THE HONG KONG TELEGRAPH.
RUSSIANS IN GERMANY. "ENGLAND THE TRAITOR."'
(Continued from page 5).
tryman.
Nurse's Interview with the Kaiser.
. Dodámber 1. the celle of the exorement of
The privilege of an interview former prisoners (Statement of Mr.
with the Kaiter fell to the Hitsobman, Engineer of Ways) lot of a Frensh nurse who The result of such treatment
was taken prisoner with her am- proved fatal to many of our coun-bulance near Sadao. Threatened
On the way home
with execution as a spy, she wrote Tas (Samnitz) a Russian physician
to the Emperor, and who happened to be among the
received into the august presence travellers recorded in every tra08.
Charleville. " Io.. France port several cases of sudden-ment- al derangement. Many ladies had de Demain," M. Hinzelia tells the awollen feet covered with wounds, story of the interview which
followed. The children suffered from gastric diresees and dysentory.
The Kaiser. had taken up his All the above-mentioned facts quartera ia a couple of houser were verified and testified, partly near the station of Charleville.
EXTRA
HONGKONG, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1915,
'UNION" CHURCH.
The Annual Meeting of Seatholders.).
CORRESPONDENCE.
The opinions expressed by the correspondents are not necess” arily those of the "Hongkong Tolograph."]
THE YELLOW DRAGON.
VICTORIA THEATRE.
The Yellow Dragon—the Queen's Miss Irene Dalmer and Mr. H. College monthly for January is Kenyon Stade, who play as "the a good number. A feature worthy McClements," gave their opening of special note is an admirable turas at the Victoria Theatre last The annual meeting of the AQUESTION OF PERSONALITY, parody, signed A.H.C., on "You night before a good audience. are old, Father William." Space Miss Dalmar is an Australian seatholders in the Union Church
does not, unfortunately, permit of actress and dancer of very con- was held last avaning in the
lengthy quotation, but the folsiderable ability; she has a charm Church Hall, when Mr. A(To the Editor of the Hongkong, lowing is a fair sample of a well-ing stage manner and presence, her
Mackenzie presided over a large attendance, including the Rev J. Kirk Maconachie, the Rev. II. R. Wells, Meara, A, S. D. Cousland, D. MacDonald, J. Rodger, and J..W. C. Bonnar,
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الا
Telegraph.)
Sir, Your correspondent "Danscore," in his very interest. ing letter, ratees so many points, historical, ethical, and psycholo- The report, which covered a
gical, that, if only in order to keep by the victims and partly by the The lady was introduced into the period of nine monthe, due to the ball rolling, may I venture to an alteration cffer a few comments. The gass witnesses of all the atrocitice. Presence by an officer of his staff, the fact that Besides the victims we have al-Majer von Plesson; When she terminates the Church's year on tion as to whether the execution ready mentioned, we may give entered the reception-room sho. December 31, was presented." It
saw sitting at a table covered stated that there was a debit of King Charles was anrightsons as well as unlawful, holds consider- the names of others. Such were: Senator Count Pahlen; the chair. with mape and plans an officer balapeset$1,971.07. The defioitable interest for us at the present man of the Petrograd city council. in a greenish-grey uniform. Atlar sift March was $2,237.90 and time, when we take into considera- | Senator Ivanof; the Chief Editor her entrance the officer roes, this reduction of debit was due in tion the fact that as soon as the
of the Official Messenger; Equoiry Prince Oarouse; a member of the State Dama, M. Swioncicki; the Marshal of Nobility of Novoadogs, Gentlemin of, the Chamber Shwarz: Prince I'. A Curbusoff and wife; the Equerry. Bron Knorring; Engineer of Ways of Communication Hirsch man, Lieutenant-General Beck; actual Councillor
State Kola chefi; Princesa Oachtomsky; actual Councillor of State Chovan- sky; Gentleman of the Chamber
of
olicked his heels together in the German way, and said, "I salute
the ladies of France."
It was the Kaiser, though ehe had some difficulty 10 recognising him
Ile bad not shaved his moustache but eat
war le over, a large number of the execution of the Kaiser; and; persons will certainly olamour for even if we put aside the legal part of the question, we shall find ourselves confronted with the problem, Can it be a righteous
written skit
"You're
are a fodd, Kaiser Will- iam," the Frenchman said "Do you think that your penis
a sabre? des "You promised on cath that no
army should tread "On the sacrosanot soil of your
neighbour." "You must be mistaken," the
Kaizer replied, "The treaty I
quite remember;
don't
The worth of a treaty I've
often denied:
"Ia Faris we'll meet in Septem-
ber
There is quite a good skateb, too dealing with Port Said, by L.F.; also a chatty little account of some rambles in the New Territory, and a series of very entertaining recounts the woce of n Yorkshire man who spoke with a foreign
it very close. There were heavy $242, which would doubtless{ set to execute the voice of the editorial notes, one of which
pouches under bis eyer, and his skin was yellow and drawn. He looked not like the photo graphe, but like the caricatures of
himself.
As soon as she come before him be asked her to be seated, and,
COD
Almighty ?
Pistolkors and wife; Count and with a strange nervous rapidity. Mr. E. J.: Chapman on leave the him to a sphere in which his
Countess Kankrin; Mr. Smol- nikof; Mme. Demidof; Princess San Donato, Countess Oclcf. Davydoff; M. Pleske sad many others..
German subjects in Russia me! with no cruel or bad treatment on
the part of Russian officials, no jeer or anything which could be eimpared to what the Russians had to undergo in Germany, Only against certain categories of Ger-
set her a series of questions which beanswered himself. It was rather a monologne than an inter- rogation.
Why did France insist on making war on us?" he first asked, following up his question before it could be answered by second. "Don't you know that France was the first to mobilise 2"
a
accent.
held, and the grim old Paritan tailors took a back seat, while the more courtly and easy-going orthodox tailors took their places.
By tailors it is needless to say that I refer to those who provide the garb wherein spirit clothes itself, religion, i.e. the Churches;
CONSTABLE AND
POSTMAN CHARGED.
Trouble on a Yaumati Ferry.
This afternoon, in the Police Court, before Mr. J. R. Wood, a Chinese postman and a Chiusse songs are bright and her acting police constable were charged and dancing spirited. We under with assalting sebroff on board. stand that it is her intention to the Yaumati Ferry leanob Wing puton her sensational Greek Stare Shing.. dance next week and, judging | Mr. E. J. Grist, of Measts-
from her performance last night,
this should provo a great attrad Wilkinson and Grist, who appear. tion. In a couple of light sketches ed for the complainant, said that she and her partner were most the postman was travelling on the extertaining, and those who saw launch to Yaumati when he was them will certainly want tsee approached for payment of his them again. Mr. Kenyon Slade fara. He should have signed a baa plenty of "go" in him, and his book, the Postmaster General py gage and business are far more living his fare of three cents. Ha than anything that the average was sitting in ons of the raiton cinematograph artiste has to offer. chairs, the charge for which is He bas done a great deal of work an extra two cents, but he refused in pantomimesat Home and under- either to pay five cents or to atands how to hold the attention sign the book. Nothing tran and claim the applause of his audi-pired on the boat, bat, on arrival ence. Both artistes were vigorous as Yaumeti, the defendant again. refused to siga the book and left encored after each turn.
the launch. Going ashore, he called the second defendant, a constable, who brought the shroff ashore and beat him with his trancheon, so badly that ho had to go to hospital for eleven days....
ly
A new set of war pictares will be presented at the Victoria to morrow night, together with the new dramatic film
Faatomas."
BRITAIN'S GROWING
"ARMY.
Some Telling Figures.
The fact of the commanders
man subjects were measures taken thing about the invasion of not been incressed during the that sentimental sediment called scholarly readers might feel in- British armies" analogous to the
Belgium.
romance.
and perhaps soms of your more having been appointed for six alined to follow up the point" armies" of continental Powers which I here touch on, viz. the indicatesa big step forward in the spiritual aspect of reform, sicce my bisto ical knowledge is in sufficient to enable me to support Bat to continus. The tuition my theory with examples.
Evidence in support of the complainant's story was being called as we went to presa.
SPIES ON THE EAST
COAST.
How The German Fire Was Directed.
large measure to the sum rcosivad from the sale of work. Collec tions had been higher than the corresponding period of 1st year sad this was highly gratifying The recripta for seat rent were less, but there was outstanding soon be received. The realisable value of their inveatments" had
However, as we hope that the somewhat depreciated owing to
for us by conferring the Order of of ordinary the war, but, with the re Almighty will solve the problem sumption ditions, should attain their normal the Goldaa Harp upon His ally, condition. Daring the absence of and at the same time translate duties of organist had been per activities will find a worthier life. In due time much beer was formed by Mr. 7. H. Lammert, scope than we uncultured mortale drunk, many faire, etc., were. who bad the assistance of Miss can provide, it will perhaps be Hancock (of Canton) and Mrs. A. mora practical if we confine our Mackenzie when military duties investigations to what, after all, prevented his attendance. Thanks is the main point of the discus to the care of friends, the present sion: Why Cromwell is so little organ, which had done duty for appreciated by the British school many years, was still capable boy of to day, and whether it is of providing for requirements. due to that peculiar phenomenon The nurse marmured some- The New Organ Fund had called personality, together with
yeor, except for the scoraing
I am inclined to doubt whether interest, but it was desirable that
personality or romance have some way should be found to augment this fund as the purchase really very much to do with the of a new instrument would early matter, except in so far as romance become a necessity. The Building has been utilised by partisans in Committee reported that a defect order to glaze over the cracks in ive beam in the roof of the Church the political morality of the of boys has ever been largely in army corps of the original ex had a thored and has Stuarts. I think that Danacore's the hands of the Established peditionary force, appears to show could be ascertained the premises rat suggestion, with reference Church, which is, of course, that the process of merging that were now in good order, with the to the Staarts in Scotland, is prob- always intensely loyal to the force in the greater whole has al-
and,
if powers which upport it, and ready begun. Henceforward Sir exception of a few minor repaira ably more correct,
at times, example, when Dirrion, and
were in possession of information required in the Mente, Mrs J. W. applied to England, will give us though it gets a little peevish Douglas. Haig, Sic Horace Snith Archibald Sir 0. Bonnar, who represents the something of an answer,
for forget Kinge so
their Hunter will command not one could not have been more than about the places to be shelled. It Church on the local auxiliary of I think that I am correct in daties to the Almighty and army corps ench-roughly 40,000
a week old. Certain changes accorded, bad man is Liberal by nature it is earth, as to support the immoral troops of the other arms-bat of the troops engaged in training indignation of the people was growing furys retraged collected for the Society's fonde perhaps unnecessary to say that proposal that a man should marry three army borps, or a total ja shown. "After this case measures
I refer to politics only--though I his deceased wife's sister instead fantry strength of 120,000 men,
here, and the men escaped. were immediately taken to pre-everybody, and me first of all. I over $170 this year.
am far from wishing to insinuate of living with her, nevertheless, These
aggregations will be The Chairman, in proposing that Liberalism in politice, it is more a case of sorrow at the known as the first army, and so the hotels during the bombard- An officer who was in one of vent any such disorders and the wished, she would betray popalation was informed by the France tomorrow. You are pr3V- city authorities that any afterupting yourselves unworthy of your the adoption of the report and necessarily implies a liberal-skimping of the batter, than ang-on, The six will roughly representment saw a man on the nearest on the lives or property of ancient fame, for you have sum accounts, referred to the progrees ity with the goods of other er with the giver of the bread.
an infantry strength of 720,000 German vessel obviously giving German subjects would be moned savages to your assistance, that bad been made, and express people. Therefore the eminently Therafore we must not be men, or, roughly, twice as many the line of fire to the men at the Just think, bloodthirsty negroes ed considerable satisfaction at the Conservative and autostatic, Lot sarprised to End that boye follow men as Japan bad in the field gus. M by Germans, apart from increase in the number of seat to mention orthodox, political the lead of their tutors, support in Manchuria or either the notel and boarding hense em- bolders and in the amounts of the idiosyncrasies of the Stuarts, were authority, and condemn those Bulgers or the Turks in Thrace ployees who got away jest batore not favourably rede ved scross the who life their hands against the in 1912. Allowing for the the war began, knew Scarborough Border, especially among the Lord's Anointed, or that the divisional and corps artillery and intimately. A large party of Protealaute
is a narrow and as bigoted as the eighteen army corps now provided and w.ro shown everything of political creed which they imbibe communication troops of all the them visited the town this year, religious creed which they are for, and the cavalry which, as in interest. The shell fire wa taught,
the case of that under General directed against these places, even
required by ressons of Stale, but they were never in any way cruel of malicious. Only on the day when rumoura reached Petrograd of the atrocities of the Germans,. and particulars of the departure of the Russian Embassy from Berlin, public resentment was shown in the regrettable damage of the German Embassy. This wis so unexpected and unanimous an explosion of popular indigna. tion, that the authorities found
They are always reproaching us with that," he said. "Just listen to me.
At Brussels we found absolute proof that a treaty ex sich between Belgium, France, and England eaubling the French and English to attack Germany through Belgium."
"Excuse me, aire," said the Frenchwomen.
"I have come here to protest against a charge of espionage." Bat the Kaiser it imporsible to stop the crowd swept her interruption aside,
othell for what I think of
in' time. But this was the
organisation of Lord Kitchener a grest Geld force. The fact that among the six commanders there are the three Generals who have thus for commanded the three
Under the beading "Facts for the Authorities," the London Morning Post, in a communication from Scarborough on the rooms fi
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Investigations have now de monstrated that the Garman ships
only adverse form in which the your fine England," he said with the Bible Society, and to whom alating that the average Sootab Bis representatives here on infantry with complementary were then made in the disposition
severely punished.
She has
form the flower of your army
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Since that day there have been nor the French woman broke acts of violence against German" or Austro-Hungarian subjecta.
Finally, it is impossible to dis- regard the fact to which the ma.
jority of Russian subjects appeal; namely that peacefully disposed inbabitants were incited and Eet against Russians, chiefly at the
thanks
in. "I have never heard, sire," offeringe. she said, proudly, "that our black troops massacre children,
shoot down old men, burn churches, and deseorate sepul chres,"
The Kaiser had not the time to
were
The r. port and accounts having been adopted, a discussion took place as to the condition of the organ, when the organist, Mr.
nced for a new instrument.
Scotland is an altra Pretestont country, the tuition of the young is always largely in the hands of the priests, and therefore the
Cromwell, the man who made Allenby, is now disposed in where they were hidden from the
instigation of the German Gov. answer this charge. It is danbt. E. J. Chapman, spoke on the Stuarts receivo cɔnsiderable con- England great, suffers from the separate organisations, the total sea by the undulating ground,
ernment, which, from the very beginning of the political crint, took measures to arouse suspicion against Russia and Russions.
The German official organs in inciting their readers against Rassis, informed them that Ger. many was full of Russian spies
against whom every kind of mea- Burea should be taken.
The convention of the Hague concerning laws and rules of con iinental warfare concluded on the 18th October, 1907, which by the Way was signed by Germany, provides in the 4th article of the regulations for the humane treat ment of captives (Ila doivent etre traites aveo humanite). Mera
especially should humane treat; ment be extended by every belli- gerent country to people who have not been taken captives, but bag
ful whether he even heard it.. AF that moment the politio ven Plessen half-opened the door of the audience chamber,
The following officers were "Good," said the monarch, elected to serve for the enaning hastily. "It appears to us that year Hon. Sec., "Mr. E. 1. Sou have been wrongly accused, Cuboy; Hon Treasurer, Mr. J. and do not fall be repeat all. Mackenzie, D. MacDonald, J. W. you shall set at liberty, Watty; Committee, Messra. A 0. Bonnar, J. Rodger, A, S. D. Consland, J. Walker, T. Oliphant, J. L. MoPherson, J. Mitchell,
we have said to you.'
paned by obance to be within its territories at the time of the de claration of war.
The presentstatement addresses
S. Gray, E. R. Dover, P. D. Wilson and the Rev. H. R. Welle,
demnation..
The Englishman is,, on the petty calumny of a bread and but- British field strength in the very "A case in point is the powe ter orthodoxy, while the criminal near future will fall very little if house, which supplies the town contrary, by way of being a conly incompetent-int, tat-theat all short of 1,000,000 troops of servative. He looks upon Reform amiably immoral Stuarts, who all arme.
and, incidentally, the wireless statin. Shells were thrown of machin became way thata farmer degraded England more effectual looks upon a new boat with pro-ly than anyone else less gifted
it, though it cannot be seen from where the German ships took found distrust and it requires could possibly have hoped to hare
their stations, and a hail of interference and adversity to skies. Staarts (legitimate and illegiti a very heavy downpour of done, are literally lauded to the
ehrapnel bu damaged its con make him digoard the old one Still, there is always this to be mate offspring included) put itself was untouched. The water- power house and don the new.
wald, for the Stuarts: Had our together
rapat bailos cam
the manner of Elizabeth, and had not forget is our peculiar Engileh mentioned in the boastful Ger
works were another object out of Kinge and Queens all been after Another point which we should sight, but they were epsotally the Staats never existed, it is habit of loving our enemies and mans to amutique. more than possible thit our poli sympathising with the losing
reign, the weather got so bad that Towards the end of Charles I's something had to be done. But the revolutionary tailora cat the new cost of much too sober a tical liberties would now be con- side. This does not come "The old barracks are injured, to the consciecoes of all civilised During the evening musical pattern, and, as the Conservativa siderably less than those which from the Churohit may come but they were emply of troops. people leaving it for them to pass items were rendered by the Male party to-day owes its power crown, the cultura of German from the New Testament but I Aa establishment in a back atreer, judgment on the revolting violence Voice Quartotte, Moser. Gray, largely to the partiality of
somehow like to think that it is where the Yorkabire Husrare have Democracy. exerted against Russian subjects. Smith, Brown and Allen, and Mrs. the English proletariat for beer. As for personality, I do not an integral part of the grestogas some stables, did not escape. No We are quite certain that the con- Stubbinge, refreshments being so did it in those days, owe its think that it can be held to have that is England. solence of the whole world will dispensed during the interval by power largely to the partiality weighed much in the balance
Yours, etc.,
place that contained stigmatize the conduct of Ger members of the Ladies Working of the English proletariat for the Cromwell had more personality
Lerritcrisisa week ago many, which recalls the darkest Committees
mere jovial and animal side of in his little finger then all the Hongkong, Feb. 4, 1915: times of the middle ages.
3) INQUIRER.
The conciksipa to be drawn be obvious to the authoriti