OUR LONDON LETTER. THE NEW ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE
SCHEME FOR A NATIONAL WAR, MUSLUBE
{FROM OUR OWN DURRESPONDENT]
LONDON, August 27th.
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The long list of members of tas
TEH HONGKONG DAILY PRESS.
THE EVERYDAY WORK OF THE TROOPS
SOME NOTABLE EXPLOITS.
The following despatch WAS RECEIVED from General Headquarters in France, on September 10th
SWITZERLAND'S PART IN
THE WARS HELPING THE HELPLESS.
EROM THE TIMES SPECIAL CORRESPON.
DENT AT ZURICH
618 1917
FRIDAY - OCTOBER
WILL THE KAISER EXPLAIN?
STRA NORTH SEA MYSTERY
WEATHER REPORT
October 29th
entailing hard uneventful. Nor have the Swiss the leFREWD
they enduro BË
EDIRBAMEIN Ben Switzerland has
Kaiser was egging Russia on to
GTORD
with the object
Britai and
few
11:23 No returns-from- Promuro, bas dess Yallatwes, and slightly and-dyclone bus weakened, low pressure, aren
mongous will prevail along the Chius cost, and over the N. Chin Bee Hongkong rainfall for se bourW RE
and moved easty Pomain n the Unius Beas
Modersta
10 x1, today, 0,00 Isch. - Total minen la
80.01 feber-1
The forumet for the 24 hours anding st noon
The secret telegrains exchanged by the BOT Kaiser and the Czar during the North 864 crisis of 1904 clear up several gaps in our As it is not possible to include in the With the exception of one or two lurid knowledge. They do not come as a com daily communiquer the almost numberless moments, the history of Switzerland durplete surprise. It was believed at the time incidents occurring
nightly
ing the war has for the outer world been along our front, ook and Bighting by small parties, und demanding deiro for any more spectacular connec of the British Cempire which is published high qualities of courage and endurancetion this week 18 tucsubject of certai ho nart of the troops concernehitherto succeeded almost completely in amount of criticisin. terhaps tatt is nut short summary is given below showing i altogether surpising Any 1st of the general nature of the work which con-keeping out of the limelight, and the stage which is crowded by more atentions actors, the kind challenges criticismi away it instantly being done 10 the lists which literary men some. Our patrols are continually at work has all the while quietly been playing a
beguile a leisure hour both on the battle front und alsu upon very noble part, times compile to The Hundred Best what are generally regarded as quiet parts Blessed beyond words by having been
Small parties go out by day Books." Somebody is sure, to question the of the
she has from the first devoted herself, to ascertain the condition of his trenches, while mobilizing her army against any why another was left out. As regards and the strength of the garrison or the possible invader, to offering her thanks to the new Order it preure in the list menti od strong pointe, Much valuable levels and maine introns by doing good quite unnecessary. are listments, and
Russia from France as months before in April, 1004 the terms of the Anglo-French Agroment, which to-day is me fallosen ended the mamity between France and Great Britain, had beert published.
The Russian Baltic Flect, commanded
inclusion of one author," or、 to, euquire and die Butigate the enemy's wirepared the armed violence of the enemy Reval for the Far East in mid-October.
twenty or thirty people whose services information is obtained, and encounters them within were in the North Sea. The warnings,
during the war are universally acknow. ledged, but there are ample means already sistence whereby their merits could be recognised without the creation of a
rew scheme of decorations
of the
is to
by Admiral, Hajdestvensky, sailed from 1903. According to n: Paris newspaper the Fehn de lees, which was excellently informed, being in close touch with the deer hele vore siven to the Russian the feet warnings were
"and innocent victims Admiralty that Japanese torpedo craft with the enemy's patrols and working whom the
runch I do not parties are frequens. Often considerable
speaking here of
of the stated the Laho de l'aris, proceeded casualties are inflicted on the enemy, and iterned prisoners, now nearly 31,000 1
secured Aew instances prisoners are will serve as examples of many number to whom she affords a chance of
troops te recuperation in her health giving tit
unofficial good works of the Swiss It is urged in some quarters that the Recently a small party of troops le
longing to a Scottish Division lay up one division into Knights Grund Cross, ord evening on each side of a track in the and broken soldier pasting through in
people in
regard to the homeless civilians Mary Kaights, Companions, and members neighbourhood of the Bapaume Cambrai the way back to their own countries that is particularly unfortunate, because there road, and affer two hours of waiting I would draw attention to-day.
ambushed two parties. successfully can be no rigid measure, or any measure, rendered to the nation in connection with wounded, and antier. On the afternoon through Switzerland to France up to the of the relative value of the services enemy. Several Germans were killed or The number of French civilians from de
vastated districts who have returned"]
ds 230,000. present exceeds the war by men and women of all classen We had no casualties N.CO, swamy
Day after day Of course, the real danger is that the of August 24 a New Zeal Order being unnecessary, may become reconnottring the ground on the German nesed the arrival of the 416th And day day und spent fire and a half hours the trains come through. I have just wit simply an extension of for at side of the stream. In the evening he afterne to flow, at all the stations patronage. In this connection it is in-
found .8. raft on which he returned. Two structive to find in Mr. Gerard's latest hours later he took a patrol of three men on the way at Schaffhausen, Zurich, contribution to the Daily Telegraph across the river on the raft, surprised Berno, Lausanne, Geneva, and wherever pass and decorations ste given in Ger occupant, brought his patrol back safely the day ar-sight crowd of fixins people Passage in which he says. Countless small German post, and after killing is the trains stop and at any hour of Even domestic servants to the British lines. In the course of the have met those trains and done their best who have served it long time in one family fighting for the knoll east of Epeby at by food and gifts and cheering words and receive orders faithful postmen and other the end of last month a small party cf dinging, to express their sympathy with
appeared on the North
without loss to the passengers. In the early days this oficials who have never a statements themselves, rushed a Correan post south spontaneous outpouring of loving Find against the Government or the army are east of the knoll, bombed the adjoining ness, from lack of experience and organ
and destroyed the enemy's de ization, and from the
many.
troops,
DIEZATOT
Hongkong lo Gap, Book
Formors Channel
FORECAST
Winde,” mo- tate: fine.
SouthCourt of China between The same as
Bengvarans, Lamooks
Senth Court of China between ) The anime
Hongkong anŮ. FAILED
A NEW CODE
Now~ local and non-local
signals codes will be introduced at Hongrong on July 1st, in pinon uf the old Local Code and the Chine Coast
Code.
CUTLER PALMER & CO.'S
NAPIERY
SQUARE BOTTLE WHISKY.
NAPIER JOHNSTONES
SQUARE BOTTLE WHISKY
$30 per case.
SOLE AGENTE IN HONGKONG, AND SOUTH CHINA
LANE, CRAWFORD & CO..
from German agents or Russians noted for their sympathy to Germany Ger: BONGKONG'S STORM SIGNALS many hot only warned Russia that a Japanese attack would be made in the North Sea, but also beset the Russian Admiralty with “private” and friendly communications. The object incident in the North Sea embroiling was to enter to bring about an Great Britain and France, The exact spot where the (Japanese)
French diplomacy was on the alert in to the infatuated Russians, fotilla was operating was pointed out
its anxiety to avert any collision. But on the night of October 31st 22nd the Russian Fleet sighted what its officers and men he cut result was that one British declared were two torpedo boats and fired on them and on other vessels near them. trawler was sank and two British fisher men were killed and six wounded. Subsegaals The new Local Code is give MR. EF. HENDERSON, I.C.S., Retired, guent inquiry showed that the below: trawler was in all probabilito sunken for a tu pedo-boat, though two (British)
The principal change in the Local Colle that the new signals will show the direction from which the gale is expected, whereas the old signals showed the post-
indicated, as heretofore, by the sion of the typhoon. The latter will be
DAY: BIGINALIOSH
sure of receiving some sort of order » dus the same sector a patrol of feeling which inspired Strmth of witnesses stated that they imagined they Signal, Bymbol. Meaning,
THE FOOD OF TAX
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tended to
each saw a torpedo-boat.
Was there a torpedo-bont there! And, if so, wanita German onel
Red cope-A typhoon exists which
may possibly CBSE gale at Hongkong with. In 24 houra eta 1.—Black cona-Gale expected, from the
North (NW to N..)
placed on the Statute Book in spite of sson British patrois encountered a targetestof of the perfect, and the systematic any vessel of theirs was near the scene Black cone
• Fantined
bo It would be unfortunate indeed if an dismounted Indian Cavalry holding not only overwhelming to the recipients outside observer in time to come were small wood was attacked by an enemy but extravagant. Now though the warmth of feeling romains some men able to say anything along these lines
party, and forced to nter-attack
" (often very busy ones) and “once made, and t
many About Great PEOPLE the casualties; the wood was have not failed to meet a the All neutral Governments denied that
organization is The Corn Production Bill has been cleared of the enemy. On another occa
civil and military, of action. That Do British or Japanese has become
have war-vessel was in the North Sea on that
and my party working on the German wire
Bight need in the Harrincourt sector. Our men seen several trains stop at
need not be stated. The Russians vat-and-out industrialists who see in any opened fire with Fifles and Lewis guns have marvelled at the sympathetic faces have long since acquitted us and their
of the spectators, who have witnessed left half their number as casualties in expect to find them to have become in
in that war the Japanese, of any wire. their own
guile different Bat the also of the troops holding our own for
determined opposition on the part of
steps designed to promote the prosperity with Buch effect that the German pa scene so many times that at first one present Allies bu loral and honourable
of British agriculture only a dole to the landed interest. In this case landlords expense of the tax payers. What Parlia
enemies such
wero
and farmers are not likely to profit at the The greatest Viguance is demanded authorized worka zeal with which the But after the affair there and the school Nalous happenings in Germany. ment has done resolves itself simply into ward posts At the end of August tobacco, and choco tribute coffee, soup
a State guarantee to farmers of mininiam price for corn for the next five years, so that after peace is declared, in the event of prices falling to the low level which ruled before the war, as lish producers will not suffer financial Just. There are many able judges of the situation who predict that for long time to come food will not be cheap, and sequently & State subsidy will not be required, ás milions of men are under arms, the production of food must be considerably less than it was in 1014 and scarcity all over the world for some time the law of supply and demand prices in
Was
and without notice the German was mobilised. This was set of stated by the German Press in December, 1904, and the subject of at the time
causeless
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small German patrol endeavoured to rush children sing their hymns of hope and post held by North Country troops north patriotism, remains unabated, and those
carpe
One of the hostile patrol who have no active work to do can at comment in The Daily Mail of the
prisoner and the remainder least raise chcouraging cheers Nor must So o secret and apparenti Great were shot. About the same dale twave forget the devoted ladies who commobili parties of the enemy were observed pany the trains all the way, pron
hold by proaching the posts –
English
CHEERFUL TRAIN county troops east of Wytschnete.
Fire
was opened upon them with Lewis guns The incident which bappeus nearly at short range, and the parties were cis-overy day of the week at Zurich station persed, leaving twelve of their number seems to me end of the most pathetic that dead in front of our outpost line.
I have met during the war. I do not weep readily, but on this occasion I was on the verge of breaking down twice, and were more wet oyes on that railway plat
of Honour designed and decorated by at the Royal Academy Mr Henry Wilson Hall of Honour might be designed and
and four Britianxiety in
the
Inverted-Gale sxpected from the
South (3.E to & W.) Black dram-Gale expected from the
• East (NE. to 8.EY -Black ball. Gue expected from the
PAULA est (N. 7. to §.W.). -Double consdale expected to 10
7-Black crow-Wind of typhoon fores expected (any dirso tion). Signal No. 7 will be scoompanied by three explosive homba, fired at intervals of 10 seconds at the Water Police Station and repeated at the Hstbour Office
The signals will be lowered what it is considered that all danger is over.
And from AIL WINE MESCHATI.
LIFE INSURANCE.
"
of 42 Leinster Gardens, London, W. wishes to remind the readers of this paper that his advice is available, now as for the lust mixteen years to all those of known position who agree to his conditions,
The war, which has pitilessly exposed the weaknesses of many Insurance Offices, has triumphantly vindicated the soundness of Mr. Henderson's advice.
Out of thirty British Offices, whose valua- tions took place during 1910, only five maintained their pre-war bonus rate: incltidet amongst these five are the two Offices most frequently recommended by Mr. HENDERSON. and, moreover, the bonuses doslared by thes
·wo Offices are respectively the highest and second highest of the whole thirty. Moreover of neither of these Officer has the bonus rata
ever once receded throughout their long history since they were established in 1836 and 1828 respectively.
When advion which has thus been vindicat- ed by time can be got free of charge, subject
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the preceding years. There is sure to be British artists; and at a recent exhibition form than I have ever seen at vessels were declared, on AM.8. Tamar, Green Island signsl met to come, and therefore in accordance with and his colleagues indicated how nobly a leral And this. It kermy, was a parti November 1st, that, according to tele the Lagitaz on the premises of the Hon BRINGS SWEET SLUMBER TO the world's markets will remain at a carried out by our designers and crafte this day consisted of 77 old men naval station, there were no German kong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown
-higher level, LOAN
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monisation led to Britain, in the from the Mediter battleships had to t be ranean owing to the British Government's ignorance of what Germany really meant. hóm n neutral North At the same time we destroyers or large torpedo-boats of The Day Bignals will he displayed as only to reasonable conditions, why not write
came in statements that one or two unknown nationality had brez ben
and ask for iti North Sea about the time of the incident the masthead of the storm signal mast on of the reports roundly averred that Blackhead Hill, the Harbour Uffas,
German But the German Government officially graphie information from the North Sea torpedo-boats in the neighbourhood of zbo Dogger Bank on the night in question.
At that date of course, the British nation had no official loowledge that Germany was proposing to Russia, an alliance against Great Britain or that the
the prin German Government believed in
these Naran y koos ao ina, which is identical with the doctrine that Germany to them after the Germane hind can commit any sin that suits her. The had done with them. Over each seat was a Kaiser at Kiel on June 28th, small
bundle, containing in a rug or toasted King Edward and the British blanket, something that the
Navy with eager enthusiasm, and shortly felt
afterwards a German squadron had paid Sometimes
cularly che
cheerful train. Its freight women, 75 children, 40 babies under
four, men. Meanwhile collections are being and four dogs. Their homes were in the made of everything which can convey to neighbourhood of Reums, but for what posterity some idea of the spirit and the secured to them many years they had been thoughts and temper of the nation in living at Nemur. Their homes, of cour these days. Even the little flags worn on have long ceased to exist. But they have Fing Days, the posters ased when Lord not lost everything they possessed. When Kitchener was raising the New Armies, after the train had been emptied and dis the Fern Beamed Caconpretion with pleated, I veliked through and carriage
But more is involved than prices. The inevitable result of Stato direction and control of agriculture under the stress of We will be soon later on in vastly it proved methods of cultivation, resulting in due course, as there is every reason to hope and to believe, in enabling that country to become almost independent of Food Economy Campaign, foreign wheat fields for the supply of our daily bread, AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS IN LONDON.
various War cans, the methods used to screen lights on motor cars under the lighting regulations, and so forth, are
being-preserved. WHAT ITALY WANTS.
the luggage racks all that
Company at Kowloon, the flagstad on the Premie of the Standard Oil Compasy at Laichikok, and the fagstal per the Field Officer's Quarters as Lyemun.
HIGHT HIALE. (Lamga) White whi Bita.
-White L-Green-g
General Cadorna's Emashing blows toy; one grandmother had brought merely the warmest protestations of friendship...
it was a clock, often a against the Austrians give particular the six umbrellas of the family Not all oppositeness just now to s very interesting
woman that I saw was 3.
could simply not be left visit to Plymouth, when its officers made - Red-greeE-FR
bita
The Night Signals will be displayed.
NERVE WRECKED PEOPLE.
That old devil, Insomnia, í
In the greatest, booking agent on earth. The result of his never-ending labour in so great that, it required thousands of sanatoriums and hundreds of insane asyluma to take care of his bookings, The overflow he sends to prisons, work- houses, and graveyards.
Insomnia is a grave discase; it means that the great nerve system, and the real life of the body dai
impaired and te diseases should be healed promptly by proper treatment
Your nervous energy is like bank secount. If you use it up faster than you add to it you overdraw your secount.
You meet these broad-shouldered young statement in the Westminster Gazette on passengers were able to light. romains, though it is now clear that at BuDRót, on the tower of the RailwaTherefore if you suffer from nerves, have
“At no time since the war begun has London been so full of Canadian and. Australian troops as at present. The latter predominate in regard to numbers stalwarts in all parts of the town, mostly in twos or threes, obviously bent on sightseeing and well-pleased with all that is going on around them. As the capital of the Empire there is no doubt that London is a sonres of wonder and a city of delight to the men of the prairie and the bush. A great deal of the old bright nes, and life are lacking, for the shadow of the war is ever prescat. Still, there is always something to attract and please a stranger. The trafic is not so mighty
oldest
But
The mystery of the torpedo-boat Germany Alone could have posted by producing the incident, as she alone could have pronted by the murder of the Arch- duke Ferdinand in 1914-Daily Mast
MR BARNES ON LABOUR INTRIGUES.
Station, on BMS. Tamur, and on the Harbour Office fagetal. They will have
the same signification as the day sigusle Signal No. will be accompanied by explosive bombs as above, in the arent of the information conveyed by this rignal Being Erst published at night
SUPPLAMENTART WARBIRU.
sleepless nights, brainfag, or lack of ambition caused by overwork, over-indulgence in robacso, or
from excess of any.
57: to your chemist and get a bottle of Hargol Tablets and take two after each meal and two just before retiring at night. Good bye to despondency,
and
hump,
the sints and objects of Italy in the war the previous train there had been one of It is from Admiral T. di R., the Chief 99 who confidently asserted her intention of the General staff of the Italian Navy of living yet two more years, in order that This officer who commands all the she might see the final destruction of the mobilised naval forces his country, Boche, who has robbed her of all she had says that the ultimate aim is the resto in the world- ration of Italian unity, which can only be achieved by regaining possession of Trentino z
o and Trisate. The fact that these places are under Austrian rule is compare able to the ports of a country being in the hands of foreigners. Yet it is only in volume na in pre-war days, thousands about a century ago that the whole of of buges and taxis having been taken ofi. Dalmatia was seized by the Hapsburgs, the streets owing to lack of petrol, but a considerable portion of the polares all the same the roar and rush of vehicles being replaced by Germany and Crotians een astonishingly successful, as to freedom, and that was the end whichWagian, Etanisy, Anerdeen, Eau Ki Wan Don't suffer with your nerves any
are so great, and the scenes in the prin- cipal streets so full of colour and move ment that the biggest Colonia) city must seem niet by comparison with London, The Australians, who have plenty of money, are to be met with in the well known hotels and in the best seats in all the West End theatres, officers and
FOOD AND CLOTHES. Escorted by young women in Enwy white those who could walk-and many walked stifly enough after their two days
When Tocal signa in the train were taken to the Darge refreshment halls and fed While they revelled in bread and coffee share too shee there took place one of those singular in guiries,
in which the Swiss Red Cross bas
and to
Mr. G N Barnes, MP speaking last month at a National War Aim Campaign meeting at Newcastle-on-Tyne, said he was there to urge them to a continuation of the
displayed in boara Cone will be exhibited of the war until the only end consistent with the following stations:-Gap Kook,
You will eat well, sleep well, and feels plendid all the sime. Bargol will enable you to draw every atom of strength, blood, and nourishment from the food you est. It excels all Nerve Food tonics, wines, etc., as the results it gives are permanent and lasting
Sal Kang, She Tan Eok and Tai Po, | more, get back your old-time strength.. to notify the fact to ustiva craft saf
would down Prussian militarism. and the Italians who remained placed whereabouts of missing soldiers and give (Cheers) The first stop to peace, Le under the heel of the spoiler. When the lian from the evacuated districts. We concluded, was that Germany must clear map of Europe is ry-drawn after the fewer than 10,000 missing have been war and the principle of preserving heard of up to date Phen, while the out of Belgium and make reparation for paking ocean vasosla
Buy Bread what she had done (Cheer,) nationalities from disruption is securely babies, yelling lustily for their mothers, established Dalmatia must revert to the were washed and clad by half a dozen Italian people
Zurich ladies in an empty Swiss hospital THE MILITARY SIDE
elders were led across the
like other Glerm
seldom read,
kaila can · always be given
So occan Tossola, on demand, by signs! from hthouses,
The object of the code la toʻzira 15 imm
warning of
Bea
on street to the precincts of the Museum and collecting for the Red Cross, of some or privates rubbing shoulders on friendly Apart from these considerations, from there supplied with all kinds of clothes all the 50 frans of French money, Terms.
the standpoint of national security and The supply of clothes has become a serions which had been placed by the German NATIONAL WAR MUSEUM.
development the position of Italy is in question for of course, the people of authorities in sealed envelopes before the Public interest in the proposed National tolerable under existing conditions. No 21
train started, emptied their wardrobes long. War Museum is growing in several direc matter where an Italian ship may be 10 ago
are hard at work throughout After the people had been clothed they tions. It may be expected that after the the Adriatic owing to the lack of ports: las cu but there is a gre dearth returned to the platform, where they however to the great conflict in over there will be a or anehorages, she can only take shelter in suitable materials. While
people washed in basins, and then took theat collection of trophies and souvenirs such Venice or Brindia, which are about 900 sat waiting their turn they sho Desenta. Copies of Le Matig were substitut as has never been assembled in the course miles spart, whereas there are numerous the box communauz which, with
ed for the notorious Gazette fles Ardennes still
with the old lips about Eng- of human endeavour directed to a specific and splendid harbours along the coast of reption, I think pl 50 francs,
Jeaving Calaise
which end. Looking back it is surprising how Dalmatia and in the Curzotari Isles, only form in which they were allowe
possess money. Their original 1
upon the ranaIT very few and uninstructive are the re- Owing to this Austria with a smaller NavR4, 3301
oneyin some cases & considerable cords of previous great wars. What, for than Italy is Mistress of the Adriatic mount, being the savings of a lifetime fostance, are our memorials of our long Italy is not seeking conquest but wants they had been obliged to change and bitter struggle against Napoleon simple to regain her lod territory, into
mor and then from mark The present movement has the support and emancipate her nationals in Dalmatin into thean pitiable ticketo, a encouragement of the Government, and from the Austrian joke, and make her franc denomination, repayable two the Land already a vast quantity of war material future secure. These are ideals which,
cars after the ar
signature of peace by the they of all kind, has been collected.
must win the sympathy of the
-in commu which issued them And in which biastei The scheme, however, will include some all the countries of the Grand All
8 alone
bad any value at ál, he fou thing more than a collection of war relics legitimate and inst. Che can
und ren
mont bas to buy them back! Kans there will be an effort to record and why the words Trenting, Trieste. Is
lug – It need hardly be peale. honour the brave who sacrificed their lives: Dalmatin, Adriatic have for ItalianR
this is one more charis for their country, Sir Martin Conway whole world over not merely suggests in this connection that such a graphicska Duniacance but represent the memorial might take the form of a Hall spiritual and material aspirations of the
(Cantinued at foot of next Column.)
poin
gerinding of
dinster Gern
(Continued it, foot of next columns)
who
Ain of French sparia
Thare were to attendanta were secon $100 out of the 300 we
and
energy by taking a little Sargol
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