THE WAR SITUATION.
An American Viewpoint.
The fallowing interesting com- men: was made recently by the New York Evening Post:
present
"PEACEFUL
PENETRATION,”
How Germany Domlastes As Important Swis Industry.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY,
Zoriah, April 11.A great deal of attention is being devoted to the study of the cutlook for Swies engineering
In spite of the expansion of the The contest became one of natione financial bзeis of Swiss engineer instead of armies. It was then, ing industry it is to be feared that
the ledger still shows heavily to the credit of the Allies:
Entente
Empire
France
British
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WHAT AMERICA IS DOING.
CORRESPONDENCE.
The opinions expresied by oocTOS- pondents are not neomarily those of the "Hongkong Telegraph."] THE CONSCRIPTION, BILL (To the Editor of the "Hongkong
Talagraph").
A SON.
PARCELS FOR HOME.
JUNE
1818
HOME LETTER.
To Soldiers Oversea,
"Ia
women who have replaced men in bloody business and suggeated every branch of light Fativity at that al: Britain's Surulere home are amazingly efficient, but were ambitions, brainlone, blood- what strikes one more than their thirsty blockguards, who might efficiency is the spirit in which has had peace at any momenti *The 7th of April was the first
they are working. In London only they had liste anniversary of America's spiry
one sees them everywhere-motor words of the ante fish, w into the conflic Her huge war
London, April 9th, 1918-The drivers, clerkesse, postwomen, godlike, humanitarian rulers of machine is running fall blast in
nawepapers continue to be full of newsboyettes, conductresses on the Central Empires. He is the all parts. The following are some
wonderful deeds of heroism in the trame, trains and buses, window same sort of pest as the person figures showing what has been wo
Sir,-1 beg to call your stien Great Resistance between Arran oleuners, ball-porteresses, bill-who in the old days was an anti- It is not a battle, but the war
complished this year, says the
Jiftwomen, and anti-everything-ales" with." itself, that is being fought out on
London Morning Post. The total tion to the leading article in last and La Fere. I include the stickers, butaberetter, carteres vaccinationist, anti vivisectionist and electrical estimated expense of the United night's Talegraph, in which French Front, because in our se, policewomen,
Jills-of-all-out any red blood in his veins. the western frost. In both esmps
There's no limit to bat tremendously vain of his there is recognition of the fact. concerns of the return of peace. State Gorerament in the year, attention is drawn to the fact that admiration for the almost unbe- telegraph-f-ppers, It is the whole war in respect to Before the war the big German exclusive of loans to the Allies, there has been no maption of any lievable valour of our own boys trades, an the issues involved, the forces engineering concerns, especially amount to 82,413,455,736. The support being made to dependents we are often apt to overlook the them, though I haven't yet seen original opinions, which he has Allgemeine Elektricitats United States Army has increased other than wives and children. equally splendid work of the lads (or heard of) a lady barges. It is propably picked up from same. It is, of courre, only natural in forget-me-not-blue, with whom the conductress who impreesen body else. He prates of scifism -brought to bear on either side, the the submergence of all other the Gesellschaft and Biemen & from 9,524 officers and 202,510
Only in one Halske, offered Swias firms en enlisted me to 123,801 officers that one's first thought would be they are fighting literally side by me most I suppose there are partly out of ammosit but usialy atres of conflict. respsot does Germany profess timing conditions in order to use and 1,628,924 men. The Navy's for the wives and children of the side. Never till now, I think, have few more tiring oocupations then to excuse himself for being a to regard the
test the Swise financial power for strength to day is nearly 21,000 men called-ups but on the other Khaki and Blue been so keenly standing on the footboard of a waster and a shirker. I dressy a battle and fosncing big undertakings in officers and 330,000 men, against hand, what is to become of the appreciative of each other's quali- motor has, ballet dancing up and he is sincere in his disossed way, 83. technically not a war, and that is in the oversens countries. In this way, 4,782 officera and 77,946 men s aged parent who is to lose her ties. The Entente was never down downstairs, collecting fares but it's a rottaa un-English way. The total number of bread winner, and who is far less more Cordiale than it has become from an inside' generally crowded | You will find all the pre-was nowadays with strapbangers. Yet cranks in the ranks of the Panty- matter of time. Final victory is for example, the electric enter year ago.
We at home are watching I have rarely, if ever, seen a con- faced, I mean Pacifists, all the still being promised the German prises in Argentins, Brasil, Chili, persone in the Navy establish able to work than the young wife in the last fortnight.
There is no dactress snything but merry and people who used to prarch that people in a low weeks, a few Spain, Italy, and others, which ment now exceeds 125,000. The who is to be so generously months at most. Annexstions are are mostly technically controlled estimated total expenditure of the trested? Do we understand that events bangrily. discussed at Berlin. The Kaiser's by Germany, were financed with Navy in a year amounts to £376 this dependent is to receive 20 other word for it. We are ban- bright, ready to answer all men- the Earth is flat, that the zood to gry for every crumb of newe that aer of questione, always prepared a racecourse was the road to Hell, Finance Minister will not commit Swiss capital, and the Swiss 200,160, and the total Navy ap-support at all?
It is perhaps diffeal for many we can get, and the man who has with a cheery reply to hanter, but, and that it was wicked, to laught bimself on the exact size of the manufacturers received only a propristions, real and pending,
amnant to s866,634,333. people in this Oolony who are so just had a letter, or even a field first and foremost, alert to help a on Sundays. Possibly they be indemnities. The Kaiser himself email part of the orders.
American destroyers arrived at fortausta se to have only them-postcard, from a son or brother at "lonely soldier" on his way. A lieve what they say, but the During the war Frezor, Italy, speaks of the open grave which
the a British port to assist in patroll-selves to think about, to realise the front is soon the centre of day or two ago a lady entered a majority of them are merely France has dug for herself. On and England discovered the Allied side there is no attempt capacity of Swice industry, and ing 28 days after the declaration that there are young men is their asgar interest wherever he may be bus in which I was standing and shirkers trying to find ameuses
The first contingent of midst who have had to support an found. If I were asked to describe a convalescent boy in blue cffered for their flobbiness.
"Certainly not " This weak the rationing system "). at framing a schedule. The claim (Swiss firms hastened to enter into of war. is made, to be sure, that the defeat commercial relations with them, the expeditionary feroce landed aged parent as well as themselves, the general feeling in Blighty to her bin 'seat. of the German offensive will mean Of course, the war has changed at a French port 88 days after not only during these abnormal day, I should my that we were put in the conductress promptly. is extended to the whole country altimate victory. In that sense conditions. There is no longer America had declared war. The times, but even before, and, sazione but unafraid, more keenly "Not in my bus. Nobody's go. It has proved such an undoubted this is "the" bastle. But there the necessity for large inter first American troos received their should support not be forthcom interested than ever in the prong to take the seat of a man snooses in London and the South will be clean-up operations, and national financing concerns as a baptism of fire 187 days after war ing in this direction, it is to say greas of events, and probably that'e heen wounded while I'm on that the Food Controller is now more serious about the war than the footboard of this bus." And making it universal. There is no no limit in time is set for these, principal condition for new plants was declared, American troops the least, very unjust,
It is the earnest desire of the we have ever beer, even more though the soldier protseted that more thankless task in the world' Business is permanently took over a part of It is the story of the first months or power stations. of 1914 over again. For Germany done on & cash basis, and under the firing line as an American writer that consideration be given serious than in the daye following he wasn't seriously hurt, that lady than that of a Food Contrailer.
the proper spirit? -
affend somebody. All his critics it was then a stroke sgainst time these conditions Switzerland's sector in January. There are now to this matter before the Bill is Mons, when we hardly realised had to stand. Rat how's that for Whatever he dows is bound to
the gravity of the Hun peril. Yours faithfully, Naval service than there were &
If I were in action I should feel The heart of the people at home know exactly how his job ought The stroke failed on the Marne engineering industry has been four times as many vessels in the finally paared.
that the British Empire was never is sound to-day and always has to be done, though not one of and the Allie began to count favoured.
year ago. Nearly 83,600 mech-
so well worth fighting for as it is been sound. The discontented them would accept the post if it time as running against Germany.
When a were offered · him. to-day, because ite people bare and auti-patriotic groussra anies and other civilian em- ployees are working in the Navy
learnt that patriotism is not merely are in a very small minority, shortage of meat led to a publis demand for rabbits, which were Bir.-As some considerable a sentiment, bat something real but unfortunately a very in the long months of deadlook, after the war the necessity of yarde and stations. The product inter-ion of 10,000 new automobils
Eag-plentiful, the price of rabbits that the world took to matching biving relations with the chances of victory in terms of nations! concerne will still exist, trucks is in progress for the doubt seems to be entertained by and tangible, that it stands for noisy minority. ba-io resources. If the Germans Swizerland, having no iron and Army, in addition to purchases many of your readers as to the the suppression of all we now land" esid come one once "the leapt up like a road who has ant fail this spring and summer, we no casi, on only accept such of 3,520 passenger cara, 6,126 fate of parcele despatched from understand by the term Prus people who talk don't think, and down on a tintsok. Lord Bhondda
brate the people who think don't talk" thereupon set a limit to the pri shall have & return to basic foreign orders in which it motor cyclee, and 5,040 bicycles, this Oolony to friends at home, I eisn militariem vis.
appropriate repair and am directed to inform you that force, degradation, enslavement, And the talkers, of course, make of rabbits. What was gives the merely construc-with
mach replacement equipment. The parcala which conform to the contempt of human life, violsa dickens of a sight more noise result? Rabbits imme What is the relative strength tire paris containing
Ic material
In ordnance programme includes regulations appear to have been tion of women and children then the thinkers and workers, became na soaros to foreignera." of the rival populations? spite of the defection of Russia, this way the danger of new Ger- the purchase of 23 million hand delivered in every case to the children, in short the legalisation Bat even the grensers have been Ireland. It appe
automatio addressees and have not been of every crime and vice in the silenced by recent events on the aliens
name of the State. To fight on French front. During the they all souriad man penetration exists, and the grenadea, 725,000 position which Switserland's en- pistola, 250,000 revolvers, 23 by the Onatoms.
regulations now in force the Entente side to-day means to months when "All was quiet on and stayed gineering industry has gained million projectiles for heavy
fight to save humanity from the the front": they had got into the unlike aliens they spe 35,000,000 during the war in France, Italy, artillery, 427 240 000 pounds of are as followst
South America might antomati- explosives, 240,000 machine quas, Small quantities of prohibited fate of Belgium, of Serbia, of babit of forgetting that there was pledged thembelyna.
articles seat as gifts, and tea up Northern France, of Poland, of a war on, and they thought it at any rate rabbits weren's to be 70,000,000 cally fall into German bande. and 2,484,000 rifles.
to 11 lbs. and sugar up to 1 lb. Bastia... of the Germen peo- good opportunity for using the obtained for love de monSTAS 100,000,000 This dependa, of coures, apon
also sent as gifts, will not be ple themselves. And realising national need se lever for the limited price. Then, of 35,000,000 the evolution of France, Italy, and
interfered with by the Imperial what a ghoulish monster it is that enforcing their insatiable de course, every one turned on Lord 6,000,000 the reconstration of Belgiam.
we are fighting we eball emerge mands for more and still more | Rhondda and, cried: 47ah 1 kuid Customs Authorities,
The service via Canada has from the struggle s better privileges. They were encouraged you so, though they hadn't told 4,000,000
we entered it, by the pacifist Brew, by him anything of the sort. That ...250,000,000 ing. The Allies most now look war was declared £138,200,000 been suspended but an arrange, nation than Central Powers— forward to putting up a Tinder have been made available for ment has been made by which purified by euforing and duly insidons agents, acting knowing is one ample of joys of being
an Germany, and by the paid agita It appeared to Baron Rhondda 68,000,000 barg defensive of their own in craft production. More than parcels may be sent to England by proud of the part we have played ly or unknowingly as agente of Food Controller d Germany
that provision shops weze 50,000,000 France and Belgium. To this 100 privately owned vessels have Mesara. Alfred Holt's steamers in ridding humanity of Austris
The cost of postage on these sccursed thing. We don't talk tora (who cease to be paid if they
Londer *** been parohssed or chartered by Turkey and Bulgaria 20,000,000 and all other military operations the Navy. More than 70,000 parools is the same as that now much about such things, but there cease to agitate). But to day "all
mast, and will, be sacrificed, if
acres of land have been planted foharged for parcels sent via Saez. never was such an Auger as the in quiet on the Home front" I have the honour to be," Auger that we free peoples feel The whole country realises with 138,000,000 necessary. Any expenditure of
Sir,
to-day against the sbomination awe that any form of shirking is To this, for the Entente; must be atrength in Palestine or Leo with castor bean plants to produce
Your Obedient Servant, that is Germanism.
rank treachery to the men who Six new battleships of 41,500
8. B. &. ROSS, added the human resources of potamis beyond the need of hold-sufficient oil for aircraft.
Hats off to the WAAC's. Or are spilling their blood for Eng- India and the African colonies, ing the present lines would be a tons, the largest in the world,
perhaps I should say "Eree land on the other side of the from which Great Britain alone tragic mistake. The economies have been ordered and designed,
Right to them. And not glad water. Last week a huge masa has so far drawn a million sold thus koade
The air personnel has been
eyes, either. There has been a meeting at Woolwich Arsenal of iers, German criticism of the both phases of the great problem, increased from 35 officers and
Hundreds of San Francisco lot of joking at the expense of engineers and other workers of all figures would subtract the han- The men saved can be immedi 1120 men to 100 times that dred million Americans whom for ately used on the western front number in the first year of the citizens have offered their automo the Women's Army Auxiliary grades was addressed by one of biles for sightseeing tours by 300 Carpe in days past, but all the their shop stewards. After hin wac. To powder plants, at a the purposes of the war it no The shipping eared can be used longer describes as non-existent, to bridge the Atlantic more cost of £9,000,000 esoh, are ander Belgians and 100 Italians who are same they have done priceless speech they passed's resolation bat still professes to disregard as swiftly. Germany is stripping construction. The repair of 109 arriving there after travelling via work for the country when they pledging themaires" to support animportant. If, for the moment, all her other frontiere. Austrian the Entente has still a fair num-western front. Bulgarian divi. wrecked by the crows, has added on their way home. Many other have been put to the steraset test Garman military machine in we accept the German contention, divisions are already on the interned German ships, partially Siberia from the Russian Front were needed. And now that they the country in fighting until the erical advantage over the Central ions are arriving. The Allies more than 700,000 tons to the entertainments are planned in of all, they have faced it like smashed” and it was further |
available Naval and merchant honour of the contingents, who Britons and come out of it with resolved--
went to Bassis's assistance before dying colours, as we might have That this meeting says:-No Powers. Is it enough to hold the will have to meet the challenge
known they would. The W. O. pesos by negotiation with the Army Medical training schools Russis abandoned the War. line until the American army is by a similar abandonment of non- owentials. The danger and the
reports officially that during the present rulers of Germany. undeniably in the war?
"That this meeting Bays:-To There entere bere a second effort called for are great, but have been created with a capacity
for 21,000 officers and men. 15,000 tonnage of 8,184,588 tone. It had orizia they have "core than factor, mach emphasised by Ger equally impressive will be the enlisted men and 6,000 officers let contracts for 490 wooden justified their existence and have hell with Germany se at present many in the early part of the war, results of a frustration of the have already gradusted: Medical vessels, aggregating approxi-well maintained the credit of their constituted, and to hell with when Bussis weighted so heavily German effort. It is peyounlogi officers numbering 1,876 are now mately 1115,000 deadweight sox." One party, it appears, Ramsay sodonald and Philip the numercial balance against the cally, easier to stand up under
Woolwich the Kaiser. That was the Kaiser's the enemy's last blow, because of members of the medical depart tone. It had repaired and put in who had been employed within Swowden and pacifist leaders al advantage of a central strategia the knowledge that it is indeed meat of the Navy. About 60,000 operation 183,000 deadweight the area of operations, were offer the engineers in
officers sud men are in the coast tonnage seised from Germany ed transport to convey them to Arsenal.
That the engineer of Wool situation and of virtual unity of his last blow.
Bat while the Allies are hold. patrol work of the Navy. Several and Austria, On 5th March the safer regions. They refused to command among the Tenton allics. These advantages no longer ing on land it is essential that hundred submarine chasers have building programme of the avail themselves of it, on the wich Arsonal are Englishmen and been built since the declaration Emergency Fleet Corporation ground that it would probably be they demand to be led by men exist. Russia's one hundred and Allied seapower should be brought of war, and delivered to the Navy was being carried on in 161 wanted for something more im who love their country-Go Save
· Kallan: Mining Administration. portant. So they remained for England." seventy-five millions, misrepre- into greater play. When the
This is the sort of spirit which The total output of the Kailan sentative of her military Kaiser refuses to count his divie by 31 private establishments and planta.
mix Navy yards. A thousand The total deaths in the Army some time in a dangerous position strength, do not · DOW"
come ions in driving for a knockout trained pigeons have been sent from April 8, 1917, to March 14, men snd sssisting in every the country in the face of the for the week ending 25th May feeding relays of hungry office has been renewed throughout Mining Administration's mines
into
problem. The the Allies must not count their
to France by the signal corps. 1918, from all caness, reported population figures are. now warships so darefully in ring Over 20 firms are manufacturing by the Adjatant General's Office, way possible, before they were peril confronting us in France, amounted to 61,441 tons and the
Here, where a true index. of armed power. off the blow. With the disappearance of the Americs began to count from the airplanes, 15 are producing en were 1191. Of this number 132 compelled to retire. Then they It is a message that I am cales during the period to 44001-
- III-Treating” A Dog. subsidiary fronts, Germany has first day of our entrance into the gines, and more than 400 are were killed in action and 237 marched back 15 miles to the delighted to send oversess to you tonke
A gardener, in the lost the advantage of interior war, we must be made to count producing spare parts. Soms 360 died or were lost at sea. The total place to which they had been fellows who may in doubt as woollen mills are working on number of schaded in action was ordered. To read of such an to whether all the people at home lines. Her blows must fall now still more heavily. The presence Army Contracts. The Army has 404,25 were missing 28 had been insident as that makes one proud are pulling their weight in these Mr. Houlder, was chat Mr. D. Or Wolle, at expected direction. of our battleships in European Finally, she is confronted by a waters enables England to take ordered 20,000,000 pairs of shoes. esptared. The caenalties of the to be a Britisher, doesn't it? critical times.
The Treasury Department had Navy and Marine Corps from Contrast it with the conduct unity of leadership and purpose chances with old ships as she floated $1,323,306,480 of sub: April 7 to December 31, 1917, of the ladies of Hanland, who, first time a pacifist the genuine cruelly ill-treated a dog restera almost as complete as her own: did at Zebragge, and with newer
and ant was in obai Bleover, carried long-haired, weak-kneed The Allies no longer have Bussis ships if there is a fair prospect scriptions to Liberty Bonds up to include five Naval offears and though they wore Red Cross article, sellow, fably, efferaiante, Harpactor MacDont
the end of 1917 Loans totalling 139 enlisted men killed or died
him one of which was and Ramanis to take into account. of profit. We have been told £776,580 000 had been made to from wounds. No offers are mings of water to wounded British pimply. I think the sight had other had been They will not concern themselves that the British feet was four
reported wounded in action, but prisoners parched ith thirst and made me understand se overmuch with Salonica and Asia million tons at the beginning of the co-belligerent nations.
Shipbuilding,
10 enlisted men are reported when they reached them poured never understood before what À Oh
out the water on the ground or pacifism really in. It is the fendant draggin Minor, if the necessity arises. For the war, and hes six million tons them the strategio problem has now. A willion tone would be The Emergency Fleet Corpora wounded.
** Es was mouting the been simplified...
well expended it, thereby the tion had requisitioned on 1st Machina gana are being pro- elee spat in the mugs. And excuse of the pasty faced for their
rguments of That problem now has two U-boat sotivity bould be cut down March 128 stool yousola and con- dnced at a rate of 225,000 a year, thought it a fas joke.
women have been dring” goo aspoots: first, to hold the line in by one hall. In this hour of stated for 120 nel vessels of inch gone are being producent im' only in WAAC that usual punky
ming: beinin German and city must be making a total of 1,145 steel ships si a za of 15.000
1st work for tha the west while Amerios yu; segund, lo speed gar onoosa, met with Allied sudacity,
Amerios
Italy
Portogal
Greece
in
Total.
Tats!
the
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would
Test on
Aircraft Expenditure. When war was declared 123 Naval vessels were being built, and eince war was declared 949 have been contracted for. Since
tonnage.
Postmaster General,
Uenerous Motorists.
their
Of their profits than of keeping
people fed.:~-
So he promptly listed orders ahaaking it proftaers ? and hourders..
And this is, roughly speaking,
w what he mid 5-*
To avoid the present orisis of
prepost'rously high prices,"
A maximum I think I ough
AL
Thus you'll have
bunny for a ceria money,
#
(Ha thought he'd stop their
profiteering trinks),
Now Ms Rab, in- times "pacifio was proverbially proliñoi
· Her morals” were considered
retrograde-t
Bat promiscuous lady rabb
normal habita, ..
And everyone's bec
sworn Old Meid,
Still, one thes? whole denies that the Rhondda regime has been a remarkabla
“OLD CROCK.
The other day I met for the Court this morning,
the
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