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BRITISH SUBMARINE'S FEAT

IN DARDANELLES. SINKING OF "MESSUDIYEH”.

THE RUSSIAN ARMY AT

WORK.

AN IMMENSE MACHINE.

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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, APRIL 8TH, 1915.

THE NAVY LIST.

They wanted to know how many soldiers there were in England--they did not know that England was an island-and they were Commenting on the fact that the official anxious to know how much an English Navy List is not on sale and apparently will soldier got in food and pay. They told me not be availat or the public, the naval that a fussian soldier got a lb. of black ryoeorrespondent of The Tite remarks that a bread; 1 lb. of meat, 12 slotsiks of sugar, good many people expected that this refer with ten and soup. I asked them if they once book would cease to he published after had seen the Germans and what they, the outbreak of war; but the authorities thought of them. They are just like us,

continued to sirculate it in the ordinary. said one..

People in the world are all the way, no doubt for good reasons, among same, but the Governments are different.". which have been the fast that its issue wal mentioned at the second Hague Cou

AMERICAN VIEW OF KITCHENER'S

A vivid account of the great daring and skill displayed by Commander Holbrook and the crow of the submarine B11, which sank I loft Warsaw one day last week (writes the Turkish battleship Messudiyel in the Philips Price, to the Manchester Guardian, Darinnelles, is supplied by Victor Westall, dated Warsaw, January 1), a dull leaden serving on his Majesty's ship Hindukooshaky overhead and an icy drizzle in my face with a subwine flotilla. He says:

I sped through the streets of Warsaw in a car, racing past

grimy factory chimneys, through narrow alleys with their Hebrew in- habitants. Hardly lessirviting was the coun try that lay beyond. Seas of black, elitny mud** A DEMOCRACY IN ARMS." covered the roads, the endless plain of Central Foland was covered with half-melted snow, the poplar trees that lined the roadsides were scarred and barked by soldiers who had sought fuel on their way to the front. Here and there lay the skeleton of a dead horse or a heap of blood-stained rags left by a wounded soldier. The rumble of distant artillery could be heard faintly towards the eastor, to be correct, it was felt vibrating the air without cansing definite sound. Inhabitants of wayside farms perped through half-opened doors with a look of half curiosity, half-nnxiety, which is always a sign that war is afoot.

On the morning of December 13, at 3 a.tn., the B11 left forthe entrance of the Dardanelles, Having fully charged her battery-that is, with electricity, which gives the submarine propelling power whilst under the surface the captain gives the order "Down bridge rails, prepare to dive." The crew ge below, the captain last; he closes the coming tower li

He then sings out "Diving stations." The men get to their pasts. Two are at the torpedo-tubes, one at uch min ballast-tank kingston, one at the hydroplane wheel, another at the submerged steering sition, another at the motor switches; the engizicer is there at the group of vents which allows the air to escape as the water floods the tanks. The next onlor comes from the captain, bod main ballast," Each kingston is opened, the water rushes in, and the boat begins to sink. The tanks um fall, the gauge is showing ft, not quite deep enough, so the muxiliary ballast tanks are opened, the tanks slowly fill, and the gauge now shows 10ft. "Close everything" is next heard from the voice in the cunning-tower-these boats ar never under the surface unless under way, as there is a tank known at the buoyancy tank, which is never flooded, and always sufficient buoyancy for the boat to come to the surface when the motors are stopped.

I soon became aware of the imucosity of the Russian military machine. Large bodies of troops and transport were on the road. Great caravans, often wiles long, of carts laden with food, hay, and ammunition blocked our way. Our motor often was dodging in and out of a maze of wheels, horses' legs, and lines of fur-capped men It was my general impression that the trans- port machinery of Russia's great army is working emoothly, if slowly. The materials arrive at their destination without hitch or breakdown, though not, of course, with the rapidity of a Western any, having regard to the less perfect roads and means of com- unication,

HORSES FROM SIBERIA.

FORCE

"They call it Kitchener's Army,” but what I have seen is something far greater than an army. It is a democracy in arms."

Equipped with a permit from Lord Kitchener, Mr. Henry Nolie Hall, an Ameri- can journalist, recently visited Aldershot to judge for himself the recruits in training there. Quoted above is his opinion as recorded in a striking article in the Field.

"Here," he continues "is the village blacksmith and the villago parson, the squire's son and the young farmer, the miner and the mechanic, the factory hand and the city clerk, the artisan and the college graduate, the business man and the doctor, the lawyer and the tradesman. This man was a stock broker, this other waited at table, or measured tape, or washed dishes. They have come offer their lives to their cottage and castle, to country, for they know that England's cause is just.

These are the men whoare going to crush militarism, and when the task is accomplished those who are left will lay aside their khaki and their guns and go back to work just as quietly as they came

"Yes," you will say, "The answer is-and but what kind of soldiers do they make I am understanding the truth--they are equal to the finest regular troops that Eng land has ever put in the field at any perioit

"That is not the snap judgment of a news- paperman; it is the deliberate opinion of professional soldiers, of white-haired Generals who have fought in or seen every war in the

ast half century.

The boat is now what we called trimmed. Then we get the order to dive, say, 18ft, a that the periscope is just on the surface. The hydroplanes an put to dive and the mistorsare started to the head position. It does not take long to get down, for I have dived that boat B 11 to 85 ft. in 1 minute. She is now Occasionally we had amusing incid. feeling the effects of the strong current which ents when we met a train of transports with runa dona from the Black Star, so give the motor. In spite of the frantic endeavours antrasistor

from the Black Sen. The captain horses from Siberia who had never seen a order, Take her down to 60 ft." At 11.45 of the drivers the whole train was generally , the bout is brought to the surface to to be seen after a few minutes careering over see where they are. To the captain's surprise the fields in every direction, distributing there is a ship not far away-and a Turk too. their burdens as they weat. "Down again to 40 ft.; charge firing tank;

A long ride in the dark and I reached a flood torpedo tube; stand by to fire." "All this hospital train at the very end of a railway is one breath. Up again to 15 ft. (she is behind the Russian lines, Here I made my within rauge), fire." The torpedo has gone, abode for the night with a company of am- as you say, to blow the Turks and Germansbulances and Red Cross workers West in to lacaven. The shot was a good one, for at second-class carriages with all doors and win explosion is heard.; Nowtolget back to safety,

dows closed, with a store burning, the air Guns from the shore are doing their best to denso with tobacco smoke, drinking cups of hi the submarine, but she soon gets out of boiling ten, and all talking at once on the flanger of the guns, and is at 40 ft again.

subjects varying from the ruins of anci ent Home to the price of tooth-paste in Foland, while the roar of artillery (only a mile or so distant) shook the carriage from side to sido The Russian never loses his love of association and his communicative mature even under the stress of war.

NINE HOURS SUBMERGED,

We will just have a look at the target to satisfy curiosity. She is sinking by the stor, so all is well. Down to soft. "What was that

At 30ft. the submarine has struck. For ten minutes, she grates the There is no bottom-shingle, no doubt.. pantie in the boat, for the captait, Lieu- tenant Holbrook, is very trustworthy. She is off the botton and in the deep chunnel again, sont soft, the boat gets us far a Halles Point, Next comes the order, "Surface." The surface is reached. "Blew ad inain ballast." The water is forced from the tanks by a pressure of air, the tanks are empty, the garengine is started, and out she comes victorious, to report a safe return and a ship hit, after being 95 hours submerged. No wonder all England gives praise for such a grand feat, and no one will realise more what dangers ive been dared than we who

of the boatk. know the working

Next day B9 vontured but

up! camo as her periscope

into the view of the Turks no fewer than eight mines blow up around her. Yet she came out unhurt. This was more of a God- und than that of the other kout, for though she dived to 85 feet she struck a sandbank, and came up until 4 feet was showing on the gauge. She was ashore right enough, but no shot from a gan hither, and after an nxious time escaped.

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COUNTRY'S NAME SAFE

"And you do not have to be in Aldershot long to realise that Kitchener's Army is as clean-lipped as it is clean limbed. That these men can be turned loose on to Germany without fear of their doing anything that will tarnish country's name.

They will outrage no women, and plunder no property, nor will they set houses on fire except us military necessity dictates. But God pity the men who have to face them with arms in their hands. For these are not men to ask quarter, and I do not think that they will give it"

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Next morning I set out to try and get Hall writes "As I make my way towards Describing what he saw in some detail Mr. down to the place where, along a strip of forest on the bank of a river, the Russian the men an oficer joins me and explains and German lines stood facing each other. in a few words. These are men for the am- I borrowed a trolley which worked by a

bulance corps. Some have only just joined, handle, and with a couple of Polish students and are still in civilian clothes, others have (Red Cross workers) crept gingerly down had nearly four months' training, and are the railway, with a view of reaching first the about ready to go to the front. They area fine Russian artillery positions on our side of set of men, mostly of the city type and one of the forest. About midday we reached the them is a curate still in broadcloth. I mention station of, and found a heap of charred it to the officer, who smiles and says, Yes,

And had been shelled a few days pre- there are eight parsons just among those men there, but most of them get into the locate the Russian battery close by. In this artillery. They make fine gunners. viously by the Germans in the attempt to object, however, they had failed Soon it

BEING TAUCHT ESENTIALS, was apparent that they were going to make

"It was all just as in real warfare. That is the attempt again, for just as we were about to proceed down the line, the crescendo Hall, recording his impressions of an artillery

one thing about Kitchener's army," says Mr. | seren of a shrapnel, followed by a load

inspection. "It is being taught to ride and report overhead and the patter of the grape shot and to skirmish and to dig trenches shot in a field close by, told us the German and to belly-crawl, and to charge and to do gunners were getting their range again.all those things Ceremonial drills will cone HONGKONG, Freach str, 62, Marquerits. /OHILDREN OF FAR CATHAY, ■ We forged ahead, thinking that we might

28th March-Hoihow 27th March, get into the zone in which the shells later, but for the present the men are being

General. R. Marty. taught to fight, and it is astounding how Before long would be bursting behind us we found that they were aiming at the Rusly they have learned the modern game. RATING, British str., 1,134, Byors, 2nd

This is where England's love of sports sian battery about 500 yards away from us, has stood her in good stead; this is where

April-Bangkok 26th March, Rice.- for some dozen or more shrapnel burst over

Butterfield & Swire. us slightly to the left, and the Russian bat- the training that she has given her sous tery answered with a round of thres shots the village greens and on the playing-fields of her public schools has told. All these fired all at once. So we beat a hasty retreat and spent the next half hour in watching at lean mare played games, and now they are learning to play the greatest of all games. of half a mile an interesting arti:- In an artide in the Journal of Commercelery duel, in which some 20 shells burst over But they are doing it a sportsmen. It is

sobered sport

by duty. just visited. In shipbuilding and enginearing edition "Fiat the ruined station we had

Here comes a company far better than Lux" dwells on the astounding shooting of the end the German battery stopped and the the British battle cruisers in this North Sea Russian continued a few casual shots all that the rest. The captain, à splendid fellow, action. In the action of Tsushitan in 1905 afternoon. By evening, the Germans had high-seated on a line charger, flushes with prido na the staff officer at my side hails him the first rounds were fired at a range of withdrawn, but we could not make out its

hy name. He has not the easy fox-hunting approximately 6,000 yards. The report of destination.

sent of some of the officers who have just Admiral Beatty's action in the North Sea on

rilen by, but his very movement is the the 24th of January states that the Srst shot

Later in the day I watched a fresh Russian

Bemn of military perfection. As he rides was fired at a range of 18,000 yards, and hite were made at 17,000 yards, roughly speak-buttery which had been sent down by rail Fast ny guide turns to me and says,

used to be in my old regiment, the Grenadier from Warsaw being unloaded from the trucks,

Guards. He was our instructor." inst ten miles. The writer goes on:-

Assuming that the freeboard to the The job was in the hands of an officer and

All glory to you, Mr. Atkins! weather decks in the rival squadrons is in some 20 men. They first sat down on the lath cases 17 feet, then the whole of the hull milway bank and began to discuss how to corporal, colour-sergeant, instructor, 201

now a captain! Since I have been in Eng MADALA, Swedish siz., 3,095, Anderson. TRADE MARK REGULATIONS IN of the one is below the horizon when viewed do it. The officer asked advice from his men, from the level of the weather deck of the and in common council they decided en u other at this range of ten miles. By ascend plan. They then felt that it right go better with a cup of tea, so they lit a fire and bad ing to a point on the mast 60 feet above the

a "chai put," to which I was invited. Then water level, rather more than one-half of the

the officer with the men.

MARVEL OF NORTH SEA FIGHT.

HITTING A BLUR ON THE HORIZON

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TEA AND ARTILLERY.

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At last the guns

"They are no braver than the men who get commissions on leaving a military training corps. They could not be. But they are men who have grown up in the game, and who are broke to the waiter of

war.

THE INDIANS AT NEUVE CHAPELLE.

we got off, and away, they went in the direction of the lines with shouts and crack- ven under the most favourable condi-ing of whips. tions that could reasonably be expected That evening the wounded began to come

this

time of the year in the in. Fine, lusty young men, they bore their North Sex the enemy's resseis could sufferings with the stoic fortitude of the certainly not have been more than a Slay. They held in their hands the icons. fur on the horizon to the gunner, and even which they carried with then "Look," the men

at the range-finders could have seen said one of them to me, my mother gave but little more. With anything liken swell me that. She said if I kept it I shoukl not or sea running neither the gunnes nor the be killed, for it is the picture of St. Vladimir range taken could have seen the enemy's I shall become well, for I have the icon. hulls at all for half the time of the opening

Another one told me how he and two others action; it therefore shows the wonderful

were the only wounded in his battalion for the skill of our sailors, and is intensely gratify day. That he attributed to the furt that the ing to the layman to learn that the guns our magnificent battle-cruisers can hit hard,egimental priest had twee times that day hit fast, and keep on hitting an enemy that walked up and down in front of the trenches capture of Neuve Chapelle and the subse. they practically cannot see whilst the vessels bearing left the Orthodox cross. are tearing through the water at a rate of 34 could Nemtsi shoot straight if our priest did land miles per hour.

of

that ?"

The Viceroy received the following mess age from Field-Marshal Sir John French

*I am glad to be able to inform your Excellency that the Indian troops under General Sir James Willcocks fought with great gallantry and marked success in the Howquent fighting which took place on the 10th, 11th, 12th and 13th of this month. The fighting was very severe and the losses but nothing daunted them. Their heavy, tenacity, courage and endurance were admir- able and worthy of the best traditions of the soldiers of India."

* It.

Wandering southward on foot behind the would appear that at no time was the range much less then 12,000 yards, le, practi- lines, I care to a litle spot where some cally the range that it had been frequently Russian soldiers were squatting round a fire.

The Viceroy sent the following to General thought the opening rounds woull be fired. I went up and squatted down too, making

Owing to the enormous range and the the excuse that my hands were cold. I told Sir James Willcocks: "I have just received consequent comparatively steep angle of them was a friend, and they told me they from Field Marshal Sir John French a descent it is probable that few projectiles were just buck from the trenches for three telegram informing me of the great gallantry got through the armour of the Deringer, days rest. They all came from Bessarabia, and marked success with which the le dion Seydlitz, and Holtke, and hence their engines but they had no idea in which part of Russia troops under your command fought in the All they know was that its capture of Neuve Chapelle and the subsequent were not seriously damaged, thus allowing that was. them to Keep up nearly full speed. The name was, Bessarabia, that bread way operations which took place on 13th, 11th,

there havoc caused on the decks and upper works, cheaper

than in Poland, and 12th and 13th of this month. I shall be gind that it was three days' journey in the if will be so good as to conver to the

you however, mast have been frightful

In the action off the Falkland Islands, it train from where they were. "I don't know, Indian troops on behalf of myself, the appears that the Invincible opened fre at a brother," one of them then said to me, "how Commander-in-Chief, the Government and range of about 15,000 yards, and the Schare it is with you in England, but here the guns people of India, our warm admiration of horst was sunk whilst a distance of between shoot every day. Will the war end soon their gallant behaviour and our confidence 10,000 and 11,000 yaris separated her from If it goes long, it will be bad. But who knows that they will ever maintain before the the Carnarvon, the vessel which administered what will happen? May God give us victory. enemy the best traditions of the Indian

His help is needed for that. the cops de grace to her."

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