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HAPPY DESPATCH RIDERS.

SMILE AS THEY DASH THROUGH

FIRE AND SHELL.

All through the days and nights in this country of war where British troops are massed, the business of great armies goes om incessantly, and whatever the hour of the night the business managers are awaks, and working, and, though scatter ed over a wide territory, in touch with each other, writes Mr. Philip Gibbs from France.

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 718, 1915.

bit by bit they remembered their adven tures, and became more fluent with the excitement of their intenso expericnoca,! wondered at their fearlessness, or at least, at their dauntless courage.

Fear, of course, must come to any man when, as one of these dapatch riders, ho had to go several times through Ypres when dead men and horace were strewn about a town in flames, with destruction still busy overhead.

"THE END OF HER TETHER."

AMERICAN'S STORY OF A TOUR IN GERMANY.

VISITORS AT

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HONGKONG HOTEL

Mr A. Heiw

AN ENGLISH RENEGADE.

American just returned in · Germany has

from given

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Alemaña e Castro Mind Almada Castro Matera Almada e

Castro Mr G. E. Anderson

Mr W. J. Hodge Mr ki, Joseph

An

four Д

Borlin

interesting account of life in Mr & Mrs C. D. Arnott

other

cities

and Central Newe representative, teers the statement that, by order of the Emperor, all criminals have been granted a provisional pardon, and the convict prisons have been converted into munition factories.

"Two of us rode together, in case one was wounded," he said, and the first ar

that my thing that happened was comrade, who thought he know a safer road than the one straight through the In the drawing rooms fuf French town, lost his way. It was quite dark, chateaux, far away from the firing lines,xcept for the flare of the flames in the and in the parlours of red brick villas in middle of Ypres, and after all wo had to shell-wacked towns, and in bomb-proof hark back and ride through the streets shelters a thousand yards or so from the with shrapnel, and now and the big enemy's trenones, telephone beils are often shells, making me infernal racket about tinkling, and quiet-mannered officers take us, up the receivers and listen for a minuto und Bay, Yes... All right, Yes, I'll see to that.'! Whatever "that may be, to without delay, for it must be always the lives or comfort of men depend upon it, and sometimes, if the message is very important, the fate of a row and

Empire.

THE SIGNALLERS.

The journey's end was at St. Jean, and the despatch rider had to deliver his mes

age to an officer in arrived just in time for a German attack, and the trench in which he found himself after leaving his machine in a field was bong heavily sprinked with shrapnel and

bombs.

to a Mr JH, Baring Ho volun. Mr H. Barlon

Mr B. Murry Balu Mr IL E. Ballies

Belilfor Mrs E. E. Mr D. C. Beadel Mr C. D. J. Bell Mr C. J. Bowers Mr G. BoumaD Mr A. G. Brooks Mr B. Brodosky

"While I was in Berlin," said the

I Central News informant,

KEW

I don't

Houston Chamberlain on several optr & Mrs H. a dug-out. Hosions, and I attended a couple of meetings and child

at which he was chief speaker. think there is a more popular man in Germany to-day than that anne Chaanber: lain, and his photograph in colours appears on almost every poster depicting

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"You had better stay where you aire sehome of war is the sending and the

In nearly every street, you see this carrying of these messages, so tims all the until a full comes," said the officer. But Some heavy shells managers of the business may keep in Iull didn't come.

the trenches, and the pictorial stuff illustrating battles between very began to “crump It is touch with each other. awkward, for instance, to say the least order was given to the men to clear out the tiermans and the English. As a rule, of it, if one of those telephine bells in and retire to the second line. They made Tommy Atkins is shown as a Rust arran boub prof shelter ceases to tink at a dash across the open, and although coward, invariably turning his back at ***One such poster made me laugh The a critical time, and if a map listeung machine guns played over them the sight of a German helmet. there, very intently for a little crackle despatch rider did not see a man drop. Germans were supposed to be capturing & Miss M. B. Duffy in the instrument which whispers through It was one of those queer miracles which British trench. The Germans were only ar& Mra R 8. Exisin

and child The despatch rider him-

Yet, when the Capt W Ehrhardt the roar of guns, turns round suddenly happen in war. and says,

the Mr O. Feenwissen The enemy's shrapnel has cut self did not wait for the end of the handful, but apparently there

Werionny Anshed their bayonets, those wirS, "Bud lest on parts of the episode. His duty was to get back to his hordes of Tommy Atkins, machine of war should be unconnected own headquarters for any other message

Mr & Mrs A. E. Flavell himself. crying for pity and merey. with its other parts men of good will take that might be waiting, and back again he British apparently fled in confusions Dr Fiswiltston

Houston Chamberlain is principally Dr & Mrs J, F. Frost the most destly risks to carry another went through Ypres, laughing

and singing in a foolish way, when he wire through.

hard scooted through the city of death employed in addressing the prisoners of Mr C. D. Fos er

war in the various interament camps, and Mr H. H. Fox beyond the zone of shells.

The second battle of Ypres was the last on one such occasion some weeks ago he So it was at the second battle of Ypres, when "Bignals were in great distress, hot time of the despatch riders on special was shouted down, and given a very The service, and they rendered very valuable lively time of it. The prisoners greeted as wire after wire was dissed."

'Turn-coat!' and Shoot yourself! Germans were sholling the town to pieces, services to the army at a time when the him with wild shrieks of Traitor!

From all I have seem and heard 1 Nur as to prevent any communication telephone communications were seriously They were unforgettable betweep, one side and the other, but the jeopardised..

Nearly every woman in signallers of the Royal Engineers did days, but one man forgot his own adven think Germany is yerr near the end of their duty as though only rain were fall-tures in describing the frightful scenes her tether.

orphan Whole families have been wiped ing, and, in spite of many casualties, which took place on the roads when the Berlin is a widow and every child an brought two wires through, so that the civil population fed from the city.

That story has never been fully toldost, and hundreds of unhappy women messages could still pass.

It happened at the time of the first gas have committed suicide.

DESPAIR OF HUNGRY WOMEN. attuck, and among the crowds of panic

"The plight of the working classes is stricken people who had cinng to their

most pitiable. The cost of food is town in spite of daily shell-fire until the final outburst which made a wreck of it. were half-gassed soldiers and wounded exorbitant, and necessaries have become Mr & Mrs Auroussen civilians with blood-stained clothes, and luxuries, there being a shocking shortages B.com women frantic with fear. It was on that--not to be denied of the most ordinary trai day that the despatch rider Walker was eatables. I have witnessed frantic soonesMe & Mrs Beath gassed on his way with a message. It was in the market-pluces, and food stores, Mrs W EL Bell. clear from his position that he had ridden These places are crowded by hungry Mrs Bowdler

wonien, whose despair has driven them Mr Britton into the fumes, and had gone riding cm, semi-conscious, until he had fallen side mad. They come into collision with the Mrs W. M. Campbel Mr & Mrs B. ways, while his machine went from under police, and free fights are an everyday him a little way, before crashing info occurrence. ditch. “

In order to supplement the telephones, sull sorts of means am used to send messages from one unit to another. Even the old method of carrier pigeons has bren used in this war, with its acroplanes But that is and wireless telegraphy, still am uncertain means, as when a pigeon made a very successful flight the other day in less than ten minates to one town fr distant from another, and then sat on the roof for twelve hours, refusing to

rope in

For all long reports, and for any mes. sages which are difficult to transmit over the telephone, the most trustworthy way is hy in despatch riders who are attached to Signals. The history of these men is one of the splendid things of the war, and I never see them riding down the roads on their motorcycle you cannot go along without seeing one By Toad of flitting through the convey columes, and lodging gun wagons and lorries by finger's length without a sense of ad miration. There were about two hundred of them who came out in the first days of August last, ready for any adventure that might befall them, and eager for it.

war

YOUNG CANTABR.

-ROUTING.

Hắc V. Goudboun Mr & M J. Goald Kr C. L. Goodrich Cupt T.-P. Hall Mr & Mrs B. C. Haile

Hannibal Mr & Mr W.

Hot. Mr E. A. Rowett,

C.M.0.

and children

Mr A Vorwinden Mr W. B. Walters

PEAN HOLD.

Mr H. A. Cartwright Mr & Mrs Carmichael: Mr F. W. Cary Mr Mm C. D.Casalli Mr. Clare

The contrast between London and Berlin has never been more striking. Time is telling its talo upon Germany: Since then things have been fairly London, on the other hand, soms to be as quiet, with only a quick dash through the imperturbable as ever, neither elated nor Mr & Men & Conaland

Mr Donman Faller towns which for an hour or two must depressed, bu muddling along serenelyCol. Darling H.K. days are visited with a disc of German

Mr & Mas Doffe The despatch riders have as if the people knew nothing of war. hate."

Mir 8. H. Elis settled down into their routine again, and uso bad language because they do That is no more than postman's work. their way of looking at it, but they under- estimate their own value in the scheme of things. It is upon their regular, unfailing service from one headquarters to another that the armies depend largely for the communication of despatches and reports between their various branches.

Many of them were young Cambridge men, who had enrolled themselves in a

These young men with steady eyes and volunteer corps of motor-cyclists which manœuvres. had proved very useful on

nerves who come shooting down the high- Now theme and many hundreds of them ways through the traffic of the day, and meruited from every class which has thu through the long, silent stretches of the mechanics and the sporting instinct,night, whem, with their lights out, they but after twelve months of war and many see their way through the war zone by casualties ons still meet the original star-light, or by the white, unwinding dispatch riders who speak with a Cam-coil of the road, are the messengers of bridge accent in spite of their grease war upon whom the Generals and their stained clothes, sad who are still out for staffs depend largely for the facts and adventure though they had surfeit of orders which keep the machinery of war it when they came on the wing of retreat working and efficient. They belong to the from Mons, aasrohing for Division which Signals Department, which has many had got out of touch down unknown other ways of transmitting messages, and roads, and dodging Germans who came

has earned for itself a high place in the swarming unexpectedly across the hills, organization and history of this war, and racing with urgent orders through but their value is well recognized, sod crowds of refugees, footsore soldiers and will not be forgotten, I have met a good many of them along the roads of war, and tangled convoys.

they stem to be a gallant set of boys, who belong to the best type of this modern world, when perve strength is the test of

Now that the war is so stationary come of the old thrill of the game, when a man had to rely on his own quick judgment and keep a tight hold on his nerves and his handlebars, has gone for the despatch rider. He has attled down into a stand- ing routine, taking his turn at any hour of the day or night, in the relays which

courage.

THE INVISIBLE WAR.

PENINSULA.

-** BLAZING GASES,”

NOVEL ENGINE OF WARFARE.

An officer who was in the fighting line last month when the Germans attacked with blazing gases gave the special cor respondent of the Daily Chronicle in Northern France his impressions of this novel engine of warfare.

"Let me say, first of all," he said, "that I don't think the use of these flames any less formidable than that of asphyxisting Their effoot, as short range, is gases. much worse, but it is easier to find shelter from them. The flames carry only & re- latively short distance, and cannot reach you a long way off, as is often the case with the poison-gases.

blue

"The fame is yellow, with ful air-jot. It springs from the ground. nucleus, and is directed through a power- level and expands into a roering ware of fire.

i

Mrs Me A. A. Fulton

Miss Fulica

Miss Grifin

Mr Gabbey

Mr F. A. Havaland

Mr Leask Dr & Aire Lentell

Mr Lembelet Mr Mario Mr & Mrs Milne Mr & Mrs Moen and

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and child.e

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Mr V. P. Roisa

-Miss Boyers

Mma Scarlett

Mrs Grant Smith Miss Middleton Smith Mr & Mrs A. 1o indin y

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M

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Mr J. A. Traho Mr & Mrs Torner Mr & Mrs Van den Pol

Mr&Mre Vergia Maj. Gen. Ventris

KING EDWARD HOTEL.

Mr A. Honhing. Mrs B- Alzond-

Mr Indeed, the flame is very like that Mr V. Amundsen

& Mr Jackson Mr J. Joseph laboratory, only that it is yellower. of the common Bunsen burner of the

Mr F. H. Kales "The pressure of the air or other gaa that is used to forca the inflammable liquid

Mr D, Lambden. Miss Lambdaa through the jet must be enormous, in view

Him. D. Lane of the volume and fury of the flame.

Mr W. D. Loe "Many of the victime diel simply from

Capt. & Mrs Lennox suffocation caused by the immense heat that rolled forward in front of the flames, which did not touch them.

"The energy and courage shown by our men in the face of this terrible surprise attack was beyond praise."

Mr & Mrs Armstrong Mra Besie & child

* Mr W. Badge Mr & Mrs Callender and exilaren Mr & Mrs T. 8. Cheng Mrs F. Iz Cooke Miss J. F. Cooks Masters G. M. & J. P. Mr Leanor

Cooke

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Mr A. ConzeO

Mr R. Donaldson

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children

go as regularly as a postal service from WHAT THE EYE SEES IN GALLIPOLI General Headquarters to Army Head- quarters and thenco from Divisional

The correspondent of the Exchange Tele- Headquarters to Brigade Headquarters.

It is only those attached to the Brigades who in the ordinary duties of graph Co. at the Dardanelles reports: This is an invisible war. Sitting on the highest their day ride through any risks, except observation point you can see nothing of those which always lurk about the wheels

war, although you know that countless mon Yot in of a despatch rider when the reads are

and guns are under your very eyes.

A non-commissioned officer serving with greasy with mud, choked with the traffic the battle for Achi Baba a long line of Eliaki of armies, and black under a night with

I have only seen anything like it on out stars. Of course nobody ever dreams leaps out of holes, charges a black gap a few an infantry brigade says:-

yards ahead, and disappears. It has simply

But this before, and that was at a big chemical of giving another inch of room to these gone from one hole to another. motor-cyclists. They are supposed to be

means a captured trench. The guns then works in the Midlands, where the collapse able to pass between two sets of wheels lengthen their range on to a second trench, of a roof sent steams of blazing liquid fy. which would crush a cat. Generally they which is rushed in the same way. Yet not a ing in all directions. You get no warning of do, but sometimes they don't, and then Turk is visible. There is no such luxury as the attack beyond a rapid rise in tempera- Mr&Mrs Hammes and

resting here, for, after a sojourn in the trenches Bare in your immediate neighbourhood. A it is so much the worse for the "D. R."

For heaven's sake, don't exagerate under rifle fre, men come to the rear

He had hardly got the words out sultry our risks or make us out to be a set of under shell fire of all calibres from Achi man with me at the gun said, 'It's getting Mr S. Hashimoto

continually hashing Baba, and the Asiatic coast. The Turkish of his mouth before the he liquid was Adelphi heroes through storms of shells."

guns always pot at the British ships Those words were spoken to me carnest entering or leaving the harbour. The Allies squirting all over us. It burns your hands, 1y by a despatch rider with gold-rimmed are achieving wonders by their patient endur- your face, and any exposed part of the spectacles, sitting in a field with six of ance and organisation. The naval co-opera-body, and it is just as likely to burn the

Mr Eds 8. Andrade his comrades, who were waiting for the tion continues in the smashing of villages clothes off your back. evening despatches down from the brigade, and the wrecking of guns. But now it is come away from & spraying with their J. O. Anker

Operations clothes slight. If you are quick you en

Mr. J. Bain Mr A. B. CrEW Ho complained bitterly that some of the essentially a land campaign. new recruits down at the base, who had may seem to progress slowly, but a visit put out the flames, but even in the most

Mr C. F. Croowell never heard the sound of a gun, had reveals what immerse organisation has ac favourable circumstances you are certain

Mr. C. Crađen written the most fantastic stories of complished while fighting for a firmer footing to be burned a little.

"The stuff appears to be turned or by a wrong on the precipitous cliffa. The landing stage, adventure, which reve quite a

which made the name of the Australians powerful combination of hoss and blow Mr A. ron Dyke impression of the life.

famous ever, fails to arouse wonderment

for

It requires careful handling, and Mr P. 8. van Dyk pipe.

Mr H. Hust Mr B James after seeing

network of organisathe Germans are not always able to giro. "As a general rule," said this young tion. Defects in organisation would be

was suddenly diverted, and turned on to man, lato of King's College, Cambridge; in this trench warfare. It is a question it that. Last week, for instance, the stream Mr E. J.nes

Mr W. H. LIONST our daily work is no more thrilling whether the snows and the frostbite in Flan-

low up the flame by an attack on our than driving a bus from Charing-cross to ders are not minor ills compared with the German infantry taking position to fol- As soon as they felt the effects Chiswick. It is only now and then that enervating heat and sunstroke upon men

almost knocked out before the fighting betrenches, some of us have a hot time.'

The others I have met are like that. Igins. The Turkish prisoners are dejected, there was such a bowl of pain as I never Mr I, I obo

If the Allies can wast to hear again, but I can't say I was and this is a hopeful sign. had to ceas their atorice from them, and they were so afraid of posing as heroes now press their advantage, final success is sorry for them. They deserved it all, and that they emphasized their fears. Yet, as

MODEST HEROES' COURAGE.

assured.

this

more.

I have seen me

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str.,

Damaged packages must be left in the Go- downs for examination by the Consignees, and the Company's Surveyors, Mesure GODDARD and Douglas, at 10 am, en MoNDAYS and THURSDATS. All Claims must be presented within ten days of the steamer's arrival here, after which date they cannot be recognised, No Claims will be admitted after the Goods bave left the Godowns.

E A, HEWETT

Superintendent.

Hongkong, 90th August, 1915.

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES. "THE P.&. O. 8. N. Co.'s Steamer

"NORE," Arrived Hongkong on 3rd September, 19:5, From LONDON, MALTA, PORT SAID, BUEZ, BOMBAY AND STRAITS Consignees of Cargo by the above-named 1,997, Arthurrossel are hereby informed that their goods are Tucker, 28th August-Saigon 23rd being landed and placed AT THEIR RISK in the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf sad Godown August Rice-Butterfield & Swire. QUARTA, British str., 4,000, G. Hooker, Company's Godowas at Kowloon, where each September 4th-Bangkok August 28th, Consignment will be sorted oát Mark by Marka and delivery can be obtained as the Goods are Rice-Butterfield & Swire.

landed BINKIANG, British str., 1,616, C. Williams, Sept 5th-Shanghai Sept. 2nd, General,-Butterfield & wire.

TAIYO MARU, anese str., 3,491, H. Katano, 23rd 1st-Java 2nd July, Sugar and Mos -Java-China Japan Lijn, TANBAN MARU, Japanese str., 30th August-Hongay 2nd August, Coal. --Dodwell & Co.

Optional Goods will be landed here unter instructions are given to the contrary within 5 hours.

Goods not cleared within 8 days including date of arrival will be enbject to rent.

No Fire Insurance will be effected by me in any case whatever.

Damaged packages must be left in the Godowns for examination by the Consigneem and the Company's surveyors, MeEKTE. GODDARD TAMON MARU, Japanese str., 1,142, J. and Douglas, at 10 am, on Mondays and All Claims must be presented Kasal, 3rd September Quinhon, THURSDAYS. General--Order.

within ten days of the steamar's arrival hare, TELEHACHUS, British str., 2,183, A. Fraser, after which date they cannot be recognised September 5th-Saigon August 31st, No Claims will be admitted after the Goods

bave left the Godowns, General-Order.

E. A. HEWETT,

Superintendent. Hongkong, 3rd September. 1915.

TENYO MARU, Japanese str., 13,398,

Togo, September 4th--San Fransisco August 7th, General-Toyo Kison Kaisha TONGLE, Chinese str., Honda, 27th August Bangkok 20th August, Rice.

Chinesa

F. TEIDONIA,

str:; Datch

1,086, Vijgeboom, 31st August Shanghai 27th August, Ballast.-Asiatic Petro- leum Co

TSINGTAU MARU, Japanese str. 1.529, K.

Yamaks, 31st August-Chingwantao 24th August. Coal.-Dodwell & Co. TUNGSHAN, British str., 2,269, Geo. Mir- 3rd September-Chingwaatoo 27th August, Coal.-Dodwell & Co.

dant

FORTHCOMING EVENTS. Monday, 13th Sept.-

5.30 p.m.--The Royal Hongkong Yacht Club Extraordinary General Meeting at the Club House, North Point.

Friday, 17th Sept.

Noon-Douglas Steamship Co., Ltd., Meeting

of Shareholders. Saturday, 18th Sept.

9 F.K.-Promenade Concert by Hongkong:

Police Reserve in the Public G.rdens.