THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.
EXTRA
HONGKONG, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1915.
POLICE RESERVE ORDERS.
GERMAN APOLOGY.
SINKING OF THE SUI
FUNG.
Police Reserve orders issued by Full "Satisfaction" in Arabic Caso, Third Body found on Board this Mr. F. C. Jonkin D. 8. P. (Reserve) state:~~
On Report,
The following will report themselves at the Central Police Station at 5.80 p.m, on Friday, Oct. 15, in uniform.
(A) Absent from Combined Parade, Oot. 7-V. Yvanovich, Remedios, J. M. Viotor, Wong Chak Nam and Man Tai Cheong.
(B) Absent from Piquet Duty, Oot. 9-P. C. Lindesy.
(0) Attending Parade without Roll Book-Sargeant Lammert,
Patrols (Central),
Tuesday, Oct. 12-No. 1 Co. for each shift, as in Orders of Oot. and 11. Inspector Wildon visita.
Wednesday, Oct. 13 5.50- One Sergeant or Senior P. C. and seven P. Ca. from No, 3 Co.
8.50-P.Ca. Rosner (3) Williams
Mornlag.
Considerable interest was aroused in the enquiry into the sinking of the steam laonoh Sai Fung, which was resumed by Mr.
OUR LONDON LETTER.
(Continued from page 8.)
At The Front.
by the order to stand-to, I made- POLICY OF ATTRITION.
a canteen of tea and cooked some bacon: This with a few Army bie cuits-that piquant delicacy that
it
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In all nearly ten million, and is admitted that all these are minimam figures.
MAILS SEIZED.
Another German Affrant to Norway.
Christianis, Aug. 19. The mail ateamer Haakon, which left Ber gen to-day for England, having marine, which seized the maile, been stopped by a German sub-
has notified Mr. Lansing, StoreJ. R. Wood at the Police Court worthy of the name, we marched there, I took my bearinge, with has been sent to join Hindenburgin olading registered lettera, the
tions having effected the raising
German Government, and bou
finite word indicating the extent degree, a third body, in an English mud, bat an affectionate this awful war, but this was dif- farther, if 2,000,000 are constant board all printed matter and
This statement is the first de- of Count Bernstorf'a instructions from Berlin since his message to the State Department on August
24th,
This message asked the United States not to take a "definite Atend Germen version of the case. It
#1
room8
of deaths.
and removed.
for WO
know
colonies.
the submarine. This affects
all the mails which arrived
Bergen Post-office
at
after
(3), Wright (5) Grimble (5).added:-1 Americans should to sink, some of the passengers, thora is more to come when the living and the dead. Enemiss Bat according to the best attais-the previous steamera's departare
Hooper (8) Ormiston (8). In
spector Taylor visita.
Thursday, Oct. 14-One Sargeant or Senior P. U. and Reven P. Cs. from No. 3 Co, for
each shift.
actually have lost their lives thie would naturally be contrary Government would deeply regret to our intentions. The Imperial the fact, and begs to tender its
sincerest sympathies to the Friday, Oct. 15-08 Ber-American Government."
geant or Senior P. C. and soven P. Os. from No. 2 Co., for each shift.
Patrols, (Eastern).
until to-morrow.
EXPERT PANEL.
The figures built up from
on Monday last. Besides the Nor- wogian mails, the ship carried von big cf mails from Den- mark for Loadoa.
"Not Decent Warfare." Copenhagen, August 19.-The
action bigh-handed
of the German submarine which stopp- at the Norwegisa steamer Haakon
́aroused a storm of resentment in Norway,
I understand just failed the test af A private in the D. O. L.I.hrappel-aud we felt fit to face A little Grenade Company, writing to bis whatever was to come.
Now, of the 750,000 andar Washington, August 27. Connt
employer, says: With well-oiled later I went to my post down the Bernstorf, the German Ambaa
riftes and bayonate, a good supply sp, taking a few souvenirs in training in Germany, it is reason sador, so instructions from Berlin,
of ammunition, and a "pack" the shape of bombs. Arrived ably certain that at least 350,000 from camp in the direction of the the aid of a periscope. I found I whilst others have gone to Italy tary of State, that "full satisfac- this afternoon.
It will be remembered that at firing line, a few hours ahead of was nearer the Hane than I have (probably only 50,0000), and still Ministry of Foreign Affair2, tion" will be given to the Daited
ever been before. But I found others have been moving into Bel- through the Norwegian Legation States for the sinking of the the time of the sinking of the one battalion. The rain was something else, something that gum. As to the casusities, it is in Berlin, has protested to the
launch two bodies were discovering down in torrents (we had Arabic.
Count Bernstorff explains thatod and it was on these that the been dished out with sunshades sent a cold shudder down my olear that the killed and prisoners
ingest was being held, the previous day) and the roade spine. It lay just out there are not included in this figure, requested the return of the mails Germany will make more than a
so near that I might have toughed since the former require no further to Norway. This morning, salvage opera were a quagmire. We were soon
aabsistence and the latter are kept General reporta that the sub- The Norwegian Portmaster. mere disavowal if the Arabic was
doing the "Gaby Glide" through it with the tip of my bayonet. sank without warning.
at the expense of the Allies.
marine ordered to be thrown Over- of the vessel to a considerable the mud-none of your solid have seen many grim relics of
ly in hospital (since the duration advanced state of decomposition, clinging, won't-leave-you-sort of ferent-it was the position, half was found in one of the state-sliding mad. A little diversion lying, half reclining on a hillock, of treatment is certainly less than parcels addressed to England, This is caused when some unfortunate 8 if someone with devilish ha four months, thongh probably France, Italy, and all unti-German Takes three as the total number goes down; I went down twice aur has posed it there in jest. over three), at least 6,000,000 All Hetters and remittances and I still fail to see the joke. It was looking straight into my case in all must have passed A Chinese constable giving | We BTD Boon pretty wall face, with its sightless eyes and through the doctors hande. Judg. from Norway were laken aboard
fine. A grim meeting, tray, campaign this is surprisingly low. without hearing the evidence this afternoon said the drenched, but that does not en expression impossible to de-ing by the figures for the 1870 71
veseel took a quarter of an hour bother us,
but Burely able evidence 40 per cent, of the ambered bu to the awning and trenches we have had some. A the soal that once inhabited this when the launch started sinking we get to the communication in life, yes;
men hit die on the field or before so on to the wharf. The laanch notice in a field gives food for pear clay had done with enmity, reaching hospital, and this would of cargo on hoard, whereas usaal- erop." had about eight hundred picals thought-"Please keep off the and, Heaven knows, I bore it no give 2,400,000 dead outright
"Keep off the orope, for. malice. My mission was with the
more than one would expect from the boat only carried about sooth, and the guns of the linna living; for them such enmity wounds only, but under, rather tbandering a few miles away! must, and always will be, until a than over, the mark if deaths by four or five hundred picule.
The bearing was adjourned We pass many things of interest, miracle happens, and humanity, disease are included.
of which I must not tell you, groping into the dark, will see but they are
very comfort. the light and understand. Din French sources, and estimated by and removed the maila hae
aer-time found me trying, with a ing eighte nevertheless.
competent authorities in Switzer- Ypres again, silent and tragic, patience worthy of a better cause, land and Sweden, all work out to little altered since our previous to make a trench padding. This about 4,200,000 up to the middle visit, save that a few ruins have sounds all right but really of July, but do not include sick toppled down altogether. We means our old friend the Army ness. Though the health of the pass through the town like a biscuit disguised as a pudding troops seems to have been very phantom army, the noise of our thie transformation being brought well maintained, there has boon marobing feet deadened by the soft about by the simple process of nothing get accomplished by the negotiations to the point We are officially informed that sand and dust that covers the pave boiling it to a palp and spreading medical soionos which has done where attacke our ships carrying the Minister of Munitions has ments. The smells (la pue comme jam over it no comments. About RWBY with poeumonia sad the submarines BIO waging war passengers will be definitely constituted a Munitions Inven- les Allemande), and the flies, 6.30 the order ran down the lines other ailments which affect en discontinued, at least while the tions Branch of the Department, sickeningly fat and adions-our to stand-to. It was obvious that exposed to great hardships in subjectia under further discussion. and has appointed as Comptroller companions for some time to something was in the wind. Our Russian winter.
Norwegian maila ia immaterial as Yesterday Count Barnstorff Mr. E. W. Moir, M. Lust O. E. come-are more obnoxious and sarmies proved correct. It came informed Mr. Lansing that his and M. Am. Soc. C. E.
numerona (if that is possible) as suddenly as it was dramatic, accept the French figures as the compared with the damage done to our country. The theft of (Count Barnstorff's) statement on The branch, which for the pre-than before. Proceeding in single terrific explosion, the like of asfest for our parfose, and from Taonday was intended to imply sont is located in Armament Build-file, we reach the communion which I have never heard, and a these it follows that the total neutral maile is not part of decent
warfare," that submarine commanders had inge, White bell Place, will have tion trenches, into which we jump, huge spout of black emoke, flame, number of men in Germany con-
The Danish Postmaster-Gen- been ordered to attack no more the duty of considering projects to find to our delight (whack!) sode, sandbags, and other things, sidered it for military service and
erai, interviewed by a newspaper without giving for inventions relating to mani- that they are nearly knce-deep in trenobes. The ground rocked barely sufficient to keep up the merchantmen
German below 45 years of age are now representative, declares that no warning.
tions for warfare on laud, or mat- mud and water. Perlupa in years beneath our feet, the aides of the armies on both fronts to the via Norway t England. Taey more Danish meile will be seat Mr. Gerard, the United States ters appertaining thereto. to come, some genius will invent Ambassador in Berlin, reporting
experience will be despatched solely by the substance of a conversation the branch will be assisted in and thus combine basiness with to topple over. Some of our has
fellowe were flung to the ground. minimum. Though a few men Association War Special.
Danish ships in fatare.—Pres8 with Herr von Jagow, said that their work of examination, and, pleasure. * "Tis a consummation Germany before the sinking of if thought necessary, in the in- devoutly to be wished."
Simultaneously our gans opened of very inferior quality may be fire on all sides.
men over We sprang like obtained from
45, the Arabic bad adopted a policy vestigation and development of not help it, I always want to designed to settle the entire sub- any projects that may be con- laugh when we go down these one man to the parapeta, and there is no possibility remaining BLUE FUNNEL STEAMER marine problem. Mr. Gerard's sidered worthy of being developed, trenches; it looks so ladicrous to blazed away with repid fire for Germany to keep up the
SUNK. deepston Las not been published. by a panel of honorary scientific see these human moles, covered antil our rifles were almost garrison of her frontiers at their
and other experts. The following with mad, until it is difficult to
to hold. One could present strength, and once they Captain and Nine of Crew Killed, Washington, August, 27.-The gentlemen have accepted Mr. tell which is the man and which feel that the Germans were begin to fall below that strength Forty-two members of the crew United States will
Pro Lloyd George's invitation to act is the trench, hent nearly double, staggered at the suddenness of the the end is very nearly in sight.
of the Alfred Holt Line steamer for a clearing up of the entire on this panel:
It is for this moment we have Diomed, which was sunk at 2.30 splashing their way through in a attack, for they did not reply for | submarine controversy before con- Colonel Goold Adams.
frantic effect to keep in touch some moments. To our right been waiting throughout these with the man ahead for fear of a line of khaki figures with many months, and these figarea early the following Monday morn p.m. on August 21, were landed eidering the Lusitania and Arabic Mr. Horace Darwin, F.R.S. incidents closed.
Mr. Macdongal Duckham.
bayonets fixed were sweeping to are the best possible justification turning down the wrong pasange; wards the German lines. Mr. W. Daddell, F.R.S.
to see the none-too-alender ones
We of the policy of attrition deli-ing. Capt. Myles, of Queens Mr. Sebastian Z. de Ferzanti, D.Sa. get stuck in the narrow parts and expected to hear the order to berately adopted by the Allies in town, we killed on the bridge.
A Liverpool telegram says: Professor Glazebrook, F.R.S.
the others behind him, charge at any moment. It lasted the West,
Mesars, Alfred Holt and Oo. state Sir Robert Hadfield, F.R.S.
As General Joffre said,, wo that three men were killed out- and to hear the caustic comments about forty minutes, but in that Professor J. S. Haldans, F.R.S, Colonel N. B. Heffernan. Sir Alexander Kennedy, F.B.°. Mr. F. W. Lanchester. Professor 4. P. Laurie, M.A.,
Innumerable conjectures have been made as to the osture of Germany's proposals. The United States is expected to take up the Tuesday, October 12, 5.50-question of reparation in respect P. Os. 8. Bux and Omer Arualli. of the Americans who have lost 8.50-P. Oa. A. A. Bamy and A. their liver, but this was not dir- Hagenzi.
cussed at to-day's conference. Wednesday, October 13, 5.50 ➡A. M. Nour and A. Ismail, 8.50 -E. Aroulli and E. Moosdeen. Thursday October 14. 550 p.m. P. Co. Abdul Hamid and R. Bumjaho, 8.50 P. C.. U. M. Omer, P. Os. S. Mossdeen la
#pector Sirdar Khan will visit.
Friday, October, 15. 5.50 p.m. M. R. Palleh, A. E. Robman.
viait.
8.50 p.m. A. G. Suffiad, Hashan Khan Sergt. Khawas Khan will
Saturday, October, 16. 550 p.m. Shiell Hamed, M. Abhas. 8.50 p.m. Yacob Mohamad, Fatty Deen, Sergt. O. Aroulli will visit,
Patrols (Water Police.) Tuesday, Oct. 12.-5.50 Novas (8) J. E. Pereira (8) Sergeant Silva (P). 8.50 Goodwin (8) Arnoit (8) Ireson_(P).
Wednesday, Oct. 13.-5.50 Borario (8) P. Roza (8) Sergeant Figueiredo (P). 8.50 Banjo (8) F. Hobbs (8) W. Hobbe (P).
Thursday, October, 14.-5.50 ➡Kim (8) Maxwell (S) Inspector D'Almada (P). 8.50-Wilks (8) Gaskoll (3) Henderson (P).
Parades.
Oct. 14-let, 3rd and 4th Platoons No 1 Co.
Further communications from Berlin are expected to advance
Definite Promise Requirod.
(Central Station 5.30 p.m. The Cabinet has been informed Malti and Rifles.)
suofficially that it will be the Oct. 13-No. 2 Co., and Re-Imperial Chancellor and the crnita No. 8 Co.
Foreign Minister, and not the Minister of Marine, who will determine the German position.
Count Bernsto: says that be believes that the nogotintious rogarding the Arabic will be fol- p.m.lowed by others on the subject of the Lusitania, Press Association War Special.
Oot, 16-3rd and 4th Platoons and Recruits No. 3 Co.
Orchestra Practless. Oct. 19, 15, 19 and 20 at 6 sharp.
VOLUNTEER ORDERS. Corpa Ordera issued to-day by Lieut. Col. A. Chapman V, D. atate:**
Leave.
Notable Scientists Included.
belohed from the
a
On the whole I am inclined to
which
The Comptroller and staff of a sort of water-power gondola, trenches swayed, and seemed like 4,000,000
shown 10 be the
D.Sc. Professor Vivian Lewes, M.A. Mr. Michael Longridge, Mr. W. H. Man, M.I.C.E. Sir Hiram Maxim. Captain Moore, R.N.
hold up
I cat.
psins by the spiteful pht pht of the bullete over his head; and to ruminate with a tinge of
too hot
is
The Aftenposten says: "The intelligence received by the Nor- wegian people of the German submarine's treatment of the Haakon will cause much indigna- tion and bitterness from the North ape to Lindescan. The German
against Britain, but the injury inflicted on Britain by grabbing
when someone unable to bear the forty minutes I learnt a lot. I might have forced the line by right, and seven drowned. The strain any longer assumosa normal felt for the first time what reckless expenditure of men names of the killed are:-Capt what it is like to get the then we should only have had to South of Ireland; Quartermaster
meant by the joy of battle, ago, smell of cordite in your nostrile, fight our way through many other Victor Anderson, of Liverpool; end that I have often felt a vague une the rear, and the Germans would Birkenhead. The drowned are and to see red. I must confess linea of works fully manued in Third Stoward Joseph Hall, of and sees that once we called our-
easiness when WO met the probably have fought better on James White, sailor, Liverpool; selves respectable. We look a
Hune as loan to man. I have been their own soil. Barry band of pilgrima when
Now, when the line breaks Liverpool; and five Chinese fire- George Tobio, second cook eventually we stagger into the where the shells have fallen
ia nothing bobind frontline treaches. I got into amongst us and watched the fear there
men. Two of the crew are in conversation with a youth whom in the eyes of our poor lads when it, and on03
the knowledge hospital suffering from shock, their numerical
weak and W. Richardson, chief mate Scott-shave
1 abrewdly suspect will get a that hellish blight bas sped some of
Wet back trembling soul to eternal flightness gets hold of our enemy the Lisoard, has a leg fractured.
forit wasnot war to be mown down end will come very rapidly in- to the rest-camp. He told me how car artillery caught by something you cannot fight deed. As for the cost of this against, cannot hit back. Bat policy to us, it has been moderate Mr. James Swinburne, F. R 8. the Germans bringing up Sir Joseph John Thomson, supporta, and how they could this was different; we almost in comparison to what a less de.
F.R.S.
hear the Huns squealing; how prayed that they would come, or liberate proceeding would have the Buos hoisted a dummy above that we could try and rush their involved. The French found col their tranches in the hope that trenches. I knew then what it lective figures, but it is common latter had been in the company's All communisation should be our fellows would fire at it, and was that enabled a man in the knowledge that since Janusry.service since 1902, and this was
full flower of his life to dare to thanks to their artillery, they bie second voyage as master, cross that abyss from which there rarely have lost one man to the
5.15 pm. Signalling Section-Sir Henry Norman, M.P. Signalling practice of Headquar. Major-General G. K.
Mr. F. G. Ogilvie, O.B. The andermentioned are grant-ters. Remainder Nil.
Moncrieff. ad leave of absence as follows:- Pte. U. Santos from 12.10.15 to 12.4:18.
LeCpl. R. Brown from 19.10.15
to 19.10.18.
Corpl, E. W. Carpenter from 1.11.16 to 15.0.16.
Resignations.
Detail.
Gan Club Hill, Kowloon :-
On day until 16th instant,
Mr. Wilfrid Stokes.
Centre Section M. G. Co.
Officer on duty, Lieut. Wright, Mr. A.J. Walter, K. O. Detention Camp, Kowloon-Mr. C. J. Wilson, On duty to-night, No. 2 Section Pie. T. K. Wong is permitted Arty. Batty, and 5 members of addressed to Comptroller
Armament Buildinge, to resign, dated 8. 10.15. Gr. W. Signalling Seotion,
Officer on duty Capt. W. M. holl Place, S. W. Bilbroagh is permitted to resign, on leaving the Colony, dated 12.8oott. 10. 15.
Parades.
Parades for Wednesday, 18th instant.
5.16 p.m. Right Seation M.G.Oo. Fall in at Headquar- tara and proceed to Murray Parade Ground for Section Dell and Skirmishing,
On duty to-morrow night Civil Service Company:
Officer on duty Lieut, Lindsell. On duty 14th instant No. 1 Section Arty. Batty,
Officer on duty Capt. Wolfe or Lieut. Kennett.
Orderly Sergeant until 16th inatant Sergt. Sohnepel
when ho
at thus exposa themselves-and White many other stories and useful biate until our battalion arrived to relieve them much to their satisfaction.
Oxford Local Examination Successes.
A Grim Masting.
is no returning. It was the call enemy's five, and our own ca80 is
The Diomed, which was a steamer of 4,700 tons gross, left: Liverpool on Aug. 21 for the Eset. She was built about 20 years ago, and carried a crew of 54, including the captain. The
of the blood. It was over as sub- about the same. The essential denly as it commenced. At point is that the cost to us hardly while the German and Austrien dawn the Huns tried a counter matters now, whereas it is vital to figures have been steadily ebrick- Sorambling into the dug-out in atteck: in one place they came the Germane. We began the waring, oure have grown, and are still At the recent Oxford Looal our wet and muddy garments out of their trenches, but they Belgium, Great Britain, France, growing at an astonishing rate,
could not stend the " Yorkshire
and Russia combined with not It is noteworthy that whereas the Examinations St. Stephen's Girls without even taking off our
more than about six million wastage is growing in a geome- College went in seven candidates. equipment, we were soon sleeping welcome, and soon got back again. A cablegram has now been re- the sleep of the abjant. Five I understand we gained about ceived saying that all of them minutes later (the sergeant swore hayo been successful.
(To be Continued,)... [it was two hours) we were roused
150 yards.
equipped men in the field. Ger-trical ratio, the scoessions to car many and Austria' had nearly ten forces are increasing in almost a millions absolutely ready, but corresponding proportion