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"BLOCKADING””

HOW OUR NAVY DOES IT.

Pusha long-this is not her ren name but. The one her crew gave ber-way tramping. her beat in a stormy sea, which nearly rolled her over one minute and galloped contemptuously across her decks the next.

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS TUESDAY MABOH 7mm, 19lor

GERMANY WANTS FREE DISGLOOMY VIEWS IN GERMANY NIGHTS IN NO MAN'S LAND.

CUSSION OF WAR.

DISSATISFACTION WITH THE PRESS CENSORSHIP

NO REAL PROGRESS.

From a high diplomatie quarter Router's Agency loans that telegraphie news uns concerning the position in Germany, which been received through various channels taking into secount the sources of the in formation and the circumstances of its re

DIGGING AN ADVANCE TBENCH.

[BY AUGUSTUS MIE)

NO PREMATURE PEACE.

WEATHER REPORT:

depression lies to the emt of Hokkaido, TS- On the 6th at 1085 am.-The northern anti-oselone bay weakened alightly. It is OT central ofer the low Bea.

Indo-Czina.....

A depression appears to be forming over

LORD ROSEBERY'S HOTE The Earl of Rosebery, addressing the Edinburgh Volunteer Corps after in inspection, said: rejoice to see you to

country in the trenches, he is willing to do day, because it is a source of satisfact on to not qualified to serve his King and his every man among you to feel that although

Prestore has decreased slightly over S whatever way may be apportioned for him. And. I rejoice in a larger aspect which 110m to-day, 000 indhen. -

Hagkong rainfall for the on women ending at share with you. It shows that there is not, The forecast for the 24 hours ending at 2009

man in the country who is not anxiouste-day is as follows - national war; it is a war not of Kings or "to do his bit." Aye, gentlemen, it is a Ministers or generals. It is a war of the sation, and your presence here embodies tougheng & Neigbourhard drizzling rain or

The present system of controlling the home Press and the news service to Foreign She was on what is officially called ox-countries is energetically attacked in the amination duty" blockading" is tho

debate on the Budget in the Reichstag eipt, places it entirely outside the cate came round the traverse with a periscope all that in him lies to serve his country in Chira, Horreo and the Philippines. usofficial name for it. Her business was by representatives of all parties, who are Constable toes his beat, and see that no liberty to discuss questions of internal many respects similar to the reports with to patrol a given stretch of water, as a virtually unanimous in demanding greatery of the many stories purporting to emauste from Germany Although in vessol shipped by her without giving on polities. account of itself; where it was coming All insist that the German people has which all are familiar since the beginning from, whither it was going, what cargo it shown itself cool-headed, mature and of the way, differs in this, that it comes Boches must be four hundred yards away patriotic enough to be permitted to look been visiting the enemy countries, but from Hot merely from individuals who may have the situation in the face and form it own judgment on events and on the nation's diplomatists who have carefully collected problems.

and considered the intelligence before transmitting it to their Governments,

Another significant feature that news

had on board, and various other matters that many a merchant, skipper would rather keep to himself than tell a King's ship these times. So for as Pushalong's crew were concerned this was duty, d

ATTACK POLITICAL CENSORSHIP. they did it in the conscientious, uncom

So far as can be judged from the reports plaining Navy way, though they could the committee proceedings appearing in have named other work that would have the Press, virtually no criticism is direct suited their taste better. View; it frond against the workings of the purely whatever point of the compng, you may, military censorship, The Deputies, ap- this boarding a sorts of craft in all sortsparently, are convinced that the military. of weather upon the high seas and inter-authorities are the best judges of what may viewing skippers who de net want to sce you is not a cherry job, though a very necessary one in way time.

As well as discomforts it los discourage znents,

Pushalongs" had found, "Neutral" skippers with contraband in their holds feel towards exhiuation officers much as a burglar does towards The police man who catches him dropping over wall with big swng"-and, they sinile no welcome when they threw out the Jacob's ladder.. When the overhaul is

remember this morning distinctly. He It was the brigade-major who began it

grand in front. in his hand, a Staff captala at his heels, and made an exhaustivo survey of the "Bad Go'd of fire," be muttered. "The just here; but there's ground in front we can't see dead ground, Bad field of fire

together, ??

"Rotten" agreed the Staff captain, the resolution that so long as the enemy. That hollow could hide a couple of cens in the field there is not a man amoitus of a confirmatory character and on precise-panies of the hoches in case of an attack. - -ayo, and I might almost say not ʼn womar the same lines is to hand from places as Now if we put an advance french out who will spare any exertion to secure a far apart as Holinnd, the United States, Scandinavia, and. Switzerland.

the brigade major. Just what I've

Just what I was going to say," said triumphant result

fidential character, and cannot be publish to the brigadier this afternoon,"

Much of the information is of a con- brought yon here to see We'll mention it and may not be published without dangered, but its general tendency is to show that

In the afternoon the brigadier came to the country. The attack a levelled Germany is becoming very disheartened, down the trench. against the political features of the cen and realises the necessity for a smashing. sorship.

blow against the Allies, and that, at an The authorities, apparently scting with early date. Notwithstanding apparent vic- the idea of supporting and encouraging tories as shown on the map, the impression among the parties, have gradually been of war the Central Powers are, in fact, the "burgfrieden, or political truces gaining ground that after sixteen mouths bringing contentious topics of the most making no real progress towards a victory varying nature under the operation, of In spite of the attempts of the authorities, the censorship.

this is gradually coming home to the

moral intique. It is admitted that one of people, and except, perhaps, in Berlin, the country is showing signs of mental and

existence of the blockade. the greatest factors in this situation is the

GOETHE'S VERSES DELETED,

ON THE WESTERN FRONT

There is only one thing which I som times fear. It is that when successes begin there may be some weak-minded cry in this country for a premature peace. I hope that no man of you will lend any support to such a false and misleading policy. A premature prace means a short penes, and a war that will he even worse than this, to follow. Therefore let all of us unité in the resolve that, while no exerdon should

"Exactly," said the brigadier in his eat, precise accents." Ex-acty He turned to the 0.0, of our battalion.

What do you think of it, colonel ?"

"Quite agree," said the colonel, a few short pentenças set a vast machinery to a triumphant conclusion, and the Prus

And that was all that was said; thus can be wanting on our part to bring the war at work! Tho neat little brigadier's "Exsian bloodthirsty tyrants to their knees. actly" was like pressing the button which on the other hand not a finger will be

the trench, leaving behind them the dis controlled an immenso restrained activity. raised to accelerate peace before it is

Satisfied, the group of officers moved down just y due. (Cheers,)

turbing knowledge that something was about to happen.

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completed, and what the search" feels convinesd is contraband bound for a enemy destination has been found, becomes a mortification to the soul to have to release this just because in faraway London some fellow why dea's in quibbles rather that hard facts say you must do

This sens more like obliging the the ban of the censors who has struck out question of a new offensive in that quarterfere put under ine ébiamard of an outstand- 1 sien of the Council of Ministers to give the Hakodate enemy than blockading ha grumbled Pashaling's captain after ou such experi

Yes, but we can't help ourselves opened to-day's discussion, urged the wili. the theatre of war is looked upon as the de fire of achievement and has been found Colours during the present war all young Kioti

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The funnels of a steamer showed upon the horizon and Puabalong aced off t meet her. Some fifteen minutes hard steam ing brought her alongside the stranger, which proved to be a merchantman flying a seutral flag.

Off hatches.

had intruded into fields which had not the Speakers complamed that the consors slightest connection with the military, or foreign political interests of the empire trary tocasares and their lack of under- They complained, 100. of the censors' arbi- standing for the problem of newspaper cognise that their chance of a successfulng of an advance trench meant-

That evening we got our orders, and by Generally Speaking, the Germans re-the morning Towny knew what the mak publishing. Even Goethe has fallen under offensive on the West has gone, but the quivering party" is picked They quotations from the great German pact.

A representative of the Coutre,

who being strongly debated. This part of

lug N.C.D.—a mas who has been tried robant. Their duties are hasardous and vital. "On the devolves the strain of pro siding a protective screea between the bacoes and our working party, which is about to go out, They must lie in the open, wattung, waiting, alert, untiring patrol, the work must be short, sharp Snowd they chance to rud inte au and to the paint. There can be no dailying when it is one's own skin-or that of Fritz. And they must use the bayoret only; for to fit would be but to disclose their local

tary authorities to be liberal in readalitee of the worst anti-German spirit, ting foreign and German correspondents and the conclusion is stated to have been to the front in the interests of Germany reached that it is best to make a really herself. The great victories of the Ser-mashing bow there. This, however, it is bian campaign, for example, had not been felt, cannot be attempted in the form of a appreciated abroad, particularly America, general offensive unless a satisfactory re- currespondents to follow the operations. he declared, owing to the failure to permit The fan of Bussiu, it is stated, is becom

sult is certain.

which would assist in bringing the war tremely apprehensive of what is in store A Bucinlis spooker favoured everything ng very great, and the Germans are ex- to a successful conclusion, but no declared for thes in the nens future, knowing as th suppression of public opinion by the they do the new strength of Tsar's armies, censor did not contribute to this end, but and their strength in the matter of arms the reverse.

and equipment In the Balkans it is adto beich forth lead. mitted that what has been achieved is in reality not of much value as helping for for the Central Powers. ward a victorious termination of the war

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appeared correct, But when the inspection that the time had come when discussion of oui a strong objection exists, to proposats party clamber over the parapet of thement it contained? You haven't gained Pakhol tapped a plough handle. It rang suspic with advantage both at home and abroad Aveden, a country well calculated, crawls, bock, appears for a swift momens an open grate. The material wae there, Cape 8. Jamon

ity to a dozen eremy machine guns waiting tamatka Harmful publication of military infer

theso picked mon get ready. They stand When the hour appointed draws near; vised, he aid, and in this be willingly mation must, of course, be carefully super-

waiting, cigarette in mouth, for their orders to move. There are the crisp thud- the military authorities. He objected, in Germany greatly averse frem despatchsional quick crackle of filo fire, and the would trust unreservedly the judgment of There is too a strong and growing party ding of a Maxim down the bne, an occa when the police endeavour to force ing Gurman troops to other theatre than angry roar of bursting shrapnel in the dis through, under the guise of war measures, the Eastern or Western fronts. There istance. A subaltern appears in the darkness policies which they had been vainly at no objection to sending German officers to Patrol ready, corporal? The corporal

A NEW DISCOVERY, templing to introduce before the war, uchsia, although it is admitted that there is significs assent, cigarettes are put out; as police control of private meetings or a great shortage of officers, and that these bayonets, are fixed; equipments" buckled; filling dinner you ate last night. What Wachow

Thin men and women that big, bearty, prohibition of dancing.

with new classes are very unsatisfactory, and with a laus "Cheer-bo!" the covering became of all the fat-producing nourish Boiko This Socialist speaker, expressed belief

Trench and are gone despatch German troops to Asia,

in weight one ounce. That food passed Fbulion summe Ten or fifteen minutes later a dark figure from your body like aburred coal through TourRDO2**** to know the situation in Germany, comes against the night sky, and drops with a the information that a great change is ap-spatter of mud into the trench Its the and the plain truth is you hardly got

bat your food doesn't work and stick, Aparri parent in those sections of Swedish public officer. He reports to the company cap enough nourishment from your meals to

that the financial position in Germany all is ready for the working party. of thin folks the world over. Your Tokan mem is causing a great diminution is the coneternal order to "Carry on" is given. The nutritive organs, your Edence that formerly existed, next moment a long string of mon scramble assimilation, are sadly out of gear and Suige

functions of Hollo mans are beginning to realise that their and follow their officer into the land of sawdust diets. Omit the freeh ersam rub-

Momorer, it is declared that the Ger- from the cloggs depths of the trench need reconstruction.

Cut out the foolish foods and funny attempts to sow discord among the Allies unexplored mysteries; the Dead Country: are doomed to failure, and that the deter that grey desolation, fraught with you are eating now and eat with every Cut out everything but the meals to a victorious end is stranger than ever.

the aims of the war could be permitted

From

SWEDEN'S CHANGED OPINION,

"Lis to. I'm going to board you," signalled Pushalong. Knowing it was. Helens to object, the vessel obeyed the emand. Out swung one of Pushalong's boats, and a search party, hended by an officer, jumped into it. Very soon they were aboard the ship, being met as they elambered over her side by the captain, who showed his papers. The search officer glanced through these. "Agricultural implements for be commented, "But I shall have to examine your cargo? All right," replied the skipper, turning to his crew and ordering them to

The search unrly looked through the ship and found her fui of agricultural imple ments, as the manifest stated. Everything was nearly ended a bluejacket casually

A great deal of nonsese would naturally iously, so he pulled out his clasp knife and sotaped off some of the paint. His eyes appear, he admitted, and immature sets oponed in surprise and no quickly picked would probably continue to discuss the up a ploughsbare and scraped that also,

size of the roast before the rabbit was Look, sir," he exclaimed to his officer.agged, but he considered that the advan «All copper, tang of it and he waved tages of discussion outweighed these minor his band towards the cargo,

objections.

• În a moment the officer become alert. More articles were scraped--and with a like result. It was true that the ship earried cargo of farming implements There were ploughs, ploughshares, ar rows,and various other aids to husbandry the Executive Committee of the Socialists. Imination of the Allied Powers to continue imagined horvore, where the dead are lying one of those two Sargol tablets. - But the whole lat was made of copper, nicely-painted over, and to the eye looked just like the real thing. It would have been no trouble to have melted them into ingots had they got through, but they did not,

Woll, that's a cute trick," ejaculated the

officer, who turning to the skipper of the slop, said, "I'm going to take you

opinion which believed in a German vetory, tain that he has placed" the patrol; that pay for the cost of cooking. This is true

The

The censorship acted one-sidedly and permitted the publication of the objects of the war, according to the desire of the great industrial leagues, but did not per- mit answer thereto; passed attacks upon but suppressed the committee's rejoinders.

Other speakers related incidents of arbitrary and excessive actions of the censorship, mentioning, for example, an RUSSIAN MASTERY OF BLACK Alpine ridges to the east for all the world attempt to extend the censorship to the

SEA. oficial bulletin of the Berlin Municipality. because the Municipality ventured in the interests of the food supply of the. metropolis to criticise certain measures of

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Bargol charges your weak, stagnant blood the base of the white gleaming peaks of the there fat should be the net result. Pabrik

- 3 TEMPRAYERS, in the shade, like a vast grira, black ribbon flug cats with millions of fresh new red blood corbamidity of a started with zoouture Balog 100, kssly across Europe.

puscles gives the blood the carrying Every man tears a candhag; they are the power to deliver every ounce of fat

DESTION OF WIRE, to two pointa. A FUSER OF A Po, according to Smatori Sonia, Essence of the whole business. Without making material in your food to every the Prussian Administration, The Dowsing forts of the Bosphorus is proof of the

The inactive activity of the limited float them the earlier stages in the maning of part of your body.

STATE OF WHATSER," b his sky, o detached Sargol, too, mixes. aloud, ddrialing rain, fog, a gloomy, is haa, 1. en advance trench could no more be ac with your food and prepares it for the lighdoing, overpart, passing towers, 4_KILLS. papers, they said, had even been threaten Russian mastery of the Black Ses She was a beamy eld Dutch trawler, ed by private individuals, who did not

complished than could the completion. The blood in easily assimilated form. Thin, ow, s thaades, visibility, w ciew (Wess."

7 KAIN in inches, i terible and hundredths, At least she flew the watch flag and her desire a discussion of certain interests in along the southern coast castward of the crouching in the open, he gives whispered pounds a month while taking Bargol, and

The sinking of 170 freight ships occurred company captain confers with a subaltern; people gain all the way from 10 to skipper was apparent y as jelly an old the Press.

Bosphorus. Near the coast town Dutchman as one could meet. Ho said he A National Liberal speaker lamented Redres, on January 17th, et dawn, seonts make for the ontline of that tree; I'll get are a scientific combination of six of the of counsel. Start here with the trench and the new flesh stays put. Sargol tablets WES a Dutchman and appearances corro. bogated the statement. When the patrol

reported sighting a large convoy, accom- Kennedy to work towards you with his best flesh-producing elements known to boat went alongside his vessel be welcomed

panied by an armed merchant steamer the platoon. You can touch in with each chemistry. They come 40 tablets to a pack. age, are pleasant, harmless and inespen- it jovially and pointed to his wells, which

convoy including motor vessels towing other were overflowing with fish,

sive, and are obtainable from others, mostly characteristic small Turkish

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that the Press had been forbidden to mention that crowds had gathered in front of the butter stores and other developments in the food situation. This gave the hos tila Press abroad an opportunity to circulate exaggerated accounts of alleged disorders, to encourage the people of boste nation to continue the war.

It would do no harm, he said, if the Press word permitted to lot Americans know that the German nation could not be provoked with impunity.

The National Liberals, Progressives and Socialists aiming at mitigation of the censorship

resolutions all introduced The Radicals asked the Imperial Chan- eller to permit discussion of questions of business and internal politics,

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Right" says the sabaltern as his com pany captain glides out of earshot, “Now then, first man, hand me your sandbag." The subaltern selects his spot and places the sandbag on it. “Hand your bags along the line-pass back the order. And so the sandbags travel along the human chain and all other first-class Chemists of Hong- which stretches back to the hiring line and beyond it to a clay-pit, where a pack of -- earth and filling the little squat squares of in the sky and falling twenty yards away. perspiring Tommies are grovelling in the into the night, making a lurid groen scar stitched canvas as if their lives depended Picks and shovels are dropped like hot in their energy. But neither the sweating metal, and Platoon Fiftoon lies hugging fellows who fill them nor the subaltern who he wet earth, barely dating to twitch a lays them said the zipping bullets have eyelid. As soon as the flare burns out they time to ponder the unique romance residre at it again like clustering bees The ing in these little grey aandbags, fashioned sight wears on. The trench grows deeper perchance by some woman's hands in the With Stand to!" an hour before dawn comes the order to retire. The men file. day if the war spares him some poor will back, thanking their stare that they have sing the deathless fyria of sandbags and even a trench to come to-after ally there is other mundane things of trench life, but no place like home Picks and shovels are the time is not yet

stored. The officer creeps out and recalls the patrol

out and reca

You seem to have made a good catch," remarked the officer in charge of the boat "Ja, ja, a ver goot catch; would you

The morning sa was dead calm, and the like some fah for supper?" replied the

convoy was seen strewn over a great area skippor genially, and forthwith began

of water. The Russian commander of throwing fish into the boat. He gave libe

destroyer flotilla endeavoured to get in rally, and when the boat pulled away,

shore, but was seen by the armed ship, which forthwith escaped by running in having found no contraband in the trawler, it carried enough fish to supply half the

fire of the destroyers. It is believed she shore westward of the belt of mine, under crew of a Dreadnought.

A few days later the same trawler, with

was hit tulice.

De the same hearty, professedly Dutch old

The motor vessels numbered two, and sa-dog in command of her, was over.

both immediately coat off their tours and hauled by another patrol vessel. This The Liberals asked that papers bestempted to run ashore but were prompt time only the fore well of the trawler con- punished only after a preliminary warnly sunk by gunfire. The crews were taken tained fish Her skipper sought to explaining with an explanation of retions. The off,M the circumstance by saying that a carrier suppressed only with the consent of the were a strange spectacle that day on the tranquil firelight of a quiet hearth. Some Socialists demanded that newspapers be The sailing vessels, to the number of 161, had taken away part of his catch.

วง That may be so,' answered the pairol Chancellor in each particular case. still sea. The crews, for miles, were launch officer; " but I've done a bit of fishing and

ing boats and leaving the ships while the we never went about with one well full

black destroyers stood by and annk the and the other empty. I want to see what

abandoned vessels you've got forrard there. You mast move the fish."

Hearing this the clock of geniality fell from the skipper. He began to bluster, but this availed him nothing. The officer was determined. He had the fish moved and beneath them found a string of

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That's fine hawser, you have there,"

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This is now o matter of routine, the

Moving towards his left the subalters he remarked,···

Russians having sunk nearly 1,500 of these plots out the future trench with its Dawn comes, and with it repose and re- "Yes," answered the skipper, who craft since the war began. They have per traverses and cover. He needs the eye of spite, till night relentlessly drags them added something about believing is keeps particular enterprise was carried out is unsuitable the trench must avoid it and fave been laid during the day on the froth fected means of blowing them up quickly act for this job, becane where the ground-forth again to face the machine guns that ing good gear.

"I'm," reflected the skipper." It's without a single fatality. This region swerve back tz forward Half an hour's andbags, a big hawser for a trawler to carry. Cut along the coast is now the graveyard of work and his colleague heaves in sight little incidents in the great adventure. Casualties 1 These are but it," he added turning to one of his men.

Turkish ships. BAN

"I'll touch in with you now," says the Two nights pabs; and often a quick ery The man did so-out spouted a stream

subalterns they place the last few sand- has told someone's mates that he dx passing Examining ships is no work for the of petrol, and the game was up.

bags; and the long line, laid unerringly in from them. Casualties? The subaltern guileless; or, one wight more correctly That innocent-looking hayeer was really

the darkass, meets in the centre The put a black stroke against each pian in say, the guileles are not for the work. a huge rubber pipe filled with petrol and

advarea trench is mapped out

his platoos roll, but, would fain bold bac's Though a man may begin this duty baliey having hempen strands wound cleverly

It is with the first clink of pick and his hand from adding up the number. ing in the probity of his fellow-men, that round it so that it tooked just like what it

shovel that the real danger begins, As belief soon leaves him, and a suspicious, purported to be, hut was not. Quite

soon as the Bochen realise that out in from altern inspects his work.

As down breaks on the third day the sub- hard-to-convince spirit takes its place. The convenient and unobstrusive method this of

something is doing they get busy, and trench is fixed; there are a firing step,

The advance | Thers. latter is the right frame of mind for the mplenishing the supplies of a German

od zapid become too frequent for oopholes cover; and a communication tank, as innumerable happenings prova submarine,Even if a British warship ap❘ Turkish and German naval strength has health Digging feverish digging the trench has been cut out. But willli, da lu

M Ons is always up against astute peared while the work was in progress, it recently been reinforced by a number of order of the night, Your arms are aching, Will the brigadier be satisfied? In the Bar, 11 tricksters and guile can only be defeated was quite easy for the submarine to dive aeroplanes which scout to the north of the your head is splitting you want to lie forenoon the brigadier bimse f cores reund by gue. A naval reserve officer had over quickly while the trawler hauled her pipe Bosphorus and, also along the const while down and rest for ever; but, urged by the "An excellent field of fire," he says. “How hanted a trawler that was flying a neutral in and coiled up her hauser" nicely so Zeppelins, hitherto kept at Bustcbuk, as a knowledge that they must occupy the many men have you lost!" And Hom flag without finding anything wrong as to aronse no suspicion.-J.J. is the threat to Rumania, have now appeared at french in three days, the men settle dowa i much is the epic of the advance trench about her, and wag just about to ferro Delly BE«

to it with braced sinews. A flare goes up Daily Mail.

A tentative estimate of the damage the Russians have inflicted upon the enemy in the Black Ses, unt including warships and fortifications, is put at £16,000,000. The fast merchant vessel which navigated these war- haunted waters is n Belgian steamer, which has just arrived here from the Danube, having risked the mines and sub- marines,

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