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OUR LONDON LETTER.

[FROM CUS OWN COERESPONDENT. ]

LONDON, September 15th. THE WAE AS A LEVELLER. How much of a levolier this way has been may be judged from a story told by an officer, back with a batch of wounded from the front. A kindly-lance corporal of the R.A. M.C., he says, bound up his injuries, bathed his feet nad mado a careful list of his kit, handing a duplicate of it to him to keep for checking purposes. Along came a sergeant who shouted Don't for get you're down to meet them two German prisoners this afternoon, Crawford." The Lance-corporal replied, as to the nonuer barn, "All right, sir." The officer under treatment was struck by the efficiency and He cheerfulness of the R.A.M.C. man.

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tion had not been

the Germans can be induced to come out, it is quite likely that the Germans will regret the fact that they have frittered away their submarine strength on mere. raiding exploits that have utterly failed to exercise any real influence on, British con- mercs and lave morely tended to alienate say sympathy Germany may have had in neutral countries. That sympathy......... u sozing, even in quarters that had a tend- ency that way, and it would be a good point for Chinese to roflect on who are in- clined to listen to German fiction that those who have lived most in Germany, as for example Spanish students, are most native now in defenting the effects of the Prussian lie footories

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CORRESPONDENCE.

SWEDEN AND THE WAR.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE "HONGKONG DAILY PRESS."]

SHANGHAI MAN KILLED AT DARDANELLES.

THE LATE LIEUT, B. S. LAURENCE~

Referring to the death in action at the Dardanelles of Liont, B. S. Laurence, tho held tho rank of 2nd Lieut. in the West- minster Dragoons, the AC, Daily News'

Sin-A local newspaper recently pub says:- lished an article, hoaded "Will Sweden: Join in the Gigantic Upheaval!" in which extracts from English and Russian now& papers relating to Sweden and the Great War were reproduced. Being a Swede, I would feel much obliged if you would allow me to make a few remarks and cor- rections about the opinions and statements made.

I would, then, start with the opinions expressed in the Russkope Slove and the London Morning Post, which both refer to a desire on the part of Sweden to pay off old scores against Russia, notably the I believe I must refrain loss of Finland a hundred years ago. sport to which he was so devoted.

Since the War started, statements to this effect have appeared now and then in the English, French, and Russian Press, but

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The late Mr. B. S. Laurence was about thirty-four-years-of-age-and-after-being-in- the London office of Messrs, Dodwell & Co., Ltd., was transferred to the Colombo office in 1902, and joined the staff of the Shanghai branch of the firm in the summer On his arrival in Shanghai he of 1903. quickly showed a keen interest in oquest- rian sports. He took part in the Paper Kunts of the senson 1903-4, was seen in the saddle at the Shanghai Spring Raco Mont- ing of 1904, and was for seven years an enthusiastic member of the Light Horse, S.V.C., in which Company he attained the During the last five rank of sergeant. years of his residence in Shanghai ho was one of our most proininent flat race and steeplechase jockeys, and by his build and weight was admirably adapted for the

Ho was placed in the Champions Sweepstakes on four occasions, and rode the winter of the Grand Nationa] Steeplechase at the Shanghai Spring Race Meeting of 1912. His later successes were principally in connection with Mr. Permy's stable, and in steeplechases both at the Shanghai and Kiangwani race courses. In January, 1912, he severed his connection with the fire of Dodwell & Co., 18., nad after entering into busines on his own account as a ship broker and commission agent, became associated with Messrs. Whorlock & Co.,

his depart we from Shanghai,

When war was declared in Europe, Mr. Laurence was anxiously keen to get to the Front and was able on October 16th of

There are reasons, however, why neither the Lloyds or marine insurance companies oni months and

are disposed to lower their war rate risks - promo front six

fast. But that for the presen did mot worry him, for he had other from indicating the reasons, but I am con- distinctions besides soldiering, and was vinced they concern mattera that will also he effectively dealt with very shortly. content to serve with the ranks in the great war. For he was none other than Lord From time to time you will hear of sub- Crawford, lutely Lord Balearres, twenty-marine activity, but it will hovo us rea! They are now being seventh holder of a famous Scottish title, effect on the war, trustee of the National Portrait Gallery, used, as a matter of fact, more for laying and lately a Whip to the Conservative German maes than for anything else, in When the war broke out he joined waters far from German shores, and this the H.A.M.C. as a privale and eversives will create a menace, to neutral shipping not accept it, and every man who older with whom he remained until the time of FOR HOME been doing fins but wupretentious that will presently and the Germans into stands anything about politics and the work wherever he found it. Another man international trouble. Note the exposition of Sweden in Northern Europe of note, by the way, to join the mediene of Germany nowadays that every will know ite rasen why. What wide brauch of the servico as a private, in the ship America complains about must have would greet with satisfaction would be te fof volunteers.

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last few days, is Professor Lees Smith, the scholarly member for Northampton, whose services to Ruskin College, Oxford, gave him a wide circls of admirers before

politician. he gained distinction as a

THE FOREIGN SECRETARY.

Sir Edward Grey is back at his task, with his eyesight much strengthened · for the rest he took, but it is not unlikely that He may presently take a place in the Cabinet without portfolio, in which case

can assure you that for many, many years nothing has been further from the mind of the Swedish people then the ro- covery of Finland. Even should Finland offered to Sweden without the leass sacrifice of life or property, Sweden would

boen sunk by a mine, "probably" a British one. That can be dismissed at once as "a

see Finland either placed in the position thumping lie," but that they are spillinger Alexander. III, or as far independ- she was up to and including the reign of mines about themselves in the hope of

eaking a few more hundred innocent lives and then blaming it on their enemy is not doubted by old salts in our porta to-

day.

- A SUBJECT FOR AN ARTIST.

ant State,

The statement made by the London Justice that the Swedish Army paper since the war has been almost doubled and tha Fifty new important officers' posts have been created " is entirely, wrong. The

London is a stirring place in these bril-present reforms of the Swedish Army and Navy, have been contemplated for years liantly sunny afternoons,

Men on leave

Lord Lansdowne will assure the post off and wounded men are everywhere-Bel- and were decided upon before the war While Lord Crewo gians, British and men from every ofimo broke out, and they were aimed, not at in

Foreign Secretary.

has been acting for Sir Edward Grey, it is well known that Lord Lansdowne has been in constant touch with that department.

THE TURK A CLEAN FIGHTER.

In

I met in a train, the other day, a charm. ng lad from our Dardanelles army, kome for treatment. He was full of experiences, but the one thing he wanted everybody to ARE YOU A SLAVE TO PAIN?understand was that the Tork was a fine He said he bayoneted Do You Ever Rest?

and a clean fighter. Or is your life a perpetual burden-three Turks and then bound up their wakeful, restless, fevered: tortured wounds, and when he himself in a later existence ?

Then there is hope for you-

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under the Union Jack.

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the favour with which they are looked upon, and wemon especially do everything

they con deviso to make them realise how welcome they are The other day thero was an unrehearsed and dramatic scene in Pall Mall, A brake filled with Chelsea pensioners in their red coats was being driven along for an afternoon's sightsee- ing when a column of men, dusty and fired Irom a long ronte march, hove in sight. There was no word of command, but as the young warriors came alongside the oldsters

I fancy there in the brake, the former gave three rous- ng cheers of recognition. is a subject for an artist in that incident. THE WAR AND THE GERMAN ARISTOCRACY. Just how far the Teutonic

Do you start and cry out from twitch-fight was "potted," his enemies did as ing nerves or darting pains?

Are you robbed of your nights of just much and even more for him, for after repose and tranquil sleep?

treating his wounds they carried him into the Australian lines and surrendered, daresay that is an extreme cage, but there is plenty of additional evidence that throws the Turks into pleasant contrast madness has gone is instructively shown with the Germans, Many a man back from in a letter published in the Adeveral Gallipoli, tells how the Turks refrain froin of Bucharest from a leading German aristo firing on men who are tenting the wound-erat, Karl you H, to a friend.

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ed, while there is any amount of testimony declares that the war will prove the salva- from the Russian and the Western front tion of the German nobility, whose power that the Germans, on the contrary, have no compunction about merdering wound- ed and Red Cross men alike.

AMERICAN SYMPATHY WITH THE ALLIED

CAUSE,

creasing numbers, but at increasing the eficiency of the Army and Navy.

The main paints of the reforms mon- tioned aro

(a) A lengthening of the term of sop view from about 0 annths to about 12 months for the main body of the Army, (b) An increase of the number of edu. cated young men from the Universities. etc., to be trained for the position of; aux-commissioned officer, these having to undergo about 550 days' training.

(c) The creation of an Inspector-Gen- eral for the Infantry, and

(d). The building of three new men-of- war, some destroyers, ete:

The fact that more troops than usual are concentrated on the Russo-Swedish fron-

tier is solely, due to Hussin, in the first instance, having increased her troops in the same place,

The contention that the Swedish Army is fully mobilized is absolutely wrong. Certain points and positions are material-

also

lash yony tô küve with a large contingent

HONGKONG VOLUNTEER CORPS.

CORPA ORBERS BY LUKET.-CÓL A, CHAPMAN, VID,

PROMOTION.

1. Private C. Edgeumbe. Scouts Com- pany, o be Lance Corporal, dutert October 14th, 1015.

PARADES 2.Parades for Monday, 1. instant,

5.30 p.m. Recruits of Engineer Co.:

3.

Musketry and Rifle exercises at Tai- koo Dockyard, under Sergi, Bullock: 5.30 pm. Right Section M.0. Co. (men who have not been passed mit). Squad Drill

Skirmishing on- Cricket Ground. Remainder, il.

Th

DETAIL. Gun Club Hill. Kowloon --- On duty until morning of 22nd instant:

H.K.V.R.

Next for duty: Civil Service Company. Offer on dur: Lieut. Lindself, Prisoners of War Camp. Kowlosy :

On duty unit moring of 22nd Inst.c

H.K.V.R.

Next for duty : ---

October 22nil. Scouts Co. Capt.

Hutchison.

Co.: Lient.

October 23rd.---Scouts

3furphy.

October 24th.-Scouts Co. Capt.

Stewart.

October 25th.-Centre Section M.G.

Co. Capt. G. G. Wood. October 20th. No. 2 Section Arty.

Batty. Lieut. Danby. October 27th. No. 1 Section Arty.

Batty. Capt. Wolfe. October 28th Left Section M.G.

Co. Eleut. Nees.

Orderly Sergeant froni 22 to 29th-

inst Corpt. Lowick,

mail. Oct. 18th, 8.50.-P.-es. A. Noor and S. Bux.

Inspector Sirdar Khan visits.

Oct. 19th, 5.50.-P.-es, R. M. Omer and A.

Bandrar.

G. E. STEWART, Capt..

Adjutant, H.K.V.C.

HONGKONG POLICE RESERVE

PATROLS (CENTRAL). was endangered by the arush of Socially strengthened, it is truc, and that is To-day to Friday, October 18th to 22nd-

No. 3 Company. absolutely necessary considering.

PATROLS (EASTEÉN), ISTC. He continues:-'But it was a rear

Sweden's close proximity to Russia and Oct. 18th, 6.50-P.-es, E. Arculli and A thing, and it was no easy matter for us to convince the Emperor that war was the Germany and her strong desire to defend I believe that the Russo- As it is, beher neutrality. only way out of the situation, has saved us all from certain ruin, for

German sea-light near Gotland end the whether we win the war or not the people incident when German destroyers atlicked will never dare rise up and accuse us of the stranded English submarine at Salt- having brought about their downfall, Asholmen fully justifies such precautions a matter of fact, we cannot lose; every thing is going as well as it can be, and our noble Kaiser will soon be absolute

I would not have written against the master of the whole world. When that is above statements had it not been for the so, we shall stand no more non-ense from fact tint of late quite a number of articles Bebel, Harden, and other meddlers.

It have appeared trying to represent Sweden will do the world good to taste a little of

as hostile to the Allies and especially Rus- what a German dictatorship means. What sia. Sweden will never willingly or of

Oct. 19th 8.50. P.-cs, K, Hussain and A.

8. Hassan,

Sergeant Khawas Khao visits.

Moosdeen.

taken and are in the interest not only of Oct. 20th, 5.50, -P.-as, U, M. Omar and 8. Sweden but also of the belligerents. Oct. 20th, 8.50.-P.-15. A: K. Rahumat and

R. Nazarin. Sergeant Areulli visits.

PATROLS (WATER FOLICE), Oct. 18th, 5.50. Mehr Din (6), Jumman

Khan (S), M. Akbar (P).

The mess that German and Austrian BEER. diplomats are making of things In America recalls to mind this fact that bun dreds of Auericnus have joined the Cana dian forces, claiming Canadian citizen ship rather than be out of the fight against Prussianism, and half a dozen Americans, including a late secretary of the Ameri can Minister here, have managed to gaio commissions in the British Army, while one who threw in his lot with the aviation corps distinguished himself the other day in France in a fight with an enemy Taubeu triumphal tour the Emperor will have her own accord join in the War unless sho Oct. 19th, 8.50.-Goodwin (6), Ireson (8),

& CO., TOKIO JAPAN.

EVERYWHERE.

SOLE AGENTS:

MITSU BUSSAN KAISHA.

HONGKONG.

979

on the French front

DEONZARE OF" INSANITY.

At first glance one might suppose that with all the toas entailed by was there would be say amount of insanity to be dealt with just now, But the fact is that insanity has shown a decrease since the war began. The doctors put it down to the shaking of people out of themselves. The war has thrown so mung great issues on the screen, so to speak, that self and egolism have been submerged. These are

Det. 18th, 8.50-Neves (B), J. R. Pereira

(S). Sergeant Silva (P).

Oct. 19th, 5.50.-Rozaria (S), P. Roza (8),

Sergeant Figueiredo (P).

Arnott (P).

(8). Oct. 20th. 8,50 Kim (5), Ablong (S),

Wilks (P).

all through the vassal States; and how is driven to it by any of the Great Powers Oct. 20th, 3.50.-F. Hahls (S), W. Hobbs splendid and mighty will our nobility he come when all its old-time power is re- stored to it once more." The German Socialist probably has very different ideas

on this subject,

TRADING WITH ENEMY

COMPANIES.

wanting to encroach on her independence. Enclosing my card, I remain, Sir, Yours faithfully,

SWEDE.

Hongkong, October 10th, 1915.

were

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PARADES 5.30 1.1. Oct. 19th. Whole af No. 1 Co.

eruits No. 3 Co. Oct. 20th. Whole of No, 2 Ca. Oct. 22nd.-Whole of No. 3 Co. and Reə..

oruits

SERVIER RIFLES,

All rauks, including Inspectors and men

medically exampt; will return their Ser vien Rifles for overhaul on Tuesday, October 19th,

MUSKETRY COURSE, 1915-1916.. This will enninence on Saturday, November Gth. when all Inspectors and Sergeants will fire Part I.

TILK-RHOOTING COMPETITION,

Platoon Commanders are warned to select

GERMANS:IN HANKOW CLUB.

REQUEST TO LEAVE NOT HEEDED.

A Royal Proclamation was issued in

The Hankow correspondent of the N.-C. a Supplement to the London Gazette on the germs that breed morbid absorption the 14th. stating that doubts have arisen Daily Sews, writing on October 7th, and then insanity, but today the motorespecting the position, under the Pro said short while ago the German, clamations relating to Trading with the tony and boredom that aid mental di eases Enemy of incorporated companies or and allied, members of the Hankow Race

Ground and Recreation fre absent, and to live out the great terlies of persons which, though not in Club public tragedy is stimulating rather than corporated in any enemy country or in requested by the Committee, through the territory in hostile occupation, carry on Secretary, to discontinue the use of the This weakening to sensitive minds.

buziness in any such country or territory. Club until the close of the wur. The expression enemy,

wotwithstand request has not been heeded by some of We have, as I indicated not so long ageing anything in the said Proclamations, the Cernan members, with the result that an extraordinary general meeting of the is, therefore declared to include, and to got a good grip on the submarine menace. have included, any incorporated company Club has been called, when the question The In fact we have managed to dispose of quite or body of persons (wherever incor-will be discussod of excluding from the half of Germany's supplies and when we porated) carrying on business in an ene- Club the subjects of any nation, or ite my country or in any territory for the Allies, between which Great Britain and I do get to grips in a battleship conflict, if time being in hostile occupation, it Allies war has arisen and exists.

THE SUBMARINE PIRACY.

eight men and a Captain (who will not shnot) to take part in this shoot, which is provisionally fixed for Sunday, Octo- 1r 31st. Full instructions are being issned

PROMOTION,"

Hon. C.S.P. has sanctioned the promo- tion of P.-cs. Eustace and M. Razack to. the ranks of sergeant.

F. C. JENKIN,

D. 8. P. (Reserve).