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HOW MEDALS ARE WON.

SOME INSTANCES OF BRITISH BRAVERY.

A supplement to the London Gazete recently contained a description of the gallant derde which won Distinguished Conduct Medals for the non-commissioned officers and men. The following instances

show how the medals were won :----

Borgeant, D. R. Bailey, of the 15th. Heavy Battery Royal Garrison Artillery, showed great courage at Ypres when he worked his gun after having been wound

ed.

The next day he was struck by a bullet, made unconscious, and upon gain. ing consciousness worked his gan again. The breech became heale and eased the carringe to recoil, throwing the ser- geant down on several occasione

THE COST OF LIVING.

NEEDS OF SINGAPORE.

on the cost of living.

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, MAY 138, 1915.

It would be too much to expect if we supposed these improvemonth could be affected in a few months. But there is no reason why if a gtrong social and Govern mental policy were vigorously worked There is a distinct fault in the social there should not be enormous improve- ment in a decade or so. Everyone would life of Singapore, says a writer in the be the happier and the healthier for it. Singapore Free Press, that everyone is Social wrongs of impurity and drunken- aware of actitly or openly and no unitedness would be brought to a minimum. effort socks to reinody it. It all centres White people would be reproductive and would produe a better typo Singapore would develop the excellencies of the West while retaining the virtues of the East Birthrat low cost of living good wages, means of transit, high marriage rate, strong Governmental policies- these are tho sigas infallible of social, io- dustrial, moral and intellectual success There are no higher criteria; and they can be attained by reducing the cost living to one half of the present cost ac- cording to our outline, which reduca esential expenses from $277 a month to $140.

J. C. G.

Young men are attracted to Singapore because of the higher wages offered as compared with their home wages. From earning £2 105. at home they may have a promise of $150 a month at Singapore, and this corresponds to £4 4s a week and attrac which is a substantial

Similarly $200 cor- tive increase. responda

wock 25 ర. 2

or rather more, and 8260 to £0 6s. a week They imagine that they will save money. and after a year will invite a dear little girl over in Britain to come and share life with them. Such are the noble sad just But Gambitions of natural young men.

the cost of beeping a home in Singapore They are exceeds their imaginations. told that it is impossible to do it on leas than $350 a month; others put the cost up to 8550, but others more sympathetic It can will say it can be done on 2250.

Lance Corporal R. O. Brasnett, of the 1st Battalion Norfolk Regiment, when taking urgent message under fire was blown from his bicycle; he muted and compared his duty.

Company Quartermaster-Sergeant Downs, of the 1st Battalion Cheshire Regiment, worked his machine-gun neor Ypres after the trenches on kie left had bron evacuated; theroby he prevented the general line from being broker. -

THE KAISER'S DILEMMA.

TO STAND OR FALL WITH AUSTRIA-HUNGARY.

Corporat H. B. Hilton, 1st Battalion King's Royal Rifle Corps, threw back Gerbe done that means in niggardly man bombs into the enemy's tronches at fashion, and they cannot invita the girl

to those circumstances. Givenchy, causing great alarm in their

From a purely utilitarian point of lines.

Their dreams are blasted at a stroke.view, the only sane policy for the Ger- Generally speaking, for quiet, modest mana to pursue in this crisis of their people the cost of living is pretty well re-affairs would be to cut their losses and throw over their Austrian allies, for presented as hereunder.

the state of the Dual Monarchy is rapidly becoming hopeless.

Private . E. Holton, 3rd Battalion Bite Brigade, crawled up to the German trends near Armentières, learnt of the enemy's movemcais, returned, got a hand grenade, and went back through the Ger- man wire entanglements and scattered the enemy in all directions.

Private A. A Metcalfe, 1st Battalion Manchester Regiment, under fire brought back papers from the body of a German officer who lay 80 yards in front of the Briti trenches at Cuinchy,

Private P. Mulvey, 2nd Battalion Lein- ster Begiment, assumed command with great wolness during a German attack-in- which every officer and non-commissioned officer had been put out of action.

Second-Corporal O. Poulton, Royal Engineers, when, with other men, cutting the enemy's wires lay on the parapet of a Gorman trench for one hour shooting at overy head that appeared.

Lance Corporal H. L. Sanderson, the London Scottish, when fred as by two snipers at Givenchy, rushed at the men armed with nothing but a pair of wire nippers, which they took to be a revolver He espiured both Germans.

Borgeant Major F Sharpington, 16 Battalion Roval Fusiliers, saved the small-arm mmmunition carts from a farm to which the enemy had sat fire. returned and rescued an old lady seventy six years of age who was in the burning building.

Corporal H. Whecter, 2nd Battalion King's Or Scottish Borderers, when in

House rent Cook

$100 per month

Boy

Kebur

Tukang Ayer

Amah

Bais

Upkeep of gharry..... Food

Total 8277

SHIPPING IN PORT.

#THAMESE.

ABIANA, British str., 2,207, Wm. Dauber, 9th May-Chingwantao 2nd May, Coal.-Dodwell & Co.

AWA MARU, Japanese str., 2,915, T. Hori, 10th May Shanghai th May, General-Nippon Yusen Kaisha. ORIAN MARU, Japanese str., 1,005, M.

Oka, 8th May-Hongay 6th May, Caal-Nitsu Husson Kaisha CHONGSHING, British str., 1,080, V. Mae

Liddell, 6th May--Wei-hal-wei 30th April, General-Jardino, Matheson & Co.

CHITUEN, Chinese str., 477, Ross, th May -Shanghai 30th April, Gesoral. Chinese.

DAN MARU, Japaneeo str., 63, K

Murakami, 28th April-Swatow 27th April, General-Osaka Shosen Kni sha. DEMODOCUS, British str., 4,309, A. ́E.

Dodd, 7th May Singapore 2nd April, Gneral-Butterfield Swire. EASTERN, British atr., 2,272, F. Carter, 11th May Moji 6th May, General,- Gibb, Livingston & Co.

FOOKSAND; British str., 1,987, T. A.- Mitchell, 7 May Moji 2nd May, General-Jardine, Matheson & Co.

By Col. F. N. Mando, C.B., in the HALIOTIS, Dutch str., 1,070, Bakker, 8th May, Bulk Oll-Asiatic Petroleumn Evening Standard.

HANOI, French str., 739, Ch. Le Chevalier. 9th May-Haiphong 7th May, Goa- oral-Marty & Co.

0, HINSANG, British str., 1,885, A.

Kennedy, 8th May Bandakan ara May, Timber-Jardine, Matheson & Có. HINO MALU, Japanese str. 8,500, H.,

Day by day, notwithstanding, the exceptional difficulties created by climate conditions, the Russians continue. their inexorable advance.

They threaten to divide up their enemics into three sections, each of which can bo overwhelmed in dotail by superior numbors, and coincidently the inferfer- ence of Italy and Rumania comes daily Bearer, and their appearance will call for nev nrmies to restrain them.

Germany has already sent seven army corps say, 10 per cent, of her army, at least to the support of her allies: another four corps are believed to be on the way

This takes no account of personal ex- penses, insurance, savings for when leave falls due, depreciation of property such as furniture, gharry, and eporting goods.

the same destination, and In includes no club expenses, no tennis or golf subscriptions. It is a plain state whereas double that number could effec- tment of requirements generally consider tually restore the balance, it is certain ed to be essential. It is no wonder there that Germany herself now needs every fore that the cost of living should be estiman she can muster for her own defence. mated at a minimum of $350 por month.

which corresponds to £500 per annum in British coin

AN APPALLING STATE OF THİNGS.

It is an appalling state of affairs and it reflects discreditably on Singapore. A social revolution is needed in a quiet progressive way. Because if young men cannot marry and settle down in life they are held in unnatural suspense, and And something is bound to give way. specially is this no when men flock to-

But to break with Austria would be to create a condition of things more de trimental to the ultimate regeneration of the Germanic races than any step which could be forced upon them by purely military successes on the part of the Allies. If Germany and Austria fall: together, evacuating Belgium and yield- ing up all the predominantly Slav territory to the Russians, there would still remain a fairly homogeneous nucleus of some ninety million Germans in the certre of Eupope, who would form & focus vided always its several elements could trust one another as allies.

Fraser, 11th May-London 3rd April, General Nippon Insen Krisha HUICHOW, British str., 1,218, Shane, oth

May-Wei-hai-wei 2nd May, General. -Butterfield & Bwire. Huzen, British str., 1,205, O. P. Cole, th

Hay-Bangkok 1st May, Rice-But terfeld & Bwire. KANS, British str. 1,143 Honkman, 9th

May-Baigon 4th May, Ring-Butter Sold & Swire. KANGTAH, Chinese str., 9,315, Stewart,

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10th May Shanghai 5th May, Gen- eral-Chinese. KWELIN, British sir., 1,079 McGarity,

8th May-Saigon Bad May, Bica BEFORE LEAVING FOR HOME

Butterfold & Swire. LIANOsow, British str., 1,220, W. Ben-

Boa, 8th May Shanghai 6th May, General Butterfield & Bwire. LoxSANG, British str., 876, D. W. Ritchie,

8th May-Haiphong eth Hey, Gen oralardine, Matheson & Co. MEXICO CITY, British 7,000, N. A. Starkay, 6th May-Saigon ist May, Rice and Flowz.---Chinese. NANYO MARU, Japanese str. 1,335, Nishi-

yama, 10th May-Batavia, Sugar.- Mitsu Busan Kaisha.

PERSI, British str., 4,335, John Hill, 11th May-San Francisco sth May, General.-Pacific Mail 8.8. Co.

charge of cyclist patrol of twelve megether in messes as they must under such for renewed efforts after expansion, Pro; PHUYEN, French str., 1,204, Rebault, 7th |

conditions. It is no wonder that messe near La Bassée rode unsuspectingly int The enemy bivouae. He extricate notorious. They are the outcome of

inda,

patrol with the loss of only one formed up his men 300 yards away and kept the reemy at bay till reinforcements

came up.

Lance-Corporal J. N. Wilson, 2nd Bat talion Border Regiment, found a German officer and six men when on patrol duty. He killed or wounded every one,

ROXES.

POTATO BREAD SPIRIT_ National memories are rarely strongly

a bad social system. As a matter of ex- perience they are bad for temperate mough to survive two generations of habits and they are bad for social purity.compulsory education, and under the There are things I would wish to add at moulding influence of the German this point, but I cannot write them in a professorial pressure, in sixty years not paper that is open to perusel by both a German would remain who bore any I must leave those words "bad recollection of the national humiliation; for social purity" for imagination to all would be saturated with the memory of the military fortitude displayed by work upon. they mean all that you can imagine. And that is what I mean about their forefathers against overwhaming messes. Men emerge from messer between, odds. LIGHT ON GERMAN PLOTS. 35 years and 40 years of age when their income enables them to marry. But it is too late now, their children are few in number and are not as healthy, as they would be bad they married earlier and had less or more orderly experience of

AGENTS WHO CAIN INFLUENCE

WITH BRITISH WORKMEN

life.

Surely all this matters. Certainly, it a social is of primary importance as need and it all centres from and is pourished by the cast of living. For the desire to marry is the desire for self-pre-

The "potato bread spirit," as Mr. Lloyd George has most aptly termed it only would survive, and military discip line, as the Germans understand it, may be trusted to do the rest.

It is well to realise that wo canot impose any terms short of permanent conquest of the Germans, which is abourd, that will destroy the power of a race to organise itself for defensive purposes, attack is the strongest form of defence." and

Napoleon did his best, under far more

The following letter is typical of many ihat have recently reached the Intellig euce Division of the Admiralty from reliable agents ia different part of the country on the subject of the Cerman plot to creats labour troubles in this country, The Department is convinced of theservation, the keenest of all natural in-favourable conditions, to prevent this, existence if this conspiracy.

This latter, which comes from Bristol,

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Sir, I have sumo information to give you regarding the strikes on the Clyde 1 was in a public-house in Bristol and overheard some conversation, which put down as coming from a spy, the man looked to me to be a German.

From what I could gather, there is a perfect system of hribery by men engaged by the Germina Government or sorret service, with British headquarters Glasgow, urging the men to strike Ly tolling thom fairy tales, or kidding, as they say. They carry on con- versations with the men and apparently work on a perfect system, the same as they

havo for spying.

The German agents, have long beat preparing for this time. lavestigations lately conducted show that they are in many as men long resident in the Sane are of locality of their relien. foreign extraction, not all. There is, atas good reason to believe that some casos men of English birth has taken German pay for this foul work.

Onco sattled in their chosen district, they beccine workmen in some big yard.

Do what we may, we can never prevent a great people (numerically, not morally Brent) from maintaining a oceret organi

stincts, and an unwilling and enforced, and failed. elibacy almost always seeks some sort of irregular satisfaction. We have no right to condemn without giving out help by We may condemn Rocial reconstruction.

a little, but we must sympathise the more

and we must help.

THE CURE.

The care is to reduce the cost of living,. and this can be done only by a vigorous

sa:ion.

Ostensibly, it would be athletic clubs. gymnastic societics, and so forth, all capable of being transformed into fighti men when the opportunity came to use) them as such

It must be remembered that the arms and methods men will use in the warfare

and sympathetic Governmental policy. of the future will be widely different to and by a red social notions.

those at present employed, and that the

To the Government it falls to reduce German ethical sense can, as we have house rents, especially for small houses, seen, very easily adapt the progress of

of 860 to $75 a month.

May Saigon 2nd May, Rio-Brad- Jey Co. SEMITER MAEU, Japanese str. 2,610, M. Nemoto, sih May-Manila 8th May, General-Osaka Shoven Keisha

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Norwegian str.. 865+ D. Forbrænder, 11th May Bangkok 4th May, Rice.-Thoresen & Co. SITI MARU, Japanice str., 1,835, B. Taguchi, 11th May Wakamatsu 4th May, Coal-Order. SINGAN, British str., 1,055, H. Trom bridge, 7th April-Newchwang 29th April, General-Butterfield & Swire. yashi, 7th May-Swatow 6th May, 50 Masu, Japanese str., 1,119, Koba-

General Osaka Shosen Kaisha BONGRIANG, British str., 987, J. Robin- son, 10th May-Haiphong and Hoi- bow 9th May, General,-Butterfield & Swire. TAISKUN, Chinese str., 1,800, Westerlund, 28th April-Shanghai 14th April, General Chinees. TAKSANG, British str., 977, Mathews, 9th May-Hoihov 7th May, General- Jardine, Matheson & Co. TIENTSIN. British str., 1,228, J. Cogan, Tientsin 3rd May, General.-Butter- field & Swire 18th-Hoihow 09th May, General.- WeNcHow, British str., 560, P. R. Purslow,

Butterfield & Swire.

1,128, P. H. YUE ANO, British str

Rolf, 11th May-Manila 8th May, General-Jardins, Matheson & Co.

FORTHCOMING EVENTS.;

9.15 p.-Two Concerts at the Theatre Royal. Monday, 17th May:-

9.15 p.m.-Two Concerts at the Theatre Hoyal, Saturday, 22nd May:-

Nood Hongkong Electric Co., Ltd., Hosting

of Shareholder.

It ought to be possible to secera a small science-bacteriological science, for in- Saturday, 16th May:-

But what we but well-bailt house for $30-$40 a month. stance to its own ends.

cannot socomplish by direct military Small-st well-built houses suitable for a

There young married couple ought to be pos pressure, will fulfil itself automatically if

This would enable a saring the Germans abandon their allies.

never has been much love lost between the sible at $25.

several members who together constitute Again, by routes of well appointed the present alliance, and to leave Austria motor buses, or by superior types of face to face and alone with Russians, tramcars, it ought to be possible to travel Rumanians, and Italians after all the as most of us do in Britain, cheaply and sacrifices of men she made at the begin with comfort.It would then not bening of the war, by sending her troops nerdful to keep a gharry. This would into Belgium and Alsace, will create a ensils a saving of $00.

mendacity of B There ought too to be a system by which rupture that not even the eloquence and whole generation could

or factory, or set up in business in the water supply is adequately dealt still small way. Always they profess violent with, and the office of Tukang syer dis Socialistic views and gather malcontents posed of. This would save 810 per round them. Always they baso plenty of month. money. The money they use to treat their These improvements wait for a pro dupes, and thus acquire influence and gressive, objective, strong, sustained become known as small local leaders. Now they are using this inuene to sugpolicy of the Government

secret service.

PRACEFUL PENETRATION. Moreover, Italy will now certainly acquire Trieste and the whole of the Austrian Adriatic coast, the road to Heuto, ns Saloniki has gone long ago. aa integral factor in Pan - Germanic dreams the Dual Monarchy-crase to Love Social notions, too, must change. gest grievances to their fellow workers mother ought not to be considered socially any significance, and will accordingly he

dropped. and hamper war work.

But--and this is the essential fact to The existence of an exactly similar Ger.bound to keep a amah if she can manage man conspiracy in France was discovered her child alone, or if she prefers from be remembered when the war is over, and whatever terms we may propose are during the Franco-German War of 1870. reasons of cash or psychological prin

tin lact, an old trick of the German ciple to do without. Then people who decided upon-the-more completely we keep a gharry ought not to ho snobbish tarottle all Germany's aspirations for the more we and unsociable to people who do not. conquest by forge Tramcar riding ought not to be anfra dig-shall throw her back on the means, more

of " witate, and one should not look down subtle and more

dangerous,

peaceful that

underground Yale University is collecting all eats upon another who prefers to cycle to and penetration

fro. of documents in connection with the war,

Because most of us did these things working of the kind with which the such as official placards, reports and ap in Britain, and we are not superior flesh propaganda of Free Trade has made us Of the evils, I prefer the peals by charitable organisations, topical and blood breause we live in the East from so familiar. songs, broad-sheets, etc. The obiect is to what we are in the Old Country. Per- more open one as that most easily dealt Our task is to discover a happy with. form a collection which will be used to sonally I often ride in the tramcar future historians and help them to form though I could afford to meter about. mean between the two extremes, and the an idea of the manter which public And most of my University confreres in problem it presents is one that will call officials and private individuals acted in England rode in the tramcare, and on for exceeding jurdicious handling, which' at present it does not seem likely to the countries directly affected by the great

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