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TERRIBLE INDICTMENT. OUR QUARREL WITH THE GERMAN PEOPLE.
"A CASE FOR HARD).
FIGHTING
[BY AN ENGLI8HSIAN.?*]--
At very moment in which the Hassian extremists, not too wisely inspir-
annexations," the Pan-German Party,
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FAR EASTERN MEN AND THE WAR. Brevet Colonel CF Blane, CMG., who was mentioned in despatches in the China Expedition of 1900, has been men tioned in despatches in the present war. He was recentis granted the lionorary
A terrible indictment of the German people is written by E. Nesbit (Mrs. Hubert Bland) in The Nee. Witness, under the title of "The Quarrel." Sho are crying no indemnities and no rank of Brigadier-Generat.; " very rightly insists on the guilt of the whole German people in the war.
She says that the suggestion that the quarrel which has ruised a dozen nations
with characteristic futility, has been ex- plaining its ultimato ambitions.
It wants Courland; it wants a vast
wants to-day the whole British Isles.
General F. Baldwin, R.M.L.I., who has. been awarded a good service pension of 1200 a year, in the vacancy caused by the death of General: Geoffrey Mairis, .M.L.I., served in the China War of
ed in despatches
HONGKONG RESERVES. ·
RPER BY MAJOR WAKEMAN, D.O., H.E., V. A.
DETAIL
HONGKONG VOLUNTEERS..
ORDER BY MAJOR, D. - MAGDONALD, V.D.
MONTHLY STATE OF STHENOTA.
O.C.S, are reminded that the Monthly State of Strongth is to reach the Orderly Room not later than 5 pm. ri hirot,
JOINED Sapper C. Halt joined the Corps on 24th July, 1917, is allotted Corps No. 2101 and posted to Engineer Company
LEAVE
Major 1. Macdonald, V.D. is granted
months leave from 2nd August, 1917.
weeks leave from 27th July, 1917. No. 1329 P. J. C. Owen is granted 1
month's leave from 2nd August, 1917. No. 1974 Spr. G. N. Manley is granted 1.
month's leave from 26th July, 1917.
PARADES.
Monday, 30th inst. :-
in arus in defence of the bonour and piece of France and Belgium; it wants 1867-9; on which occasion he was mention No. 2005 Pto. W. J. Dexter in granted & faith of Christendom is inerely a quarVerdun and Epinal and Belfort; it want rel with the lying representatives of the ed yesterday Liverpool and Glasgow; it House of Hohenzollern is one which is absolutely and unequivocally false.
"It is dangerous, because it appeals so intimately to that incurable chivalry which is at once England's deepest weak- ness and her highest strength.
We are ever prone to generosity in the hour of victory we make haste to shake hands with the beaten for.. And when the quarrel has been between gallant, noble foes, such engerness to forget and forgive it just and honourable. But the foe whom we have fought for these three years is not noble or gallant.
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How it is going to get all this, and what it is going to do with it all when it gets it, I do not know. But hainan fully never dictated a more strangely grotesque answer to the demand of "no- indemnities and no annexations than that which the Germans have found for the too eager sympathy of emancipated Russia.
It is obvious that if a bargain of this kind is to be struck, it must be a two He has forgotten justice and mercy handed bargain. It was once said that truth and decency; he has wallowed in filth and blood; he lig trampled on all the fault of the Dutch was "giving too which we love and reverence; he has out-little and asking too much." The Ger raged man and insulted Gud, And now. inans are prepared to give nothing and it is above all things necessary that we to ask for all the world. And the en- should not forget what sort of animal it thusiasts, who dream of a peace which-
hurts nobody, must remember the men is that we have, hon fighting.
with whom they have to deal. Germany insists that, among other territories, Courland should be given to her. She, at any rate, even on the Russian side, bast no word to say in favour of a quixotic amiability.
ORDERS FROM THE KAISER."
It is in vain to tell us that the Ger man soldiers in Belgium only obeyed orders. Those orders came down to then from their Kaiser through a linked chain of officers of varied rank; not one of these was man enough to break his sword and fling it the face of the officer above him. Net a private disobeyed because his mind and soul revolted against auch orders. Not & uan was too sick and ashamed to be able to obey.
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General Smuts, in the eloquent specch which he delivered at the Russian Ex hibition, found the right word to say. Germany," he confessed, is prepared do anything. The Germans will swallow all the nice formulas that the There are no officers in the Allied Itussian democracy may devise, and she Armies who could have given the orders will swallow Russia, too, if she can." that were given in the market place Liege there is no regiment in the Allied That is a true and a memorable utterance. Armies who would have obeyed those Germany has a maw large enough to orders. There is no regiment in the swallow all the noble sentiments which Allied Armies who could have carried Russia or any other nation may invent. those orders out. To advance, orderly She swallows them, williont alterupting to and by numbers at the word of conusand. digest them. She cares not what they If she sees profit in cramming and at the word of command commit rape mean. openly, publicly, side by side with his them down her throat, down her throat cotorades, in a public square, do the she will cram them. And having swallow.. noonday sky, in the presence of a crowd, the formulas she will swallow Russia this would have been a thing which also, so that it is well that Russia should French, or English, or Italian soldier look the facts sternly in the face and could not have done. But the Germans consider what a hasty acquiescence in the did it."
plans of Germany would mean to her and to her democracy.
BEASTLY THINGS.
"They did other things, cruel things,
Now let us consider what would happen beastly things things which unhealthy if Russia acceded to a peace with no in animals and burgan idiots love to do and demnity and no anuntations on her side, when you ask us to think of our quarrel with Courland and Poland on the other as being only a quarrel with the Hohenside throw as a sop to Germany, Russia sollerns, you ask us to forget those things. Already they are in danger of being for would become instantly the granary of gotten.
Partly because a slovenly Prow the Germans, Sho would be asked to will not trouble to choose its words and feet and sustain the army, which is or- contents itself with referring to unprint ganised for the sole purpose of annexing able outrages. The things that the Ger new provinces and demanding huge mans have done should be written about indemnities. All her immense resources in plam English, and not any plainer of corn" and oil and gold would be pat, than the English of our Bible, which is perforce, to the service of the Huns open to every child, and the record of The greed of the hariurians whose modest their abominitions should be circulated ambition it is to govern the earth would with the record of the applause of the be fed by Russian industry and Russian. home keeping German women, through the skill. The price which the Gertonnis length and breadth of England and all would pay for the help of the Russians ar Colonius and Allied countries, so that would be little or nothing. And with the Allied nations may remember what what force could Russia protest against sort of nation it is that we are fighting the raiders, when her soldiers were dis so that these who have sacrificed all that banded and her arms laid down? makes life worth while should
hot
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asked to make en ordinary peace" with the German nation,
be
We
The peace we make with them should
such as has never been befor pesce conditional on years of pargation. who have fought, we who have given our heart's dearest to fight against that horror that William of Hobenzollern has created cannot conant to a peace that may bring us inte contact with the genera tion of Germans whose artsies have ou raged, murdered, tortured and pelluled, and whose women at home have appland ed the outrages and murders, the torture the
pollutions.
MOST BE
THE KAINER'S PAROCHIAL MANNER,
20th July, to the morning of Sunday, On duty from the morning of Sunday, 5th August. A Co. H.R.V.R. Orderly Officer.-Lieut. J. Owen Mughes. Next for duty-H.K.V.6. PARADES FOR THE WEEK ENDING 4TH AUGUST. Monday, 30th July i—
Recruits on the Cricket Ground, at
5.15 p.m. under Instructor Burgt Oxberry. Dress: Drili Order. Signalling Section. The whole sec
tion will parade at Happy Valley for Station Work.. Fall in at Monument; 5.30 p.m. Dress: Clean Fatigue. Machine Gun Section at Wellington Barracks, at 5.15. p., Dress: Clean Fatigue.
Mounted Section at Polo Ground, at
5.30 p.m. Dress: Drill Order, Tuesday, 31st July
"A" and "3" Cos. and Recruits on the road outside the Orderly Room, at 5.15 p.m. Kowloon and Taikoo Sections on the Polo Ground, at 3.30 in. for. Tests of Elementary Officers and Training Musketry. N.C.Os will commence conducting the tests laid down in parus. 297 299 Chap. IV., Musketry Regulations, Part 1 1900 (Reprint 1012). Copies of the paras. referred to may be obtained on application at the; Orderly Room.
1st
Every man, including exempted meni-
bers, wast attend this parade. Co. Bergt-Major will send to the
Adjutant oli Wednesday, August, a list of all absentees, not ing therein those absent from the Colony or on sick leave Wednesday, 1st August:--N, Thursday, 2nd August:-.
Signalling Section: "A" and "B" "Classes will parade at Happy Valley for Station Work. Fall in at Monument, 5.30 p., and "C" Class at Volunteer Headquarters, at
Dress: Clean Fatigue. 5.30 15.10. Machine Gun Section at Wellington
Barracks, at 5.15 p.m. Clean Fatigue. Mounted Betion at Polo Ground, at.
8.30 p.m. Dress Drill Order Friday, 3rd August
Dress:
Recruits on the Cricket Ground, at
5.15 p.m. under Instructor Sergi Oxberry. Dress: Drill Order, Saturday, 4th August.
(8d.) C. CHAMPKIN, Capt.,
Adjutant, H.K.V.R. Hongkong, 17th July, 1917.
SUBMARINE PIRACY FORETOLD.
Admiral Sir Percy Scott, in a letter to the Times on June 5th, 1914, clearly pre- dieted submarine piracy in the following
words:
"If we go to war with a country that is within the striking distance of submarines
5 p.m, Centré Section M.G. Co. at King's Park Range, annual Musketry course.
5.30 p.at. Minted Section at Jockey
Club Stables.
3.30 p.m. Right Section M.G. CO., and Scouts Company at Head quarters under unit Commanders, Test of elementary training. 5.30 p.m. Recruits of all unita on Murray Parade Ground under Upls. Grimes, Edgcumbe and Edmonds and Ice. Corp. Meade.
Tuesday, 31st inst.
7.10. 2.m. Scouts Company M. D-
tachment at Headquarters...
3 p.m. Left Section M.G. Co. and Civil Service Company at King's Range, annual Muskotry
Park
CORTSQ.
5.30 p.m. Stretcher Bearer. Section as
Headquarters.
5.4 p.m. Signalling Section, "A" and B classes at Happy Valley. Wednesday, 1st August
5 p.m. Centro Section M.G. 06. at King's Park Range, annual Musketry contre
5.30 p.m. Right Section M.G. Ça. at Headquarters under unit Com- mander. Tests of elementary tunin- jung.
Thursday, 2nd August:--
7.30 am.
Scouts Company M.G. Detachment at Headquarters,
3 p.m. Left Section M.G, Co., and Civil Service Company at King's Park Range, annual Musketry
couraz,
5.30 p, Artillery Battery (Layers Setters only) at Belcher's
anc
Battery.
5.30 p.m. Mounted Section at Jockey
Club Stables,
Friday, 3rd August:
7.10 a.m. Scouts Company (men de- triled by Corpl. Cassidy) at Head- quarters, Musketry instruction.
7.30 am. Belchers 6 Section at
Belchers, Battery..
5
at
p.m. ·Centre: Section M.G. Co. King's Park Range, manual Musketry course.
5.30 p.m. Artillery Battery (gun numbers other than specialisty) at Belebers Battery.
5.30 p.m: Right Section M.G. Co. at
Headquarters under
Com-
mander, Tests of elementary train- ing.
50. Reorits of all unit on Murray Parade Ground, ander Corpla Grimes, Edgcumbe and Edmonds and Lec. Compl. Mcade. 6.30 Signalling Section."B" class
at R. A. Theatre.
Saturday, 4thị August:---
Ner would this be the end. Throughout the war the Kaiser has framed himself am of opinion that that country will at once lock up their Dreadnoughts in some zealously upon the mudel of Napoleon. safe harbour; we shall do the saine; their He has proved again and again that he believed himself a reinenanation of the aeroplanes and airships will fly over our country; they will know exactly where our And that which ships are, and their sabmarines will come on last great conquerer, Napoleon did he would assuredly attempt over and destroy anything and everything in his feeble, parochial manner. Now that they can get at. We shall, of course, was, Napoleon's plan, if a nation made do the same, but an island with many peace with him, to enrol the citizens of harbours and much shipping is at a great that nation in the Trench Army. He disadvantage if the country has sub was hindered by mo scruple of law or marines." custom. He wanted soldiers, and if n country refused to fight against him he made up his mind that misguided
DONNELLY & WHYTE, Msr Pi Barged. Germany nada yn but fight for him. Those wto
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The warning, then, is written upon the should for a period of years be ostracis dried for prace should not have it. They wail in large letters, plain for all Russia be set outside the pale. Neither is ride should be asked only to throw the weight to see: What Napoleon did, the Kaiser nor in social life should. we be called upon to meet this generation which win of their skill and courage into the scale would not hesitate to do, were he ST. JOHN AMBULANCE BRIGADE.
of France.
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the strength and the opportunity." The stillest show of weakness, the slightest desire to treat the Germans as men and brothers, will have its due reward. There is no doubt, says General nuts, that this is a case for hard fighting. Germany is founded blood and iron not on formulas. Ger many is founded not on ideals; she was brought about by blood and iron, and will have to be smashed in the same way. Ny until then will it be passible for the Russian democracy, like all the others, to feel safety and security once more. Here, then, are the alternatives
enslavement or victory Russia to choose
of Hohenzollern has set up. We do not
It was a simple plan, and it succeeded want to buy things made by the hands of torturers and ravishers, nor to touch marvellously. When the feeble old King bands that have been dyed in the blood of of Prussia asked that his realm should the innocent. We should have truck he spared, it was spared upon one dis with Germany till the generation hashenonring condition. Prussia was com passed away which did these
ese things and pelled to send an auxiliary corps to hight approved these things,
on Napoleon's side against the Russians, No matter what becomes of Hohen- The lesson of the Moscow campaign which zollerns, the German nation must do pen in the end saved Europe, from th anco, and, if possible, be purified Protoppressor, should not be lost upon the of its penance may well be hard and con- descendants of these gallant men, who stant work, to pay us a little of what it did not hesitate at the call of duty to owes us for the material wealth it les burn their ancient captal to the ground. destroyed and its purification must be On the side of the French were Eghting achieved degradation was the Prussians, whom Napoleon had spared
Fortnite schools
At Tileit by the urgent interession of
And there is one other reason why us, we are not as President Wil- Alexander. They ught not willingly. Bon Dur quarrel ie with the Germans for a cherished cause. They fought ne Russia should not withhold her hand people. And it is a grarrel to the death,
slaves and vassals, beause, loting peace from the task allotted her, She is fight oo well, they had fallen under the merci. ing. and she must fight, for others be sides herself. Others are suffering hard. less sway of the conquerer
ships equal to her own. She cannot And poor Holland fired far worse than forget Belgium. I am sure VI Prussia. As she refuses to fight for General Smuts, nothing is further
ONE MAN BUSINESSES.
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QUEEN'S COLLEGE DIVISION, Monday, July, nöthigt by the
4 p.m.-Squad and Stretcher Drill, 3 p.m.-Bandaging Fractice... 4 p.m.-Squad and Streicher Drill."
(Sd.) E. RALPHS, Officer in Charge of District. Hongkong, 28th July, 1017,
Mr. J. D. Kiley, M.P., Chairman of herself, said Napoleon with sardonic from the minds of the Russian demo Thursday, August 2nd the Steppey Tribunal, announced recently that an important ruling had been given humour, she shall fight for me. That for cray tan to leave Belgium in the agony 73 And by the Central Appeal Tribunal, affect sheer love of tranquillity she had de through which she is passing. ing the case of single-man businesses stroyed her Beet and disbanded her griny Serbia, too, demands to be rescued. And The appeal sent forward by the Law was no protection to her. The tyrant del those States which rallied to Russia's Society Tribunal was in respect of a retailclared aloud that who was not with him site at the beginning of the war have grocer, aged 32 years, married, with one was against him, and the Dutchmen who do the forfeit her loyalty and child, and passed for general service had hesitated to defend themselves, were her aid. The Central Tribunal found that the bus, sent to the most perilous posts that they We are dermined to see one another U.S.A, NAVY DEPARTMENT TO BUY
SEVEN AUSTRIAN SHIPS.:: ness on which the man and his family might defend the Empire of France. In through the difficulties which lie ahead depended would be destroyed if he went 1810 Napoleon included Holland within of us are determined also to stand
The U.S. Navy Department has for service, as it could not be disposed of his own dominions, gathered all her youth by the red peopes. Thus the aim while there was no reasonable prospect of together as conscripts, and made the can of the Allies is one and indivisible. It decided to buy from American ship- reviving it. They therefore confirmed the scripts do their best to fight his battle. is to protect civilisation against har builders seven Austrian ships, now action of the Law Society Tribunal in And the result was that in 1818, when barism, to defend freedom from the lash anchored in American porte. The ships granting the anellant conditional ex-Napoleon went to Elbs, and the great of the slave driver. And the very fact total 62,621 tons. After the necessary emption. Mr. Kiley added that he was army was disbanded not many broken that Russia has done her best to achieve repairs have been made they will be clad that a standard of uniformity had soldiers returned to Holland, which could liberty for herself is the surest guarantee used as naval auxiliaries. The price to been laid down and the decision would boast few other male inhabitants than that she will do her best, by hard ight be paid for them has been fixed at, have great effect on tribunals throughout boys and old men.
ing. to ensure in perpetuity the liberty$6,750,000, approximately the same price the country in regard to the one-man busi-
the shipbuilders raid, of her friends and Allies,
necces
(Continued at foot of next column.)