SIX NEW V.CS.
CORPORAL'S AMAZING COURAGE.
meny
MARRIED SOLDIERS.
THE COST IN INFANT LIFE.
ASSOCIATION.]
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, MAY 11πn, 1816.
MANY MILES OF GRAVES,
STRANGE FACTS FROM THE GALICIAN BATTLEFIELDS.
ECHO CF THE "EMDEN:"" BRITISH CAPTAIN'S CLAIM FOR
SALVAGE
dramatic story of the sea was told An article from the Austrian Win the Admiralty Court before Sir
Samual Evans befo Press headquarters reads as follows — Soon after the married men have been Lemberg and Przemysi-how long it Yarmouth of vessel which had been It salt with the recapture by H.M.S called up there will be an increase in the seems sino our thoughts were concen-seized by the Emden, whose prize crew death-rate among infants Ductors will trated on hose two alician towns In luesed the captain in his cabin, threaten do theie biels but the children will dierea at is bat a few short months. Toed the crew with revolvers, and posted from Lemberg 10 Przemysl to-day notices promising death, not only for yard. Whereever you look you so issued by the officer of the prize crew. graves. There they are in long rows by Mr. Laing. K. C., said the action was.
which they would have possessed had their fathers been at tonu, and will be gin Life's race hravity handicapped.
SHIPPING IN PORT
STEAMERS.
ABAKIN, Dutch str., 3,205, 8. van Ronkel, 19th May Manila 8th May, General,
Java China Japan Lijn. CHEONGERING, British str.. 1,259, Likoll, 3rd May Saigon 29th April, Rice.- Carro Chinese str. 648 Sinclair. 30th
Jordine, Matheson & Co. bes
Thoresen & Co
Saigon 20th April, Rice
CHIVUEN Chinese str. 11 Roas, 24th April Shanghai 19th April, General
Order
CHINXIANG, British str., 1,200, Ainsli
22nd April-Hongey 20th April, Coal. -Butorfield & Swira.
WEATHER REPORT.
On the 10th at 11.19 am-A depression. Hrs to the east of Hokkaido nua a fosbletauti- cyclone extends from the Bonins to the ost. of China.
Pressure bas decreased slightly in all distri s considerably, ercent over N, Japan, where it has increa
Hongkong relafall for 24 hours ending. 10 am, to-chy, 0.10inskas,
The foreset for the 24 hours ending at Noo to-day is as follows
DISTRICT
FORECA T
It is the way of war; the parent's trials the raiwns—grates of the men who de the first ever heard for remuneration for Ciresas, British, str., 1.221 Robertson, Hongkong & Neightonrhood wids, mocerate for two musk he shared by his offspring. And fended the railway line. There, they lie prize salvage and recapture. The claim.
a
6th May New York 2nd March, 8th May--Bangkok 20th April, Ried Butterfield & Swire
PAULANG, British str 1410 H S. Mal EVREBATES, British str. 2.033, Owen,
General-Batterfield & Swire
his, 6th May--Saigon 2nd May, Rice,
Jardine, Matheson & Lo
Former Chouc
E or variable
to light; fair.
The anime s
No.1,
South Coast of China te wen The game 13
angking and Lamocks. f No, 1.
same:
Hengke gnna Hinn. No. 1
South coast it China batwon. The sa Ghic, 8th May Singapore 3rd May, General.Order,
Norwegian str. 1,606, C. Bik Oh May-Saigon 2nd May. Rico. CHINA COAST
Thoresen & Co.
HALVARD
HARUTO MARU, Japanese str 2201, N Budzaki, 22nd April-Balik Papan 12th April, General Dowol & Co
999.--.
6th
Maj-Chingwantah May, Lou
Butterfield & Swive HOPSANG British st, 1950. C. A. Robert sea, 6th May Bangkok 99th April. KACHLDAT MARU, Japanese str. 1.975, C. General-Jardine, Matheson & Co.
2 HOURS FIGHT, WITTI LEO BLOWN OFF.
The Victoria Cross has been awarded [BY LUCY E. ASHBY, BOYAC BRITISH NURREN to the following. The most uf courage was that inazing act Lane Corporal. (Acting-Corporal) Wil- liam Richard Cotter, Gth East Kent Regicient When hit right leg had been blown off at the knee and he had also been wound ed in both arts he made his way, anak Others will lack the natural stamina to ride through one iungo vast church-resistance, but for every neglect of orders rd, for fifty yards ie a erater, steadied the men who were holding it, controlled their fire, issued orders, and altered the dipositions of his men to get a fresh: Counterattack by the hours he held his position and only in the presence of this grim law of nature transfixed the small grey cap or Gerry Cochrane, and the
emenny
in groups in the wilderness! On some are allowed his sounds to be roughly dressed
was brought by Captain Henry Lake in face of a fact as tragic as it is indis helmet, already rotting. On others the Yarmouth, a light cruiter, displacing won the attack had quieted down. Heputable, I am surprised that those who sough wooden crosses are sinking 300 5,250 tons, and carrying eight on and could be moved back for fourteen understood this subject best have not per the ground as though he knew the fete 3-pounder gans, and complement of crew of H.M.S.
hours, and doing all this time and dirers word for all, who passed him. His to the ranks while hundreds of thousands you are huge graves from which many of ros, 4,049 tested against the summoning of husbands plough would soon be there. Sometimes 39 officers and ten, against the owners with five me helped greatly tout single men are safe in munition, works coloured regimental dags vars vigor, the Greek steamer Ponta GLENOGLE, British str, 3,409, Wm. Mc See a crizient situation.
starred trades, Government offices and only above the pitiful landkenne. 17 is. Captair Arlaur. Forbes Gordon Killy, reserved occupations. Alendy the war almost as if some one we laughing in dear in the Bay of Bengal on Octobra Jate Quil South Staffordshire Regis has levied a terrible toll on British, the grave below, The only break in this 10th, 1914, while carrying coals consign- He was specially selected, at his own
Cradles; let us pause before taking a stop terrible elfurcard is formed by somed by British merchants at Calcutta to request and on account of the gallantry that will increase it. There is a thou biasbened tumbled ground once village British merchants at Karachi. shi he had previously displayed on sand times more in this question of attest. Such is the country over which the fury The Emlen, having captured the vesse),
ad married mea many reasons to attack with his com-
going.
before the of war has three times raged. Only the proceeded to coal herself from it, taking pány a suong theuy redoubt. The combaclinkers than many of us-realise. cities have been spared and have rter thousand tons, and giving the crew, in pany liaged along the narrow tow-path,
It was often brought home vividly to perated with a speed which would seem order to secure their assistance in loHANGCHOW, British e bended by Capinin Kit, who, though me while trursing in maternity hospitalist possible Lemberg is as gay asing lavish premises of an early return wounded at the outset, led his men right in Franco so after the outbreak of war.
ever and as insy as ever and Press to the bons of their families and 500 gptothe eneng wire under a devastat Nearly all the mothers were wives of 15 dice more the peaceful provincial dollars.
Town of peace days, The Brecks, një Tux, mengun e and a shower of French or Belginn soldiers who were bounds. Here he was shot down, but, fighting at the front. The babies were.
eleen, the hotels are noquate and the foot bail been htown off, he mostly average babies at birth, but de-shop-windows are fulf Combine to cheer on his men and to use spite every care they did not progress rille... Mis dig store this great act, his favourably. The minds of the mothers. death has presunted.
were tortured by doubts, and anxieties, Japiah). Elly, aged, twenty-nine, was and fears, with the natural resils that Coluendesh
Fed at Winchester. fle was Plous and exer early httles and was impaired.
at their mursing of the infants was gravaly bully wounded at Ypres last winter. The therwise; the physical inability of the
It could not, of course, was evaded the Military Cross.) women to nourish their children as the mis Private Willin Young, sth East direct effect of a mental anguish caused
Lancashire Regiment. Seeing bis sergeam wounded he left by the war. itis trench to attend to him "under very heavy fire, fe refused cover, and buth has jaws were shattered, but continued Alerexeterated succeeded with the aid of sunther, sollier. He then went un aided to the dissing station, where it sas. discovered that he had also been Wounded
by a bullet in the chest. The devotion to duty displayed by this so dife could hardly be surpassed. Temporary Lieutenant Erie Archibald MeNair, th Royal Sussex Regiment. In the expiration of a mine he and many men were hoisted into the air, Many then were buried. Though much shaken, he organised a machine gun party to man the edge of the crater. The chemy were driven back, leaving many dead Lieutenant MeXair then ran hack for reinforcements, and sent to another unit for bombs, ammunition, and tools to replace those buried. He went across the open under heavy fire and led up the Teinforcements the same Frederick
2522Y
THE PATENTIC SCALES.
And the scales would tell us some of the Once a week the mites were weighed, saddest stories of the Hun invasion
"Pierre is much below last week's figure, a colleague would remark.
"Well, another nurse would say, "you
can't wouder, poor little chip. She is mother) hasn't had a letter for a fort: night
PRCVENTOM OF rus Wan.
I stood gazing into the well-filled win doves via confectioner, And the thought eame to What was this window like a year ago A year ago horse fillet only very occasionally a was the best that riches could buy and countryman erept into the town to sell a chicken for which ten dollars were gladly given. Winter
clothes were not to be had then and rica man did not hesitate to walk the streets draped in some cast-off lady's mantle on
HEST TO THE BOTTOM. She was found by the Farmouth lasted longside the German steamer Marko mania, a supply ship to the Anden. The Farkomania, at once enstaff, uns made full speed for the three mile limit off the coast of Suntra, but a shot across her bows from the Yarmouth promptly rought her to. She was captured, Lorried, and when he captain and crew had been taken off, sent to the bottom. Cu board the Pontoporus the Yarmouth's raptein found Sub-lieutenant Mayer of the Greean wavy and prize crew from the den. These are all made pri- soners of war, and red to the Far mouth, the German, placers threw uver board cyphers, confidential documents of their own, and their crew's armis,
In this way foris &
have fallen likt nist pins. To Przemysl alone has fallen the honour of a long slege To the garrison fell hardships which the Siege of Paris did not know, In the dead of winter
The claim on belusif of the Tarmoith, there was not a window in the town and was saved from certain destruction, hy said Mr. Laing was that the Pontoporos Itassian aviators had broken them all the den. Her value was given in the no glass could be had. The bombs of Horses were fet on wood pulp soskad in pleadings as £20,000, and that of her sweetened water. Some of the animals argo & £5,000, She had been the sub throve on it, others lay down to die. jeet of prive courtrocedings at Singa
Muranika, 1st May-Mike 20th Apal KAIPING, British str. 1.005, R. Macfar
Goal-Mitsui Bustan Kaishn laue 20th April-Chingwantah 19th April, Coal-Dodwell & Co KAMAKURA MARU, Japanese str., 3,614, T Kusano, 8th May-Shanghal 4th May A General-Nippon Turci Kai KaLGAN British str. 1,157, Baker. 25th April-Wuhu 20th April. Rice-But ferfield & Swire, KANCHOW British str., 1,222. Rees. Lewis, 20th April Bangkok 18th April, Rios KAMOL Norwegian str.,007, S. Tack Murs
Butlerfield & wire.
18th April - Saigon 14th April. Rice Orcior.
www.
Kissno MARU. Japanese str. 1.880. Kubota, 29th April-Miike 23rd April. Coal Mitsui Busen Kaisho. KNIGHT OF THE THISTLE, British str., 4.280. Baker. 2nd May--New-York 22nd Feb fury, Machinery. →→ Butterfield Swire. KWELLIN, British str. 1.073, McGarity,
2nd May-Wubu 2h April. Rice. Butterfeld & Swire.
Statior,
Vladivostock Nemaro
METEOROLOGICAL
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Long befo: Przemysł was that she was in league with the Emden: Bu yor-Caletta vin Singapore 22nd April, Kishun |
The mother was starved of news of her soldier husband; the child was being starved of his natural food. We wonder- cd whether it would be best to wean him-hours to such details as these. Do not French cruiser for convoy to Penang In the Cafe Stiler you can listen forore, having heen handed over to a or wait a little longer for his father's think the house of Sticher is ang or The Crown there asked for condemnation letter weeks old and a victim of Prussian savu
Poor little Fierre! Only a fow dinary cafe. Its history is the history of of the ship and eargo, under suspicion
Przemyst gery I kissed him and thought of the first threatened this cafe was the great but the captain of the Pontoporos cleared possible fate of the babies of Britain. proscenfun) of the war. The battle of himself, and the Prize Court ordered the There was a tiny morsel we called Lemberg, the battle of Grodek and al's release. The Crown, however, Marcelle whose brave father was lying hundred other belles figits, and skir-decided to appeal, but eventually the Ai- wounded in a neighbouring hospitalmishes took place within hearing. Almostiralty instead gave Captain Cochrane One day we heard that his condition was the whole Austro-Hungarian army passed have to bring this action. very serious. A few days later Mareelie the windows of the cafe on their way was weighed.
east to fight the Bussinus. And later Bhes down agnin." I said.
during the first and second sieges Café Prize Court that be suffered great on The master of the Pentuporos told the Sticher was the centre of this town. No one wanted to stay at home with his own troutment of the German, who threaten- pression and annoyance Ly the brutal dismal thoughts, guests conid not beed the exasperated crew, with death, and received, gas there was none and petro created a terrible state of affairs for a thing to do therefore was to stick your week. The Arden took away the engi leurn auer be used sparingly. The best two lumps of sugar in your pocket and neer, who was the only Briton on board, grope through the streets to Cal Stieber, and while the Pontoperes was with her. the riden aanik eight British vessels with their cargoes
3/10130 Sergeant Arthur
Saunders, 9 Suffolk Regiment. When his officer had been wounded, he Took charge of two machine guns and
Feared she would be matron ro a few men. Although severely wounded marked. The father's dying. I believe," in the thigh, he closely followed the last
He was That afternoon w. carried his four charges of another battalion, a wife and child across to the military rendered every possible support. Later, hospital for the last good-bye. The sul when the remains of the battalion huddier died in the night, while the distract been forced to retife, he stuck to a gan,ed mother raved and Marelle continued to give clear orders, -id-ly hunger and compellur tulerite with Contiamous firing covered the retirement to take her away from her parent's breast No. 8055 Private Henry Kenny, 1st Bat in order to save her life.
talion, Loyal North Lancashire Regifluty cry was drowned in the roaring of great guns. Behind a screen at the oppo. Private Kenny went out six times on site end of the ward life was being given one day under a very heavy shell, rifle, a few miles beyond the ward door life and machine-gun fire and each tune was being taken away; And science was brought in a wounded man from the playing leading part in both drama open. He was wounded in the neck and tragedy. Overhead a French airman White handing the last man over the parapet.
bombs for children as well as for their
quent.
CONSCIENCE MEN,
War!
Her
BRUTAL TREATMENT,-
NOVEL WA DULLETINS, CA to read there. In the beginning there he hung about for some time after
And then there was always something Captain Cochrane, in his evidence, smi!
paper brought by an aviator was even from time to time a real news captured the L'antepores, looking for the there was only the war-bulletin, which was not accounted for and driven ashore Later der; but she kopt out of his way, and
paper to the backs of paper bags and Captain Cochrane admitted in cross- was slowly reduced from ordinary white till the third week in November,
KC, that he had never heard of the
der sinking a neutral-ship-
ecoured the skies for Taubes that carrind of to the backs of menu cards. Last Texamination by Mr. Dawson Miller,
fathers.
A-WOMAN'S FACTS.
FATHER VAUGHAN ON TROBLEM the ward kitchen close by a nurse
OF THE DAY.
was trying to pacify little Joanne, aged Father Bernard Vaughan has little the mother in order to give the woman a seven days, Baby had been taken from patience with the so-called Conscienti chance to sleep.. ous Objector." When asked by a. Press representatite what he thought of the abnormally tender consciences developed stuce the passing of the Military Service Act, Father Vaughan lifted up his hands, and exclaimed It is cant, humbug, "But Me. B was able to feed hypocrisy, and flapdoodle.'
The characteristic weaknesses Jeanne last night," nurse observed.
Bunity," he went on to say, might receive indulgem pardon during peace time; but when the blast of war blows in our ears, there is no standing-room in
was nunking her final and and giving Jeanne's hun ry," said watron. (She instructions to the night nurse.) You had better, give her bottle feeds during the night.
1.
ing that her husband had been killed."
Yes, I know. But she heard this morn
Nurse nad. She understood."
If only the British Government under-
all, there was only one copy and that was on view in Cafe Stieber. In the Inst weeks of the siege any bit of paper in the My Miller-The record of the master street was eagerly picked ар and usel as a cigarette
Nor was the Ender was one of humanity to tobacco any too plentiful
wards all the people he came across In February, 1915, 50 dollars were offered for 100 cigar-
Caplin Cochrane (smiling)--I am rettes of poor quality. The offer was re- 50re I don't know, as to that fused with contempt. And if you had Mr. Dawson Miller, for the defene tobacco ar cigarettes you could not smuke urged that the Pontonores had been pro log fire burned night and day, for of As to her eargo, one-eighth value ind had to go to Café Stieber. There & huge as a neutral engaged in lawful trade then where you wld. For that you mised release by the Emden in a few days
precious indeed. The soldiers in the at Singapore for salvage. The nfidavit wood, there was plenty Ent matches were loady been deducted by the pri e cert bronches but two matches a day per five of value was sworn at £40,000.
men.
F
British str., 9,037, F. Wheeler, 6th
LABYTE, Chinese str 60%, T. Imamoto,
General Jardine Matheson & Ca
24th April Singapore 17th April. | Hongkong Order. MANAFOUR, British str., 1.298. Jamieson.
30th April Saigon 20th April, Rice NANYO MARU. Japanese str., 1918, K.
-Order.
Tagansshi. 20th April Moji 19th: April. Coal-Mitsui Busan Kaisha. NIPPON MAZU, Japanese str., 2,065, FI. Nagano, 8th May Ban Francisco 8th April, General. -Toye Kisen Kaisha
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and Central Butterfield & Swire QUARTA British str., 1,179, Trowbridge, 7th MayBangkok 8th May, Rice KERTO MARI Japanese fr., 2,435. K.
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YUAN. Britishi str. 1.500 D. W. Crierbel, on the level of the sea in irches, tents
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May-Saison 2nd May, General Java Chirm-lanan Line
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hundredthe
TEMPERATURE, in the slade, in degrees Falrenbelt,
8. HUMIDITY, in percentage of saturation, the Luidity of a turated with more being
100.
A DIRECTION OF Wish, to two points
6. FURCE OF WIN, sccording to Ben fort Scale 6. STATE OF WEATHER, b blue sky, e detached poros to her owners was ever interriedain, snow, t thunder, v visibility, w dow (wet), from the Edlen to restore the Punto hightning, o overcast, p passing showers squal elud, d drizzling rain, f fog, g gloomy, he hail, 1
to be kept. The ship in all probability would have been sunk. As to her risk,
7. Eats in inches, tenths and hundrothe his lordship thought the Germans never
HONGKONG intended to send the Pontogards to a
METEOROLOGICAL rize Court to decide whether she should be condemned. Enough had come to the crude that the chances of the owners
the Germans was very remote. This was
Auswering the contention for the feporoi that the Germans would have pared her, Mr. Laing cited the cases of would have imagined that they would the condemnation by German prize give bottles a wide berth and impresalf-a-dozeú Danish-and one Duren kowledge of the Court to niske liim con- courts of seven or eight neutral vessels, of natural feeding,
Dr Empire. for shirkers, and slackers :/ story! I only Lord Derby understood upon the Russian mothers the importance According to German prize. Inw, theving their vessel restored to them by.
For the son of Empire, with true con- f only we would look a little way aheat scientious objections to fighting, I can
and see Great Britain's husbands in the show patience even in war time; but for trenches while a million or so single men are allowed to romain in safety at home! erroneously tentler conscience as an ex-
use for getting others to do his work, British mothers unable to feed their new I have neither patience nor pity.
ly-born babies, thousands of British in- Why don't those in authority stani fants our defenders of to-morrow-denied straight up to creatures making such a the sustenance which in every child's holy show of themselves and their due! If only we would look a little country, and given them what for, as farther and see these children growing any coster friends would call it? up unhealthy, weakly, fretful, candidates medically unfit certificates of
rane saved the Pontopares for her owners
he had salved.
Bein
KEGISTER.
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I reminded her that war meant grief, logoras was doomed to capture; her that while the menfolk fought and fall cargo of coal was German contraband. the man under our flag who puts up an if boly, we would visualise thousands of terrifying anxieties inseparable from this ship said this was the first case, in which the German Prize Code. Captain Coch- their women worked and wept, that the In the course of his judgment his lord-ore than indicated by article 113 of gigantic conflict played havoo with the Proceedings for prize salvage had been from condemnation in any prize pro- mothers' natural functiona and forecaken, and Captain Cochrane brought ceedings, and from the almost certain Parometer, doctors and raidwives to have recourse missioners of the Admiralty. By the law risk of destruction, if she were dealt with Temperature
them by permission of the Lords Com to the artificial aids which in ordinary of nations it bad not been the rule to upon the high seas without the oppor- Wind Direction times they would aver dream of employ lain salvage in the case of a recaptured judicial tribunal. On strictly legal For Humidity ing. I admitted that the results in many
tunity of placing the case before a neutral vessel on the principle that the casos might be disastrous, that many chil liberation of the ship was no beneficial rounds as well as in equity his lordship dren would probably sicken and die, service in the neutral, inasmuch as the awarded Captain Cochrane and his crew those who wait as well as the bodica of own country in the ordinary way restore But war is wars it breaks the hearts of enemy captor would by the laws of his £7,333, one-sixth the value of the vessel those who fight. And a mother shes the neutral after due interval. To this heart is breaking cannot give her labele, however, there-bel een exceptions. the nourishment be requires. We must There were exceptions where the ship was use the lesser of two evils; better a little liable to be confiscated by the enemy et all: from a grief-stricken mother. If circumstances of any particular case nourishment from the bottic than none either rightly or wrongly. The special our married men are to go to the front might create an exception. Here the our glass-blowers had better get busy prize crew from the Emden came 00 making bottles to be instructed in
board carrying revolvers and bringing Tribunals ought to be instructed to half a dozen cases of cartridges and give.special consideration to the appeals Pantoperos was with her, sank many
other
explosives. The Emien, while the of husbands of expectant mothers. These later groups. These are the women whose were aboard imprisonment, oppression. Tontoparos said he suffered while they services to the nation should be recos bratal treatment by the Germans, and nised,
for the very grave reason that. trench-digging and even barbed wire ATTENTION TO HUMANITY.
never in our history was the care of child daily rioting among his crew because, catting.AT
life more important than it is to say them by the Germans.
of the ranging out of dent One thing certain is that there is w A British maternity unit has just left Take the husbands away from thes getting away from universal Conserip this country for Russia.
terrible In the list of
state of affairs, women and I tremble to think what the tinued until the arrival of the Yarmulk. tion. If we do not rally to the flag of necessities taken out I noticed the men effects might be. Humanity demands The Portoperos was will the Enden for
captain, said the England to-day we shall, before we are tion of a large number of feeding bottles that official attention be given to the mat five weeks, and for twelve days the can- much older, be forced to fight in close That seems strange," a friend re-ter at once. Better than exemption tain was confined to his cabin, while his formation under the flag of Prussia marked to me." You would hardly have soul, be the passage of a Bill in Parlia crew were threatened, bribes, Bud Let us fight and even die for our country expected British midwives, of all women ment excusing fathers from service unti. cajoled into helping to coal the End rather than yield to any terms of peace in the world, to have included feeding their children are at least aix months old from her cargo on board. The Court de to the tyrant who has dyed the map of bottles in their professional outfit Eure red with innocent blood.""
One This is a mother's as well as a father clined to believe that any promiss made (Continued on next Column.)
(Continued on sezi (iriamn,)
Their hand-me-down excuses remind for the me forcibly of the excuses made in a day the future! m long gone by when a certain man made
I am not here concerned with many of Se great supper and invited many. The the reasons put forward in support of farmer could not come he was needed single men first other people under on the land, the notor man of the stand these things much better than I, method could not come, because he had and I am a woman, and some subjects we tory out his motor; while the mar women should leave alone. But I am ried man could not come, because he wascorned with facts which women under wanted at home for
All I know about that story told in
softer job.
stand much better than men. I know the Gospel is that the Lord said to the that, in the interests of the nation, the servant. Go out into the highways and married men ought not to go until it is hedges and compel them to come in. absolutely necessary I know, too, that whenever they go, be it early or late, take up action on those
we shall have in these homes of ours re- them in and set them working at muni pidents which I took part in while nurs tion-making, stretcher-bearing, trans port-work; and if these do not serve, why ing the wives and tabies of our gallant there are always hands wanted for Allies.
talk and
I think it about time to drop Ronetics of the saddening scenes and in are the men who should be put back in British steamers, and lie captain of the
war.
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FREIGHT AND PASSENGERS.
S.S. “CHINA
WILL SAIL FROM HONGKONG FOR
SAN FRANCISCO
VIA SHANGHAI, NAGASAKI
AND HONOLULU, JUNE 23 AUG. 29-NOV, 4. AN UNSURPASSED HIGH-CL486 PASSENGER SERVICE AT INTERMEDIATE HATE,
01. RITTER, Freight and Paesenger Agent,
Prince's Buildings, Ice House Street
(028
Hongkong, 28th April, 1916,