CONDITIONS IN ENGLAND.
A Home Letter to Soldiers
Oversee.
London, February, 14th, 1918. Perhaps the outstanding event of the week on what we like to swink of as the "Home Front has been the publication of the dstalls of the ment-zationing schema, which is to come into force fortnight from to day. After that date no one will be able to buy butter, margarine, or mest except on production of a
card.
How's that? It's rather better. than the old definition of an optimist as one who doesn't care
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH FRIDAY, APRIL 12, 1918.
HONGKONG FIRE BRIGADE.
Inspection by H. B. the
Governor,
damn what happens sa losg a8 it doesn't happen to him.” It's & auriona efect about the
There was a large number of average man in the BEF. that he's an incurable optimist and an interesting spectators to watch inveterate grosser, but the the annual inspection of the nearer be gets to the front lins, Hongkong Fire Brigade which the less he grasses though his took place by His Excellency the optimism never diminshes. He Governor last evening on the seems to be really most in his Prays, opposite Status Square. plement when he's up to his reek The demonstration, was under the in mud and water and dodging command of the Hon. Mr. G. Me Bosch shells. And when he good over the top he calle out, *That way to the Early Doors or something squally jocular, a
Here on the Home Front" we get our share of "grouzere too, but they mustn't be taken too geriously. In the absense of their
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Messer, the Chief of the Fire Brigade, and His Excellency wae OXFORD SÄUSACES. sooompanied by Mr. P. P. J. Wodehouse, A D.O. M. F. C. CAMBRIDGETM Jenkio, OBE., Sir William Res PORK Davies, K.O., and the Hon. Mr. Claud Severn, O.M.G.
It is a great step forward, for it means equality of diat ibation for sil olasses, rich and poor, and there will be no more grounds for
Besides the regular brigade the grembling that the rich a bet ter fed than the resta grombe menfolk the women are "carrying Volunteer Fire Brigade was in which, I believe, was never-jast-ca' with the 'grease". Blees em attendance, and all the available fied. It also messs the abolition of to tear tome of 'em talk, you'd appliances, including two fre quenes, so far as those articles think they'd suffered like the poor fate, two motor engines and two are concerned. Not for other devila of Belgim sad French escape, were operated. There articles though, believe me.womes from the drunken and was an exhib'tin, with the fire. The quede habit has come to leche.ous Hun. But it's only their esospes in front of the Bloogkong stay. There was once a mio who way of being thoroughly English. Olub, and later there was, a The newspapers are fall of demonstration of how much water collected a large crowd ia Pica
predictions could be poured on 's fire provid dilly by standing still and staring speculations and up at the sky at nothing at all, beat the sdrartised Garman ed a large quantity of water is Today, I believe, if a woman cleazivs on the Western Front. available. The whole display went and stood cniside a closed Perbape by the time these lince was erremely interesting. shop with a basket on her army reach you it will bave started.
At the conclusion of the de-
she would soon have a queue of perbaps not I am not going monstration, Hir Excellency in two or three hundred people to compete with Old Moore spected the ranks of men drawn behind her. A womez con no they call him "Old Moore up, complimenting the brigade more resist a qurge that a or Lese" now, I'm told-bas on its smart appearance and the "private impression is efficient manner in which the flipper can resist & Sim Browne my belt. They were discossing in a that if the Hun hordes couldn't drill bad been carried out. He quens the other day whether the Rot past the hoodful of Old regretted the abseros of many ward should be pronounce. Contemptibles' in 1914 and well-known faces, owing to mem-
or "lwee."
A lame sacrifoed something like 250,000 bere having left for the front, and men in failing to take Verdan in especially regretted the absence 1918, they are hardly likely to do of Inspector Mortimor O'Sullivan much better this time. German and Sergeant Clarke, who lost) boastes boutreaching Paris orany-their lives in the Gresson Street where clee are about se near the tragedy.
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bumourist intervezed:-"xcuse me, Madam," he said gently, "the 'Q' is hard, sa in billiards." Then he vanished, while they were still trying to discover what on earth he meant.
mark as all their other prophecies,
Bstions for everybody is per-which are designed to obeer POLICE RESËRVE ORDERS. hape of more immediate interest up their hangry and credulous..
Orders isened to-day by Mr. then votes for every body, but in people and pal the wind up as F. C. Jenkin, O.BE, state the long run, I suppose, the Re-I don't know what satisfaction form Act, which became law a Mra. Bane and Baby Frits get drinking few days ago, is a bigger affair from eating and It's so long since I had a chance bombastic promises, but I do of using my vote that I forget know that they don't go far to what I did with it, but it mustards achieving their second bes rather useful thing to have object. We know our Bosche about the hoose, or there wouldn't 90 well and we know the quality have been such a lot of of our own men and the French beller. As Homer or was it clamour for getting it At one time and another, I am some other variety artiste old encugh to remember the by-ang-
gone pre-war time when ladies We didn't want to fight, used to go about the streets, with hatchets and stones in their vanity
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Equipment Parades. All rack will sttend at Head. quarters Office as detailed below. Men op daty on the dates allocated to their Sections will attend at each saber quent dates as are specified in these Orders. Doiform, Cars and Covera to be worn. Rifle Ammunition, Trancheons. Whistles, Chains, Armleteand Belts to be produced for inspection by those in possession.
Abseros from these parades will be summarily dealt with "Ba a default. The first pemed Section will attend at 5.35 p.m. and second named Section at 545 p.m. Tuesday, April 16th-No. 1 Sestion and No. 2 Section.
Wednesday, April 17th-Nos. 3 and 4 Section.
Thursday, April 18:b-No. 5, and 8 Sections.
Monday, April 22ad-No. 9 Section and No. 10 Section.
Tuesday, April 28rd-No. 11. Section and No. 12.Section.
Wednesday, April 24th-N 13 Section and No. 14 Section.
Thursday, April 25th-N. 15, ction and No. 18 Seo ion. Friday, April 28th-515 p.m. all members of N. 1, 2 and 3 Companies who have been un able by reason of duty, to attend on previous dates.
bags, to break windows, to show We've got the ships, we've got
the men, that they were just as capable of exercising a vote se mete man. "The gris, the guns, the tin. Well, to-day they've got it, "at (Still, don't let that deter you lesst about 8,000,000 of them from putting any spare cash you hare, which is good or bad-can raise in War Bonde, for wa enough for a start. I wonder nerd every penny we can get). what they'll do with it. What In all these commodities we can will most interest you is that give points to Master Frils, And every mea in uniform over 19 is I don't care whether you spell Friday, April 19th-No. 7 and Dow a fall-fedged elector. But guns with an 'o' or a L. More-8 Sections, the "cocchiea"-thote strange over the Bolsheviat bacillus bas folk who don't mind living on crossed the frontier from food secured lo them by other what
Jeff' of Bassia people risking their lives, but into Germany and Austria conscientiously object to risking There isn't the slightest doubt their own-ill have to wait that the civilians of Germany are until five years after peace is becoming less manageable than rigned before they get a role. they used to be, and that Potsdam We have been suffering rather is getting norrcus about it. The less from ramour-tism dosing the recent strikes, though they seem week then formerly and, in con- to have petered out, ware & quence, there have been no symptom. The Prussian boot may violent gusts of anreasoning bare atamped out the flims, but optimism and pessimism. In-There are smouldering fires. stead of that we have had some They've started wholesale arrests solid fets to think about, and at of Socialists, isolading the editor least one very good speech. The of the Berlin Socialist daily solidest facis I remember con- the Vorwaerts, bot, as the old cern the tea and the sir. proverb goes, it's a long worth Oursing chaps on the that has no turning. The Ger- Wertern Front and in Italy man people is a very long worm, have destroyid 41 and driven but it'll turn sooner or later. down 20 enemy aeroplanes, not Another symptom of Potsdam to mention a balloon, at the cost nerves is the utterly unwarrant of 12 machines all told. At sea able and wholly illegal sentence the total sinkinga of British mer on two British flying officers who chant ships during January was dropped les flats over the German far lower than in any month since lisse These leeflets were pe the Huc began his aprestrict fectly harmless in their nature, ed piracy a year ago. The speech and the only thing that could be Are again reminded that they Was one made by Lord Jellicoe, charged against them is thst they are ordered to examine the book who, whilst steraly deprecating told the truth. It is dengerone kept at Central when reporting optimistic promises, clearly is from the point of view the for daly, auntaining reporte of Convinced that by August at German rulers, that their people property stolen, persons wanted, the latest the submarine menace should be told the truth about end perious crime. will be defeated. Now Admiral anything; heroe the sentence on Jellicoe of the Silent Nary is one one two airman.”
Men will be required to state the nature of sil equipment in their possession which was issued before 1918 and is still service- able, and all issued since January 1st, 1918.
Boats.
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Members of No. 3 ·Company the Ambulance Piston Baglera and Dummers whose names have been submitted as requiring boots for police daty may attend personally to the mirector Fook Sing, 7, Queen'e Rd Est.
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who talke very seldom, od nover But I guess that sentence will to justice from a race that justifies tilks without thinking, Bɔ: I be revised shortly. There isn't the the tearing up of treaties, the think that taken in onjunction faintest shadow of justifestion for violation of mens, the mdavs- with the January figures I have punishing British airmen to meat of civiliss, the bombard mentioned, third words g ya na doing whas German airmen bare ment of open bouts, the mɔestorat tanse for the sort of optimisms been doing over sices the war of women and children, the that is not unreasoning, test begun. The only difference is torpedoing of hospital ships and ads me of a new that the Bobes dropped le 1 the hundred and one other iption of optimizm I came less that lied, whereas cure diabolical outrages, which the SELORS MODAAW bere the other day: were more recitals of facts unspeakable Prussian introduced
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