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and commanding position among the nations of the world; an aim created by a deep and tremendous national hatred, Dr. DION, one of the leading students and writers of continental politics, stated recently Germany has at last dofled the mask which duped for years a large

section of the English speaking people, whose members are prone to judge others by themselves." And Dr. DILLON was one of the prophets mentioned above. In 1011 he wrote, among other things,as

The matine performance of The Blue WILL INVASION OF ENGLAND Bird" takes place this afternoon.

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Cavalry, who is reported amongst the killed in The Times of September 25th, was the son of Mr. Edward Henderson, well-known to many people in China. Major Henderson, the C. Daily News says, was born in Shanghai about 1876 1876 and was educated at Cheltenham, which he left to join the Indian Stad Corps.

The usual fortnightly meeting of the Sanitary Board was held yesterday, the Head of the Department (Mr. G. N. Orme) presiding. There were also present the Hon. Mr. B. R. Hallifax, Lieut-Colonel Gordon-Hall, Dr. Fitzwilliams, Messrs P. W. Goldring, Chan Kai Ming, and Ng Hon Tu, with the Medical Officer of Health (Dr. Clark), the Assistant M,O_H_ (Dr. W. W. Pearse), and the Secretary (Mr. E. W. Hamilton). The only business of public interest was the adoption of a motion by the President that a latrine adjoining the offices of the Sanitary heard should be abolished.

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whom might well be turned to considerable of any injury on a large, scale, or any advantage The brigading and rendering destruction of valuable buildingsor mobile of large groups of these forces to monuments. The cannonade on Thursday meet the special case of hostile descents night and early on Friday morning was will hardly have escaped attention. But incomparably the heaviest I have heard unless one mind presides over the whole, in this war, but it was not a bombard and has complete control for purposes of ment of the city so much as long runge command and operations, unity of action fighting between the advancing Germans will not easily be assured.

south-east of the city and the inner circle The attack on the British Isles is positions between the forts. Though the of the defonding forts and the guns in of the most difficult operations that can shells of both armies flew over the city in be imagined while we possess an unbeaten Fleet, but the less the chance for the all directions the amount of injury to Germans to bring off a great success on Certainly the Cathedral spire and l Antwerp itself is still probably stall lend the more, are they likely to risk & other conspicuous features of the city blow at us Convinced as we may be that were intact on Friday morning. we are safe under our naval shield, and The Germans, indeed, must have known knowing as we do that our land arma well that the city had bean evacuato ments improve daily, we must not allow Their information throughout has always ourselves to be lulled into a false senso of been accurate and prompt, and... one seeprity. The more completely we are dramatic incident of Thursday's exule prepared the less chance that the stroke LAST SCENES IN ANTWERP. will be delivered.

PEOPLE TERRIFIED BY BOMBARDMENT.

ELIGHT FROM THE CITY

was the circling of a Taube aeroplano at

BEAUTIFUL IN DESOLATION

have been absurd for the Germans to midday over the roads by which the rofugces streamed northwards It would.

wasto ammunition in pounding an empty The naval aspect of this problem has been, and doubtless will be again, con-

city which they were about to occupy sidered by the Naval correspondent of

theniselves. But I do not believe that this 77 7imes. From the soldier's point of

war will prodnen an incident more terrific view the naval defence of a country

than that night's cannonade na I saw it from the middle of the river before the. situated as the British Isles are to-day presents difficulties which not even The following message from The Times city. The danger to us was very slight, marked preponderance of fore can with correspondent, who remained in Antwerp but shells flew screaming overhead from absolute assurance overcome. The length to the last gives a vivid picture both directions. On the right hand the of our coasts, the absence of our best of the terror and misery which tremendous blaze of burning vil tanka people during the illuminated the city and was reflecteil troops overses: the wunt of i national oppressed the

bombardment By the Germans blood red on the heavy pall of smoka Army which is still only in the forming. After a night of making fear, the which covered the sky, while minor fre the submarine menace, which keeps our Grand Flest often far from the ultimately populace, on the first approach of dawn, breke out at various points, forming an decisive point; the Zeppelins, the mines, gathered up what they couid of their almost continuous ring round osto-third and other conditions which are more or the city. Some half a million fled, most

belongings and made for anywhere out of of Antwerp. less novel, throw upon Sir John Jellicoe of them to Holland. Before evacuating To us who have been there the bombard a burden of responsibility which no one the city the Belgian troops destroyed minent of the city has seemed ineritable, mus underrate A ships and stores that might be useful for it is nearly a week since the forts of

From the German point of view, though the enemy. The damage caused by the the outer circle began to fall, although the uncertainty of success will be at once hombardment is not great.

not much of what any correspondent has acknowledged, there is the old maxim of

ROTTERDAM, Celober 11th.written foreshadowing the end seems to Clausewitz which must never le forgotten Those of us who saw the last of the have been permitted to reach the public. deserted city on Thursday evening will Nevertheless, the expected end was nene never forget the scene. A considerable the loss bitter when it came. It is a proportion of the people had left on beautiful cily apart from its strategic Wednesday and the days preceding the value to surrender to the enemy, and it bombardment, which began on Wednesday ever looked more beautiful than when the streets were bare and deserted on the at midnight.

That was a night of terror which the last tragic day. At 8 o'clock on Friday majority of the population spent sleep morning the lighter hauled anchor, and lessly in cellars, listening to the thunder started to flent away from the city dowt of the bombardment without. Many fled the stream. Firing was now only in the hours of darkness, but most waited occasional, but frequent heavier explosions till carly down, when, gathering such told of the continued blowing up by tha Roods as they could carry, they, fled by Allis of the remaining forts and bridge. very nailable route by the roads We could only assume that the love towards Ghent westwards, by the river presaged the end. The blaze from the oil in every kind of craft, and especially by tanks had burned itself out, and other the high roads leading north towards the rcs were only sending up spirals at Dutch frontier.

smoke; but overhead the terrible black Frobably half a million people fled pall still hung eclipsing the sun, and it from the city in terror during 24 hours was in carie twilight wo floated down the I saw huge crowds jostling in the early stream, while the spires and towers of morning to cross the Scheldt by ferry Antwerp slowly receded into the distapes. Chent. I saw streams of people tumbling from the Care Waas for the railway to

ERCADE TO HOLLAND, and clambering on every kind of craft in the Germans entered the city front this Within three or four hours apparently the docks from passenger steamer to scow other side. I put ashore in a small boat and lighter, everything, leaving as soon as from the lighter in mid-stream. We loaded for Ostend, Flushing, and other made our way--my companion and I-- points. All the while the roaring of the by a devious route to the frontier, where guns continued and shells flow over and we rejoined the heart breaking stream of dropped close by the panic-stricken refugees Whing.

we had last. Ndert

For some 10 rulleg crowds. None, I believe, chanced to fall Thursday the scene was unforgetable. I saw also, mere individual units in the great mass, and for many hours both on Thursday till we reached Bergen op Zoom. Then, and Friday I mingled with, pathetic and still refugees among refugees, we came by stupendous crowds pouring on foot and train to Rotterdam, arriving after mid- in every kind of vehicle towards and night on Saturday morning.

Looking back over the eventful two day across the Dutch frontier.

AN AWFUL FACEL RE

certain datails stand out conspicuously But beyond all there were two experi- The first shock of the bombardment on cases namely walking through deserted Wednesday at midnight. The struggling on Thursday morning on the and shuttered streets which were still crowds

in mid Scheldt of the terrific bombard streets where the shells still shrieked and being bombarded on Thursday afternoon guays and scenes of terror at the boats; and the spectacle from Fighter anchored the extraordinary sight of the deserted ment on Friday night, when the whole banged; the wild spectacle of Thursday seone was lighted up by blazing oil tanka evening when the accompaniment of and a score or go of minor fires. No more the sounds of the explosions which sank awful piture of the horrors of war could the lighters to block the docks the Int well to imagined. When the people left boats drew out into the sticam; finally, the gity on Wednesday night and Thurs and most terrific of all, that hideous night Cay they stripped it of food for provision of flares and cannotade while to lay in in the few cabarets still open near the unforgetable, but as a background to all, for the journey. By noon on Thursday the river. All thee separately are quays, not a slice of bread was to ba and perhaps more pathetic than any bought. The windows of pastrycooks remains the vision of that endless patient, fruiterers, and grocers were shuttered and stream of homeless fugitives pludding every sweetmeat bottle was empty, every with out faces stolidly towards shelf bar. That afternoon and night unknown. details of the Civic Guards or Allied

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herself and honour, the product of real by his retirement the Supreme Coulunteered. Even if we have to deduct anywhere among tin maased people, but we tramped with the refugecs, duréelych

culture, would never allow the breaking of treaties. With what a crash has the

What is meant, while clear enough, is that the peace of Europe is at the mercy of well-armed, restless, ill-balanced Germany; that no section of that gifted $2.65 and enterprising people differs suffi

ciently in its mode of thought and feeling from any other section to warrant our regarding it as a check upon rash impulse vengeful aggression, ur predatory designs; that treaties possess no binding or deterrent force, and that 1.60 friendly conduct on the part of Great Britain or France has no propiliatory effect. Brute force is the only thing that counts, and henceforth the peace Fowers must store it up at all costs. This well- defined idea of what was bound eventually to happen has developed with an almost tragic exactness. The British soul, which is a traditional lover of peace, though not peace at any cust, has continually sought to live at case with the world, and

namely, that we must do the best wo particularly so with Germany, whose

can, even though the chances of success rivalry in the sphere of world-commerce

are against us, when we have no was never looked upon in anything but

pportunity of doing anything better. With an intact Navy and the initiative the nature of a business competitor whose presence, perhaps, made things Mr. J. W. Lie-Jones, Deputy Registrar can be done, and as hope springs eternal in the human breast I will prob easier for the middle class purchaser. and Accountant of the Supreme Court, ably he hope that while the German Then there was the wealth of German leaves for Home to-day on retirement Navy engages ours, the transports escorted culture the existence of which was taken from the Colonial service on pension by the older warships may slip across and 665 full advantage of by our own English Mr. Lec-Jones came out to the Colony as complete a landing under the protection Society, the erudition of whose seis and an Assistant Master at the Government of mines, submarines, and vesels sunk in a fairway. There is ample shipping in daughters was not considered complete Central School (now Queen's College) in German ports for the embarcation of a Ten years later he was appointed quarter of a million men er more, and unless several years had been spent in

to act as first clerk at the Magistracy, and from the evidence which we have had of the quiet and studious atmosphere of

in 1896 he passed his final examination the calmness with which German generals sacrifice life to attain their objects we can German colleges. Against the ominous

Thereafter he was appoint-t sure that the loss of 50,000 men in for the Bar cries of the prophets it was urged that ed Acting Deputy Registrar and Account transit will be considered a cheap price this remarkably high standard of German ant at the Supreme Court, and the sub-to pay for throwing the remainder ashore, culture had developed to such an extent stantive appointment was made in 1901. has some three million men on her two Are there the troops to sparel Germany in numbers that it would be the deciding. Lee-Jones is also on several occa- Frontiers. But she has fantaillion men factor against theworld-wide and A. S. WATSON & CO., devastating war predicted. With the stons filed the post of Appraiser, and attractive Amy Reserve and Land existence of such an organisation of deep the time s his retirement held, in addrwehr, besides a million and three-quarters more in her Landsturri and Ersatz students war by Germany was du totion to his permanent post, that of Deputy Reserve. She may have a million recruits "Mursal of the Prize Court. Afr. Lab of the new contingent at the depôts, and be impossible. Germany would never ones is a barrister-at-law, having been there are reports that over a million men quarrel with a nation whose existente called to the Bar at Gray's Inn 14 1801 who have escaped service in the past have was of so much riaterial interest to

from all these figures half a million or Commentions and gig onicer, more for losses in the field by wounds and sickness, it will take a great deal to con- The death took place at Aberdeen on vince us that the number of troops needed German idol fallen und revealed all its september 30th of Mr. Christopher for the invasion of England cannot be bad points; deep hatred, a studious Thomas Gardner, C.M.G., who retired always been, the great, and perhaps the found. The sea passage is, and has preparation of wat with all its horrots, tects the iritish Consular Servies in 1800 insurmountable, unhealty, but from the and a brutal disregard for the weak. In after distinguished service Mr. Gard point of view of shipping and men there dwelling upon the happenings of the warmer, who was 72 years of age, entered the, we may say, no difficulty at all one might very well inquire what has Consular Service in China in 1861, and in should wish to strike at us. The land There is much reason why he Germans happened to that obvious spirit of the course of his career he was sucessively campaigns do not at present (ppear likely brilliant culture in Germany, the ostioned at Canton, Chefoe (where he to produce decisive results favourable to cxistence of which was reflected in many also acted for Denmark, Austria, and Germany within any period of time that can be foreseen, end the strain on ways!

It has mozely fullled. Dr. France), khang (then the furthest open Germany is tremendous. We cannot be DILLON's propheos : ** no section of port on the Yangisze), Newchwang (where positive, knowing broadly as we do the thas gifted and enterprising people he was in charge of German, Austrian distribution of German forces, that differs sufficiently in its mode of thought and Dan interests in addition, and to defend herself as best she may, Germany has any definite strategy except and feeling from any other section to

was also appointed protector of French Antwerp shows that she seek for the line warrant our regarding it as a check upon subjects in Manchuria during the Franco- of least resistance in order to strike a rash impulse,

Brute force is the Chinese War), Hankow, Amoy, and blow which may be at least resounding only thing that counts." Though good and finally from 1894 Consul General in Korea She may consider a death grapple with our forces at home to be another advance he retired through ill-health.o the line of least resistance, even though not allowed to escape the influence of the

of years EL Chol at us would cause all good Germans of comfort to the enemy, stopping the gas greater and stronger spirit of military for acumber aggression, and thus, at a time when enham. He was a great authority upon unmixed happiness if it come off, and and cleric light supply, burning stores

The Dentelier - L'ebersedienst reports: the of grain and materials, sinking lighters would give the German Navy

Count Reventlow in the Deutsche Tager. culture should have said, "We will Chinese questions, and his services as a opportunity for which it longs. It is not in the deck basins, and blowing up forti

reitung invités America to send cotten have none of this." it was too weak to lecturer upon such toples were a great strategy. It is an adventon The odds and bridges.

From my observation and from the ships to Germany, as no effective British resist the impulsive rush of armies. The demand by the Primrose League, the are against success. But still the adven-

ture may be attempted.

direction of the explosions I believe all blockade exists, and the German cuast is three-year-old prophecy of Dr. DILLON Victoria League, and kindred societies.

The measures which our Government are the inner circle of forts were destroyed not blocked by mines. The English On Thinsday evening there cannot have would acquiesce in a breaking of the can only be conjectured. They must, how- over, make up their minds whether we exist as wounded left in the city Another jurort says in the

chiefly murecs and doctors in hospital

Count Reventlow calls, in the Houtreke. propose to fight on land regularly or and including no soldiers,

Tageszeitung, attention to the fact that irregularly. In the first are all the.

In walking through the city I found the German ports are still open for goods constituted forces Sght while the people the English Colony Hosptial in great which are not contraband.

There is no remain quietly in their homes. In the distress. Only 16 patients, all Belgian reason why the United States of America The Chinese who was arrested on the second case every one takes what weapon soldiers, were there, but these were looked and other outral Powers cannot ship to handicap its rivals, it becomes the Wing Lok Street Wharf on the 7th inst, he can get hold of and become a partisan, after by Nurse Ward and Nurze Fresh directly to Karaburg Harbour pilds THE long and anxious pauses in the was/chemy of the commonwealth of nations just as he was boarding a steamer for after donning some badge to constitute field, with the nssistance of one old man will be provided, and the route north of

himself a proper combatant. It is casier known as "Scotty," who proved himself Beotland is absolutely safe... Sach Macau, for being in unlawful possession for a civil population, but it is also easier a hero. The other nurses had been BRITISH MARINE INSURANCE. afford an opportunity for a necessary limitations of Germany's liberty to make of dynamite, detonators, and fuse, was for the cremy, when the war is regular. allowed to depart and Nurses Ward and retrospective survey, In looking back

In both events, the public should be Fre hield and Sootty bad carried all mischief in future as the peace-loving committed for trial by Mr. C. D. Midstructed how to act, on the coast, in the the patients downstairs from the upper The following official telegram from the apor the comparatively tranquil condition of the countries before the people now forced to take up arms may bouras at the Magistracy yesterday. interior, in the towns, and in the farms. wards to the protection of the lower floor. Foreign Office has been received i

? deem essential to their well-being, juust Chief Detective Inspector Murrison told Failing euch instruction we may witness At great personal risk both nurses went Peking:- -ontbreak of the war, nothing appeals to be effected not by those moral checks his Worship that the defendant was the flight of hordes of people from the alternately through the bombarded strea To guard against interruption of over- its with greater force than the prophetic which tresties and conventions supply, formerly an officer in the Canton Army belongings than which a page fatal bar begging for, kelp in removing the patients set commerce or an excessive rise in priet

danger area, with their focks, herds, and to the Red Cross and military hospitals, writings of those who, in the comfortable but by the impotence which material force He joined in the first Revolution, and to the conduct of operations by the to other hospitals, but they could get no owing to high insurance rates, Eis and nonchalant days of peace, were

In plain language, Germany erwards got a past as Acting Com defending army can scarcely be imagined. help. At 6 o'clock on Thursday evening Majesty's Government put into operation looked upon as scare-mongers of the

be must rendered politically and mander of the troops at King Chan. It is useless to issue such instructions I saw them finally get their patients to a scheme for the insurance of ships and Yellow Press' nature; persons who were militarily innocuous. Between this conWhen Chaa Kwing Ming fled from Can. when the enemy is on our stores, for no sriety, and too creat praise cannot be cargoes, at rates fixed by the State and not exceeding five per cent. This scheme given them for their devotion, so so mentally endowed that they could notummation and the ruin of European tou he also fed.

COMPARATIVELY SLIGHT DAMAGE.

has been in operation for three months allow other people to enjoy a

Both the British Field and the Stobart and, despite the activity of German English Hospitals were alve still operat commerce-raiders, reductions have been unmarred by any visionary troubles of civilisation there is no middle way."

ing on Thursday evening, and must have gluttonous and hateful-national neigh. These words may savour of - unnatural INCREASED PRICE OF RUBBER opalities and private persons, as to the en still there when the Germans arri found passible in the rates which are now

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GAFENERSeptember 30th, at Aberdeen foreful in itself, German culture was on his return to England he lived our sailors may hold other views. A blow troops were busy destroying all sources GERMAN VIEWS OF THE BRITISH

C. T. GARDNEi, C.M.G., aged 79) late of H.B.M.'s Consular Service. Lewis--October 3rd, at Warrington- crescent, W. ALBERT LEWIS, Jate of Chinese M Customs Service, aged 67. WALSH October 6th, at Meadow Croft, Woldingham, Surrey, F. WALSE, late of Kobé, aged 72.

BLOCKADE.

BONGKONG OFFICE: 104, Des Vœux ROAD C. Las been fulfilled to the letter, and in The C.M.G. was bestowed upon him in likely to take in case of a hostile landing been more than a few hundred people North Sea blockade by American ships.

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HONONG, NOVEMBER 18TH, 1914.

life

supplementing a review of his prophecy 1894. the saine writer remarks: When State traens to set any specific value on its coleanly plighted word, when it concludes treaties, not with a view to take upon itself an obligation but only

and should be treated as such.

inflicts."

harshness and severity'; but who can deny

bours. They were looked upon in short as the literary pests of a happy-go-lucky that they are called for! Germany has

become at once the enemy of peaceful

AN ALLEGED REVOLUTIONARY SENT FOR TRIAL.

the first a

INTERIN DIVIDENDS.

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LONDON, November 8th.

TSINGTAO.

cne will then attend to them, Conse nently we must expect from the authori ties a prompt announcersant of their views, including instructions for muni- hest means of putting out fires caused by the next day. Probably the last British two per cent for cargoes, and one or two aerial bombs. The expansion of local fire.

to leave before the entry of the Gerruss per cent. for mills, A London telegram to the 'enang brigades must also be considered. were the English clergyman, the Rev. CELEBRATING THE FALL OF society. It is not strange to those of nations; she is a national outlaw and Gazette, dated November 5th, suys:

We shall, of course, fight with every man Cyril Harrison, and his wife, who like who sympathised with the more a serious

must be treated ne spel by the combiner The ship rise in rubber to 2/73 is But there is no Commander-in-Chief in boarded one of the last batch of lighters who has a rifle and forms part of a corps, your conespondent and one companion, prophets of German preparations for a efforts of the other great Powers. And attributed to Government contract the British Isles just now other than the going out of the docks at 7 o'clock of Guilds, carrying lanterns and illuminated continent-sweeping was and the eventual an outlaw of such a character can really

quirements.

The following interim dividends are Secretary for War. The command of a Thursday evening to lie mid-stream all lowering of the proud head of Great

expect but one fat at the hands announced

certain foron entrusted, i certain night bordment of Anworn will, on the othebrated the full of Ringto Britain, that their warnings have now nations whose ice has been roused Ly

mission is confided to Sir Ian Hamilton, The bombardment of Anwerp will on the 10th inst. They visited the Em .................................... 5

but the actions of large masses of armed believe, prove to have done comparatively bassies of the Allies and the Belgian materialised to the extent of ho

men at home escapes his control. Wo little damage On Thursday afternoon Legation, where, for two hours, they revelation of a great and military-ridden happenings, which should have been alice even to a war of Fuch magnitude,

and placed to reserve $25,000.

have great garrisons, large beal defence there had been good deal of miscelland demonstrated and cheered enthusiaal- Germany whose sole aim, at whaterer Germany, to render life really worth.

forces, and other troops, beades the new ous chipping of buildings, smashing of cally Similar demonstrations took place ecot, was to depose Britain from her proud line as we know it must be rendered Sungei Matang Ere reconstructing and armies in various stages of colution, not pavements and battering down of been before the Foreign Office, War Office And

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