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pa Antwerp to "Constantinople! This Garman This situation requires the caraful train has now replace the Germans attention of the Allies. I will try to believe" for ever the former International The Timea has published an indicate some of the sources of this rient Expres account of the true condition of German condenes and a great means Germany from an unimpeachable by which it might be undermined.

A FIGHT FOR EXISTENCE.

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of "" an observer who reached Switzerland at the end of June,

after having lived in Germany and TWO GROUNDS OF CONFIDENCE. enjoyed special facilities for observation since the beginning of

the war.

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PEKALONGAN, PENANG FONTIANAK

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UN FILED DEPOSITS —

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Y. J. STABR,

Chief Manager,

Hongkong, Fel 18, 1918 »

HONGKONG SAVINGS BANK,

THE bisinever of the aoove Bank is condneted by the HONGKONG

is is hard to describe the feeling of Sept. 11 Sept. 181 Sapt. 25 Oct. 1 bewildermens that overcomes any person Oct B. Oct. 16 who reaches a nauges country alter 26 Nov. 4 having lived for nearly two years in the

FAR-REACHING CANAL #CURMES 9. Nov. 18 atmosphere of Germany...

Nov, 26

I gather that the Press in the German As I have said, nothing short of grave Is it any wonder that having secured, Dee. 15 Dec. 1 peaking part of Switzerland has been military disaster will shake area frusias they believe, the highway to the East. regarded in some Allied countries in the army, in its chiefs, and in the and, with it, the power to throttle Russia reflecting German views and sympathies Government In Allied countries it on the Bosphorus at their pleasure, the adems to be thought that the attack upon Germans should be confident?: The best imt I can say, tist, when I read the Ferdun, which hus och rich enormous pot el their confidence Jies in the efforts German Swiss newspapers, and it began sacrifices and has progressed so slowly, they are now making to organize, develop, te dawn upon me that the atmosphere must have opened the eyes of the German and extend their inland waterways so as As far as to make it possible for vessels of 1,000 in which I had lived so long did not masses to the true position. refect the true situation of the Ailies, my experience goes the supposition is tone to pass from Antwerp, Hamburg, For I felt inclined to exclaim" Do I sleep, erroneous. The people was told, and eBremes, or any other port on udy large. do I dream, or is viskis about?has constantly been repeated to them, that German river or canal to the Black Sea Robinson Crusce, returning from his the German troops balore Verdun have by way of the Danube. The "Danube laud, can hardly have rubbed his eye difficult task in hand and that it caption is to-day the foremost question

be The Press of only with greater.astonishmeht.

performed gradually and in Germany! Preparations are being German Switzerland, from which my first methodically. They believe that Verdun made to liple up by a system of caasla impressions, of the outer world were will be taken in den course, and con-not only the Rhine, Danube, and Elte, derised, certainly tells the impartial fidently await the day of triumph. Then, but every important German waterway. truth in sufficiens degree to save it they think. the exeries of Cermany will In the past his "canal scheme has been Now it has becoine readers from sharing German illusions, begin to realize and admit the complete chiefly Bavariati What more can be asked of a ventralness of German victory. It is much the National and Imperial The King of

same with the anger felt in Germany Bavaria has long been its 'most powerful AND SHANGHAI BANKING COR The Bavarian Canal Assoc3-; FORATION. Rules may be obtained on when compulsory military service was advocate, adopted in England. The Germans do tion, founded 24 years ago, han always application

INTEREST on deposita is allowed on not think that compulsion i England enjoyed his protection and support. He will rob them of victory in the long run. recently attended the real meeting of the minimum monthly balances at 34

the avail

ocation as Kelheim and delivered FER CENT. per annual Depositors a speech of great importance in which he

may transfer at their option balances of briefly expressed publis feeling as I have $100 or more to the HONGKONG AND described it, and urged the absolutelera CHAY BANK, to be m necessity of linking up Rhine. Danube.FINED DEPOSIT ON and Elbe, creating buge united

economic territory" based upon constantly, increasing and more fruitiul,» development of the old and new relation. ships between Germany and her allies."

Meetings like this have been held during Hongkong, 3day 14, 1914. the last two or three months in all the chief German towns, among others at Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Dresde, Berlin, Munich, and Ratisbon (Regensburg), There is hardly an important centre. in which some general useably has not been organized with the object of forming local executives, enlisting a technical stof, and Authorised Capital

The enterprise has become | Subscribed raising funds. Imperial instead of being Bavarian Paid-up development which implies a delicste compliment to the King of Bavaris and insensibly tightens the ties which bind Bavaria to the Empire. Whereas Bavaria has recently shown a desire to maintain her separate individuality in the Empire by rejecting the proposals for an Imperial postsge scheme, this Danube and canal enterprise is being used to bind her more tightly than ever to the Empire.

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Scarcely lows astonishing than the discovare that the position of the Allies is not what German fondly believe it to be is the mistakon conception prevalens In some Allied countries of the read but they are angry at such additional condition of Germany and of the state proof of British obstinacy in refusion of mind of the German people. I propose recognize that fermany already to describe as simply as possible what trincaphont. that condition and that state of mind

really ure.

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THE PUBLIC'S VIEW

There is something to admire in the spirit of the Gertaan people. It is a real war spirit. The children are filled with it. Stanil boys of 10 not only form fours drill, and marchin military atyle, but in every considerable village there is a boys' band which gives concerts two or three times a week. Those bands play patriotie, sirs, and the local population flocks to hear the

Unless I am entirely mistaken--and my experience of life ia Germany has been convinuous essential change in public feeling has taken place among the German moshes since the beginning of The war; or, if there hins hêen a chaig

When I left Germany, the Russian not been in the direction of it has discouragement.. Tir ntrast which fessive had already begun, but bothing ordinary termans can be go to say is a generally known of its sucess. The that it is high time that, peace were newspapers said little about it, und the made bus they mean, of course, a official bulletins even indicated that it German peace, one which shall consolidate had already been checked. In any case and correspond to German victorien.it:wa only the Austrians. Every true They do not feel that they are victorious, German think the Austrian an infarior Owing to the War in Europa Steamers and Salling dates are liable to be cancelled but they are firmly persuaded that they being a bad fighter who only does well when officered, organized, and stiffened For Farther Information. Passage Fares Freights, Handbook, ate, apply to cannot bo-beater

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the spirit of Bismarck as brooding overTM It may be thought that the German Paris and pointing the way to a repetition people are living in a foel's paradise. of the mighty deeds of 1870 and 1971, That would certainly be the case were The Battle of the Marge was taken as serious military deleat inflicted upon the proof that the task might be longer and German armies. But there is another harder than had at first been supposed, element in German, confidence which but all talk of a German reverse wis weems not to be properly understood in checked by the axplanation that, on the Allied countries. Marce, the German armies had merely stayed their advance for a time, iz order to take up positions carefully selected 16 years earlier by the foresight of the General Stan.

As time went on the conviction grow and deepened that Germany was Aghting for her very existence. Though obliged by the regussities of the situation to

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Hongkong, March 97, 1014 During the last 10 or 15 years much is hoped to bring Romanial into the has been said in the European Press about scheme by persuasion or force, and to pan-German Arabitions and the extension compensate her by securing for her of German political control over the whole possession of the "Russian shore of the rate from Hamburg to the Persian Gulf; Jover Danuse. Thus German contival of but I doubt whether, any ontsider really and would, together with the control of

the whole waterway would be complete,† understood how deeply this idea and the railway route, link Germany

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England would, at least be neutral. Some for no other reason, even dreamed that England might be on induced to adhere to the German cause of Rumania, German confidence would or shorter periods at rates which will be their side. They never imagined that for the same purpose. When the British receive a fatal shock. "The presence, of quoted on application she would declare war spon them. The blockade began to be effective it became an Allied force at Salonika has been a more than ever necessary for Germany to thorn in the German side, because of declaration of war was consequently a great low, though the phrase of the open the way to Constantinople and the potential menace it has constituted to King of Bavaria So much the better: Baghdad, to enhjugate the Balkans, and the safety of the land and, water, routes the more enemies the greater bonour to secure such control over the Straits to the East. Should that menace becere I quickly passed from mouth to mouth. Atand Tarkay sa to make of Asistio Turkey real, the greater alarus would be felt THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE THE FIRST CHINESE NEWSPAP the time I felt, and I still believe, that, not only a granary, but a source of The cutting of those routes and the bad the attitude of England been plainer, apply for all important raw materials re-establishment of Berzis would bring Regular Direct Service from JAPAN, CHINA ad STRAITS to BEIRA. Garmany would have shritak from making like cotton, wool, metals, and petrolaum. about the ruin of German hopes and the DELAGOA BAY, DURBAN, RAST LONDON, PORT ELIZABETH and CAPE war until she was quite sure that England The Turco-German commerial agres collapse of German concepte net leas 20WN, calling at MAURITIUS en route and affording the Quicken Freight would stand aloof

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understand, for the substitution of victories over, German Armies on the Now nothing short of thorough military Turkish up of fruit for those of Westum and the Russians fronts": defeat will convinen the German people Italy an the backets of Germany. that they can be beaten. Otherwise there The Gastro people feel that with the will be no peace, except on. Germany crushing of Serbia and the opening up own terms. The people are prepared to of the route through Balgaria to infer, much as they may dislike the Constantinople and beyond, it first and inconvenience to which the war has pub most essential portion of this great scheme them. This is particularly trus of States has been realized; and they do not for o Bavazio, where I spent some time a moment believe that their mantery of before leaving the country. If the the highway to the East can now be Bevarians could be given smashing seriously challenged. Consequently, they blow there might be rapid end of the are confident that, sa soon as the enemy war, bus they are now a persuaded naabuil dave resognized defeat and Leit they were at the beginning that their Germanytest the head of an immense Generale and their soldiers cannot be Zollverein stretching from Antwerp to the defeated. Even a Prossinn defeat would

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