Saturday, JANUARY 13, 1940.
"TELEGRAPH" WEEK-END. MAGAZINE
Germany's Unrestricted Submarine and Mine Warfare Against Britain Recalls Their Great Crime Against Humanity in The Last War
THE SINKING OF THE LUSITANIA
THE Lusitania teft New
York on her last voyage May 1, 1915.
Almost the whole of her trip across the occun was un- eventful and like any other, save for the undercurrent of anticipation as we neared the submarine zone. Nothing oc- curred to presage what was ta
come.
WHILE I was having coffee and
smoking clarite in the Palm Lounge tiler on early lun cheon, I saw a man to whom I had been introduced, a Brush Stert Service Agent. I heard that only two days out from New York he had arrested a German spy trying to break his way into the written room. I followed him out on deck and
stood together taiking leaning against the railing, f sked him what dùng r he thought there was of our being terpected.
We
To begin with," he said, "the Germans would not dare torpedo us. Then suppose they did try. It would be next to imporsible. Anyone who is used to the sea, can see the periscope of a rub- marine at least two miles away and, before launching the torpedė, the submarine would be forced to have the perkrope above water. Then, to-day for the first time we are using the fourth baller, and have in consequence a consideraile amount of reserved steun should a submarine give chase. Precan- tions have been taken. There la no need to worry."
was
As he finished speaking there In terrific explosion o!! the starboard. followed almost simul- Laneously by anullet. The nose was deafening The whole sidp seemed to be lifted up. In a few seconds a huge quantity of dirty water and wreckage came crash- ing down on the derk where we stood. I rushed inside the Palm Lounge to avoid being struck. My confident friend was following me. I never saw him again.
MY belt fastened, I started up
the main stairway to the top deck. My foot slipped and I fell down at the feel of a woman and her daughter. They offered me a hand and when I got up. I asked If there was anything I could do for them.
י
"No! thing," the mother onld. "We are not going to get excited but remala calm and stay here. The captain says the Lusitarsin 'cannot inlt."
They were both drowned. By his time the ship had righted herself, so that there was not so muth list to starboard, but her bow was gradually being submerged, I felt that nothing could keep her from alaking eventually.
Inid to n boy and his mother. The ship in bound to sink. The best thing In to jump overhourd.“
They agreed. "Bul to jumped clear of the ship we had tỏ climb. inside one of the, now empty life- boots. Then we jumped almost simultaneously. I am told the top deck of the Lusitanin was Dott. from the water. Of course, the
mas picky zubmerged, so we probably jumped less than that, but still it was quite a height with the cult sea below.
WHEN I
I struck the water I went W
under a long way, but was consclots of being drawn up quick- ly, dur, of course, to my life-belt. On conilng to the top my first im- pulse was to swim ma for sway from the ship as posible, for fear of the suction. I started swIRY- stroke, but my ming the breast lifetelt hindered my arms, so I turned on my back and made much better hendway. 00 yad gone alie, KEL og 10 yards.. when I saw the peor Lusitania very slowly start to make her finnl A woman jumped over the aide in a full-length fur coat. The Low went under and the stern very slowly rose up out of the water. I distinctly saw the rudder and propellers. She went down had best, with a hissing, boom- ing, crashing sound. I saw people Jumping off at the last moment Bru fe-ats being smashed to pieces. The sound was deafening arn the sight worse than blinding. I shall never forget it.
P
When the Just of ber stern was under, an Immense wave formed as the waters met. I saw it com)- Ing, bringing in it a vast amount Bukan Mcboats, beams, human bodies, deck-chairs, and I don't know what not. I put my hands in front of my face just as the wave was on me It went over thy hend and I felt hits of de- bris being hurled against ruy arms. wea a ecnsiderable emcunt
-by
SIR HAROLD
BOULTON
One of the Survivors
Was
of water and
very nearly choked before the wave passed. I think that a great many, of the people who were killed (I don't mean drowned) died by that awful wave.
When I got my breath I began to look around. Bodies knocked up against me; among them that of a young girl of nineteen whom I had seen-now frightfully mutl- inted. The sen was still fairly calm and it was a dreadful sight --a struggling mass of humanity, fighting for places on bils of wreckage, throwing each other off timber they had struggled to get on, pushing people under water to get out of it themselves, like so many wild animals fighting for life, forgetting all chivalry:" "wo- Inen Ber
ami pushed about drowned like men.
And to one side. Just cruising around, looking at this suitering. war the submarine which had 'caused it all. I saw three or four of the crew on Its deck. It must have stayed up about ten pin- utes.
One of the most impressive sights I saw was a glimpse of a .young
who had been couple rumoured to be bride and groomi They were in one of the over- crowded life-boats. Ile was strip- ped to the waist and she let down her long hair and spread it over, his shoulders to warm him.
4 arount to see if there was anything on to which I could climb, and there, floating a few yards nway, was a tarcaulin- covered box or cabinet, such as is used to hold upright pianos. 1t obviously contained no piano as it was floating high out of the water. Since there was no one on it,
wam to it and struggled on.
IL
was a hard job as the box was light and high, and I was hom- pered by my bulky lifebelt,
I was just learning to balance. myself when a girl about twenty- one years old fonted up to me. She had been
so badly injured that I wondered she was still alive.
Sig was bleeding freely and Ecemed very weak. I started ask- ing if I could not help her on to my box, but
ahe cut me short, saying sho did not want to be helped up as she knew she was Kone. She asked me to take a ring, Yen her fuger, keep it, and if ï were saved give it to her lawyer, whose name and address she gave rng. She wanted me to tell him think she had tried to die like n brave Canadian girl.
Segir that she was exhausted 1 could not save her life, so I dict not get off my box. It was hurd enough to get an oneself, let alone ifting up someone who was abso- lutely helpless. I look the ring and put it in my pocket—a smoli gold ring with a green stone. She asked me if I would hold her hand and I did so gladly. She Iny back In the water and began raving. After a few minutes she gasped severn! times and then was quiet. I found that she was dead and freed my hand. A wave carried her away.
It was terrible to know that I had been able to do nothing for her. And yet one thing I could have done I did not do. I took her ring from my pocket and flung it into the water.
WHEN we had been on our box
an hour or more, ive saw a man, who I should judge was a steker, swimming rapidly towards
us.
"By God," he yelled, "you've got to make room for me on that box. By God you have." As he come on he continued curning.
On his forehead was an ugly. pach, and, from the way he raved and the lock in his eyes, it was evident that he was not sane. I knew that if he did try to carry out his threat, he would upsel us all. The boy's mother was almost completely exhausted, and to let her into the water again might prove fatal, I did not feel suf- ciently strong to get up again myself, let alone to help her up.
The boy agreed with me that ti would be quickdal to give up our places to him, so, not having the nerve to do it myself, I asked the bay to hit him over the heud with the broken anr I had retained— should he take no heed of a warn- log.
We called to him that there was
Toon for him and that if le came near us we should hit him over the hend with the car. but he was not sane enough to under- stand much less heed, and come un siendily. The bay raised the car and bit him three times over the hal. He uttered a curse word, threw up his hands, and went
lown.
It sounds a brutal thing to have done but it meant three lives against one and one of the turee a wemon's
We had been in the water about three hours when, looking for the two hundredth time towards the Irish coast, we counted seven dif- ferent clouds of emuko.
The first ship on the scene was a torpedo-boat destroyer and right behind it another, followed by il- nost every kind of sta-ccaft Innginable; colliers, yachts, motor- boats, fishing-smacks, launches and betont Of course The Corge groups
of survivors, were more noticeable and were picked up Just,
'We three, partly submerged, hud drifted by nuw almost a quarter of a mile from most of the survivors, 60 we were not seen until the very last. It was getting quite dark and
we were terrified lent they should noi sre us at all. We shouted, but our throats were so dry with salt water and our tongues so swollen that we made.
tie-noise and attracted no atten- lion at all.
Fortunately a feboat was row- ing towards us from an English frawler which was pointed with Greek colours, to avold submarines. I had been conting our ovulmon off the Falkan Island. First they pulled in the boy's mother whe he pushed her up us well as he could. Next they took him and Jast of all I was hauled up.
to be a fact that I was Know it actually the last person who was picked out of the water alive be- cause the crew rowed around look- ing for other survivors and found nene after us.
-BUT ARE YOU SURE? 'E.P. Says that, for H.K. Brides,—
Continued from Pane 8.)- fatal; sleeping in the moonlight produces madness; it's tod to sleep with flowers in the room; the heart is on the right side of the chest.
16.-Badze of rank of a warrant officer first-class in the British Army
16
Three chevrons and a crown; crossed words; the Royal Coat of Arms; a sword and a baton; a single crown; a croton with an anchor.
17. The bleke who fired the shot which killed the Archduke of Aus. tria and started the botlier In 1914 tws named:-
Rasputin; Yussupof; Prinzep; Popof; Ullanos; Stavitsku.
18-Land of Hope and Glory is one of the national songs of the 10- ment It was composed by:
Beethoven; Mozart; Handel; Elgar; Bach; Brahms.
19-Supposing someone gave you alderar. There would be come- with thing
LK you
you
Jump in and drive off; hitch It to your car and use it as a caravan: drink it; fill it with flowers and put it on the alde- board.
►
20. Sald Murgatroyd: "If there is one perfume I like better than another, it is the odour which exudes from the flower of the wild cam- I: "You're being panile." Sala ridiculous. A campanile is not flower. it is a;-
Spanish shawl; scouts' camp- ingsite; bell-towert Indian sword; musical composition,
21.--I have at last convinced Mur- gatroyd that it would indubitably cast a blight on his youngest daugh- ter's futuro if he christened her Chlorophyll, because chlorophyll
A virulent polson used by natiuch for tipping arrows; on anacathete; the green colouring matter of plants; a province of Outer Mongolia; a devotee of an ascetic sect of Upper Nigeria. 12The country which can boast of making the biggest catel of fich In any year not Including the ones-
that got awa madi.
film
Japan;
Norway; Sweden; United States (includ Ing Alaska); Buraid, England. 23.--Next, ilme you see which wisecracks, about commuters, you'll know that commuters—in thio Unlled Sister—are:—
Bootleggers; members of Con- press; teason ticket holders; col- lege deans; football stars,
14.Alter Eurl: hibe European language which is most commonly in 19
Spanish Portuguese; German; Dutch; Talian; French, 20-the surest way to get formle acid potoning—that is, of course, it- you want to—is to:-
Drink too much tea; be bitten by an aut; eat green apples; cut yourself with a rusty knife.
Answers on Page 8
BRAIN TEASERS
FINANCIAL
Two sums of money., totalling £18 15 td. comply with the fol- lowing candiflons:-
(a) In the first sum the mum- ber of pounds, chillings and pence is the same.
(b) In the second sum the sumber of pounds is twlee that of the chillings and that of the sălil- ing twice the rumber of the pence,
What are the 1wo money?
sume Re
'ICI ON PARLE FRANCAIS'
Each of the elura belaw di- scribes a town in France.
For example, the clue. "famous Trejan" would indicate PARIS.
Now try these—
1. Circular trips.
2. Tapestry,
3. Pleasant,
4. Covered chair.
5. Feminine name.
6. Enrages,
DUOGRAMS
In this problem two words are peeded in answer each of the clue given below. The two solutions are actually anagrams of ench sther, and every clue includes the meanings of both words, For example, the clue: "Resting to give plrature,” is notved by the words ASLEEP and FLEASE,
Now try there-
1. C-liivated ground perf). 2. Changing # geometrical fir6.
Propose the bealth of in
animal.
4. Shert eened in lailers. 5. Leased ħħled a fermative. 6. A lupid fellow related SOORTIVITIES
Terris cricket, golf, rowing, &c. Which of us is n't intre-ricl In one or the other of these_sport*f Here's a chance for you to try srd spot some of your favourites. Here are ferr to štart, witho
TENNWK«K»K«K«1!»?/ CRICKET-A bear and biri-
Valentine FACING This send to you: Ye'll And my ur- "name chyme with true.
"er."
(Solutions on Page (8)
I
IN HONGKONG the stage
a
is set for romance. If moon- light and gardenias are passport to love, it will not matter whether the newly weds who grin from the pages-of-newspapers-have had their matrimonial · knots tied in the air or under the
sen.
They should be able to have it all their own way until the cur tain falls upon the Hongkong Or unt, growing slack. they forget their cues and mess up the whole show.
scene.
The average couple in Hongkong enters upon their marital career with an almost complete immu- nity from the mere waorisome domestic trials and mother-in-
LIFE
IS TOO
EASY
law complications; and very often The
with no more family obligations or ties than Adam and Eve.
If there is a grain of wisdom In the admonition, Lovers stuard your strangeness, there are few places in the world where such
Average
Couple Here, She
Says, Enters Upon
In all probability he is begin- ning to rely upon her common- Rense: to feature her less as he admiration seeking glamour girl and more as the rallonal, loving comrade.
There is great "hope" for ̄this"|| couple, they are standing on the very threshold of the real romance of murringe at last. For marriage ans a romance all its cwn, even if it is not always of the sent!- mental, or cushion-adjusting' type.
There is a long, hot, dusty rond to be travelled together, but the main consideration is thut, so leng as husband and, wife are travell ing in the same direction nothing ise really matters, That is the romance of marriagel
THERE will be plenty of oppor- tunity along the way for any normal couple to become cress at Best peevish, sullen, maybe u little disappointed, too. Especi
ally out here there will be a ten- dency peculiar to the trepies, to exagerate minor Irritations out ntal propertion to their import-
once..
navice can be put into practice Their Marital Language dimculties with the
with greater case than in Hong- kong.
Most married couples enjoy a privacy in their domestle rela-
Career With An
tions comparable only to that of Almost Complete
the very wealthy of other coun-
tries. The luxury of separate Immunity From
bathrooms and
dresting rooms;
the services of nmihs and house
boys who perform the duties of The More Wear-
lady's maide and valets.
For absurdly small cost Hong inome kong brides.may revel in the dain- tiest, mos ravishing lingerie, and n wardrobe full of cool, becoming Frocks for all occasion.
Glamour brides have unlimited time on their hands in which to. make the very utmost of their personal attractions; from setting permanent waves, to linting their toe nails.
If these little alts are of any assistance. In preserving romance In marriage the brides of Hong- kong should be on a safe wicket.
•
BUT perhaps it might be just as wall to remember that more pro- mising matrimental adventures have been abruptly terminated by the constant over-InBitence on romance, rather than the lack of IL.
The time usually arrives in the experience; cf every bride when,
Domestic
Trials
although her dressing table be groaning with cosmetics, skin foods end Intions, no matter how much attention the 'has devoted to the preservation of her physi cal charms, they will pass une
And noticed by her hutband. when that fateful day dawns it will mark a turning point in her married life.
She may sulk, grow vindictive and try to make him thoroughly unhappy and jealous, or she can relegate her schoolgirl, movie-led notions back to the cinema sertra where they belong, and get down to business.
Relleve it or not, her husband may be paying her the greatest compilment of their married life.
cervants can often be a source of stuold misunderstandings and petty the is annoyances. Then there eternal, unbroken zameness of life!.
A bride may often be templed to imagine that her husband has changed at the h
nearly so considerate and jolly ns he was when the beetime" engag– ed to him. She would never have b-leved then that that little hoblt of his of nuiling his chin could become so irritating.
Do not forget that for him the holidays are over. Ile is back to his job again. and quite a trying one it may be. There are times when he ton, reels the heat. in addition to his regular office res- ponsibilities, he lins domestle Tr
brand ponsibilities » well; and a now wife who is probably a com plete stranger in the country.
THERE
ara
many thines he never had to give a thought to In lg bachelor dove, which ду Tho worry him considerably now. monthly bills, for instance, contain, of items which are olt porta Arangers to him.
If the newly morried couple are abla to survive the monrocns. of the adjustment period, they will that b, surprised to discover beneath the inglinted surface. lle The enflet untenabled waters of: dearer, an unrhaitable understand. Inga drever, finer type of love,
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH-PAGE 7
Did you MACLEAN your teeth to-day?
It's just my mark
MACLEANS
PEROXIDE
TOOTH PASTE
Sales Representatives: Banker & Co., P.O. Box 755, Hong Kong
If you use a solid dentifrice, try Macleans Solid Peroxide Dentifrice
1940 LEAVES
TO
THOS. COOK & SON, LTD.
(P., O. Box 381,
Queen's Bullding,
HONG KONG
BY
AIR
APES
AFRICA AUSTRALIA CANADA INDIA
FAR EAST
NEW ZEALAND UNITED STATES
·LAND - SEA
IT COSTS NO MORE
CO
2
TO BOOK THROUGH'
OK
AND SAVES BOTH TIME & TROUBLE
S
Make your lips savagely lovely
with one of those exciting jungle colours
Here's an entirely new idea of lip colour, reds created from the adveni turous spirit of impurieni jungle. romancel Enticing, thrilling, camgi rods that put the best of tom-tomi on lovely lidles, lipi. Extremely indelible, too; SAVAGE ellags gely yet it keep lips soft and smooth.. seductively amooth.... | savagely lovely| Five exciting shadest TANGERINE.. FLAME. NATURAL....
BLUSH... JUNGL
SAVAGE LIPSTICK
FOR YOUR COMPLETE BEAUTY-TREATMENT, USE. BAVAGE, POWDER AND DRY: ROUGE.