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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 29r5, 1913,

VISITORS AT HOTALS.

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WEATHER REPORT.

On the 28th at 17.15 am.-From has de aressed over the western portion of the map, coneiderably in the north and slightly, in the rou: A depression has probably formed over 8.1. Mongolia.

No returns from Japanema stations. A shallow depression lies between Borneo and the VisayaL

The monsoon is interrupted along the oat coast of Chios. It will remain moderate over the Chira Be

ARMY CORPS SAVED BY THE LONDON IRISH.

NEW REGIMENT'S GLORIOUS BUSH,

One of the most stirring stories of Bri- tish grit and courage in the present war is undoubtedly that of the charge of the London Irish Bikes in the attack upon

Loca.

THE MUNITION CRISIS IN FRANCE.

A PERSONAL VISIT TO THE FACTORIES.

A correspondent of Journal de Génève. says:-

Our journey through France, active

MEN AND MATERIAL · IN

GERMANY,

END OF RESOURCES NOT YET IN SIGHT.

WOOL GONE AND COTTON GIVING OUT,

M. Lazaro Woiller, who returned at the end of September from a fresh tour. of investigation in Switzerland, in a

Hongkong rainfall for the 24 hour wiling at Some of them actually played football over the munition orisis which for halter to the Temps suis up his impres

DISTRICT,

FORECAST Light or rari- Hongkong & Neighbourhoodable winds; fins.

The same Formosa Channel ·

No. 1: South mat of Uklan betweenƒ“The same pe Hongkong and Lamooks, '1 No. 1. South court of China betwson ƒThe mume na Hongkong and Hainan.. 1 No L

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REGISTER.

28ra DECEMBER 12.

and prosperous in spite of the war, edifios us on the effort of that country to get

10 mm to-day, 0.00 inches.

right up to the German trenches; but timo paralysed its action, The forest for the 24 hours ending s nos this was only one of a thousand acts of

We entertain no illusion as to what we ions thus: to-day is nu folowa pam

ooo! dare-devilry that marked a day saw. To judge of the work so far accouf ber reserves of men and raw material. "Gormany is dearly not yet at the end which, according to Brigadier General Plished, it will be necessary to compare I have been able to assure myself that ber Thwaites, witnessed one of the finest the production with the needs. Senator couomic activity has not been suppressed Charles Humbert, the soul of the Army commercial, travellers does not appear to by the hostilities. The number of her actions of the war."

Indeed, one of the men's lettera from Commision, writes every day in the have diminished, and we know that the the front quotes Major-General Barter Journal, and told us himself What is private industrial and commercial ser as saying that at one moment in the being dene is well, but not enough vice are not idle within the Empire for Lack of personnel. The variety of the struggle it was not too much to say that "We can and we must do more." The recruiting system in the various States enables our enemies to turn it to account Under-Secretary of State for Munitions, for some of the needs of their economie one regiment, the 18th London, known as the London Irish, actually was instru-. Thomas, did not bide it when he said se

But this advantage which to us: "I am happy that you are favour. was due to their greater population and mental in saving a whole army corps.

The following narrative is by one of ably impressed by the industrial efforts, high birth-rate, is drawing to an end.

As for raw material; it must be clear-.. the wounded lying in a London hospital, accomplished by France,

As for me,ly understood that there is no dearth of which gives for the first time the story of however considerable it may be, I do not the principal metals, and there will bu the regiment's great charge and equally think it sufficient," M. Thomas knows none. Germany remains the biggest pro- dacer of iron, and she continues to manu- the needs of national defence, we can

facture alone more stoel of all kinds than only guess at them. Hence bis scepticim all the Allies put together. Our country and our admiration. But we were struck must understand the immediato necessity by an expression he used. Speaking offor intensifying its war industries. the works we had seen, he said: "That is the front, too Very true; behind the "On the other hand, Germany has no first line of trenches-where our men rubber. Our enemies have to pay thirty fight and die, there is the sound line shillings for what costs three shillings in whore they work-there and bere-the England. work is equally useful and equally hard.

Inspecting one front and the other, we whole. But the sentiment we carry away get impresion of dotails, not views of the

is equally deep, and we cannot but ser proofs of strength in so many symptoms of accumulated energy. To-day, without giving figures which might be inesat and bo indiscreet

would like to sum up our observations by copaz- ing the evident needs with the efforts form Our readers Can their own conclusions.

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From 29th December to 4th January, 1916.

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Mr T. J. R. Johns

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Mr T. L. Forking

Mr C. skott

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Scientific Certainties.

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great stand against bordes.

We were all kinds and creeds and parties in the regiment, he says, and we often thought how only a little over a year ago we were on the point of civil war. But this war has, taught us the oneness of the Empire; so you saw Land lord and peasant, Catholic and Protest ant, Unionist and Nationalist, all friend- ly as probably never before in Irish his tory, and all vowing vengeance on the Hva

NOW THE TIME HAD COME:

WO

NO RUBBER OR WOOL.

"Germany has no more wool. All the clothing which is now being mice for the of the Boches in the matter of imitation troops is of cotton. The special talent

is applied to giving this mediocre cloth the appearance of good cloth. Will they warmth in the winter? be able to give the wearers the illusion of

"Cotton plays, and is destined to play. one of the 200t important roles in the outcome of the war. I may say on trust worthy information that all the woaring and spinning mills in the invaded regions have been transformed into cotton mills. One-third only of their usual production is authorised, and that solely for the All the remainder needs of the troops. of the stock of cotton is devoted to the preparation of munitions.

might be the importance of this stock, and "I have endeavoured to ascertain what

bave succeeded in collecting some in- resting facts. It is known that the Ger-

war

As soon as we heard the groat bombard, ment start we knew the big advance was going to begin; and for nineteen solid accomplished. days the guns banged away, till, as one wit in the regiment put it, "It was a

KXPECTATION OF A SHORT WAR, wonder the sheels didn't bally well jam The crisis of the 75 and of munitions together in the air," so thick did they arose from the fact that at the French come over our heads. When we were

War Office they did not believe the can ordered one night to the back nerve paign would be long. At the War Oflice, trenches and "fed up woll we know we say-not in military circles. for the the time was bear. "Fattening the call that all serious military writers had for

Mercure de France has recently shown for sinughter," said we to ourselves,

told a long war. But that doctrine had Then everyone began to settle his not penetrated the Government offices, affairs in ease the worst should happen-and, at the outset, it was thought super-mans, with their usual foresight, had which is always done. Fals were arran-fluous to order material taking months ordered from America, before the ging together that the survivor should to manufacture and which would be de- broke out, enormous quantities of cotton, write to the her's people and otherslivered after the end of the war. It is At the moment that Prince Bülow's fruit- were making their wills, and all that. even reported that an official said the les campaign was closing at Rome there There are lots of gentlemen rankers with French guns were so good that there were in Italian ports, Gono specially, us-one ranker, for example, when ask would always be enough of them. Acabout 500,000 bales, which they sought to ed why he had made no separation allow-cordingly, the metallurgic works were pass in transit some other way. Whet ance to his wife, simply replied that he deprived of their men when mobilisation the rupture with Rome became imminent had already made over 23,000 a year to took place, to the extent that the steel a large quantity of this cotton was sent

1 don't know what his name was. works of Commantry had to lay closed. The cousin of the Earl of Donoughmore Afor the battle of the Marne the ex- and the nephew of Lord Dunleath both penditure of ammunition reached 240,000 need to be in the ranks.

shells a day; it was not beliked the I can't tell you the pride we felt when figure would be exceeded. In fact, it has we heard that we were actually to have often bom and will often be in important the honour of kading the division. One attacks. At Arras, on a narrow front first objective was to be the Valley Cross as many se 400,000 shells have been fired Roads, which commanded the way to Loos in one day. and Hill 70, after taking which we were,

her.

if possible, to break through as far as

IMPERFECTIONS IN THE EARLY DAYS,

to Switzerland to be warehoused by con- signees, who were paid a commission,"

COTTON IN SWITZERLAND, "I am certain that there are at least 50,000 bales of this cotton stall in-Switzer- and. Other fractions have passed the frontier, but, the bulk is, perhaps, still in Italy. It is to be hoped that Italy will not let it go.

Uno

A searching invastigation shows that Lens, the key to Douai. After three The erroneous forecast for a long time at the beginning of last August, there still days good food and rest, we were march-paralysed the manufacture of projectiles.

remained in Germany 360,000-bales of ed into the first trenches late at night, When at last the requirements of modern cotton held by the spinners and 180,000 by laden with ammunition, kitbags, and war wore fully understood, entery rehe Governorat. Can this stock suffice. trench tools, and, in fact, everything we course was taken to inekase the output.for a year of war!

I doubt it could carry.

But at the same time, as new and something is certain: if the Allied. Fleets. THE GENERAL'S "SEND-OFF."

times inexpert aid was brought in, it really prevent cotton

from getting Our first job was to get over the parapet trol tests. The result was numerous de- herself in a grave situation from the point was thought possible to reduce the con-through, Germany will eventually find and start digging about three hundred foots, which aroused grave anxiety in of view of munitions. German consump- yards nearer to the enemy, and by dawn military circles. Imperfections in shells tion before the war varied between wo had managed to make a sort of ditch generally mean about this feet deep all along our front and many shells buret over the

premature ex each of the foregoing figure, the conclusion is It was not dangerous work the first night, lines, Generals and infantry began to for the Germans had not spotted us, and lose their confidence in the 75, and the we left off at dawn; but when they did moral effect was as gravo as the material spot the new earthworks and realized

1,500,000 and 2,000,000 bales. In the light- obvious."

what we were up to, the first thing they los. A great many guns were damaged

defective abells, and accidents occur. All we have seen in the war inctories by, did in the morning was to start a terred. Thus, a .75 crisis came on the top has given us the impression of a vast rific bombardment. We had to die low of the munition crisis. At the same time, effort, which has met immediate difficul al day till it was safe enough to go out new formations had to be armed and ties. The effort is moreover, coherent again under cover of darkness and comFrench-industry had a double task im and steady and far-eing The French plete the job-for we were told we abould have to stay in them the next day:

posed on it.

Government have kept up with England.

At

As for the beavy artillery, the mistakes At Chatellerault new buildings have I shall never forget that night. As we

were made before the war. What had started likwise at the Creusit. "marched into battle to use the old been considered heavy artilery, pieces Bourges a hydraulic press is being built How expresion, the general God be so old

of 120 and 155, were found insufficient for the took the officers one after the other by Fortunately, the collaboration of En new furnace of big shells; at Montlucon are being set up—it is at the hand, with a genial, Put it there, and allowed the defect to be remedied present only preliminary work, which lad," and Good luck," and then said

Buy take months. The artillery program. Just | **** afow worda" to the men which stirred us by making use of the cast batteries, Jme which was in hand is to extend over · as the Gormans brought their fortress several months of 1918. It is now well to our inmost 201ÉS.

artillery to the front. The problem was The Empire expects great things of reduced to this: transform the old heavy understood that nothing can he obtained the London Irish to-day remember that artillery, of 120 and 155, into quick if only the immediate work is considered. --for you have been chosen to lead the Brera, by providing them with automatic They have come back to far-sewing pro- whole division. But, Heavens, you've brakes, and give grester ability to navalrammes which ought to have been ear got to be a soldier and to have been under gung by mounting them on trucks a oured out in peace tien Many still be- fire and facing death for weeks to be able he'd carriages. That doable problem haslieve that what is being done is below the to understand what such words wean. been perfectly solved and the making of reels and the possibilities. M. Humbert No man can hear them and remain new pieces has been reduced to a mini-ave us disturbing instances. And yes, coward, for you just feel that all the mum. As for shells, their profile had to we cannot forget what we have seen with old people at home would score to receive be altered to increase the range of exist our own eyes. you back unless you had had done youring pieces. The only part of the pro- utmost

gramme which was quite new, vas the A few minutes later we were crawling making of the 105 at Creusot and the out into the open to finish the trench 370 at Bourges.. which was to be the springing-off place for the great cash that we hoped would break the German lines. No sooner had

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HINDEAVOUR TO KEEP PACE WITH ENGLAND.

In actual figures, the output of land is greater than that of France. It is enormous, and nothing, if we were allowed to give details, would prove it is vain to establish comparisons, for better the final result of the war. But those efforts are not rival but co-ordinat ed. The Allies, to simplify their task, have standardised their armament-Bel. gians and Englishmen have adopted the

we reached this place than the stillness of the material defects of the French was broken by the roar of the enemy's army. By the end of March, the daily gun, and bullets and stelle poured on output of shells began to exceed the con- us, the explosions silhouetting us mo- sumption, and since then it has constant mentarily every few

and reveally been increasing. accumulations ing us hard at work. How the tears effected are very important, the 5, and the Creusit works make the same heavy guns for France and Russia. got the range I can't tell, they must have penditure of the 75 is not very great un so it during the day, but it was dondly ordinary days. The field gun has & Thus, all that is done in one country

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maybe used in the others. accurate, and they picked the mon off rapidity and mobolity continually.

velop their effects in the trench war

We do not think the effort of France Here, rapid pieces, throwing a heavier is insufficient, as soms pretend. It is shell, are better adapted to actual circonsiderable and magnificent for a coun cumstances. So a large proportion of the try of which one-eighth is invaded, it is 75 shelle turned out, still about three surprising. But it is not complete, for fourths of the total production, can be it will bear all its fruits slowly Bendes added to the reserved. As for the guns. It is not enough in itself it is only themselves, they take a long time to one link in the chain that surrounds make-four months are required for a 75 Germany and which is gradually being and one has to wait a long time for the tightened. And it mast be appreciated fruit of efforts accomplished. Yet, thie in correlation with the efforts of Eng 3pm-Auction of Crown Land at Public September the limit of output justified Land, Russia, Japan, Italy and the

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