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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, MARCH 11TH, 1915,

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GERMAN PRISONERS RIOTOUS,

A Fukuoka message to the Asahi reports that among the Cerman prisoners of war quartered there are about fifty from Alsace Lorraine. Between those and the other prisoners a scuffle recently took place the parties being finally pacified by the ollicers in charge.

INHUMAN MODE OF WARFARE.

The attacks delivered by German sub- marines on British merchant vessels a month ago created a disagreeable impres sion in Holland, where this kind of unval warfare is not approved. The Handels blad said: It is not yet certain whe ther this is a deliberate and methodical violation of international law, hat the for FIVE YEARS. action of the Germans off Havre, wore they did not allow the crews time in which to leave their vessels, must be earnestly reprobated

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GERMAN TRAITOR'S

EXECUTION.

Corporal Kurth, of the Foreign Legion appeared before the court-martial uit Haner at the beginning of February. Fiji colonists, numbering fifty-eight, Kurth has been a naturalised Frenchman who have volunteered for active Borvice, since December, 1911, and to prove his arrived at Liverpool by the Allan liner gratitude to the country which had made Scandinavian last month. A London him one of her children he fomented a paper says:They are all well-to-do non plot with three or four other Germans Government servants and farmers of the Foreign Legion to assassinate the officers and non-commissioned officers ni receiving from £1,000 to £2,500 a year

They have relinquished houses and the part of Nam-Nang, cut the railway positions to do their sittle bit for the old, bridge, take the arms and ammunitions, country, and have fitted themselves out and especially the maxim-guns, of Lang with khaki uniforms and equipment. One so, and then pass to China. The court man was even paying his own fare from martial was unanimous in fuding him far-off Fiji to work hand-in-hand with the guilty of high treason, and condemning Allies Their officers are Captain C. A.him to be shot, an Swinburne and Lieutenant Miers. The Corporal Kurth, general bearing of thesa volunteers is that of thoroughly good soldiers.

TURKEY TRYING TO BREAK AWAY

The Nienie Van Den Dag says - England has one more reason to rail aft the inhuman mode of warfare practised by the GermLDS"

FROM PRIVATE TO GENERAL.

HÉFORTED BECLARATION OF WAN BY PERSIA,

A Brindisi message published by Lo France de Demain, says that, according to the statement of an officer in the service of a neutral State, who las arrived from Costantinople, it is learned from a good source that Turkey is at this moment endeavouring to break away from ter mony,

The death is announced, in his eighty fourth year, of Major-General Sir Luke O'Connor, one of the first to receive the

For the Sultan, says this informant, it Victoria Cross. He enlisted in the 23rd is a question of saving his throne The loyal Welsh Fusiliers, at the age of march towards the Suez Canal is only & seventeen, and went through the Crimean. War. He won his V.U. at the battle of simple demonstration designed to satisfy the Alma. He took a flug from a wound-public opinion in the capital, and to ed officer, and planted it on a redoubt, impress the Turkish people. in face of a heavy fire. He was wounded, and was given a commission while in hospital. Sir Luke also served in the Indian Mutiny. He became in 1881 com mander of the 2nd Battalion of the regimant be had entered as a private. He retired in 1887 with the rank of Major-General, and was made a KO,B.. in 1013.—Standard.

AVIATION ADVENTURE.

THE OCHMAN AND THE CAMERA,

Persia's declaration of war against Turkey is being carefully kept a secret. The ancient antagonism between the two Mohammedan geets, the Sunnites and the Shiites, which lias again become acute, has made a holy war impossible, NY

GERMANS TREATMENT OF PRISONERS.

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LL Persons upplying to the PROVOST MARSHAL for Pannen are roquested la fature to apply between the hours of 9 Aar, to 12.ar, and 2 to 4 P. daily.

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Foreign Legion, condemned to death for high treason by the court-martial of Hanoi, was shot on February 5th at Langson, Tonkin. Before dying, Kurth, who was a naturalised Frenchman (since December, 1011); declared that he had previously been a German officer, and IMPERIAL MINEBAL, WATER Co., belonged to a princely family. He gave the address of his father, colonel in a Saxon regiment, the name too of his sister, Princess of begging the military authorities to transmit, to them his last will.-Avenir du Tonkin

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letter from a Swiss who visited a camp for French prisoners in Germany He gays that they are badly fed. They are Though the weather has been generally allowed only 250 grammes of bread a day anfavourable to aviation (says Eyewit The vegetables are not cooked, and the ness in a recent report) several reconsupply of soup is inadequate. They are naissances have been made during the past week, and there have been thres encounters in the air between British and German acroplanes, as a result of which the hostile machine has in each case been forced to go down in the German lince On one occasion our machine chased Taube, and having attained the favour able position for shooting the observar emptied his automatic pistol at the enemy without any visible result, at about 10 feet range. He then proceeded to take a photograph, and the appearance of the camera seems to have alarmed the German aviator, who at once fled. - Upon another occasion a somewhat difficult situation Gross when a bomb which was being drop ped caught in a string and remained suspended three or four feet below the aeroplane. There was no way of reaching the bomb, and it was impossible to land. Finally the observer kicked a hole in the floor of the fuselage, hooked the string with his foot, and shook it until the bomb fall off,

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CERMAN BRIGADE ORDER.

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prisoners, but to shoot the wounded and others who might fall into their hards It is the diary kept by a German soldier of the 112th Infantry Regiment from the November. On the title-pago (which The Times reproduces in facsimile) he has written bis nume Reservist Reinhard

atbreak of war until the beginning of

Brosreisen, Fourth Company. 1126h

Regiment, Mulhausen, and the words, The most important of my experiences during the campaign of 1914?

On August 21st Brenricisen records an advanes over the ground of the prorious day's fighting and proceeds to say

There also came a Brigade Order that all French, whether wounded or not, who fell into our hands should be shot. No prisoners were to be made

Brenneisen goes straight on with his narrative, making no comment of any kind to this order. So, the story pursco) its rather monotonous course.

A TROOP-HORSE STORY.

BOLTING CHARGERS' HALT AT THE BOUND OF HIVLE CLICKя:

As an example of the intelligence of the horses employed by the British troops, the following story is sent by a British trooper,

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A NEW PAINT FOR THE EAST.:

CYGNITE”

(Registered).

"CYGNITE " is a new white painf ready for the brush specially prepared for Tropical climates.

stagger under their burden they receive entire authorised capital of the company put to very hard work. When they must be paid up within ten years. The 66 blows from sticks or are set upon by the must be allotted within ten years from dogs belonging to their guards Their date of formation, unless special exemp quarters are not heated, and a thin layer tion is obtained from the Governor- of straw serves for a bed. There have been General of Netherlands India.......... many cases of sickness, and the death-rate The objects of the company comprise the is high. In order to disclaim all reapon transaction of all general commercial sibility, the German doctors declare that affairs besides the acquisition and their patients are tuberculous. Postal exploitation of estates and mining pro

IT is common knowledge among users orders sont to the prisoners very seldom perties in Netherlands India, mineral reach their destination. It is quite autras prospecting bicences and other similar of White Leads and Zines that they will to say that French prisoners are treated concessions.-Straits Times, and fed like the German prisonere in France. The letters which the former write are either dictated by their guards or are read before being posted If a letter contains a complaint it is promptly torn up The Swas informant adds It is better for soldiers to die with their arms in their hand than to be made prisoners.

THRILLING ESCAPE FROM GERMAN CAPTORS.

TWO COMRADES SHOT.

A thrilling story of the experiences of four British soldiers who have escaped from the Germans after being captured rear pres was told by Riflemen Brennan and Dempsey, of the 2nd Royal Irisa Rifker,

The men went to France on the outbreak of the war, participated in the retreat frout Mons, and fought their way back from the outskirts of Paris te Ypres.

During the fighting near Ypres they were

captured and taken to the farther side of Dixmude.NETRATINGS

All they were given to eat, as they

captors, and when the appetites of the latter wore particularly keen they got nothing........ One of the men who asked a

deribod it, were the leavings of their

German for a cigarette alleges that all he got in return was a blow under the jaw.

They were determined to escape, and, seizing a favourable moment when their guard was under the influeres of drink, six of them made a dash for it. Un fortunately, a sentry raised the alarm and, the guard turning out, two of them were shot down. The other four got clear.

For seven days they crawled along under "the cover of darkuess, biding by day in hedgerows and ditches, and sustaining life by munching mangold-wurzels and any- thing they could pick up from the fields. Eventually they reached the coast.

⠀⠀ Their passage occupied twelve days, and they were landed at a coast village, from which they ultimately got into touch with the military aathorities, who provided them with fresh clothing and uniforms, their own being in such a condition that they were consigned to the flamen

CHINESE.

A patrol was keeping its nightly vigil when upon the air was borne the thunder of clattering hoofa Nearer and nearer it came, until it became only too obvious to the patrol that the sound was that of galloping horses. Concealing themselves BOYCOTT OF JAPANESE BY until a convenient moment, the watchers stepped out, and in the night air, mixed up with a multitudinous best of hoofs on

TOKIO, March 1st. the stone setts and unmistakable suorts,

The reported boycott of Japanese by Tang out the time-honoured and stentorian "Halt!" No response came, and the Chiness is believed to be due to rumours charging steeds continued to advance started by a portion of the Chinese "Hali!" was again shouted,, but this students in Tokio or by Germans. The "boycott of Japanese steamers in Canada time, owing to the latter, it could not by Chinese has been started owing to a heard to distinctly. No answer coming rumour that the Chinese in Hongkong out of the blackness, the patrol cased over have boycotted Japanese goods How their safety catches and opened the cut ever, as the rumour about Hongkong has outs of their rifles, the click of their bolts been found to be untrue the matter has batokening the possibilities of what might been peacefully settled. At present many very soon happen. That click had & articles from Europe and America are magic effect, as the roar ceased almost not coming to the Far East, and this is instantly,

NOSTR & very good chance for the merchants of

China and Japan to extend their business and the Japanese business men do Bot believe that Chinese merchante will adopt any extreme movement to cause obstruc tion to China's own development, and thila the reports about the boycott of Japanne goods are not taken seriously in Japar Eastern News Agery.

On advancing with their rifles at the fring position, the men of the patrol were astonished to find that the cause of the disturbance was about a score of horses riderles. They had refused to obey word of mouth, but consented to stop when the metallic ring of several Lee Enfield rifle appliances reached their ears

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WILKINSON,

MAIN AND PEAK GUARDS.—It will be the duty

of the Orderly Sergeant under the super vision of the Orderly Officer to detail the N.C.Os. and men for the various guards, giving the men as much notice as possible. Members whilst on duty are not permitted to leave the Island except to visit the, Kowloon Poninsula.;

Stocked by the manufacturers in exception is made in the case of men- bera resident at Taips. Members de handy pots of 7lbs. nett. tailed for duty must be present unless their places are taken by other members, and such substitutes must be notified to the Officer in Command of the Guard. The Q.M. Sergeant and the Orderly Ser- geant will attend at Headquarters Kennedy Road) at 6:45 am. every Saturday morning for the purpose of taking over from, or handing over to, the Volunteer Corps the premises, Furni ture and Stores. COMPANY ROSTERS, &-In future the Com

pany Rosters are to be kept posted by the Coy. Sgt. Majors, and the 0.Cs. Coys, will be responsible that this is done punctually and the hooks returned to Headquarters. The Sorgeant Signaller will keep a Roster of the Signollers and must be ready for reference when called the Signaling duties they perform for

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LEAVE, &o-Members should address the 0.Cs. Companies and not the Adjutant direct. In the case of long leave being desired, application must be made 10 days before the leave is to commence. The Provost Marshal will not issue por- mits to leave the Colony unless the appli- cants produce for his inspection the Passes issued to them by their Company Commandera

EQUIPMENT Any member having in bis

possession short rifle or bayonet No. 23 or any part of the Wel Equipment No. 23, is requested to communicate with the Adjutant fo

(Ed.) W. L. CARTER, Capt.,

Adjutant, HKVR THE HONGKONG VOLUNTEERS. ones OBDERS UY LIEUT,-COL, A. CHAPMAN, V.D.

JOINED:

1-The undermentioned having joined the Corps are allotted Corpis numbers and posted as follows:—

No 1767 Bapper J. McCormack to

Engineer Company. No. 1768 Sapper W. Lyle to Engineer

Company

No. 1769 Private W. FA. Knapton

to Left Section M.G. Co.

VUE WEEKLY REPORTS; T

200s are reminded that the weekly state is required at the Orderly Room not later than 5 pm today.

SE PARADES.

3. Parades for to-day (Thursday).

Units on duty at Headquarters, and Monat Austin Barracks, under Officers on duty

Civil Service Co.: Talle "C" Machine Gun Conise on Rensely Road Runge Corp. Grimes, B.F., will attend

6.10 p.m. No Section Artillery 10

pdr drill at Headquarters. Remainder Bayonet fighting under

Company Commanders.

4 Onlerly Ocer: Lieut. Weal.

Orderly Sergeant Corp. Lovick.

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