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THE
DIRECTORY AND CHRONICLE
1917.
FOR CHINA, JAPAN, COREA,
INDO - CHINA, SIAM, STRAITS
SETTLEMENTS, MALAY STATES,
NETHERLANDS INDIA, PHILIP:
PINES, BORNEO, ETS.
FIFTY-FIFTH ANNUAL ISSUE.
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CHINA.
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Tantain.
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Reitaiko, Nanking Kowloon
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Newphwang
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Chefoo.
Weihaivel,
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Finaclp.
Santa.
Hokov.
Mudan
Fooshow.
Свотно.
Shanghai,
Amor.
Harkin
Кігіп,
Tangyush
Changchun. Swatow. Lungkow Hunckun.
Tungchingchun.
JAPAN AND FORM201.
Tokyo.
Eokohamar
Bydgu
Kobe.
Ojaks Heung Moji.
Tainante. Nagasak Talcow Hakoda Anping. dhimonoseki. Tapinz
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Nisalojevsk
Оповин
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Banoseng, AND 19 Derandincias, Macao, PARNOR Inno-Ostia-
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Perek
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Oleby.
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BORNEO.
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Baranos,
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A CITIZEN ARMY FROM WITHIN
1.-UNCONSCIOUS COURAGE. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT TO "THE TIMES."]
For rather more than 18 months our citizen-soldiers have been facing what seems to be regarded as the greatest test of nerves that has ever been set humanity. For months before that our small Regular Army had been stemming the tide of German devastation, but its members were hardened by years of physical and mental discipline to meet calls upon their manhood. But the great Army which in an ever-increasing flood has left these shores for France and Flanders in the last 13 months is not an Army of soldiers by profession, but of citizens turned soldiers by & rapidity which has amazed the world and upset many of the calcula tions of its enemies; and the test of the trenches has been a test not of its citizen- ship alone, but of many inevitable factors in an old and complex civilization also --the stock of the race, education, and habits of mind which prosperous peace had engrafted;
JANUARY 4TH,
1917.
means have been robbed by finca for the most trivial offences is monstrous.
WORK IN MUÑITION FACTORIES, The men who were called up were not deported at once; they were offered work and the North of France, and some, in the mines and quarries of Westphalia forced by ciremastances, were willing to
I am informed that on reaching
THE AGONY OF BELGIUM. HOW SLAVERY WAS PREPARED. STARVATION AS A WEAPON." Rigorous measures are in fores to pre reat personal communications from the invaded parts of Belgium from reaching England. In the following article a neutral commercial agent, wie has just the camp of Holzminden, to which some returned from Brussels, where he has extra pay if they would of their own of them were sout, they were offered lived for many years, tovalls the present free will go into the munition works at condition of the country. Ho describes the system of pitiless persecution which preceded the wholeale deportations now arousing indignant protests from whole civilized world.
the
remain at my post when the Germans Business obligations compelled me to entere i Brussels and I endeavoured to maintain an attitude of strict neutrality, taking no part in discussions and expres sing no opinions until I was off Belgis eoil and free to do so,
One x the firms I represented was
108.
Duisburg. This despicable trick was only partly successful, but many who at first patriotically scorned the bribe were maltreated by their military guard and across the Dutch frontier has told the who escaped and succeeded in getting yielded, fearing a worse fate. One man shameful story. Now, under the pretext that men who will not work must be made to work, thousands of poor Belgiang have been torn from their families and sent
into exile.
GERMAN
ON
OUTRAGES DUTCH SHIPPING. COMPENSATION FOR
"BLOMMERSDYK.
The German reply to the Dutch repre- sentations in regard to the sinking of the thorough investigation on the return of Blommer dyk asserta that after
touch at Kirkwall, and almost the entire it was found that the Blommeradyk before reaching Rotterdam would have to
the crow.
In the meantime the Dutch
cargo consisted of conditional contra band, such as grain, autombiles, and motor cycles. The bills of lading, includ ment, were made out to order, and there ing the consignment to the Dutch Govern-
prize regulations, legal presumption of was therefore, according to the German
continues) the commander of the sub an enemy destination of the cargo.
In the circumstances (the statement requisitioned by the military authorities altogether have been sent away. Accord vessel after providing for the safety of marine could not consider this presump to supply goods; and, having given ing to an official statement, 18,000 have Government officially declared to the It is impossible to say how many
tion as disproved, and destroyed the satisfactory proof of my nationality, I been deported from Flanders; 1,000 were German Government that the grain was was granted a "carto de circulation," Though it is an integral part of the which enabled me revelation, their courage as soldiers may Namar, Charleroi, Courtrai, and other other towns have been ransacked for men.without doubt the assumption of enemy to visit Antwerp, Tournai, Malines, Oudeaarde, Buy, and declaration was considered as disproving
taken from Alust, while Ghent, Namar, here be left on one side as far as that is towns, in order to control deliveries. I myself saw 2,000 men sent off from the destination, so that neither this portion destined to the Dutch Government. This possible; it is a theme to which the From the Kommandantur I also obtained Central Station at Antwerp on November of the cargo nor the ship should have been official communiqués bear daily witness, the necessary passports pour l'intéri-8th, and I was told that an equal number seized. 38.24
and every war correspondent generous eur, which cost 38. cach, and also had been dispatched from the Southern testimony. It is their courage as men, as passport " pour la Hollande," for which individuals, which is, when all things the fee was 58. are considered, nothing short of available for one journey and has to be The passport is only The distinction is less subtle returned after use under a penalty of marvel, than it may som Bodica of men can be made brave by discipline, as many a desperately pressed German attack has ports for Holland, but business men are Belgians are not allowed to have pass- proved, but to infuse physical courage, permitted to travel within the country and still more mental hardihood, into who accessary, so long as they observ soul which has little of the spark inhe- the regulations laid down, which are en- rent in it, is a different matter altogether. forced with German severity.
Nothing baa been more remarkable in these tremendous months than the in-of letting us know it. Though frequently war time, and they lost, no opportunit
It was dividual courage, the never-failing choor delayed and constantly interrogated, I fulness, of the men who two years ago But along without much friction until the were settled down to lives in which supply of raw material through Holland courage Was almost Rn unucoessary was stopped. Then my troubles began, quality. It seemed probable that in the and relations with the authorities became economical way of Nature qualities of a little strained. little daily value had become slowly atrophied through neglect, and that just as our sight and hearing had grown duller through our lives in town, so would that virile pugilism which once was essential to safety of life. The growth of nervous ailmente pointed to the same conclusion, and it seemed certain in an age when for one engaged in the pro- in trade, and the pen was everywhere by the man is possession. fession of arms a thousand were engaged more useful than the sword, that hu- revolt was awakened, which has grown and dripping, for which there is a great 3-The hops have a nerve soothing, val to bear such a strain as the present war-month, especially among the labouring Flour, which is only supplied in small f paper money, and negotiable commercial manity would be less and not more able stronger and more active month by demand, 53. alb. Butter is seldom seen, be examined as regards contraband, Foods, one of the most quickly and easily turned frequent intervals, on the nerves and by digestion into nourishment,
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ABSENTOR OF NEL!VES.
RIBING SPIRIT OF REVOLT,
"L'autorité occupante" (the authority in occupation), which is the term employ ed in official correspondence, and notices, tried at first to force manufacturers and tradesmen to continue their businesses, and many Belgians who fled the country returned to save their property from confiscation; but it was difficult, if not impossible, to satisfy the terms imposed A spirit of
the
Station on the previous day: heartrending. The men were gathered give compensation for the cargo belonging The German Government in these eir- The scene in the Avenue de Keyser was neighbourship, declares itself ready to in groups of 00 ander military escort, to the Dutch Government and the shi
cumstances, from considerations of good
them a final farewell. I was told that referred to the Prize Court. and the soldiers brutally beat back their without Prize Court proceedings, while families and friends who wished to bid the remainder of the cargo will be machine-guns were placed in front of the station in case the crowd became too de- monstrativo. The men were sent off in To hold 8-horses or 40 men. Sixty the trucks on foreign railways labelled cattle trucks. No doubt you have seen were closely packed into one of these, so you can imagi e their condition on reaching their unknown destination. They were not all of the labourer class; some appeared to be clerks, or students,
and I saw several priests.
been no deportations from Brussels up So far as I could ascertain, thero had to the time I felt; but the unemployed had been called upon to report themselves,
FOOD PRICES IN BRUSSELA.
“KONINGIN REGENTES" TO BE RELEASED.
telegram proceeds:→ Regentes will shortly be released. the
According to a telegram from Berlia
Dutch nail steamer
Koningin The
the high sons being impossible, the steamer was brought to Zeebrugge and later to A careful examination of the vessol on
Ostend. An examination proved that the captain and telegraphist of the steamer
be picked up by British warships, this vessels. As these messages could doubtless sent out wireless messages to Dutch war
action might be regarded as at the least
heedless assistance to the enemy's 805 English courier by hiding his bag among the mail bags of the steamer. A military that three members of the crow aided an forces. It has been further ascertained
Court inquiry has been opened to investi gate the charges against these three We learn that the steamer's mails wit
in the capital. Little meat is to be had excepting at the hotels and restaurants Food is getting very source and dear
frequented by the German officers, Reef and pork, when they can be obtained, ars about 6. per lb. Beef suet is 128, a tb, Dutchmen,
of this examination the release of the mail depends. On the other hand, the
part of the crew it could be subjected to owing to the unneutral attitude on the vessel itself will be sent home, though
Prize Court decision.
The Telegrant says that certain events
output of a big boot factory was com of poor quality. Coffee is 5s, a lb. mandeered on behalf of German soldiere, sugar 2, the master was aggrieved and the work macaroni about 35, a lb.; soap 46, a lb.
lb.; rice, tapioca, and men were exasperated. They realized that they were assisting the enemy, at & time prevalent milk, mostly skimmed, could be Until agricultural distress became so What has happened in the British when their compatriots were in. want of obtained at 5d. & litre (about a pipt and Army, at any rate, is that these town boots. At present an ordinary pair of three-quarters), and eggs were 3d. each, dsellers, these citizens of a staid and men's walking boots, which could be but prices have gone up considerably which occurred after the vessel was sober time, have borne the strain as one bought in peace time for 10s, or 128,, costs since September. Little dairy producs is stopped between the submarine and the beara a glove, lightly, unconsciously,£3. with is laugh and a swing; and the man
now sent into the towns. The metal and engineering trade, have people are looked after by the Comutismatic sequel. ner of bearing it is as unprecedented as suffered worst of all. The great Cockerillsion de Ravitaillement, and there is a
The poor Dutch. naval forces will have a diplo the strain itself. The writer has had Works at Seraing were taken over im-suciety called L'Euvre, de la Soupe, that anybody willing to pay 1000 marks many hundreds of young soldiers young mediately after the fall of Lidge. Since which collects the refuse from hotels and (50) would be released. Bume low pa 1, in the military sense; one, by a lying then all the iron, steel, and electrical restaurants, selling some of it at 2d. but the price was gradually lowered by a patriotism, was 51 years of age-through works in the Valley of the Meuse have 1b. and making the rest into soup, which his hand, almost all from big towns, and fallon into German hands. M. Benson, is given away. There are also a number sort of Dutch auction to fes. Many has known no single case of a man over director of the important Angleur Steel of public kitchens, which supply at able refused. whelmed by that burden and vexation of Works, who refused to conduct operations reasonable prices cooked "plate," which
were unable to pay, and others who were our days of peace, nerves. A man may, for the invader, was made prisoner and people fetch and take home, and almost invariably does, make a boast sent to Germany. The machinery of the of his owa battalion-the number of "fuest International Electric Company and of They are patient, philosophic, and wary says that, according to an American
INCREDIBLE" DEPORTATION SCENE). The citizens of Brussota say very little.correspondent of the Chicago Daily News battalions in the whole caboodle," as the saveral similar concerns has been carrier Anyone who talks too much is liable to business man who has just reached In a dispatch to his paper the London junior officer will cloquently phrase it, across the Rhino. All stocks of copper be hauled up and ined. is legion-but the statement above, though and brass and enormous quantities of think I have never tried to ascertain, be to deport and impress into her labour necessarily bearing particular reference, tools have also been commandeered. Thou- cause I have deemed it prudent to attend
What they London from Belgium, Germany intends is none the less of general application: sands of skilled artisans were thrown only to my awn business. Now that is as the whole of Belgium's available Men do not suffer from nerves at tho out of work in consequence. fronts they are blessed with an absence factories which Belgians were trying to stopped I am glad to get out of the manhood." The correspondent's inform of nerves so extraordinary as alioost to keep going have since been closed, because doing business under German control, scete uncanny, as, for instance, when a it is impossible to obtain lubricating oila The Banque Nationale was nearly seque danger zone. Most of the banks are
aat, "whose integrity and judgment are esteemed both in Europe and inˇAmorica,” company commander, worried by return for the engines and machines; and thestrated a short time back because the Belgium as "incredible and heart-rend- and paper, said and meant; "Thank latest requisitions of the German tyrant directors opposed some oppressive regumen have been torn From their homes
describes the deportation scones heavens, we're going into the trenches to fare for all the leather belting in the
ing Already between 30,000 and 40,000 morrow and shall get a little peace!"
Jation. country. Ons inevitable limitation it is necessary
ENFORCED IDLENESS. to make, namely, in the case of those who
Shops are doing a quiet business, and and forced into cattle trucks and con- the cafés in the boulevards are fairly full he says, is made between employed and have had some definite nerve-shattering the people. The German etatment that have to be out at 8 o'clock, and in fxelles unemployed, and unless Germany can be
Idleness has, therefore, been forced on
veyed to Germany. No discrimination, in the day time. experience in addition to
the usual the workmen prefer to be maintained by and Schaerbeek shutting-up time is an between 200,000 and 300,000 Belgians will
All lights in town strain, for instance, being buried or public charity is not true. The condi stunned by the explosion of a shell beside tions of work is their own country are the newspaper venders are no longer mission
induced to abandon her present policy him. But that is physical far more than made impossible for them, and then they heard in the streete, and the inhabitants Belgians the protection of certificates of hour earlier, The old familiar cries of he deported. The American Relief Com mental, and may happen to the bravest. are told that there is plenty of employ-
has thrown around 100,000
Many
20
eyes
Ordinary mental strain caused by a war-ment for them in Germany. Look, also, only get such news as the authority in fare which is without beginning, cessa- at what has been done in the agricultural accupation" supplies, and not much employment on relief work, but this is tion, or end, by days, and weeks passed districts. After harvest time there was attention is paid to that. They are occly a small part of the population. been called heavy fire, is practically non-Germans took all their crops and seeds. airmen, who have done moro. damage in forcible removal of fathers and Boo under what before this war would have nothing for the peasants to do. The sionally cheered by visions of Allied The American eye-witness continues: existent amongst the astonishing in-There was & plentiful potato crop, but their aids on Evere and Berchem-Sainte-
Naturally the scenes attending the fantry (it is the same in all branches, the bulk of it was sent to Germany. Agatha than is admitted in the accounts would wring the hardest hearts. I saw but of others the writer cannot speak Latterly they have carried off all the passed by the German censor. personally), that heterogeneous band of cattle; oxen, cows, sheep, and even goats
one long train of cattle trucks loaded. brothers who a short while ago were have been requisitioned, and every week Belgique still appears periodically, and children had fought for their men folk
** LA LIBEE BELGIQUE,"
Many of the men had resisted, only to civilians of all grades of society and all about 1,000 animals have been passing is a thorn in the flesh of the Governor with desperate fierceness; and their The daring little journal La Libre feel the German bayonet. Women and walks of life, and are now veterans un through Liége on their way to the General, who has failed to discover the dismayed by the aoises, watches, and frontier. The farmers have been forbid- perpetual work of modern warfare.
clotbes were tattered, faeir elusive printer. den to breed horses, and no Belgia ia Ghent last month, and half-a-dozen shouting until they were hoarse With a singular adaptability the allowed to buy a horse, or sell one, except printers of the town were arrested. One the train was loaded the women and A search was made at treating their voices screaming and citizen-soldier has taken on that babit of to a German. Now you will understand
When viewing life as a perfectly ordinary affair why starvation is driving these naturally three years, but the paper came out again. in front of the engine, and threw them- which had hitherto belonged in its richest industrious
was sent off to prison in Germany for children were standing about in a huge. bloom to the old Regular soldier. What. desperation:
and thrifty people to
crowd. Suddenly they ran on to the line: The Abbé Mank, suspected of being selves on the rails, where they clung ever he does, whatever he is seked to do, becomes unconsciously part of the day's mittee is widely distributed, but it is dented after a mock trial to is years shutting their eyes and uttering lond The food sent in by the American Com-contributor, is in Charleroi gaol, con work, and so he grumbles, but in alimpossible to provide for the men as well of a copy of this newspaper is a penal pried them loose with bayonets, and philosophie strain (he is not aware of as the women and children.
imprisonment. To be found in pcasession lamentations. Detachments of soldiers whimsicality or humour, but his remarks factories closed down, with the quay offence, so it is read in secret, and de-
With the
forced them clear of the track, and the are rarely devoid of one or the other), of Antwerp idle, and the fields unculti stroyed afterwards
train moved off towards the German finds someone more awkward or uncom-vated, there must be more than 100,000 with the outer world. All letters within
It is very difficult now to communicate frontier, fortable than he is, and straightway is men hungry and hopeless. They have perfectly at his ease. There is no de been brought to this state by no act or the country have to be sent open, and imported into Belgium decline to work, "Many of the Frenchmen forcibly liberately making the best of a bad job; will of their own, but by a deliberate, be made by post-cards, which must be intolerable that they should be forced to communication with Holland can only declaring, like the Belgians, that it is it is at seeing a bad job as a good one, diabolical plan cunningly devised and or at least as one that might be worse, applied without mercy. In order to give registered and sent vid Aix-le-Chapelle, hop the Germans against their own that the British soldier, new and old, is it an aspect of legality tribunals wore Service; Passed by Censor."
where they supreme, If you charge him with set up in each district, and the local
are stamped Foreign country. In one case soran 35 Frenchmen. heroism he will probably think you are burgomasters were ordered to collect all
who refused to work were tied to trees for "kidding" him; satisfied with your unemployed men between 18 and 31 years
EXEMPTION BY PURCHASE:
24 hours. This punishment failed to sincerity, he will still feel a kindly but of age, on the promise of providing work
break their will, and at last they were AMSTERDAM, Nov. 20th. puzzled pity for your intelligence, "How for them. Those magistrates who declined Telegraaf says that Belgians able to pay of food unless they work, and the Ameri- A message from the frontier to the Germans will not give them a mouthful released, but how can they live? The true it is," exclaims Carlyle,that any to man, or any nation, conscious of doing scheme were heavily fined.
assist in this mock-humanitarian are now, in some places, being exempted can Relief Commissior: cannot undertake The way from deportation. Others who buy them the feeding of those people because of its
Dar
a great thing, was never in that thing municipal corporations and people with selves free are, in some cases, returning rule denying food to all who are engage: doing other than a small one.' soldiers are not conscious that they are are every day doing with anflustered from £50 and £25 Thus at Klinge, in God only knows! The Belgiansand.
home. The price for exemption ranges ever doing a great thing; they are phlegm things of which two or three years the north of East Flanders, all the male French claim that what they are asked in war occupations. How this will end superbly unconscious, and, indeed, in ago they could not have read without population was summoned to the schools to bear is far worse than pure slavery; credulous, and the result is that they a thrill at the surprising splendour of there, and the men were then informed they call it slavery plas compulsory active
(Continued at fout of next column.) British valour.
(Continued at foot of next column.) treason."