ITALY ALL IN!
A. DANGEROUS AND SUBTLE
ENEMY.
By Okoroz A, 0. DEWAR.]
ROME.
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, OCTOBER 191H, 1917,
THE POLITICAL SITUATION MERCHANT SEAMEN HEROES
IN RUSSIA.
CONFLICT BETWEEN TWO MOVEMENTS:
[UA RUSSIAN]
ROLL OF HONOUR AND A HISTORY.
BACHELORS OF COMMERCE.
A SIGN OF THE NEW WORLD.
[BY TWELLS BREX}
| SILVER WAR÷BADGES,
The University Court of the University Many; tribuleg, have been paid to the of Edinburgh have issued an ordinance heroic part played in the war by the
that the degree of Bachelor of Commerce The contest between General Korniloff British mercantile marine which lost by
The Com.) may be conferred by the A great man of war said to mo lately
University, in regard to some java problem. W and M. Kerensky has its root not in the death due to enemy action nearly 6000
Tho uught to strike hard that is the secret cival ambitions of the two verents repreficers and sconen from August, 1914, to burgh, ever a ninther of workers and int
grand old University of Edin two distinct national movements Jung 30th last. The public will welcome idlers, of scholars and not players, of of success for navies as for armies. to be always on the aggressive, shitting the venting Socialism or one hand a statement issued by the Board of Trade hard-headed sons whom she adopts, some-
modern Russia on the other. For a con for arutes and navies alme, but, for the the Russian Socialists have a White Paper, describing the provi- times penniless and sends out into the
Tis the secret; of steress in war not"
-our
of
·
the
.of WIS
and]
1.
commerce
for
them out and so make Germany's position small portion of the population could not being paid in pensions anually was over the war. the man of wade or
than
WAS
was the
commerce will see a veritable limitless prairie waiting his plough. Christopher Columbus, when he sailed to the New is Cortez, when he stood staring on World,
never surveyed more virgin spaces
di
the credit and fruits of the revolusion for compensation for death or in-world, still almost poinile, to scale the to their whole home policy, in the tion. But they represent only a very small jury and other arrangements made fur wild's highest ladders, has set a splendid front they offer to the chemy portion of the nation. Their influenze the benefit of the officers, and stamen of progressive example to all other univer
Now optimists, so called, are has been limited to the working class em- our merchant ships. A. silver war badge Fities. annoying because, whatever happens, ployed in factories, but this class numbers is to be given to those incapacitated by
So soon as universities grant degrees they vow the war goes grandly and the barely ten per cent of the population wounds and illness, & roll of honour is of commerce, and perhaps not before (for enemy is breaking up the pesimists are The Russian mutiik, who represents three to be published, and an official history subbery is so in our bones), will the as bad with their moanings eroakings, fourths of the whole inhabitants of the is being written of the part played by antique tradition besended that it is not about fly impossibility of hearing the dain and is out of
Empir
looks at the Socialiste with dis the mercantile marine in the war.
as fully worthy and socially, honourable million. Germans,"
But worse thad
this ngilators The statement is as follows ---
for a young man to bark on trude as however, were
to enter the Church, the Bar, Medicine, ig the
Early in 1915, states the White Paper, poltron's device for detaching this continually under their influence, whethe Government decided that officers and the Services, or to write a book or paint
type busy in his idle way with some The workrien in. Power or that From the German group ther their name happened to be Maximal seamen of British merchant ships should
to 1914 this country was ist or Minimalists. Nihilists or
was chock Anarch striking hard at the enemy, Jusicad
ists. This working crowd in Petrograd and seamen of Fleet auxiliaries as regards be placed in the same position as "officers
a-block with victims of the “trade is bad in the field, on the water, at the base,
did 'not'. distinguish much
form
joju; uem with energies and This type, always diffident and full of ad Nowow vain dudges, does not trust or back up between these parties and was ready to cnt of compensation for death or alities that would have triumphed in
who knewy caused our Aray and hey, is the idea and how to talk persunan elk during the scheme was accordingly prepared, and Conte en amen wists, commercial genius
Navy. one any Socialistic
revolation of
brought into operation carly in 1015. Its any genius for las medicine, letters, same working glass dates back to the beginning of the war, ar the arts) who retted their lives on the 1903-the Grax ont by detaching from the enemy
by the se
nic class of men as now and in April; 1917, the amount that was niggard earnings of professions they were naw Turkey, now Bulgaria, now was led Krap
however. inėvement,
failed because 4 Austria. To brine or otherwise entice The
unadapted £70,000, apart from allowances for child- bopels for some years to come that is overcome the majority of the nation.
Cireurustances are now entirely altered. ren and payments under the Workmen's the iden. It does not signify that such
draw will only bring Ger- Russia, divided as she is from her Allies Compensation Act. The scheme is & craven pinay on us again within, a dozen years vist distances and difficult communica contributory, and applies to every officer from now. nur dues it signify that we tion, has to lely to a great extent on her or seaman of a British ship whatever, this ean only bribe out Bulgaria at the cost own productive power: for war supplies nationality. It is administered on behalf speak of adventure than the man of Serbia: Austria at the cost of Italy | Hene, the influence of the Russian work of the Board of Trade by the War Risks as well as Serbia: Turkey at the price ing class is greater than ever. The entire Associations, and, except in the care of of trade er commerce will survey after of our on elernal disgrace. What would nation was indignant when the old auto ships which are on Government service, the great war. Is there no romance in
cratic Government sowed Amer say about the proposal to getch himpered prosecution of the war owners either directly or collectively venture in literature, the arts, or the
corruptioli
this, romance is great as any romanes of a proportion of the cost is borne by the the Armenians with les compunction The resulting revolution was no longer through the vinhs. The basis of the in again with the nation which butchera
professions! Is there no honour in being. we kill a fly I finy it would but the deed of the nation. The working scheme is that in case of death a pension of trade between nations and
uchievement of the working class--it
one of those restorers of the broken web something emphatic.
only a minor part in it. But it is not so much Bulgaria or Tur: | class Pamy composed mainly of the rate of pay is paid to the widow, and to those who sit and play with toys in
equivalent to one-third of the pre-war Is there, no glory to the builder ples
but only key that people Rie asked to regard leniently and statesmen advised to Russian peasantry, the Duma, notwith one-twenty-fourin in respect of each child his
biste belate the war, trade nud com
building? detach it inntríu,
standing its Conservative majority, and up to the number of four up to the age There is #FA Austrian sentiment dispersed among a the Russian General Staff, which made of sixteen
merce were more romantic than was uni- aber of wide upinit
even the revolution successful. Hence the rat and
Since the scheme started various amend-versally realised. There is no adventure antagonistic minds in England. It is Provisional Government was composed of ments have been made, sitch as the raising mors high, to just needing moore cour
eleinents. Those due to a complete misconception of the aint and character of the tyranny of Aused the majority in the Dumpet-of the minimum pension paid to widoysage, un tourney needing more skill,
were and the minimus allowances paid in the creation of a successful business. majority in the, bead of that Cabinet was appointed the scheme to cover cases of disability and sleep-robised nights; none of the arts Government. At thespect of children, and the extension of Nothing demands more Inborious days Pription made to conciliate Socialists, ed elisions due to vessels steaming clour and hard linie, ale dny cap. aristocrat. an aggravated by the war, or accidents causes from its acolytes more concentra
clean and eternal M. Kerensky, their lender in the Duna, without lights, VAL appointed Minister of Justice. The
tain of commerce in his confidential. Italy did not go to war in May, 1916,
you of romance, At the beginning of the war, a schements what he can tell when the Allied cause was at its nadir Russian Socialists, however, having their
of c -simply for her own ends. She is quite supporters close at hand, were continually was established for making an allowance terprise that wavered in the balance, italism, as lofty in her views a power and ultimately domina to the dependents of officere and men in disaster, or foresight and intuition that experiments that spelled fortune or ed Russia..
The experiments of Socialist idealistened in Germany, either at the out-moved mountains. have proved disastrous. They have crent break of war or through being taken pri But the efforts of the trader and the ed Ukrainian, Finnish, and even Siberian soner mbsequently. The allowance paid man of commerce will be fruitless in the questions and not only un-Socia.letic was half wages or £1 a week, whichever now world antess he is backed by the man politicians but even Generals who kept was the less, and the scheme was worked who works with his hands. With the alouf from politics and who six months in connection with the Government insur manual worker rests the awful respon
The ·war go advised the Emperor to abdiente have ance scheme, the owners paying 20 persibility whether the welter been dismissed. These were the Grand cent. of the cost, and the Government 50 Duke Nicholas, General Alexejeff, General per cent. The scheme has recently been Russky, , and General Brussiloff. it amended so as to give the dependents of werk, ssible to make Generals in a few man intersed in Germany, the benefit of weeks thes Socialists would
appoint mem the scale paid to the dependents of men were against transferring tions, where this is better than the Russian capital to
because the
neoriginal scale.
In March, 1915, the Board of Trade established a scheme by which officers and effects
against war risks. Insuranes cert fontes were sold at the Mercantile Mure offices it all the principal ports, at a rate of premiuri much below the wal rate service were held-covered withent pas Officers and men on ships on Government
ment of premium, and in many casts
trin: also to a carelessness is to how out salvation on anything like the present basis must affect Italy and Serbia too
A NOME ERENADE.
as to humanity, as any untion, old new, of the Entente. But, frankly, she Reve go to war with the resolve Lo release her people and her lands from the Aus trian grip. How has Austrin treated. those people during the last half century, Jet ta say, and how is the treating the to-day. As to the latter part of the question, I wish I could it before,
article a photograph of the murder of a noble Italian crusader.
The Austrians took Lieutenant Battisti primer, and they hanged him like a bers of vulgar eriutinal
who:
DEPENDENTS OF PRISONERS IN GERMANY.
cals with a worse welter in the first years of peace whether we are to rebuild Civilisation after the war or sit hopeless among her ruins. Those who are ren Awful responsibilities have the right to demand encouragemen education, and unrest of the present day there is
It happens that on Austrian officer took the them to military commands. who lose their lives owing to war oper social honour. Behind all the labour Battisti is seen marching among a gourd there than in P
a wonderful snapshot of the incident influence of the real
of assassins to the scaffold.
B
The
About his pointed. hody of the Work
set face and whole mien, the face and Soldiers' Delegates been
and
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Death stands above me, whispering low this Du
I know not what inte mine ear.
If his strange-language all I know.
Is there is not a word of fenr. Battisti no more shrank from the Aus trian waffold than did the Italian patriot Angelo with his little dagger shrink from the sword of Weisspriess, first duellist of the old Austrian Army, in Meredith's story.
Colours
the in order to become members of
The
only legitimate body, the
is deprived of its in- Burnce. The Prime Militia mengaas
Minister, though member no majority in it, and the other have no sent in it.
of this or that trade union. The manual. worker knows that he is the magneto that sets all things going, and he wants his place in the sun.
marant work chan moiversity classes and What would sooner revive the pride of degrees for skilled hand labour? What
Generalistes hipowners insured the effcets of the off-would serve better to create a proud and who has been dismissed and accused of cers and men of their fleets. It has self-respecting class of skilled manual an attempt against the rights of the citi cently heen decided George zene,, was the man who arrested the In- men on all British chin place officers and workers for the colossal task of the days
in the same post perial Family and who has proved tion as those whose ships are on Govers hanging of Battisti was typical through all his career his genuine uli- ment ervice, and accordingly the effects
merely mention it becausements of patriotism London Morning artist of his in this branch of work MUST GIVE BACK ALSACE, SAYS
of its recent and dramatic interest. Pot. There is no doubt the Austrian is the ing people of
as pemis, the singular character in Barnaby Rudge," put it.
To this day during the war and the
peace
Slay and Italian.
HARDEN.
Maximilian Harden, writing in his
before it people, markedly, with review the Zukunft, says :-
who dinngrep in the ruling classes in Austria are work-
Alsace Lorraine, Trente and Trieste ed off in the Dennis manner their at-must be returned to France and Italy if tendants, after nothing we would dream we wish to eliminate motives for discard of calling trial, being priest, doctor, in the future." exécutioner.
your
held covered against way risks without of all masters, officers and men are now payment premida. The maximum amount of compensation payable in the case of acumen and firemen has been ereased from 23 to £7.109.
Ing
of rebuilding? What would be a better recruiting allurement for the ranks of manual labour from the horde of poor of Artisanship (B. Labour) of the Univer induur occupations than a Bachelorhood sity of Edinburgh?
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As regards the future of nations, Harrangements have now been made to secure That is the law and the custom; and den professes agreement with the declara- that every officer or seaman of a ship 1 am writing of the year 1917, not of the of President Wilson. He considers lost by war risks shall be entitled as Middle Ages. Priest, doctor, and execu-that to assure the peace of the world a matter of right to one month's wages, or confederation of the European peoples wages up to the date of arrival in the tioner--the first to work off
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is the political
Kingdom, whichever to
work bu off in the flesh. Such is the American and Swiss Confederations.
greater, system, and one cannot deny there is a
Arrangements have been made to secure that officers and men whose ships are certain sense of completion about it. But why the doctor? Is he there to ease the the Pretorians of the Emperor. The off-diverted by the competent Naval authe last moments of the sufferer? Not at all; cers uniform is their polities, the rank the doctor is to take care Austria dues and file are welded by an iron discipline from the normal discharge part in the Laited Kingdom to another port not lose a potential subject. He is indis the races cunningly interwrought to spy shall be able to travel to the normal dis pensable in certain cases, for the system on one another and ward of mutiny charge port free of charge. Arrange does not suffer the hanging of women who desertions; but the hard fact remains
There have been mutinies, of course; ments have also.
also been made enable off. cers and seamen who are discharged st are pregnant.
And this is the system which, because that a great Austrian army faces our one port and live in another port jo It produces gentlemen sometimes and Allies to-day which would otherwise ne travel to their home port, at a reduced stylists, we are to deal lighty with. to facing us.
rate. Special facilities will also be given detach from the German group Why, It is necessary to drive home this truth, as to the carriage of luggage
so little It is like detaching Lucifer from sin.
recognised among many people, Lists are compiled of merchant seamen The Austring tradition is in many ways what Italy is doing for the Allied cause tries, and these have been of great assist- because scarcely otherwise can we realise and fishermen detained in enemy COUR interesting one. It is a curiously picturesque survival, and in a drab, in the war She is fronted by the pick ance to the associations who send food modern world we want, where it is prac of the great army of Austria, set in poši parcels and other necesaries to these meu. tigable to conserve our ancient traditions the alone has so far won ground from the to secure for mercantile marine officers tions of immense natural strength, and Arrangements have recently been made as. we conserve suits of armour. More
in Germany the advantages of internment over, the Austrian has a certain preco Central Powers. sity by reason of his refinements. He is Nor is it only in the the army that in combatant officers.
calaps. The
The neces often a stylist.
Austria is strong, though without that sary payments are made through the army she must dissolve. The Austrians Netherlands Minister at Berlin. Steps are wealthy. They have the coal of have been taken to encourage, merchant Bohemia, they are rich in various seamen and fishermen interned in eneny But, for all this, is it good enough to minerals, they have the great ds that countries or in Holland to study with a deal lightly with the Austrian because are so extremely valuable in ang war view to advancement in their profession, of these things, and because he has not in which railways mean much.
and members of the Board of Trade Ex- abused us fiercely since the South African To free their own people and to carry whining Staff visited Groningen in War, and because he happens through out their share in the task of the Allies, August, 1916, and July, 1917, for the pur- his geographical position, not to face is the Italians have a gigantic work before pose of holding special examinations for just across the water! He is after all, them. But they have buckled to it with Board of Trade certificates. cutting Italim throats and hanging a splendid
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are furnishing great
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by us and France.
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and
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Live up their
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