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AMERICAN TRIBUTES,
excellence of the arrangments made for A volume of inpartial testimony to the the well-being of prisoners of war intern- series of reports made to the American Ambassador by members of the Embassy Staff who have during the last few othe The reports were issued last month as a paid visits of inspection to various in ternment camps in the United Kingdom.
ed in Great Britain is contained in a
A case concerning certain breaches of It is a matter for regret, says the Near the Liquor Revenue Ordinance came beast, that more attention is not paid to fore the senior magistrate, Mr. W. Langthe defects in the British Consular 'syetem. It may be as well to any et ham Carter, at Singapore on October, once that we cannot afford to employ, 11th, when Mr. Kenneth A. Stevens, of generally, German methods of trade They are too indescribably shady to be Messrs, Caldbeck, Macgregor & Lo, adopted by British, farms or by the pleaded guilty to being in possession of British Government, but that is no intoxicating liquors contrary to the pro-reason why we should cof imitate they accurate needlework of their execu: Parliamentary paper;
which have helped to build up German thoroughness and unflagging energy trade.
to 23 camps show how thoroughly the
The following letter appeared in the London Spectator recently: A friend from China has just displayed before my dazzled eyes pieces of marvellous old silk embroidery, brought thence-unfaded as when newly sewn, and of tints which ontflash the hummingbirds, as magically harmonized, as perfectly balanced in the colours, not to speak of the microscopical quantities of hues and shades of opposed
the delicate soft beauty of the dyes-how tion. But my abiding thought has been
The detailed reports, made after visits
have lost the crude and screaming " soft yet how pure the colours-and why. cannot, we learn to dye like this? We which the prisoners are living, and their visitors investigated the conditions under German aniline dyes lycan verdict is highly satisfactory. As was to go to school to China and tears some of be expected, they received various co their processes, which produced these plaints from some of the interned officers colour is, like the ear for music and for
the complaints of a serious character. but surely we might learn. as to dyes and up either with the War Office or the camp verae, an art unteachable, untaught ground for criticism the cases were taken
Where there appeared to them good" a trader, he would have had a case of other materials, might in China than Mr G. G. Seth, the Deputy Public undiminished strength to present. In Germany.".
commandante, and the authorities showed Proscentor, appeared on behalf of served you well before the war," he
a general disposition to remove the causes. Government, and the Hon Mr. F. Mi might have said: "give me a chancos
of complaint: In many instances the Elliot and Mr. H. D. Mundell oppeared now. And he would have got his
inspectors record improvements in bang for the defence.
chance.
conditions since their previous visits, and in a few cases they suggest further in
On the whole, however, provements, their reports are remarkably free from criticism and they pay repented tributes. to the excellence of the food, the sanitary and hospital arrangements, and the facilities for work, exercise, and recrea tion...
visions of section 24 (2) of the Liquor Revue Ordinance, delivering false or incorrect requisitions with regard to the importation of these liquors, and failing 10 give notice of variation in strength of dutiable liquors charges in all with regard to the first two alleged offences and one as regards the third.
is well for us that the German has been It may be paradoxical to say so, but it so unscrupulous in his dealings. If he had been able after the way to approach the commercial world with clean hands, There were fifteen with only the shadow of military defent magic tints 1 True, the perfect eye for and men, but in few cases did they find
hanging over him, he would, from the to live down. In neutral countries, as point of view of trade, have had nothing
GERMAN INDUSTRIES, DE
BRITISH WAR PRISONERS.
A NEW WELFARE COMMITTEE.
In order to co-ordinate the various efforts which numerous generous associa tons and individuals are now making in connection with the dispatch of com Joint War Committee of the British Red forts to British prisoners of war the Cross Society and the Order of St. John has been invited by the War Office and Fareiga Office to take over all questions relating to prisoners (combatant and civilian), in
the welfare of British cluding those intertied in neutral coun- tries.
special committee, which will be presided The work will be carried on by a over by the Rt. Hon. Bir Starr Jameson, Bt., C.D., and will include, besides mem bers nominated by the Joint Committee of the Red Cross and Order of St. John, representatives of the Prisoners of War Help Committee, which under Sir C. Lucas has carried on this work hitherto, diers' Fund, The Prisoners of War Help Committee and the Red Cross Prisoners of War Committee will cease to exist,
The names of the new commitive are as follows:-
.:
The Rt. Hon. Sir Starr Jamison, B., C.B..
Sir William Garstin, G.C.M.G. (Joint Committee of British Red Cross and Order of St. John),
Mr. Hume-Williams, K. C., M.P: Mr. Rowland Berkeley (Prisoners of War Help Committee).
CUNMITTRES OF PRISOXERS, committees chosen by the interned med Most of the camps are largely run by themselves, and in the larger camps the organization is of an elaborate character. At Knockaler, near Peel, where over found that there were relief and kitchen 20,000 men are interned, the virubys. committees, recreative hall committees, & prisoners aid society, gymnasium, aports,
the prisoners, as well as a sick and burial industrial, educational, library, musical,
club, which cares for prisoners in their and dramatic committees, all chosen by
last illness and tends the graves of the dead in an adjoining churchyard. Ger- German, Italian, Spanish, mathematics, man instructors teach English, French,
hand, writing, and landscape gardening; political economy, bookkeeping, short-
have both string and brass orchestras, and in each of the four camps the prisonere. plays are given in both English and Ger- man, the inmates themselves arranging the costumes, scenery, and stage settings. Nearly 72 per cent, of the prisoners. at Knockalos were found to be at work, many being employed as boot-makers, tailors, joiners, plumbers, wood-workers, gardeners, and railway, quarry, and postal workers. There are 45 acres available for exercise and a variety of games is played daily. Under the head- ing Wants": the inspectors say,
There were no complaints of a serious. nature,
Mr. Seth first said that the charges were taken in groups of three at a time
And the German will get his chauce me the Government wished to have the again if Great Britain and her mer- liquor forfeited in each case, and the law chants do not stand in the way. True, laid down that not more than three the German industrial system is reeling charges could be taken at a time. Al under the blow which the war has dealt though only certain. Cases of the ita musters; certain industries have strength of liquor not being accurately become non productive; German workers stated were mentioned, as a matter of have been more than decimated, and fact it had occurred very many times. other things have occurred which must There was a responsibility resting on inevitably have interfered with her such firms an that of defendant to make efficiency; bat German industries have certain returns to the Monopolies De- not been crushed, all her factories have partiment accurately, including that of not been closed, and all her trans the breaking down of liquor a certain frontier traffic has not ceased, Wherever percentage under proof to increase, ita it was possible to do so, factories have quantity. It might be held to be unfair continued to work, and goods that to make a number of charges in respect cannot be sold are stocked carefully of what was practically the same offence, until such times as the markets of the but the Monopolies Department had been world are once more available. Reports defrauded with regard to a large amount, issued recently by the Bureau of Foreign which it was impossible to ascertain with and Domestic Commerce of the United any degree of accuracy. From one state States Government disclose the fact that ment which had been supplied it was cal
in various parts of the German Empire culated that for the years 1913 to 1915dustry is not so inactive as some of the amount not paid was something like us would like to believe. and a representative of the Indian Bol $3,000. The Monopolies Department did This brings us once more to the old not admit that this was the correct question of our trade organisation at amount, and held that it was not nearly home and abroad. Great Britain must enough while the defendant said it was establish an Imperial Consular Service, too much. The point was, however, that which should be controlled from a Cen the Government had been defrauded of tral Bureau in London. When this bos revenue, and by someone in Caldbeck, been done the appointment of Consais Macgregor & Co., which was a very seri must be proceeded with Consuls must ous state of affairs.
be British subjects; there is nu room STATEMENT FOR DEFENCE.
for the foreigner, whether he be a friend- ly or a neutral or an alien enemy. Addressing the court for the defence, Again, the British Cousul must be a whole- Mr. Elliot said a Chinese clerk, who time man. We already lost too much. recently left the firm after being employ-because the British Consul has had too ed for twenty years, was for twelve or many jobs on hand. He must be trained, fourteen years in charge of all the banks too, for a definite career in the Capsular kept with regard to dealings with the service.
At Duffryn Aled, Abergele, a country Monopolies Department, the payment of
house in a romantic valley among the In London the Consular Bureau should duty and all such matters. For some be staffed by experts.
Welsh mountains, 81. officers and servants reason he had been accustomed to make abroad should be divided into groups. The service
were interacd when the inspection was incorrect returns, Mr. Stevens knew Thus the Balkana group would comprise the country he is not new to the ways
made. The inspectors say - In this solutely nothing of this, but as he was all the Balkan States, with its head-
camp there was an amusement committee; responsible for the acts of his servant quarters, say, at Bucharest, where the experience and knowledge of the country committee, and
of his firm, and when he has gained
a wine committee, a canteen committee, he had been advised to plead guilty. It Consul General for the Balkans would he is able to assume really important All these committees are chosen quarterly a house committee, a cigar and cigarettes was because of the defection of an old reign. Each country would have its responsibilities. It is worth incidental by the interned officers, who have absolute 4 postmaster-general: and trusted servant that he had to answer Consul, who would be responsible for mention that as a result of this excellent control over the management of the house these charges. It might be said that it the proper staffing and equipment of his system the number of really young being to pay the monthly bills.' showed carelessness on the part of Mr. territory. It ought to be possible for a Europeans in positions of responsibility, officers give much time to the study of Stevens that the matter was not discover British commercial traveller to walk discharging their duties with credit to languages, particularly Spanish.
--the only thing done by the British staff The ed earlier, but he was always put off the into the British Cousul's office at, let us themselves and with profit to their prin- Frongoch, near Bala, with 880 prisoners. scent because his stocks were periodically say, Chios, and within a reasonable cipals, is ope certified by the Monopolies Department time be able to secure the most minute features of commercial life in India city, engineering, drawing, gardening, to be correct. When it was discovered information about the smallest trader Much the same is to be said of Egypt, and so on; and the visitors report that of the most remarkable there are bo classes for languages, electri- that the firm's confidence had been mis- on the island. placed every effort was made to try and will satisfy our trade requirements, and British firms recruit their staffs from portrait and landscape painting and Nothing short of that which is another country in which in a studio excellent work is done in trees what amount of duty had been short British merchants at home and abroad among promising members of London sculpture. paid to the Government. The figures ought to insist that this standard should establishments. Here, then, is a ready camp at Stohs a "board of justice," clearly showed that the clerk had been be attained
At the Scottish interiment making something out of it. It was be-between some Consuls and traders would Imperial Consular service, As vacancies among the inmates" by apology or biber- The relations that exist made system for the recruitment of an elected by the prisoners, settles disputes lieved that he had been carrying on some suggest that the former are powers to occurred abroad they would be filled wise. The prisoners at several of the business of his own. Entries of sales to be conciliated; actually the reverse is from headquarters: apparently fictitious persons were found the fact. The Consul is a public servant, there would be a section that would deal a week. In one case & camp newspaper in the books, and the firni were losers by and the measure of his real worth is the with consular affairs of the Balkans, is produced. In another 85 per cent, are. At headquarters camps go on route marches two or three this, and by the fact of having to forfeit extent of the service he renders to his and if the Consul-General at Bucharest engaged in work. Some cut their com liquors, which must follow conviction country's trade and the men who are wanted a new man that section would make watches, brooms, and boots and a This alone represented a value of about out to push it. This point of view supply him. He would already know 46,000, which in itself was an extremely cannot be emphasised too strongly, and good deal about the Balkens, gud, all after the health of their fellow-prisoners. rades' hair, and some wash clothes; others heavy penalty. Of course Government needless to say, if the Consul is not else being equal, it would not be long Times.
doctor and more than one dentist look world be approached in the matter. They British subject, and a pretty enthusiastic before he would be capable of control were prepared to pay the duty which had one, we shall full short of the possible.ling a small Consular station. That, not been paid, as they had no wish to defraud the Government in any way. All the charges, except the last, depended on
Consular offices abroad. roughly, would be the system of stat- fug the headquarters office and the the one act of entering up a wrong alcoho. lic strength.
COULD NOT ACCEPT FIGURES.
RECRUITING.
Consular
Major AX. G. Campbell, C.LE. Joint Committee of the British Red Cross and Order of St. John).
Sir John Prescott Hewett, G.C.8.1. (Indian Soldiers' Fund).
At
SHIPPING NOTES.
PACIFIC SHIPPING AGREEMENT. A Tokio paper states that the Canadian
Steamship Company have agreed on a Pacific Ocean Services, Ltd., the Toyo Kisen Kaisha and the Pacific Mail uniforta schedule of passenger rates,
Bureau would discharge many functions.
In London the Central It would appoint the officers abroad. That is very slipshod business st pre
VALUE OF "ESPRIT DE CORPS." sent. How often does it happen that an
There is another advantage that must Mr. Seth, replying, on one or two ence in one country is transferred to Given such a service as that outlined, official who has gained priceless experi not be lust sight of in this connection. points raised, said the Monopolies Do-another? partment had always given Mr. Stevens except in the most unusual circum which is always a healthy and vigorous which provides that all passages are to
That should be impossible it would soon have its esprit de corps, credit for being an honest and capable stances. The objection that will be stimulant to fine work and high moral be paid on the basis of American gold man, and they accepted the figures supraised of course, is that an officer must in any service in which it exists The dollars. For the last forty years and plied as true un account of Mr. Stevens' be promoted sometimes. As a matter of British Empire, more than any other in standing not only in the social but in fact that is no reason at all. Promothe world, furnishes proof of this fact the Orient to America have been paid the business world. This was how the tion should be graded after a certain and in no country under the British
more passenger fares on boats bound from stocks had been periodically certified as position has been reached, and before flag is the proof not to be found. ⠀⠀⠀
on the basis of pounds sterling. They correct. As regards the amount of rethat happens salaries would be progres
have also agreed to abolish the six venue the Government had lost the Crown sive year by year. That system works question of all is that of the personnel trip tickets to be sold in the future will What is, perhaps, the most important months' round trip fare. The only round did not accept the figures given. It was in ordinary commercial life, and there of the Bureau. It must be an official be for a period of one year. The report. obvious that there had been juggling with no reason why it should not be institution untrammelled by musty pre-business independently of the agreement the books, and it was impossible to trace adopted in an Imperial service. One judices. It must be directed by a mind of three other steamship lines, the Nip adds:-Though it is carrying on its a quantity of liquor.
Mr. Elliot said the Monopolies De exist if it
half of the salary grievances would not that is capable of taking a perfect pon Yusen Kaisha will adopt the new. partament had checked the books and ad-
were adopted. judged them correct and checked the stock recruit men for the service, In that than that, it must be able to arouse
ction of the Bureau would be to of creating sound traditions.
Another perspective, of supreme initiative, and tariff decided on by these three com and found that correct. No complaint matter some difficulty might be expert enthusiasm and to command loyalty.
More panies in the near future. was made, and Mr. Stevens was put off the scent entirely...
But the difficulty would not be. It must possess the implicit confidence of Mr. Seth-My learned friend said to young man with brains and amb the foreign elements with which it is insurmountable if a service which affera British commerce and the respect of all someone in the firm had been juggling tione definite careers with the figures and stock. Then natur established p
.were to be likely to come in contact. To secure men ally, if the Monopolies go on a certain
of this mental and business calibre it day they find that the books and stock possible to profit from the experience of pale of Government offices. When found, In this important matter it would be would be necessary to search outside the His Honour said it would have been have in mind many honoured names lieutenants, to all in the details of his some of our great merchant houses. We he would be permitted to select his own agraat help to the court in fixing the and the methods they adopt in the staf-own scheme, and to be given as free a penalties if there had been any figures Ging of the overseas offoes. One firm in hand as the circumstances permit. The enabling the court to judge to what particular has branch offices in many of development of the service could not be teat the matter had been going on. On the largest trade centres in India. Their completed in a year, perhaps not in a the first nine charges he would record staff in that country numbers many decade; but that it must be established convictions but inflict no penalties. On charges 10 to 15 there would be convic hundreds and is recruited almost with if we are to make a respectable bid tions and & fine of $300 on each charge, their staff in London se they want now obvious as was our regrettable position automatic regularity. They draw upon for a worthy place in the sun-is as and on charge 16 there would be con assistants "out East," and the result is as a commercial back number when the viction and a fine of $200; a total of that when the new youngster arrives in war came to disclose to us the naked $2,000. The liquors, of course, would be forfeited-Singapore Free Press.
(Continued at foot of nout Column truth.
agree.
HONGKONG POLICE RESERVE,
PARADES, CENTRAL STATION, 5.30 PM.
Tuesday, Oct. 24th--Maxim Gunners st Central. Recruits of No. 4 Companý Wednesday, Oct. 25th-Nos. 1, 3 and 4
under Co-Bergt. Major. Sections at Central. No. 2 Section at Water Palios Station. Recruits. of No. 2 Platoon ander Co. Sergt. Major.
Trooper 723 Fernandez is permitted to STRENGTH.
resign as from the 15th proximo en his leaving the Colony.
(Sgd) J W. FRAKKS.
ASP. (B) 23rd October, 1910