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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 17TH, 1918.

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FAR EASTERN MEN AND

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THE WAR.

Captain E. N. Buchan (Manchester

W. G. St. Cair, Editor of the Singapore Free Press, is reported missing.

Second Lieutenant Harold Evelyn Pen- nington, 8th Royal Sussex Regiment, of the Federated Malay States Civil Service, was killed in France between September

25th and 27th.

THE GERMAN RECRUIT,

HOW HE E TRAINED IN THREE

MONTHS.

ly she is using up her reserves.

The recruits take up their quarters t They have only two

thirty in a room. But it is not so

Thoir

blankets even in winter. uncomfortable as in the trenches. rations are a quarter of a loaf of bread a day, with a sausage or cheese, herrings or preserved meat, and there is beer in the

.ovez VOUS

JAPAN'S FOREIGN - TRADE.

SPIRIT OF THE SERB.

The great war hit Japanese foreign' THROUGH THE LITTLE LAND OF

trade, in common with other countries, Lieutenant J. Van Vollenhoven, ex-

COURAGE

rather severely at first, but a revival is Governor General of Indo-China, who was

now becoming manifest. Japan had boon wounded in the thigh by a fragment of

Crossing the frontier from Greece at accustomed to rely on many articles, raw shrapnel during the last battle of Artois, The following article from the Tag is has been operated on and is progressing

an interesting account of how the German Ghergheli, I made the acquaintance for materials and half-manufactured goods from Germany and Austria, now shut off. the first time of the Borbs in their own satisfactorily. Acording to the last tele

country (writes Mrs. Arthur Moore, before. Gradually, however, Japan has been grams received in Indo-Chinn, he hopes recruits are trained. Whereas formerly it

The Serbian off-adjusting herself to the new conditione, to be able soon to rejoin his colonial regi took two or three years, the German.

the recent invasion).

is in a very healthy condition. Capt. Raymond Grove, formerly of youth is now turned into a soldier in three cial is a singularly delightful person; he with the result that now her foreign trad

She has made new customers of those through the weary task of luggage regis- Sungei Siput Rubber Plantations and now months and sout to the front, showing how groots you in fluent French, pilots you of the 6th, Durham Light Infantry, has rohadly Germany needs men and how quick-tration and other routine business incident deprived of the products of German and to crossing a frontier in war-time, and Austrian trade; she is securing the goods turned to England from Gallipoli wound-

without wasting time on trivial conversssho imported from Germany and Austria from other sources or is manufacturing ed by shrapnel. Regiment) who married a daughter of Mr. barracks, where they sleep on straw beds, tion he immediately opens the one subject them herself; and she is putting on more

of international interest with the question, steamers to meet the carrying problem,

de la "Quelles nouvelles

A brief review of Japanese foreign querre?"

I was at once struck with the mtimate trade figures for July last, and the seven knowledge displayed by the Serb not only months ended on July 31st, is cloquent, of Eastern politics, but also of the minutest of the general effect of the revival. In details of the campaign on the western exports there is not much change, though Ho depreciates his own country's it is in the right direction, exports for front.

July having been Y.59,978,000 as compar- splendid share in the war by modestly ex- ed with Y.58,360,000 for the correspond- plaining, "Nous sommes un petit pays ating month of 1914. For the seven months

1915-2 reduction of puis nous sommes quise, qu'est ce que exports fell from Y, 389,435,000 in 1014 to vous voulez que nous tessions après la Y.300,892,000 is

Y.7,513,000 ports for the month were Nevertheless, he speaks with pride of Y.41,717,000. as comparod with le petit pays," and is frankly anxious Y.45,601,000 in July, 2014, and for the troisieme annce de la guerre

It cannot seven months the imports amounted to

$5 Travelling northwards ono Y330,460,000

with compared that it should he appreciated.

the only indication that it is at war being 1014, a decline of Y.97,875,000. passes through the most beautiful country. .429,335,000 in the first seven months of the soldier who at short intervals guards greatest proportional decreases have oc- the line. Rather a pathetic figure he curred in foodstuff, and wholly manuine- makes, standing grim and determined, tured articles and the least it and managing to look every inch a sol- materials. As the result of the compara- dier, despite the rags which are all his tive steadiness of exports the strager to hunger either, as is shown by of imports amounting to Y.59,999,000 in country has left to clothe him in. He is no balance has swung round from an excess

of exports in the current year But his un- offered to him by travellers. the avidity with which he accepte fool the first seven months of 1914 to an excess selfishness is greater than his appetite, for Y.30,439,000. At the same time, Japan has exported just .on Y.20,000,000 I have seldom seen a Serbian soldier cat all (£4,000,000) more gold than she exported in the corresponding period of 1914, and he is given. He divides the food into two portions, cats one and puts the other in imported only Y.1,492,000 more, making his handkerchief. On being questioned,

the excess of exports of bullion just over one man explained to me that he would Y.28,000,000 for the seven months. be relieved presently, and that no train view of these figures the movement of would pass during his comrade's turn of £2,000,000 of gold to Japan recently needs

no explanation.

Mr. L..V. Prentice, who left the FM.8. for Home at the beginning of August, has received commission in the Royal Artil-

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Scoond-Lieut. M. G. Lewis, formerly of Caledonia Estate, but now attached to the 14th Manchesters writing from Malta early Last month, says he is just off to do his little bit for the Malay States and that if he has any luck he will be back in Malaya.

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Hongkong, 4th February, 1915. ₤1099

At the British Consulate General, Yokohama, on the 5th instant, a Naval Cours of inquiry was held to investigate the circumstances attending the loss of the British steamship Rufford Bait, of the Prefecture, on October 6th last.

The Court was composed of Mr. A. M. Chambers, Consul-General, President; Captain Rymer, Naval Attaché at the British Embassy and Captain A. B. Garwood, of the P. & O. steamer Nagoya It appears from the ovidence given before this Court that the Hufford Hall sailed from New York on or about the 19th day of August 1916, bound for Vindivostock and Hongkong va ports, on route, via the Panama Canal, with a cargo of general merchandise and a crew of to hands all told.

The resel arrived at Muroran on Octo- ber 5th to take in bunker coal. She finished coaling at 5.30 p.m. pim the pilot came aboard the vessel hove up and proceeded, dropping the pilot at 7.30 p.m.

At 10.35 p.m. Yamazaki light was abeam four miles off The course was then slowly altered to 3.S.W. Various courses were steered till 11.15, when the light was again abeam at 4 miles. The ship was then steadied on S.65W. by standard compass. (.58) W. true). This course wak continued till Shiokubi ghis was on the bean at an estimated distance of 4 miles, and from thence continued still 0.50 a. on October 6th, when the ship's course was altered two degrees to westward. This course was being maintained when the ship struck at 0.55.

canteen, au everyone soon finds out.

They rise at first at the time they are accustomed to in civilian life. But that First of all, coffee; does not last long. the tin mugs are soon filled, and the ration Then up and of bread is distributed. use their limbs, and learn to know the away to work. They first of all learn to right use of their body.

Every recruit is inoculated in the first few days, first against small-pox, and then twice in the chest against cholera, and three times against typhus at eight dayg' interval. Mary a recruit is anxious and upset by this,

is

fail to be.

duty.

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UNITY OF THE SERBIANS.

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And then comes the day when a rifle for the first time placed in their hands It takes some time to learn the use of the rifle, and for a section to give the shoulder and slope arm all together.

"Over there in the Tumgarten they learn to jump over obstacles, and to climb up poles and ropes, to practise on the horizontal bar, while the better athletes. taru round it with their knees, They walk along the hat, or balance themselves on the narrow bridges of the trench, or climb up a height with a climbing iron; two drag up a third, until they have got him up by

In 1015 the excess of exports over in renching out their hands to the top. The fadders are rushed to the other side, and

The unity of the Serbians must impress ports in the first three months exceeded Every man is a soldier and Y.13,000,000. This was due mainly to they learn to hang on to the side of the wall, and to jump down. There is many the visitor.

The for the recruit does not like to let go. They absolute determination and tremendous re-with those of the previous year, which an anxious face over this business at first every man possesses the characteristic of the diminution of imports as compared

serve force. Of good physique, inured to was not less than Y.71,000,000. are always at work Part of the training is to ride on barebacked horses, which hardships of every description, almost in decling in the importation of all the raw makes them sweat with terror. They must Fide without a saddle, their hands in their capable of feeling fatigue, and with won-materials and goods which Japan form packets, in order to get their balance. Woederful recuperative powers, they make tine erly obtained from Germany is, of course betide the man who has a bucking steed; fighters, and, seeing them, one begins to marked among these may be mentioned understand why the Austrians were so ammonium sulphate, phosphates, aniline and iron many are thrown or clasp the horse round thoroughly defeated and turned out of colours, woollen goods, iron. iron plates,

tubes, paper, locomotives Serbia in spite of an overwhelming ad-

of numerical machines. The greatest diminution, how ever, is in raw cotton, hitherto practical- strength. vantage in the matter

Road building with Turkish tombstones ly all obtained from British firms.

It is also known, of course, that for collected from the ancient cemeteries for some time past Japan has been turning the chief material, and other municipal out munition, as rapidly as her resources work goes on, in spite of the war, most of could be mobilised in that direction, ant These prisoners, happy in the captivity, her Allies is doing very well is thes the labour being provided by Austrians.with proper fanncial guarantees from are mostly Slavs Czechs and Croatians activities. The result of this direction who are cocmies in name only. The of her industry, it should he noted, has the had a corresponding excellent moral effect: majority of them had surrendered sion in the world which appealed to them An abundant rice-crop this year, while at present reducing prices abnormally, first opportunity, and they admitted, with on her Bonds abroad, the latest reports engaging frankness, that the best professhowing that these are in steady demand. was that of soldier. I have a clear re- collection of Czechs resident in Petmgrad for the same reason may provide nother source of increased revenue if the cereal advertising themselves, as such last year, is in demand abroad. Commercial and enjoying all the privileges of an ally, but here in Southern Europe I found Japan.. their brothers, though possessed of the same Slay sympathies, forced to fight against their will by their Austrian rulers. I did not need their eager assurances to convince me that they would not have gone cones CRDERS BY LIEUT.-001, A, CHAPMAN, V.D. back to Austria to fight had they been also- where in August last.

the neck.

Protected

"There is also artillery practice. Everything must be done with lightning rapidity with the laying and firing of the gun. There is also a curious crowd round the machine-guns. This and the bayonet fighting is the best spectacle. At 8.40 by padding, with masks of wire on their heads, and heavy gloves on their hands, the men rush with a hurrah! against one another, and drive at chest and breast with their bayonet-points, which are cover od with leather halls. Wos betile the mani who haugs beck, and comes under the per- sonal supervision of the sergeant, to learn how to parry and thrust. In spite of all his padding, he will get a sharp prick or two. The art of bayonet-fighting was not thought much of, for it was said that the bayonet would not be of much value in modern warfare,

But never before have there been so many hand-to-hand conflicts, and so bayonet dril has come to the front again.

The Court, having regard to the cir

orders cumstances aforesaid,

ᎥᎬ follows:-

The Rufford Hall was lost for want of proper precautions in her navigation; the use of the lead which would have materially assisted in showing a set to the southward, was neglected.

The Court is of opinion that when Shiokubi light was abean a more westerly course should have been steered until B cross bearing of Shiokubi and Kattoshi light was available.

The Court considers that the Masier should have been on the bridge during the passage through the Straits, and if circumstances had obliged him to leave it, it was hig duty to leave definite ardera with the officer on the watch to be called when Shiokubi light was abear.

The Court considers that the second officer was to blame for not verifying the speed of the ship, and he was not justified in placing it as low as eight knots. The Court considers that he was guilty of neglect of duty in not following the bearing of Shickobi light round after passing it, and also in not calling the captain even in the absence of any definite FURNITURE AND PHOTO GOODS orders when the Shiokubi light was

LING & CO..

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STORE

tabeam.

The Court in of opinion that no blame can be attached for the loss of the third Photographic Goods of Every Description heer, George W. Rue, who was washed

...in Stock,

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Hongkong, 4th Febcrary, 19:5

1616

ARE YOU CRUMPLED UP: with rheumatism? Then these words ar your salvation.

Perhaps you have been told that you

eamnot be cured.

There are thousands who have been told that before you. They tried

off the lifeboat.

The crew appear to have conducted themselves properly; and a proper dis- cipline appears to have been kept on

board.

The ship appears to have been well found, and properly provided with navigational instruments and charts.

"

"At other times the recruits drop their military exercises. They then play foot- bail, or run barefooted races, and play With a coloured handkerchief rounders. in which two hard knots have been tied a fellow will go round, and fasten it on some one's back, so that the konts swing about on his victim's back, who, while everyone laught, ain't make out what has happen ed. Another game is for two men to stand on one leg apiece and try to bring one another down

After company exercisca and

"When the recruits have done eight weeks' training and have finished their maskotry drill they are sent to the depot

the company school, drill they learn field manœuvres. There they can prove what they have learnt in detail. But there is no more parade drill and hardly any sentry go, for special garrison companies are de No more presenting arms; failed for this. it is now work with the spade. Necessity comes first, and the 1sen soon learn what is necessary. The ground has been prepared, and the much-abused German militarism is in their blood, It is second nature to them,"

COMPETITION IN STAN

The Serbian does not beg for coppers in the street, but it does not need very great insight to see the really necessitons condi In an ordinary tion of the pripalace. Serbian house in Nish to-day you drink tea without sugar, eat bread without but The Serb ter, and refrain frem salt.

is an optimist, and talks hopefully of n good harvest; but it is apparent that the To an extent it is an artificial plucky little country is at the end of her

resources;

state of poverty brought about by the war. Some of these people actually own a little property-for which they oan collect no rents or have a little money invested, which they cannot touch, and it is just because they are not a nation of paupers, but a nation in a state of distress, out of which it cannot rise unaided. that conn- tries happier placed in the matter of sup- plies should assist Serbia,

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RUBBER DIVIDENDS.

Tho

following dividends- are noünced-

Batavia Investments 7 per cent. Ledbury Rubber Estates, Ltd., 7 per ocat.

Lanadrou Rubber Estates, Ltd., 7 per cent

Perak Rubber Pigutatione, Ltd., 1jd. Bengat Rubber Estates, Ltd.. id. Batu Rota (Sumatra) Rubber Planta- tions, Ltd., 10 per cent.

Sungei Kari (Sumatra), Rubber Estate, Ltd., 12) per cent.

HONGKONG VOLUNTEERS.

JOINED.

1.-Private G. L. D. Jones joined tho Corps on 16th November, 1915, allotted. Corps No. 1335 nad posted to Stretcher- Bearer Section.

RESIGNATION. 2.-Private J. McCaig is permitted to resign on leaving the Colony, datod 15th November 1915.

PARADES.

3.-Parades for Wednesday, 17th dust- 5.15 p.m. Signalling Section, Signal-

ling practice at Headquarters. 5.30 p.m. Recruits of Engineer Co., Bluskotry and Rifle exorcises at Taikoo Dockyard, under Sergeant Everest Remainder: Nil.

DETAIL, 4.--Gun Club Hill, Kowloon:---

On duty it to 24th instant: Scouts

Company.

Officer on duty: Capt. Stewart.

POP W. CAMP, KOWLOON,

On duty tonight: Scouts Company. Offcer on duty: Lient. Murphy, On duty fa-murrow: Scouts Company, Offcor on duty Capt. Hutchison. Orderly Sergeant from 17th to 24th

instant: Sergeant Ra.say.

G. E. STEWART, Capt., Adjutant, H.K.V.O.

HONGKONG POLICE RESERVE.

PATROL DUTIES—URGENT NOTICE.

On and from November 19th, about sixty Patrolmen will be required each night for first night duty from the following Stations: Central, No. 2, No. Water Police, Hunghoot, Yaumati, and Peak,

At the next general meeting of Malaka Pindu Bubber Estates, Lad, to be held at the latter end of this month, the direc0.0 tors will recommend the payment of a final dividend of 14 per cent., making 23 per Tho Batuk Ribit Rubber Estate, cent for the year ended August 31st. 1915.

The Siam Diserver says: What the competition in local industries is may not be generally known, but nevertheless it has been proved that two large ice factories m Bangkok, riz., the Bangkok Manufactur ing Co. and the Excelsior have recently put down their prices to retail dealers by It appears The Cour pursuance of the powers something like 30 per cent. vested in it by the Merchant Shipping that the reason for this step is the recent Act of 1804, Section 470, therefore orders

establishment of a small ice factory on that a copy of the statement of the cast upon which the investigation was crder the Rong Muang Road, the owner of ed, having been furnished to the Master, which, it is said, will very soon find that James Wison, and to the second officer. he will have to sell his ice at a losing rate Thomas Banbury, respectively, before the and this will not continue very long. This commencement of the investigation, (1) is one of the usual experiences of Bangkok that the certificate of the Master, James companies. A man in a small way of busi-

ness sees a concern doing well. He comes Limited, pays a final dividend of 5 per Wilson, issued by the Board of Trade, No. 024,250, be fur the wrongfaj default to the conclusion that he would also do well cent, making 10 per cent, for the year, of aforesaid suspended for a period of if he did something on the same lines. He and carries forward £3,860 125. d. six calendar months from this day; and does not see that there may be room for (2) that the certificate of the second off-two but not for three. The same thing rubbed it on to the aching parts, the cer, Thomas Banbury, issued by the recently happened at Ayuthis. A món swellings, the twitching drawn up hands Board of Trade, No. 007,747, be for the put up a new rice mill and minted money. YEAR and limba, It stopped the pain. A few wrongful default aforesaid also suspenti- A neighbour saw this and thought he

more applications and they grew daily cd for a period of six calendar mouths: better until a complete cure was effected. from this day.

LITTLE'S ORIENTAL BALM cures

The Court recommends that a certihcate at all times. It is never too late to begin as first mate be issued during the period of suspension to the said Master, and Sold at 1s. 4d. per bottle.

that a certificate as third mate be issued to the said second officer during the same period.

The expenses of this Court, fixed at £4 Ts, are approved.

with Local Views and Chinese Pictures.

GRACA & CO..

No. 4, WYNDHAM STRMET, Hongkong, 8th November, 1915.

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LITTLE'S ORIENTAL BALM,

Agents for Hongkong:- Mesars. A. S. WATSON & Co., Lani [1050-$

would do likewise. He also succeeded A third man did the same with the same result. Others followed and now there are

HONGKONG TRAMWAY CO.

The approximate statement of traffle

is as follows m receipts for the week ending 13th November

over seven rico-mills there all erected. within two years. From all we hear they are losing money now because, with its This year large population, there was only room for Last year three staall Fice-mills in Ayuthia and not Increase... for more

Receipts for week. $11,812

9, 57 2,055

Aggregate receipts

for 46 weeks

$505,1 51,949

13.563

Companies, etc,

will immediately prepare reports showing the number of en they have living near and available for Patrol duties as the above-named Stations.

MUSKETRY COURSE,

the Platoons firing on November 21st, will warn any of their Commanders of

med requiring practice in the use of the Service Rifle to attend at "Cen- tral," at 6.30 p.m. sharp on Friday, November 19th, and report to the Musketry Inspector.

MARTINI CARBINE NO. 121.

The Member in possession of the above Carbine is requested to return same to. the Store Sergeant at the Central Police Station as soon as possible. The mum- ber will be found on a small circular brass plate let into the butt.

F. C. JENKIN,

A S. P. (Reservo).