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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1914,

Government replied with honourable

dignity that Holland would shoulder alone a duty spontaneously undertakon.

'. THIS LEVISEBLE. ENEMY.

I hare just talked with an officer fresh from the front and he told me that both armies at the moment are fagged out, lisavy -reinforcementa have left these shores and the balance shaakt tall in our favour sodu. in a marked manner, but for soms of the troops who have been baring the brunt of it in the Lati te digamotte man has sixty eight wounds and still lives rest is

*gently needed.

INTIMATIONS.

HONGKONG GYMKHANA CLUB.

THE FIFTH GYMKHANA MEET,

ING of the Zenson wit be hold at Happy Valley on SATURDAY, the 5th December, 104, commencing at 9.45 p.m.

The Charge of Admission will ba $1.00 for others than Members of the Hovároso Jockey Czum or GymsmanA ČLUR --

Soldiers and Sailors in uniform. Half Prica.

1 seams incredible, but many at our soldiers have never yet seen a German, though they have been in the fighting from

The Committes invite the Ladios of- the start. The grand artillery carries Hongkong to be present. mysterious death from the distance, and

GATE MONEY axcept

in ewes where there are opporn- unities for bayonet work, the risk armies RANA ill be given to the

OF WALES' PRINCE

FUND. don't see each other for days, and some-WITHOUT ANT DEDUCTION FOR times works.

COMPITAK COCRATIS.

EXPENSES,

·taker-

the

Itin boped therefore that Members of the Jockey Club and others who have hitherto enjoyed the privilege of free admission will pay on this occasion, avery Dollar paid for a.Ticket la a DIRECT GIFT TU THE FUND.

Hongrong, December 2, 1914.

NOTICE.

An anty sure on conectaxă with one of the big authern hospitals has the wounded of three nations in bis charge. Britia Belgian and German. He may be has more than a hundred Belgians through his hands and he found hem extremely plucky under mest terrible sufferings. Compared with the wean the other two nations they seemed at first sight rather slack, so ha was surprised a their general fortitude. What distressed them most was their knowledge that their country was being devastated. Noptiical pain bib into their emotions MESSES, CLARK & Co., Opticians, like this knowledge of national suffering. beg to advise that owing to the On one occasion, some wounded Belgians, withdrawal from Be Firm of one of the secing German wounded in a ward, could Maella Partests, all accounts due the Firm dardly be restrained from getting at them. that are over one month in arrears. Le The Germans include many different contracted for pavions to 1st November, types.

Some are fine and courageous 1814, should be paid in before the 1st of fellows who stand the operation table with January, 1915. All old accounta pot great calmness, but this surgeon has been paid will be collected after that date by surprised at the number who have neither the Firm's Solicitors.

courage nor stamina. They beat out the comment of an old observer of the Ger PRIX. in their own land--a prominent ex-M.P.. by the way--when. I hind posterday

will

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NOTIOR.

NEWS FROM HOME.

(From Our Own Correspondent.)

Loxy, October 30.

talk of China, you would think that the war was all over it, except the part of it ravaged by the White Wolf. Really, thers fine scope for some official mission of education to the West, as to the ex eat and variety of China.

ins

CLOTHING THE TROOPS,

When

up

the struggle. But considering the magnitude of the issue at stake it will: do in saticipate too optimistically on that score.

DATET

He confirms what averybody knows about the unfailing pluck and humour of the British soldiers, and he speaks in unstinted praise of the Rt. John's Ambulance Corps, combining great strength with infinite tea derness and consideration.

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THE RAILWAY PASSENGERS ASSURANCE 00.

TOTAL

VOTAL FUNDE Ar Star Drummer, 1913, £93,692,135.

I-Authorised Capital £6,000,000 Subscribed Capital £4,500,000 Paid up Capital ...................................£2,437,500 II-Fire Funds

I-Life & Annuity Funds... 16,138,160 88,619. Sinking Fund Account

222.661.968

Revenus Fire Branch... 2,567,158

Life and Annuity

Branches,

1,973,969 Revenue Marius Department... 266,592 Other Receipte 450,173

$5,293.312

The Times, by the #17, the other day SPY MANIA.

One of the great problems of the moment had a story illustrating the bardihood of is the clothing of the troops, owing to the come of the men. A despatch" rider was Seared by the prevalence of spies in Belgium and France, some of the papers difficulty of obtaicing prompt supplies of going from the front to the base when he here have been making attacks, on the reliable khaki. because of the shortage of saw a Bighlander moving slowly along in Germany and demands for their incarcera dyes for the preparation of the cloth. the same direction, and the look on the

For weeks men at Aldershot have been ! Scotsman's face moved him to sion which have seemed to the level-headed akin to running nok er going off into drilling in civilian clothes and boots. It are you hurt. Its sms thing' replied hysteria. Conan Doyle cans under the has meant much discomfort and in some the Sept.

You had better get on my gee and ride lash for subscribing two guineas to cases atual physical suffering, on the long fund to prevent gut-of-werk Germans believing every day would bring continued the rider. So I was the reply

regiment waited to the hospital its mile or mory sway Huntian and Austrian goverbesses

aniforms. xnd at last the word You'll find mony a man waur hurt than From starting in the streets, and heart now rightly retoited to his accusers that came that the goods, had arrived."

The Accumulative Funds of the various ben! tua." they were not, patriotic but enddieb. they were produce they were made up of the cider, however, was not satisfied, so Branches are separately invested; sixl, by Then no of them fatened on the meagre and plain blue jackets and trosser be examined the wounded wayfarer. He Act of Parliament, are set aside to meet Germunn waiters and today, as a con without much smartness or durability about found his arm completely smashed by the claims under the respective Depart sequence, two thousand of them are being them. The men prompter and sarcastically shell, from the shoulder to the elbow: An

SHEWAN, TOMES & CO. maintained at the public expense and their dabbed themselve Barnade's Boys. They army with spirit like that will take a lot of enta of the Company's Busines English wives and families are in penury, do not, however, fail to realise the task the heking Finally they seized upon Prince Louis of authorities have in hand, and the majority Battenberg and made things o suplassat of the people of these falinds are free to by suggestions, and insuerdos that he admit that everything except the censorshiping themselves once more, but they're not has signed as the First Sea Lord. They and the supply of news to neural countries suffering quite such loses at present as in did not stop to consider that his relatives hes beat bundled well, considering all the start of the war. The reason is this hase died or are

even now risking things.

There started up a pleasing rivalry log The War Often is now taking death for the Union Jack, and that

great Prince Louis brilliant gifts have been interest in a test of a tussah silk, wool and service between then and the French Light cavalry, and the latter did not loss so of signal service in our and worsted mixtate for uniforms. The sile many on, so urgent orders wore sont from it was especially due to him that our text industry is langeshing, while wonten mills the Scuts Greys to Paris and at length was ready to strike the very day that war can't handle their orders, so if the scheme

A declared, However, the clamour of the mud slingers had it efect and Prince Louie has received a cup of gall for splen did sevices for our cause.

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E have on Salo a for first class Wish and RADY TO WEAR Gentleman's Suite at 810 cách. Also s few good English wade Overcosta, cheap

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pails and chemicals arrived and now to hand works cat well, there will be at once the Jecks" osaddled and git ta whitewash brush on their work with a more equal distribution of activity.

Two firms in Yorkshire have taken the famous grey steeds. En few minutes they matter ap and it has beets found that if the had mounts of a ghastly khaki tint, na Coverament would sanction the expenditare

We are suffering, paradoxically as it may sem, from too great a freedom for a car of about a shilling a yard extra in the cost nearly invisible as might be. The wash tain Суре of editor, and top stern a of the uniforms they would be repaid in they used was d lated permanganate of potash. They are now dashing about, to censorship of naws. The latter is perhaps greater lightness, durability and quality. the terror of the enemy everywhere, but the forerunner of the farmer, for the These firms hars undertaken to clothe a zeroz seen and they are known in Nor

pers that love sensations, basiked by a reservist company in officiidom of real news from the front id any sort of humanly interesting form, go into the gutters to find garbage for their headlines.

and also an order in this silk misture, theer France as the Fermanganate Bri- battalion of the Yorkshire Regiment. Many gade,'". manufacturers enneider tussah will prove

the ideal equipment for Tommy Atkins... DISTRESSFUL BELGIUM;

Having said that, I would add that none of us are against drastic supervision of the

While King Albert and his gallant army aliens in our midst. But there should be discrimination, sad the dearch sidde start with a loes up to date of twenty five. hitels, where they can do no harm unless first of all, not among the poor alters in per eset are driving back the enemy. pocraters from the last strip of their still unconquer

buted

sided by the the gaus of the country,

the guests are culpably-angligny, who British warshipe, Holland is fading over a Among the rich financiers in the It is million refugees, we have another qasrier hare their fingers on the main wires. Is

a pity at any fine that the Government of a million, France has taken charge of

GERMAN FLAKS.

•The Mortal Enemy."

"DICHT“YOR CALAIS, “

Paris, Oct. 24.

A correspondent of the Tamys has had

› neri at Liège the hanger of the especial The include the capture of Bellort áud one j

acts in such way that their doings still another quarter of a million, and yet opportunity of conversing in Berlin with,

the with the campaign of

there are 1

are in Belgiom a few millions literally ynchronise

an officer who, deceived as to the former's lower grade daily pape

__papers; } and

These the American Heliot Comic- the realt iá starving- that Carmelite Street in resonant with hittee have taken a hand with, and the nationality, confided to him some of the gleeful choruses. from time to timo irat cargo of foodstuffs was sent off this lands of the Prussian military authorities, There is a report, as I write, that we week. When they

got to work, will be ander week. I dont think AnyoOB mind

very that they were positively ravenous and of the French Channel ports-Calais or much, nor will they make any demor if the there was some danger of the overwhel Boulogne. In the event of the first sliens are all put under strict autreillance,ming of the mission of mercy. Hlore is to

people was such

falt there is an undercurrent of feeling in be sent, but so far all that can be done is operation failing to enable the German thoughtful circles that the present methods to distribute just enough cereals to keep armies to invade from the east, the den are scarcely "erditable. Moreover, the body and sout together, till the scheme in was to influenca French opinion and indice ne spaper clamour had an immediate affect broadened, for the Germans bare stripped Francs to negotiate separately with Ger In producing far OVOZET," MERKUREA

our own people in Germay, mengagainst | the country like a cloud of locusts hit many, the latter thus obtaining & free hatid

As it in courtial law wont make mach differance, for our public-houses Aro closed at ten, d'clock women are about to be. zaludedfromthe altogether, unless the official mind nitere, the atonta are darker tåsa ever And what lights there are have been turned into re

red, and the inte omnibases have been taken off the roads and devoted to the army at home and abroad.

Ten thousand territorials are digging trenabes in vantage points, and more search lights and satisift guns are mounted ston the Thames, ince the enemy does take it into his head to attempt arsid on Landen.

But on

the whole wo are all very calm and couldent. I really believe out erlatives and friends in &mories are more suxious about us than more about 1018 ourselves, judging from lettern I bave seen.

"USINESS IN WAR. !

urgaon Dentist

No. 14 DAGTILAN STREET

TERMS VERY MODHRATE ·

Concaltation.

TSTERS: Prosh, Fried de Stewați,

dos Hadrove, Kippers, der ALEXANDRA CAPE, "

Next week the moratorium comes to an" and and we are all waiting to soo how many will go down in the crisis. There kivo beon huge lübilition connected with the Stock Exchange, but the moratorium has served a useful puitpone in allowing

for their most firms ta'

Che

protection DWI

For in

general business

fast rosy. Any firm in any way. with

government contracta is working over time, but others are not doing more than hall their normal entpot, and it is curious to note their hevitation about embarking on new felda tamake up for the diruption of the old ones. To hear some of them

in the worst

Hospitable Holland in Scores of villages are supporting far more to deal with Englant, who is regarded in refugees than the dader of herrina Berlin as the antagonist to be crashed at

opation, and the strain on the store of

We have no grudge against France,"

food is tremendous. And yet, whom car Government rent an inquiry asking whether

donation of £50,000 would be acceptable said the Lfficer; we pay little attention to in aid of the relief work the Dutch Russia but England, who rossed Francs

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sod Russin against us, is a mortal enemy. We shall best her. The options of Calais, be continued, would enable Ger miny to attain that object.

A French army doctor who was taker prisoner in August, and sent to Wagenco, has fast returned to Paris after being ex changed. He told the Temps reprezanta tive that the German people displayed great anxiety concern the station. When at Mayence he was allowed to walk. freely about the rents, but was advised not to take advantage of the favour fat PAT thostile demonstrations by the population, 4 who believed that Francs was the aggressor in the war On one occasion he was greated with arios of Beastly French, It is you who led us into this war?" - Iq all the Western provinces," from Mayence to Cologne and southward, said the doctor preparations for defence were doing feverishly carried on in tear of coming

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