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• ENGLAND. OUR GREATEST

ENEMY."

GERMAN NAVAL PROFESSOR'S INVOLUNTARY TRIBUTE.

HELIGOLAND.

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS THURSDAY, DECEMBER 30TH, (VIA.

THE RESERVES AT LOOS.

INQUIRY INTO CHARGE OF LATENESE

What Lord Newton, speaking for the Government, described as gemarkable. and sensational charges were made in the House of Lords by Lord Bt. Davids against the composition and work of the Braff at the Headquarters of the British

Lord St Davids

A GREAT EMPIRE'S ANSWER TO THE CALL OF DUTY.

LORD CHANCELLOR ON THE WAR.

GERMANY'S GREATEST LESSON

DEFEAT.

WEATHER REPORT.

On the 99th at 1.10 am- The Mongolia depression is moring enterard

Prore is highest aver. Japan, it ba father decreased over 8, China and indo-Chiụa and is still low over the south-eastern porti n of the Urina E

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A depression bas formed over Indo Chira... The monsoon will be light to moderate over Tto Lord Chanceller (Lord Buck the Cala Sas, aud will probably in along. R. Belford

many, so that anything published by him his toresight in obtaining the island with- | Army in France Bcd the question in basler) writes in answer to a series of the east coast again to-morrow,

days of the war that the difference be tween a position on the staff and theirs was that on the staff they got 50 per cent. of the decorations and per cent, of the casualties, while the regimental calicar got 50 per cent, of the casualties and 2 par cent of the deconstions. The differ enon was even more observable now

The men on the stall of the Guards Division and the staff of Sir Douglas Haig went to the trenches and saw what went on. They were oldiers. But as This regards the Headquarters Stall he had not heard one soldier from abroad say

A recent message from Amsterdam states that the German newspapers have been publishing extensive enlogies of the Kaiser on the occasion of the 25th anni- Professor Flamm, the head of the de-versary of the agreement with Great Bri- partment for Naval Architecture in the sin which secured for Germany the Technical University at Charlottenburg, island of Heligoland (German Helgo occupies very high official rank in Gorland). They are high in their praise of at such a time as the present must be out which, they state the development of regarded as a reflection of views obtain the German fleet would have been impose the form of an inquiry as to the size of ing in authoritative quarters Quitosible, aut, in characteristic German the British and French staffs, recently us professor wrote an article in fashion, they unwittingly admit the Regimental officers said in the early the Vessiche Zeitung, of Berlin explain truth which they have always endeavour ing that, although the British. Fiest ised to deny, namely, that it was Germany stronger now than it was when the war who brought on the war, by making the commenced, it has absolutely failed as naivo assertion that if the Kaiser had a fighting force. The same professor not accured Heligodand the present war now publishes in the Tagbiche Rundschau, would have been impossible,

Why impossible Not for the allies, a Berlin journal read chiefly by the military and naval classes, an article in Auzoly, who, according to the Kaiser, which irectly opposing opinions are ex-wantonly planned an attack on Germany pressed. It is obvious from the style of during a time of profound poses. No the article and still more from the falsy imposible, because without it Germany and distorted statements made in it, that would not have dared to have forced Professor Flamm has written in the hope on this titanic trial of strength. of fulfilling a definite political purpose. may be an exaggerated view to hold, but He commences his article as follows: shows the importance which the Gera good word, and he challenged any of In view of the statements published mans attach to Helgoland, and there the noble lords make inquiries for

cannot be the slightest doubt as to the themselves.

He had been told that the Headquarter rocently that England was

enormous advantage which it confera

officers and that it was five or six times sutored awful Josy in men and money, that her maritime supremacy has been on the German fleet.

Heligoland, as will be seen by a glance as large as General Joltre's suff wrested from her, that she is no longer at the map, lies about midway off the Alluding to the Los advance or 25th immune from attack, and that her remouths of the Weser and of the Elbe. It September, Lord St Davids said that is grievously shaken, it seems expedient to give some real facts which will coup is 46 miles from Cuxhaven, at the mouth would have been a grest victory but for torace the growing tendency to under- of the latter river, and 100 miles from the fact that there was bad staff work Hamburg. It is really composed of two and consequently no reinforcements wore rate the strength and resources our islands the Rock, or main island, and available, Pretty much the same sort of admit that he himself made such state the Dunen Insel, quarter of a mile cast thing had happened in France, not quae take steps to stop its ments only a few days previously, but The Dunen Insel used at one time to be but several times. What was the Govern proceeds to regate his renders with the connected with the main island by a nar-ment doing to take

Lord Newton, for the War Office thel stole German oficial allegations on the row neck of land but a viclent irruption recurrence subject of the origin of the war. He of the sea in 1720 severed this connection.

forably

questions propounded by the London cor- respondent of the Chicago Daily News

"I do not think that any citizen of the British Empire would use the word 'gatis- faction to explain his thoughts at the so- complishment of his countrymen during the last fouttoen months. The feeling is rather one of pride, which no mau der to express lest he noem guilty of arrogante and exeggoration and of bringing into the light of publicity that which should re main concealed in the hidden places of a nation's heart,

dragged into the war, that England has great value of this island fortress and staff numbered 150, 100, or even 200 evil and cruelty of the war are spread bo

chief enemy,'

Professor Flamm does not.

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the

LORD HALDANE'S REFLY. To the surprise of the House, Lord

Every casualty list which stabs at the happiness hundreds of homes proclaims youth of the nation has spilt its blood in to the world with what prodigality the the highest cause brown to mankind. The fore the world in a manner unknown to hircory, but I doubt if the good is as wide- ly recognised No one who knows the English people intimately on doubt that a change has come over their habity which will not easily bo effaced. It is impossible to meet anyone who does not feel ashamed of his uselessness, and one of the tragedies to utilise sed direct all of the many noti vities which long to find expression in of the present situation is the inability

work for the public good.

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reiterates the false statement, circulated The name is probably derived from Haltered himself behind a general atatement in making this statement I do not vindiren took,,NTOELEN KOTWA ZAM. J. Gould- B-odulously by the. Prva Bureau of the Raglan or Halligland "the land of that at all times there had been irreapoverlook the fact that there have been Nemuro German Foreign Olive, that King Ed banks which cover and uncover." The sible critics ready to attack the General ward devoted the later years of his life island was familiar to the progenitors of Staffs of armies in the field. He declined strikes and labour dificulties. They are, diodate to the secret preparation of a war which the Anglo-Saxon race, for the Angles used to disclose the number of the General in my belief, largely due to misunder fekio.******* be hoped would result in the destruction to cross over there from the mainland to Headquarters Staff, He could give no standing and to the enormous difficulty Kooni of Germany. The professor also declares worship at the shrine of Hertha I official figures as to the size of General of making masses of men in remote districte Nagmaak

argue their unstinted and unceasing effort. La that the war is intended to serve only therefore has for us certain interest Joffre staff but believed it numbered melise to the full how much dependa on Kagoshima contract with These unhappy incidenta Na A England's interests, and that the "un apart from the present interest attached approximately 100

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Banin in, Mu English to it. The island passed through several scrupulous, and perfidious politicians have distorted tas situation so hands. After acknowledging the sway of eleverly that France and Russia rally for after another it home

of thousands of workmen who have given by whom it used to be frequently hypothe

many cases have worked even beyond their the free

strength. cated for loans made to them by eity of Harburg,

The island was a Danish possession an 1807 when it was seized by the British, to whom it was formally coded in 1811. In 1800 the British exchanged it for the island of Zanzibar off the coast of Gar- man East Africa since when it has re mained a German possession. In 1892 it was incorporated with Prussia, but a special provision was enacted which gave all natives horn before the year 1880 the option of choosing either British or Gr man nationality, either British or

fulfilment of their own ainus,

BRITISH TERRITORIAL GAINS, After having drawn attention, with special emphasis, to these really his torical facts," Professor Flamm proceed to destroy the legend" that England has sustained terrible losses in the way He is most unfortunately compelled to state that the English themselves have hardly suffered at all. They have, he says, succeeded in a masterly manner in inducing other nations to bleed for them, and in gotting the war fought ou foreign soil, so that they hardly, realise what

"

So much for briof outline of its his tory.

at work.

This struggle certainly will leave be hind it the evil and distress than always follow the havoc and pomp of war, but it also will place on record that a great Em. pire, seeking no material gain, answered like one man to the call of duty, and thought wealth, ease, comfort, and security of no account in comparison with honour and faith.

We can seo only one end to this war,

what England has suffered from the shells portions, a lower portion or "Unterland" French went to bed Leruined pieces of evil which have been over-

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undertow to Lord St Davids, and defence, which revealed intimate know edge of the direction of the Army of the He thought that in Lord St. David's criticism there had possibly been a mis conception of what was the organisation in the field. At the Headquarters of the British Army would be found a certain number of officers who were there to carry out the business arrangements. A quarter of a mile away from the little town where the alters were would be found a plain building where the res staff of the field-marahal commanding was and that is the destruction of the influenco

General Robertson porsided over that and it was composed of 24 ce which, to gratify personal or national war is. It le true, he adds, that their

With regard to its physical fea 25 experts, many of whom he know per ambition, hos turned the whole of Europe casualties number upwards of 400,000, but, he asserts, far more than half of tures there is not much to be aoid. The sonally to be the best that could be turned into a slaughter house and deluged its these are

"coloured "Englishmen," that island might very well be termed rocks ut. They had evolved staff work of the plains with blood. When that end has is to say, men whose existence is a The greatest length of the main island, bighest order. Those men had brought been reached, though all the nations will matter of complete indifference to the which slopes somewhat from west to cast the work of laborious days and night stoop. under the gigantic burden of their ho Buglish people. He explains that is just a mile, and its greatest breadth to the study of their profesion. In that debt, the dawn of a better day for all will Phalian France, on the other hand, has lost two less than a third of a mile. Its average respect what was true of the Staff of the surely be at hand. The causes of war have Tourate million men, and Russia, four milions. height is about 198 feet and its highest General Army Headquarters was true gradually grown less and less. It is impos- Cope, bl. James

To combat the criticism of officers who waged for an insult to a king's mistress Dagupan He explains, farthermore, that England point, crowned by a church, 316 feet. Its also of the staffs of corps and armies,sible to think that a war could now be pa is the only country that has gained a chief features are the red marl and

Legepl great wcoss of territory through the war, sandstone cliffe which, except on one side were late in starting their work Lord or dispute about foreign dynasty, Manila iton

the perri of the island, rise abruptly from the sea. Haldane painted a personal picture of Those causes have gone by, and it mig bo and he gives the following as tories baken possession of by England On the side referred to there is a small Sir John, French He rose at six delock that this war will kill one of the remain-Taloned

Ger fringe of white beach while above the ad was at work every morning at 6.30. ing most potent causes of all the desire flailo since the outbreak of the war": man South-West Africa, Cameroon Land, cliffs there is the green Oberland or Conferences with the General Stall and Togo Land, South Son Islands, Egypt, upper land. It is these the red cliffs, with officers lasted till 9.30. The morn for national aggrand'sement at the ex durigao Cyprus, Lemnos, Mytilene Notes which are said to have

Northern the white brach and the green obertanding was spent in inspections the after pone of other and unoffending nations, –

of reports of the day, and that work engaged in it can know, but the structure Franco, and Salonika for declares that the cost of living nations colours are suggested the for more confersgoes had the receipt Whither all the struggle beads no one The main island is divided into two went right on til! 11 p.m., when Sir John of civilisation has been built up of the in England has increased but little, that

With regard to what

lieve that such reconstruction will proceed:

ikade, and bombs dropped on the island by n it is called, and the highland or

a HUMIDITY, in pacotage

centage of aburation, the compared with the devastation thus the portions and, apart from a small lift, the were reserves there. Not only were they space, Germany has taught the world German cruisers and airships is trifling Oberland. A high cliff separates the two Lord St. Davids had gone wrong. There, and when this war is over I bevel of the as in Juolas, beggin an

many lessons of the value of learning, of

HELMIKINY CÓ NÉT MUturused with moisture betea 200, war has carried into other countries, only way by which one can get from one ready, but also they were sent forward.

ie by means of a Into why they did not succeed or what the greatness of industry, and of the duty

4 DERMOTION OF WIND, so two pomiar and that English credit has hardly eul portion to the other

zigzag road up the cliff which is practic they ought to have done he would not of disc plin but the greatest lesson of all fered at all.

ally a staircase.

This road leads almost enter. It was not from any want of care. It is also wrong, Professor Flamm con- fessee, to speak of England having lost conta a dhule town of brick house or attention on the part of the field that her history will tell will be the lesson

containing a church, a school, a theatre marshal commanding that this happened of her defeat. myscif," he her naval supremacy.

and several hotels or restaurants, The INQUIRY INTO LODS RESERVES observes, have shown that the English population of this town consisted at the Lord Crewe said that he has been sorry Fleet is to-day considerably strenger than it was when the war broles out, and commencement of the war of only a few to observe the tone of some things that her dominion on the soas stretches so far hundred inhabitants chiefly workmen em- Lord St. Davids had said, They must eign and rambling gossip. With regard

Medum and Lake Sveatea distance of that there seems hardly any possibilityoyed on the fortifications and the remember to differentiate between criti Heligoland is a great bathing resort to the presence of women at Headquar

not less than :33 or 34 miles along the that it can. extend further. He dorrison and their families

front found it a remarkably beauti and during t

g the season about 20,000 people tere, "I have no hesitation in saving clares that the fact that airships have Hown over the island and have dropped visit it for sea bathing. The sea-bathing that unless women have business at Headi

ful locality. The diversity of the tope bombs on it by no means destroys its establishments are situated on the quarters they certainly ought not to be immunity to attack. He insists that Eng Unterland and the boner is said to be an there. The idea that Headquarters bold

graphical conditions in advantageous ba visited for social objects is excellent one for the purpose.

slopes

alike for defore and attack. I was able land can be attacked only in her distant

bo satisfy myself that the Russians are does not cominend itselv to us. na Egypt, marking possions auch that the best proof that the island king graxinally and evenly,

When the island wag ceded by Great On the question of the Loos advanes

tion. Here were not only confident dom is still unassailable is the fact that Britain it was fast crumbling away from Lord Crewe made the interesting an- and the humid atmosphere augment all irrevocably resolved not to permit the merchant ships enter and leave its ports the fury of the North Sea but the Germuncement that the allegation of the sounds, and it seems as though the guna enemy to reach Dvinsk frea this direc as frooly sad as frequently now as in mans have by dint of great labour and non-arrival of the reinforcements was were quite near. Actually a few days troops, tempered by mflict in many

** Enormous expenditure of money the subject of a close military inquiry

ing on November 14th-large calibre Ger and shells, and all possible technical means for enabling us to fight the Ger Profcor Flamm urges his readers to redeemed it from the sea and converted at this moment by the highest militare gaye The Times correspondent, writ sanguinary battles, but abundant guns believe that this is the real situation it into a powerful fortress and a great authorities.

base. The war had show he conduded, that man guns stood only at six or seven miles mans on equal terms, which have invari and that, consequently, England is naval, gubmarine and zeppelin our greatest enemy, to vanquish whom we They have strengthened the cliffs with it was only by breaking through on an

Army is not for nothing deemed one of must employ all our strength and all the great granite buttresses 18 feet thick and enormously long front that one could distance from Dvinsk between Lake Sven ably given us the victory. The

140 feet high and have filled in all fisures make that change in the lines of the ten and Lake Medum, but our splendid the most valiant and best disciplined means at our disposal." This encany,"

so that Germany's leading naval architect ways and cracks with ferro concrete

victory in conclusion, who has not shrunk the sea now rages in vain against enemy that could be described as a greatroops with a single rush burled back our among the Bussian hosts R

In reply to a further question by Tord foes beyond Platonovka and occupied I could convince myself from the pen from fighting with the basest means, from little island. To the south of the island committing the vileet crimes against all has been constructed a first class shelter B. Davids, Lord Newton gave figures of strongly fortified positions defending the sonat impressions devived from the daya The humanity, and from, noting contrary to for cruisers, torpado-boats and sub- the numbers of German and Austrian defile between the lakes. For the safety 1 spent in this martial environment how

oral

are working together all that is right and fair, deserves no marines at a cost of over £2,000,000. It stafis as declared before the war. The of Dvinsk this advance is of great im harmoniously all the troops under Gen- consideration and no mercy."

was here that the German cruisers fted were German Imperial Headquarters, portence. after their defeat last August in the 225 officers, 46 ocials, army, 37; army With the permission of the Commander true soldier is known in time of defeats corps, 27; divisions, 18. Austrian Head of the Army I had an opportunity of per- and thus, when the Germans pierced our Bight of Heligoland.

quarters, 50; army corps, 30; divisions,sonally inspecting some portion of the line at Mid Beveral hundred men of territory won by us. Escorted by an the regiment proved to be entirely cut BAVARIA'S TROUBLES.

orderly and two Cocks, I set out the off at they fell each man at his post, other day on horseback in southerly just as when an English vessel auffers direction from Dvinsk In the streets shipwreck, the entire crew remains, each

duty FINANCIAL CRISIS IN GERMAN STATE,

and scarcely anyone but soldiers was to be at his pinos, fulfilling he AReuter, telegram from Zurich states

The civil population departed a calmly looking death in the eyes, An American engineer, one of the seven. that Bavarian State finances are in a most

month ago after the bombardment of the The Russian-Army is passionately in- critical condition. There is an enormous foreigners in the employment of the Amper

town by German airplanes and a Zeppe terested in the Balkans. Never has the deficit, and apparently no adequate of Aigimnistan, has passed thre gh, Lon

Ever since the outbreak of war Gerin. The atops and houses are closed, but Slay heart best more intensely, Number don after spending three years in Kebul means of meeting it.

The progressive Income tax failed to and other parts of the country. He says many has been making rather extensite in the town there is surprising clonal less times in these last few days I have produse anticipated surplus the that the Ameer is very popular, partien military preparations in Schleswig ness Transport has been facilitated and had occasion to hear expressions of grief revenue from the special malt tax is larly by reason of the energy with which Holstein, where overal towns are praction provisions are more easily obtainables the abslike of proper coordination-in decreasing, the earnings of the State rail he is seeking to develop his country, ally surrounded by tronches than in Pabrograd. I had been warned Allied diplomacy and strategy. It may

A constant change is going on. Some that earringe trafic outside the town was be said that this represonte ways have fallen off considerably, whilst The Ameer has got too stout to play expenditure is increasing all round.tennig and has lately taken up golf at the hundreds of thousands of troops were possible only on the high tead, and cor the soul of every discerning soldier.

The Finance Minister proposed an in- srease of 25 per cent, on income-tax, but instance of a Boottish engineor. There are in Schleswig. The northern fron-tainly without a riding horse I should Many for the first time heard from me Then the guard was weakened Staff establishments, not to speak of the about the Allied Armies and about those the Chamber refuses to entertain it. Now some good links at Kabul, and the Ameer ter van kept under a strong military have been unable to reach the necessary more or less circumstantial Information the proposed to levy a war-bax on all has also had some made at Jalalabad considerably sad vid Landsturm men positions, hemsely. The park proved dificulties persons whose unencumbered wealth without any bunkers. On these ho has tea were substituted for the young niên to be a fairly bortuan one. From the compelled to overcome in the organization PIC is now learned that a new line of Headquarters of a corps commander to of our new levies of millions, and ex- ampants to more than one thousand served on every green;

There are evidences of German prep fortifications, extending from inder to those of the divisional commander, then pressed regret that they had been so littlo pounds.

gando in Afghanistan, but the Ateer has Alson Island, of great strength fras been to the batteries, and finally to the apprised of actions which were so caoulac- the situation well in hand, and the constructed, white several regiments and trenches for a day and shelf I thoroughed to enhance the more of the Army to

Lattalions have been sent across to Alsen. ig traversod the region betro Falke the highest pitch. country is quite quiet-Bezler.

times of peace.

As this would touch the pockets of some 300,000 people this proposal, too, is meet ing with the grostest opposition.

as it

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Saturday, let Jan,

New Year's Day--Public Holiday. Monday, 3rd Jan::

2 p.m.-Austion of Crown Land at Public

Works Dept.

MARTIN'S

„K Prasah Hamady for all LİSANSTANDAR

Luna Vidazabonimeni. Nieza, Samet KhetrecerY.

CHMARTIN'S

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