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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY. NOVEMBER 30гa, 1915,

MOUTRIE PIANOS

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

CHINA SEA, TIENTSIN DISTRICT. Notice is given of the following arrange- ments for the winter navigation of Taku Bar and the Hai Ho:-

THE KAISER'S WANT OF HUMOUR.

SIR H. TREE ON THE GERMAN

WAR MACHINE.

For a presidential address at the Mid- ferbert Tree chose as his subject "The Birmingham Sir importance of Humour in Tragedy." and,

AIDS TO NAVIGATION—After aluut De-and institute in comber Ist the aids to navigation over the Taku Bar will consist of the Outor Bar

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to the Aga system and considerably strength ur, he embarked upon an analysis of ened), the Take Lightvessel, the Entrance the character of the German Emperor. Bouy, the Bar Lightbost and the Spit He said than if the Kaiser had had the Lightboat will be marked by spar boys, Imagination to see that is trus role was which, however, owing to shallow water or ice are liable to be ineffective marks. The the champion of peace, he would have to place himsed in front of mankind as wreck of the .s. Guthrie will also be gained an immortality above al con- marked by a spar hoy, An unlighted querors; he would have gone down the bencon has been erected on its exposed ages as the temporal saviour of mankind. forecastle head. The maintenance of this But the temptation of earthly glory was beacou cannot be assured. Particulars con-, cerning these matters will be found in lost, he would go down the centuries as too great, and now, whether he won or Local Notice to Mariners No., 164,

After the removal of the Taku LightNo doubt he was able to persuade himself the greatest slaughterer of the world. vessel her place will be taken by an ice that what he did was for the glory and breaker to the following extent, and show the greatness of Hohenzollernized Ger- At the commencement of the winter what point a man should, for the sake many. It was difficult to determine at season, i, immediately after the removal of his country, cease to be an idealist. of the Tak Lightvessel, an ice-breaker Between Wilhelm and Frederick the will continuously act as Lightyessel so long Great there was a certain afinity. as ice-breaking operacinos are not needed.

When such operations are needed the these words of frank and bruto! self- That remarkable monarch once spoke continuous occupy of the Light vessel's revelation: "Ambition, interest, the position by the ice-breaker will ease. She desire of making people talk about me, will, however, when possible, not as light carried the day; and I decided for war. vessel for a few hours before the expected What was the force that enables the Kai arrival of a steamer,

his unhallowed halo of Divino right? ser to distribute iron crosses to adjust What was it that enabled him still to ICE CONDITIONS.-When ice exists the caim of a madman. It was the pose as the vice-gerent of God? It was formation concerning conditions will be telegraphed to Chefoo. Later on, arrange forward, for the way back was barred by negation of humour. Ho must still go ments may be made for signalling the the dead- information from Chefoo. In the meantime vessels bound for Taku should call at that port for it. Passing steamers should also communicate conditions by the special signals laid down,

Subsequently she will not again act con tinuously as a lightvessel unless it be so notified.

Vessels arriving off Taku, whose agent hus given the necessary notice as fairl down, will of conditious permit, find an

"I am in blood

Stepp'd in so far that, should I wade

no more,

Returning were as tedious agu

o'er"

It was for us to fight on, for our enemy every way Casarism-farserism, It behoved woman in 10 lend The Te-master will inform the Inster of

hand to conditions, If the Master, decides to prof the Allies were beaten then would help to conquer the enemy, fur seed, a pilot will, if desired, be placed ou buard from the ce-breaker, At a suitable time the ice-breaker will, if necessary, lead the way in, and, in doing so, will take such instructive signals concerning the steamer's setion as tho Ice-master considers desirable, It should be understood that when the Tec-muster makes such a sigual the Master of a following steamor is free to use his discretion as to obeying that signal so far as considerations concerning the safety of big own vessel are concerned. It would, however, ba well for him to consider what would be the effect of disregarding the signal of that disregard affected the safety of a third vessel.

ice-breaker in the position of the lightressel this land

man and every

It should be clearly understood that the Harbour Author.ty, under whose authority the ice-breakers operate and the Haiho Conservancy Board, who own the ice breakers, incur no responsibility in respect to seeldents which may happen in the pro- cess of following an ice-breaker. A vessel accepting the services of an led-breaker in the above conditions does so at her own risk. PILOTS-Masters are warned against the danger of taking their vessels over the Taku Bar during the winter season without a pilot. They should realise that the spar boys replacing the summer floating ads are necessarily able to be ineffective and that the wreck of the Guthrie forms a special danger.

Inward bound vessels may obtain a pilot from the ice-breaker acting as lightvessel.

THE CONTROL OF MARINE ENGINES.

A JAPANESE INVENTION.

Ho who

prevail the most terrible tyranny known to mankind-the Prussification of the world. The soul of Germany lay stricken throes. The Kaiser lacked that humour -the German Geist was in its death which Divine right could not confer, to know the spirit of England. might bave been the greatest monarch of the world was now only its greatest crimina Had not been for the inter- vention of England, the German Em eror might be acclaimed as the greatest man in history; only one little human machine, the most wonderful piece of speck put out of gear the great war

had ever achieved, on which not only the work which the ingenuity of mankind genius, but the resources, the wealth accumulated by the toiling commerce of machine hundreds of millions had been Germany had been lavished. On that squandered. If half that wasted ingenuity, half that apilt genius, had been devoted to the making of a pes have been assured for the next 500 years machine, the peace of the world would and by that time humanity would have lost the habit of war. That peace must be attained. That was why we must fight on. That was why the civilized world must not submit to peace till the machine was ground to dust.

WAR PRISONERS AND MARRIAGE. ·

CURIOUS PROBLEM IN RUSSIA.

HONGKONG VOLUNTEERS.

COSTS ORDERE DY EIBUT. COL. A. CHAPMAN, V.Ð ̧

A few week ago a successful trial was

The war has brought a crop of knotty made in Nagasaki harbour or apparatus problems for the overtaxed Governments to invented by Dr. Ito, of the 11tsubishi solve, but among the most curiona is one Dockyard and Engine Works, for control-reported from Russia. According to a ling the engines of a ship from the Harbin despatch to the Mainichi the Gov- bridge. Since then Dr. Ito has improved ernment is in receipt of inquiries from the the apparatus and au various times tested civil as well as the ecclesiastical authorities it, partly to mark progress and partly regarding marriages between the prisoners to demonstrate to those interested the of war in Russia and Russian women, is utility of his invention. Last week a cluding Red Cross nurses. The Foreign further trial was made on board the Office sees no harm in marriage between Oura Maru, the Dockyard'a salvage Russian women and prisoners of war, and steamer. S

is of the opinion that it may be allowed in Europe and America-enables the Justice argues that if a marriage is duly navigator of a abip to control the engines solemnized in a church it will produce from the bridge, so that instead of giving many legal difficulties, and it is not desir orders through the engine room telegraph able that Russian women should enter into he works the engines himself. The capuch legal contracts with alien enemies. tain of the Oura Mart look the ship The Home Office has now intervened. In

ASAHI BEER. Dr. Io's invention which is patented On the other hand, the Department of

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bour, and there swung the ship in a circle

JOINED.

1.—Sapper. G. E. Brown joined the Corps on November 27th, 1915, allotted Corps No. 1943 and posted to Engi- neer Company,

TRANSFER.

2.-Gunner A. J. England from No. 2 Section Artillery Battery to Engineer Co., dated November 29th, 1916,

MONTHLY REFORTS.

9-The monthly state is required at the

Orderly Room not later than 5 p.m. on Tuesday, 30th instant.

MVOKETRY, TRAINED MEN, PART I, 4.Muskotry, Trained Men's Course, Part I will be carried out at King's Fark Range is follows:-

Saturday 4th December, 2:30 p.m., and Sunday, 5th December, 9.30 B.m.;Engineer Company. Corp). Grimes, R.E., Till

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PARADES

Parades for Tuesday, 30th instant. 6.10 p.m.--Centre Section M.G. Co.- M. Gun drill at Kowloon Docks. Launch leaves Statue Pier at 4.30 p.m. 6,15 p.m.--Nes, 1 and 2 Sections Arty. Betty: 10 pdr. gun drill at Head- quarters, Bergt. Bradley will attend. Right Section M.G. Ca: Recruits only.) Squad drill and Musketry exercises on Cricket Ground. Left

· Section, M.G. Co.: Drill at Head- quarters, a Civil Service Co. : Drill at Headquarters Recruits of all units (except Right Section M.G. Co. and Signalling Sec.): Squad drill and Rifle. exercises at Readquarters under Sgt. Major Higby and Sergt. Longmire. Stretcher Bearer Section: Iustruotion: at Headquarters.

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Company On duty to-night: Right Section M.G,

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· Officer on thity: Lieut. Kennett. On duty 1st December: Scouts Co. Officer on duty: Lieut. Weall Orderly Sergt. from 30th Nov, to 7th

December: Corp. R. Duncan.

G. E. STEWARI, Capt..

Adjutant, H.K.Y.O.

HONGKONG POLICE RESERVE

PAILADEB, CENTRAL, 5.30 P.M,

Tuesday Nav. 30th-Recruits of 1st und

2nd Platoons, No. 1 Company, and of Wednesday, Dec, 1st.-All Company Inspec

No. 2 Company.

tots and Sergeants, without rifles for Skeleton Battalion Drill Thursday, Dec. 2nd.--Recruits of 3rd and 4th Platoons, No. 1 Company, and of No. 3 Company. Friday, Dec. 3rd.As for Tuesday, Nov..

30th

MUSKETBY COURSE, PART I

The three highest scores in the units firing on Nov. 28th were as follows:-

No, 1 Plateon, No. 1 Company.

1, A. L. Pensing

2, Eldon Potter

J, Arnold

3, C. N. Lindsay

-No. 3 Platoon, No. 1 Company.

1 M. B. Salleh

2, 4, C. Suffad

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No. 2 Platoon Baptista, M, N. Reme

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POLICE RESERVE BAND, Tuesday, Nov. 30th, and Friday, Dec. 3rd, practice at 6 p.m.

F. 0. JENKIN. JENKES, D.S.P. (Reserve).

from the mooring buoy to the outer harits opinion it is proper and reasonable that No. 3. Platoon. J. B. Silva L, Costa, E. several times at varying speeds and con- prisoners of war should enjoy the protec No. slonatly stopping her, without giving antion of Russian law so long as they are in order to the engine-room, He then wok Russian territory, and there is therefore the vessel back to her mooring buoy, con- no reason why the Government should re- trolling the engines and dreng the fuse to recognize marriages between a Rus navigation with apparent ease and with-sian and an alien enemy if the parties are out the assistance or the engineers below, willing. It is expected that the views of The apparatus by which the above feat the Home Office will prevail, and one of was accomplished occupies very into the knotty problems of the war be thus. space on the bridge. There are only two successfully disposed of, so far as Russia levers, or switches, to control the engines, is concerned. It would appear that there one at the top of the valve motor control is no Gospel of Hate preached in Russia, ler and the other over the reversing the country which the Germans like to de- motor controller.

scribe as barbarous and uncivilized.

In the engine-room, also, the apparatus" occupies very little space. Two small motors are employed and the connection with the engines appeara very simple. In a very short space of time about threr seconds the control of the engines can be transferred to the engineer, who, or

RUSSIANS TAKE REVENGE.

On the southern frout, about the Styr receiving the order from the bridge,River, the Russians' successes have been throws one lever upwards and loosens a very marked. Several thousand hand-screw, thereby disconnecting the ap- prisoners have again heen taken, among paratus. To snable the order to be trans nitted quickly Dr. Ito bas added two fresh directions to an ordinary engine room telegraph one for bridge-control and the other for engine-room control: when the apparatus is disconnected orders are transmitted to the engine room from the bridge in the

way, given the add ar darah, OBTAINABLE EVERYWHERE. Dr. Io says that the apparatas on the Oura Maru would suit all ships up to seven thousand tons, above which size (a slight increase in the dimensions of the controller would be necessary. Twin screw steamers would need a double installa- tion, but where turbine engines are fitted the reversing motors would be unneces sary.

VITSU BUSSAN KAISHA.

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them 700 men and twenty eight officers, including the commander, of the 3rd Bat talion, all belonging to the German Crown Prince's let Grenadier Regiment, a Petrograd despatch to the Morning Post reports, g

RUSSIAN SATISFACTION,

ORIPPLING THE ENEMY'S WAR SUPPLIES.

The official Russian organ, the Gopera ment Messenger, devotes a long article, to the extremely useful work of the Bri- tish submarines in the Baltic

While the Germang during the past ten months have been boasting of eating England by submarine warfare, which. has been carried on regardless of all con- siderations of law or of humanity, but which has not succeeded in producing any effect upon British shipping, Eng- land has borrowed a hint from their in- German coast in the Baltic.- effectual efforts and has blockaded the

Crew

But the British bosts act in strict. The Germans used almost exclusively accordance with international law and explosive bullets in this fight, but, being the usages of humanity.

British sub takon, on both flanks by an enveloping marines molest, only German transports, movement by the Russians, were cut to duly examine them, and if they condemn pieces and put to ignominious fight, them, allow twenty minutes for the The fury of the Russian soldiers at to get away before sinking them, finding explosive ballots so generally

This invaluable service has already used in this attack wag such that prac deprived Germany of tens of thousands tically the whole of this crack regiment of tons of badly-needed war materials, was mercilemly bayoneted. The Busiang especially copper and iron ores. Cho took nine gung and a number of trench results cannot fail to be speedily manifest mortars.

in crippling Germany's war supplies,

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