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DISTINGUISHED BRIGHTON. WAR SOUVENIR OF ITS INDIA
TROOPS.
One of the most interesting events of the war on its humane side, was the use made of the Royal Pavilion at Brighton as a military hospital for the Indian troops who fought in France in the early dayn of the campaign, canc
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS TUESDAY, JUNE 6TH 1916.
This historic event has now been given the dignity of a permanent memorial in the form of a booklet, which has been prepared and edited by Mr. Henry Roberts, Director of the Public Library Museums and Fine Art Galleries of Brighton, with the assistance of the military authorities
When accommodation for the wounded Indian troups had to be found at very short notice the Brighton Corporation generously offered the use of the town's public buildings, and the present sc vonir gives the history of the Pavilion Hospital (which was under the command of Colonel McLeod) from the time of its erection as a Royal Palace by King George IV. down to the days of its use by King William IV and Queen
Victoria
RUSSIA IN WAR TIME.
THE NEW ARMIES
The Petrograd correspondent of the Venue Rotterdamechie Conrant writes: Just as the Englishman believes, he will win the war by his superior financial resources the Russian
|WHY ITALY WENT TO WAR.
DR DILLON'S NARRATIVE,
When the elect historian comes to write. the narrative of the goneste of the Grent War he will find in this book some of
clues to the
It the master
TRUNKS OF RUBBLE.”
HALF WAY ROUND THE WORLD EN
ROUTE FOR GERMANY
One of the German ruses to obtain rub- ber from America was described in tho
THE NEW · ECONOMY.
The usual sit said Tomkins. Tonkins is
my tobacconist. Tomkins, I replied, sternly; “not the usual. The time for the usual, Tomkins, has vanished. There's a war un. Tomkins. We've got to economise?
*** Yes, sir?
NO
Better give up luxuries than the
ghost, sir
said Tomkins Thank you, Tomkins." I said. ....“ Don't mention it, sir," said Tomkins. And so we've all got to begin, Tom- kins, and at once." I said.
Yea, sir" said Tomkins, agreeably. Do you know the members of Cover-
⠀⠀⠀ Not to speak to, sir" said Tomkins.
As to her cargo of rubber, an inter- cented wireless message from Paul Agency, of New York, to Weber and Schmidt, of the Rubber and Guayule Schaer, Hamburg on February 8th said that Lorentzen had sailed with 133 tons cepted wireless from Weber and Schaer of rubber. On March 25th an interment, Tomkins I inquired
to Ferdinand Wulf read: Lorentzen's steamer captured. Weber, president, Rubber and Gunyule Agency, Schmidt, secretary have been fined $200 each, and the company £250. in New a generation, but Bismarckiam & York for smuggling rubber as ladies potent political principle in Italy has luggage from New York Lose gone under
The rubber was sent in four fashionable
and
Well, they're the boys who've com menced it." I informed him. They're the example. Right at the top, you see. They're giving up something, sir, are That's the great example, Tomkins! they asked Tomkins.
They are indeed, Tomkins," said. I dug him in the waitcoat, impressively."
And what do you think they are giving
Tomkins said.
Russia itself, where the work is continued The amazing thing is that Italy was trunks and eight boxes, es it a great sacrifice, sir?" he isked.
ever beguiled into alliance with the mili
The President, in giving judgment, said that this daring captain took his ship half round the world on the way to New York
are
It isn't it isn't talking, sir, is it? A very great encrifice," I assured him.
he ventured.**RE
Ah, no, Tomkins,” I said; " not that. That would be a little too much, all at
What then, sir?" said he. You've got a good heart?
"I asked. Yes, sit he answered.
I think I could stand a shock." whispered to him.
"Part of their salaries, Tomkius," I
No, sir! He gasped
And 80, Tomkins," I said, “we ve all got to give up something, too. We can't hope to do as well as the Cabinet, but we can all do something.” You said I will begin on my tobacco.
the usual supply of tobacco, Tomkins?
*
""
he said,
Im sorry. sir, said Tomkins. What will it be how then, sir???
Let us follow the great example int
everything, Tomkins, I said, shall know then that we are right her took only three parts of their salaries in money, Tomkins The fourth part they will take out three parts of my usual gave up by taking it in War Loan stock supply of tobacen, Tomkins give in the fourth part in cigarettes.
You can
John Bull
NOTICE. 1. The undermentioned members of the Stretcher Bearer Section who passed the Examination in First Aid to the Wounded held on the 3rd, ut, have qualifed for the certificate of the St. John Ambulance Association and are exempted from the usual weekly drill until further notice. —
abundance of kuman mate relying on his sale chanson, the whole toys Prize Court at Home, when the Brazilian Yes, Tomkins," Lsaid, "the true for sacrifice has come, We have got to com- mans are running short of men they say Dr. Dillon presents it this illumination ship Faldanha da Gama and her cargo
mence giving things up, Tomkius. All —and wo have incxhaustible reserves of Italy's transit from the Triple to were formally condemned.
the luxuries, all the things we've coddled All winter Russia has boon busily pre- the Quadruple Alliance sheds a flood of Mr. Wright, Counsel for the Crown, ourselves with in the past, they've got to paring for the great offensive that is to light not bly on that significant explained that the vessel sailed on Felirat brings the war wear, s
go, Tomkins!*** follow this spring. Fresh levies have change of partnership, but on the entire ary 8th last year from Fara, her destina-
said heen called up to fill the gps caused by scent of Europe convuls and tion, according to her papers being New It
Tomkins,
"It brings", the war very near, Tom- last summer's terrible losses. And it must case we see at the far off beginning, and York When captured of the const of kins, said I If we can't go into the he said that they make an excellent im in the shadows of the background, the Iceland on March 3rd the captain named Army and give up the ghost, Tomkins, pression stalwart fellows, most of them, cryptic figure of Bismarck, and at the Lorentzen, said he was going to Norway we've got to give up living extravagantly, in their long light brown orgcosts, warm finish a whole people, a community of for repairs, but it appeared that the Tomkins. gloves and well-made shoes. When one decent citizens, loathing with fury the sees them for the first time at Petrograd, fruits of his handiwork In a day of ship was fully repaired and surveyed one is sometimes inclined to take them sudden wrath and enlightenment Italy at Para for soldiers picked out for a parade. But stands free from the degrading compact I can only say that the favourable in with barbariam Dr. Dillon sees in that pression received in the Capital was force from the commotion set up by the wave of anti-Teutonic anger, gathering confirmed in the provinces. They were everywhere well-dressed and shodan imabmerged Lusitania, a process akin to conversion in religious experience. The There seemed to be a shortage of rifles, tious statesman, swept over the renal or portant-point) and evidently well fed. were carried with it the mid and cau "not to speak of guns and munitions opportunist politicians, and broke upon saying this I am not betraying wilitary Germany's partner is infamy Out of secrets, for the worst in this regard is the wreck Prince. Bulow, indeed, saved over Gang, both light and heavy and something for his country, for not in a all kinds of munitions have been imported night can Italy shake off the shackles of by way of Vladivostock, Archangel and Siberia all the winter long, whilst new munition factories have been erected in
day and night.
A YEAR 290, Atarist empires, and Dr. Dillon discloses When about a year ago the Rassian for us the spiderlike machinations by front was broken through near Tarnow which Bismarck in the fact of the ap and the retreat from Galicia and Poland Parently insuperable obstacle of Italian began the German communiqué, it will batred of Austria accomplished that be remembered, repeatedly made mention strange grouping. His trump card was had either been unarmed or only armed pansion in the Mediterranean, and this by the most powerful empire on the globe, of thousands of Russian prisoners who Franco-Italian rivalry for colonial exoiling and toiling perseveringly, backed, No, no, Tomkins, it isn't talking. with clubs. Many probably bind no faith he played with his customary and un- their gaze riveted on the goal their him
U skill.
Italy, new-comer scruples consumed by patriotic fire and those reporis But it has since ap
the Powers of Europe, strategien' peared that they were only too true, and ly and economically weak, and still a fiarties, groups and institutions, each oric on the side of the invaded political now everyone knows how terrible the the risk of Austrian aggression, had to forming an independent centre, all armed were kept as reserves right behind with Germany, of which the condition aims, each dependent for success on its position was at the time: how the un- choose between isolation and an alliance striving after a variety of conflicting the armed, so that they could gradually laid down was the road lies, through own unaided efforts, and lead of help or Brm themselves with the arms of their Vienna. And through Vienon Italy at recognition even from the intelligent know now all about the overwhelming unce with powerful Germany. It was BANCA COMMERCIAL dead or wounded comrades. Likewise we last had to go for the much-needed alli-foreigner. majority of the German artillery, which humiliating, but not more so than the
used the collapse in Poland. Never whole history of the alliance seen from unpleasantly reminds one of the pretty theless it took quite a while for all this Italy's
This process of interpenetration"
to transpire, and it was only permitted
point of view.
caterpillar that preserves its outward to write and speak of it openly when
AN ALLIANCE ! ⠀⠀
appearance of normal individuality and the revelations in the Times and the cable bitter dissatisfaction with the inequality tnally being inwardly consumed alive by
Crispi's memoirs
have
told as of his retains even mobility while it is no in Britain and France proved that the of the new relation and of Italy's disapa voracious parasite. The culmination Allies were quite as much at fault pointment in her looked for benefits of the process in Italy's case, and its most But want made the whole story in Rus: Both the Central Empires treated her not subtle tooth was the Banca Commercial sia st extremely unpalatable was the rumours of evil things that started up at dent, to whom it was unnecessary to co needs to tell us is a misnomer. Ons as a partner but as a necessitous depen. Italiana, whose name, Dr. Dillon hardly various places, and involved the highest cede anything Italy!" said Bismarck, hopes that some day Dr. Dillon, or an military circles. There was the treason in his brutal way of conversation. other as gifted in letters and affairs as by the staff Colonel Mjasojedof, to which Italy is a public woman on the streets he, will tell us, the full story of this re- the defent in East Prussia was partly Austria's contempt was not even veiled.markable institution and its achieve the building's use as an Indian hospital tulation of Grodno and the unwarrant suffer persecution for their nationality, activitiest of matmoth and unscrupulous Everything of interest connected with attributed, closely followed by the capi Italians of the Irredenta continued to ments. We have had described to us by is recorded, even to the consideration ble surrender of Novo Georgievsk, and and protests from the Quirinal were vain activities of trust Biblet some realistic CORES ORDERE BY LT, OOL AL CHAPMAN, V.D........
fiction writers the boa constrictor like
HONGKONG VOLUNTEERS, which was given to the complex matter Gnally, in July, the retirement of the Dr. Dillon tells us more than Crispi of native caste and the arrangements Minister for War, General Sorond knew, and much that has happened since novelist take this hint from Dr. Dillon EVERYWHERE I which were made for religious obser infert VAFNINN RACE
the Banga his day and one can only marvel at slight respecting vances. One conspicuous fact of the EADING OUT CORRUPTION A climax of absurdity in the use of the Nothing more fantastic, yet real more Commercial ed Italy's long patience.
Italian, whose cord is that there were only 12 deaths--a Military men praised this Minister as
headquarters
in splendid tribute to Brighton's pure aitable oneer who, huwaver, was Dot Wordallinuce as applied to the rela splendid or squalid, more sublime or Another interesting chapter is the do proof against temptations, to which many the Latiu antion was reached in Italy's base, has been conceived by the most scription of the King's visit on August prominent Russian oficials are exposed. Tripolitan adventure to which Bismarck imaginative writer of fiction. L. 15 25th, 1315, to bestow the Victoria Cross, It was, thus at first only asserted had long ago encouraged her when the elements are ugly, base, and repulsive, the Military Cross, and other decora that he had tampered with army, con- Southern States was persistently hampere ICE HOUSE STREET, TEL. 230.155. tions upon native officers and men who tracts, many millions were said to have ed and obstructed by her friends. They Viaton which seizes and fascinates the gorgeous vision, of which many of the had distinguished themselves in actionern embezzled, etc. Afterwarde ho was limited her scope of operations, against sense of the spectator. The central action Translations of the book have been made accused of having neglected the army Turkey and attacked her in their Press.
imagination while it chills the moral in two Indian languages, Urdu and supplies from carelessness. But when two Nor was this the extreme of the characentres round a bank which, created Gurmukhi, and the record-of which 20,000 copies have been purchased by the and two were put together it was found teristic perfidy of the two Central Powers. the economic organism of the kingdom, almost out of nothing, wormed itself into the neglect bad been intentional Germany secretly contributed men and
What is true of all this the pending money to the Turks, and Austria the rubbing up capital as it wriggled for- enquiry will have to show The Commit Chief of the General Staff, one of the undermined native industries, and to appointed from the Senate for the most gifted men in the Hapsburg Montions seized and bereft them of purpos, has, however, already published archy, says Dr. Dillon, actually urged their national character, teutonized their a few data, from which the varelessness that Italy's preoccupation was an on direction and activity, but left then their THE COUNTESS MARKIEVICZ and neglect of duty on the part of the Bortunity for making a war which should pristine shape and colour; and in this Minister appear quite clearly le had ripple her. The Archduke, who was then way caught in its clutches production SINN FEINER AND SUFFRAGIST ed a great number of files to be the Emperor, for reasons which may have steamship companies, financial institu Heir Apparent approved the scheme, but and distribution, metallurgical works, destroyed and sold implements for the been creditable or merely expedient, cies, influential Press organs, chiefs of For year the Countess Markievies panufacture of rifle barrels, whrsi ke vetoed it. Such were the allies of Italy,Parliamentary Cabinet tions, municipalities, electoral constituen (who was sentenced to death, afterwards must have known that there was a short who had loyally discharged all the infanters and
age of rifles. He had refused an offer duties imposed on her b in the recor. Irish, rebogrison fisis Beez of munitions received from the Alias even when the cost was painfully heavy posing neutrality and exercising conmuted to penal servitude) for her part
by the Alliance, policy, negotiating peace, ending - war. one of Dublin's stormy petrels. At all when he must have kown that thero wan times of popular excitement she has a shortare here too. A few Austrian ECONOMIC SLAVERY suzerain rights in the guise of the accom appeared, rusning about with tremendous end thel, wives and a German woman
to be inferred how strong Plialunent of patriotic duty energy and harangoing sometimės al were involved in the plot. They had born | were the bonds or painful the One begins to see how the subtle. crowd, at other times individuals, with on an intimate footing with the minister recessities when persusand tuly to (itemanit poison, in effect the bismare. curious swift shrill rush of words, and long before the war when he was Gov-renew once more tue foreign alance in worse applien in every department giving the impression of a well-meaning ernor of Kief and upon his appointment atter her war with Turkey. It is to be or corporate me, lends not heresy but fil-balanced and hysterical person an Minister followed him to Petrograde now, and Dr. Dilonmages It Litija nit of yution, paposes it ality In spite of her namie, Mme. Meanwhile, it was realised in Russia, abundantly clear that in Italy's economic not only at some apported day to mas- Markievicz is an Irishwoman, being the even before M. Souchonlinef's retire araldom to Germany hes the explanation acre, Lavage, 1900, tribule, hard efdest daughter of the late Sir Henry meat, that the army supplies left much 10 much otherwise inexplicable.There sname, but days of whited peace Next for duty 9th inst. Scouts Co. Gore Booth, B, of Lissadell, Co., Sligo, to be desired, and the President of the are no passages in the book so pertinent drugs its patriotism, corrupts its and sister of the present baronet, Sir Duma, M Rodzianko, after a visit to the ish readers and none so illustra politics, and ayes the very spirit of Josslyn Gore Booth. Another sister is front, called a meeting of Duma members tive of the Teuton character as those which national being to its own hue, So that Miss Eva Gore-Booth, the poetess to communicate to them his impressions of the industrial fetters by which Italy conscious of this malady, acquires the describe the gradual and secret forging at last the victim, unconscious or even In 1900 she married the Polish Count But the writer relates in the letter all Casimir Dunin de Markievicz, and in all the wise measures planned as a result of
is still bound.:
very accent of his master. It is a melan- those little tea cup storms that periodite meeting were checked by the insur Turn to the history of Teutondom dur chosy story, the teutonization of Iraly, cally tossed the pair were to the lore, always siding the mountable barrier raised by M. Goremying the past thirty years in Turkey, and it moves like i drania to that long
fore, always siding with kin, the Premier After his disappear land, Persia, Britain in a word, in sny memorable despatches to this journal, Thursday, June 8th--No. 14. Section.
Spain, Roumania, Italy, Belgium, Bol Dillon many months ago described in drawn phase of negotiation which Dr good. The Cour and is all directions great strides were essential features of Tontonie interpone suavé apostle of Bistarckism, fortified in Stop being a human beanpolette teris Chase away that long, lean, hungry quarrels and reforming enterprise, and three look that makes folks think you're nick the count, genial popular, boyish
tration, modified to suit local conditions. On the one side the side of the invaders a hundred way by all the influences Thursday, June set, at 6.15 pm. strap. or that you're not-getting
three square
Ken Blant, who painted pictures, wrote plays,
vast, compact organization, working ready indicated, exhausting every wile
JOINED meals a day,T
Give the merry laugh to the would-be Polish National Anthem at artistic
and, with enormous enthusiasm, sang
to realize a coherent and grandiose plan great game of murder and robbery long Orchestra A. J. Braga
to charm Italy into acquiescence with the founted Patrols-LP Vincent the
The physician of the West End Hos technical skill, and aided
employing scientific methods, witty friend who asks you what makes functions, followed his wife closely, and pital, London writes in the Lancet that Government which inspires,
sance planned by the two conspirator. you look so peaked and tells you you'd between them they gave a good deal of he recently estimated the regulation sup leats and helps its subjects, identifying tions illustrates all that the author bas
Governments. The better see a doctor
amusement to Dublin in the long ago ply of food at a prominent London club their success with its own. And on the previously told us about interpenetra history of the negotia- Bogin to-day to put from 15 to 40 before the war. The genuine artista and was about twice the quantify actually other side, classes and masses mutually tion But there were on this occasion pounds of good, frm, healthy permanent intellectuals were tolerantly amused, necessary, and a large proportion of the distrusted, Parliamentary pas paties the process. The claven foot has always Dad, what is a roost?" asked Charlie
stay there
fesh and tissue on those but there was often an element of disgust habitues gave evidence of the havoc to f
errors, grievous accidents which marred spare bones of yours niest man or woman can quickly "fill Count's plays the small, but sophisticated adds a visitor to a country hotel re- political clubs eager to welcome spying tain arms for rebels in the Italian is what chickens perch on. Then I When the Countess appeared in the in their tissues, lately heard he awkward questions of the Government Germany to Tripoli were found to con- out become plump yes, with actual audiences that assembled always had an mark to the landlord upon the abundance strangers as guests or tetibers and colonyThen the voice of the charmer, suppose, dad, a chicken could roost on a so when beer barrels consigned from chickens sit at night," replied his father. healthy fat, in sixty days and all by evening of suppressed giggles. It was all of the fare he provided. Yes, was the them facilities for acquainting
And what's a perch, dad?' A perch new, simple, harmless home treatment, so earnest and the shocking was comically proud rejoinder this is a house of with State secrets; commercial ins that can't possibly hart you, that imposes self-conscious!
and the voices of those through whom he perchOf course was the smiling re no hardships, no disagreeable diets, no But it was when authority had to be dector says, probably consumes as much or brains, and willing to save foolish rab ons, that can be taken defied that Madame Markievicz surpassed as the London postman, altzouzh Le does pounde by admitting opics mas
d to be plenty._____ The London policeman, this and industries longing for foreign capital spoke became less
ypnotie. It was thenly And they could perch on a rhost?" privately in your own home without the herself. Then what denunciations of Eng not expand, more than a quarter of the as hard working clerks from
teases who kne
of diplomatic Why, y-yes answered dad. But it knowledge of anyone. SARGI tableta do land from this gaunt excited figure
dung subtleties, but who treachery at home the work, your chemist keeps them in What belabourings of Man For she was muscular energy expanded by the latter.rve without salary stock
men at who gave the a suffragette as well as a.Sinn-Feiner,
It is clear, therefore, that he eats mor foreign recognitio
the outset of their career ing for dapilomatic dest and she was a prominent figure in the tran 25 pecessary conclusion which 15
and sensible to deli ournalista pining for blin One of not infreonently borne out by the amplate fatlery her chief swoops into notoriety, was in the bude of his proportions. It is a rare andergo an orde
first hand infor tion and ready to big strike in 1913, when she was one of to meet a thin policeman past thirty in the invaders, side a bod
for scoop On the most active of Larkin's supporters, our towns as it is to see a stout postasn
resolate me. Anywhere
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