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́NATIONAL SHIPS AND NATIONAL SUPPLIES,

SOME STRIKING SUGGESTIONS FUE THE GOVERNMENT..

[ LEO CHIOZZA VONKY, P.]*

GERMAN NERVOUSNESS.

EXHORTATIONS TO REMAIN CALM,

The German Press contains many articles intended to reassure the pation, and imploring people to maintain internal unity, lest domestic dissensions durourage the men at the front. In spite of the assurances of unshakable confidence contained in these articles, it is evident to any discerning rye (says The Times Afler this article. was written, the White Star Line modestly annonunced a correspondent at Amsterdam) that only bear's, was profit of avarly £2,000,000, recognition of the discouragement caused by the Allied offensive could have pro- after providing for excess profits tax.

duced this machine made wave of cx What follows does not deal in particu hortation. One newspaper says that Ger- Ike with dipping profits, but, as I need many has her teeth so deep into Verdun hardly print out, the grave scandal of that she cannot get that out. The Ko the shipping extortions, which are wrungische Volkszeitung contains an article masses of the people, and which by its correspondent on the Western from the cording to their poverty, front, dated July 13th, describing the would and with the adoption of a first days of the Allies' offensive as break- Tational shipping policy. And it is ing itself vainly against German resist *JES CA The writer gives no details, but more than high time it was brought to

proceeds: -- At Chis.

The prospective loss of insular security. and its rapid transformation into in- sular danger may well give pause to the must thinking. We are just beginning to real how cheap was the naval supremacy which is now threatened ow ing to the development of werial and underåck navigation.

The peculiar and outstanding import aner of the subject is accentuated by the

scene in British naval supremacy, ser ing to ategrate the widely-separated Daminions which contain some 450 mil- lions of peuple. That which strikes at the heart of the Empire stikes at the Kapire itsgif.

THE HONGKONG DAILY FRESS, TUESDAY, AUGUST 22xD, 1916,

THE BRITISH CAVALRY

IN ACTION..

THE RECENT CHARGE OF THE DRAGOON GUARDS AND DECCAN HORSE

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HOW THE ALLIES STAND.

THE TURN OF THE TIDE.

[BY LOVAT PRASEIL }

The Allies are now in a position more favourable than they have ever known since the battle of the Marne,

prove to be the third great land. mark, though it is still in its early stages. Issues, of tremendous magnitude haug upon it. upon

The Marne is still the greatest land- mark of the war, because when General Joffre and Lord French turned and It was at about 6 o'clock in the evening struck, they wrecked the original German that some British cavalry came action. They were the men whom I had plan of campaign. The second great been on my way up to the battlefied, a landmark is. perhaps, the gradual stop- page of the German eastern advance. small detachment of the Dragoon Guards

which died away last autumn amid the and also of the Deccan Horse.

swamps and woods of Russia. worked forward with our infantry on a

There is reason to hope that the Allied stretch of country between Bazentinoffensive on the Ancre and the Souma Wand and Delville Wood, rising up to High Wood (Foureaux Wood), and then role un alone in recompuissance, in true cavalry formation, with the commander in a thousand in the rear. Lord! Not one in a would have believed it possibile to see this again, Notwithstanding that the buttle was

When they passed, the in- very severe for the enemy attacked infantry went a little mad, and cheered very great superiority and the individual wildly and joyously, as though these men

were riding on a road of triumph. Englishman is a brave and resolate man

our relatively weak infantry has per- So they rode on into open country? formed superhuman deeds and inflicted skirting Delville Wood. Presently a loss on the enemy which he will remen-machine-gun epened fire upon them. It As is natural in a brave was in a cornfield, with German infan- army, British losses in officers are also try, and the officer in command gave the very great, but some educated ones who word to his men to ride through the The Dragoons put their lances are able to form an idea of the war said enemy.

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They killed several men, and then turned and rode back, and charged again, among scattered groups of German infantry Some of them prepared to withstand the charge, with fixed bayonets. Others were panic-stricken and run forward crying Pity Pity and clung to the saddles and sirrup leathers of the Dragoon Guards. Though on a small seale, it was a cavalry action of the old style, the first. on the Western front since October of the first year of the war.

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For the first time the Germanie Power are everywhere on the defensive, save at Verdun, Another week or two should ta soiue extent settle the problem of Verdu We ought to know by then whether the Germans can continue their formidable attacks on the banks of the Meuse; or whether they will face the dreadful alter native of telling their people that their huge sacrifices before Verdun have been in vain,

"They thought that at Verdun they had drained France of her life-blood but entered its twenty-first week, what do we see France is so far from being pro- strate that by a combination of good fortune and skilful guerakhip she has very nearly burst through the German front at Peronne Only & this outer shell is left, though the Germans recog- nise their danger and are massing tronix against General Foch.

UNHAPPY THIN FOLKS.

joumal trote to the editor, asking why One of readers of a popular health she was peevish, blue and discontented, and his answer will interest all thin people.

My dear reader," he said, "when you write that you are thin and do not weigh what you should, you have given ne the real cause of your unhappy feel. ings. If you only had a roserve of tat this would give a quieting and reassuring influence to the vital forces, and you would then be happy, contented and optimistic.

Then, too, you realize that the pro- per distribution of fat on the body and its makes all the difference between buty and ag

As a liberal allowance of fal is one of nature's wise precaution to enable us to bear some of the trials of life, you should do all in your power to get fat.

I know nothing so valuable to make people fat as a preparation of Sargol, prepared by The Sargol Co. of England.

From the standpoint of health, fot is essential, as it has great value as a reserve force, and saves the other tissues from destruction. So, by all means try to get fat.'

fact that while it concerns the United that cannot hinder is from making down and rode straight into the wheat. after the greatest battle in history has beauty and agliness, and you envy your Kingdoms primarily it is realy a matter ever-renewed attempts to vanquish the which goes to the root of Imperial inte-Germans," for the hopes of their whole Krity. The British Empire has continued country are bound up with this thought. to live by virtue of sen power the seas, Serious as every German became in spirit when we learnt that the armed millions of the Entente were rushing oa us in storm-attack on well fronts, that the Russians sought to overwhelm the wonk places on our East front with their inasses, that the Austrians had retired in Italy, ant that the Auglo-French flood It has en represented to me that in previous articles I hardly gave enough swelled up against us in the West, the weight to the consideration that science West, the course of events has hitherta may proside such effective means of de.shown that in, this greatest, most mighty fence against aerial and submarine at moment of the great war our enemies plans have been brought to naught by tack as to restore our old security.

I am not unmindful of this considerate stedfastness, joyful self-sacrifice, and conscious strength of our nation in arms, tion, but I am afraid it is true that in They fell on as simultaneously in order the lure of the case I/wers of attack that we should not throw our troops like will develop more quickly than powers of shuttly on threatened points-now East, dafence in the case of under water craft. That being so, we must, at any rate until such time as defence is made thoroughly, effectiv, prepare against the worst, be cause the worst is a contingency must

terrible.

West. Things have gone all right without that. Imperishable is the

reisin of these great days.

It is muticeable that the German Press gives very few details of the fighting on the Western front, and publishes as little as possible of the Allies' communi qués,

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THE WAITING HOUSEREN,

With 32 prisoners' our slowly still reconnoitring the open coun try on the skirt of Delville Wood, until

As they did so they came again under machine-gun fire an and drew back. aeroplane came overhead, skimming very The cavalry turned in their saddles low, at no more than 300ft, above ground.'

ing that it was a hostile machine. But stare at it for a moment or two, belie

bullets came their way, and in another moment it stooped over the German ing fantry concealed in the wheat and fired at them with a machine gun. Four tiges it circled and stouped and fred, creating another panic among the enemy, and then it flow off, leaving the cavalry full of admiration for this daring feat. They could ride no further, owing to the na So it is with margarine. We could ture of the ground, and that night they make it here, but in any case the vasen dug themselves in. German guas search- tial thing, the fat, must be brought into ed in vain for them, and the cavalry to the country.

So, also, if all our woollen and worst-night is full of pride, for their day may

come again. stuffs were made at home we should still be dependent upon overseas supplies for the wool out of which they are made, the utmost possibility of producing woul in this country being, of course, small. Sir John, Jellieve, provided with supe Indeed, the more closely our position rior naval powers, lacks the air scouts of dy examird, the more we are struck by the Gersian admiral, I am not sure if it the fact that nearly all our wealth and to the is true also of aeroplanes that we are beindustry is based upon hind the swiftly moving times. If neces-world's supplies of materials seaborne

ary, millions should be spent upon ex-materials.. perimental work in a matter which is so- vital to us all.

SIEGE STORES NECESSARY, Whatever the devlopments of the future, we are at pressat behind in the develop anents of aerial and submarine vessels. As to the glorified dirigible balloons of which the Zeppelin is a type, we are no where, and we have the humiliation of Knowing that the nferior German Hest, ailed by the Zeppelins at which we scoffed ed can cross the North Son with impu nity and bombard a pleasant watering place where many of us have enjoyed holiday.

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IN THEIR DE GEDER.

I urge that it is the immediate duty of the nation to begin at once to consider these things in relation to the new condi- tions of warfare. I assert that in these conditions the nation cannot safely allow the ships upon which we are dependent for cornmadities to remain in private hands and to be rua for private profit. In the new circumstances I urge that our over-sea shipping broomes the first national concern.

is There no longer any doubt that the Austro-Hungarians have for the time being come badly to grief. They have tried to invade the Italian plains and have failed. We must not expect to see General Cadorna retaliate with a long advance in the Trentino, for his purpose there is defensive. His task on his north- ern front has been to prevent an invasion of Italy, and with the tinely help of Russia he has done so,

In Galicia the position of the Austrians The

is becoming increasingly perilous. Bank of their line on the River Strypu. Russians are working round the right The Austrians hold on doggedly, doubt- less because they know that if they fall back the mass of Austro-German troops farther north before Kovel will he instantly affected. Yet there is every indication ofan impending Austrian retreat in Galicia; and in the withdrawal. begins it will not stop at Lemberg, In Tussian territory, far along the eastern front from Korel to Dvinsk, the Russians are now attacking everywhere. The line fluctuates daily, sometimes they driven back by counter-attacks, but the

net result of the new Russian operations 18 so far favourable.

The scene all dirough the afternoon behind the battle lines and down in little

What of the British share in this great villeges beyond the reach of guns will atay in my mind as historic pictures. co-ordinated enterprise intended to bring Numbers of wounded men with a very pressure to bear on the Austro-Germans. high proportion of lightly wounded at all point? The noble valeur of our among them-arrived at the seasalt soops on the Anere and the Somme has clearing stations and, while they waited been described by many pens and has their inru for the doctors and nurses, lay thrilled the nation with pride, though about the grass, fingering their souvenirs thousands of hommes are plunged in sor- watches, shell fuses, helmets, pocket-row. My purpose here is more impas- books, German letters, and all manner sive. of trophies and telling their adventures in that wild battle of the night.

They seemed to have no sense of pain,

broken arms and head wounds and and not one man groaned, in spite of bayonet thrusts. Every dialect of Eng land and Scotland and Ireland could be heard among them.

There were men

What have we gained How far have we helped forward in the last ten days It is in view of thes considerations

the mighty task of beating Germany It that I urge most strongly that unless and

not met with equal success at all points, until air defen e and under-water defence

may be fairly said that if our attack has we have at least made substantial pro- are: absolutely secured and they may

gress. Our losses are not heavier than never be absolutely secured we must

was experted by every thoughful man proceed to safeguard ourselves against ORY new insecurity. We shall live in

from many battalions, and as they lay who looked the facts in the face. We have always known that when we attack the future under new conditions. What was

there talking or smoking or sleeping in

German lines the process is costly. We our good fuck is becoming nur bad luck.

the sunlight, other processions came down in straggling columns, limping and hold are moving against powerful positions in Lat is face it fairly and squarely.

ing on to comrades, hobbling with sticks, difficult country but the scene of the As long as peace reigns and, happily,

We must own and control in the pub-peering through blood stained rags, tired offensive was well chosen, for the posi there still exists, the hope that the war may, and in a league of nations of the flic interest the means by which alone we and worn and weak, but with a spirit initions are not so strong, nor is the terrain so trying as in the mining country far- Old and New Worlds which will end the can feed ourselves and maintain ear in them that was marvellous,

ther north. The Germans knew where not majer alarms of war altogether the Bri-dustries. Already we have been driven

we were going to attack--though ich Isles with their splendid ports, their to a partial control by a Committer, but magnificent geographical position, and that is not enough.

Half measures will not suit the condi their fine atores of good coal close to the sra, with no part of their territory dis-tions of the future. In these conditions tant more than about 100 miles from tide it would be as reasonable to have a Royal water, form, as we shall do well never Navy owned by private shipowners and to forget, what is probably the best partly controlled by a Committee as it would be to treat the mercantile marine natural workshop in the world.

in euch fashion.

M. VENIZELOS' ELECTION PROGRAMME.

QUESTION FOR GREECE.

any

M. Venizelos organ, the Kirya, 5979 the Liberal Party does not propose to ask If however, good and lasting peace does

Properly ordered transport becomes the electors to choose between not come, and if also the aerial and sub- marine dangers remain in the ascendant, the first condition of national existence.pulitical figurehead and M. Venizelos, or I believe that without waiting for fur between war and peace. The nation we can in peace store and make such sup

We have already knows that . Venizelus is not mad and plies as will enable us in war to smile ther developments at siege. As things are we should be help. arrived at a position in which we ought that he is not trying to become King; nor is King Constantine so much under less if cut off from external supplies for not to lasitate to act. Our ships are our

few months. We can never ren-life and the distinction between the Royal the influence of evil counsellors as to be on the point of abdicating in order to der ourselves independent of oversea Navy and the mercantile marine is alto

become the leader of the anti-Venizelist supplies. It is therefore necesary to store gether a false one.

party. éversen aupplies in sufficient quantity to make eveu a siege of years of no avail to

possible enemy.

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Yet because the strength and persis- tence of their simultaneous attack were not expected by the for, the French have done big things quickly south of the Somme. Their swift advance to the low heights a couple of miles from Péronne ise.of the surprises of the war, and is at present the feature of the joint offensive which is richest in promise. The nation, may prefer King CoratanThey have told us themselves, and I I, or any other man who knows the contine to any other Sovereign, but it is also understand their statement is entirely ditions of our trade, could take a shoet free to prefer M. Venizelos to any other accurate, that beyond Peroune lies open of paper and in an hour make a list, in politician as head of the Government. country. In other words, they could how through that last couple. of miles their due order of importance, of the Tho nation, ton, knows that there is no

and take the town they would have tra things as to which we ought to secure politician who would prefer war, so long versed all the German defences at this ourselves in amply-stored supplies. as there remains any chance of peace point. There are no field works behind Many of these things are not being without prejudice to the interests of the Péronne, it is said brought in as they ought to be, even country; and that, further, no conscien-

The last two miles are likely to be a while the ordinary conditions of trade tious statesman would sacrifice these in-troublesome business. Just south of are giving us many things which we do terests to a temporary peace which would Péronne there are road, a railway, the not need at all. The incoming ships are render war inevitable at a moment that river, and a broad strip of marsh to be still bringing redundances, even while might be little favourable for Greece. crossed. Could these be traversed, the ren who know are worrying themselves The question which the electorate will dream of many months might be realised; about esentials. It is a position which have to answer is the constitutional one, but they must be won soon, and with the ought not to be allowed longer to obtain. whether the Crown has the right to select Germans piling up their reinforcements We must awaken to the new conditions as its counsellurs persons politically there is little prospect that the speed of under which we have got to live.

agrecable to it, or whether it is bound to the first attacks of our Allies can be Of this $769,000,000 worth of stuff

I have already commented upon the accept the responsible advisers designated maintained Consequently we must not £199,000,000 worth was re-exported in the hope of the reign of universal peace by the will of the people.

build too many hopes upon an early merchant, trade so that £660,000,000 | which we may still dare to entertain. The electors will be asked to decide transformation of the character of the

and the Vosges, the war would not be worth was consumed in the United King: That, of course, would be the best solu- whether in great national issues the struggle.

As a nation, we are far too ready to over, nor nearly orer. Any peace con- tion of all such problems, but, unfor Crown has the right to vindicate personal It will be seen that by far the greater tunately, we have amongst us many mis-opinions and to impose these views by see in every advance of the Allies the cluded before Germany is well invaded part of the whole consisted of food and guided men who want to ride us of the successive dissolutions of the Chamber; peiding collapse of the for. All last would be no peace, but an armistice the materials of industry. Even of the possibility of as much as that glimmer and; again, whether the nation desires to week, while our offensive was still in its which would prove the prelude to a

initial stage, the old ridiculous belief whole series of wars item (c) a great deal consisted of metals of hope.

relapse into the régime of corruption that the war would soon be over waS

There is no prospect of an early Geř- | such as zinc or tin or lead or copper, of I refer to the men who, in the House favoured by the old parties, as represent- once more rife. Never has so much non-

man collapse. The Russians say that the which our own native mines give either of Commons and elsewhere, want to bringed by politicians like M. Gounaris. sense been talked on this subject as dur-Germans are fighting more desperately a trifling or an inadequate supply. about what they call a Peace, but which Finally, the Greek people will have ting the last few days. I have sketched than ever, and such is our own broad

(b) Raw materials and articles

mainly unmanufactured 1982 (c) Articles wholly ог mainly

manufactured. and miscet. laneous

dom.

Total

107

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It is true that the zine could be brought

in as are instead of as metal, and I earn-

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I should call a Truce. These misguided bear in mind that the sucess of the two here the position of the Allies in far more experience also. Wholesale German re- men forget that such a respite would sim-last wars in which Grecce was engaged hopeful terms than I have ever yet ven- treats in both the main theatres would estly hope that this will be the case in ply give Germany the power to prepare was uit mately due to the Protecting tured to adopt; yet if Péronne were not imply collapse at this stage, future, but the reader will not fail to see by air an by submarine au atack upon Powers; that without their aid the coun- taken to-morrow, if a great gap could would it mean willingness to accent our. that whether the stuff comes in as ore or these islands which science at its best try cannot contique to exist; and that be torn in the German front, if the Ger: terms. It will not be enough to beat the as metal, ships must bring it, and there might be unable to repel because of the Greece must incline towards the Entente mans by some miracle were forced to fall Germans. We have got to make them. fore it is affected by the shipping danger. consideratis of which I have spoken, Powers, who command the Mediter back on the line of Liege, the Ardennes, know that they are beaten, and that will

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