ANCIENT HISTORY.
A Parallel.
ENGLAND'S WAR
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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, MAY 28, 1918.
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ENGLAND FROM FRANCE,
By Capt. Lord Dunsany,
COMPANY REPORT.
| Gando, Price and Co. Limited.
The report of the Board of Directors of the above Company,
Grim Tale of a Dug-Out.
Said to Have Assalled
Wounded man from the western President Wilson..
front tall exciting stories of the In June, 1886, Praskia sătered
opily days of the great offensive. into war with Austria. On the
Collinsville, Ill.,April 5-
There was very heavy fighting Kneeling with his arma crossed, 18th of Jane the King of Prussia,
to the right and left of na," esið who "C. D." writes in the Daily Robert P. Prager,
With the American Army in one, "and about four o'clock is William I, issued a manifesto s
"And then we used to have to be presented at the eleventh published a Cabinet order from Chronicles follows: Senor Silvs lynched by a mob last night at France, Sunday, March 3L-Ger the afternoon we were ordered to sausages", said the sergeant. ordinary annual meeting of share which quotations are given below. Vidosola is one of our best friends midnight for alleged disloyal man army leaders ars exceedingly withdraw from the sunk road
mashed ?" said the holders to be held at the Com In Angust, 1914, Germany, in South Ameries, yet few people utterance, prayed in German for anxious to obtain information which had been our home for some private.
pany's office, 6, Queen's Road allied now to Austris, entered into probably in England know even three minutes before he was concerning the moet minate days. war with France, England and his name as that of the most banged, according to statements detail of the American Army.
"Yes", said the mergeant; "and Central, at woon on Thursday "The order osme so suddenly beer. And then we used to go
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Basis. From the 31st July to influential publicist in Chile and to-day by members of thely noning This is disclosed by a captured that we had no time to destroy home. It was grand in the even-1917: amounka to $27.395.75 to the 6th August the King of Prus one of a prominent group of party. nis and German Emperor, William opinion inakers in Latin America. Prager was coal miner, and Fifth Bavarian Landwehr Infantry been built by the Germana swings. We used to go along a fame 11.ised proclamations and made |In person small and dapper, bs yesterday at Maryville, III., in an Brigade, which instincts every years ago or to remove our stores that was full of them wild roses, which has to be added $34 for speeches, from which quotations is great in power of the pen. He address to the miners ou Scois-observer and patrol to do his or the testos left coiling over the And then we come to the road transfer fees, making a total of are also given below,
extraordinary lism, was said. to bere made its best "to bring in information of conside the where the houses were. They all 321,220.15. Against this amount It is interesting to compare the series of articles on the effort of remarks derogatory to President about the new enemy."
house."
on faraiture and £xtures and quotations. One from William Ithis country, which have been Wilson. Miners there became results obtained are to be added quartermaster's store the next had their bit of a garden, every have heem obarged depreciation
day's rations were ready for the shall come first:
reproduced in El Mercurio, one angry, and when they threatened to official reporte
"Nice, I calls it, a garden," the steam-Launch Perfection mess orderlies. We could look
8701.98, and Directors and private said.... "The Fatherland is in danger. of the most important doilies in alto do Prager bodily harm, he The captured documeys starts down on all this from our new
"Yes" said the sergeant, "they Auditors' fees, $2,150, leaving s It has not plessed God to crown country with an advanced Press. seosped to Collinsville, his home. out by giving details that are
position, but were told not 'to'
net profit for the year of $24,- all had their garden. with success my efforts to He was editing this paper until Some of the miners, however, known, each as those regarding moved
"It came right down to the road. 377.77. After deducting from maintain the blessings of pesce just before the war. Then his followed him, collected a crowd, the Amerissa quiform, and adds
"After waiting while we Wooden pålings: none of that this smount the balance at debit for my people. I have left no way hesith broke down, and he went took Prager from his home, and that the infantry is equipped caught sight of the German
of Profit and Low Account antried in order to discover, a to Switzerland.
led him barefoot through the partly with English rifles, and advance guard coming through there wire. method of maintaining the bless-
"I hates wire," said the private brought forward from last year "The war cured me," he said, street, waving an American fag. that the artillery probably has an orchard. A detached party of
of $4,296.75, there remaina' ■ ings of peace honourably ons firm in the course of a conversation The police, fearing violence, French gans.
They didn't have nons of it," If says that about 50 came cautiously across
mum of $20,681.02, which the foundation. I draw the award for which I had with him on the top took Prager from the crowd and American troops still continue the field, finally dropping down the N. O. O. want on.
The gardens came right down Directora recommend should be defence of the sacred of a high building in the West placed him in the City Hall. training in France, adding into the sunk road. An officer possessions of my people. I have end. It resembled an eyry, and later a large mob gathered in "Nothing is known as yet about knocked out the cook's fire, kicked in the road, looking lovely. Old appropriated as follows a
Billy Weeks he had them tall To pay a dividend of sought and held the way open the simile will do for Sanor front of the Hall, and demanded the methods of fighting or leader-ever the tea, but left a man on
60 cents per share for an amicable settlement. Vildoaola has the look of an the man. Mayor J. H., Siegel ship."
guard over the ratione. The party pale blue flowers in his garden
on 18,105 sharin nearly as high se a min.” Austria did not wish for eagle the clear-out face, with counselled calmness, but the "From the preceding meagre then moved along the road peer-
"Holyhocks 7" said the Private.
which will bearb, $10,883,00 it. Prussia, so Austris thinks, prominent nose and intrepid police force of four was over details," it contiguse, it is
"No, they wasn't holy books. To transfer to General must be opposed in all her efforts grey-blue eye. And he resembles powersd, and Prager was found evident that sectors K. and Ming into the dug-outs,
At that moment ope of our
Reserve Account, because that which benefita Pres the eagle in vision. He sees in the basement of the Hall have the honourable task of ob-low-flying aeroplanes spotted the Lovely they were. We used to sis will harses Austria. The old farther than most of ne, into hiding beneath pile of tiling-taining as much information as party and dived straight at them. stop and look at them, going by To carry forward to next year the sum of, unholy jealous has blazed up causes and consequences. Yes, He was dragged down the street possible en particular features of the whole crowd tambled into the every evening. He had a path brightly. We must fight for our the war cured me," he repeated, and beyond the city limits, the American fighting and outpost nesreet dug-out. It was an oppor-
the middle of bis garden sxistence."-William I in 1866. "It made me want to take up my crowd threatening to shoot if the tactics. This will then be need sanity not to be missed. A sub paved with red tiles, Billy Weeks
for extending the information altern and about ten of our ma growing the whole way along it, Mears. Ohan Kai-ming, Lau Po It seems to have a familiar pen again, and I started writing. officers approached.
One mile west of the city the balletin. ring, even to those who have From the very first I felt there
Any observation or with bombe dashed down the hill to little acquaintance with the events was only one coarse to take the rope by which Prager had been identification, however insignifi- the road. The officer got there first both sides alike. They s86 of 1886. When have we heard course which my conscience led was thrown over the limb of cant, may be of the greatest value and, pointing his revolver down wonder. Twenty gardens there wang and S. O. Pank. In accord something like is? Well, here is dictated. I was following the tree. He was asked if he had in connection with information the steps, cailed on the Germans must have been, counting them with the articles, Mr. Oban a quotation from William I- whole trend of my traditions, and anything to say. His answer was already at hand.” Attention to surrender. He was met with all; but none to touch Billy aiming retires by rotation, bus For forty-three years it has my ideas in supporting the Allies." to drop on his knees, and with then is drawn to "self-evident roller. That did in Down Weeks with his pale blue flowers being eligible offers himself for
re-election. There was an old wind-mill awBY bean the earnest aim of my ances- It was a voice crying in the arms crossed to pray in German questions" which observers, pat- went half a dozen bombe,
The accounts here been audited to the left. Then there were the tots and myself to maintain peace wilderness, for German influence for three micates. Without snrole, and outposts are expected to "It was a 40ft, deep dog-aswifte sailing by overhead and
by Messrs. Lowe, Bingham and with the world, and to further is strong in Chile. German Pro- other word he was pulled into the find answers for.
|with a long sloping stairway and our powerful advance in peace, fessore had permeated the schools sir ten feet and allowed to bang. Under the heading, "Thea turn at the bottom which must screeching: just about as high Matthews who offer the ineel res
tár re-election. In a defensive war that has been with their theories, German in- The mob then dispersed.
The police said that Prager, eeye:
Enemy's Security," the document have sheltered the Huns, for when again as the houses. Lord how forced apoa ge, with a clear structors had taught the army
the sergeant started to go down them birds did fy. And then there conscience and a clean hand through which all the manhood while in their custody, had stated
"Are sentry posta sentry posts, a moment after the smoke had was the other young fellows, what tabe ар the eword. of the nation passes. Each con he was a registered enemy, alien, or stronger posts ? Further ad- cleared he was shot. It was the were not out walking, standing most taot was bound to lead to resulta. that he was born in Germany, vanced reconnoitring petrole? corporal who solved the problem. nothing at all. One of them had a about by the roadside, just doing We must defend our saared possessione, the Father The wonder is that they were not but that he had taken out his Manner of challenging? Behavior **Running to the quartermas land and our own bearths, against more marked, for with our usual first naturalisation papers and on post daring day and night? ter's store, he caughs up three flate: Jim Booker he was. Those rathleen attack. My Government sublime indifference, we did had hoped to become an American Vigilance? Ambush tactice and sine of petrol. These he jabbed were great days. The bata used to
ounning?
with a bayonet, and with the come out, flatter, flatter, fluiter ; moment to stave off the inevitable,Until the war, at all events, Gar Collinsville is twelve miles "Do they short and signal on petrol streaming from the holes and then there'd be a star But our opponents envy as the many stood for order and discip-east of St. Louis, and is in that every occasion? Do the posts threw them down the shaft of the two; and the “hmöke fruits of our labours. Envious line in a country surrounded by section of southwestern Illinois hold their ground on the approach dag-out, It only needed one from the chimneys going all nations on all sides are forcing as conspicuous examples of the con- that of late has been active of a patrol, or do, they fall bomb after that. Gathering the going up and down like the bats; grey; and a little cold wind to a justified defence. They are trary. Then, when the war occur against disloyalists.
book? Do they give bar remainder of the rations, the forcing the sword into my hand." red, newspapers were, parobased Before the rope was placed rage-fire signals? When are the party dashed back to our lines and all the colour going out of
William IL, 1914.
or established in the name of about his neck, Prager wrote the reliefa, and what in the behavior just as the enemy a mass attack things; and the woods looking Between the two Williams Germany, but the better fort following note in German: daring them? Have they any was launched from the archard all strange, and a wonderful quiet there is not much to choose. Both refused to sell themselves.
Carl Henry light signals other than French A vivid description of the from the stream. It's a queer in them, and a mist coming up had striven hard for peace; both
Yet, with all that, the Germans Prager, Dresden, Germany, I must ones?"
coolness of the stretcher-bearers time that. Its always about that were reluctantly forced to take have never really gained the on shie, the 4th day of April, 1918, Under "enemy patrols" the was given by a man wounded time, the way I see it: the end of up the sword to defend their most sympathy of the Chilian or, like dis. Flease pray for me, my dear document sake details on after five days' and nights' con the evening in the long days, and best Clark and Wood, 8-3; best Bsored possessions, owing, in both the English, obtained an intimate parents. This is my last letter
'strength, methods of advance, sinnous battle,
a star or two, and me and my Bars and Haskett 83, beat Lyle cases, to the greed and jealousy footing in the country. This foot and testament.
behavior on meeting, and initia "We had withdrawn,” he said, of their neighbours. History, it is seen in the British names of
tive,"
These questions come to the high-ground overlooking don't talk about things for a bit. E. Chan and Lain Yao Huai-
girl going home. I wonder you and Goodall, 7-4 seazus, repeats itself almost word many leading families, such as
ander information on general one of the most desolate and the way you remember them beat Clark and Wood 6-5, lost to for word.
Edwards, Ross, and McKenna, In Prager's pocket was found behavior:
scarred depressions in the Somë,
"0, no, sergeant," said the Bara and Sackett, 5-6, lost to However it is time for another The educated classes and the new a long "proclamation" in which "Are the Americana careful Our rifas" were 'cooked and the quotation. This one shall be from generation, represented by the he stated his loyalty to the United and cautions? And are they machine-gun crews were ready to other. You go on. You do Lyle and Goodall 56.
"I used Field Marshal von Moltke, Chief student, are favourable to the States and to union labour, and careful or noisy?"
"Queen's College v, Mitsil. What is sweep the ridges thousand yards bring it all back so of the General Staf, who writes Allies, but the Catholic Church, told of his difficulty in entering their behavior dating smoke away so soon as the enemy showed to bring her home the sergent Tais match resulted in win zeid; to her father's house. Her for Milani by 66 games to 33, the in the "History of the Franco-in the main, supports Germany, the Minere' Union.
screens? What is their behavior himself. German War of 1870-1" as though there are some notable Prager, yesterday afternoon at meal times?..When are these? "Bat over the ridge came two father was keeper there and they scores being follows:
exceptions. The former antipat ap posters at the Maryville Can concentration be observed?
Lo Man Ho and Chos Man The war of 1868 was not one clerical legislation of France sad mine, proclaiming his loyalty to Is there much reconnoitring? were not Germans. A great abell fine house with queer old tiles Chan lost to Biganoma and Yam-
men carrying a stretcher. They had a house in the wood. A When the How is the behavior day and barst right against them. They
on it, and a of self-defence against a menaced the role of Catholic, protector the Government.
"lot of large amaki 3-8, lost to Ismada and existance; it was a struggle which adopted by the Ksieer have had miners left the workings they night? Is there much machine- halted, farned their heade away friendly dogs. I knew them Matsuo 3-8; lost to Imara and Was recognised in the Cabinet as something to do with that. Bas were incensed by the proolama gun firing? Is there more or less until the smoke and gea had drift all by name, same
Bs they Bags 4-7 necessary, long-intended, and the mass of the people regard the tion and began to hunt Prager.
me, I used to walk W. Kay and Nagano lost to of material thien, ed past, and then came on again. home then along the side of the Baganums and Yamariki 2-9, quietly prepared for."
war dispassionately as something Walter Olark, mine eaper formerly?"
Four times were, they smothered And just one more from the afar off and hardly effecting intendent at Maryville, said to-day The Germans also want to know with the dust of bursting shells. wood. The owls would be shout, lost to Yamada and Maleno 4-f Emperor Frederick's Diary 14th, them.
he was convinced there was no whether during reliefe there are Three hundred paces behind you could hear them yelling, lost to Imurs and Bags 4-7.** November 1870 :-
"I have always admired and trath in charges that Prager had more troops in the rear then is them came the German infantry sometimes: all large and white. Sang lost to Buginums and They'd flost out of the wood like A. A, Bamjahn and Wei Lam "Bismarck confessed that when loved England," pursued Senor hoarded powder while employed customery with the French Bat they held grimly to their task.
.Miners have ex and what are he torap his duties he had the Vildosola, "because she has at the mine.
"I knows them," said the Tamasaki 38, beat Yamada and the times and Not a shot was fired until they Private. firm zobolve to bring about war taught liberty, with order, to pressed fear that German spies sounds of reliefs. It is said that were safely behind the shelter of
Matano 8-3, lost to Intázia vand between Austria and Prussia.” other democracies. I have known would get into a mine and used infantry and machine-gun bar position.
"I saw a fox once so close 1 Raga 2-9. There is, it will be scan, a England since the late Victorian attempt to blow it up.
could nearly touch him, walking like he was on velvet. He just In the above tournament läb
H. K. C. C. Tournment. divergence between the orations of days, and have studied her William I and the real facts of the literature and philosophy. I bad
alipped out of the wood."
Cunning old brute," said the ring the following
Fwbre played sieg That's the time to be out, om de Janninge Lowe Handicap Doubles. Major Art-
have endeavoured even to the last nothing 10 counteract them. citizen.
Moltke confessd?'
of self-defence against a menaced but war has put new life into
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"Dear parents:
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LAWN TENNIS.
More League Matches,
Service, playing at home, were In the Junior League, Civil beaten by Chinese YMC.0.4. by
4 games to 35. Scores
Me Pherson and Mooedsan bert and Hackett, &-8; best Lyle and Clark and Wood, 9-2; bear Bam Goodall, /8-3.0
(Chan Chok Shin und Möhler
To Discuss Official Matters. - The Germans want to know whe- £2,100 For a Shorthorn. case. Is history repeating itself great confidence in her capacity The Peking Times says that ther the copper rotating bands A record price for a shorthorn in this too? Is there an equal to do grest things, but, frankly, Dr. Charice Denby, formerly have sharp incisions, indicating was obtained recently at the Private divergence between the orations my anticipations have been far American Conzul-General new or worn-out guns, the calibre Birmingham Spring Show and
at of Willism if and the real axoseded. I have seen England Shanghai, is expected in the of which can be determined by Sale. Mr. J. Shepherd, buying said the Bergeant. Ten clous (10) beat 7. Eedmoud and e Truth?
paoine agland as we always ospital via Japan shortly. Dr. the curvature of the splinters, for South America, gave two famoso many of Mors (owe 1/6) 108; 6-8 Can anyone doubt it? Can any regarded her in Chile-put forth Danby is said to be coming to according to the document. thousand guiness for Notlaw sight fall of nomos mayor Handicap Bingles Ad, B one doubt that some futurs Ger- & gigantic effort, the whole nation Chins for the discussion of certain Information regarding the Nimrod, a 18 months old ball; them; but, whatsbére is, hinge Itviss (reo. 4/B) beat O. O. Biak
and coming from a great way f man historian will confees as von taking up arms. We thought her official matters with Dr. theinsch, colour and outside appearance of bred and exhibited by Dr. Ved off, through the quint, with (60, 15/2) 2-6; 6-3; 6-3.
at the summit of her greatness-***
projectiles fired by the Americans han Harley, of Bletchley. Another also is desired. The German of Dr. Vaughan Harley's balle
nothing to The war of 1914 was not ona perhaps approaching some decline
soldiers ars ordered to keep fases, Notlaw Darnley, champion of the Doge barking, wla booting, an her.
in regard to the taxation of the splinters of shells, and shell based show, was also bought by Mr. old carts and then fast once a lovely garden. Wonderfal white
Bound that you
couldn't socount and strange the flowers looked vi "And a great moral transform-rich and the enfranchisement of having factory initials and Shephard for 1,600 guinces. ation has accompanied this milit. women. We regarded England as nabere. Under the heading,
foz pat all, not anyhow, I've a night. ary effort. Its sim is to perfecto conservative, and yet she hde "Enemy shelling," they are asked
heard wande on nights like that
Low bring democratio institutions. And that, shown a striking capacity for the American peculiarities com
that nobody nd think you'd dortal,” likewise, is our aim in Chile. This change. That ability to adapt pared with the French, what out by intelligence officers, heard, nothing like the flute that is why we regard this war-saa herself comes, I think, from the objectives are preferred, and indicate why the censorship has young Booker had nothing like ved" said the wonderful experiment in which Englishman's perfect manners whether dugouts are shelled. The been obliged to delete certain anything on farth.
My know "said the Private, England is teaching as many he does not like to make a fuss." document is also that it be matter from preas dispatches.
As lo the fature, Sende determined whether the Amerised the Germans naturally because they wouldn't beliers
Para Since the captured document waa “I never told Anyons beloze, for anything A party of Japanese M. P.'s lessons.
For five days the bat from Formass, who are making a "I believe that the social and Vildosols thinks it lies with the cane employ burate of fire or sour of Bouth Chins and Hong polities! movement going on in English-speaking raced, who in single shots at fixed interrals, have found answers to many of you. Bai i docent matter, now rained down behind, have proved this and what is the normal Bring to the quations, but about the There'd be light in the were utterly cut off kong, paid visit to ED. C. this country will bring England this war
others the American expedi ndow"to" guide me when I got Hope of reang Wolfs's Court this morning and wearer to Chile and the other champirms of moral and civilising when observation is voodi were very interested in the Court American democracies. A positiva foros nu against brutal domina-
Many of the above items, while ay koron halieron it still li
tome. I'd walk 'n Through the dane and * revolution has been elected both sinn.
Oppazantly trivial, it in pointer sunny guasting.
existance; it was a struggle which was recognised in the Cisbinet as necessary, long intended and quietly prepared for."
"
But it will not end se enced the war of 1886.-By "A A. M."
"Interested Visitors.