost every Russian concentra tion or movement, and at once sent a pro- portional number of mon in order to pre vent the contemplated offensive.
ALLEGED TRADING WITH THE ENEMY.
THE CASE AGAINST D. SASSOON & CO. LTD.
EVIDENCE FOR THE DEFENCE"
The adjourned trading with the enemy case against. Messrs. D. Sassoon & Co. was continued in H.M's Police Court Shanghai, on June 20th, before Mr. G. W King (Magistrate),
RUMANIA AND THE TIME TO ACT.
DOUBLING HER TERRITORY.
The special correspondent of the Tempe At Bucharest declares very positively that the Rumanian Government is for in- tervention on the side of the Allies, the
only question being the time and occasion, Apropos of the recent manifestations on the part of the interventionists, the Temps on the part of the Opposition is going to correspondent says that if this campaign be taken as a proof that the great majority
Mr. S. H. McKean appeared for the sian régime. M. Lenoir inserts that the For instance, in the Dvinsk region, prosecution and Mr. R. N. Macleod for this-proof has been given a long time now. Grand Duchess Maria Adelaide has rawhen the Ruminus began their attacks on the defence,
tired, or is about to retire, to a convent, the enemy, the character of the movement duced two extracts from the books of Zee ernmezt at Bucharest has any other isten-1
that the identity of the people of Luxem burg has bran obliterated, and that overy clause of the Treaty of 1867, has been wolated by the Germans.
Civil authority has hoon superseded by military rule, and innocent persons are "If arrested on the most trivial pretext. not sentenced to death they are sent to Germany to serve out long terms of im proment, with bard labour.
of Rumanians want their country to conce into the war on the side of the Eatonto one can say perfectly legitimately that But it is gumo wrong to conclude, as the Mr. J. E. Bingham (recalled) pro- | Giornale d'Italia has done, that the Gov- Nan-kee, produced to him by the defentions concerning the attitude of Rumania.
M. Bratiano is quite as convinced as M dants. In the form in which the translae tions were made it did not appeal to him Filipesco and if. Take Jonescu, that the as being an account, and with a view to unly possible issue is to enter upon the making it clearer he had rearranged it way on the side of the Eatente. He has in a manner which was more easy to fol said it in so many words, and has proved low Since the last adjournment he had it by his whole polity (of munitiong and also examined thres other books of Zee exportations). In fact, he is so bound up his inspection with this policy that he could in no wise The found in the first book, The Com-ake up any contrary policy, and if ever pany's book" (Soyka's book), more or less the Crown were disposed to take the op- continuous trading hetween Zee Nan-kec posite direction-which is pure hypothesis and Soysa for two or three years, in we should see happen in Rumania exact duck feathers and export cargo.
was immediately understood by the Ger man General Staff in the Riga district, and the ascessary measures to support the attacked point were taken with startling promptuess. It was an enigma to the Russians why the enemy answered the at tack begun on one part of the front by a counter-pressure on quite a different part of the war area, a point which was some times a hundred miles away from the pre.Nat-kee and as a resule sumed operation.
It was known that the enemy, after The prices of food, owing largely to the being stopped in his offensive, improved fact that the German authorities are the rear of his army and was able to re- serding most of the foodstuffs to Germany are the destroyed railway lines in the for the use of the army, have increased Baltic Provinces which he succeeded in The invading. It was also known that he had from 100 per cent, to 500 per cent. conditions under which the poor live are established new telegraph and telephone made more grave by the lack of employ-lines, but none of these means of communi cation could have allowed him so speedily to inform the most distant parts of his front in detail what had happened on other points.
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How, then, did the enemy manage to make these communications with such speed and effectiveness?
!!
His worship-When you say Soyka, you mean the foreign firm Yes, the foreign firm, Soyka,, which Zee Nan-kee calls the company in his book
In answer to Mr. Macleod witness said he could not gather from the books what happened to the feathers bought by Styka, though it was stated they were sold for export.
The anewspapers are subjected to rigorous censorship, and some of the more prominent journals, notably the Indepen. dance Luxembourgevine, have been
Can you tell us from the books where suspended, and their editors sent to pri-
Zee Nan-kee got the feathers which were son in Germany for printing only the navs, Announcement of the Grand
The Russian Headquarters paid great purchased by Soska No. 1 havo not chess' intention to enter a convent was attention to the investigation of this sub-ade a search with that point in view. not allowed to be made public by theject, and in the end the German method
was discovered.
It lay in the use of radio-telegraph on a colossal scale,
The rear of the army of von Bulow, for instance is covered by a very large system of radio-telegraphic stations, and the same fact is doubtless true in regard to the other armies of our enemy.
FOR THE RED CROSS " Tho country is laid by 300,000 German troops, and, although it was at first an nouticed that everything they commandeer cd would be paid for, this has not been done. The people of Luxemburg are not permitted to send any money out of the Duchy, and all are required to surrender 20 per cent, of the money in their posses sion for the use of the German Rod Crusa.
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At the time of the invasion of Luxem burg on August 2nd, 1914, the little army of the Duchy, numbering 250 officers and men, was imprisoned and kept in cap- tivity for several months before its riem here were released and put to work in the
iron mines.
When refugees came to Luxemburg from Franes all persons who aided them in any way were imprisoned. Many homes where French women and children found asylum ware burned down.
ANNEXATION THREAT,
There were no indications in the books of Zoo Nan-ke being interested in joint account with Soyka in the moneys ceived from Lau So-sung.
At times of crisis it must be Bovril
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Zee Nag-kee said that the last sale of duck feathers which he made to L. Soyka was on May 23rd, 1914. These feathers
A MISUNDERSTANDING, were exported to foreign countries. The
There has been a misunderstanding be Now it is quite comprehensible that the terms of the sale were fab. Shanghai,
tween the interventioais: group, and L. Germaus, by using their powerful radio-the feathers being cleaned in Messrs. telegraphic network, can not only in the Liddell's or other godowns at his own Bratius concerning certain revelations
He was also responsible for which were made at the beginning a course of a very few minutes inform their expone headquarterg about every movement of the storage. As a rule the goods were shipped ought to have been kept secret. enewy, but can receive the necessary in immediately after sale; they were passed really insignificant, but it forced the Pre- structions on each part of their front through Customs by a shroff employed bynier to act alone without any declaration as to the object of his intentions. At the Having in their possession a splendid Sojka. With regard to moneys paid to
the company, these were for rabbit shins moment there is a deep gulf between M. system of railway communication and an enormous number of motor lorrics, they sold to dealers in the interior. The rabbit Filipesco and M. Take Jonescu on the one are able to send he required reintores skips came from foreign countries, and band and M. Bratiano on the other. The ho bought nothing else from Soyka save controversy has become envenome ca ments, without losing a moment, from one sector to another. In doing so the Ger- sewing machines. The duck feathers old secondary questions, which are not worth mans select the shortest route wholly to Lau So-sung were bought from Chinese being reported abroad, for they possess na neglecting the principle of tactics which at Nanking, Wuhu, Anhui, and Shang importance from the point of view of condemns crossing regions already occupi hai; those sold to Suyka were similarly foreign politics. The only outcome of el by troops as likely to lead to confu- bought from dealers in the interior, Wit them will probably be to render a sion and directing their reinforcemeats nesa sent his own agents into the interior tional Government impossible, which is straight through the junctions" of their to collect the feathers and had been doing regrettable, since all parties ought to com
so for six years. So actimes be sold to bine in the Government in those great TJIKEMBANG Jardine, armica if they can thereby save time.
Matheson & Co., Ltd., andorises, especially when the Opposition Boyka, with the latter of whom the numbers such eminent personalities as greater part of his business was done at MM. Tako Jonesca and Filipesco. There Arst. He began dealing with British
was no actual dissidence in the Liberal firms about a year ago.
party, as reported by the Gionnie Italia; all the deputies approve of the Government's policy, but none of them are ardeat interventionists.
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M. Lenoir adds that the German authe rities offer little objection to natives of the country cutering Holland, but they The junction of an army, it may be are warned not to return. He declares explained, is the place where the extremo that arrangements are being perfected for Bank of two different armies are in touch. on indefinite occupation, and that a pro- Supposing two armies are holding a line clamation of annexation may be looked The troops of one division, which present. for at any time. Meantime, less condithe right flank of it, are occupying the tions rapidly improve, the people of village A, and the left wing of another The Luxemburg will face starvation, practic division is just outside the village, ally without hope of relief.
"junction between these two divisions would be the village A, as a place more suitable for the defence. N
The "junctions" also play an impor tant role in indicating to the reserves their direction, and no reserves of one division can pass the "junction with out a special order. This last rule, which also exists in the allied armies, bas often caused loss of time and even sullified the initiative of the commanders.
GIRLS IN UNIFORM.
HOW THE RAILWAY INNOVATION HAS SPREAD.
Impresarios of the stamp of the late Mr. George Edwardes must be hard at work, somewhere in unknown Londen, dusigung the dresses that give a touch of the gaiety to almost every street, hotel, and railway
station.
ent they wore, and that they had apparont
Being partisans of the positionary eye ton of warfare, and by all moane trying to prevent the assailants from mazcUVE ing, the Germans are laying new tempor ary railways to these "junctions," and so still further confusing their adversaries,
It is really marvellous how quickly the Germans have restored all the railway The Rus lines and built new sections. sion General Staff has lately discovered that in Courland there were three now lines bailt by the Germans, two of which are directed from the frontier of East russia towards the nurtu. One of those
In answer to Mr. McKean witness said he used the name of Soyka, which was the name of an Austrian ürm. He had his office in Boyka's office; he received no salary from them nor did be pay them rent. This was done out of friendship, and because he had on occasion rendered help in the export business. Mr. Soyka was his old master While Messrs. Lid- dell sent the bill to Messrs. Sassoon for storage, the money was ultimately paid by the Chinese seller.
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Altogether, says the Temps correspond- ont, as far as foreign policy is concerned, the struggle as to whether the Crown- should be made to intervene is confined to the Majoresen-Marghiloman party, which is openly Germanophile and is supported by the Central Powers, but is very smaal in numbers, and the rest of the nation, THE TAIKOO Mr. McKean-In the case of Messrs. including the Government, which is for Sassoon and the contracts of sale to them intervention on the side of the Entente The latter is the only party. you sold a large number of cases as Powers.
Boyka-Sassoons may have put in which corresponds to the deep-seated aspirations of the Roumanian cation. their own books the character "Soyka," but really it is my own business. The Could it be otherwise when Rumania, with reason why the name Soyka" was used the Allies, will double her territory and by the defendant's compradoro in bis attain that political independence and books was because witness was originally that power which are definitely the dearest known as Soyka, but later it was changed views of all good Rumanians? because they learned his personal name, Zee Nan-kee. When be doals with the defendants he dealt with their compradore and saw his chop only. It was by the compradore that he expected to be paid.
Replying to Mr. Macleod witness said he was known among the foreign firms as Soyka, and also among the Chinese brokers
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Fresh employment seems to be found daily for girls in uniform. First of all it was the girl ticket collector. In plaes of the happy and unconstrued young men who whistled peppermint fumes and the chorus of the Intest comic song into your face-and who are now teaching these tares to the respectful first line of an army-one day there appeared a corps de ballet thatlines. begins from the last station of the and dealers. He was known under that birthday. She has how a pipe smoker for would have done credit to any revue of Insterburg Tilsit-Laugargen railway name in Nanking and in other places musical comedy. Their hats wore worn at and is directing through Taurogen-Skad He used the name because by using a a jaunty angle over the very latest in coif vile-Shavli Tanishki on Bausk with a foreign name he escaped insult by the fures, and their smart blue tunics were ar junction from Skadvile to Rosaient. Anolikin ofboers Other Chinese used the
In August Messrs. Sassoon were told that they would require a licence before ranged so as to show the fashionable "glad they links Memel with the Libau-Romen names of other foreign firms,
the Mr. McKean-Aro you known to they could retain the witness services. neck," but the "glad eye" was solely con railway through Kretingen Schkudi ---- cerned with the colour of your ticket and Parekuln, and the third from the Libau Hongkong and Shanghai Bank as Sayka He went to the German Consulate and he the date of your "season."
Romen line from the station Schadef tu or as Soyka's compradore I am known was told by the secretary that, as he had Passengers soon discovered how compet-Posrol, north of Ponevej.
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Alex. Wholegemuth, who left the fen.been ten years in the East without regis These lines are in full activity, not only
he had done no work for them, save show given a certificate to that effect, but tain number of ordinary passengers,
Mr. McKcan-Is there any arrange. Besides these, many line, of secondary ing the compradore how to carry on. He e licence was not obtained, bad given their mind to it the details were tramways have been' constructed in num tracts, but he did not inspect any morement between yourself and Messrs. Bassoon their former employment; that, ones they importance have been built, and electric also assisted in winding up certain cone | Boon learnt; and that (this was the im-
had been with him for ten years, for the war-No,
Understanding-No; I think I have portant point) they thought the uniforms erous towns where this form of traction hides Witness left a Chinese coolie, who with regard to your re-engagement after
has never previously existed.
sorting feathers and another Chinese for very becoming.
inspecting hides. He considered that there served Messrs. Sassoon right and I hope Consequently, other business concerns had nothing to do but follow such a promis-
All this shows that the Germans have was no danger in carrying on the busi-when the war is over I shall get back my Dookyard Managers, can be woon between the hours of 11AM. and 12 Koog
ness by the defendants, as the compradore. position. That is the only thing I know ing lead Girl chauffeurs began to be em- decided to pass the winter in the Baltic was responsible The Chinese coolio he about it. If my hope fails, I cannot help ployed, but the more was not a great suo province, awaiting the coming spring left with the defendants, was, he consider
The case was adjourned." cers owing to a certain amount of opposi in order to start again their offensive ed, perfectly capable of passing fea tion from the men, besides the amount of against Riga and Dvinsk. According to thers. Witness Lad received no payment wtraining needed and the strain entailed the atatements of prisoners von Bulow of
end of June, The skine bought towards Bnt the page girl and girl messengers still hopes to capture Dvinsk, and will of salary or in nay uther respect since the 1 sprung up like mushroom everywhere cross the Dvina River as soon as it is the end of last year were not inspected At each house of business you can see entirely frozen. The orders issued by by himself. He did not go to Messrs. them come and go. Some wear green mao General ven Bulow, which have been Liddell' to obtain godown space, kintoshes and green peaked caps, others found on the dead and on prisoners, show fesers: Sassoon. When he was winding black oilskins and sou-westers, others wear that he is preparing something even durup affairs, Mr. Purcell of Messrs. Lid- s uniform that is so much like a smart cosing the winter, and we may expect in the dell's brought a Chinese to him with a fume that you can only tell them by the near future a new German dash satchels of circulars which they carry. Many Dvinak, which is considered by the Ger
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of the uniforms are handsome, and others man Headquarters as a key to the gates are hideous, especially when you see a small of Riga.
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request that he should introduce him to the defendant's compradore. He did so and the Chinese acld feathers to the com pradore. Boon after the compradors com room to clean his feathers, and it was on
girl wearing a large size" and a large It is also known that this operation plained that the other Chinese had no
girl wearing a "swall size." But on the would be undertaken by the army of Gen- behalf of the Chinese, not the defendants, whole the effect certainly improves the era Launstein, who is an important figure that he arranged for the space. pect of commercial quarters,
on the eastern front. He spent many While witness was with Sorka, Zee Apart from appearance, the page girl years in Petrograd as military attaché, Nan-kee was selling feathers to Soyles and her kind offer several advantages. They and followed the Russian army during and also to foreign firms. When witness are more willing, more energetic, and more the Manchurian war of 1904, where I made went to the defendants they did no feather eager to learn than boys, but they do not his personal acquaintance. He speaks per business and had only carried through conform to established notions of law and fect Busian, and knows the Russian army one transaction in hides. It was for this order. The city magnate will look in vain well. His appointment shows that the business that he was engaged. The fea to them for the awe, genuine or spurious, Germans are paying the greatest atten- ther business was started in January, with which he was treated by their male tien to Dvinsk, and will seek every means! 1915, sample bales having been bought farerunnera, n
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