THE RONGKONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4TH, 1917:
VISCOUNT BRYCE ON GERMAN TRENCHES IN THE CLOUDS.
DESPERATION.
A STEP NEARER PEACE
Viscount Bryce, formerly British Am- bassador at Washington, speaking recent ly in London on the subject of Germany's declaration of war, zones and the menace to neutrals, said:—
ITALIAN POSITIONS 7,000 FEET UP, Ï-
Since the Austrians recently published the communiqué announcing their succes with a great mine on the southern slopes of that rocky pinnacle of the Dolomites known as Lesser Lagazuoi, (writes, Mr. Perceval Gibbon to the Daily Chronicle on February 15th), a blizzard bag made that sector of the front inaccessible till last Monday, when the roads" being reported passable (though there was con- stant danger from avalanches), 1 seized the occasion to go thither myself and learn on the spot the truth of the Austrian claims.
mountaineers, maintain bitter and inces
THE RIVAL POWERS IN
GREECE.
INTERVIEW WITH M. DIOMEDE
A representative of the Morning Post had a chat on February 9th with 11 Alexander Diomede, formerly Greck | Minister of Finance, who was on a political mission to London on behalf of the National Government of M. Venizelos, M. Diomede said:
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GOLDEN DAYS FOR SMUGGLERS-
SUBTERRANEAN ROAD THROUGH
AMOENTAIN
that there is a certain class of people who travel up and down the country buying up small quantities of food. In the capital there is an exchange where these people deal in their purchases Founds and litres grow into bales and barrels, and on some dark night they roll across the frontior
In the Coevorden district smuggling has become so profitable that workmen are leaving the factories to engage in the now business. Bome time ago an empty Rhine boat which was drifting quietly in the direction of Germany was searched by the Customs authorities at Dordrecht, on the River Merwede, and two hundred- weights of bacon were seized in the cabin. During the same week over, five tons of soap and fat were taken from would be mugglers at Didam, Beek, Bergh, Well, and Zevenaar, and over 200 people were arrested, including some at Amsterdam, whence the operations of the gang were organized.
THEATRE ROYAL.
TO-MORROW!
APRIL STR.
SATURDAY, APRIL 7TH FREDERIC SHIPMAN
THE FRENCH CANADIAN TENOR,
PRESENTS
PAUL
DUFAULT
Assisted by PAULINE BINDLEY, Soprano. ERNEST EMPSON, Pianist.
TO-MORROW'S PROGRAMME: Piano Bolos...(*) :LOVE'S DREAMS
(6). SCHERZO in E Minor
ERNEST EMPSON. Arb...ONE FINE DAY (Madame Butterfly)
MISS PAULINE BINDLEY. Aria.....PRAYER fron
CID
PAUL DUFAULT.
Songs...(6) LEAVES AND THE WIND
VILLANELLE.
THE PAULINE BINDLEY. Duet Between MICAELA and DON JOSE 14 Act Carmen)
MISS BINDLET AND MR. DUFAULT.
Interval
Piano Solo... WEDDING DAY Song (c) SYLVELIN
ERNEST
EMPSON.
(b) J'AI PLEURE EN REVE (0) MORNING
· PAUL DUFAULT."" Song() MY MOTHER BIDS ME BIND MY HAIR
((6) ̃MY MESSAGE.
(0)
Mendelsoh
Puccini
Masenet
Leoni
Dell'Augus
Bizt
Grlog
Sinding
Has
Speaks
Bardelot
Smuggling of food into Germany from neutral Countries is apparently becoming one of aly most prolific sources of war profits, and the Customs officials on the * Swiss and Dutch frontiers are having an exceptionally busy time. All the romance "This is the "Grst_definite stop that
I have been entrusted with a mission and enterprise of the fred traders of a brings, un negrer peace. It looks like
to Paris and London with a view to hundred years ago are being revived, and, the beg luning of the end Up til how
explaining to the Governments and despite heavy penalties and risk to life many thought the outcome of the war
people of France and England the pre- and limb, the large profits are attracting, might be à drawn game, but now the
kant position of the movement of which | an ever-increasing number of aspirants. Gorman Governinent, recognizing up
M. Venizelce is the head and the policy In Holland, where a shortage of food proaching economic exhaustion and the
for which it stands. We are aware, "of | for its own - population is one of the growing scarcity of supplies, has becom
The positions which I visited are those course, that the French and English most ser una dificulties facing the Gov desperate and is resorting to desperate situated beyond Cortius, once a favourite nations are absolutely faithful to the ernment, the need for a strict rátioning measures. Seeing no other hope of success, centre for mountain climberg, where the inelist cause, but there are certain system is urged on the ground that not. -it is throwing over every remaining re- grest Dolomite road rises and falls below important matters in connection with it only do the well-to-do at the presan time straint of law and proclaiming its con- that porcupine bristle of red rock peaks with which they are imperfectly acquaint, ootaia excessive supplies at the expense tempt of neutral opinion which is called the Dolomites. Here the ed. M. Venizelos resolved to separate of the poorer classes, but that smuggling
It undertook the invasion of Rou-row of late storme lies in depths verying himself from the Athens Government the is a serious menuen to the food supply,
from 18 to 30 feet, sad battalions of moment he became convinced that the DARK NIGHT'S WORK. would startle the world, would appealpini, Italy's regiments of grey-clad Royal policy wae dictated in the interes is declared, says the Daily Expres manis in the belief that victory. there discontent in Germany and enable it to sant war upon the landscape, which has of Germany. The incet striking proof of dictate peace on Its own terms. been stood on edge here. Officers in the understanding between the Athens But she under-estimated the resolution mighty hobnailed boots point to the sheer Government and that of Berlic, au un and confidence of the Allies. When the rock walls of peaks 19,000 feet high, and understanding which almost became an Allies unanimously reierted the offer, rolate casually how this was captured by Alliance, is to be found in the surrender Because they know it could not secure aa night attack; how others were formed of the Greek forts in Eastern Macedonia, durable peace, but would merely give her by bombers who scaled the rocky face; a whole corps d'armer which was sent time for resting till she was ready to cigars in mouth whence they lit the bomb off to Germany, and of 240 heavy guns, resume her attacks, the German Gov- fuses; likewise they indicate a point where together with large supplies of grain, ernment grow desperate and determined a detachment of men and mules was killed munitions, and petroleum. A large por to try desporate expedients. Hence these by an avalanche, thus emphasizing the tion of the grain found its way into submarine, threats, which almost amount significance of the notice along the road Germany, where it served, of course to to a declaration of war against neutrale, warning passers by of the danger from supplement the defective food supply.
We reed not be surprised, for the avalanches. ·
It took some time to realize that the whole conduct of the German Govern Lesser Lagazuoi is an abrupt rock, 2,779 Athens Government was ruled by a mili ment has been of a piece. They began metres in height. The Italian positions tary Staff which was absolutely devoted by invading Belgium, an innocent coun- upon the face are roughly 7,000 ft up to German interests and which took its try with which they had no quarrel, These are reached by a terrible com orders from the German Attaché, Falken- merely to gain a military advantage.munication trench coiling up heartbreak hausen, who was permanently installed, They drowned innocent passengers and ing slopee. One moves, bent double, in at the Headquarters of the Greek Army screws of passenger and merchant ships, pitch blackness, it at intervals by deep The object of the Government was to any of them neutrale, 1,200 on the windows, looking up the valley under a help on the domination of Germany in Lusitania Gloon. They stood by and blinding sun, where in the distance the the East, with a view to destroying usicly acquiesced in the plan of their Austrian lines show faint, grey traceries British influence there. The time came Turkish allies to exterminate the whole upon the immaculate snow slopes. These when M Venizelos became convinced Christian nation of Armenians with a show gallerics are the work of the Alpini, that it was necessary to put an end to On the Gelderland frontier & guide to heard of cruelties when they could have front, the whole vast army, with male his policy and to ally himself with the a band of smugglers was shot dead by n stopped the massacres by warning the transport, circulating invisibly as moles and England. He wished to give a prae charged within eleven days and 2,300 Powers of the Entente, notably France sentry. Near Aalten 170 person, were Turks to desist. Instead, they have been in a great system of snow warrens betical proof of the faith thut was in him, lbs. of goods were confiscated. At another conferring honours on the bloodthirsty tween the positions and the lower roads. and therefore he set about organizing an points band of forty professional, smug ruffian Enver Turkish War Minister),. the principal author of the massacre MINE THAT RETALIATED,Army to fight for the common causa glers were all arrested, including their And now they are carrying into slavery I arrived finally at the rocky platforms SYMPATHY WITH THE PROTECTING POWERS leader, who was serving as a soldier "ob many thousand peaceful Belgian work blasted out of the inert carcass of age As a statesman he clearly perceived the frontier, and knew the best pathy to men, who are driven by force to toff suoi which constitutes the Italian front that it was to the interest of the Greek take against their own country, to line at this point, against the end of which people that they should alde with the What a spirit of adventure breathes in All these acts show absolute disre the boasted Austrian mine was aimed. Protecting Powers, which for a century the record of the discovery reported from gard not only of international Inw and Bere I was able to talk at first hand with post have not only manifested their Maastricht by the military authorities of treaty obligations but, what is far worse, the men who frustrated that mine sympathy towards the Greeks but have a subterranean corridor in the St. Peter. scort for the first, principles of justice Among them was the expert who last year lens them effective aid in times of need. Mountain, which was connected with and humanity. This is what made us in designed and supervised the work result The authority of M. Venizelos extends, other subterranean corridors in the most- England feel that no peace can be made ingin blowing the crown off the rock over the greater part of the Hellenic tain of Lanaye, on Belgian territory! Get the MONTGOMERY WARD HABIT, and Save Time, Worry defeetod. Nothing less an defent will Daily Chronicle by Mr. H. G. Well knowledge his Government are wealtheir of food have been smuggled from Holand with such a Anvernment until it has bean group, called Castelletto, described in the Kingdom. Those provinces which ac- Through these corridors large quantities and Money. Write to us for a copy of our Big Catalogue of 100,000. show the German people that they must hose identity, and whereabouts, I must ever which the King Still rules was foundrition and wady for trans
in the day, upon another mountain and have a larger population than those to Belgium while a considerable amount articles for the Home, Farm, Office and Shop. It is a guide to good get rid of such rulers,"
WHY it HHINGS PEACE NEARER working under the inmost heart of the inhabitants. The number who have spon bacaped, do end was put to their opere
rot indicate. I saw the manner of these tota population of Greece in 0,200,000 park - Sihaigh the smugglers themelve, living at low prices. Everything to eat, wear and use.
Lord
Bryce, when asked why he hills, and behold the bucking, screaming taneously deserted the Government of tions by the blowing agi of the connecting ALL AT WHOLESALE PRICES DIRECT TO YOU. thought the German action towards devils of compressed air drills Athens and rallied round M. Venizelos by Corridor a neutrals had brought peaca nearer, re- The story of the Austrian mine was reway of showing that they are faithful to
KKORMOUS PROFITS,
Four Million Families all over the world supply their needs pledgediated by these mountaineers better than the traditional friendship with the Pro-
Because the German Government has the official account. The Austrisus did tocting Powers and that they disapprove taken across the frontier by the smug
Only small quantities of goods are from us. itself declared that this unbridled sub actually drivo a gallery for a mine of the treason of the Government of glers at one, time, but the prices which ansrine warfare, directed against neutrals towards the Italian positions while the Athens towards its Allies of Servia is the Germans pay are, so high that the nd well na belligerents, to be its last latter proceeded forthwith to counter- 2,800,000 C resouros. If this fails, everything will mine. The Austrian work was still for
more.
who have excavated scores of miles on this.
Later
became aware of counter-mining work..
soap Ed. in can be
of coup costing a Holland on
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have failed so they tell us themselves short of completion what their listeners. It follows the number of those who still acknowledge the rule of King Con- rough their newspaper. That is why thay any they were driven to it. If this They decided to load and touch off their stantine is 2,400,000 but it must not be does not succed the war is finished fireworks, while there was yet times The supposed by any means that even these
We in England do not believe the Italian mine was yet uncharged, but its are really in favour of the Royal policy German submarines can do us more harm proximity to the Austrien mine so altered The Government of Athens is an oliger than they have been doing already; in the line at least resistance of the latter card from the deprauns, succedo German soldiers are taking sa it-tion has not diminished, prices are not inflated, and means of shipping
that instead of blowing through to the surtained the Germans, in portant part in the smuggling operations. thought neutrals undoubtedly will suffer face, the main effects of the
rebore is to be a contest of drove back along its own shaft, producing them from giving expresystem of porters to the Easierland loaded with
keeping down the people and preventing They cross the frontier and pose as de- unimpaired.
to the and a convenient endurance, we are confident that we can
some score of casualties among the Aus
Our service across the Pacific is unimpaired, and the freight rate outlan Germany and we are prepared to irinaa. The Italian casualties were wil terrorism that, does not shrink even frem of success in a righteous cause. It is cesa in the Austrian bulletin, is a standing is, to try to make the world believe that Diapelo so far ago hore documents from Chicago clear through to Yokohama, Kobe, Shanghai, Hongkong endure all that is necessary for the sake The event, portentously claimed as a sus murder and pillage, the object of which contraband. One who was captured at for merchandise purchased from us is only $2.25 per hundred pounds net vengeance against Germany that we
joke among the Alpini, are fighting for. We want no revenge THE ENEMY OVERHEAD.
the people remain faithful to the Throne which showed elaborate plans had been How true it is that the Royal Government made for sung ing a lags consiguement upon the German people. We are beht
of butter, bacca, and fat into Prussia I witnessed later in the day staple fight dreads public option is shown by the The Dutch authorities are doing their ing for the future security of the world." inx. Presiden Wilson's course, he said: front, from a point overlooking a vast the Venizelist newspapers of Athens by martial law has been proclaimed at pre- When Lord Bryos was naked concerning which the weather permite on this the tent farely suppressed all most to prevent this illegal traffic and The President seems to have acted white hollow. On one hand were knife destroying their printing machines Fretically every town within Casy distance of with patient caution and moderation, edge crests. Black spots in the rock faces tous to that, the enormous circumstances the frontier. An indication of de ne which greatly strengthens his presentere Austrian loopholes from galleries of those papers were a suficient proeftivity of the officials is given in the fact ment every chance of returning, after su spattered into the valley. Opposite which the people have at heart,
and Manila. This is for fast service by Trans-Pacific liners. Compare our rate with the rate others quote you! It is much less than the
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position. He gave the German Govern. blasted in the rock, whence field machine that they really adverted the doctrines that at Almedo in 1918 the total prosecute only Merchants in the P
the vises of the Lusitania and Sumera,
repented st
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We are in rock tomba. ing
Out on the naked to better courses, but when the repudi- snow, very fur, and minute, were the black frohe Frees, people are in factoprotero 1, ed from The Hague at in the last loading such a car every other day.
suffering 1915, while three ago it no- cated the promise she gave after the moving figures of the Alpini on ski Individual rights no longer exist, and three months of the year the total Somer, he perceived the portentous When the Austrian machine-guas and field no one dares to say in public what he number of arreste was 11,000 and of con- gravity of the situation and felt that no gung opened fire on them, each shot, sharp thinks. The people are only waiting for victions 8,200 and where the authorities every of-respecting neutral iation could pos and distinct, diminished to a bandelen in opportunity to proclaim themselves. In Switzerland, where sibly submit to the claim of the German that great emptiness; but upon every and whenever that arrives: there is no are equally alive to the efforts made to Government of the right to destroy the boulder in the valley at a bull-mouthed the slightest doubt that they will range carry on illicit trade, the smuggling ist is sent free upon request to our Home Office, or may be obtained fires and property of neutrals in the way echo, which took up the noise, contemplated.
uproariously, and passed it on to the text, themselves on the side of M. Venizelos done on su almost grander scale. Qui e upon personal application to T. B. TOLMAN, 911, Urbiztondo, Manila, "I personally have never doubted that till the whole at theatre of red rock and Venizelos and his supporters are con- house was arrested on a charge of issuing.L, WELLS FARGO & Co., Rojas Bldg, Calle David, Manila, P.I.,
almost to a man, In the meantime, M. recently Government oficial at Mul- the entrance of Ameries would be a most dazzling saw was reverberant with sounding the National Government: 86 illegal export permits, and it was dis- WELLS FARGO & Co., 8, Kiukiang Road, Shanghai, China, or B. important factor and would naturally The Italian guns answered, splashing, shell Loud to shorten the war Apart from in brief blossoms of fame about the Aus- Salonika and in the provinces in which covered that he had made at least 5,000 MONTEITH WEBB & Co., Agents for WELLS FARGO & Co., Hongkong, such military and naval strength as trian loopholes and again the ghostly em, which is fighting side by side with large quantity of Spanish wine was dis- China, Mail requests to above should be accompanied by 25 cents gold its authority is recognised. The Venizelist out of this business, In another case a America might bring and apart from the thoristers lifted their trumpet, voices, prodigious financial resources America These are not the only sounds that travel the Allies, consists of from five to six covered at Schauffhausen, and when in commands, how great would be the moral upon snow. I came on a very secret the Divisions of Infantry, with depots which quiries were made it was found that to partly pay mailing expense. affect produced by her action! Not even servation post at the head of a back-break are capable of maintaining their effec plans bad already been laid for smug- Germany, strong as the has shown bering series of Indders in the rock-clefts, tives at full strength On several occe- gling it into Germany. self, can fight against the condemnation where one was able to lift one's head cauti.sions the British General in command on of the civilised world."
qualy through a blowhole in the snowcrust the Struma and the Generalissimo, and see above the disputed summit of the General Sarrail, have mentioned in de mountain, and acually hear as though in spatches the Greek Divisions and the a whispering
gallery tiny clear trickles Greek Mountain, Artillery for the master- GERMANS ADMIT 4,124,381 LOSSES of the speech of the Austrians in the ly manner in which they have prepared
show and
rock treach above. I heard the their attacks. Qur aviators, who have Official Germany casualty lists No question:* Sichst du wus ?? ( Do you been joined up with the British Pying 100 to No. 1,356, inclusive, issued one, anything 10) and answer Ich sehe Corps, have also been mentioned for February, give the lowes for December, cannot hope to convey through the have been crowned with success
see nothing")
Congements with themy airmen which 1016. They show 21,816 killed, 50,00% staccato, medium of a despatch destined to When one speaks of Greece it is wounded and, 15,513 missing, making a total 87,961. The total German casualties be sent by telegraph the fantastic reality absurd to suppose that that word de As will happen in these cases, how. from the beginning of the war up to of that front, where war is proceeding scribes the Greece which is represented by ever, something went wrong, and dif- December 31st, 1916, admitted by the ground which three years ago was the Government of Athens No, the real ficulties were rained by the American German lista, areKilled 1,002,681; known only to roped mountain climbers Greece, that which has at all times been Customs official The British Govern-
with guides It in a wounded, 2,581,000 missing, 560,627, or
a land проп which
yet here the bound to the Allies both by sympathy ment got wind of the trouble and made
and interest, is the Greece that is repre- inquiries, when it was Alpini are pressing only the 1910, the Corman liste publish enemy, making the shoes of "pu presented by tho: National Government, an ing good had been a discovered that
cipices into daily and nightly battlefield Balonike That Greece gives freely a of dam under what purported to be certi the service and the regiment being with Justifying their boast that the Austrians the lives of its citizens and its material ficates of origin sued by the British held in every case,This is obviously done in an effort to confate the Allies and ive ever once driven them from a poti-resources to the common cause, and we Consulate at St. Gall. These certificates
taken they
hollowed the the rest Greeks, are convinced that, with were all counterfeit, and the attention of prevent them from making accurate of angust mountains inte fortresses, fitted the help of the Protecting Powers, who the Swiss authorities was drawn to the timates of the casualties anstained by the them with aerial wire railways and recognize in us, and in us alone, their matter. The agent and several associates Germans in individual operations In changed their shape with giant wines. true friends, we shall succeed in fulfilling were promptly arrested, eleven other remity, the German lose are greatly in They have redermed over 2,000 square the duty which the Greece of King Con-arrests followed, and several more, sts to guntess of their admissiong,
kilometres of Italian syili
stantine bay repudiated,
be expected
a grand total of $124,384. Since Decem uera movement 18 NOV upon
ber
↑ Not only are goods being smuggled into Germany, but recently the British Governingat discovered that & large quan- tity of German exports were being re- mitted to Amerios vid Heland under labea describing them as hw goods. If afterwards appeared that a Gorman, Birise forwarding agent with a Bariel on a most extensive trade in Swiss ing business at St. Gall had been carrying goods,
At times of crisis it must
be Bovril
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