KEEPING FIT ON IS 4D A DAY.
OLD GENTLEMAN WHO DANCES
: BEFORE A MIRROR.
A PLACE IN THE MOON.
GERMAN COLONIAL EXPANSION,
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY JULY 19TH 1916.
BY SPENCER LEIGH HUONES, UP..J The average person rats three times as much as is good for the preservation of perfect health". That declaration is terest a report that appeared in the I have been reading with much in made by one who lives up to his prin- Hamburger Frendenblatt of a lecture by eiples. Dr. J. Beattie Crozier is an erect, old gentleman of 67, over 6ft. in German Secretary of State for the Dr. Solf, who is still described as the height, and indulges his hobby of step- Colonics, though there are no colonies, dancing every night before going to bed. We have all watched with anasement and He told a Daily News representative satisfaction the process of depriving Ger- something of the scheme of dicting which many of those possesions one by one, and enables him to feed satisfactorily on Is 4d. a day-100, of which is for ale and statement that this elimination of the our satisfaction is increased by Dr. Solf's stout.
Dr. Crozier suffered from neurasthenians from the German Empire is for 40 years. A victim also of indiges the
among the most painful experiences of tion, he sought a drastic cure in the war time, to display magnanimity to the
Var
It is well, however, even in counsel of an American doctor, who had enemy when possible, and I happen to one grand formula: "Eat only one know of a proposat in the direction of third of what you are eating how. The result in every case, it is reported, was tinguished German-a proposal that will
colonial expansion made by a very that six months after the beginning of not be objected to either by this country the test the man was stronger and hitter or by any of our Allies. The distinguish than he had ever been before.
Dr. Crozier at once experimenter upon astronomer and philosopher, who had ed German in question was John Kepler, himself.
The menu which, with very culture and patriotism enough for two. wlight variation, he has allowed himself in a learned trifle bearing the attractive for years past is the following
Before Rising-One Cup of tea
title Dissertatio cum Nuncio Sidereo," Eleven o'clock. One breakfastcup of expressed the view that the moon, if not published at Frankfort in 1010, Kepler Benger's Food.
able. actually inhabited, was certainly habit Then he went on to say that "it is possible for some of our posterity to find out a conveyance to this other world, and if there be inhabitants there
Two o'clock-Two slices of brend and butter, one Cambridge sausage, pint of ale or stout.
and
&
Five o'clock. A cup of tea. Eight o'clock. One pint of Benger's. Food
Dr. Crozier has led a very active and
athletic life. In his young days he was a boxer. Forty years ago his figure skat ing brought him prominence at the Chel sea rink. But his most notable relaxa- tion is still step-dancing. Some people will think I'm an old fool," he said, when I say I dance before a mirror before I go to bed; but I do it for sound physical reasons."
GERMANY CRIPPLED. EXPERT VIEW OF THE PRESENT POSITION.
dis
THE GINGER WAY OF WAR RUSSIA'S REMARKABLE FEAT
STORMING OF THE FORTIFICA- TIONS AT LÜTZK..
PATIENCE BETTER THAN MERE IMPETUOSITY.
THE CALL FOR MORE ENERGY,
war writer, contributes the following Mr. W, Douglas Newton, the famous article, to u home paper
of
A correspondent of the asshy Slova sends from Lutsk the following account of the operations which culminated in the capture of that town
nonade by six-inch guns, which reduced
The adance in Volhynin began at:a o'clock on 2nd June with a furious can
the Austrian fortifications to ruins. A
greater unity and solidity of action, the crased fire. The crackle of tiles was alan Now after the nations of the Alliance quarter to nine on the morning of the have met together for the purpose of 12th inst., the Russian batteries suddenly outside brokers of our own Legislature silenced and for some minutes a death the nation into two camps. ar making it their business to divide like and ominous silence prevailed. cainps are those dubbed by the gentlemen from one point in the line. It spread The two Suddenly there was a sound of cheering
word of the "Do-it-nowers" is "Get on the signal for an infantry attack which and that of "Wait and see. The watch an echo along the whole front. It was ginger' na that of "Do it now quickly on both sides and followed lika with the war! It is both a clarion cry will Ell one of the brightest pages in the and an accusation. It is a call to more history of the war dataM osity and aggression in both political of infantry, who were already within 150 and military spheres. It condemns the naces of the enemy trenches, rushed for energy, more movement, more impetu- ]” “With anexampled dush, several lines "Wait-and-score for exhibiting, a spirit ward with the bayonet. Officers who have of dilatoriness of slowness in initiative taken part in many battles from the very the faults and failures of the war to the more impetuous assault. plan, and action. That is, it nscribes all beginning of the campaign remember na pedestrianism of our rulers. It implies of three-quarters of an hour the enemy bold, virile, dashing method, a method and all the three rows of his first line In the course that the only means to win this war is by had been overwhelmed and put to flight, proper to and begot by "ginger." It is trenches were in our hands, together with well to note-not with any partisan or machine-guns, bomb mortars, and enor personal hlas, but as men judging fairlys numbers of rifles, military stores what the bold, dashing, impetuous epirit and a multitude of prisoners. has been doing in the past of this war, founded by the incessant fire of the guns, to have commerce with them. and to perceive how it was that this very and paralyzed with terror by the fury He added, being urged by an uncontrollida of "getting on" with the war at of the charge of the Russian infantry, ed offervescence of patriotism, that it all hazards has been the reason of many the Austrians in some places fled in all was his firm conviction,
grave failures.
directions and in others hid in deep bomb shelters, whence they were hunted out with the help of hand gronades.
IMPETUOUS RUSH,
as soon as the art of flying shall be discovered, some of my own country men will become the first Lunar volonists.
A: GERMAN IDEN.
EXAMPLES.
the actions of our enemies. It enfolds The first group of examples deals with the German movement that got on with the war so vigorously that the battle of Poland with so much ginger" and lack the Marne was the inevitable result; the
Dunkl and von Auffenburg and the fall of seeing" that the bitter defeat of Austrian movement that drove into
:
Dhimb
of versts behind the first, were taken in "The second line of trenches, a couple similar way. The stormning parties had this time the shelling did not last long. orders to stop short of the third line and
company of a regiment got out of hand It had been in progress an hour when one await farther artillery preparation, but
cover the lost ground were in vain. They were hurled back with the bayonet into woods where they had gathered for attack
The
sided, but the thunder of the cannon whole of the following day the Austrians continued without intermission.
With the fall of night the battle sub-
the Russian infantry moved steadily for fought a stubborn rear-guard battle, for werd, leaving a trail strewn with the enemy's dead By evening the advance had covered a distance of nine miles, and
Before retiring. One pint of stout "I never get hungry," Crozier,
said Dr. except that I get very keen sometimes for my bread and butter and Hausage. Dut this is the irreducible minimum, I think. No, I don't hanker. after the savoury things that I see my Friends eating. I have hypnotised myself, so to speak, into not wanting what other people have. That's result of training and habit.. Sometimes," he covered, and it happens that at the same Well the art of flying has been dis- admitted, a little wistfully, could have another sausage. But I don't Here, then, is her opportunity to carry I wish I time Germany is pining for a colony really need it" His smoking nowadays out an ambitious enterprise frst suggest of Lemberg followed only too naturally; and hurled itself to the attack; others is limited to an occasional cigarette.ed by one of her most gifted sons and, in another sense, there examples en followed its example, and the third line and admit that the proposal is her own. fold the bold negligence the (the Ger done.it de replay and age
Let us even More than 300
to-day be fair to Germany, the that left Easttrenches went as rapidly as the frst had Kepler had his eye on the moon, busy dong it now in Franco to spare ed suficient forces to venture on and be ear-marked her for his own
years ago John mans, it will be remembered, were too country.
*By evening the Austrians had collect mo to be quite ideal. Before the Prussia gave to us our first unpleasant the village of Palzhi, five miles south-
The suggestion appears to
men for Prussia) The campaign in East counter-attack, which was launched from war the Kaiser demanded a place in the appreciation of boldness-that is, the in-west of Olyka, but all their attempts to sun, but he has had to modify many of petuous dash of brave Samsonov that his claims, and may have to modify many ended in the terrible failure of the Masu more. Thus in a chastened spirit he will riau Lakes. These are mainly enemy probably agree to what is a reasonable examples, but the spirit of impetuosity compromise and accept a place in the has given us of the West a number of moon. Again, we may find in this plan incidents to regret. It is enough to give question--What are we to do with the the bold French advance into Alsace and a satisfactory answer to that puzzling few particular instances. The first was Kaiser after the war? aay rate no one in this world-would advance so vigorous and impulsive that No one or at Lorraine in the first days of the war, a object to the Kaiser going in State to the ginger group of Franes hailed it he was once established there, there would get ever since, for by that aggressive1,006. prisoners had been taken, as well visit his new colony, always supposing with delight, though the sober minds of he some justification for his use of the Do it now movement the northern 5 some cannon and machine guns. At that ho stayed there. And again; when France have viewed it with immense re- title All-Highest. It would he not only front of France was left exposed and duak the sky was lighted by the blood-red The general war situation appears tive. I observe that. Dr. Solf, the Seegin plain before the splendid impetu plosions were heard from beyond the Aus- Appropriate but accurate and descrip Germany gained her way over the Bel- glow of burning buildings, and dull ex- to be this:The Germanic powers hav ing failed to break up the alliance by ed in his lectures.
retary of State for No Colonies, remarkosity of the Brat French offensive could trian line. The enemy had fired the vil a final defeat of either France in 1014 "For the German his colonies are considerable of the fruits of boldness;ine miles from Olyks, and was or Bassin in 1916 have in their efforts lands of fable, shimmering in the magic others less grave perhaps, will occur tong his atacks of ammunition, to do this been drawn into occupying of marvellous sunshine, virgin territory, mest ininds. Dur episodic action at Ant
be correctes. That first vos, as the most lages of Malin and Knisroot, eight or a front to extensive that it is becoming exercising a potent attraction for our wein was one such example; the Galli tinued to move forward, following the increasingly dangerous for them to youth, and in which we have unfurled poli campaign another; and the dashing enemy's heels. On Wednesday morn hold it. blockade at the same time makes it
The stress of the British the banner of kultur and humanity advance on Bagdad, which resulted in ing a iaconic order to attack the Lutzk During the night tho Russians con- imperative to reach a decision quickly hence the assault on
Verdun. assault the striking force with which new colony, whose annexation was fore are of an value in the general strategy point of view, and for the most part were In this eloquent passage could be applied to this be of opinion that thess last incidents were the last word from the technical that the situation at Kut, a third. Many will positions was issued. These fortifications the Germans could hope to effect s decision has been
seen by the prophetic and cultured of the war. I am of that opinion myself, constructed of concrete. They consisted destroyed. consists only of remnants; and the the magic of marvellous moonshine ernment, whereas they are much better began at dawn. By midday it was still
It new only substitute the phrase
Kepler as long ago na 1010. We need be all are held up publicly as examples of two lines, encircled by nineteens girdles shimmering of the failure of our slowly acting Gov-of wire entanglements. A fierce battle and the rest of the passage needa no alteration. It would be virgin territory, examples of the spirit that desires to do and there is plenty of evidence that the things quickly and impulsively in order moon, that loud of fable," has for a to get on with the business as soon as long time exercised a potent attraction posible. "Ginger" and daring planned fessors, poets ad theologians, as well as divorced from the caution of" wait and for. Germans. Indeed among her pro and tried them, "ginger and daring, among her ordinary citizens, many may see were the reasons for unsuccuss. be said to be so potently attracted in this Moreover, a long experience of German directión official wireless messages in this world be moonstruck.
would make the new to use Kepler's own phrase, feel quite at Lunar Colonists," home in an atmosphere of shimmering moonshine.
The following cablegram from the Secretary of State for India to the Vice roy, dated June 28th, is published with the permission of the authorities in India:
ability to reoruit and reform it no longer exists. The more efficient and mobile elements in the German army have now been lost, and this disappear ance of German striking forec as the outcome of the effort at Verdun is one of the most important results of the war. During the fast four months the decline in the enemy a military efficiency has been rapid and the Russian offensive was wisely held off until the enemy's mobile elements had been so far reduced as to render the success of the attack no longer doubtful. The German mark is falling rapidly.
NEW MAP OF EUROPE. GEOGRAPHICAL PROBLEMS OF THE WAR.
In
With one trifing alteration
to
THE ONLY WAY.
THE ART OF WAR.
uncertain in whose favour the issue would be. However, at 1 o'clock we suc coded in breaking through the enemy's line at the village of Podgaitze, three or four miles east of utzk
AUSTRIANÉ DEMORALIZED "The Austrians yet made one more de-
the heart of their entrenchinent. Three sperate counter-attack, in the hope of filling up the gap, but a Russian batta regiment, drove them back and burst into lion, headed by the commander of the thousand prisoners and several guns re- mained in the hands of the Russians. Meanwhile another Russian force ad- vancing on Lutsk along the Dubno high way had occupied the enemy's trenches thousand prisoners. near the village of Krupi, five miles south-east of Lutzk, capturing several
tral Europe they had extended its scope brightest agent of the sky" as the vide money for it all 1 It is just as well patience rather than impetuesity, of sare
examples of failure begot of the desire it is easy to mention military to "ginger" up things, because military incidents are striking and dramatic; it is not so easy to track down the harm done by this tapetuosity in political We have seen that Dr. Solf showed teel-paign may be cited as
spheres. Yet there are certain indica ing, and oven temper, as he alluded to Events have shown the obvious fact that tions of evil done. The conscription cam- the palms of Bamos, the model colonise the greater number of the people of this in West Africa, and the most lovely country always have been ready and will abandoning their cannon and field-guns
an example Presiding at the annual meeting of the which the Germans have loved long since ing to put themselves entirely at the dis- and finging down their rifles. The Rus
tropical land on earth, New Guines, Moral Geographical Society, held at the
"The Austrians now broke and fed, Alpine Club, Mr. Douglas Freshfield (the this exhibition of temper, for the post simply caused distrust, disquiet, and hes all nineteen belts of wire. Before evening and lost, not awhile but for ever. Let posal of the Government. The raginians, trailing arms, hurried in pursuit, president) said that the society had dur tion of a Minister for the Colonies in tility where amoothness might have a black column of amoke was seen rising us not be too censorious in condemning tearing ginger" of the conscriptionists On the enemy's heels they passed through ang the past year of stress done its utmost to serve the Empire by devoting the an Empire that has no colonies is obvi reigned. It was, for instance, not pcs against the western sky. It was succeed greater part of its house and the energies ously a trying one. And in country sible for the ordinary man to know ed by the roar of a violent explosion, and of its staff to work of many kinds for may be troublesome and fussy folk who mere political catchery or national real recognized the inevitability of retreat the different departments of the Govern will suggest that such a post is a sine ity Resentment and suspicion caused and were blowing up bridges, stores and that is enforcing rigid war economy there whether the demand for more men was a ment, and by dealing with some of the cure, and that while Dr. Solf may be all the friction. There was a very gene-railway buildings wide geographical problems which affect allowed to retain his portfolio he should ine feeling in the country that the
a second and third. The Austrians had od the preecat conduct of the war or the not receive a salary. But the new deparginger groups, in their desire for sign infantry marched into the town to terms of any possible future settlement of national boundaries,
∙ture I The great enterprise of the map of by Kepler, one of Germany's greatest Snance, and the like). A feeling, I might minated by the flames of burning build-
have suggestedor, rather, the more men, new departure that was first suggested national interests (the labour market, and the roer of cannon, their path illu At nine o'clock in the evening Rus Enrope and the Nearer East had made sons would enable Dr. Solf to get over say that was not only being experienced ings. They had covered a distance of ignored other vital the accompaniment of a deluge of rain substantial progress; 29 sheets had now that difficulty: been compiled and reproduced and pub Secretary of State for the Colony, but Liberals and Conservatives in this forty versts, taking by storm formidable lished by the geographical section of the he would be the First Minister for the country, but also by many officers and fort fications in sixty-two hours, not
He would be not only General Staff 18 sheets had been com- Moon, as proud a title as was ever con men at the front. I have heard officers counting the thirty hours of artillery piled and were in process of reproduc ferred on any public man. tion; 17 more wers in a state of prepara agine, too, that the Kaiser would regard going to take all the men, who is to pro tion more or less advanced, From Cen the
I say im- of Unionist principles say. If we are preparation, northward to the North
nepale new Russian port of Alexandrovik, east posed, he would go with the unanimous vigour snap, ginger" are not neves cannot be avoided in war (the perfect
Cape and
in the German crown, and to consider before we commit ourselves to and solid building rather than boldness, the if he wore to ward to Baghdad and the Captais, and approval of a relieved world-and would sarily the counsels of perfection. The ad efficient German" have – made.
go there, as I have pro southward to Cairo and the head of the not only soon feel at home there, but present Government is not beyand cri- tremendous mistakes), but it is wisest to a more aggressive policy, that mere of caution rather than daring Mistakes Persian Gulf. On each occasion when might prefer it to Potsdam, there had been a question of setting always been addicted to the use of well- Heaven, but its members do realise that when mistakes occur their effect will not limits to the enterprise they had been known Latin tags, such as are volo sie war is not a matter of bull-headed be anal. This is not the ginger way gratified to learn before those limits were jubea, and should be undertake this rushes Those who are managing the war of war. It is, however, the only way to He has ticism Goverments are not things of construct plans and gather forces, so that esched that the demanda of the War Journey to his new and only colony he know that the Germans had spent some go to war successfully, and it has always Office had surpassed them; the under could enjoy the luxury of repeating forty years of patient labour elaborating been our way. No doubt Wellington had shaking had acquired a momentnin which Virgil's oftquoted words ie itur ad the plans of their present action, and would carry it even beyond its present astra. It might not be quite accurate to itself as the standard map for use in all the phrase could be appropriately used past twenty months has had to be careful But fortunately he knew war and he limits, and the map had now established say that he was going to the stars that that our own extemporisation during the many incitements to get on with t the larger considerations which arose in by a man going to the moon, and only rather than bold War, is a matter of know our method, and he, too, was cun- The conduct of war,
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