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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19TH, 1914

BRANSON HEVOSYALE

WHAT I SAW IN BERLIN.

[BY A SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE LONDON EVENING NEWS."]

"What are they saying in Berlin? Do they realise the invincible determination of the British to see this thing through, even though, as The Times.

expresses.

it in its leader We and our Allice were based on the Pyrences There are questions which Londoners keep asking themselves day by day. The reports of the official German Press are not at all satisfying. Because we know that the journals there say only what it pleases the authorities to permit them to

"What," says the man in the London street, we want to read is an unbiassed impression of a visitor from London." Ten days ago The Evening News dispatched a member of its staff to Berlin to observe and report, and his impres sions, given below, will be read with the deepest interest÷-

"Your nationality 1" "Italian

"Where do you come from?"

Berlin.des

The fatherly-looking Custom House offeer who was examining our passports: dropped his glasses and looked at me in astonishment "And what were you doing in Berlin 7" he asked, after a nom- it's panse.

Just a pleasure trip," was the ausser, which perhaps did not satisfy him completely

He looked again at the passport, which was in perfect order, at the half doen seas, signatures, and Consulate stencils, Italian, Dutch, and German, which have occupied, during the last two weeks, almost all the room left for the purpose

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the dirty looking, official piece of paper, and concluded philosophically, giving it back to me: After all some folk live get curious hobbies.”

*Well, I really don't know if to go to Berlin from England in war time just to know what's going on is a curious hobby or not. But, when two weeks ago I read splant which stories of starvation and symptoms of in sotie London newspaper wonderful panic in the German capital, and in some others that things in Borlin were going on just as usual, I thought the only way to know the truth about it was to go there myself. I was warned that I should get into trouble, bo arrested, kept prisone, treated as a spy, etc., and the few persons who knew of my journey thought it was a very foolish thing to do. As a matter of fact, the trip was carried out without niuch difficulty.

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KNOWLEDGE OF THE ENEMY

Deutschland, Deutsch- wakes me up with the say

The Times of Ceylon, and does not leave me sinking of the ships by the Eden in her of October 26th,

illusion of being in a

Further details are to hand as to the latest raid in the neighbourhood of

add here yesterday morning from all it took four hours and filty five removed to a captured collier within Minicoy The crew of the Troilts however, before the Troilus sank, and in boat, whose wireless installation was It took a further fifty-five minutes.ing. Of tho ships sunk, one was a B.I. vessels were captured in the following went under, and she quickly capsized account, there has been mutiny and the adras and are leaving Colombo to-day minnies to sink the old ship. She then half-an-hour. In keeping with her order: The Tasmanian dredger Hex The end was very near now, and she went shouting of mutiucers on board the Enden, Reed, October 17th; Clan Front Cetober down vory fast, her stern standing, for a by another vesel. It appears that the turned over on her broadside, the bows buccaneering exploits, 17th Troitus, October 17th Benmoh, moment straight in the air, and the sinking we rejoiced, was bringing out October 18th St. Eybert, October 19th;

ford, October 19th; Chillane, October eight of the vessel then carried her stores and ammunition for the Emden:

stern first on the starboard side. It was conts along? Oh, they said, "we made a better job on her, for she went hore that night, and one of the prisoners under with a final plunge. Thenibers

One of the officers had said that their We also saw the Chilkana sink, but they men were going to play football on after this that we in the St. Egert made know she's safe in Colombo to-night." down in about half an hour. She sank said: What If you do if the Hampshire.

of the crew of the Troilue

bed-room at the Kaiserhoof Hotel, and The clumsy furniture of my large Here is a summary of it: three days front of the house which cuts my horizon the sight of the intensely German-looking from London to Berlin (arrested one at at the other side of the Wilhelinplatz Goch, a German Frontier town, and une make mo realise that I am in Berlin, at Hanover, three days in Berlin (had to right in the heart of the great monstar report to the police every morning and who is lacerating with his steel talons was arrested twice) three days from Europe from east to weste Berlin to Amsterdam, the only exciting. diversion being a short arrest at Stendal to see straight away how the war has I am taken by a sort of fover. I want lady to leave her easy chair in her have many friends, in peace time excellent them asen by Times of Ceylon repre I would not exactly recommend an elderly changed these Germans among whom were in Colombo to-day, and many of Kensington sitting room to start off of organisers of commercial enterprises as such a journey. But I enjoyed every merchants, as scientists, even as soldiers, sentative, had literesting stories to tell moment of the trip.

but soldier whose chivalry, as I thought The Froilus left Colombo last Baturday of, and the officer; who was standing on grimness of the soldier.

week for London with a comprising a large quantity of tea and tions through a megaphone to the captain rubber and was sunk by the Emden or of the heat we were on. He said Jast Monday moming. When we first sav the Euden, a member of the Troilus voyage and

pleasant journey.

You must not go to Bombay or Colombo' Bures, which was acting as a collier to Where am I to go1" The officer un

We then

WHAT'S ON IN BERLIN.

CONTEMPT FOR AUSTRIA.

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SHIPPING REPORT.

"What is then the present condition of Berlin 1 Did you find out the truth about what's going on there!" Everybody keeps asking mo these questions.

The answer cannot be given in a few the hotel, I walk right along the explained "she was being followed by the The captain of the St Egbert replied: to moderate N. E, winds and fine.

I dress as quickly as possible. Leaving

usual; the life did not appear to me at am now in Unter, den Linden, Flags are her: On board tho Buresh were the crews the Emden's bridge said: You are to words. Berlin, on the surface, is as Wilhelm-strasse, full of busy people.

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first sight much different from what I saw hanging from every balcony; others wave of the Clan Grant, Benmohr, and the during my last visit four years ago. the gigantic commercial buildings; many about 330 miles from Colombe, and, at the steamed off towards Cochin, and the

at the top of the high masts which crown Tasmanian dredger. We were captured 80 to Cochin or to Aden." London has changed her habits more on account of the war than Berlin. The shops show draperios with the national time, we were on the course given us by men followed up until about 2 a.m. theatres in the German capital are mostly colours and the clawed black cagle is the authorities here. We were hoarded on Tuesday morning, when we could not open, the crowds in the streets do not look everywhere on the cap of the messenger by a large party of German blue-jackets have been very far from the Indian coast, much different from the Peace-time boy and at the breast of the lady, on the who were commanded by the captain She then left us, and we reached Cochin crowds, the food-stuff prices are very little of the Bauer Café and on the silk hand Harkemania, who is German Naval ship's boats, but unfortunately many of

banner which dominates the corner turret of the Hamburg Amerika higher than usual. The women driving

liner, at daylight. We were landed in the taxi-cabs, the starving queue outside the kerchiefs in the shop windows. Reserve man, and by a German Liontenant, us men were left floating in our boats in butchers' shops in the morning, and the The Austrian colours are completely The captain of the Hamburg-Amerika heavy rain outside the Cochin harbour, potatoes sold at high price these exist ignored. I have not seen a single liner a fine big man, very tall and as there was not enough water to get in. only in the dreams of newspaper corres Austrian fing during the whole of my stay well-built, and he was extremely nice to pondents.

We wers feeling very downhearted, and in Berlin, and it is really curious the us. A large quantity of provisions was after we had so long a pall from the Everything seems pretty normal. The Olympic indifferenec the Prussians affect taken aboard the German cruiser, but all Bobert we were tired and hangry sad This 8'esmer brings Cargo-From Middles enthusiasm for the Emperor, for the towards their ally Germany's only our personal belongings remained we have to thank the master of the Clan Army, for the Fatherland is as strong friend. A German offer who I met later untouched and we eventually took them acheth, which was lying in the road- as ever. The confidence of the people, fed on declared to me candidly that he away with us. When the Eden had stead, for kindly taking us aboard his up false news, on fantastic reports, on considered that the Austrians as allies caught us, she kept us with her all day vessel and treating us extremely well. He gigantic illusions, is unbounded. These were a drawback rather than a help people have a keen relish and delight in

and ut nine o'clock on Sunday night she and his officers were gentlemen, and we Companies of soldiers come out from caught the St. Egiere. It was about two cannot praise them two warmly. the fact, as they adinit, at once, that the Luisenstrasse following the drums; other hours later that the Enford came along gave us steaming cups of coffee, and a whole world is against them; they seems at B veices on Mutu tons of coal, and good gave chore we went share that to be proud of their isolation and despise Chausser through the Brandenburger Tor nt 3 cock on Monday morning last the day they gave us more coffee and biscuits infinitely their only allies, the Austrians.

in which, gilded by rays of the sun, is British India boat Chikung fell into the and cigars One hears in the street people talking the Quadriga of Victory, by G. Seindev Emden's clutches like this: We are bound to win; it recollect that exactly a hundred years

Suveral of the men declare that they is fatal and it is ridiculous to see a few age, in 1514, the hoary brass group was know exactly what boats were coming formed part of the boarding party, tligt The Captain of the Emden Eeemed to were told by German blue-jackets, who leorapit nations trying to stop God's taken back to Berlin from Paria after and the time of their arrival to within the Emden gets regular information in Will," or "We are the only race of seven years at the top of the arch of the a few minutes. All the officers and code from an agent in Colombo, and the dictators; we will have the whole world Champ. Elyses. How soon before its members of the enws of the captured men, were able to give them items of war at our feet and impose our laws on every next trip to Paris? Near one of the side vessels were then transferred to the Snows which they subsequently learnt had nation" and very often this more simple colonnades a gentleman standing on a obert, and we left our vessel in our own appeared in very recent copies of Ceylon and ntilitarian" When I will be able to hair

shout the latest war neve life-boats. get a concussion for

a megaphone to a crowd aboard 110 men altogether, and we were&mden gels verbal information from to rent

The Egbert thus had papers. The uen also declare that the maize plantation through "Gr When, next year,

news of Antwerp, because I nothing very complimentary to say con- where from understood it was clearly realised when ceruing the treatment they received on WHEN THE AWAKENING COMES! that city capitulated or was taken by the board the St. Egbert.

easel Thon on to Paris! Gruas the besieging army would be

They

we shall start ostrich farming in Southteners Everybody is anxious naturally cramped" Our informant had another source, but they would not my

in Algeria Africa, ete.

of the people I met in Berlin willingly all exaggerated.

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What the awakening of this town will bo like I don't know.

details were gathered I air sorry I shall At the Pariser Platz Ise wounded consideration shows them by the captain Chilkan. The Eilmen, after capturing not be in Berlin when the bad news is oicers hoing taken into the large private of the Enden. We all got safely aboard the Bures about three weeks ago, went He spoke, however, very highly of the from Captain Archdeacon of the B.L. str. given out and the people begin to realise loses which are used as Red Cross the St. Egbert, he declared, even our into the lagoon of Diego Garcia, the That they have been the dupes of the inspitals, and a large crowd rectives them two cat which were ultimately left un inrgest island in the Chagos Archipelago, THE Emperor and the military easte. It is with sympathetic chicers. One of the most that bot certain that something very, very serious markable things in Berlin is the number many of us and the our only accommoda- scraped her bottom and repainted it. will happen. I am sure of it. Probably of private houses, hotels and musu tion was on dock with a tropical sun tien coaled from the Burek, and sallied Seeing that there were so cleaned her boilers, heeled ber over and the end of the Hohenzollern system of turned into hospitals; and the conclusion government is very near just now when it I can to is that the British estimates of thing down upon us, the captain of the forth in search of more victims. The first

ins at the zenith of its power. Most the number of German casualties are not sent two awnings which he instructed then its way to New Zealand on Saturday being landed and placed AT THEIR RISK in the

Emden, with prainworthy lorethought, vessel sunk was the dredger, which was CANON admitted flint the methods of war of their round a sad distressed, gay as it is on captain of these. Robert to erect and secreting

Berlin is a city of troops in Belgium and France were wry the sun face. wrong, but they invariably concluded: "If this is the only way to give Germany tomorrow.)

P(A second article will. her definitive position of queen of the world, you perfectly understand that the life of a four thousand men, the pillage of a few cities, the tears of a few women cannot be an obstacle worth considering.

They don't admit for a moment that success will, perhaps not crown, gud to acrtain extent justify their dords, they don't consider the possibility of disaster. If they have the worst of the struggle it will certainly not be for lack of self-confidence, sagt daft

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and we were thankful for the relief Captain Archdeacon said that his vas afforded by this cover" Our informant the twenty-fird steamer taken. He added then went on to speak of the sinking of that the Linden knows exactly the sailings the Trofits and of the Chikana, which of the different vessels, and is in posses be describes as a most pathetic sighton of full formation as to the happer

The Treiler wastunk first, and we all ings, all the world over. The newspapers 5 hours watched her fats with feelings of sadness supply, him with a good deal, and there and more. The Emden fired six times can be no doubt that there is commun feasts of arrival will be subject to renter in all, at the dear old ship, four shots tion with the Emder from somewhere. No Fies Insurance will be effected by me inc and two lyddite skills. The first two An interesting narrative from a Cochin any case shatever. hoced slots-wen fired at ten o'clock on Monday correspondent to the Jiadrus Ties Damaged packages must be left in the C.0.8 on Friday, 20th inst, un morning and they were put into her says Recruits Farades as ordered.

fore-hatches The Enden's shooting Two victims who were landed at Cochin and the Company's Buruyore, Me, Gondaan Godowns for examination by the Consignees appeared to be pretty bad, for one shot spoke in high terms of the extreme and Douglas, at 10 AM OR MONDAYS truck on vessel about four fect oferesy and kindness of the officers of and TRUSMAYS. All Gaime must be presented the water-line and the Emden was only Enden-of their humanity, too, for within ten days of the steamers, izzival, hace matter of about 100 yards away. Their they went aboard and shot every animal, fler which date they cannot be revogal two shots seemed to fake very little effee cow, cat, or dog, before sinking the ship, No Claims will be admitted after the Goodn and, after about two hours, two more The crew of one boat had been inclined to have left the Godown shots wen fired into her stern, and after impudent, and so they had been

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a further interval of another two hours, transferred as they were, and their home. Hongkong. 17th Noumber, 1914,77- two lyddte shells vere sent into the sunk in twenty minutes without a chance atern.