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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 1TU, 1014

THE WAR.

[THROUGH REUTERS AGENCY.]

THE OPERATIONS IN FRANCE AND BELGIUM.

To-day's Paris communiqué anys

LONDON, December 14th.

0.05 p.m.

There is nothing to report from the North Sea to the Oise The enemy, violently bombarded our trenches in the region of the Aisne, north west of Soupir. We ronlied throwing their tronchies into disorder. Thero has been no infantry attack on either side,

Our artillery destroyed an important work on the outskirts of Ailles.

We made slight progress in Argonne, in Bois-de-la-Grurie, by mea

of mines.

There have been no attacks by the enemy on the heights of the Mousa, The violent cannonade by the enemy's batteries seems to be moved farther

north.

Our troops in Woevre, after carrying a line of trenches over a front

of 50 metres at Mont Maricwood, repulsed two violent counter-attacks.

Our

in Alsace brought our line as far as a hill 125 metres progress north of Stoinbach to the bridge of Aspach and the bridge of Rinninghaffen,

1,500 metres cost of Eglingen.

LONDON, December 15th.

12.556.m

The Paris evening communiqué says: In Belgium some attacks by the French resulted in an advance along

the Ypres Canal and to the west of Hollebeke. Violent forman counter attacks were repulsed. The enemy bombarded the station at Commercy on

13th inst, at long range, the damage dono being insignificans.

The enemy resumed the offensive in Alsace, world-west of Cernay, They were repulsed..

There is nothing noteworthy to report elsewhere.

THE SITUATION

IN THE EAST.

LONDON, December 14th. 6.05 p.m.

A Petrograd communiqué says:- Fighting is unimportant along all fronts. We continue, however,

to drive back the retreating Germans in the Mlawa region.

Austrians are descending the northern slopes of the Carpathians in

the district of the Dukla posses

THE ROUT OF THE AUSTRIANS.

SERBIANS ENORMOUS BOOTY.

LONDON, December 14th,

0.05 p.m.

A Paris communique says that the Serbians, continuing their advance, are approaching Bhabatz and Lognitza, The Serbians have captured over 28,000 men, 70 guns, and 40 quick-firers.

SELBIANS RE-ENTER BELGRADE.

LONDON, December 15th. 2.20 an

A message from Nish states that the Serbians have re-entered Belgrade, after a fierce battle.

restored.

SALONIKA AND NISH RE-CONNECTED:

LONDON, December 15th. Railway communication between Salonika and Nish has been

A FOOTBALLERS' BATTALION TO BE FORMED.

LONDON, December 15th." The War Office has authorised the formation of a footballers

battalion of 1,350 strong,

GERMANS PUBLICLY FLOGGED:

LONDON, December 15th. The Times Sydney correspondent states that six Germans, including

a magistrate and a doctor who flogged a Methodist missio ery in New Ireland, were arrested and conveyed to Rabaul and there publidy flogged.

GERMANY PREPARED FOR A YEARS CAMPAIGN.

LONDON, December 13th.

Merr Goltz, interviewed at Soha, said that Germany is prepared

for a campaign of one year.

THE DEFENCE OF THE PHILIPPINES.

WASHINGTON, December 10th. Rear-Admral Fletcher testifying be- fore the House Naval Committco yester day said that he doubted very seriously whether the fleet alone possessed the ability to defend the Philippines in the event of war with Japan

Admiral Fletcher declared that the U.S. fleets could, geceraly speaking, control the seas, but he admitted that the Navy was not prepared for possible hostile @ombinations..

THE EMDEN'S SOURCES OF

INFORMATION:::

The German wounded who informed a Times of Ceylon reporter that the Emden got her information regarding the move ments of British vessels by wireless messages also told him that they got news from newspapers found on board captured vorsels. Directly they read that such and such a boat was booked to leave Colombo or Calcutta on such a date they kept watch for her and captured her. They received

LACK OF INITIATIVE.

CAUSE OF GERMAN FAILUT

SQUANDERED FORCES.

Colonel F. N. Maude, C.B., write All sense of co-ordination of effort m to have deported the German Staffer continue their insensate local atk with forces which could achieves permanent result even if they suceded arcing for moment adversaries lines. To tear asunder ich a screen as that by which they areat present surrounded would need thon contrated efforts of at last ten full any corps, say, 100,000 men, on a front do less then twenty miles, and noch concentration has been made norld it be possible to make it now, eve if a leader capable of handling sucli mses existed amongst them. The resques necessary for auch efforts have longce boom squandered,

SUPREME COURT.

IN ORIGINAL JURISDICTION.

Tuesday, December 18th,

BEFORE THE CALEF JUSTICE, SIN W.

bim, and subsequently plaintiff discov red, upon visiting Mosers, thewan Tomes & Co., that they repudiated him altogether and said that they did not contract with him. The position taken up by the defendants was that bey had no knowledge of the plaintiffs at all. He submitted, therefore, that the only question which his Lordship had to decido in the case was Did Captain Arthur instruct Wong Lee, the managing partner, to do the work, and, of course, had Captain Arthur authority to give

to abolish them originated amongst the infantry until somewhere about 1885, when it was pointed out, and quite correctly, that from a staff oficer's point of view, not an artilleryman's, they were quite intolerably conspicuous, the uscillating little red logs giving away the march of a column at quite incredible distances. Even when you could see no superimposed bodies at all, the rhythmic change of colour as the light fell on the marching legs caught the eye at once,

At equal distances marching columns of British infantry with red coats and Street, the Green Island Cement Constructions, though he did not think that would be toriously contested. Wong almost black legs were quite invisible. The claim was for 33,816 for work done Low would say that he was instructed by but we had one trick in certain regiments and material supplied by plaintiffs to Captain Arthur to do the work and that of the British infantry which gave away.

REFS DAVIES, K.0,

CLAIM AGAINST GREEN ISLAND CEMENT CO.

The Man Shing Loc firm, 10, Western

1913.

Mr. Eldon Potter (instructed by Mr. Davidson, of Messra. Hastings & Hastings) was for plaintiffs, and Mr. F.

a marching coluam at greater distances the defendants' steamship Chingchowbie was a firm æparate and diet net from than did anything else—namely, the between Beptember 11th and October 30th practice in rifle regiments, dating back to the Peninsula, of carrying their rifles on the shoulder butt upwards When the polished brass butt plates oaught the aun you could see a kind of glittering serpent winding along the hillsides, sometimes even ten miles away, and I tret sincerely that the practice will be stopped before our new troops got to the front. Next to a grey horse, there is nothing within my knowledge to fatal to concealment as this apparently harmless bit of the riflemaue swagger. Evening Standard and St. James's Gazelle,

Jenkin (instructed by Mr. Hung of Messrs. Deacon, Looker, Denco & Barston) defended.

Mr. Potter, before dealing with the facts of the case, said that his Lordship would see from the pleadings that the defence was threefold. The first was that the defendants never requested the plaintiffs to do tho work, and they

Even in the attacks they have nde they have shown no criginality whates Surely the tremendous punishment acy have received at our hands againend again must have revealed someting wanting in the practice of the the attack which all of us alike— Frech Russian, Japanese, and British — noen as the basis of our own practice. Wol copied the fundamental idea from Beni How is it, then, that we have, tidy LORD HALDANG ON THE ALLIES NUMBERS AND brought in the Tung Yick arm, which somewhat similar conditions, all & succeeded where the Germans dentine fail!

THE LETTER THAT KILLS,”'

-until, in fact, about 1895- the staff de ite utmost to encourage and cultivae initiative in all racks

THE RIVAL ARMIES.

RESOURCES..

scenced to be very unnecessary, and was Viscount Haldane in the course of an merely historical. The second defonce address at a recruiting meeting in New- was that if the work was really done The fundamental cause of failure al castle said we must win if we had the then they, the defendants, instructed the lics in the mentality of the Gem qualities of spirit, courage, resolution, ption; indeed, in that of the The and dogged determination Germany plaintiffs to do so in igporance of the people. Every German inilitary teach might be admirably prepared, but pre- fact that plaintiffs' managing partner was of repute has warned his readers and paration wore off against people who had not representative of the Tung Yick pupils against the lentloney to sacrife the resources that we had Take the the spirit to the letter of their ordet osition from the point of view of popu- firm that they thought he was the Tung Intellectually all have cecepted elation. Germany had a population of Yick representative. The defendants warning, and for some years after 180

some 65 millions, sollious; sons, and Austrin, about a claimed that they were ignorant of 44, millions, France 38 inillions, and the real association of the managing Russia had over 170 millions. Therefore partner of the plaintiff firm. But we had 250 millions in population, against assuming that they did not give the 115 millions. Then as to armies, he put the German army at six millions, but plaintiffs the order to do the work-and Russia could mobilize six million men they did not appear to be clear on the and more; say Austria could mobilize two point--it did not matter in the least what million men, we and France could mobi lize between three and four million men they thought plaintiffs were so long as between us. With these numbers, and they did the work. The only ettier our ultimate resources, if we only kept defence was that defendants said that up our courage and resolution, kept our lads and our nerves, we should do very Captain Arthur (of Messia. Goddard & well. Our great power was double thn Douglas) had no authority to enter into of the German Empire, and in resources any contract with the plaintiffs. Capt. It is a very curious instance of heredity the Allies had double the wealth and re- Arthur was in the capacity of the agent, and has often been noticed in the German serves to draw upon. He did not under- army before. Thus, in the Napoleonirate the magnitude of the task, but he and it + would be proved that Captain wars, when they were really fighting for trusted that the shock was over, and the Arthur supervised all the work on this existence, they almost invariably clubbed real struggle was now beginning under ship and also gave the necessary orders. their muskets, and at Duppel in 1801 much less favourable circumstances for when the Guard Corps stormed the

It was fortunate the war had Danish entrenchments, they need the butt Germany that was the caso a few months. end en freely that next day the corps was come at this moment. If we had been practically disarmed, so many weapons taken alone, as we should have been had had been broken at the weak point just flinched from our duty, we should behind the breech action, have found ourselves in a difficult posi-

After about that date the tender began to lapse-as Beyerlan pointed of in his Jona or Sedan and now that the army is hived and driver back on 1 inherited instincts, it is working by the letter, and not according to the spirit their own regulations. Even the men the ranks have thrown back on their ancestry — (I am speaking of the conduct on the battlefield only)- instead of using the bayonet when they get the chance, they are swinging their rifles round like primeval clubs.

THE POINT OF THE SWORD

ago.

The Frenemy on STIERibut today we had three great indeed mil races in which the Latin strains Let us by all of good forth

THE RECRUITING SERGEANT.

is strong — instinctively use the point, would be well. whether of bayonet or sword. We seem to come midway between the two in our usage, for I have known quite a many officers who, on the basis of their experi- ence, maintained that it was impossible to teach English cavalry le do anything. eleo but hit, as of those who assorted - equally from experience--the opposite.com

exact

STORY OF A WHITE FEATHER.

the Tung Xiok firm. The position taken up by the defendants was a wholly, impossible and untenable one, and tray, he suggested, morely put up to meet the plaintiffs' case; but he would do able to absolutely throw it out of Court. Defen- dants claimed that the putting up of the cabins, etc., was part and parcel of the Tung Vick's contract of $7,000, He would show that it was an entirely ont side contract. It was no defence to say that they thought plaintiffs were some body else when the work was lone. If such wore the case he could go into Weissman's Café, order a bun, eat it, and then refuse to pay for it on the grouad that he really thought ho was in the Alexandra Café. (Laughter.)

Subsequently reviewing the correspon- dence, Mr. Potter referred to suggestion that the extra work, which was the subject of the case, had been done without charge by the Tung Yick because Messrs. Shewan, Tomes & Co. had not claimed for the failure to com pleto the contract within the stipulated

time,

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Mr. Jenkin mentioned that the Tung Vick were 67 days in arrears in linishing the work and made themselves liable to the payment of $6,700.

Mr. Potter pointed out that this had been waived, and it is now suggested that the erection of the cabins, etc., was part of the original contract

Wong Lee, in the course of his evidence, said that the work claimed for was given him as extra work, and a new plan was given him by Captain Arthur.

reariovod.

intact.

Cross-examined by Mr. Jenkin, witness said that with an old hout the dick could not be renewed unless the cabins wero When he cominènesd to work. on the boat there were no cabins there as all. Subsequently, witness said that the cabins in the forecastle had been removed by someone, but those in the poup were On each occasion that the bill was prosented it was done by him (wit nose) personally dalis. Mr. Jenkin

Replying to his Lordship, said that his case was that Wong Loo camo on the boat as foreman of the Tung Yick firm, and he was regarded through The Chief Justice Then they say that out as the foreinan and representative of that firm, and the orders were given to they ordered the work to be done by the the Tung Yick firm they max being a Tung Tick Co., and that they paid the very practical body of new-through the

That is what it really comes to my foreman.

The order for the skylights, which was only an historical fact, were given to Wong Lee, as foreinan of the Tung Yick firm, and the cheque for that wurk Sing was handed to him to be paid to Man Bling All bulb, T Connection with th work on the boat were paid on the assumption that they were Tung Yick accounts. A deg

Lord.

Continuing, Councel said that the facts were that about Jan 13th, 1913 the

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For my own part I am inclined to when she had kissed hun good-bye and historically to show how they, the plait the exemption of penalties? attribute many of the German attack failures to too much khaki uniform. It will have been noticed in all the soldiers and officers letters from the front that whereas the Prussians were very hard to seo at a distance, they were always good targets in their rusa

But this cuts both ways, and did not save them at all, for our men have uniformly held their fire till they could not well miss and have always killed quite enough to stop them, whereas, the nearer they got to our life muzzles the further they were from their supporting artillery, and consequently the more invisible, ent

That

Mesars. Shewan, Tomes & Co., asked for tenders for certain repairs to their steam ship Changchou, which at that time At this point his Lordship romarked was called the Consuelo, On June 30th that the real point at issue seemed to be: Did defendants enter into a contract, the Tung Yick firm tendered for the separate and distinct, for this work! Or. firm if this was not so, was the work done in work; and he was mentioning

accordance with the arrangement as to appeared to be the legal position on both sides. Assuming he held that the contract was altogether distinct, than the sée, at present, how Mr. Jenkin's state- other question did not arise. He did not ment of defence could be tako in conjunction with his answer to the defence which he now seemed to he interrogations or taken along with the That was his own mpresion raising. at that manent, though it might change after seeing any further documents which If Mr. Jenkin might be handed in. relied upon the defence he was putting forth, his impression was that a higher Court would make short work of the The hearing was adjourned until

Mand's finned was a Territorial, and tected on the comforting fact that there is, eventually came into the contract. was no immediate prospect of his going Captain Arthur received the tenders for to France, she dried her eyes, and on the work, and the Tung Yick's tender gratulated herself on the noble heroism she had displayed in allowing him to go was accepted after being reduced from at all. So much was this pleasantly 47,200 to 87,000. The work to be done oxhilarating frame of mind intensified by according to the specification was the the wayes of patriotic fervour sweeping over the country that she finally decided renewal of decks and rails. The tender to make the enlarging of the British Army was accepted by Messrs. Shewan, Tomes her one mission in life a line of conduct & Co. on July 23rd, and apparently the she immediately proceedel so follow with Tung Yick firm did the work themselves much zeal and vigour D

or some time. Cu September 9th, the Tung Yick sub-les the balance of the contract which was still to be completed to the plaintiffs a very usual thing among

During a lull in operations she confided her plan of campaign to a favourite aunt, end was mortified and crestfallen to find

decision. discourag The guns therefore on whore support that lady's attitude distinct Chinese firms. The Man Shing La firm to-day.

the success of the attack estentially ing depends had to withhold that support You tell men to join the Army Stu exactly at the critical moment for fett and nonsense!" cried the Aunt indig accepted the sub-contract and agreed wo of hitting their own men for even naatly Only mon in khaki can afford to complete the decks. They did eventually Germans realise men will not stand being do that. Oh, dear, yea of course you complete the work and were paid for it shot at from both sides simultanious would fight if you were a man, but they and this artillery support tice with have nothing but your word for that. And by the Tung Yick firm. As defondusiti drawn, our own men were able to show how to the recalcitrant, youth take your very rightly said, they had no conocra their heads and take deliberate aim.

BILLETS FOR BULLETS,

advice I suppose they blush and rush with the sub-contract.

If the German infantry, had not been beaten out with fatigue they would have replied with aimed fire from the shoulder (as their musketry regulations lay down most strictly) then being generally about four or five to one or more they would have overpowered our rifle fire by more weight of metal thrown, as cur cwn troops in line invariably beat down the fire of the French skirmishers in the Peninsula for it is the proportion of bullots delivered, quite irrespective of how many each man fres, ce at which end of the rife or musket he inserts them, that really conditions the decision,

However, ou

off to enlist Some of them give their September 13th, while plaintiffs were reasons for not joining, do they? And

INTIMATIONS

CALDBECK,

what if they won't explain their private working on the ship, Wong Lee, managing affairs to every minx who asks them partner of the firm, was instructed by impertinent questions she pursued Captain Arthur to erect certain deck MACGREGOR&C. relentlessly.WIK

Vaud, stiff with injured dignity, rose to cabins, and they did them in nocordance take her leave.

If they cannot excuse themselves. I certainly give them a white feather," she declared defiantly, bur ber confidence was gradually melting away in the fire of the other's ridicule,

with certain plans which had b.or prepared by Capt. Arthur.

The Chief Justice - And that, I suppose, you say is an entirely new contract? That is exactly so, my Lord, As a result of some quiet thought Maud We say that was a new contract entirely. decided to leave ter pacifc male acquaint-

The Chief Justice – And the question. The French artillery have always anoes to their contrionoes--and Lord insisted on this danger of invisibility, and Kitchener, after which the called to will arise as to Captain Arthur's it has been entirely due to their opposi- forgive her unsympathetic relative. She authority I doubt whether that will tion that the French infantry have for found that wise woman bidding good-bye

after reading the interrogatio. so long retained their red breeches to a visitor

I have forgotten the old artillers There goes a man after your own and I do not think it will be seriously general's name who first began his

heart,

the elder lady said when he had contended that Captain Arthur had no resistance to the khaki tendencica of the gone." He fought go valiantly in the authority to order the work to be done. infantry which was as strong in Frano 16 Boer War that he is physically unfit for In other countries, but I Inow that he the present one. He, at least, can dis- Mr. Potter went on to say that the used to send back all reports from the pense with white featherwork ordered by Captain Arthur was advisory committees with somewhat coarse but excceding y witty remarks on But Maud's face was crimson with done, and smounted to the value of the margin, and General Langlois the conservation. Oh, Auntie," she gasped, 23,816. The work was completed by the in a burst of remorse, I didn't know you god of October, in addition to five pairs ideal artillery man of Europe when in power, though he moderated the fores of knew him. I saw that man so often sitting his remarks, never relaxed his decide opposition either

in the park reading the newspapers. He of skylight doors, which was admitted by looked so big and strong that I felt sure defendants, and on November 2nd the Ultimately, after Langlois death, the he ought to be fighting for his country plaintifs managing partner presented school of invisibility triumphed but and one day I just handed him a white the bill to Captain Arthur for the work fortunately this was so very recently that feather and walked out there had been no time to carry out the Ill give you his address, so that you It was not a detailed bill and Captain can call and apologize, said the practical Arthur told Wong Leo that the charge changes recommended when the war broke out

reusaint when she had recovered from a mild was too high. As a rooult of that Wong It is interesting to noto that these "Oh, but I couldn't do that! I wouldn't Lee made out a detailed account and November 3rd. Wong Lee canic at tilin celebrated red trousers owe nothing to dare!" wailed the erstwhile bold recruiter, brought this to Captain Arthur on the Napoleonic legend. They were, in her last shred of self-assurance gone. fact, introduced a good many years after On Maud's birthday, a week later, she time and Captain Arthur told him t his death, about 1835, I believe, and solely received the customary annual present come in the afternoon When Wong L no information from Colombo except what reasons of economy at the moment from her aua. This time it was a black came again Captain Arthur informed they gleaned from the newspapers.

But they caught the fancy of the French hat, and its sole trimming was a single him that he could not pay a Mezers soldiers, and practically no serious move white feather-Glasgow Newe.

Shewan, Tomes & Co, had refused to pay

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