THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY - 9% (1917.
TELEGRAMS.
[Renter's Service to The "Telegraph.”]
FLEMISH AUTONOMY,
London, February 8. According to Router's correspondent at Amsterdam, the German papera state that a Council has been formed in Brussels for the purpose of considering steps for the introduction of full sutonomy for the klemish people, --
BREAD TICKETS IN GREECE.
London, February 8, Renter's correspondent at Athens says that bread tickets are now being issued.
FRENCH GOVERMENT'S NEW POWERS.
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London, February 8. Renter's correspondent at Paris says that in the Senate the Government has introduced a Bill empowering the taking over of buildings and any other enterprise.
EARLIER TELEGRAMS.
THE WESTERN FRONT.
Lively Artillery Activity.
Louden, February 8.
▲ French communique states that there was fairly brcly artillery activity in the soatora at Morthomme, Louvement and La Chambreties,
British Capture Grandcourt.
London, February 8.
Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig reports that as a result of continuous pressure on both banks of the Ancre the enemy was forced to evacuate Grandcourt, which is now entirely in our possession, with the defensive works adjoin. ing, along with some prisoners.
The enemy's attempted raid at night-time at Gueude- court broke down under our barrage.
We raided the lines to the outh-west of La Bassee last night, and killed a number of Germann, destroyed their dugouts and took prisoners.
There were many air fights:
Three German acroplanes were driven down and dam-
aged. Two of ours are missing.
AN ADMIRALTY APPOINTMENT."
Loudon, February 8.
An Admiralty announcement states that Lord Lytton has been appointed an additional Parliamentary Secretary, representing the Admiralty in the House of Lords.
BRITISH TRADE RETURNS,
London, February 8.
The increase in exports is 410,103,375, and in importa £15,629,870, as compared with January of last year.
AMERICA AND GERMANY.
Washington, February-8.
A Washington message says the Senate las ratified the severance of relations with Germany by 78 votes to 5.
HOW TO FACE SEA RISKS.
Respectable and Comfortable"
Maxims.
The general alarm signal is four short blasts on the steam whistle, reported several times, when everybody on the ship-passen gers and crew-must ran to their boat stations in as short a time as possible.
WAR COMFORTS.
MADE A MISTAKE.
GERMAN INFAMIES IN
More Gifts from Hongkong Ladies.
European Fined for Assaulting a Chinese.
E. AFRICA.
CO-OPERative store at THE FRONT.
Immense Success of A French Innovation.
The Daily Chronicle special norrespondent, Mr. G. H. Perris, writes :--
With the Frazah Armies--Is
GERMAN FOOD CRISIS.
Surprislog Shortage of MUK. The German papers have a Foul Treatment of Prisoners. grost deal more lo say shout food
45 than about reace." The mort With the arrival at Home of the prominent subject of all is the At the Committes Masting of
first Englishmen and English-scarcity of milk. At the Police Court this more women who have been prisoners Preliminary announcements are the Hongkong Association of Women War Workers held on the ing, before Mr. J. R. Wood, of the Germans in East Africa male of an increase of half- 7th inst, it was reported that the Herbert L. Sainfield, employed since the outbreak of war, and penny a quart in the price of was in a picturesque glen of the different departments bad sent at Mesure. Shews, Tomes and who were released when the milk in Berlin, and of the Argonne Forset that I first found Tabora, impending redaction of the one of the co-operative stores that the following articles to Queen Company, and living at Saifee Belgians captured Mary's Needlework Guild ---
Terraco, Kowloon, was summoned by a Chinese employed in the picture in proper perspectiva is rations of butter and fats. The are being rapidly maliiplied, and available of the foal treatment official explanation in that there are materially helping to soften From the Peak Clab, through Public Works Department for meted out to them by the Gerbae been "a surprising falling the conditions of winter life the French armies. In a Mra. Bandemana.-2,648 rolled assault, on Februsty 1.
The story of the complainant, saya the Times. The record off" in the production of milk, in
that the bollow under the trees, less bandages, 48 many-tail bandages,
of the degradation to which Eng-the reason being 22 stamp bandager, 5 eye was that he was waiting outside fish civil and military prisoners supplice of fadder with which the than a mile behind she line bandsger.
endeavoured
of fire, two large wooden sheds 4, Saifee Terrace, Nathan Road,
during From the St Patrick's Hall, Kowloon, for his master, who lived were subjected, and of the horrible farmers
Dow sad store, the other for living threagh Mr. Jordan, 3,090 on the second floor, when the experiences of Euglish ladies is the past rear to maintain their had been est up, one for the sher
as revolting sa sny in the hie. stock of miloh cattle are rolled bandages, 8 many-tail defendant came out of the house. tory of German Kultur. The spe- exhausted, and this year's fodder quarters of the dosen men em- bandager, 300 swabe, 10 wash There was a private ricksha and silic purpoes was to discredit has been so spoilt by the wet played. The beart of an enthusiast bicycle outside the house, and he British prestige in Africa and to summer that, although the cattle of Balloon Street, Manchester, cloths, 5 shirts.
From Kowloos, through Mre. defendant came up to him and the natives as slaves of Germany. milk is decreasing, & second the groups of poilus carrying was looking at these when the make the English appear before "lock eplendid," the quantity of would have lesped with joy to sme Beckwith-1,403 rolled bandages, strack him in the face, making So strongly is this felt that a for- reasca is said to be that the sway their purchases, and to hear 31 many tail bandages, 27 3 his nose bleed. Defendant struck mal petition, accompanied by farmers need large quantities of from the manager proof of the bandages, 10 prs, cocks, & caps, him about ten times. Witness's sworn statemente, has been sent skim milk, which is now the only immediate success of the experi-
From the City Hall.248 master then came out of the house to General Smats to hold a com- food for calves. There is said to ment
This particular store bad basa and when defendant was told who mission of inquiry into a coures be no prospect of any consider. shirts, 12 dressing gowns, 10
he (complainent) was, he said he of conduct many details of which able quantities of skim milk being open for only six weeks, and had waistconte, 4 pillows, 10 surgical bed made a mistake, for he lare too loathacme to be made available for the towns.
done business in that period to shirts, 56 bed jackets, 14 pr. thought he was a thick,
public, but the knowledge of pyjamas, 57 vents, 5 pra. invalid
which will at once show the im boots, 12 scrubbers, 24 milk
poesibility of the German ever covers, 80 mope, 85 mufflers, 138
being allowed to return, to their pra. socks, 68 knee capa; 4 pra.
colony.
another concession cuffs, & cap, 2 mittens.
Defendant's story was that he had left his bicycle outside bis home a few days ago is the itev.
Among those who returned agrarians.
1 Balaclava helmet, 438 swabs.
The following are extracts from
Association of Women
War
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Evidence was also given by another P. W. D, man, who corroborated what the complain
ant bad said.
to
The Berliner Tageblati aske the extent of £8,000, and is now angrily bow an increase in the Belling over £300 worth of goods prios of milk will improve mat. a day. Hitherto, to supplement ters, and suggests that it is only their bread, meat, and other
the necessary rations and their ordi
nary equipment, the men were dependent upon remittances from extortionate pedlars. They and mitted article through the co their officers can now get any per- operative store at prices which, I was assured, sre commonly below those of the Paris shops The managers are, of course,
to
A series of questions to be a letter received by the Exscative house whilst he went in to tifin.. F. Spanton, Principal of St. I asked in the Hessian Diet by the town and the occasional visita of Committee of the Hongkong When he came out, he saw the Andrew's College Zanzibar, who Deputy for Mains are eloquent.
complainantstanding by watching Workers, from Dr. Price Mitchell, the bicycle and the ricksha. Com-in the German colony on the of milk to the town of Mains has WEB on a tour of school inspection They assert that the daily supply O.M.O., No. 17 British Ambalance plainant then touched them both, outbreak of war. In conversation been reduced since the beginning Trained France, dated Decem- and witness, who had previously with Beater's representative Mr. of December from 14,000 quarts ber, 1916"Your two splendid missed two bicycle bells from Spantou said:
4,000 quarte, whereas the normal parcels have just arrived. Webie machine, thought the man was The real point ie that the Ger- consumption before the war was Bre on our way to the base to
a thief. He took hold of com unload, and bave been looky plainnut, and asked him what he/mans from the first did their best abon: 40,000 quarte, and at least soldiers who bave bad in civil to destroy British prestige. They 13,000 quaria a day are Lesessary life special trading experience, enough so pick up our post bag on wanted, and the man used bad were brutal and crael in the in order to secure the fixed and they take a proper pride in the way. It is most good of you to have favoured us with auch Witness then strack him twice to this end. They made both persons, cursing mothers, andy and eo sell good staff at low language and was very cheeky prosecution of a deliberate policy rations of whole milk for sick being able to bay advantageous- prices. It was very strange to | useful gifia; both stockings and to the face with his open civilian and military prisoners little children alone.
cape are beautifully worked. The hand, the man's nose bleed.
Voreaerts published the other find, in this forest clearing, under nurses say they are the beat war work they have seen since the ing a little. Just then another do the lowest kind of work in
that they might lose day a special list of Berlin griev gunfire of the enemy and a at the
It ways that large hundred miles from any consider. war. We have a great demand European, who lived
top of the house, came out and caste before the Africane. For ances for lang alok nga especially since that u who & P.W.D. great distances throughout Africa quantities of potatoes have been able town, piles of green veget- the newa was passed that we were spoilt by storage in damp callare,ales, variona preserves, obrewi the "trench feet" season has set foreman, and was waiting for him. German slaves. This was drum and that enormous quantities of and wines, carp, lobsters, oysters in, and, spart from surgical cases, Witness then saw that he had med into the people on every pre-erved food of all kinds.nl Prime, ironmongery and
made a mistake and he apologis "The parcel contained 1 dozered to the man, helping him opportunity and by all kinds of have been spoilt owing to im- clothing, pencils, toothbrushes, propagands, and even the native proper preparation. Qatiles eau de Cologne and a hundred large knitted stockinge, i̟ dozen" clean up."
little comforts within reach of have had 10 German soldiers referred to as as |caps and i dozen smaller stock- His Worship thought the com- slevEN,
used as doga' food, and a large! the mist modeat puree. ings. The splendid gift is as plainant should have accepted the
instalment of "goalssoh" import- Sino- then I bave seen other timely as it is useful, and we are defendant's apology, and imposed lest of clothing were set to pull legs as Hamburg. The women they are all doing an excellent British prisoners in the scanted from Denmark has been found Bres, smaller and larger: and
The
for the Kuties with rheumatism.”
more than grateful to the Hong- kong ladies for so exosilent a specimen of their work, spart | from their generous forethought.”
CRICKET.
K.C.C. "A" v. H.K.C.C,
To be played on Saturday at 2.15 p.m. on the K.C.C. ground.
a nominal fine of $1.
MILITARY LEAVE.
Volunteer and Volunteer Reserve Order,
to
officer
order
a lorry through the streets-work
of
fab
with
be
bread-end-
asually done by oxen-in full of Berlin complain that potatoes work on a sound method. view of the jeering natives, And and other foode are often frusan division, being the stabiest milit. or otherwise spoilt, and that, asry unit in war time, was taken as one could BES AQ English suy one shop will only part with the basis of organisation; and university graduate hoeing up potatoes to the amount covered presently every division will have B paliva garden pateb by a single potato ticket, “many not only a central co-operative or a wealthy rabber planter families are standing perpetually store, hat a network of branches. clearing out native latrines. All before the shops or running from The original fuada were ad- this has had a great effect on the one dealer to another, so that vanced out of savings from the native mind, and the newe of the their tickete may not get cut of many food allowances. After degradation of British and other date; and the potato queues are the repayment of these advice, European men and WOMOL,
gelting ever longer and more and the setting aside of a smili flashed se it has been across numerous." There are also many
#101 against accident (the Africa, in a source of wonder to complaints about the jam..
maneger cited above explained that his sheds might be bombard To-day'e Volunteer and Volan-tribes hundreds of miles distant. The commandant at Tabors
ad and destroyed any day), proßte The K.0.0. team will be:-J. P.teer Reserve Orders indicate that
are limited to 3 or 4 per cent. of Robinson, B. D. Evans, J. V. until further orders, leave of was a man who had been warned
the purobase price. The accounts Braga, W. H. Stapleton, R. Overy of absence from the Colony by the German Government on confinement
are supervised by a high division- A. O. Braws, E. J. Edwards, F. exceeding seven days duration count of his brutality, of which water. W. Wood, Dr. C. Forsyth, J. H. will not be granted to any
he had been officially convicted.. While being conveyed from at cfficer, and remaining profita He wse onos pablicly horse one camp to another 30 English are mistributed in aid of the fami- Mead and A. B. T. Haven.
or other member of the force whipped by a German servant, ladies, bine Englishmen, and lies of needy euldiers, and in except :-
yet he was appointed officer in about 40 native prisonere were bonuate to the company "ordin- (a) On basizem,
charge of the prisoners' camp at that up in an iron railway shed aries" which occupy the position (b) On argent private affairs.
Tabora, The same plen was (again without the slightest of the original shereholders of an (0) Oa medical certificate, followed in the case of the ladies' pretence of sanitation) for one ordinary co operative society. (d) For purposes of health (6.g. camp at Kiboriani. The man whole night and most of the next It has been found necessary to for a change after prolonged rest placed in charge here bore such a day. The natives were not allowed pat a certain limit on parohsoos dence in the Far East).
character that the local obiefe to go out qader any pretext, while made in Paris, Lyons, and other All applications for leave must sent their wives and daughters for many hours the Englishmen parts of the interior of the ate:-) name, (2) employment, out of the country. His own wife and women were refused facilities country, because they (3) rank, (4) age, (6) period since, had committed suicide as a result for the ordinary decencies of life: becoming so large as lo affect inst leave outside Asia, (6) reason of his vile conduct, and he was On another option a caravan prices to civilian purchasers, for application, (7) special oir-deliberately chosen to take charge of men and women were sent on Young as it is, the system cumstances, if any, connected of ladies of gentle birth and a long march of 10 days under may now be regarded as firmly with the application,
education.
escort. It was pointed out that in founded, and assured of a great Forms of application for leave At Tabora 86 of us—men of all the interests of decency tente must extension. The co-operative be obtained from the nationalities and stations in life be provided for the ladies. Al-storen of one army corps sta adjutante.
were herded in a corrugated shed though these were obtainable, ibe doing over $5,000 of business which was so crowded that the officer applied to refused permis- per month, those of another army | beds touched one another, San- sion, and replied :-" Whet hare corps turned over £24,000 from itation there was none, and as --English women to do with August 20 to September 28, those
were locked up at 7 at decanoj ?".
of another corps are selling #120 night until 6 the next morn- As soon as the Germans begen | worth of goods daily, and those ing the
ware to see that their colony was going of another gorge two or these awful. The Germans mede native grievances were redressed. When times this smodnt. These figures soldiers with loaded rides march the advancing Belgians were 50 afficiently prove the popularity up and down inside the shed all miles from Tabors the German of the system sang the men.
"Trust the British seaman to pull you through if anyone can. Every Transatlantic passenger
The officers and sailors must must feel that as he steps ashore, stand by the boats on "A"
Cralgangowër v. Navy, whether he land at a port in the deck and be prepared to lower the The following will represent United States, Canada, or Eng-boats. The passengers and rest of Craigengower against the Navy land. One such passenger who the crew are to fail in on "B" to-morrow, on the Craigengomar hue just reached Liverpool after deck, opposite their respective ground, commencing at 2.15 p.m: spending 12 days in a tortuous boats, without orders. The chief-L. A Licee, B. G. Southerton, but safe passage from New York is and fourth officers are to super. D. Goodall, B.W. Bradbury, F. G. loud in his praise of the British intend the lowering of the boats Thompson, J 8. Graham, B. man at the helm and on the bridge on the port side. As several Pestonji, D. K, Kharsa, 8. Jex, of the Transatlantic steamer in accidents have taken place in J. D. Nosis and F. Schoepel. Be these perilous days. He hands us lowering boats in a time of serves:-E. Bass and M, Abbas, an invaluable set of presepte emergency, no boats are to be which the captain himesif drew lowered except under the super- up and caused to be given to intendence of the officers. The every passenger on embarking, boats are not to be lowered down
It may be noted that this captain in a hurry, but every boat into POLICE RESERVE ORDERS. was only a month ago a sarvivor be filled with passengers and from a British liner sent to the crew and lowered down ons si a bottom by a German mine. The time on sach side of the ship, in preopts read:-
Ordara issued to-day by Mr. F.
state
Inspection.
All Suff Inspectors are requir- ad to obtain swords and belts and wear same. They will take posi
an efficient and safe manner, O. Jenkin, D.8.P." (Üsserve) | As a matter of prensation, when under the supervision of the you retire to-night I should advise officera. you to take off your boots only The captain expects all officers and keep them handy,
to see all boats lowered on their Pisos your pocket-books and respective sides of the ship in valuables in the pockets of your safe manner, and report to him warm onate and hang them up in on the bridge when the ship will a convenient place.
be abandoned. Should the alarm be sounded (four short blasts on the whistle)
Can
FORMER CANTON OFFICIAL.
condition.
tion in line 15 paces to the rear of Alleged Embezzlement of Loan night. It is quite clear that from attitude had completely changed. the flag.
Headquarters' Club:
A meeting of the General Com-
Police School.
Punds.
military point of view the The Belgians behaved splendidly sentriss were useless--it was only to the Germans on entering
Starvation la-Germany,
were
The captain expects everybody
ineant as another degradation for Tabora great contrast to the Norwegian shipmasters resol put on your warm clothes and /40 keep cool, and not to do such) mittes will take place st 5:45 pm. At the Police Court this morn-me, for one could not imagines manner in which the lattering an Essi Cout port state-that lifebella and go quietly and silly things jumping over on Wednesday, February 14. All ing, before Mr. J. B. Wood, an greaser antrage than so place a had behaved to us. One Belgian when their vessels were taken tok quickly to your boats and wait board, &o.
Inspectors are invited to attend. spplication for extradition was native guard in a white man's officer said to me:"I have examination by Germans into made by Mr. G. N. Orme against bedroom. The ladies were re-seen my father, other and Swinemasde reaently, the general a former Csatos official, on the quired to do their own housework brothers masssored in Flanders, publia boarded the ships with ground that he had embezzled, and also six hours, work for the sad my sister outraged." One can baga and portmanteaux and bege $40,000, part of the Canton Government every day." They imagine the difficulty in which red the crew to call sham, foody Domestic Loan imband in 1915. protested against being set to such a man would be placed nader ofaring fancy prisse, and de
Only svideos of accent was toulos which would: anvist, she the airgumstances în rap {ing shey had enige wa given, and the ones was adjourned. opony, i were shrestoned with his antarul fooli
for orders. Don't commenos to The people who make a rush Maretim, as it geta on one'a nervos, for the bosta on the first alarm I do not anticipate any trouble, ars generally the one who loss Thisis only neosary pressation, their lives, and the cool ones, who as when satages are on the war keep back, usually leave the path one has to be prepared for ship in a respectable, comfortabis | them.
|manner,—Canadian Gandle.
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Monday, February 12,-Class III (Inspector Grant).
Tuesday, February 18.-Class (Inspector Gerrard).
Thursday, February 15.—Class
II (Laspector Garden).
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