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Men and Money Winning the Fight for the Allies,
Some Further Remarks on
Nietzsche,
1
ARTILLERY DUEL AT TSINGTAU.
An Outpost Melee.
prisoners.
The hospital-ship Komai Mara, (SPECIAL ARTICLE.)
arrived at Ujina on the 22ad Since the Telegraph printed a short article, under the above instant, with thirteen invalids on board, says the Japan Chronicle. heading, Homepapers have One of these, a wounded soldier Tinglan is fast approaching arrived which announce that yet named Sugimura Kanekiohi, told ita doom. A few days ago we snother
work - on Friedrich were told that the British and Nietzsche has been published. about three o'clock on the morn
a Press representative that at Japanese bombardment bad The author, this time, is M. forts save two had been silenced; litterateur. What he has to tell at the advanced post about eight proved so effective that all the Georges Brandes, the well-knowning of the 12th instant he arrived and it is clear from the latest us can scarcely be summed up Japanese, having mounted gans miles from Taimo, where the telegrams that the assault now is in the one-columa review con on a hill, opened fire. The noring its final stages. Shelling tained in a Houe paper, but we' is being continued in most can gather sufficient, from one or enemy responded, and a severe vigorous fashion, and already one two brief quotations given by the tillery duel. canned. This con- tinued till the afternoon, when, of the two fors left-aad the Manchester Guardian, to realise the enemy having got the range strongest at that has been that this worshipper of the accurately, and becoming too A day or two ago, in this
duced almost to atome. The pseudo-philosopher is not quite dangerous, the Japanese firing- column, we spoke of tricks of
Japanese troops are doing fine unqualified in bis praise. advertisere. Here is another in-
work, too, their latest achieve-
For Nietzsche's biographers or party were ordered to retire. teresting example, which appears
ment being to captura no fewer commentatore-even partial ones while going down a hill, met a Sergeant Terao and five man, we ure Borry to note-in a The gala performance of the than 800 prisonera, to say nothing to have the temerity to criticise party of three Germans → Home paper of exceedingly high "Bluebird" takes place to raw of the destruction of twenty-six him unfavourably ja Dot lieutenant, a non-commissioned standing. Sme philanthropist, night, and a great success is anti-
guns. Tae defenders must altogether
thing. дор address unknown, offers."sipated."
fofficer, and a private. Sergeant Briously feel such a drain as that, Indeed, so for as one knows, Trao and the German officer unique opportunity" for training
"A Crowded List. and work. as author and jour- There were no fewer than nine. and it can surely be only a few his sister's life of him is about the immediately fired their revolvers maliat," to any gentleman with ty-one cases on the list of the days now before the sponge is only one in rxistonco (8476, of
at each other, but the sergeant literary tastes and talente. This Summary Court to-day, and of own up. It was, of course, course, a thousand and one ex-missed and the German, se The rates of, Subscription to the "Hongkong Telegraph" will £100 of this will go as premium, claim allowed in Summary Juris besieging fercas, but the Kaiser nobody ever heard) which is en art went for the sergeant with gentleman "must have £500;" these nine were for the maximum or madness for the Germans travagant petty brochures penned volver did not go off at all. to try to hold out against the by wild worshippers of whom Throwing it away, the lieuton- but the remainder will be under diction$1,000.
Las spoken and the sacrifice must tirely laudatory. Even M. his firt, and a lively melee enen- the gentleman's own control. In Mr. Justice Sercombe Smith, that case we don't quite under- The Straits Echo reports that be made. However, the drama Bernard Shaw, keenest of Nie17-ed. The Germans were over- sokeans (as witness his airy re- powered, and as each Japanese at nt the necessity for his having Mr. Justice Sercombe Smith, will soon be over.
marke about "Toad Shakespeare soldier was provided with six the five hundred. It is a lament formerly of Hongkong, is laid up Wearing Down the Enemy,
daras at times to say that his feet of hemp cord for drawing able fact that many a man or with an attack of fever and is
The battle is still raging vic- Master is not sound on questions! woman gets "roped in by this unable to attend court.
lently in France and Belgium, of Socialism, and Mr. Roher: water, they easily scoured their spec04 cf advertisement, for Kalian Output.
but with small advantage to the Orage, another votary, has said enemy. The British troops are the same.
The oflicer then gave his word? still in contact with the Germans,
that if he were untied he would and the latter must by this time Nietzsche and his Contemporarles aut try to escape, and the party M. Brandes takea oar freud marched down the bill. So lng be learning to have a wholesome respect for our men. The official "Zarathustra" to task on a similar as their arme and legs were free, account dealing with the attack point, "I am a little hurt," he said Sugimura, the Germans did. on our line speaks of the enemy writes "at the offasad and im- great execution, but when the 8 ks of sesing them-elves in print. Inspec o Taumson, of the Sir- having been repulsed everywhere petuous pronouncements against Japanese caught Lold of them Many of these regard themselves itary Department, was summoned with the heaviest slaughter, and such phenomens as socialiem and they soon got them under.It anarchism. The anarchism of was in this ecuffle that Sugimura as "gifted" from the start, and this morning for allowing his dog adds that the maintenance of our therefore as having no need for to atray in Caine Lane without anbroken line has greatly dis-Prince Kropotkin, for instance, is got the damaged leg that resulted auty or instruction. If they are having its muzzle ou. Mr. Mel-couraged the Germans. So far no stupidity."
in his being sent home." Nor does he stop at Nietzsche's i lucky enough to have no money to bourne fined the defendnot $5. as mee numbera, go, the Ger- spare for anscrupulous publishers
Raa loto Telephone Pole. man forces are formidable, but Socialism. To quote the Man- Tais moming, at the Police it is becoming their troubles are soon, over, for
chester Guardian "be suggest inate to the point of decadence, increasingly that jealousy, as well as ignor- the time ecmes when they grow Court, before Mr. JR. Wood, a
apparent that they lack many tired of wasting good paper and Chinese was charged with doing of the essentials of a good aace, may have entered into pany in body and in mind, Nietzsche's sbace of contempor non-meral outlook on life by jand all too ready to cover their iak a matter destined for the damage to a pole, the property of
army, and, what is more, they waste-paper basket.
the Telephone Company, by ran ning into it with his truck whose efficiency is strengthened Evidence was given to the effecr
be then my Good" doctrine, Of Truth and one or two other that damage to the extent of $25 plain as plain could be that the the wearisomely blatant paxes they would argue that might was
by success. Anyhow, it is de
ourse, se good. Nietzscheans, Homo papers have, on various co- casions, exposed the frauds who an order for the defendant to mpfession on the tough Britos
was done, and his Worabip made Kaiser's men can make no real turned out by "Herr Superth eonly right, but, in every cage
man will see little reason" profess to teach authorship, but compensate the Company to that and the dumbborn Frenchman, for M. Bran les' confining himself toy happened to be, physically, apparently some of them rre amount:
about the last persons in this The enemy is now reduced to the suggesting" these things. world capable of exercising such still carrying on their old game.
Spite against, and virulent abase How is it that it does not occur
making of spasmodic local attacke Mahomet Warsummer, who was
aright. to the dupes of such per recently sent to the house of de-all along the front is now out of himself are to be found, in plenty,scheans it
a general offensive movement of, evity man who was betler
krown to the reading world than With the German Nielz- Bons that tuition will make a man coming. himself therefrom, before the question-and as there are in every one of his books; iter-thing. Certainly many of these
of tention, was charged with absent-
was quite another- petent to earn his bread and Mr. C. D. Melbourne, this morn-
continually being repulsed, the
bert Spencer's sociology was chreso by writing? Of course ing, at the Police Court. Inspec-worn down. The failure of these rocky: Darwin's, laxiey's, and moral fibre, but they had what
must in course of time be enemy
were lack enough in point of can learn grammar and tor MacDonald explained that the efforts must in the long run tell even Heckel's, science was purr the others had not: virility and syntax, but these things are pre man had boen £ 'diver--in-
ile; Strauss, Wagner "and his muscularity. It was as though supposed to have formed part of Suez, but his cccupation had been on the morale of the Gorman
former one's early schooling. Bagent piobibited and be had come out
Army.
pet, Schopenhauer, wirə
the only part of Nietzsche's teach- boobies bypocritesand aamikule, this, however, everything must East to try his luck. He gave
while no werd was bad enough them was his advocacy of brate ing that weighed seriously with be a question of steady practice himself up at the Police Station If there is one fact which for Resan possibly because force. When one meets such laid upon a foundation of some
stands out more than another innan bad raid a great deal that thing in the nature of originality
the present crisis it is the con- Nietzsche tried to say, but had persons in a British possession one finde them ready to forget In taking note the other day of the commercial opportunities and "the gift of the gab." Even
stant proofs we have had since said it far better and bad put it their bigh mission of "blocd and presented to Britsia by the disabilities from which Germany is suf- a wide gone al knowledge is no
the war broke out that Britain dogs in a more rational manner, fering in consequence of the war, we spoke of the need of techuical guarantee that a man will ever
iron" for & season a piece of nct lack the money wherewith *War Justifies any Cause!" men being trained to a knowledge of the language and local can
So far as can be judged from self-sacrifice on their part due, ditions of the particular parts of the world upon which attention
is all the more important when the review, the rest of M. Brandes doubtless, to the fact that the abould be concentrated. It will not row be out of place to mention
thick-headed Britisher is apt to we bear in mind that the financial book is favourable a point which
misunderstand sach high-toned the steps which are being taken to start on its aotive career the who could not pen an original
factor is probably the biggest, or it is not easy to understand, inas
sentiments and to "bash" the School of Oriental Studies in other words, Oriental languages-in article (that any enne editor or London. It will be recalled that when the project was mooted, it publisher would buy) if their play for the Navy versus The is over.
The following are selected to will prove so before the straggle much as he is an avowed socialist,
We have already been while Nietzsche's doctrines are ne man who gets on stilts on the alouse a deal of interest, and it is satisfactory to know that already lives depended on it; and we Hongkong Club, to-morrow, able to lay our hands on big votes far away from socialism as North subject. But what are they like in their own country, or in their substantial soma, aranuuting in all o £7,250 yearly, have been pro- have known others whose gram Saturday the 7th instant, at Happy for war purposes and whenever 18 from Suth, M. Brandes is mised towards the total of £14,000 at'd to be the annual summar was shaky and whose general Valley, on the Naval Ground; we have called for applications strongly against war, own univeraities, where there are necessary to keep the school going. The movement has Government education had been more than kick-off at 3 45 p.m:-
fer Treasury Bills the amounts Nietzsche says somewhere, and in be physical weaklings and there non-Nietzscheans who happen to aupport, its executive appeal committee is composed of men of neglected, who could get turn Team: Ribble: Hardin, Mon-required have been subscribed so many words, that, while fore fair game for the bally? position and influence, and it is hoped that teaching will be able to out work that was as near great day, Adams, and be commenced some time next year.
Nicholls, many times over. The same Obriations and Socialista argue ns makes no odds. After all, Rosario: Ashby, and Card story is again told today, in the that "a good cause may justify What-above all-are, they like how mnoh taition ip the gentle Tamar: Campbell,
Hopper, annouùcement to the effect that even werbe-Obermann-pre- these youths are now.
at this present moment? Many of In the paat very many movements have been set
officers or on art of writing did Caedmon the Ruddick, Fennimore, and Raw the demand for fifteen million fers to argue that war justifice foot to advance. interest in Oriontal studies, but here cowherd get? tofore the subject
lings.
terling has met with such a re- any cause. Scialists, too, tencben in the German army; and, hag been dealt with Ba опе of academic or political interest only, the devotees to which must
Reserves-Ribble: Bange and sponse that no
less
a eum than that man should help his fellows, though it is but justice to say Smith, Tamar: Martin.
that, from the writer's knowledge wenty-36ven milliona
Nietzsche tella no that the greatest WAS necessarily be limited. Under the new School it is intended to regard the matter as one of commercial importance, having
Anyone unable to play in re-offered. As Mr. Lloyd George and most contemptible of crimes of them, they will certainly put wide and direct interests and immediate monetary value. The
quested to inform the Manager, remarked recently, it is the is human pity; and so forth; "Pa good fight against men, one Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene is most enthusiastic in The French Minister for
Association Football Team,
silver ballete" which will win scoren of similar parallels could may be sure that their Nietz
sohean philosophy will stand this war; and happily treat bo cited.. supporting the new movement, and it expresses the hope that the Finance, M. Ribot, atates that the H.M.S. Tamar, without delay. stimulus given to the acquirement of Oriental languages by the
Britain has a plentiful supply of While on the subject of them in fine stead when it comes Nietzsche, it may not be children, to killing the wounded, to making war on women and commercial community will be ably supported by the banking and
amisa to point out what seems commercial firms dealing with the East.
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Diver in Distress.
leat night. He was sent to prison for fourteen days,
are having to fight an enemy ary per cas and fainge."
Those who bave brenppeals to their Master's "Evil
The Sinews of War.
be able to write. We have know ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL. to wage the conflict. And this men, who have done really big things at Oxford or Cambridge,
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with whom they were brought into contagnguage of the people Exchange.
these.
at the trouble of perusing
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while
The German Nietzschean.
to have been neglected in villages. Pity it is that Nietzsche torturing prisoners or to bording "War on Vandals."
many books and articles dealing M. Ribot hopes to re-open the
Rome, Sept. 30. Bourse conjointly with the re
with him; namely; that the effect could not have lived long enough The Belgian Deputy, M.Lorand, Loyalty In the Prisons,
which he produces on the German years of his life in a lunatio (and by the way he spent the lost opening of the London Stock delivered a lectore at Bologne
Convicts in one prison, I am is totally different from that on syluma statement which yesterday in the presence of a told, ara voluntarily working two the Britisher, American or Wilding Volunteers. large audience. Several Italian ad a half hours overtime to Frenchman; and one would be make) to see how admirably his it scarcely seems necessary to been taught to speak, and in some cases to read, the language. The
London, Ost. 4. speakers who addressed the Lrovide Army requisites, and glad to meet with a satisfactory teaching worked when sat into attempts made to meet the conditions of modern commerce on our Anthony Wilding, the famous gathering spoke of Italian ther prisoners have implored the explanation of the fact. Perhaps part have been few, and, from want of encouragement and oppor. Australasian tennis player, who sympathy for Belgium, and de- governor to find them something this difference will be more easily all his madness he wa
practice. With all his faults and tunity, our young men have often been sent abroad badly equipped with Norman Brookes, won the clored that if necessary Italy to do after their regulation tasks expressed from the present for their duties. The proposed School has been likened, in the Davis Cup again for Australasia would abandon her attitude of are done," writes a correspondent writer's own experience. He has great poet, and essentiell an sppeald made on its behalf, to a new pillar of Commerce and some weeks ago, has volunteered neutrality. After the lecture at the Daily Mail. There are met some dozens of ardent artist. How would the canfonad- Empire." Certainly on commercial and imperial lines it can do a for service, and has been appoint crowd of several thousand people hundreds of first offendera, Cen-Nitzscheans those who were
ing of Bhelme patbedra great work, and it is to be wished for it that it will be firmly ed a lieutenant in the Royal marched the ugh the streets got these men enlist and thus British American or French appealed to the artistic and established and enjoy a useful career.
shoutingWar on the vandals.” earn their liberty?
soul of him, one wonders: were without exception, effem
Marines.
very