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considered it absolutely necessary and that the daga were needed to protect the Garma soldiers on day. I was shown half a drzan of these dogs, which are of the scal type of polien dog "

Two prisoners informed me that condi tionsTM in the camp and unquestionably improved greatly in the last months, that last year when an epidemic of spotted typhus existed in the camp, conditions had bees indescribably bad and 50 military prisoners and nine civilians had diod from the disease.

My impression of the camp as a whole was distinctly unfavourable. The entire atmosphere is depressing, dus not so mach to the conditions ander which the men live, which are practically identical with those existing at other campe, as to the fact that Poting appars to have been done towards bringing about any organization among the

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ourable prisoners of wir, it appeared to me the men were regarded as criminals, for whom a regime of tear alone would suffe to Teep in obedience. All evidence of kindly and human feeling between the authorities and the prisoners was lacking. sud in no other camp bate I found signs of fear on the part of the prisoners that whats themselves which would be of to them and to the they might say to me would result in authorities. The attitude which is suffering für them afterwards,

taken towards the British prisoners

to be true that they are now housed based upon uspicion, and..., they... aIO in barracks together, which is a great

but Improvement,

have they opportunities for playing games' such football or for exercise other than walking. theatre, however, has now been started and it is hoped that it will provO A BECICIA. I have anked the British senior men. the uniform, overcoats, ie, needed, and the camp authorities will permit me to receive

eive these lists without delay. I Upon my arrival at the camp I was not sending a cheque for £100 to Captain Vidal received by the general, who acts as co-to be sport for immediate relief in auch mandant, but by major, who, together with curtain other officers, took u

waya as he may consider most advisable. ms through the camp.

I was anxious that Me Oxbome's report should not be made public until I bad had an opportunity of viewing actual conditions. mall, and I fearet to have laatste that the owa

› Impressions which I gained upon long conversations with the prisoners was even more unfavourable than I bad been led to expect

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Hagkong. Des. 30, 1915.

The Foreign Cice leat month issued s series of reports, made. by air. Gerard, the On November 8. Mr Gerard made his United States Ambassador in Berlin, and members of his ata, on prisoner of war empa in Germany.

The fint

report on the conditions at Wittenberg was so unfavourable that Mr. Gerard requested that it should be treated as confidential until he had been able to itspect the place personally. His inspection, however, produced an sign upon him than he had been led to expect. The chief Cacaos of complaint warn the dio of savage dog to saist the guards, the quality of the food, the fact that several prisoners, including a medical officer and man with ippled arm, had been struck, and that only 15 oot of 278 military prisoners had overcoats; above all, that all evidence of kindly and human foeling was lacking, and that the men were treated se !criminal«,"i In the first report on the camp at Wit ILIMPOPON COAL compares favour. tanberg Me Lithgow Osborne says: ably with the better grades of Japace The matter of clothing was the chief Col and gives good results on a very source of trable. Upon arriving in the moderate comsumption.

camp I asked the commandant "whether Store calling SEBATTIE or there were stores of clothing. He replied, SANDAKAN exclusively for BILIMPOY" To my further inquiries I dis HON COAL (either cargo or Bunkers) tinctly understood both the commandant T exempt from "payment of all Eort and has a tast to say that every English charges.

soldier had ben provided with an overcoat who were drawn up in line, se informed When I investigated ataong the prisoners

that prut by the authorities. On the practically no overcats had been contrary, 10 overcoats, which men had bad sont from England had been taken from their ownars and given to other British prisoners who were going to work-camps. When I brought this to the attention of in the next larrack, 135 men, of whom eight build have been a disgrace to un-THE SHARE CERTIFICATE NO. 1209 the erinmandact be stated that the had overcoata; and in the third barrack, -74

The De theories of natural anleer og Twenty-five shares numbered 4201 property of the prisoners could be disposed | mon, of whom eight had overconis.

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This on had been taxde use of in Germany to it by the authizities w they maw it makes a total of 16-overcoate-Among 273 prepare the way for wir, Bombardi had exceedingly few of the British bad received recoured was that overonats had been theory. By fasoared races, Darwin meant When I pointed out the fact that men. One of the chief complaints which grossly misapprehended the Darrinin overcoats, he modified his former statement baken away from British prisoners to be those best listed to their whole to the extent of saying that they would be given to the British prisoners who were ment. According to Darwinian principles supplied in the near future, in so far as going out on working parties and who were Germany should have slowly improved parable, but that it was at present very without evercoats. This was a first bet own prople, preserving the god and shown the clothing supplies, including 400 officer with ina said that this course was to destroy the people of France and be diflcult to ket overcoats. I was later depied by the authorities, but fasily the winnowing out the bad, instead of trying evercoats, and I then received a third perfectly proper. these overcoats were to be given out apon ap authorities, but it must be said the races rather than by the destruction of one version of the story inquired whether All the mon tad two blankets and many. That was the struggle for had received articles of clothing from the cams about by the preservation of favoured aj plication, and thé erïmmandant replied in the affirmative when I asked if thess on the whole they were insuficiently as by another.

side the Company's Earl where there in a At Sebattik Steamers are berthed along. minimem depth of 27 to 28 feet at law rater Spring Tides.

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FROM MONDAY 3rd to. Ifth January 25 per cont. discount will be given for cash on all Winter Stock, Comprising:- Heavy Overcoats, black serge Walking Coats (full busques; Cunts and Ski.te Morning And afternoon Frocks, also Trimmed Hata and Felta. All this season's goods.

MG'AINS. Alexandia Eduidings. Hongkong, Dec. 50, 1915.

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Some of our

given

at the present time there are over 4,000 prisoners of war in the camp, 278 of whom Ara British. There is also a small number of British priscuers in the hospital at the

CST-Batween Union Church and crap, and there are 500 Britch soldiers; TO BURST WHEN DYNASTIO HOOF

Bottom of Garden Road or on Tram employed fra Bomber of working" campa

Gar between 10.30 and 11 p.m. But through the Province of Saxony. There

December --A GOLD CROSS eat with are also 36 British civilians interned in the copper Among these I found that-12 were the Browning Hall recently on Science Initiale,

Sir James Crichton Browne, speaking at Garnets, inscription on back containing 4-

Finder will be rawarded on without overcosts. Upon my rata to and Religion, raid that he thought the returning it to the CENTRAL POLICK Berlin I immediately took steps to have 55. war, so far as this country was concerned, STATION. per week soliof money distributed among had been a rade shock to science and those of the British civilian's at Wittenberg beneficent impulse to religion. It had British military prisonera are interned and saving of life, but for its destruction. It who are not receiving money from bome been a shock to scienes to find that bet I next vied the three barracks where discoveries had been used, Boc for phe where the men were lined up toga her, so had been a shock to science to find that that I had an opportunity of apeaking to her professora in Germany had been unable them collectively as well as individually. Inca distinguish between right and wrong, the first barrade which visited there and had given their approval to atrocities were 68 men, none of whom had overcom:6;

tutored

envison-

existence Darwinapoke of Natural selection

uld be given to British prisoners, who clothed. I received complaints from men Germany, Sir James declared, was not a nked for them and needed them he again who had bees went to working camps that species, as a mere political division

swered sifirmatively.

they had not received Inll pay for the time beer barrel the stares of which would børst they had spent. Several men mentioned a when the dynastic boop was snapped, as It nitrate factory at Wittenberg In this assuredly would be by this war armany conexion.

1) had largely given up bellis f in God and the invisible world, notwithstanding the

| Kaiser's blasphemous inyocations.

Hongkong, Jan. 3, 1918.

THE HONGKONG LAND INVEST- MENT AND AGENCY CO., LTD.

LDST

4925 inclusive, standing in the Registor the name of Frank Barrington: Descor

at the Office of the Company & Queen's haring been lost. Notice is hereby given that unless the said Certificate be produced.

before the Third day of February 1918, a Road Central, Victoria, Hongkong, om or now Carsificate for the said shares will bo ja held by the Company as null and void.

and the old Certificate will thereafter MOWBRAY 8. NORTHCOTE

Acting Secretary "Hongkong, Jan. 3, 1910.

NOTICE

THE Busses of Architects and Civil Engineers cried on by: COLBOURNE

LITTLE in Hongkong ad by T.B J. ADAMS and MARABALL WOOD, (ander the style of THOMAS, ADAMS and Woop). in Canton have. amalgamated is from this date and will benosforth be conducted by the

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INACCURATE MANIFESTS. Undersigned,

From many of the :men had heard 1110 complaints that one of the watchmen had a large and fierce dog which he took inside 'the barracks and which had attacked and

ČLUTÉES, TORN BY DOGS... for the clothes of moverstof the prisoners.

The men also told me that one of the informed the Commandant that I did not know how far this was in accordancs British medical officers at the camp had with fact, but suggo-ted that it was been recently struck by a Garman nou unassary to bring the deg inside the commissioned officer, and spou investigation

The Naw Firm Name will be LITTLE, compound, particularly as had never this fact: proved to be true. I asked the

CADAMS and Wood" and the business of the replied that he considered it necessary and had actually recurred and he informed been called to esses in which goods export: Hougtong And Canton as heretofore. heard of it being done in other caps. He ulicer in question whether the incident

The attention of the Bird of Trade sa Bem will be carried on at their Offices in that this could not be changed, as theme that it had but that he had ad from, the Fnited Kingdom have besa COLBOURNE LITTLE, FRIBA, prisoners.

in the babit of remaining up consented to, consider the incident, detained by the Allied, Authorision on the having happened on the understanding ground that the bills of lading covering late at night; keeping their lights. barning that a repetition would not take place such goods did not correspond exactly with | MARSHALL WOOD! AR I.B.4. {{ playing tarda, 28.

The request that the British might have regards any British prisoner in the camp the manifests of the ships, on which they more than one representative af the bureau Many of the prisoners complained that dogs were carried. For instance, ship wa where parcels are opened, he said he would were brought in by German soldiers on consider. The further request that the duty at night and that in certain cases the recently detained by the Italian Aathorities British tavo a representative in the camp prisoners bad bad their clothes far by because the ship's manifes did unt specify canteed he thought might be granted, pra these dogs. asked the sathorities shether the goods were in transit for Switzer- vidad cae trustworthy Englishman could they considered these dogs necessary to the land, fact, which was cliarly shown in the be found. I suggested that there must be preservation of order raying that aon one trustworthy ene among 400, but he other exps had seen dogs used for the seemed

doubtful on the subject,

purpose, and they informed me that they

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I had also board several exact amplaints regarding one of the German soldiers in. the bathing house; who had struck with his closed fist several of the prisoners, includ ing one: man, with a "urinpled right arm; |-with, whom I had spoken, for being alow in getting drossed. The Commandant, how ever, did not wish to make any investigs- tion in regard to the offender

My whole impression of the camp anthorities at Wittenberg was, utterly di unlike that which have received in every "other camp. I have visited in Germády. Toscand regarding their charges in hope

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le at lading NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Governments attach the utmost importance CARTON PILOTAGE FERVICE, which will be His Majesty's Government and the allied N there new TWO VACANCIES in the to the accuate making cut in full detail of filled by competitive Examination in alpe manifesta; and is Mjesty's Gorgraaccordance with the General Regulations ment bays frequentlysacted with severity of the Chinese Pilotage Service underta where the manifests on board foreign ships The examination will be held at the hare, beer found not to correspond with the Harbour Master's Office, Chinese Maritime bills of lading. In these arcamatanes Cretome, ou bant, the 15th January shipowners warned rob only that His 1916 mont Majesty's Government would and it : Apprentices who have duly sorred na difficult to support their clame against apprenticeship of three month, and ho foreign Geversmenin inzenden, where az are desirous of sitting for oxamination," irregularity of the nature indicated was should forward their names and addresses made the ground of the detention of goods to the Harbour Master's Office"nos Ister' export from the United Kingdom, but than January 10tk 1916. A deficits date that the shippers would have grav on which they may sit for examination (will grisvence, against the shipowners in anch | then be given

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