NEW ENEMY RESPECT FOR MB. LLOYD GEORGE.
GREAT STATESMAN AND AN
IDEALIST.
Mr. Lloyd George has suddenly
oquired enormous prestige in Germany. A few weeks ago he was in enemy eyes
worthicas demagogue, a mero phrase maker, a figure of contempt, to-day he is perhaps the most formidable being in Europe, the miraculous organiser, the "strong man" of the hour. Whatever other reasons that may be for the change,
symptomatic of the new and still growing mptomatic of the events be taken a recognition of Great Britain's unexpected
and alarming, military power,
A leading National Liberal deputy, Herr Stresemana, frankly confessed at Uologne that we have under-estimated Mr. Lloyd George. This had been brought home to Germans by the weight if steel that has been raining for months upon the Somme front. Mr. Lloyd George," he added, "is perhaps the most capable man in England at present, He has to his credit “un uchievement without parallel "be bad made England a greater arsenal even than Germany; ber output of ammunition had for time exceeded the German. production,
TRE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 3RD, 1917.
CONCERNING COURAGE.
Life
[BX & XX 203.]
precious possession to man, but he readily sacrifices it under certaÍA.
which are stronger than the instinct of self-preservation.
Courage is resistance to the natural fear of danger. It is compounded of various elements which make up a com- plux whole that appears under different aspects. It may be accidental, and in that our is comparatively easy to practise but when it assumes con- tinuous form it xis more difficult mat- The unconscions ter, except when habit makes it almost
amostrelices especially in obedience to
The European War gives us the oppor- tunity of making a great many very interesting, psychological reflections" on the subject of courage, for the observa tions recorded on the various battlefields are most instructive, Among the letters which I have received from the Front, I have selected the following one, writ ten by M. de Bau artillery officer
With regard to gallantry the war has made me distinguish a whole great gamut of qualities which I had before lumped together in inore or less con fusion.
In the first place I have come to realise the truth of the Spanish.
expres sion, which says of a
TRADE BY SEA.
OFFENSIVE AND DEFENSIVE SAFEGUARDS.
THE COERCION OF NEUTRALS.
BY A NAVAL CORRESPONDENT]
VERDUN AGAIN.
A DRAMATIS STROKEÏ
· [BY "THE TIMES'” HILITARY CORRESPONDENT.]
The
important victory north of Verdus, by which General Nivelle, the new French Commander-in-Chief, has marked his as sumption of the supreme authority in the field, is opportune in the extreme. The German Government, well aware that the Germ actual military situat
situation at the moment
Since the beginning of the month several circumstances have pointed to the extension of the war against shipping, waged both above and below water, which the suemy is pushing with much spirit when hostilities case will be by for the end activity, and on which admittedly most important factor in the terma of on the Danube to attempt to negotiate. the Germans place great hoper of pace, chose the occasion of their triumph seriously threatening our command of Superficially, at any rate, the moment The reported presence of Bremed favourable, to the magnanimous the soa another feeve in the Atlantic, the sul attitude which the German rulers tried to marine attack on Funchal, the daily subme. The great effort of the British sinking of merebanture and the con-and French combined armies on the tinuance of the raids from the Belgian Sonne had failed to break through the coast, all indicate the difficulties which fortified girdle of German positions, and the authorities have to meet in dealing heavy loss had been given and received, effectively with the complex problem of yes the German High Command had not trade protection. Nothing is of greater een prevented from transporting their urgency than the provision of measures strategical reserves unce to safeguard the commerce of the Empire Europe to inflict a staggering blow at and to maintain the freedom of our Boumania and Russia occan communications. On a prompt and adequate solution of this problem alt else depends.
more across
But: a still more remarkable tribute to prave on such and suman, He was best means of defence. Its for this tremendous efforts to organise all ro
the new Prime Minister is Herr Bern hard's character sketch in the Pastirche Zeitung. It is not unsympathetic attemps to solve the riddle of a balling, yet extraordinarily powerful personality *We must be careful, he said, “not to look at events and personalities through the spectacles of our own wishes Just as with Chamberinin in the past, so now with Mr. Lloyd George, prejudice
n day. The most admirable quality in gallantry is that which impels a man to fave a place of safety, though he is not under the excitement of battle, and to plunge with cool calculation isto some danger which be knows and has estimated so its full extent,
True courage is prudent, and limits itself strictly to what is necessary, nor does it ever bluster, unless the soldiers are wavering and liave to be carried along
The anxieties of the German Govern ment are less obvious, but are profound and increasing. In spite of the extent of All experience shows that attack is the territory over-run by her armies and the reason that the demand for the provision wurces at home and acquired, neverthe of merchant ships with guns has arisen, less time is not available for the pur- The huge German army which and undoubtedly there has been much guard cause for the belief that this is both 2 the hoe in France and which sup simple and practicable course to the Bulgarians, without which they would It is not, however, so cary as it series, speedily collapse, cannot remain for much since, apart from the fact that its application is limited by the number of ger on its present recklessly extended guns of the right kind available, the frouts fitting of the ships to carry them must take time, and will take a call on skilled labour which might be better otherwise
plies a frame-work to the Austriang and
led to distorted judgment. Yet the men by the force of exampled the same employed, These, however, are not their proy ere now, for it rectifies and
who has just taken the reins of gover ment in Great Britain is the greatest British statesman since Chamberlain.
De
The courage of ove
body of men is all or nothing according to circuinstances, a fact which is especial ly true for the very musceptible, French temperament. A body of Germans would certainly vary less in this respect
The men's confidence in their
they way
Ted' fre French military courage has changed greatly since the beginning of the war, and has necessarily lost its hasty and impulsive character, which cost us so many men. The soldiers were at first under the influence of the obsoleto
insurmountable obstacles, and as the measure would unquestionably give additional security it is one which should be applied as far and as quickly as possible. A further suggested method of protection which has been proposed is that of convoy, but this is much lose
Hail the British blockade been more efective and if British strategy had con centrated its force against the principal enemy, the Germans must have yielded up
clears up the continutal situation, it con- firms the prestige of the new generalis- simo, and it once and for all marks the theatre of the decisive trial of strength between the German army and the forces of England and France.
Ho is said to be ambitious, aggros sive, hungry for power. But when had there ever been a born politician who did not count among the peculiarities of his is a most important factor, for the very
NINE THOUSAND PRISONERS, character ambition, aggressiveness and same soldiers will succeed or fail under
The: immense haul of prisoners in the and Just for power? Is it n fault? It identical circumstances, cord likely to meet the wishes of shipowners.. all depends upon whether the politicianing to the
Our sen history teaches us that the trade Verdun battle is of the greatest import- aims solely at the gratification of his own
has always endeavoured to escape the ance Numbers are beginning to run selfish ambition and hunger for power,
obligation of an escort by man-of-war. short in the German camp. There is no or whether he also serves his Fatherland;
Only by the force of law would merchant-longer room for the reckless expenditure whether, in short, he is a demagogue or a
men in the old daya sail in convoy. It of human life with which they were wont stalesman. And Lloyd George in a states
was regarded as an intolerable incon to deliver their attacks even so late as vonionco because of its delays and the last spring, when they made their great over, under present conditions its efficacy are also indicatea that German troops is more than doubtful. The U" bont surrender far more casily than hitherto
War weariness is evidently soaking into seeks not to capture, but to destroy, the their ranks, and it is beginning to be vain trader, and the mass would afford a much for their chiefs to demand the same sacri better target for the torpedo than the fires of them as were insisted upon at an single ship.
carlier date. It must be conceded, how ever, that the skill of the assailants powerfully
man. Moreover, be is a statesman withods which the General Staff had loss of profit to the faster vessele. More hid for Verdun. Bart the wholesale can
ideals, and these he has pursued unswerv ingly despite apparent inconsistencies,
A DEMOCRAT FY INSTINCT,
The coutinuous thread in his unreer is his sympathy for the bottom dog. As a boy and in early manhood, says Here Bernhard, he know what need and poverty meant. Lloyd George's dreads
has been to fight misery vat of a land that glitters with wealth. And to this dream he has remained true as an agita ter, a member of Parliament, and a Minister Hans, as a Liberal, fought for his social policy with Liberal methods He carried through his famous Budget, which bote most heavily on incomes property, and successions, and he made a honest effort to show that England has the means to deal with social evila even without protective dutics. Hence
never modifed, and hence they exposed themselves to the adversory's fire and flang themselves insanely upon enemy batteries that came close to them and mowed them down without suffering any loss in turn. Such tactics, of course, soon led to disastrous defeat and com NEW SEIFBUILDING. | tributed to the success of the Germans quite as much as did the incapacity of
French generalship.
A German General emphasises this point in an interview which was publish od
by the Figure of October 5th, 1914)
Your infantry deserves great praise, but it has serious, nav terrible, defects, Your foot soldiers expose themselves with of which the most dangerous is its courage out prolation, and seem to take a delight in ing targets of themselves. It is any matter to aim at them and to hit the Of course it is heroic, but it is
preposterous co
he was denounced and reviled by the City You think that courage is always and the Conservatives as no Ministor ever was before...
Simultaneously with provision of
means lick the merchantmon, mus protect themselves, there, is the vital need for an extension of new shipbuilding. It is not only necessary to replace the ships lost, but to replace them by ships the loss of which will not fall so heavily on costly ships now in use. Moreover, the the carrying trade as that of the more output must be larger than the waste With the control of construction in firm hands, such as those of the new Shipping Minister, the building of ships could be standardized, and if stops were taken to do this with all dispatch it would ge far to satisfy demands in this direction It has been suggested that if standardized
Lot fully, contributed to swolling the
The Côte de Poivre stands up against
the sky-line before an observer who looks down the valley of the Meuse from the French positions above Verdan, and closes the horizon from the central mass of the into the valley. But a sharp twist of the Dounumont plateau till it dips sharply river cuts its gorge along the base of the ridge for some distance, so that troops mout, while the attention of the defenders attacking from the direction of Donau was also held by the French on the west. of the Meuse, would, if successful, cat off enemy forces who failed to cecamp good
in It is, in time.
fact, a very difficult
The war has come, and though perhaps onet charges. But too much courage in slips are butit a certain number of them info retire from, and the Fanak
in the
enemies
advantageous, and so it is in comes like the storming of fortified places or bay
it may make a difference in lis methods, soldiers is more often a nuisance than should be of a submersible character, into when they lost the Côte du Poivre, be Sme way as the rech it will not affect his aim. The war has but it is truc, nevertheless. You do not surface vasols at places opleide the the important positions taken by the Ger
an advantage. You do not realise this, which cargo could be trans-shipped from cu
cause the Meuse intercepted retreat. All enhanced and strengtheid the power of
seem to know that if you want to conquer this pre-eminent organiser who jó twinkling has organised the production you must conceal yourself disguise your Present range of the submarine. Whe mans last spring at such a vast cost of of munitions in the State as previously approach, expose yourself to the enemy ther it is posable to build submarines to human life, and which threatened the as little as may be, dig a hole in the carry a large amount of cargo is a security of the fortress of Verdun, have be studied, almost overnight, the taxa ground and lie song in it, make use of question for the naval architects. Such now been recovered by the staunch tena tion systems of all countries. every rock and recess in the countryside, high speed as their safety would consist fantry, directed by consummate general- bonts would need neither armament nor city and fiery courage of the French in- Mr. Lloyd George has not accepted the see the enemy and not be seen by him. support of the Labour party on merely
Perhaps you will learn all this son in their power of submersion, and our ship sentimental. grounds, English working day by seeing us do it. You must run coaling stations would simplify the men know that in his scur there still every risk in battle, but none outside question of the supply of fuel for them. gluts as brightly as ever a burning desire it."
The suppression of the commerce to alleviate all the misery und poverty The soldiers have finally learned from raiders is another matter, and is more waich once obscured his childhood days experience what their officers hat for directly the work of the Navy. Remen Liugd George will continue to remain the gotten to teach them in time of peace-Lering the manner in which the former Sosial Reform Minister. And he will, M. A B. Liberal methods fail, have resort to Conservative methods."
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The General do Castelnau will go towa to history as the great chief who stopped the German rush at its most dangerous period, but the three of his subordinates who have proved themselves to be army Tuesday, 6th Feb,-- commanders of genius are Nivelle,
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Robert Brain leather seller, who lived
what has happened on the Belgian const bombardment, and the encroaching saps Noon-Hongkong, Canton and Macao Steam later on he will be able to oppose to the age of 80, and was buried at here apparerily it has been found of the German freaches hemming in Monday, 19th Feb. State mompolics, and with a wife of Croydon, bonated that he was the thir certo impossible to stop elegether the closer and closer They have seen th satisfaction be will use the funds derived teenth child of his parents, and the therefrom for his social policy. After the lucky one." He leaves a fortune which egrets of the smaller submarines. The daily caravan of mutilated and bloeding
batting a war English Liberalism, like Liberalism may possibly ran into six figures struction of the nests of the 'CU** boats French soldiers motore out of the
iling courage and wonderful in nearly every other country, will Forty years ago he succeeded to the was probably more prospect of success area
With unfailing become Social and Imperialist in the business of his parents, and began pro- but this is a matter either for military
perty widest sense or it will cease to be. And his wealth rapidly increased, and it is mainly from the air. Vessels like the blows, foiled the cunning, and returned
speculation. By 'shrewd bargaining operation or must be undertaken respurce they have parried the heaviest Ekong RacesZnd Day. it will depend upon English Liberalism said that his property in Croydon alone foewe and the Greif can be dealt with the lence of the enemy. The three and not upon Lloyd George whether in yields £500 a year in rates to-day as the Emulen and her sisters were. Keenero generals are fitly rewarded in behold-
Here are some of the guiding principles them busy and they will have less time ing the receding tide of invasion recoiling Races-Off Day.
the future thin statesman who has to day formed his Cabinet with Conservatives will belond to Conservative er Liberal polities in 1
STRONG ENOUGH TO MAKE PRACE. Herr Bernhard, so for from thinking like most of his countrymen that the British Prime Minister is a ruthless Jingo and hitter-ender, finds comfort in Mr. Lloyd George's very strength and pre stige. "Once his Fatherland had entered into the struggle he held it his duty to maintain the national moral and to devote all the energy he possesses to rendering service to his country. He may or may not believe in victory: But he
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under the hammer-strokes of their giant to give to their own affairs. This maxim batteries and force infantry assanite. applica also to the submarines. There The Germans are still very formidable. are other means of waging war on them, but the victorious onslaught of the French |___Kept his deeds at horen, "where they but it is inadvisable to enter into details
on December 15th proves that their final were as safe as at a bank
It is now clear to everyone that the victory in the West, where alone it would Did not smoke,
Germana pre using their submarinca as he decisive, is no longer to be regarded as trips to the seaside his only weapon for extorting concessions from among the developments which must be ind to remain idle the neutral countries, as pressure is being taken count of. The question now is only Never allowed a pound to
THE BEST ADVICE. exerted about the use of the Scheldt, hon to follow up- the victorious advance Did his own shopping When tired, resorted to milk, with
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own commercial interests which makes or premature assaults. The German Headache or Neuralgia is to use a remedy Did not sleep out of his house for so the suppression of the underwater eam fortifications in front of the British and that will give instant relief.-Like a
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Wore old-fashioned clothes, Every detail of his groperty had his personal attention. wish the funeral was plain but good," According to his
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be comforted by others. Perhaps he will
The recessity of arming merchant ships so far back as April, 1915. The guild was urged on the Admiralty by the guild which represents some 15,000 captains and officers of the merchant service have Further reports have recently been gain communicated with the Admiralty received by 10 Imperial Merchant urging not only that every ship shall be Service Guild of cases in which valuable fully armed against attack by the enemy meransat ships have been saved from but that much more efficient and long- destruction owing to their armamentnge guns shall be supplied in order.
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