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THE
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TRADE AFTER THE WAR,
SIR A STEEL MAITLAND ON CO. OPERATION.
DOING WITHOUT GERMANY COMMERCIAL ENTERPRISE OF THE ENEMY WORTH STUDYING.
[37. G. BOOTH HEMING, J., KX-MAYOR OF
WESTMINSTER. ''
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„DISGUISE" AT SEA. PROTECTION OF SHIPS. FROM SUBMARINE ATTACK,
An official statement declares that it has been stated at various times in the Freas that the Admiralty have not realized the value of camouflage ay a meats of assisting to defeat the at- tacks of enemy submarines on mercantile. shipping, and that such camouflage an
The official document continues:-It been tried is not of British origin can be stated that the Admiralty are fully alive to its value and several months ago. The principles governing it cannot be atom of camouflage was originated. divulged at present, but it may he said that it has not invigibility for its basis.
[BY LIKOTA VIGIÚN MACCLURE.] ⠀
In no other war and on no other front have the Sappers, of the Corps of Royal The Under Secretary of State for the Engineers had so much to contend with Department of Overseas Trade (Bir AY na in the present struggle in France, Steel Maitland, speaking at a luncheon Nature combines with the devilment of given Lord Desborough and Mr. Stanley men to make behind the fighting-line-a | Machin (President and Chairmen respeo-
But this sharp, decisive answer doce nor belt of treacherous moress, and one of tively, of the Britaña Imperial Council the chief labours of the Sapper has been of Commerco) recently, said that having mean that we can afford to ignore all the to fight and conquer the mud The low carefully watched the course which mat good features in the commercial enterprise lying lands of Flanders are always water-ters were taking in Germany, he thought of our enemy. These we need not be laden. You dig at your perit thore, for it was quite clear that the competition afraid or ashamed to imitate or to the water lics just below the top soil to be faced after the war would be keer improve upon, and it is not too much to say that our success in doing without You dig at your peril. if you have not than ever before. He was not quite sure
The theory of rendering ships invisible" Germany depends materially on our made arrangments for pumping. At the that German organisation in that respect acceptance of this fact. Let me teach at sou by painting them various coloure present time the top skin of earth has would not overdo itself, but whether that upon four points as examples worth is no longer tenable. Endless endeavours have been made direction, and pen shelled and pitted, cack crater has were so or not, the competition would following: revard to foreign antions, par numerous schomes have been given fair taken to it the rain from heaven and the have to be met, and Germany would be manufacturers must give up their old trial by the Admiralty under actual con waters under the earth, and the passing by no means the only formidable.com.
fashioned and conservative methods ofditions at sea. The results of these trials endeavouring to create a want by supply have invariably been disappointing, and feet of soldiers and horses, the shell petitor. (Hear, hear.) He had been trying the articles which they have always it has been finally established that unless storme, luve onurned up what remains of ing to analyse the course of business produced. This is reversing the correct vessel and her smoke can be rendered. the top soil into a quagmire,
In the early days of the war, before before the war by taking certain trades order of things, which is first to ascertain absolutely invisible no useful purpose is
the wants of a possible customer and then served. the munitions industry was in full swing, with certain foreign countries and tracing to supply them. The Germans showed The application of Thayer's Law is the Engineers had to find where they thoir progression, pr retrogression, and, their wisdom by gathering reports from most commonly put forward as a means of could, material for conquering the
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carefully trained agents who spoke the obtaining invisibility. This, broadly speak-- abundan water. Old band-pumps, stray although he had come to the conclusion uanguage of the country, in which they ing, is an adoption of Nature's means wind operated pumps chance plunger that there was no cause for alarm, he resided, and gained accurate knowledge of for eliminating shadows and so retlucing centrifugal, mechanically operated
the tastes and requirements of the people the visibility of birds and animals at little bit of that, little bit
found emple justification for urging re- pumps, a
and the locality. In this matter wo have close quarters either for purposes, of ot this, homo-made pumps all were consideration of our methods if we were een lamentably lax, and have played miattack or defener, and it is stated that pressed into service by Engineers to be overtaken in the race. One of
their hands continually.
this can be applied to ships by painting the changes of method that suggested They
vere to
the ceilings of promenade decks or other. should be Consular Service original Gadgetoers men who could itself was the introduction of closet s
soriation on the part of theso engaged take anything with a screw to it and fit similar
*British Consuls precting structures white, in order to trades (Hear,
supposed to bear.)
eliminato all shadows. Actual experi. it up to work for the good of the Army simi in general. Did they and disused the part the Government should play, boment the information
enoue at sea have proved that this is a motor-cycle engine it was cleaned, repair trade but help it. (Hear, hoar:) And heial representatives abroad, are any dependent on the light of the sky, will thought it should not merely regulate when we remember that many of our fallacy, and that the paint itself, being ed, petted into driving a pump. The that help could be more effectively given
is what used to be called to one man or un association of the number of instances they wore, actually of sively taken up, not only by the British, gadget
thing but British and that in a large not overcome shadows. **fafement". It is the Sappers word for
a particular trade than to a German nationality, what can we anything that is constructed by man. Angaged in a spade is a spade with the Sappers but number of anassociated individuals a shaped piece of wood for scraping the sting independently of ouch other and the 20g one of my journeys abroad I imale but also by the Allied Governments and
aften mud from a spade is a " gadget.
in
with one another. His the acquaintance of a representative of no stone is being left unturned to utilize Great Britain, who in course of converts this important asset, which is only one No Man's Land has a liquid quality point of view was that there must be more tion informed me that the loss he trouble of the many devices which are used to
business men and union among The Germans called it manufacturers about
among elastic" because it moved, but it has would be foolish
(Hoar Bear) No one the home Government the greater were his combat the enemy's submarine activity.
cbances of promotion. Such an open con- to wish moved always the one way backwards
HONGKONG POLICE RESERVE.. ards destroy individual initiative and indivi fession of failure in the very aim and the German point of view, Man'
the German Pres of proposal revision of the Consular system of this
Proyos to-morrow the British troops collect an recently in other strip of mud. Recently they have to introdice compulsory cartelism
It was
country is urgent. started to collect comparatively solid was going to the other extreine
3. On all manufactured goods import lid quite possible to develop the principle of duties should be levied (food land and to push
enemies to association in British business without
Excepted), marshy districts, but they had to collect a great amount of mud before they found destroying the principle of British in with preferential rates to our Dominions. the subject of Tariff Reform I need empirical solutions of the problems that were presenting themselves in the world ions; but I think the war has shown us
minently before the publie on many occa of trade and commerce, but he was en- that it is a necessity, and one may be deavouring, in consultation with the lead permitted to hope that it will quickly 'NE facturing interests men whose names Dominions must
representatives of business and man materialise. Whatever is
certainly 4.The last point, compulsory
themselves
تاب
As for
OUR CONSULAR SERVICE.
reformed.ly to our Govern
of his appointed work amply
The scheme now in use has been exten-
I's Land of to day is the British lingual enterprise in business. He had roadout that the need for a thorough onDERS. 189UEN BE MR. F. C. JENKIN, D.3.P.
On
their feet 85. Not far behind the dividualism. He was not proposing any not enlarge, it has been brought so pro
caine the Engineers, laying roads through the mud, so that food and stores could be taken up quickly to the mud snatchers
The Sappers lay roads for wh
wheeled traffic and boarded paths for the foot fixing up all sorts of gadgets" to 1
pre-c
(RESERVE),
GOOD KRVICE MEDALS,
H.E. the Governor has been pleased to grant Good Service Medals to the undermentioned members of the Police Reserve Force:
Chief Inspector and Sergeant Major G.
E. Roylance Chief Inspector d'Almada our Chief Inspector Sirdar Khan.
vent man and mule being bogged. It were known to all present to list their forenes in Chief Inspector J, M. Wong.
the Sappers on the whole 1s
goodwill and co-operation in the work of
technical
so very easy to get bogged in Flanders the Department, and he was hopeful that education, is to my mind most important now-a-days. The blessing
by the results would be practical and help Every youth engaged in any waschanical to the commercial community trade, up to the age of eighteen or twenty should be obliged to attend a technical school
a certain number of hours each work in his master's time six
Four, perhaps
the minimum being classes would still be ing
open for those
stretcher be
sing
an-
TANK AS BRIDGE PIER.
for
Even
Chief Inspector. (Muskelry) (S, J. Staff Inspector - Chinchen, g member).
Witchell (original Staff Inspector Eldon Potter (original
member).
daff Inspector Araulli.
Staff Inspector Fothergill (original mem
bor). Inspector A. E. S. Alves, Inspector C. M. S. Alves.
CANADIAN RAILWAYMEN'S FINE who desired to improve their boy Inspector C. C. Moon (original member).
WORK UNDER FIRE.
This
system of craft-education after buod's schooldays are past- (guided by advisory committees
TO FIGHT FÖREION
the work they do for the in (Cheers.) Bob Their duck-boards & run ring furod drassing station to
clearing station and the
arers may men in comfort and the walking carry
for their have relative
to providing paths
for
the carriers of the wounded and for the walls
Inspector Eustaco (original mumber}. proof skelters to be used
Mr. Boland Hill, special correspondent masters and men, is carr exports both Troop Inspector Geg ing cases the Sappers provide
they made for the Medical Service was British lines in France, writes:--- stations. One shelter, in particular, which with the Canadian Forces behind the Continental citics, and go far to explain Surgeon Inspector Thomas.
the excellence and merit of many foreign Inspector Suffind marvel of
Tanufactured articles, especially wh
when art
Inspector Wei Wing Sam. pers cleaneck construction. The Sap
out the inside of
Several bodies of Canadian railway enters into the work. COSTURATION Conductor Gonzales old
Bandmaster da Costa house. With sheets of corrugated iron troops and expert pioneers from the To take one illustration of the need for Co-Bergt-Major Khawas Khan, bent to segments of a circle, they ran up atrol like hut in a few hours inside Dominion have been doing almost sup cotton industry of Lancashire demands Crown Sergt. 701 Butterfield (original
this according to a high authority, the Co-Sergt. Major Wilks, the shelf of the house.
human work in front of Ypres since the each year First they ran
Food two bearaz
hundred boys with this king member) lengthwise along the floor of the house. August attack, grading and building of technical preparation, to receive in the To these they
#dogged runners of angl. light and heavy lines.
milla the further training that will fit them to become onlookers iron, already pierced for bolts to hold
There is no mixture of earth that can managers; and about eighty young men a or mill the corrugated sheets, The hut was stick like that mud west and north west year to receive additional special train rather more than a semi-circle in section of Ypres, and waist deep in it these ing and intellectual discipline that will the axia
xis being about two feet from the
a series of single thests, alde by construction men have miraculously built at them to occupy positions of the highest side, formed the walle
and a row on top their lines. First of all it has been no responsibility in industry, commerce, and made the ceiling; the plates were appot thing but a floating pathway of timber other department of national life and bolted into a solid circular tunnel and ties strung along like a miniature One thing is certain if we, desire to bolting before being brought to
ground;
car six
Crown-Bergt. 501 A. D. Barretto.. Sergt. Drummer Wong Shau Nin. Troop-Sergeant 630 J. Arnold (original Sergt. 843 W. S. Bailey.
member)
Po 659 G. Grimble (original member), Pc 682 A. Ireson (original member). P. c. 678 0. H. Kim (original member). Pc. 1. Mow Fing
MATROLMEN,
All plates were drilled accurately for suspension bridge, held together by the progress as a nation, to hold our own Warning Officers are required to report
e space between the walls the site, thin strips of rails, winding in and out against foreign competition, this question
The
house of shell holes following up so close to of technical education will have to be and the outside of the iron structure was the battle that it lines up with the most dealt with as a matter of vital importance. filled-in with sand bags to a depth of advanced dressing station. Sometimes All will acknowledge that as education on shout eight feet on top The floor was under, the stress of an ammunition train sound lines expands the mind, art thus concreted and the interior was white a hundred yards or so would disappear conveyed has a refining influence, fitting washed to the highest pitch of cheerful into the coze There was always a gang the youth of our land to become better elesaalinces, and an electric lighting ys there ready to shlye it with chunks of boped for in our rising generation.
citizens a consummation greatly to, be olean
tem was installed. The result was a shelter. in which two wounded men could Jie lengthwise across the width of the uoor with a path between for the order lies. The surgeons could see perfectly while arrying out their tasks of
cement from wrocked German “ pill boxes or whatever of the debris of war happened to be handy
At one place somewhere behind the former German lines I found a Tank-
under sanitary conditions. He had gloriously done its duty before an
Such magic crestions as this,
anlucky shell bad caught it—in use as a
PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE.
to this office the total number of Crown Sergeants, Sergeants and Con stables available for Patrol duty, stating as far as possible the numbers residing in the Peak Central, West Point, Eastern, Kowloon, Yaumati and Hunghom districts, respectively. MEDICAL CERTIFICATES.E Members are reminded that a certificate other than that of a Surgeon Super- intendent will not be accepted unless confirmed by the latter. Confirmation, may be obtained, by Warning Officers or through this office.
301NED.
Transferred from H.K. Defence Corps--- Lo 48 J. E. Eldridge, ex-London Metropolitan Police and Hongkong Police,
P.-c. 456 J Brook, ex-Bouth African
Constabulary and Hongkong Police
By Order,
T. F. Houan, A.8.1 (R) and Ailjelent.
Dr. Franklin C. McLean, Director of with the blessed duck-boards and other bridge for the light railway. A swirling the Peking Union Medical College, has little odds and ends of constraction, have stream had been shelled out of its old been commissioned as Lieutenant in the led the hard worked surgeons to believe bed, and had taken the easiest courses Medical Reserve Corps of the United that the Gadgeteers are limead descem that of an old trench. That Tank was States Army and ordered to active danta of the wonder-working gonies of made the centre pier of a bridge which the Arabian Fables
Vancouver railway officer was more proud service. He is now in charge of a mobile of than if he bad built the middle span medical unit that is assigned from time of the great Quebec structure He put a time to emergency work in different tremendous amount of engineering skill locations when there is need of special and a very small amount of material into medical assistance. For the present he it, and it grew into a thing of wonder. will continue to exercise general super Dr. Addison M.P., Minister of Recon ried the heavy tractors and ears 18den at home in preparation for the starting When the line was graded it safely car vision over the work that is being done struction, speaking at a luncheon given with tons of ammunition. He brought of the new school, but it is very uncertain at the Cannon street Hotel by the City up comic read planks bolted them to the when he will be able to return to China, of London Tradesmen's Club, said that top of it, and then sat down contentedly Houghton, formerly Dean of the Harvard occasion of the New Year
In the meantime Dr. Henry nothing had caused more embarrassment
DR. ADDISON ON AFTER-WAR TRADE.
ор
the
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Hongkong, March 18th, 1918.
PETAIN TO HIS TROOPS.
Order of the Day to the troops on, the General Petain addressed the following
in the early stages of the war than in two inches of mud on the slimny parapet Medical School of China, has been sp" Uficers Non-commissioned Officers fact that we had allowed our enemies When bis faal triumph eams and three outed Acting Director of the College and Men, 1918 bas dawned, and the fight almost to monopolise certain branches of other Tanks successfuly crossed to ther. Houghton has lately be in charge must go on. The late of France, deraands industry. Underlying the capacity to fighting fine ahead
of the New York office of the China patience and persistence on your part. These things only happen right up produce more than before the war was behind & free attack. It doesn't take the Medical Board, and has just returned to In attack as in defence, you have shown better understanding between capital and labour To
to the old conditions railway on long to make the real line. China to take up his new work, which your worth. On every occasion that the go back would be disastrous to the country. With In a couple of days, perhaps three, there will consist very largely in supervising enemy has tried to break through you
the construction of the new buildings, regard to the question of raw materials is generally a comfortable working after the war, it was deplorable that the system Bit by hit the ballast comes up, and in developing the organisation of the stopped him. It will be the same
to-morrow. different trades had not so for appointed sandwiched between the armsition pre-medical school which was opened
The collapse of Russia has not shaken last autumn. Dr. O. W. Young will spokesmen who
could Government
advantageonly) trains, which always have right of way.ontinue as Dean of the College until your faith, which is strengthened by the
of to prove our instead around, the big shell craters, the summer, when he will return to the United Stated your powerful in your
The lines run over brestles and through,
help every more the A and 10 or com- of traffic can be doubled;
do that the Loops are constructed so that the volume United States on furlough for special determistion to fight as long as is necta study in preparation for his future work sary in order to assure pesce for your munication with the heads of the different Emergency dumps and kept out there in the new school. Stradon. It was just as esential to work the mud and when the line is smac Rapid progress is being made with the sons, because you know that if he who
CBE, DO
to employers
new buildings at Peking. It is expected that the buildings for the departments of wald be permanent and he would section was broken nearly 1fty times on anatomy physiology and chemistry vill rather the trades rationed themselves then the night of a "push, and each and be completed by the end of this year, so you the most affectionat, wishes for 1018. possible he was in favour of trade with-ed the enemy always had all the am- pathological institute by the endpt to my pride in commanding - you”- DIY
tail the
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industrial se
Government
to have raw
Some central control would a
shell there are crews ande civilLEF
for several years after the war, but
out shackling.
material to build it up again. « One yita
Imunition that could be used
1919
is most in a hurry clamours for peace. is he who it the most persistent who will fix ita coditions
I salute your colours, and in sending
¿complete, confidence in the future."