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Correspondence:

GERMAN WOMEN IN LONDON,,

ABSURD CHARGES OF ILL- TREATMENT.

FODEION OFFICE DENIAL,

a crowd on that og any ether, evening in Piccadilly or any other London street. The woman who is responsible for this remark able invention of an incident said to have

taken pres in Piccadily the day after the declaration of war has been identified. and vendor of literature of

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FAR EASTERN MEN AND THE WAR.

HONGKONG VOLUNTEERS

CORPS ORDERS BY LT.-COL, A. CHAPMAN, VE

JOINED.

10. PDR. GUN PRACTICE, 30TH INSTANT. 2.-Reference Corps Order No. 4. dates

Mr. B. TAB. Boothby, of the Capion- Hankow Railway, and family hay left-Private JC. Ferguson joined th Corps on 27th April, 1936, is allotted The Foreign Office issues a complete shop without paying her rent some little going to offer his services to the Army

4able character who left her book for Home gid Siberia. Mr. Boothby is

Corps No. 1997, and i posted futation of 28 absurd charges made by the time before the outbreak of war

Stretcher Bearer Section, Geron Government that Gerusan woon Similarly, where in the fourth case the and children have been ill-treated in Engadidarit declares that, on Augusta Ger- laud. The charges all refer either to trivm man girl was benten by a moh in Regent For to wholly imaginary ovents, and theyre has been found upon inquiry that are based in most cases upon the evidence the cycut is wholly fictitious and that the of undesirable characters The Foreign deponent, a woman who is described as n Office, while refuting the charges in de ballet-dancer, left her address on August tail, points out that they number in all only, 1914. 20, though 7,000 men, women, and children have returned to Germany and Austria. and that over 18,400 German and Au trians applied during May, June, and July of last year for leave to remain in the United Kingdou. The statement is as

follow-

made apparently in order to support the Lastly, there is a statement of a Dr. Buse, Gorman Government's assertion that Ger man women were reduced to want and tyranny," to the effect that a child of three months old of a Belgian or English mother who had inarried a German died of starva tinn at the German Hospital. This story is untrue. After some difficulty the case has been identified that of a Mr. Leo pold, a Belgian woman married to a Ger- man. The child was born in June, 1914 Mrs. Leopold was told when it was born that was not likely to live; in October it was brought to the hospital suffering from preutonia, and it died un November Mrs. Leopold was a very poor woman, the mother of five other children under 12 years of age. At the time of the child's death she was receiving 20% 6d week from the Society of Friends of Foreigners with two loaves of

The British Government has received through diplomatic channels, a comunica tion from the German Government covering 28 affidavits relating to the treatment of German women and children in Eagland since the outbreak of the war. The adavit, ara by German subjects who have returned from England to Germany, and whose evidene has been collected by the German authorities; in 10 out of the 20 cases the depositions were taken by an examining magistrate, who appears to have heen specially stationed at the frontier station of Goch with a view, doubtless, to returning the from wished for Tecomat of the Germans, is Distress, together wired weigh of coal

the United Kingdom,

The Home Office has caused careful in vestigations to be nigde as to all the occur rences mentioned in the affidavits, and has discovered nothing which would tead it in any way to modify or withdraw the cou- tradiction issued in September, 1915. of an article in the National Zeitung in which, amongst other ludicrous misstate ments, it was alleged that German women and children in England were exposed to the fury of the mob whenever they ven- tured out of door and purmed even to bloodshed by the hatred of the English people.

Up to the date of the sinking of the Lanitania (May 7th, 1915), with the excep tion of one or two local incidenis of no serious importance, no German man, wo man or child was injured in person or property, and at that date ne less than 28.800 adult German men and women were living unmolested by the people in the Metropolitan Policy district alone.

THE LUSITAN LÀ OLTBURST, After the sinking of the Luadanta there was (and the British Government has never sought to deny it) a spontaneous outburst of popular feeling which, especially in the working-cins quarters of London and Liverpool. led to regrettable manifestations The manifestations were repressed with the full police force at the disposal of the authorities. No German man, woman, or received by 107 ordinary and special con child was anriously injured; but in sup- pressing the disturbances injuries were stables, and 800 persons were arrested and charged with offences.

a week. It is outrageous that the death of this unhappy child. in English law a British subject, should be unde the founda. tion of a charge of ami-German brutality.

A more serious case is one-reported from Cardiff, where at the outbreak of war, in the confusion occasioned by the collection of numbers of German ships and their con- panies in th docks, a German sen-captain's wife was by an error charged with an offence against the Aliens Restriction Order nad held for two days in police custody, and afterwards, confined for two nights and day in prison as a person awaiting trial, As soon as the facts were reported to the Home Office instructions were given for her release, and she was allowed to leave for. Bristol. While she was in police eustody the police matron's rooms were put at her disposal, and as regards the prison, she herself said they had been very nice and kind to her there.

The two complaints of ill-treatment of the wives or relation, of German sen-cap- thing at Sunderland and Grangemouth, trivial in themselves, are in fact unfound. ed. The reuniting two cases not connected with the Lesitant (one at Glasgow and one at Liverpool) are trifling charges of petty annoyances not worthy in themselves of serious discussion. One of the (an allegation that offensive missiles were thrown in Liverpoot in December 1914, at German passengers returning from the Cameroon) hits, however, alresuji com duty in the neutraj Press. It is enough to ob- serve as to this story that the pastor of the Gerian church at Liverpool who met and accompanied the German party on their journey through that city informed are presentative of the Liverpool Eren, that be know nothing of the incident.

THE SECOND GROUP OF CAMER

The view taken of these occurrences by the authorities may be illustrated by the remarks made at the North London Police Court [Be Hacknew and· Kingsland Garetle, 14th May, 1815, p. 1 by the ngin trate before who soren 20 of the interneeted with the Luftain rioting. It is.

The second group consists of th case con wore charge. He said: Your are nat farthering the interests of your country Alleged that in one case a murder was cons by behaving in this way. It is not patriotitted, but in only two other caves is it inn. It is the very opposite. In one way of sufficient seriousness to need removal suggested that the injuries received wors or naother it must be put a stop te."

Shanghai, is at present serving in command Capt. A F Valentini, formerly of of His Majesty's Fleet Messenger, ju the Mediterraneau and whilst in this vessel holds a temporary commission in the RNR. The 181 has been chased twice by hostile submarine, mud show him p but has managed so clean pair of heels, far to crade

27th April, the following N.C.O, and men will parade, at 8.45 nm for picquet duty :---Acting-Corporal A J. J. Martin Bobr M. Railbon Guaners CH. Railton, Farmer god Rosker.

PARADES, 3-Parades for Saturday, 29th instant:

7 am. Signalling Scotion, “A” and "B" Classes Practico at Head quarters. 2.30 p.m. One N.C.O. and 4 gunner of Artillery Battery at Headquar ters, as detailed in Corps-Order" No, 4. dated 276k April 1910,

The death has occurred, from wounds received in Franes, of 2nd-Licut. Archi- bald Alexander Macdonald, of the Cameron. Highlanders. Lieutenant Macdonald was a Shanghai boy and was for two years Hon. Secretary and Treasurer of the later. Recreation Club, an excellent bowler, and On national Swimming Club, a member of the a keen footballer. He was wounded at the great battle of Lops and was laid up in consequence for two months. He returned to the trenches, however, on March 7th; only to be struck down a cond time. Mr. Macdonald was about twenty-five years of age and for five years held the post of assistant clerk in H. M. Supreme Court for China.

STRIKE AT HARROW, CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTOR

MASTER RESIGNS.

the

the same days as this week. "xcopt Scants Co., who will parade as fol lows:

PARADES FOR NEXT WEEK..

Monday 1st May 5.30 p.m. No, 2. Section, Squad drill, etc., at Headquarters. Wednesday, 3rd May, 5.30 p.m.-No. 3 Sea Lion, Squad drill, etc. at Headquar Thursday, 4th May, 5.30 p.-No. 4 Seo tion. Squad drill, ele, at Headquar

ters.

·ters...

Friday 5th May, 5:30 pm-No 1 800- tion. Squad drill. eta, a Headquar terse

Dress: Drill order,

DETAIL.

4-On duty to-night: Souls Company, On duty tomorrow night: Scouts Co Orderly Officer: Lieut, Rew

A. F. CHURCHILL, Capt

Adjutant, I.K.T.O

VOLUNTEER RESERVES.

DETAIL,

School, who had a conscientious objection A strike among the boys of Harrow to being taught by Mr. G. A. Sutherland, who in turn, has a conscientious objection to performing any kind of military service, end- ed with the resignation of master. Mr. Sutherland, who teaches mathematics and physics, applied at the local tribunal for ORDE exemption from military service on conscien- ORDER BY MAJOR WAKEMIN, 0... H.K.V.B. tious grounds. He stated that he objected to joining the R.A.M.C. because its main p pose was to keep the maximum number of men in the firing line. The boys heantext day for the first time of these views and steps were taken to organise a protest. When Mr. Sutherland, who takes the "Army class" in mathematics, met Lis Arst for things were very unsettled. A note pinned on his desk rend: "The man who takes this class is a "funk, and several boys arrived with quill pens made of big white feathers.

A form of older boys who were due to take. lesson in the afternoon "cut" it in a body which they stated that "the boys of Harrow, anti-sent a protest: to the headmaster, in one of the leading public schools, object to who objects to going into the RA.M.C." being prepared for the Army by a master This protest was signed by the Army leading boys of the school: class," by all the monitors and by the thirty

A

The first afternoon class was a blank.

On duty till the morning of Friday, 5th

May H.K.V.C. Noxt for duty: A Co. H.K.V.R. Orderly Officer: Lieut. Thorabill FARADES FOR THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAYA 6TH MAY, Monday, 1st May

Recruits on the Cricket Ground under drill instructor Sergeant Oxberry, at 5.15 p. Dress: "Dril order, Machine Gun Section at Wellington-

Barracks under Lieu Thornhill 5.30 p.m. Dress :--Drill-order, Mounted Section on the Polo Ground, at 6.30 p.m. under Sergeant G. & Moxon, Uniform to be worn, N.C.O clans of instruction 021

Cricket Ground, at 6 pts. Dress Clean fatigue.

2nd May

the

Tur Co on the rond outside the Law.

14

order..

at 5.15 p., Dress: Drill

later class for younger boys was attenderi, but there was much "ragging," and at the end the boys refused to "cap the master Wednesday 3rd May:- according to custous.

Mr. Sutherland, who was a temporary master engaged last December, trudered his resignation to the headmaster.

HONGKONG POLICE RESERVE.

-SECTION PARADES,

Popular manifestations of this kind, as to a hospital. The case of the supposed At 8.4 p.. sharp at Central (C), St.

views of evidence when it is desired to dis murder is an interesting study in German credit & hostile country.

Joseph's College (J), or Water-rotice (W..) Daitora caps and covers. Monday, sy 1st. Sections 9 and 10 at

The Crown Colonies and Compaisers cannot wholly be left out of account by the and told the depenent in the presence of I Wednesday, May 3rd.-Sections & and. 6 :

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FORTHCOMING EVENTS.

TO-DAY

the German Emperor intimated to the Bri- tish Ambassador when the Berlin ban the outbreak of war attacked the British Embassy in Berlin, are indications of the

A wan described as Dr. Edgar Engel feelings of the people og to the action of (he was in fact a doctor's assistant and not the foreign Power which has provoked a medical practitioner) reports that a baker Tuesday, May 2nd-Section 1 at C., Sec- thom, and deplorable though they may be,

tion 9 at W.P. was brought into the German Hospital. authors of the policy which was exemplified the crowd had broken into his (the baker's) J., Section 3 and 4 at C.

one Stahl, described as an interpreter, that Thursday, May 4th-Sections 7 and 8 at in the sinking of the Lusitania,

The 26 ense produced by the German shop iu Dalston, wounded him in the arm, Government turn dat upon investigation to dragged his wife about by the hair of her Friday, May 5th-Sections 11 and 12 at

head, and killed his child with afford no basis for the whole fabric-knife. The name of the baker is not given Company Commanders are ordered to attend tions which have been founded upon them.

and supervise the parade of their re- spective Sections,

DETAILS OF THE CHALLOĖS,

They fall naturally into two groups of 11 cases prior in date to the sinking of the Lusitania and the other of 15 cases connected with that event. Of the group unconnected with the Lusitania one is a complaint that a German boy at school was once hit by one of the other children and cate home with a black eye. An event of this kind, one which occurs at every school in times of praee, is ton trivial for serious answer, but it is worth mentioning as a indication of the state of mind of those who launch indiettent against the Brita

bread.

0.

C..

Equipment officers are similarly ordered. to attend those and all future Section parades until satisfied that their men are properly fitted with complete sumer uniform,

ERCTIONS 1 AND 13.

Station in Uniform with Helmets as follows:-

Saturday, April 9th-9.30 p.. Tuesday, May 2nd--5.30 p., Friday, May 5th-5.30 pan

Hoy the location of his shop. On 2nquiry at the German Hospital it appears that Engel was a patient at the hospita in April and May, 1913, suffering from mor. Phinism and neurasthenin. Stab was not an interpreter, but a patient, who died in November, 1916. No case of woundin was of the German Hospital. The incident of a Them Section will parade at Central treated in May, 1915, in the in-department

hair sets to relate to an tack side on wanan said to have been dragged by the

the tale of the murder of the chid, no such. the wife of a British subject, while as 40. incident was ever reported to the police or to the local Press, no inquest was over held, count. The first is the statens of a credible that a civilized Government should

Five other cases of the earlier group Before the war it would not have been All

and the whole saty is dere invention. unconnected with the Lusthtain call for servant who alleges that she was assaulted be ready to sccept second-hand hearsay by her employer and struck in the regionvidence without any particulars of date or of the heart so that she fainted. On in as sufficient to provs a charge of quiry it appears that the woman was dis- this gravity. missed by her employer for striking fellow-servant on the head with a glass bottle. She subsequently made an appeal to her employer to be taken back to her service in, which she professes her sorrow for all that had happened,

penole.

The second is a case, specially insisted upon by the Germer Government, where a woman named Anar Mücke has made an Noo-Hongkong Jockey Club, Hall-Yearly affidavit complaining that she and her

Mesting.

Tuesday, 2nd May-

10 am.Anotion of Old Sarplus Naval kad Victualling Stores at H.M. Naval Tari, Hongkong, and Kowloon Depot, by Messrs. Hagles & Hough. ⠀

Wednesday, 3rd May -

10 am-Auction of Old Surplus Naval and Victualling Stores at F.M. Naval Yard, Hongkong, and Kowloon Depot, by Mess Hughes & Hough, Noon-Canton Insurance Office, Ltd., Meot-

Without going into details of the other stories it may be observed generally that it is admitted in four cases by the Germans that the poles gave protection and assist- ance to German women, and the 107 in

atten

ROUTE MARCH

ranks and units will parads at the Queen's Statue, Chater Road, at na sharp on Friday, May 5th, Uni- form with Helmets. Sections 11 and

12 will also attend,

UNIFORM REGULATIONS.

Block Boots (not shoes) must be worn by all P.-es, in uniform. White Boots must be worn by all Sergeants and Senior ranks.

Meninge in-joy-riding

of all ranks are forbidden to when in Police Uniform."

F. C. JENKIN,

D.S.P. (R.)-

Recruits our the Cricket Ground under drill instructor Sergt Oxberry at 6-16 pm Dress; Drill order. Signning Section at Volunteer Head quarter, as 5.15 p.m. Uniform to ba

worn, N.CO.

clash of instruction on the Cricket Ground at 6 p.. Dress: Clean fatigue.

Thursday, 4th May:-

Recruits on the Cricket Ground under drill instructor Sergt. Oxberry at 5-15 p.m. Dres: Drill order, Machine Gan Section as Wellington Barracks under Lical, Thornhill at 5.30 pm Dress: Brill order. Mounted Section on the Palo Ground at 5.20 p.m. under Sergt. G. C Friday, 6th May:

Moxon, Uniform to be worn.

"B" Co. Kowloon Dock and Taikoo

Sections on the Polo..Ground at 5.30) p. remainder, on the rond outside The Law Courts at 3.15 p.. Drous: Drill order.

Signalling Section at Volunteer Head- quarters at 6.15 p. Uniform to be

worn,

Saturday, 8th May,

BIGNALLING SECTION-FIELD EXERCISES.

The Signaling Section will parade for field exercises on Sunday, 30th April, in the Cricket Ground at 8.30 am. Kowloon residents will fall in at Old Kowloon City rier at 9.15- Uniform; topees to be worn

Dres

Morse

flags and message forms to be carried. Field glasses will be carried,

DEVERSION,

Lo-Cpl. HA. Nisher and Le Cpl. R. P. Timur Beld revers to the ranks at their own request,

APPOINTMENT.

Pte. K. R. Macaskill is temporacity appointed Lance-Sergeant daring his absence ou leave,

PRESS,

On, and after Monday 18 May. Topees. will be worn throughout the day and 'on all parades until further notice.

G. K. H. BRUTION, Capt.,. Adjutant, H.K.V.R.

WAR NEWS.

ITALIAN REPRISALS.

juric-ready-meationed as received by the Metropolitan Police in the execution of their duty are the last evidence as to the part which they took during the riots. In one case, that of Kuhn, where a Ger- husband were detained in prison for three anan and woman complained to the months and treated like criminals. The police of an assault by a known individual, facts are that this woman and her husband the police inspector was keenly desirous to were criminals who were sentenced at secure the punishment of the assailant and Labeth Police Court on October 25, 1914. strongly advised the tann to take the neces to three months hard labour for keeping sary steps in that direction. The police a brothel, and were expelled from the coun- were anxious to make an example of the tay at the end of their sentence as undesir assailant and offered to arrest him, but the nian tddressed a petition to the Homeis one of the orses to which overenent. ables. During her Juprisonment the wo-German refused to take procedings on Secretary asking that she might be allowed tion is drawn by the Gerwan to remain a little longer in England after More convincing, however, than any de- the termination of her sentence to arrange tailed examination of the particular in her affaire, but making no mention of the stances brought forward by the German alleged shortage of milk in prison, which Government are the brand facts, first, that is one of the grievances specially insisted although some 1000 men, women, and upon in her affidavit.

children have returned to Germany and Austria-the sctual cases of alleged ill utage deposed to are

more than 28 in number; and second, that over 18:400 Ger nars and Austrian, en over ualiter many Instances only with the greatest age, and women, applied to the Home reluctance and after repeated entreaties to Secretary in May, June, and July, 1916 the British authorities not to be obliged buy clothes; wear your old ones* (holding to be allowed to remain in the United to return from British to Gorman sur- up the edge of the sleeve of his own coat). Kingius. In over 15.200 cases these rroundings. Except for special reasons, Look at that wear your old clothes, and circumstances, were granted, and those German women have beva detained in the quite sure you couldn't tell me how old my quests, after careful examination of the such as suspicions of espionage, etc., no don't be ashamed to, in war time. I am

whose requests were refused departed in United Kingdom against their will. coat is.

LORD SELBORNE ON LORD DERBY,

The Italian Government, which in June. Selborne said farmers had got into a state of fiscation of enemy yessels by way of reprisal To a deputation of Midland farmers Lord tast issued a decree providing for the con- panic by paying more attention to Lord should the enemy hominid undefended towns Derby and local tribunals than to himself or destroy unarmed merchantmen, hat now and the Board of Agriculture. The difference extended this decree to cases where the enemy between his position and that of. Lord

destroys merchantmen armed for defence. was that while he himself was a member of the Government and spoke on behalf of the Government, Lord Derby great as was his influence and great as was the work ho had accoinplished-frequently spoke for himself, It was the duty of farmers to utilise every

ofl land for the production of food.

Sug of Shareholders. 13.15 pm-Canton Insurance Office, Ltd, The third case is-that-of-a-well-dressed

Extraordinary General Meeting.

German man, aged between 5 and 30, who Thursday, 4th May ---

la said to have been trampled to death in Piccadilly by a crowd who were engaged pm-Anction of Veleable Leasehold Pro in stopping the traffic and assaulting with parties at his Auction Rooms, by Mr. Geo, sticks persons returning from theatres who F. Lammert.

were suspected of being Gormans. The Friday, 5th May:-

whols of this incident is purely imaginary. Noon-China Traders Insurance Co., Ltd, and no German or any other person was

No such crowds gathered in Piccadili Extraordinary General Meeting,

trampled to death or otherwise killed by

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JUDGES OLD CLOTHES

A lesson in war-time economy was given by Judge Cluen in Shoreditch, Lindon County Court, when James Mace, a relative of Jem Mace, the boxer, applied for payment out of £10 standing to his credit for compene sation, to buy clothes."

Judge Cluer However are you going to spend £10 on clothes? Are you aware that one of the principal war don'ts is "Don't