THE HÖNGKONG DAILY PRASS, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 915, 1918.
THE REAL DISASTER FOR OPTIMIST" OR "PESSIMIST,"
GERMANY.!
STRIKING AMERICAN COMMENT.
WHAT SEA POWER MEANS TO GREAT BRITAIN.
The New York Tribune devoted the whole of its editorial page to an article in which it demonstrates by analysis the portentous fact of Germany's defeat."
It is not without design, for the editor, Mr. Frank Simonds, who is regarded as the ablest writer in America on the
WHICH IS RIGHT?
BY A BRITISH WORKING MAN.] The working man has been sometimes" told that ho does not realise the war and that he only looks upon it as a chance to demand more wages. This may be true about sections of the workers. It is not true of most of the workers.
As a working man who has to travel about and who meets all sorts of men and keeps his ears and his mind open, I have found that the average working man understands the war and talks more sense.
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A few months ago the great mass of the Salonika resembles mest ports of the German people, spoon-fed by their off- Eastern Mediterranean in being a picture cially-inspired newspapers, really believed of beauty from a distance and a sty of the war would end in October, as the equalor near at hand. The sailors on board Kaise himself promised them, Russia, the warships in the Gulf look at they wore told, was about to be shattered, it through the mcraing mists and eavy the German legions were to turn westwards, the soldiers who are quartered there.and France and England, deprived of their The soldiers stumb through its mud-castern Ally, would be forced to terms. ill-smelling streets, Disillusion came swiftly-on the heels of tho dy, rough-paved,
sailor with a Bussin remaissance in the launching of and wonder why
Then, fearing the effect of the reaction moment at which the German successes in and environment ought to make them his even tent to come ashore. It is, in fact, of a winter campaign.
on the people, the Government allowed. the field seem to be at high tide in order mental betters. Some of them are so used slatternly Levant na town, in a beautiful to emphasise the inexorable fact that to being comfortable that their minds seem medieval setting, comely in the mass, un-
to have gone to sleep. They cannot con- pleasant in detail,
As you survey Salonika from the water Maximilian Harden to break to them the Germany is facing irretrievable defeat,
He starts by pointing out that the above a fight for existence. The whole of
a working man's life is a fight from week she has a dignified air that accords well truth Not one of our enemies is disarm- solute mastery of the seas established by
to woek. Perhaps that is why he doesn't with her historical renown, being set ind," he wrote. "England, the strongest of Great Britain constitutes the most desi
talk nonsense about the war. You won't stately isolation upon the steep slopes of the lot, cannot even be considered badly sive factor in the whole war. In Losing meet the fatuous optimist in the 8 am,her bare hills and girdled by ruined but hurt by our blows. All our foes believe, still massive walls that rise to a great Venee honestly as any German, that victory will
This must evi smoking carriage. the ability to use the sea, he says, Ger
of my social tian citadel on the landward side, Grace be thors, and they are determined to de Yesterday afternoon one many has lost a decisive battle far more. serious then that at the Marne. He pro-and mental betters gave me his views of the ful white minarets that the Turks built are everything to that effect. ceeds: The right to use the see. Ger-
war. I wrote his words down at the time:prinkled about among the houses, and the dently be a war of exhaustion. The human many can regain only in two ways-by We are not only going to smash Ger- quay that is the chief street of the town, eye cannot fathom the end of it. Nail these compelling Great Britain to relinquish the command of the sens or by complying with many but we are going to grind her to lined with picturesque Greek sailing craft, ideas into every German brain.' the terms fixed by Great Britain as the powder. And one of the conditions of stretches for a full mile along the water's What was the effect of this cranium-piero- peace will be that the British Army edge. But ashore, shut in by the narrowing operation on its victims? It was not streets of the "Frank quarter "your vivid that lotended the reconciliation of the marches through Berlin." price of the use of the seas, One would. be the consequence of victory, the other of
impressions of squalor and sloveniiness soon people to a war of exhaustion, its end ob defeat. Bus up to the present moment
No; the German people had been promised Germany has not been able in the smallest way to exert pay force upon Great
make you forget the graceful picture from scured in depths no human eye can1 fr hom The officers of that part of our Balkan peace, and it is prace they are emending. Expeditionary Force that is encamped near They know now there can never be a prace Britain to compol ker to give up the nuas- tery of the seas. Every effort made by the Germans has ended a dec'sive defeat.
Salonika load curiously twofold lives. They imposed by their conquering w If you set against the German occupation
endure a good share of the hardships of they still believe in the possibility of a of 8,400 square miles of French territory
war all night and the greater part of the peace with honour," though not with vic- morning out at their camps an the Monastir tory, and they are fearful lest their rulers, the British control of the rea you have measured the exact condition between the
road, and in the afternoon they come into blinded by the poses on of military assets enatending Powers of the West,
Salonika to enjoy such luxuries as the town that can never be realised, should deprive affords. The hardships are a good deal more then of the promised hoon. That the desire real than the luxuries. During the recent for peace is now the dominant one among snap of cold and now the morning tera-ever-widening circies of the people is wit perature in those tents on the bleak wind-nosed to by every traveller whom you meet swept positions towards the Vardar was returning from Germany. But what is of KARIMOEN... commonly about 15deg. below freezing real significance at the present moment is point By day the men had to be meat that this longing for the end of the war, on route marches to keep them warm, and even with no conquests to show in return | TJIKEMBANG by night it happened several times that the for the appalling sacrifices of blood greater part of a battalion would have to and treasure, is finding open expression. turn cut and put up tents blown down by True, it is little more than a whisper that ARAKAN... the gale in a bitter, driving cold that made is daily becoming more insistent, a whisper your benes ache within you.
that has at last passed from lip to lip in AMUSEMENTS.
the Reichetag itself.
the sen
But
Most of us talked that sort of op timism in the very early days of tho War, but I can only say that if any of nry work-mates were to inflict stuff like But this shouted down, that nowadays on the 6 am, smokez he would be gentleman was such a big, serene, and reliable looking man that it ought to have dune me good to hear hin. It didn't do me good. It made me sick and sad. I thought to myself, "If this man is going about all day talking stuff like this, how It is plain that no hardship of France many other men's minds does he manage is comparable with that of Germany: buto poison nach day?" I stick to the word cause France, thanks to British sea power, poison," How many men may have been put off enlisting by him? What would be is able to get coal and iron from abroad. She has now beer able to reorganiseer in their good in enlisting if they are told the dustrial establishments in such a fashion war will be over before they are trained that what used to be made at Lille,I dared to argue with him that our pre Roubaix, St, Quentin, and Tourcoing-that sent big job is not go much to smash Ger- 18, the things essential to national life and many as to prevent Germ die se shshing comfort are now made Now,
us. I asked why King George should if peace were to be considered to-day it have to speak of this grave moment
why dozens of the men who really know, is evident that Germany would have to
meu like Lord Rosebery and Lord Sel vacuate Franco and Belgium as well. In no other way could he persuade the borne, should have spoken go solemnly.
On the other hand, the delights of
I have already recorded (writes Mr. British to permit her ships to sail the He became angry with me. sens, nad she has no present means of timist always becomes angry if rod differ Salonika are limited to one ten-shop where compelling such British consent. But this from him. But surely if a man feels so
there are three times as many customers Leonard Spray in the Daily Telegraph) would be to restore things to thoir exact cocksure he ought to be able to afford to as seats, thre, sinematographs showing in-how only a very small majority in the Go- status before the war. It would meanile at us poor ignorant fellows who are terminable Alms of a quality that would cial Democratic party defeated a proposal that for her tremendous mcrifices Ger-
not in the knów,"
ruin an English provincial picture-house in that the Government should be forced, an many had gained nothing from France or.
a fortnight, a variety theatre of the kind the threat of refusing to support farther Great Britain, but had lost her Colonies. But it is very patriotio to be an "op- Conceivably the British would not make timist and very unpatriotic-aye! even you only visit once, having your boots war credits, to define exactly the terms on You cleaned, and the "Healthy Bath Botton" which they are ready to enter into pesco treasonable to be a such a bargain. Then what?.
to the optimist "The last is indeed the most popular institu- negotiations,
Meantime there are straws which show are a pessimist even if you pay tribute to the heroism tion in the town. The last word of its title,
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ECONOMIC PREEDOM OF ALLIES, Either Germany would have to offer
and determination of the enemy. Not long more or sive would have to continue in a condition which would mean the paralysiago I stood in the crowd at the recruit of her industrial establishments.
ing meeting in Trafalgar-square.
taxation. Now there is divulged another otheer of the North Staffordshires, home might make peace with brince nad with
Boot-cleaning, one of the milder recrea incident showing their attitude towards Rusia and with a her Continental
on leave from the front-a fine, gallant-
tions that Brioniks offers, ranks among the the war The Upper Saxony Chamber onemice, but she would not be one step looking fellow as I've ever seen--stood on
Germany marer the freedom of the sons than was the base of the Nelson column and made national industries of Greece. To sit drinks met, and the Minister of the Interior made Napoleon after he had conquered the
s rousing speech. It was an appeal that ing little cups of thick Turkish coffee and the following pronouncement; Continent She to bo vend
"Don't for manufacturers to date and France would have made frog's blood run warm having his boots cleaned at the same time did not begin the war. It was forced upon
And he said at the end of it!
PURE AND THEIR WEARERS. Germany, and to suppress our if they wore prepared to resume friendly underrate your enemy. Don't run down the Greek's ideal of a pleasant afternoon, us by our adversaries, who thought to rob
Hero onethe German Tommy soldier. I tol
A fresh occupation for leisure moments of existence. That object forces us to act 90- relations, but would they? strikes at the heart of the real disaster you (and I've been up against him for the afternoon that has been suggested by cordingly, and to bring our enemies to the this way has already foreshadowed for months) that he's a jolly fine fighting the cold of the last few days is that of buy recognition that they are beaten and con-
man. Those were his exact words; they are more convincing patriotism to me than ing fur coats. Our army in the Balkans quered." Now, that has been said before. soft-sofa talk about marches into Berlin, seems likely to be as shaggy a force as over I was much the sort of nonsense to which, at the beginning, the Socialists lent & will in the book the field, patriots
Salonika is a great place for furs. Upng ear. But this time it had no such recep- But 1 saw civilian crowd who shook their heads at him.
to the end of Turkish rule here the Jews, tion from the Bocialists of Saxony. They There are some sort of patriotism more wicked-even than pro-Germanis, who are shout half the population, used received it in a marked silence a fact duly so much more useful to the to wear long furlined gaberdines such as rocorded by Forwarts without the comment and ever
they brought with them from Spain in the that, if it were free to do so, it would glad- They enemy.
Nothing daunts the professional "op Middle Ages, Fur being a material that ly pass, The reason why the Democrats
son wears out, and the Jews wearing it could not give assent is obvions. timist." When each new prophecy turns out a bad egg he merely cackles for both summer and winter with complete dis- knew the declaration meant "We must con. while and then lays another egg. Four regard for the temperature, a considerable tinue the war to the end
In esarching the German Press for months ago one of the professional "op-trade in skins grew up here which gives timists" said that the forthcoming co-full scope to individual tastes in the choice lapse of Germany would be the most sud-of fur coverings for the present campaign. opinion it is always necessary to bear in den complete, and dramatic collapse in There is great licence as to colour, and on a mind the iron consorship under which it all history. That was a pretty bad egg, wasn't it? But the layer of it is still laying, amateur optimists" et up every morning and comfort themselves with his plucking.
German industry.
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In France, Russia, and to some extent
Now, somebody is badly wrong either
no danger of attaching too much import- even in Italy, the bases of German com
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Officers' recreations being thus limited, paper from that part of Germany has and will act against German interests. worry, that Germany is already near her In such a simple matter as shipping it last gasp, and that she is roing to run is entirely unlikely that France and Great out of men, munitions, had money. The three of the men are naturally few. Route reached the outside world recently, the
**optimist
toke us that the German marches, parades, cutting drainz, building original article is not to hand But fact PEOR No.-312 Britain will ever again permit Germany to use their harbours as ports of call in people and the German troops are dis ronds fill up most of the day and for amuse of deep interest in itself it is quoted at Greatly daring the Frankfurter discusses He has told us that singement in their short leisure they are thrown length by the Forwarts, ma Transatlantic trade and in Mediterranean heartened. and Far East transport
August 4, 1914. One must suppose that upon their own resources in the way of disheartenment is a glow disease. He is football, sing songs, and the never-failing that officially forbidden topic, the "objects tells us that the most fatal thing Germany mouth-organ Transport difficulties hinder of the war. It quotes first Bothmann- **As on offset, what has Germany has done for herself in to crush Serbia the arrival of big recreation tents such as Holweg's famous declaration, "Germany gained? Her oozquests in Belgium and and join hands with the Turks at Con-would be put up nester home by caterers must so build up its position, so strengthes France are varuless zavo only as they stantinople. The munitions that she will and private funds, and bell-teats do not and fortify it, that other Powers will lose provide a basis for bargaining with be able to send to the Turks will be a lend themselves to the purposes of eater their tendency to enforce the policy of an Great Britain over the blockade. They serious blow to the Turks. The op-tainment like the large pitched-felt sheds iron ring around Germany." Then it pro fered complete deleat. French intrigues look imposing on the map, but actually timist also tad us a few months ago which the French use for housing their coeds The policy of the iron ring has auf. fend prop the revenge idea Germany is in the position of a burgler that the most fatal thing Germany could men. who has got into a house and gathered up do for herself would be to advance into the silver but cannot get away with it. In Russia. Fatal things soon to agree with Bat though camp life at Salonika may on to its legs, and as to English guardian her war with Great Britain and France, the Teuton constitution. The optimist be full, the time of rest that the men are ship, the war has, before the whole world, therefore, it is plain that Germany he is always telling me about 1812 As an having cannot but be of great value to our exposed it down to the ground, and brought ignorant working man I admit that I now troops, and the opportunities it gives for it into discredit Therefore, there now re to the East, the New Tork nothing about 1812. I was under a delu- drill and manoeuvres will enable them to mains only the English tea question. The
in 1915. Tribuna contends that not even the most sion that we are fighting
tune themselves up to fighting pitch after hole theory of the domination of the ses sweeping victories can compensate her gains, in the heterogeneous mans of The "pessimist" thinks that Germany the slackness that inevitably sets in during rests upon out-of-date analogies with for- according to the real conditions and getting a fortnight. States there would soon be a revolt against is at present top dog. He thinks that the voyage which frequently lasts more then mer times. It is a question of being guided her. Europe would never consent to the Allies have lost the first innings of the
There will be hard work enough before rid of all sentimentality, which, just as establishment of a Great Central Empire war and that they will lose the whole war which is the dream of German expan-unless they put out almost incredible our Balkan Expeditionary Force if this blind bate, can be as dangerous as blind sionista. Moreover, nothing she can efforts. He thinks that we can still win, empaign goes on as it may be expected love.” *** achieve in the East will enable her to bat only with those efforts, and only ifta do The country is difficult to an un-Having thus uently disposed of German resume her commercial life because the our leaders either wake up or ate replaced usual degres; the enemy is well equipped, cant about fighting for the freedom of the It is no matter for wonder that this British-Fleet blocks the way by better men, and only if one lenders and holda strong positions Whether Gerseas the Frankfurter proceeds. Finally, article, written on the very eye of the meet- mang and Bulgarians come down and at
treachery towards the West is not to be attention throughout Germany. For it is In conclusion, the New York Tribune talk straight to the pet that if we lose lack us in the attempt to drive us out of speedy resumption of the Pan-6.avisting of the Reichstag, attracted widespread
Tho pessimist knowa. expresses the belief that Germany, despite, the boasting of her public speakers has the war we shall be plunged for all our the Balkans altogether, B travellers arri feared. It is true that lasting security is a clear pronouncement that Germany has bean cured of her madness, and her dream lives and the lives of all our children into ng lately from Ninh say that the German wanting, but we must be careful not to look dong all it can ever hope to de, that it can of world-power has vanished into thin horrible poverty and grinding witry. these boast in their intention, or whether for this along wrong roade, Certainty, we never dream of conquering Russia, and that
"Germany has lost the war because And the man who will suffer most will be it is we who take the offensive and Advance she went into the war determined to the working man. A victory for Germany northwards towards the Danube or Sola is cap, as a matter of fact, unver have and the cry of the Freedom of the seas, in win world-supremacy and she is coming will be the end of democrace as well as uncertain, but manwhile the time pe rest out of thy way at the very beat very the end of Christianity and civilisation, is being well used heavily bardened with debt leaving her! We have got to smash or bo mashel, and
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