THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MONDAY, JULY 12, 1915.
TO-DAY'S
LATEST WAR TELEGRAMS
REMARKABLE EXPLOIT BY INDIAN TROOPS.
SURPRISE FOR THE GERMANS.
(Beater's Service to The "Telegraph."]
July 10, 3.00 p.m. Realer has received information of a remarkable exploit by Indian troops, "A hundred men from the Pathan Infantry, ander & vative officer, were captured by the Germans in Flanders and were sent to Constantinople in the hope that they would join the Turks, They somehow escaped, and, after a march of four months, reached Cabal safely, where they were well received. After resting they will rejoin their regiment in India.
CORRESPONDENCE.
The opinions expressed by the correspondents are not necess«. arily those of the. "Hongkong Telegraph."]
MATHEMATICAL FORMULA
WANTED.
KITCHENER'S ARMY.
Hongkong Constables for the
Front.
"THE SHIRKERS' OWN."
What Globe Readers Think of
**No-Conscription."
ALARMIST NONSENSE,
Jingoism Plea for Militarism.
Considerable interest has been
Though a very small the jin- aroused by the Globe comments on the No-Conscription Fellowship American life. Wars may come and goes are a very active minority in and other associations of persons wara may go, but they go ou who proclaim their conscientious forever. Not all of them, are de objections to military service and
seek to induce others to join them. igning self-interested agents of We quote below extracts from military industries, or persons some of the many letters we have seeking to embroil the country in received on the subject:--
foreign conflicts in order to ad-
It is difficult to imagine avance the position of certain bel- more contemptible society than ligerente; some are as sincere as the No-Conscription Fellow any who ever devoted their face- ship." You have well obristened ticism to a mistaken cause. it "The Shirkers' Own." What And the most dangerous are kind of consciences can these those carried away by an emer- men have that permit others to
die fighting for their very exist-gency of the moment. Men like Hobson are comparatively harm- ance but will not raise a finger to less for their eternal lamentations that very shortly the keeping of and their chrozio fondness for help! It is devoutly to be hoped aa to our alleged unpreparednes these ignoble consciences will be alarmist misstatemente come to be in the hands of the Government recognised as manifestations of Catheart-road, S. W.
The Father of a Soldier," the militarist mania.
Take Part or Clear Out.
Nor is there much to be feared.. If members of the No-Con- from the better because more in- eoription Fellowship. so ardently telligent type of alarmist as re- desire us to respect their 'con-presented by Hudson Maxim. scientious scruples and not con- We know that Maxim is a soient- demn them as cowarde and it particularly well qualified to abirkers, what right have they to speak upon the subject of ex remain here and willingly accept plosives, but we see the difference the protection of the armed forces between the chemist and the of our Army and Navy? To be strategist, and make allowaNCOS consistent and honest, should they for the military enthusiasm of a The European constables going not at once clear out and go to man long engaged in the task of from the Hongkong Police Force some country which is not at war, devising new methods of warfare. to the front are as hero men- or, better still found a colony in The most menacing forms of tioned: L.S. 41, Spillett; A. L. S. one of the many quarters of the jingoism are the inflammatory » 25, Wakeford; A. L. S. 64, globe where by a little hard work comments accompanying or co- Phillips: A. L. S. 103, Barnett; they could aood live in peace and casioned by sensational P. C. 20 Lefevre, P. C. 75, comfort, though without many of items and the recent triok of ue Booker, P. 0.80, Munro; P. O. the advantages they now enjoy in ing fiction as an appeal in behalf Sir: A simple arithmetical 124. Drary; P. O. 125, Wilson; Old England, whose brave tons of militarism. formula is multiply the higher P. C. 133, Shafiam; P, O. 110, are laying down their lives for number by half of itself and add Kelly and P. C. 128, Bloor. The the safety of these people as mach half of itself" eg., 250 by 125 date of departure has not as for the rest of us ?-Mr. R. P. equals 31,250, plus 125, equale definitely been fired. 31375.
(To the Editor of the Hongkong
•
Telegraph);
I'd like to have the. $7 which
GIFTS OF CLOTHES."
would be left after reckoning
your way. Yours etc.,
IX.
Hongkong, July 10.
Whittingham, Hove.
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J. Barbed Walker of New York has just written a novel dealing with the eoquel to the European A "Saturday" Christian.
war. and endeavouring to show In regard to your Note on "The that America will be invaded by Shirkere' Owa," permit me to say Germany and be unable to put that, as a firm believer in the up an effective resistance. The Tolstoyan form of Ohristianity, I writer has a forcible style and absolutely decline to imbrae my-primed with most, though not
Sir The formula "G" re- Sent by Ladies of Union Church, self in German blood. I intend all, the details of the two armies
quires is the formula for summing
An Arithmetic Progression and is
N
8 - {2a + (N−1)d} [(1)
Where "S" equals the required sam;","the number of terma" A," the first term, and “D," the dif ference between any number and the succeeding one.
When the natural numbers are to be summed it in the easiest possible ease and "N," simply becomes the last number and "A" equals 1, which simplifies the for- mula to N (N plus 1)
o.g
(2)
the sum of the natural num bora up to 200 i.a. L-200 equals
200 by 201
-equals 20,100
And the sum of the Noe, from
way 251 to 300 would be using formula No. (1)
140
2 by 251 plus 139 by 1
plus 70 by 641 equals 44,870:
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Or in "G" fashion the sum of Nos. from 1-300 ·
equals 390 by 391
equals 76,245 and... 1-250 equals 31,375
By subtraction the sum
of Noe, from 251-390 plus 44,870
Incidentally your formula (N
-plus 1)
N
2
to be shot dead first either by the and navies he has a manner which British or Germane. If Chris- may convince quite a number tianity had possessed the moral that he is right.
The following letter save the courage long ago to carry out in According to this romantic Union Church Record has been gotuality the ethics of the Sermon prophet, a treaty will be signed received from M. J. Navgar of on the Mount we should never at Geneva by the peans plenipot the Belgian Relief Fand by Mr. have seen any British, Gerentiaries of thirteen belligerents. J. W. C. Banner, who kindly sawman, French, or Russian Ex Germany is represented as a loser
outcome to the shipping and insurance of pires, the
of pure and as compelled to pay a heavy the goods referred to:-
naked brate force,, sud the indemnity, but despite this, she Dear Sir. Your kind latter of complete regation of the precepts recovers with lightning rapidity the 10th March has been handed of Christ. Co-existing empires and is soon on her way to attack to me by His Excellency the must breed national jealousies. the United States and "that must" Belgian Minister, for attention, Bat. what can one expect from a magnificent blaff in all history, and I have much pleasure in so-called Christianity that, under and so far the most successful, acknowledging the generous gift one frivolens pretort or another, the Monroe dectrine.
of clothing which you have kindly will not keep the very day God There is no need to follow the sent on behalf of the Ladies of Himself "hallowed and blessed" the Union Church of Hongkong, as the Sabbath, the seventh day story through all the details cul- for dis-ressed Belgians.
viz., Saturday. As a Sabbath minating in a German officer ride
I am delighted to receive this (Saturday) keeping Christian of ing up Broadway in a taxicab to splendid contribution to the Fand, many years I am not interested the City Hall and demanding five and I am sure the many neefal in fighting, even for such an billion dollars as an alternative to garments will be much appreciat. Imperial raos of Sabbath-breakers the bombardment of New York
ed and prove of great service to as the British, G. Marke, Old city. The United States chief of the recipients: May I ask you Ford, E.
to be good enough to extend my Benefiting by Sacrifice.
sincere and heartfelt thanks to
stall confers with the President
and suggests that the Govern-
In reference to the letter in your ment pay the indemnity and columns from Mr. Clifford Allen,
write off on the national
the kind donors who have to chairman of the "No-Conscription ledger as the cost of being taught generously contributed the gifts?
I cannot thank these kind friends Fellowship," it is difficult for the the great national duty of mili enough for the valuable assist. ordinary person to understand the taxy preparedness." ance which they have rendered
of persons who, That is the last sentence and while objecting to fighting in the defence of their country, are
| to me in my relief work.
I would also nak you to convey
my thanks to the
"conscience"
the moral of the book. It is pure-
ready to benefit by the self. Ly fiation, but for that very rese
-must be a misprint, Steam Navigation Co., who, sacrifice, of others. These per read a novel where only half a
to put it kindly, for by that the Nos. 1-200 would give 201.100, i. 201 to the 100th power the auswer your valuable paper has not room for, as it would read: 2089 and 227 ciphere,
Yours etc., Coming.
Hongkong, July 10.
goods free of charge. understand, have conveyed the
Again thanking you,"
Yours very faithfully,
J. NAVAUX.
Well-known Clergyman's Death.
on dangerous. A hundred will
oned criticism of the novelist's dozen may read a seriously res8+" woeful dieregard of the facts,
one, auroly, can have no con- scientious scruples in "tending the wounded and alleviating the sufferings of those who are
This writer never stops to con- saving the "conscientious" from the horrore which an invasion aider the unanswerable argumente of General Goethals and others, would entail. There is no signs that no navy can afford to pit however, that these conscientions itself against a well-fortified city: persons ore doing anything of
the sort. The few "conscientions" that gune mounted on shore are The death has occurred, under which remain in the district which more than a match for the same Bize guns on the deck of a battle- tragio circumstances, of the Rev. I know are engaged in making ship, and that submarines are George Grey Wilkinson, priest in money out of the soldiers who ore ordinary to his Majesty the King, going to the front, some are busy more than equal to taking care of foreign transporte if an attempt Sir I am prepared to receive a son of the lato Bishop Wilkinselling provisions to them and
WEST RIVER FUND.
eon.
subscriptions for this Faud to He was in charge of a bas others are making their for a made to land an invading force at points distant from fortifica- by datering for the relieve sufferere from the un-talion of Cadets and marched tonee
tiona. in various manners. precedented flood which has over-with them from the Horse Guards troopa
He also fails to take into The" unconscientiona" soldiers taken them." Men, women & Parade and through the grounds children are starving, as they of Buckingham Palace, where who are freely risking their lives account the fact that America has an enormous supply of the have lost their all. All sume will they were passed under review for this sort of person will not be
raw material of armies and that be placed to the oredit of this by the King. After they had impressed by yourcorrespondent's Fund with the Chartered Bank of marobed past his Majesty, Mr. letter: If the public shall have it is not so very raw. Our people India, Australia & China Ltd. and Wilkinson complained of feeling an opportunity of seeing any those of European countries, and know more of life in the open than self-sacrifice on the part of the handed over to any authorised unwell, bat insisted on contin" conscientious" in their giving a gun is a curiosity when pat Committee to deal with same. uing. On reaching Hyde Park
My subscription thoroto will be Corner he collapsed, and on being up their time and money to the into the hands of the average $100-
taken into St. George's Hospital, by war, then, and not till then, was found to have passed away, Death is believed to have been will the word "conscience" be due to heart failure,
used in its proper significanos. A. W. G., Newbury, Berks.
Yours etc.,
HL PLAYFAIR,
Hongkong, July 12, 1015.
alleviation of the miseries caused
American.
this campaign romance, but the Exposure of those already cited. should serve the turn. Exchange.
· There are other absurdities in
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