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Only after mature consideration have I decided to commit the following strange

THE LAST JACONT

TATION..

ACENES OF HORTOR IN SERBIAN RETREAT.

No description hitherto published of the story to paper. It was confided to me by horrors of the Serb exalus approaches in my young friend Algy Johnson-the names appaling realism M. Henry Barby's in fotitious--who has just been been in-simple recital of the flight across the plain valided home from France. He adorns the of Kossovo. On the evening of his arrival at Rashku he came upon M. Pasitch, stand Boyal Engineers, that boy, and unless hig spirit has been completely brakon by his sad and solilary on the bridge over sufferings he should go far,

the lbar.

It was over the port that he asked me if

"It is here that we were born," reinark. I was on calling terms with the Army Council or the Secretary of State or aayed the great Berb-statesman, the tears run one like that. He asked me earnestly ning down his chesks; Heaven grant that

Rashka be not our grave." may, desperately.

Bus already the Austrians and Gormans I confessed I was not but as an after. thought remarked hopefully that the par- were threatening, and the retreat was re- loarmaid's brother had just been made a bombardier.

He shook his head sadly; the news seemed to leave him quite gold. It's generals 1 want; Sir William Robertson or the inner council of five: once when I was delirious. I even thought of appealing to the King

But what's the trouble?" I asked, You seen very despondent." "You won't understand, old boy ng suffered. He listlessly cracked a walut "If only the people of England know the dreadful cauker that is gonwing the vitals of the Army in France: if only they knew the obsession that is clogging the minds and brains of our generals and their staffs, to the exclusion of all else: how, neglecting tacties and strategy and the art of war, they have devoted their time and their energies to the pursuit of this dread ful chimera this spectre stalking through Aht of the land; if only, I say

one will ever understand what I have

WAR NEWS,

JOFFRE AND THE SERGEANT:

General Joffre was inspecting a company A sergeant-major was the front. private and had won the Military Model. "Shall I make you brought to im who had been promoted from

"No, and Military Cross mon Goneral. I have not book learning. heutenant!" said General, Joffre

"Then," said General Joffre, enough."

as you have all you want I can give you rothing, but you will come and lunch with os tomorrow. And next day, says the Telegraph's Paris correspondent, General Joffro's car went to fetoh the sergeant major to take him to lunch with the Commander- in Chio

GUARDIANS OF THE FLEET.

EXECRATED LANGUAGE. JUDGE REFUSES TO HAVE GERMAN SPOKEN IN COURT.

When a witness entered the box at Shoreditch County Court recently it was Judge Cluer: I am not going to speak Yiddish to you. Go and get an inter stated that he spoke Yiddish.

proter.

Mr. G. W. H. Jones (barrister): He I also speaks Gorman.

Judge Cluer Speaks German i won't allow him to speak German hure; in fact, it should not be spoken anywhere except in such term of exocration as it deserves (Loud applause.). Go away and a language that be worth talking, spend your time in a night school learning

STATE AS THIRD PARTNER. LORD MILNER ON SOCIALISM IN

WAR INDUSTRIES.

sumed to Novi Bazar and Mitrovitza; and Lord Saiborne, speaking in London re no sooner had the Governmont and Head-cently, said that he did not know how quarters Staff reached Mitrovitza than they many mines the Germans had sown round

Lord Milner, speaking at Leeds Univer had to fly from it. The panic at Mitrovite our coast during the last eighteen months, may be readily understood. It was the but he was prepared to risk the statement 6ity, said the way was leading us in any After the that it was many thousands of the most directions to Socialism in our industries. morning of November 18th. authorities had left, everyone whe had at extraordinary ingenuity of construction, He was thinking of the introduction of the his disposal any means of locomotion charged with an explosive calculated to State as a third partier and as a control.

lations between capital and labour. hurriedly packed a few provisions and destroy a most powerful ship and blowing and harmonising influence in the re clothes and hastened to follow At the small fishing craft to matchwood.

The right of the State in a share of ex- ceptional profits had been asserted for the station were crowded 10,000 fugitives, but

first time and he did not see why it should be confined to war profits. He favoured was poured into the lap of individuals similar treatment in cases where wealth quite apart from their own enterprise. In the control of the investment of capital there had also been a startling innovation. but not an unsound principic.

thing for the integrity of the Fleet and, the fact that our commercial and fishing industries, bet not been seriously inter- "upted,

GERMANS WHO BLEW THEMSELVES UP

The trawlers' conseless scavenging of the the last train had left with the baggage sen for minos was as responsible as any and archives of the Headquarters Staff

After a morning's feverisht search con- tirnes A. Barby, I was fortunate enough to be taken on to the lorry of the chief of the army telegraph and telephone service, who was endeavouring to save the most precious parts of his nuutenial. The lorry was already crowded, but I had no luggage. With the exception of the clothes I was wearing, my sole possession was an Austrian knapsack, which I had picked up on the battlefield of the Teer in August. 1914. In CRAIGMIN EAST 160, PEAK. Moderata coughing, induced by too, rapid consumit were some biscuits, articles of toilet, a pair of boots, and a blanket. I describe my tion of walnut, shook his frams,

"Good Heavens! I inurmured aghast, own plight, but I was one of the privileged "Is it drink?

in the frightfal debacle. The destitution "Drink!" He gave a hollow Laugh.of the Serb soldiers and people was com "Nothing so harmless." He leaned plete. Most of them were in rags and went wards me dramatically. "It's concrete. No. I'm not mad," I confes I had glanced barefoot, and they lived on raw cabbage and towards the hell. I don't expect your Comprehension or your sympathy; only

But all the miseries, all the sufferings another sapper can accord me that. But I give it as my earnest opinion that unless which I had till then witnessed were as a class is started for teaching our embryo nothing beside the frightful things I saw on had thrown them over, they immediately Napoleons the rudiments of concrete con- quitting Mitrovitza. We had hardly pre-exploded, I think they spent the most struction the large proportion of my hard-ceeded three miles when we found the road miserable half-hour of their Eves lighting corps will end up in a lunatic locked by some thirty motor-cars and instantaneous fuses and blowing them- working,

lorries ambedded in the mud. Soldiers and selves up! They did not disturb us for gangs of prisoners were endeavouring teks after that extricate them from the quagmire. Only people on foot or on horseback could get by.

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"But" I was becoming bewildered. "Listen." Algy was looking feverish. "Some time ago, the rumour started that the Germans habitually used concrete in all their tronches and dug-outs. It crept round, a such canards do, increasing and multiplying with each general it reached. They pictured great caves hewn out of the mud of Flanders-hundreds of feet below Spacious below with masses of concrete. dining apartments existed in the bowels of the earth, reached by concrete steps, with tifts running to the ground and a concrete battery-batch. And in these figments of a disordered brain they pictured the Ger- mans lolling at the ease.

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THE HOEROKS OF KOSSOVO,

A good story of a British ellicer's ruse that adroitly, turned the tables on the enemy is told in a letter just received in London from a private serving with a gun battery in France. During a bombing strafe" at a German sap," he says, "somehow the fuses of our bombs were a little damp, and hardly a bomb exploded at all. But the Germans bombs back, Then our bombing officer had re-lit the fuses and began to throw the an ides. He took the damp fuses from the

instantaneoas bombs and put in some ones, with the result that when the Ger mans put a light to them, after our fellows

CHEATING A SUBMARINE.

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All argument was useless; appeal was of no avail. The Germans did it why shouldn't we? In vain to say you didn't believe the Germans did do it; the state ment was met by a cold stare of dis approval. In vain to talk of water levels -the amount of timber necessary for framing the quantity of cement, sand, labour required-the fact that it would

and Lipliane was still thirty miles off. Finally, after waiting four hours I set off on foot in the night, and after two hours' march through a pelting rain. I reached

Experiences during an attack on the City Vuchitru. On the next day, November 17th the rain, which had not ceased, fell in torrents, the cold became sharper, and of Marseilles by a submarine in the Mediter the immense plain of Kossovo, and the surov AJ Mortimore, one of a party of Seven shells were fired at the liner which roundi ntains. The road alone was missionaries who were on board. darkened by the crowd of fugitives who spent the night amid the storm stumbling after being chased for 20 minutes got away, on with drooping heads, dazed with fata The submarine commenced firing with its gue, suffering, and despair. To my last day wo guns. Passengers were ordered to get shall remember that fearful march across on their lifebelts and assemble in the din the plain of Kossovo from Vuchitru tong saloon, while the crew stood to the Prishtina around me all the unhappy #feboats, The behaviour of passengers and fugitives were exhausted. Overcome by row during the anxious moments was truly the cold, by the sudden snowstorm, numbers great. There was de confusion, no shout- of them fell on the road among sunken ug, no fainting. Mon took charge of the lorries, overturned and broken vehicles, babies from the women, and everyone helped dead oxen and horses,

THE RETREAT FROM MOSCOW OUTDONE.

None of the pictures recalling the retreat from Moscow gives any idea of the terrify ing spectacle spread out as far as the eye would reach is all its tragic, reality. I

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served a discreet silence. Well, it is probably my misfortune, but so far. I have never met a general who knew as much about concrete to your cook knows about the mathematics of a gyroscope Moreover, if it isn't her night out and we sent for that worthy woman she would confcas bor ignorance of gyroscopes before tshe gave notice. Generals neither confess

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At the beginning of the war they were threatened with a great conflict between. capital and labour, and he did not think there was any means of avoiding it except by the introduction of the third partner, the State.

HONGKONG VOLUNTEERS. CORPS OF BES BY LT-COL. & CHAPMAN, V.D.

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1-No, 1953 Private R. A, Baker is tho permitted

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ENGINEER COMPANY. -Lycemun Reliefs" from 1st to 16th. March is posted on the notice-board. at Headquarters for information of all concerned.

PARADES, 3.--Parades for Wednesday, 1st March. 7.00, a,m.Members of Signal.ing Section and other Signallers, By de tailed in Signalling Section Ordor dated 8th December, 1915-Sema-- `phore practice at Headquarters, 5.15 p.m.-Recruits of Engincor Co.

Musketry and Rifle exercises Tat Taikoo Dockyard, under Sergt. Everest.

5.15 p.m-Civil Servios Co-Drill at

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DETAIL,

4.-On duty until morning of 3rd March

--H.K.V.R:

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NOTICE.

UNITED BERVICES HOCKEY LEAGUE. The following have been selected to re-

as far as possible in adjusting lifebelts, etc As we were all waiting in the dining saloon, expecting evory moment to be torpedoed, hymns were sung and prayers offered. At present the H.K.V.C. in a matah v. 4th this moment the ship doctor brought KS.L.I. at Happy Valley on Wednesday, mediate danger was past, though we ware Vévessh, Ptes. Bulmer-Johnson, Hamilton, message from the captain that the im-Merch 1st:-Lo-Cpls. Edmonds and that the submarine had retired. Then Fall and Evans. to keep on our lifebelts for the time being, Mitchell, Redmond, Brand, Brayshay, Dyer- we cheered and sang the National Anthem.

in the evening we had a thanksgiving ser- HONGKONG VOLUNTEER RESERVE, vice, at which practically all the passengers attended. It was very ins to hear the cap-OSDERS BY MAJOR WAKKHAN, GOMMANDING tain when a presentation was made to him publicly acknowledge the good hand of God

ourselves or the ship, though shrapnel fell saving us without any damage at all to upon the decks, The captain himself was within four feet of one shell.

5,000 FT. DROP IN 20 SECONDS.

AIRMAN CLIMBS INTO DEAD FILOT'S LAP IN MID-AIT.

lorry which had sunk in the mud. She was straining to her breast a baby already stark and stiff. She, too, was dying of cold and hunger. A little girl-eight years at most shivering under a tattered shawl, was vain ly trying to raise her; then, scared alt at once by her mother's frightful silence, she burst into sobs and fell on her knees, Further on, again, a little boy was cower ing by the ditch. Tears were streaming down his way cheeks and his teeth were chattering. I questioned him. He had lost his parents and had eaton nothing for two days. He could go no further. What could I do! I gave him what was left of my maize bread and went on with ainking But I pushed the port over with heart unable to restrain my own tears. The first time I witnessed this frightful agony a treubing handle more a

Brigadiers have it worst-they livo in

it seemed to me that the poor wretch who

An officer attached to the Royal Flying dugouts; but all of them division was dying before my eyes was intoxicated. generals, corps, army commanders have After a supreme effort to rise, he rolled his Corps, now a prisoner of war in Germany,

the brain in degroes head from this side to that and moved his writes got concreto as varying inversely with the size of theirs, Then his movements grow feebler tali châteaux and their distance from the they ceased entirely and all, was over. firing line."

Right through that awful day I witnessed the agony of the Serb people in that same "It was two weeks ago that the last straw broke my back." he went on after a earlier the first great Serb Empire had short and pregnant pause. We captured gone under. And the snow kept on falling, & Gorman engineer officer who could speak voring the dead and the dying and lash English In the fulness of my hearting the faces of those who still held out. rushed to him, and in exchange for cigarettes ho gave me a piece of paper on which to had written. Ten minutes later I met the brigadier and his staff.

Ab! Johnson, he said, about that

ferro-concrete used.*

AN OFFICE BOY OF 72..

I www ptured i December. I met two German officers, who knew several English people that I know. They were awfully kind to me. They gave me a very good

which oysters, and I was treated like an honoured guest

He was such a pies boy, and only nineteen Poor I was so sorry he was killed, I had a fight with two German aeroplanes, and then a shell burst very close to us, and I heard a large piece whiz past my head. The seroplane started to come down head first, spinning all the time. We must haye

dug-out of mine, I have decided to harn ▲ Oity man relates that he has taken on dropped about 6,000ft, in about twenty nn "ofice boy of 72, and capitally the seconds. I looked round at once and saw I-realised that the only chance of saving "I thought you raid reinforced-con-anle boy of 72, and capitally, the poor with a wound in his head, dead. crete this morning, remarked the brigade his teens is becoming as extinct as the dedo-my life was to step over into his sent and major blindy:

In any case there are few firms who can

trols. I managed to get the machine out Did I Did It Which do you ad-afford an authentic specimen in these sit on his lap, where I could reach the con- vise, Johnson? I intimated respectfully times. For wages they literally demand of that terrible death plunge, switched off that the two processes were identical and their weight in gold, and even if you can the engine, and made a good landing. that ng 1 had no reinforcement, cement or manage to catch an office boy yeang, As

I shall never forget it as long as I live. gand it was immaterial which Fe preferred, likely as not he will spend the best part The shock was so great that I could hardly You want it for to-night, don't you of big time searching wastepaper baskets remember a single thing in my former life air! Forty feet deep. The stall captain, for foreign stamps. who had been talking to someone else and had not heard my remarks, now chipped in Just by the third tree, be informed me, with steps to it, big enough to get an easy chair down.hough, to get "Pian]' said the general, he says he's got no materials. Why not? He glared at me. The Germana do it why I'

"They don't, I roared and thrust into his hand my piece of paper. He recoiled little In the stommik of the earth there o concrest is Signed Otto Fon Blotto. "There, I cried, now do you believe

In his agitation Algy broke one of the new port glasses while he gently rocked to and fro in the throes of memory.

for two dogs. Now I am getting better, and my mind is practically normal ngain. We were 10,000ft, up when was killed, and luckily it was this tremendous height that gave me time to think and act, N

·H.K.Y.E

PARADES FOR WEDNESDAY, 1ST MARCH, AT 6.15 P.M.

Drill" order Signalling Section, nil.

Recruits on the Cricket Ground. Dress:

PARADE FOR THURSDAY, 2ND MARCH,

AT 5:15 P.M.A “A” and “B” Companies (New Organ- ization), including Signallers and Re oraits, on the Cricket Ground, for in spection of arms, equipment and am munition, Dress: Full marching order, Each member must be in possession of the full quantity of ammunition served but to bim All exempted members mast, be present at this parade, except

government duty between 5 and 6 p.m. on that day. Meinhers on such duty actually employed on military or

must send to the 0.0. their Companies before parade a certificate that they are so employed, Great-coats will be worn rolled on the right shoulder.

POSTINGS. Pte W, H. Bell, having joined, is allotted Corps No, 599 and pasted to Co, "A" Section 6,

Pte. I, B. Smith, having joined, is allotted Corps No. 590 and posted to Co. “A” Section 3.

Corps No. 591 and posted 60 Co. "B" Pte. J. Parkes, having joined, is allotted

Section 13,

"B" Co Ou duty till the morning of the 3rd March Orderly Officer till the morning of the 3rd March-Lieut. J. W. C, Bonner.

G. K. H. BRUTION, Capt.,

Adjutant, H.K.T.C. HONGKONG POLICE RESERVE.

MUSKETRY PART II

All ranks who have passed Part 1. and have not yet fired Ranges A to D in Part

I met one of the pilots of the German II will leave Blake. Pier at 1.30 mg,

But murmured soothingly machines which attacked me. He could sharp on Saturday, March 4th "But me no bute." he croaked

speak English quite well, and we shookInspectors Lammert and Birdar Khan. coures he didn't. Ay the doctor fed me hands efter a most thrilling fight. I will each detail one N.CO., and Inspectors away I heard him say to the brigade brought down his aeroplane with my Aves and J. H. Wang will each detail two. majer,Dear dear, how very sad. What machine gun, and he had to land quite close N.C.Os, from their respective commands a strange delusion But-er-Burely that to where I landed. He had a bullet through for Range Duties on the above date, in t the way to spell concrete ?" "Chis radiator and petrol tank but neither

N in the Daily Mail.

he nor his observer was touched.

F. O, JENKIN,

(D.S.P. (B.)