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THE NEW. SATURDAY TO MONDAY,

The vary new soldier, tearning his new business in England, find any things to produce the illusion that he is once more buy at school. No one of thom does so nore poignantly than the weekend's leave wrung from a stern superior He has been accustomed perhaps to give himself a holiday whoever his power of solf deccption made him believe that he needed ond: Little did he know how much he missed through this supino and spurious liberty,

AUSTRALIA'S WORK FOR

· THE EMPIRE.

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, MARCH 18г, 1916.

A BELGIAN VICTORY IN

EQUATORIA

SUCCESS OF SELF-GOVERNMENT. SUPERIOR FORCE BADLY BEATEN

ROWARD OF CONFIDENCE IN THE PROPLE-

unter-

Tho United Kingdom branch of the Em pite Parliamentary Association

ained the Right Hon. Andrew Fisher last month on his appointment as High Cou nissioner for the Commonwealth of Aus tralia. The luncheon was held in the Har- court Room of the House of Commons, and the Right Hon. Arthur J. Balfour, the chairman, had the support of a very distin guished company.

MR. BALFOUR ON IMPERIAL UNITY.

An extraordinary zest is added to his holiday by the fact that he has now to ask humbly and hopefully for it; as, he used to mg his tutor; and that, if his requen, be Mr. Balfour, in proposing the health of granted, he must return by a certain and the guest, mentioned that Mr. Fisher bad hideously early hour under vaguely ap held both the office of Prime Minister palling penalties, Packing, which he used and Leader of the Opposition in Aus- to deen a tedious and feminine art, now tralia. He proceeded:-Mr. Fisher has hus something sacred about it. Tooth-always been an ardent and devoted sup- brushes and real scissors become symbols porter of the Empire Parliamentary of excepe and he toys with the lingering Association. Ho nesisted greatly, both by ly and lovingly.. He stands cheerfully presence and by speech, the visit of mem waiting, far too soon, in a long row of bers of the British Parliament to Aus other escaped school-boys, and when he s tralia, (Cheers.) His kindness will bo at last in his carriage-it mast be first fresh in the recollections of many who class curringe, which is the great advant bear my words (hear, hear)and be bas ago of becoming a British officer-he throughout the whole movement clearly Would like to produce sweetstuff from a perceived how much was to be gained both grabby pocket and eat it all the way up

From the point of view of Imperial policy to Loudon,

and of sound constitutional government by bringing into touch all the asseblies which, in different parts of the Empire, are occupied in that by no acan easy task, combining administrative efficiency with popular government, (Hear, hour.)

When he arrives at the serminus of our he must have a taxi, though the Underground would do just as well and save half-crown, in der not to lose a single minule. And when a lovely, fire side quality there is about the first, meul- tea, 1 us say, with eruripets and dinner to follow (scruptions and then a theatre. Can it he that before he was 2 temporary liontenant be bad grows almost Lired of theatres, that the difficulties of en finding, if the night were wet, rode him Jike & nightmare Biroughout the Jast; act Moreover, there is 1 Vry_special reason for enjoying this theatre. From the begin. ning of the war, long before he ever drenwed that one su futile and deerenit could ever be noted, he had an uncom fortable feeling at the play that he ought not to be amused. Now he wears the legible statement that he bay the right to enjoy himself. He may even hear hilf sung abong under some intrinsically un- engaging if well-eaut title as a gallaut log in khaki." and that as Mr. Pecksniff would say, ikewise very soothing."

There is a youthful, holiday feeling too about the revelling in small comfort, and, after moderately Spartan living, little luxury goes a long way. Early tea in the morning a nice late warning-ig a thing to dream of overnight, and just think of going to bed by a fin, not faning in, icy cold, but undressing stage by stage and musing over the glowing, conls. Thore is also good enting and good drinking. The week-ending soldier is quite conscious that the fitted calf is killed for him and; like the school bay, he accepts it without any overwhelming en of obligation, Kindly cooks, who knew him in his in- fancy hour, have treasured up meio. tios of his favourite fishes, and these love Encens become more muserous as the too short exeat draws near its close. In the and there is almost a tearful difficulty in gulping them down; -

There was many years ago a small boy who loved Castle" pudilings above all others. It was a soler, anexhilarating, oven dull choice, but he clung to it wind on the last day of every holidays, when the cab was ordered and you could almost hear the crunching of its, wheels. Castle puddings appeared upon the dinner take. The ritung was adhered to when he went 40 Oxford; after that it might have been expecteil to cease. But it so chanced that the undergraduate turned into a school- aster and a the ordeal of the puddings went on and became a rather ghastly family joke. At last he could bear is no more; he retired from his profession and inade his life one long holiday, go the only means of avoiding Castle puddings,

ENEMY OUTNUMBERED.

There is still one more reason why I think we day welcome Mr. Fisher's visit at the present moment. He had been here. before, when the subject under discussion was the method of knitting more closely together the bonds of Empire. He has taken part in the eager discussions which that grent subject has always aroused in every part of the Empire. but on these previous occasions it was always a metter of speciation whether au Empire, in ap- pearance so lonely kuit together, really capable of standing the gress and strain of a great crisis. There had been no clear and conclusive proof of this be fore, although happy auguries had been shown when the Empire found itself on previous occasions in dificulties,

WAS

But the great crisis in which we are now living wits well in the future, and it was still upen the cynicaly-inud pro- phet to say that all this talk about the unity and coherence of the British Em pire was nothing moro

than talk-an

amiable, agreeable appealing to most re spectable sentiments, but wore fit to garvive fine weather than survive the stress and strain of storm,

Well, the storm has come. It has come with a violence which even the seatest prophet never foresaw. The whole world, ont of the world, is actively engaged, is suffering and dying, is giving up life, property, money, and hopes in a contest unequaled in the history of the planet.

IMMORTAL MEMORIES.

How has the British Empire so far stood that strain and strees? Mr. Fisher will tell you frota his experience in one great Dominion. We who have seen and heard what the Australians have done in battle -cheers)-know what is the value of their contribution to the great Imperial cause. (Hear, heat.) I have heard men who know what fighting is, who have seen fighting in many parts of the world, who have seen the slaughter on the Western front of the great battle-front, who have known previous wars I have heard them say that

the world has never seen fighting or even by the Australian and New Zealand divi- conceived fighting greater than that shown sions at Anzac. (Cheers.).

bring home to us in a concrete and quite These are immorta memories. They unforgettable shape what the unity of the Empire realy means and I rejoice to think that we have now anong us is dis- tinguished visitor--now no longer a visi- tor--who by the arduous duties of ins oflice

will ways bring closer to our minds the reflection that we live in an age and at a moment of which, whatever else can be said of it, this can be said of it-that it

IN 10 HOURS' BATTLE,

Details have been received of a serious defeat inflicted on the Germans near the gian garrison, The latter after 19 hours East African Frontier by a small Bel- hot fighting, drove off the enemy, who was in greatly superior numbers, and remain- ed masters of the battlefield

SIR EDWARD GREY ON

THE BLOCKADE,

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That ought dearly to be understood by Jan. The Government are doing all they the public after the debate of the 20th can to stop goods from getting into Ger- many Nothing goes direct. What goes indirectly through neutral ports is kept- down as much as possible. All ships are subject to scrutiny. They are brought to

The Order in. Council of last March stands and will stand, That is the up- shop of the very important statement mado Benn's motion urging the Government "to by Sir Edward Grey on Mr. Shirley enforce as effective a blockade as posible." It is not to be changed for a regular blockade, as it would wake no difference, At 5.30 am, on September 27 an enemy except to neutrals, whose ships would be force under 160 Europears, with 600 regu- rendered increasingly liable to confication far soldiers and a large number of auxi-if they tried to break through, liary askari, with Maxi, Hotchkiss and Lavingia, the Belgian garrison of three Bold gams, attacked, at a place called Europeans and 180 soldiers, with one gun supported by two companies with eight Europeana and three machine guns.

The Germans were very desperate; they had declared that the German flag should fly over the post before the day was out

On the Belgian side both officers and ports to be examined.. if the Navy mon displayed the greatest bravery. They good destined for the enemy. The claim has any reason to suspect them of carrying lost one officer killed and ora wounded, of the Government is that more could not with 20 soldiers killed and 40 wounded,

Britain took the high-handed and pro- he done than is being done, unless Great

vocative Fine of saying that neutrals The Belgians found and buried one white should be deprived of goods which they German officer and 66 soldiers of the require for their own consumption. Leak chine guns, rifles, cartridges and equp-don, who has been making an independent enemy's foros. They also captured-Grey told the House, that Lord Faring- Are there is bound to be. But Sir Edward- ment. The enemy finally retired and

The enemy suffered heavily. They moved a large number of dead and wound- ed from the battlefeld,

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cesful in deroolishing another fiction. The Foreign Secretary was equaly suc the sacrifice may be. (Cheers.) But they culating the story that while the Navy have not deluded themselves with the idea is anxious to strangle Germany, the For that it is near its dose. I had this mora eign Office keeps on interfering and tear- saying that, notwithsanding the harvest Edward Grey informed the House that ing a communication from the Ministering away the Navy's strong hand. Sir think tang will continue. (Cheers!) three cases in which overriding orders going on, moruiting was excellent, and during the last year there have only been

Two of Lieut-Colonel Abbott, an Australian have been given from London. Gallipoli, proposed the health of the chair- officer who has recently arrived from these were decided by the Cabinet; the third was the recent case of the Stockholm, wan. He said that in Australia, by re special appear based on special reasons. when the Swedish Government sent d Bon of their isolation, they recognised that, trulin, would cease to exist. He had been the Prime Minister and the Admiralty, and but for the efficiency of the Navy, Aus that ene Sir Edward Grey consulted rather surprised in the Old Country to find telegraphed to Sweden asking for specific this question put: Why is it that out of assurances which, he said, "had not yet a population in Australia of 4,500,000 been received.. 200,000 men have already been on active service? By recent returns he was pleased to see that by June next Australia would have 300,000 unen in the field. (Cheers.) The answer in the question was simple. They knew that in this world's Armaged don if the fortune of war should be against nity or colonies haul to be considered, the Allies, and the question of an inden was the offshoots of the Empire that would suffer most. In Australia they said they were fighting for their very life blood. By reason of their isolation they individually tisher here at home. had more to lose than the average. Bri-

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Something of the same feeling slightly mags the brightness of the last few gulden hours. Tomorrow night they will all be eating their good dinner and he at such nonents a man takes a distinctly personal view of the war. It's about time this proved in the face of all mankind an

butore the tribunal of history that it has dreadful war stopped, don't you think so,

been possibly for the first time in the his- sir ? said a gloomy private the other day.

tory of mankind that free, self-governing How long have you been at it?" he was asked. About three months, sie. They've be, can yet cherish that sentiment of unity

communities, zelf-governing though they Personally, he was proud that he had taken out n my teeth but two, and they're

which hitherto was only supposed to be

the opportunity of doing his little part in going to vaccinate us next north." That possible in some form of government-whe.

the Eastern Mediterranean. Providenca is the Sunday night sentiment and the

had been kind to some, though they could Monday morning sentiment and the Manther monarchical or republican. That new

not say why. They had had many fine day morning sentiment too, when the poor It has survived the test, and

experiment has now beca put to the test. fellows associated with them. He was not wrotch sallies out into the dark to catchruly say that from this war dates, not

We may speaking of Australians only. Attached the 7.10 trais from Waterloo (Ugh!) as a matter of theory but as a matter of

to his own regiment he had fine mea from No attemps was made to minimise the Brookwood-North Camp-Aldershot-they absolute practice, the post neve) and per

the Suffolks, the Norfolks, and several inconvenience which the Order in Council sound like funeral bell tolling in his ears, haps the greatest experiment in Imperial

other British regiments, who came for eotna inflicts on neutrals. It is regrettable, but. but, once homo was left behind, going back

government the world has yet seen. (Loudera work

weeks' practices in bomb-throwing and genit is impossible to avoid it. If neutra's to school was not such bad fun and he is

cheers.)

The association, the inter- can suggest any other method of procedure reasonably cheerful again by 8.30.—Times.

leavening which thus took place in the more agreeable to themselves, the Govern KNOWLEDGE OF THE DOMINIONS, trenches, would do more to create the ment will be ready to consider them-so Mr. Fisher, who was very cordially re- proper affinity which there should be belong as they do not interfere with the offer- ceived on rising to reply, said: It was tween the British soldier and the Austrativeness of our restraint on the enemy's said by Mr. Balfour that there existed lian soldier than anything else he had trade But there must be no niista ke grave doubt as to the position of the teen (Choors.) They got down to common about that. The British Government are Overseas Dominious and the British Em. ground. The lads from both countries by adamant on that point Pire prior to this war Judging from my. an interchange of opinions and expres Alluding to the Inst American Note, Sir recent visits to my native country (Scot-sions (laughter)-of" slangs and other. Edward said that the Government were land), that grave doubt was much more things foreign to himself, did much to wipe consulting with the French Government as in evidence in the Old Country than ever away that breach which to a certain extent to the answer which was to be sent. The it was in the Dominions. One of the rea had existed. That would bear great fruit Note contained claim, which, if conceded. sons, in my opinion, why it existed hers in the future, and one outcong of the war would reduce the advantages of British knowledge possessed by the people here of was largely on account of the lack of would be a better understanding of both ten control to a nullity. But he did not their own possessions

of sides, (Cheers.)

think they were means to be pressed. Then, Mr. Balfour, in returning thanks, sakin an important passage, he said that the This association is one of those institu--Colonel Abbott's speech, I confess, has main question we whether neutrals wore tiens that is mightier than its name. I greatly inovod mo, not on personal grounds, prepared to admit our right to apply the has gasped the idea, too long delayed, but because he referred to a thing which principles which the United States had that those who centros the affairs at the centre of this great Empire ought not only time, namely, the desire that troops from then they should help to make it easy for has been very near my heart, for a long applied during the Civil War. If so, to be in possession of all ihs offcial in the great dominions should not merely us to distinguish between goods meant for formation that can reach them through fight sitle by side with us that has been the consumption of neutrals and goods with of the facilities of modern transport, to official channels, but they ought, because fully and absolutely attained not that an enemy destination If not, then he been prevented," and bo pledged anew the they should have identical fealings about said deliberately, "It is a departure determination of the British Government be able to soo those distant countries and the oxase for which we are fighting that from neutrality." The House heartily to see it through to the very ead. meet the people who are there. I know

alto has been completely attained but that cheered that plain declaration to all whom of no other way that safety, anity, and they should fight intermixed, so that it may concern. progress can be maintained. (Cheers.) complete personal knowledge should. thig Sir Edward concluded by appealing to Such was the substance of the eagerly

--------AUSTRALIAN CHARACTER,"

result for owing from this war (Hoar, neutrals to consider the very different awaited speech of the Foreign Secretary By way of parenthesis, may I strike a hear. It would be lamentab's in my treatment which they had received from Of its effect there could be no doubt what persona, note? I have had the pleasure of opinion if. by the end of this w, there Cleruzany, who had wank neutra vesels ever, for it killed further interest in the visiting every Dominion except Nowfound Isnd. I have travelled through must of timent of Empire, the common sentiment Germany's plea that she had acted thus Sir Edward Grey spoke the feeling of was not something beyond the common geo- at sight. He exposed the hollowness of discussion. One member said that, before the territories of the Dominions: large as they are. I have met their prominent

of the cause in which we are engaged, with as a measure of retaliation, and eloquently nine-tenths of the House was against him, public men at various periods of my life, fellowship, that intercommunication of entitled to claim for herself the utmost were with him. The first part of that out any addition to that personal good claimed for Great Britain that she was but that after he had spoken nine-tenths and have frequently returned to my native ideaz, that intorchange of gentingut and rights which she had ever recognised in statement was probably an exaggeration; country. I know of nothing that gives a maa

of affection which surely might follow if other beigerents in previous wars. The the latter part was certanly true. In- greater stability and against all troubles than a knowledge of the by those who have it in their power to give ples. The way had been was only forced time, there were only five members in the Namsung, from Calcutta, is due in Hong-

confidence the opportunities were adequately given Allies could give up nothing that was histerest fell off to such an extent that at opp world, and 1 appeal to my friend, hore, them (Cheers.)

"upon them, when it might casily have House-Daily Telegraph,

A correspondent writing from the Bri. Lish Headquarters in France says:-I can not naturally give you anything approach ing to definite figures, but I think you may take it that we outnumber the Gor- swans. We can take their first line of tronches any time wo want to, but, strategy hus to look considerably beyond the busi- no of breaking through, which a good many folks at home seem to think is the only thing necessary to finish the strug glo

The "break through" is coming along all right, but not until we are all ready to move definitely from this uncomfortable chateau,

It has become a sort of stock phrase now to say that for every shell the onemy sends us we return him two; a matter of fact we often do a great deal more than this. Not very long since,. just to mako. -understand I suppose, that they were stil] dangerously alive, the Boches “krup- ped "us to the extent of 200 rounds. We returned their little attention with 1.000 shells. It took some days of quiet think ing to get over this.

Then, again, not only do we outnumber them in our fold and heavy artillery, but there is a growing confidence on the part of our gunners that our weapons are bet ter than theirs. The enemy bas, in fact, unmistakably passed his zenith, and is now on the down grade.

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