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STANLEY, December 13th, 1914. My DEAREST CEBIS-I know how glad you will be to hear I have arrived safely, which I did early on Friday morning, two days ago. To our intense excitement, we came just after the great naval battle, which took place on Tuesday,

where they arrived on November 9th On Her wireless had been destroyed, and arrival here the Canopus men and they she had been hit twenty eight times and were going to stay ten days, and as she had soyed dead onboard In the cours is a battleship, though old, with four 18in. of the next day all the remaining ship guns, Stanley people felt a bit more com returned, having destroyed four cruiser fortable. During the morning, however, and two colliors, with but alight damage wireless was received by the captain to themselves, only eight deaths in all and ordering him to proceed to Monte Video about, thiaty wounded with the Glasgow, and that evening There was aanval funeral from the Stanley was left absolutely on her own, cathedral on Friday afternoon, and meshe with a practical certainty that a victorious of the wounded are being treated in the German equadron was pursuing and might hospital ashore. There are about thirty asrive at any moment,

doctors here. Survivors were picked up from most of the ships, and in all there are nearly 200 prisoners, who will be sent to England in a few days.

CLEARED

BALLED FOR ACTION. This condition of strain continued until the alarm of the arriving "oruiser Undoubtedly the battle could have been described above; she turned out to be the over much quicker, only the admiral Canopus. She reports that when two days remained at a distance in order to eroid of Mante Video she received another losing a ship and to miniming the message instructing her to return to the casualtics. Last night three of the Glass Falklands and help defend the Colony, a you officers dined with us, and I can tell prospect which they by no means sppre you it was interesting hearing their oiated having to do single-handed. For accounts. The Glasgow has done grandly, six or eight hours they were trying to got having been in two battles. into communication, with our wireless They all arrived here only in the nick station, but for some reason were unable of time; if they had been twenty-thum to do so. They came to the conclusion it later they would have been too late. Sa had been destroyed by the Germans and Stanley has had a most marvellous escape, Father mot some of the Gorman officer expected to find them in occupation of the

The captain had a wireless message from the Governor on Thursday moming tell ing him that four of the German ships had bem destroyed and one, the Dresden, had got off. It was a wonderful sight when we came into Port William to see all the ships-the Invincible, the Inflexible, Corn- wall, Kent, and Carnarvon Inside the town. They therefore cleared for action prisoners at lunch to-day. They have no

ammunition was served out, guns loaded clothes of their own, having lost overy harbour wore the Glasgow and Bristol and and traired, and with every man at his thing. The officers who dined with us last sisu two armoured merchantmen, Orama CHINA COAST METEOROLOGICAL and Macedonia, and two store ships and station, they steamed into the harbour full night speak awfully highly of the Cor fourteen colliers. As we paised cached, prepared to mako as brave a show ans. They say they tought splendidly

as they could. We now know that they and their shooting was magnif.cout, battleship wo cheered and waved our were just as much relieved as the Stanley [The Pross Bureau states it has no objection handkerchiefs and were early off our people to find all was well.

to the publication of the above, but is unable hends with excitement

to vouch for its accuracy.]

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It appeared that they have all lived in daily and hourly dread of the Germans coming. On October 19th a notios was published by the Government that all women and children were to leave Stanley The Governor had heard from the Admir alty, that he must expect a raid on the Falklands: Later he got a message:

If oneray land, Volunteers should fight taking care to do 50 out of range enemy's big guns. Retiring tactics should be adopted

REVIEWS.

Adding Tears to Your Life. By HENEY

SMITH WILLIAMS, M.D.

LJD Illustrated. London: Eveleigh Nash

The rhymo about the best of all ways te Williams book. It is an attempt, and Jengthen your days" does not apply to Dr.

After her arrival guns were landed and other measures adopted to give the Gor mans a warm time. Women and children were brought back to Stanley after being away a month or six weeks. From time to time messages were picked up on the German wireless system, showing that they were about, but the tension was so much relieved that, beyond wondering when other ships would be sent from home to avenge the defeat, things got to be fairly normal. On December 7th, unexpectedly almost the foot I have already mentioned arrived. On the strength of that a courcil of war straight out from England (the two big very siccessful one, to present scientifid fleets was called. It was decided to get away ones, I racan, the others from Brazil). edification of all whom it may concern. He in a popular form for the instruction and tid few remuning women and children Nome started coeling, officers came astero introduces us to the duel with old age that and old mon, get another hundred horses to stretch their legs, buy stores, etc., and is being waged by men like Metchniku, and in from the camp, so every man should be matters were being arranged for their follows thin up with a description of the mounted, remove as many stores as departure in few days in search of the possible from Stanley, and hide a few enemy a job which they thought might battle with the microbes. This should appeat "days" rations of various points within take a month. Judge then of the astonish to community that is always, engages in reach of the town. As soon as this was ment created when at seven o'clock the unhappy acquaintance with some of the dead- the battle for in Hongkong we have an done, nearly everyone packed up boxes of fivery next morning a volunteer outlook clothes, etc., and sent them away. From posted on Sapper's Hill; two miles from lost, microbes that plague humanity. „Men- the Government offices and Falkland Stanley reported the approach of five tion of the word plague" gives us an Island Company offices all the books, eruisers, which were soon recognised as to the year of Hanglong a first great plogus, opportunity of correcting Dr. Williams as papers, and suoney were sent away. The being German Government notes were all barat, and It is said that when the flag lieutenant, in successive chaptors Is your bram all epidemic, which was 1804, not, 1893. Be sake in his pyjambs, gave the information to right? Are your nerves in tune? the admiral Sir Doveton Sturdee, the "Can you see straight?" Do you choose latter was in the middle of shaving, and replied, "Well, you had better go and get dressed, and we'll see about it later !'!!! HIDDEN SHOTS AT THE FOE

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A BUKIED CODE BOOKS,

your children doe's witdi sex education, and administars advice with which, we feel sure most family doctors will agree. The scope of his work, however, may be gathered from the cloung passage in his first chapter

Perennial life would be perhaps a doubtful blessing. But to remain young in spirit throughout our mortal span never really to grey old is a consummation devoutly to be wished, for each and everyone of us. And

Father went to live with a friend and they had a man to cook for them. For a week some of them went to bed until morn ing, as they felt the attack would come at dawn. The Governor's papers and code books were buried every night and dug up. A warning gun was fired from one of and dried avery morning; his tablecloths the ships and the flect proceeded to get being marked G.R. we thought tode up steam and went to breakfast! At open to an imult by the Germans, and about 9 am, two of the German cruisers, were therefore buried, but unfortunately the Greisenau and Nürnberg, approached they got mixed up with some grean baize the wireless station, and from shere could this possibility, I confidently belleve, lies ovan that the silver was in and got badly be distinctly seen training their guns on now within the grasp of every average med He did not have his clothes off it. At thia critical moment, in order to individunt. To suggest praction means to for several nights, and always had one of save the wireless, the Canopus fired five effect this and, for you and for your children, the Council to be with him, as wireless rounds of 18in. chell, one of which is the purpose of the ensuing pages, whi mesdages unglit be received at any moment thought to have hit. As the Canerus was deal with different aspects of the problem and needed instant decoding completely hidden and fired over the land of attaining health, happiness, and long Mer had a man sleging by his without being able to see the enemy, this life through attention ta personal hygieno. telephone for a fortnight, and Dean gave the latter the fright of their lives. Age is measured nowadays by the state of a Beymour slept in Mr. 's dining room They immediately altered their course to man's arteries. We are not all alike, themi for the same purpose. All offices were get out of range.

cally, but probably the majority of us will: closed and business suspended for threa The German Admiral's programme be able to keep our arterias elastle, and daye. At 3 pm, on the fourth day it was

resilient by following Dr. Williams régimen, was reported that a cruiser was making

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1-To destroy the wireless.

2-To destroy the two or three little is one of the best means of adding yours to ships he thought were here

our lives.

The Nightside of Japan. By T. FunzoTO,

With 40 Illustrations. London: Werner Laurie, Ltd.

3-Take and occupy Stanley, ringing church and dockyard bells. 4-Commandeer any coal or stores he Volunteers all paraded with their horses, might be in need of, incidentally destroy- All non-sambatante streamed out of the ing the town, when, of course many of the town into the camp, and everyone thought people would have been killed, as there The Day" had arrived. Every Volun- was not time for the non-combatante to teer had emergency rations in his saddle-ot away and the others were under orders been so favourably reviewed by the leading bag and was prepared to fight or retire to fight London dailies and the literary weeklies. In

post

It is easy to understand why this book hag

as circumstation demanded. Our big ships in raising stear purposely the quaintest of English, reminding us, of Greatly to everybody's relief, however, used much oil fuel in order to enshroud the contributions of Yoshino Marking to the the warship turned out to be H.M.S themselves in denso clouds of smoke and Daily Mail a year or two ago, Mr. Fujimoto Canopus.

disguise from the enemy their size. It succeeds in conveying to the Western mind But I had better go back to my tale was a glorious bright day, and from the something of the variety and charm of his which father is dietsting to me On hill at the back of the town it was a sight advised to allow the author to tell his story native land. The publishers have been well November Tard" an unsigned wireless never to be forgotten and probably unique message, was received announcing the loss to see the five German vessals steaming in his own style. No Occidental, has been of the Good Hope and Monmouth, and along in a line parallel with our siz ships more sucessful in achieving a like result, for this was followed next day by telegram and presently making every attempt to not even years of residence in Japan or the from the Captain of the Glasgow confirma escape. They were all in sight & couple gift of an exotic style could enable Western ing the news and saying that be and the of hours, and as the Germans had a start author to convey to the minds of his renders Canopus were running with all speed for of ten or fifteen miles it took some hours the Falklands and were probably being to catch them are followed by the victorious Germans.G THE REIGHT OF COOLNESS.

the tolerance with which the Japanese regard

a certain phase of social life in Japan or the subtlety of feeling required to appreciate the

On Sunday, November 8th both these We now hear that they might have been blossom of a plum tree or a cherry tree or ships arrived early in the morning and caught sooner, but that the admiral gave the musical efforts of a cricket or a singing conled

orders that no fighting was to take place frog. With the exception of an excursion to The Glasgow was very badly damaged, while the first excitement was on; that Kyoto and Osaka, Bir. Fujimoto derstes one enormous hele in her side being 3ft the men were to have their dinner at himself to the nightside of Tokio, outdoor by gft. Another shell had gone through twelve o'clock as usual, with a time for a and indoor, and while wo think he has the side of the ship and through the cap smoke afterwards, and commence fighting managed to gloss over the sordid side of “the tain's cabin, demolishing his roll-top desk at 1 pm. What do you think of that for gay life, at least, it must be confused, he and giving off such fumes that several aton coolness? has prosented it in a very human manier who rushed in to put out the fire were About 11 am, a telephone message was and absolutely without the faintest trace of rendered inconscious. There were wily recoived from Mrs. Roy Felton at Fitzroy indelicacy. This, in itself, is no mean four slight casualties, fortunately, and that she could see three other German achievement. The visitor to a country is both men and officers said of each other ships, This was reported by wireless to chiefly attracted by externals. He sees, s that they were heroes, The Glasgow me the admiral, and H.M.S. Bristol and a rule, only what appears on the surfa00 said that after the Good Hope sank with Macedonia were detailed to go and deal Mr. Fujimoto takes as liehind the scenes and Admiral Cradock on board their captain with them. They turned out to be two lets us glimpse how the poorer classes eke out became senior officer. When he found colliere and an armed transport. The an existence The poor stulent turrer himself damaged and noticed that the two former were sunk, officers and 80 risha coolin, for instance, gives to an idea Monmouth was in a similar condition he odd men being taken off them, but the of how determination may carry a man to a signalled to the latter ship to steer a transport being a fast vessel, unfortunate higher plane of existence, and shows us that the poor student of Scotland or America has certain course away from the enemy, but escaped.

· Firang was distinctly heard in the town his prototype in the land of the chrysanthe received a reply that as the ship was not under control it was impossible to obey from 1 pm onwards, but this grew much munIt is a clever book, however tre regard the order

more persistent between 4.0 and 6.0. At it attractive, graphic, truthful. Those who 6.30 a wireless message was exceived the have visited Japan may read it with plenete Scharnhorst and Gheisenau had been sunk it will be found an o

oxtremely useful.com By that time the victory was assured. The and the Leiptig was on fire, fore and aft. ponion by those who contemplate & visit to

Japan

admirably illustrated from Kent had chased thet Nirnberg and had drawings: native artists got out of sight of the rest of the fleet

During the night and all next morning

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26 He therefore steamed close to the on- m611 2b mouth, which was in a sinking condition, 6 38 8 8 her bows being under water, with the men 428 assembled at the astern. There was a

There an excellent war letter story heavy a running; the enemy was still numerous wireless calls were sent out, the Spiers to the effect that a censored firing, and they had to leave the forent, Aent, Kent," but no reply being communication from a prisoner 002m 18 13 56173 3 month to her fate. As the Gidago left to received it was feared that she had been asked for news of the dear old

3374663158 27 seek safety in light three cheere were lost and the other ships were instructed of Eton The writer was not an Etonia 23 No ister, high or low water raised by the unmouth, and that was the to go in search. The Glasgow was to have nor was his correspondent. but

0722last they knew of the ship

returned at 10.0 on Wednesday morning, investigation, it turned out that the or low wote At the time of the battle the Canopus but was detailed to search for the chi, rost of Bion Is Dr. Warte, and +44 203 6 1 12 18 was some 200 miles south, being a much and lafe in the afternoon received a wire, euphemism, particulars as to the

Lalower ship, and the Glasgow picked her less from Stanley that she was coming into of the other and greater war baye

up and together they made for Stanley, the harbour, having sunk the Nurnberg. cent back to the German fortress.