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OPEN BOATS,
BLOODIEST KIND OF MURDER.
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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS TUESDAY, FEBRUARY
any other conclusion thay that the charge in ono of wilful murder on the high sea Undoubtedly our world has grown too big for us.
It is difficult to imagine what must be the sensations of some of these merchant scamen, men who have been occupying, their business in fishing or coasting trade, and suddenly find themselves menaced by all these strange new devilries." times the menace is a weird and pected as a descent of squadrons another planet. The Franz Eicher, more or less on her guard against attack from the sea, was surprised by an attack from the skies of a quite new kinds
The Franz Fisher was a coasting trades. of about 970 gros, tons. She left Hartle pool for Coses, with a cargo of coal, on She was unarmed. January 31st, 1910.
OUR DAY" RESULT.
£1,098,000 FOR RED CROSS. ACHIEVEMENT OF THE PRESS.
At the meeting of the British Red Cross at the Royal Automobile Club, Pall-mal Society and the Order of St. John held on January 17th, to hear the report of the Our Day collection, it was announced that 21,098,000 had been raised, which was £50,000 more than in 1915 The Duke of Connaught, Grand Prior of the Order of St. John, presided
magnificent services they have rendoret during this war (Cheers.)
LORD LANRDOWNE ON THE FINANCIAL,
POSITION.
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Lord Lansdowne, in Beconding Crevolution, paid a warm tribute to the workers botu at home and oversen, and saith that in those workers, they had u great reserve of energy and activity, upon which they had ever called in vain any upon which they might have to call again. The result of what they had done had beon, to place the two, societies in the unassail- able Goancial position which they held at that moment
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open boat" system The victims of the To Dot Ali die se quickly as the women and children of the Lislunia; but civil isation much too big and busy to keep count of the numerous obscure murdere of the innocent and helpless at sea. We are told that their deaths are unforesee ablo, We are not told whether any "place of safety had been arranged for
certainly were days when some of them the crew of the Margam Abbey but her
had an uneasy feeling as to their ability master was approached at Seattle,
In the early days of the war there
Tacoma, Panama, and Rio de Janeiro by
Sir Robert Hudson, on rising to make to hold their own in making the essential offered
a statement of the amount received from preparations here and as to the per certain mysterious agents aud
they were. which large sums of money if his steamer over
took time likely
to obtain arrived in France, he was
wow that the past to mount mabice of the suppor
to say fare. When he refused he was threatened was informed by a torpedo bont that the parts of the Empire it
and remit the money, misgivings had, he was to Those James Henry
to collect
October 20th of last
passed
away. In a low daya the public. with a place of eternal safety for his own were floating mines ahead. personal benefit And Robert Louis Birch, the chief engineer, said that at this and even since
without Line,
boen receiving us would have before it the report for the 1916. That report ending October, The year he had Stevenson used to be reproached
aloof erickets for his romanied the time the weather was very
wind or sea, but it was black dark which he was asked to place to the oreditve show a credit balance of a sum ness from the realities of our ordered engines wors working full speed and, of the previous year a collection. Thus
be about 16 miles it was fair to assume that it might be approaching a million and le! My only criticism to day is that and the sho Kenish Knock. The masxvonths before they could actually say that there was to be added the additional Stovensonian romance, confronted, quite NNE. of the squarely by a contemporary, in an inn atter hailed him through the engine-room what the results of the last collection amount collected on the last Our Day Rio de Janeiro, looks ancogimonly like sky-light, told him of the warning, and
said he had decided to anchor. The ship were. the blondiast kind of murdere
sochored at about ten o'clock, and had
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half. To
Almost hourly fresh messages camelld bring the tend two white anchor light burning The showing what the generosity of the hatech more like two millions and a
chief engineer went on deck to the cabin, which was amidships, to see the master.
ATTACK FROM THE BELEE
•CES OF LA BELLE FRANCE' Ong of the most curious methods of treating the crew of an attacked merchant ship is revealed in the case of the steam- Ship La Belle France On January 31st,
While they were sitting in the cabin 1916, she left Port Said for Theppo, vzd Algiers, with a cargo of rapesood, linseed, talking they heard a faint noise of air and barley from Karachi. She was unarm-craft. The mate, who had just come off ed, for offence or defence. All went well till the bridge called to them through the 2-p.. on February 1st, when, without partition from his own cabin, asking them any warning, the ship was struck by a if they heard it The master replied, torpedo os the starboard side in the way" Yell what is it?" The mate said he She listed did not know, but whatever it was it was of the cross bunker bolds heavily to starboard at once, and made coming from the south-east. The sound much water, the batches from No. 2 and then appeared to die away, but in about of the chapter. the cross bunker holds being burst open two minutes it became deafening. They unknown and unforeseen until three days All hands were promptly called to the got up to see what it was, and went ago, they were meeting on a day when bost stations, where the boats had already through the short alley-way towards the their fund reached the great sum of been swang out in case of attack. No 1 deck. Just a Birch opened the door £6,000,000, (Cheers.) lifeboat on the starboard side was then
explosion, and the master and himself found to be broken by the concussion and leading on to the deck there was a terrific
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very magnificent performance. at once the immense debt which they owed one which can never be forgotten, Empire was. He wished to acknowledge Our debt of gratitude to The Times is to his Majesty the King and to all the
Although they had such a large sum of must not be members of the Royal Family for the help
sed that they were in a supposed
of position which they had given them in connection money at their command, with Our Day (Cheers) boundless affluence. A considerable part To pay their way eret the society of that balance was already earmarked for roughly £40,000 a week, or £2,600,000 a certain specific purposes and could not be year. It was a gigantic sum, but it was devoted in other objects without unfair- the sum which they had received. They less, to the generous donors by whom the had, indeed, received more than that, and money was provided. There was another he had not the least doubt himself that element which they had not to lose sight By a coincidence, liabilities. They had lately assumed one they were going to receive is to the end of. They were continually assuming new liability which he was sure they must all
British he only to ready to assume he meant in countries. prisoners of war in foreign the liability for sending food to They had also lately undertaken the aftercare of certain classes of those poor the course of this war, and for whom sympathetic solicitude They were also everyone of them felt the keenest and most contemplating another dew departure PETER
proven somewhat costly one They thought the time had come whether they ought not which
useless, International lawyers may well were knocked down back into the cabin, ceeded Sir Robert, as you are aware, tellows who had became broken men in
take note of this very common aspect of these attacks on merchant shipping.
The ship was listing more and more heavily, and all hands were ordered to the port side boats, two of which were lowered by the master and officers. The
partly by the concussion and partly by
caved up by the explosion. When they were on their feet again they found they The ship steadied after the concussion,
great mass of sea water which had been
wore soaking wet,
The occasion has been marked, pro a most gracious message from his Majesty the King, who has been pleased to
Times
all who have either and newspaper, gratulate the Joint Committee, Far worked or given to our fund, upon the wounded members of his Majesty's help which they have rendered to the sick
aurd
to
Lascar Crewe were ordered to keep close and everything semed: all right for Forces I cannot with proprietyver more for their local
alongside the ship, but they became panic fow moments. Birch rushed to the engine anything because I am myself a mem branches, to whom they owed a great deal.
stricken in the face of the new fright fulness
and cast off from the ship with out orders. The master and three other officers jumped into the beats from the deck. The chief officer, who was standing by the falls and the chief ongincoer, who was stopping the engines, were left on board as the boats drifted away. The chief officer dived overboard and was fick ed up by No. 3 boat. The chief engineer, being quable to swim, remained on beard till, as the vessel righted herself, he sue ceeded in getting into No. 2 starboard hot, which was partly lowered.
After
was
about the members of the Joint to her of that committee. I will only add that, for my part, the Joint Committee is identified always with Mr. Arthur Stanicy. (Cheers.)
"Times.
The War Office required new hospitals or increased accommodation in the old bospitals, and they should endeavour, not indiscrimately, but only in cases where a clear claim could be made out, to do something for the local branch from headquarters.
about half an hour he was picked up by dark to see if the mists were standing of us what our expenditure was likely great struggle. 1 supporting us out
No. 3 boat.
GROME-LIKE CRUELTIES.
No. 4
in the meantime, had cap sized. Some of the crew were swimming, and others were clinging to her bottom:
came
be
submariva rose to the surface, belt box which had, stood on the bridge. Lord Northcliffe, who practically in the way
alongside, and picked up these men. 9 bout was then called alongside the sub- marine by the officer in command and was ordered to stand by. The officer of the submarino took his revolver and threaten ed to shoot both crews if they came near er, At this moment four trawlers were seen on the horizon and the submarine,
oblivious of the shivering men
He managed to get hold of this Others of the crow swam up, until eight naked men were hanging on to the reasonable place of safety which had been so thoughtfully provided for them,
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room to call all hands on deck, but just as he got there the second mate second engineer, steward, donkey-men, and were mess room boy came on deck. all nearly naked, as they had been roused
THANKS TO THE TIMES, V from sleep. By this time the ship was taking a heavy list to port Birch and
Of our dent to the countless subscribers some of the crow hurried round to the starboard lifeboat, where some of the re and workers I shall leave others to speak, There had been many glorious incidents One but I ask to be permitted, as chairman and episodes in this war, but nong had mainder wore already assembled.
been more glorious or more significant ma sailor was in the lifeboat, which
our great Empire had stood together and In the early weeks of the wat, swung out ready for lowering. The ship of the Joint Financs Committee, to say was rapidly falling over to port, Her one word about our obligation to The than the manner in which all the parts of had let us feel not when we did not know what was expected presented one solid front during this funnel was still intact, but it was too In a few more seconds all the men were to be, what our revenue was likely to merely that they were
this question of finaler was one of of feeling of external good will and half way to the bottom of the sen, fighting for life in a black whirlpool. The ship grave responsibility for those who were sympathy, but because they realized that had sunk like a stone
charged, with the conduct of your finances, our struggle was their struggle and our When Birch came gasping to the sur-One evening about a fortnight after the cause their cause; and they meant to see face he looked round for any wreckage wat had broken out, when we were all in us through to a victorious and Cheers.) our Oversea Dominiong had done for us that might be floating, and saw the life Devonshire House, I received a call from It was not the time for a review of what providing armed - con- few words placed at our services columns of The Trice, and from that tingents to join our arms in the held, but moment the Finance Committee no longer would anybody have believed it if they had any anxiety on the subject of finance had been told before the war Since
That evering at Devoushiro House Dominion of Canada, in which is Whisky is the whisky with a The Times has made our needs Royal Highness, he ventured to take
very special
and a very known day by day to the whole of
the The scere that followed in the pitch the English speaking people It has would contribute a contingent exceeding growing popularity, because ita most extra in number the total of the British Expedi elegant flavour is solely due to hauled on to its deck, dived black son was a somewhat ghostly one: announced with
all Wine with the every subscription tionery Forte which we had in contempla ing there, and left them to founder to of the box, with the result that it rolled which we have received. The Finance tion to place in the field whenever we original fineness developed by Age.
Merchants. the surface as best they could. Some of over; and when it righted, several of Committee would indeed be ungrateful if found ourselves involved in any inter Obtainable from
greatest Dominions down to the them were saved by No. 2 boat, but miss them were missing. These panic-stricken they did not recognize, though they cannot national straggle!
om compute, the debt which they owe to The teen were drowned, a good many being efforts to climb out of the water. The Tames. (Cheers.) But no organization smallest of the Crown Colonies had cor o sucked down by the diving submarine A mon occarreset in such cases with men who
of a very few
of course,
practiced swimmers, and many and no amount of hard work which is forward and nogrudgingly given in would have made it possible to save them alore are no were repeated with hor done by your various workers and com-abundance the contributions for which wo mittees could account for the results asked them. We had all been proud of all. But the whole affair throw a curi rible insistence; and each time the box
which we have to announce if it were not ous light on the German method,trolled over, and rose with fewer men's for two things-the indomitable deteran Empire over witch the supever set
and cursing. clutching
At gulping and might be described as the tempering of werty with callousness, and reminds one fast Birch swam away from the box, as mination of the race that they will win but the sun henceforth would shine upch whose crentures orared Edward Lear, the best way of saving his own life. He the was, and the equally indomitable Empire, de ve had known is in the past. another found a life-bolt, which he hul round him determination that those who are sick and The air was full of rumours of great as best he could, and managed to keep wounded in our service shall lock for political changes which were likely to but what After a time he lost conscious nothing which we can supply. (Cheers.) follow when the war was over. affeat.
Mr Arthur Stanley read the list pre-ever they might be of this we might rest css and when he recovered. life-boat belonging to the Belgian steamer pared by Sir Charles Russell of those assured that the feelings of the people, Paul.
The steward and another sailor who deserved special mention for their of the different communities of which the Our Day" a success Empire was formed would be from this They were taken services in making
different from what they had these were also in the bout.
board the Paul, and given dry clothes at home and abroad. He said the first time forth
be An ineffaceable one, and hot coffee, about eight o'clock in the name on the list was deservedly that of been in the past. The reenlection of
Miss Beeman, the originator of Queen events would morning but, in their considerably more Alexandra Day, who organized the sale thanking the workers in connection with thought he right tell them life thing like 35,000,000 flags were distributed that they, hy than the allotted span of
aangenamed-ship as to different parts of the Empireonsurable part in strengthening the
dce constructed in the future. (Cheers.) anchor had undonbtedly been made by The Duke of Connaught moved the Imperial edifice which we all desired to
The resolution was carried. Zeppelin. One of the men on the bridge following said afterwards that the aircraft some following resolution
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attack
WORLD TURNS ITS BACK ON THE THIN FOLKS.
with affectionate disgust.
The most excessivo caution could hardly have regarded this action as neces sary to the safety of the boat, for the trawlers at this time were many miles away, black dots on the horizon. It seems to ba otie of many examples of a curious whimsicality that breaks (by way of re- action, perhaps) through the systematic logic, to the point of madness, and per- haps some lot of compensation demande that it should be offset by an equally insane capriciousness. There seems to be
The thin Johnnie above needs Bargol no other explanation of the gnome-like
which would help him to draw every crnction that have crept out of his once music haunted mountains, to be circling overhead in the darkness, That the British Red Cross Society
atom of strength, blood and nourishment On one occasion a temporarily serviful dropping closer and closer to the vessel and Order of St. John sozder to the sub
like s great
by the scribers at home and overaena their deep. night-hawk, attracted German commander kindly offered to tow white anchor lights I grow much louder and sincere thank for the magnificent Lord Northcliffe, who spoke next from the food he eats some open bonts, which had been damaged than an aeroplane-more like " several expose to the oppool of the Jomt said I feel somewhat in a false position Parpol, to our mind is the most wonder and were leaking badly, into Blace of press trains all crossing a bridge toge societies in connection with "Our Day" in replying to the very generous com- falsh. Producing and Weight-Lienes safety. He saw some aircraft in the disther and at its loudest it was impos
pliments of Sir Robert Hudson in regarding treatment in the World scientific He said there was not a part of the to the work of one of my newspapers remedy based on the theory that excessive tance, after the boats had been made fast, able to hear a man shout. Then there and he promptly dived with the boats came a sudden silence, followed by the Empire which had not responded in the because that newspaper was only one of things come from imperfect foodie
their services in Bod, BIST
starches in your food are passing ont behind him, not even waiting to cast loose. terrific explosion which flung the men most liberal manner to the call on behalf thousands and ten of thousands that have lation; that the sugars, fats, albuminoids If van only after & Frintie struggle and about and dazed them showed that the Empire was at que with, are of the world to the Red Croes of body to-day just sexliv, toreke
part wild horking with knives at tangid op It would be interesting to know-how us in the war, and desired to show their world be quite ungessible for any one out of wide grau stop duis fearful There 18 no doubt her well known regard for international Ppreciation of the gallant services of our newspaper to accomplish any proportion sumed. 18s up to you. Stop this fearful
Germany would reconcile this attack with
Navy and Army (Choera) 1 Be German Dah mew; but, then law. Possibly it was a mistake. She we have all read with great pleas the grand result that has attended-the wasto with Bargol Let this tow for desolated, the laugh can hardly be a very as a name, for a fortified city like the King to-day thanking all those who such a move dudak faithful mouth reach day jato le proper chann
in khind whirlpools that these mer escaped with their lives Cortain
in grotesque humour about this,
from
nineteen lives are lost and nineteen homes hearty one, even in the cities of the rea
WORLD GROWS TOO BIG FOR TH
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When these factories have exhausted what tion with the Royal Army Medical Corps priceless publicity so the cause (Hear and that, in a great many cases, were the citizens and the ships of extra cobol, they have in store they will not I desire to say how greatly I admire that her.) As one who has done some organ Nobody who ou relig all be permitted to manufacture further fresh branch of his Majesty's Forces, sus how ization I can sure you that the Red Cross countries
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