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WHY CAPT. FRYATT WAS MURDERED,

TO STOP GERMAN HOPES OF BRITISH MERCY.

UNSUNG HEROES,

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26TH, 1835.

AN OFFICER'S TRIBUTE,

• You must never suppose that the only deeds of heroism are those that get finto: despatches and win decorations, said wounded senior officer landed at Southampton recently; scores of thou sands of V.Cs have been earned by our fellows since July 1st.

**STICK-IT" ENGLISH,

GOOD OLD COUNTY TROOPS:

Why Captain Fryatt was murdered in such a hurry and who were chiefly sponsible is made cleur in an article in the chief Prussian Conservative paper the Aruer Zeitung, by Professor Krück mann Captain Fryatt was murdered

Take this last do, now, from Pozières, with the deliberate intention of exus perating British publie opinion and of the one I was knocked out in. I was enabling the Pan-Germans, annexation rather dazed at first. Then I heard the knocked over in a bit of a hollow. I was ists, and anti-Bethmannites to order given several times for our chaps England will never forgive us now to get back to the trench. I saw a big, we must fight her to the last drop of barly, dark chap with a queerly bent blood."

nowe, making back for our treach 1 In other words, Captain Fryett's was queer to see him striding back, in murder was a political crime, intended that jerky, hesitating sort of way, One reach was held, as I know, by Eng totheke once and for all the growing though a string were pulling him after hopes of many Germans that the fate of the Boches, but not strong enough to the bulk of the nation might possibly overcome the pressure the other way of I avoided by sacrificing the men really discipline responsible for the war. That such hopes.

He was just on the edgs of any hole have recently been entertained in some when he wang right round, facing the quarters is unquestionable. Professor Boches, and I saw what he saw, twenty Krückmann in the course of a long or thirty paces off. Two of our men were harangue says 7. Anyone who had taken down, wounded, and three Bocnes were the trouble to study the English charac-prodding at them with their bayonets, ler could not help saying when he re meaning to take them aong back, you suited the news of Fryaft's execution, see, as prisoners. The poor devite strug- Now we have burned our boats. This gled up to their feet and fol again news is important not because it satisfies They'd nothing in their hands. The our list for revenge, but because we now Boches were velling at them to get on, know that whether we like it or not we and is one fell again a Boches kicked him

on the side of the head, have got to wade through the swamp.

GERMANY'S FORMER TRADE

WITH ALLIES.

SOME TELLING FIGURES.

In a discussion of the ban which tho

[FROM W BRACJI THOMAS }; Again both ends of our fincs—indeed, the extreme ends have been pushed for ward in the face of artillery fre of high density Up and down our trenches or intente Allies propose to put on German along imaginary lines of approach the trade, a writer in the New York Timer 42 and 5.0 shells-shrapnel following fanalist points out the opportunity close on high explosives—have shifted to- and fro with the restless constancy of a which such a ban would open for the ex- swarn of gnats under a hedgerow You tension of the foreign commerce of the the incubits, but some troops seem almost the chances afforded to American pro- would think nothing would live under United States. Equally important with to flourish under it. these columns of cloud by day rise be the openings which would be made in Over the Pozieres area I had watched exports from Germany to the Allies would ducera and merchants by a censation of

and -arise with sickening iteration the opposite direction by the stoppage of from the neighbourhood of our trenches. German baying in enemy countries for it could not be expected that the fish troops fighting alongside Over-sca Teutonic Powers would continue to troops. I make no invidious compari-patronite markets which refused to tako sons between soldiers from different Teutonic products in exchange. Should parts of the Empire. They fight in dif. the Allies carry out their announced in- ferent ways. Their virtuca emerge intention, the whole trade will be thrown different forms. Their courage has into the melting-not." _The_writer different features that is all. In pusses proceeds i sion of courage all are at the top. The Germany's purchases from the Allies peculiar form of English courage is in 1913 were valued at $768,924,000, which chiefly shown, I think, in power to was considerably less than the value of

stick it app

her exports to them, but an average of the five years ended with 1812 shows a substantial balance in favour of the Allies. During that period her exports to the United Kingdom, Russia, France, and Italy averaged $630,047,000, while she took goods from those countries of an Kingdom, in particular, will stand to lose heavily by the disruption of trade able balance of well over 378,000,000 a year in her commerce with Germany, and in 1913 the balance reached $132,000,000. The figures of German imports for each of the five years and from each of the In the particular action of which Ications named were:---- write hero e deeds, though many, have less impressed themselves on the fighters memories than what I may call the idio matic ways and behaviour of the man.

*

The Sussex troops holding trenches in this quarter stuck it" for more than a week, not as an achievement in itself bat as a preparation für an attack. Their long endurance just tuned them up for the aggressive venture that was meditat Pression of what artillery fire is before means. No one will over know what this backing of good old English county obstinacy has done for the success of our

rutics. A

1 previously there was just, a pos- At that, my big chap with the twisted sibility of coming to some arrangement nose let out a rost like an angry ball.ed; and you must cultivate a vivid im-Average value of 8742,082,200. The United with England without completely de- You dirty Gerran swing no yelled, feasing her, that possibility has now and he mude one bolt of it for those you can understand what such patience relations, for she had an averago favour- vanished for ever. England will never Boclics, Mind, there were plenty of forgive us for Captain Frratt. Her bullets flying, and there wasn't sign of national pride has never been so injured, another man of ours about them on his and for the period of this war as well feet. Run! That fellow fairly hounded as for the suceding peace there is no "ver the brekin ground. The Boches ran, earthly possibility of reaching tolerable, and they yelled and screamed like [relations."

frightened women. One of them got clear away but my dark chap struck one through the back, and the other he just umped on, brought him down, and

sinashed him.NADA

been howled over, I thought. And I was sorry for that. But five minutes later the fire slackened again, and next thing 1 saw was my dark chap crawling past the side of my hole with one of those wounded men of ours on his back thought that was pretty good for him. But ten minutes later hanged if he didn't come striding past me again no crawling this time; walking at his full height, and with a regular swing, as if he'd been crossing & parade ground, instead of a ploughed-up No-Man's Land, with a

rapping fire falling all across ita:

TVE HAD ENOUGH,

Not so much of your mercy and *** said one! more of your come along." soldier to a trembling captive spo

A sergeant who had nothing but an empty Vérey-light pistol covered and cowed a German officer who held an auto matic pistol fully loaded. The two med met face to face in a German trench and looked at one another "it seemed for a minute before the German's pistol dropped and his hands went up, with the confession, made in perfect English:

-German Imports from United Kingdom. Russia. 19098173,553,000 8127,338,000 1910 133,984,000 232,784,000 1911 134,112,000 392,232,000 1912 202,224,000 360,606,000 1913 910,264,000 347,904,000 6-yr. av:102,830,400 352,190,100 ** German Imports from

France.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Italy: 1000 $110,424,000 309,028,000 1910 122,112,000 65,880,000 1911 125,856,000 68.362.000

· 1912 · ⠀⠀ 132,328,000.⠀⠀⠀73,104,000 1913 140,208,000 70,248,000 70,536,000 5 yr av. 127,425,600

The professor then explains that so far Irun in any way frightening England or of giving her a lesson, of which others vainly talk, Captain Fryatt's death will

CRAWL WITH WOCNDED PICK-A-BACK, only stel her nerves and increase her determination. Therefore, he argues,

“The fire got i a bit hotter, and I saw Germany must follow up this pin-prick no more of the tark chap. Must have Wherein no means of injuring England dare be mitted. Nobody who knew England could be in the slightest doubt that the sacoting of an English captain must produce & finni development of the War inte one of pitiless fighting to the bladiest of ends. By shooting Fryatt we Inve begun this new phase, and now

Friend, I've had enough." The ser- there is no taming back."

geant stuck the duel of looks the longer. REPARATION AS A CONDITION

Ferhaps if some of our English people had a little more idiomatic German they OF DIPLOMATIC INTERCOURSE.

might find it useful. We happened to have one officer on this occasion with an In the House of Commons last month, Mr Asquith, replying to Sir E. Carson, I plainly saw him get hold of that exceptional knowledge of German who said: The Government are of opinion other wounded man of ours and fix hin induced a large shell-holeful of the enemy that this winers would not tolerate the across his back; but then he went down to surrender by telling them when it sumption of diplomatic intercourse of hands and knees and started crawling would be safe for them to come out with. Gerniny after the war until right himself, but preferred to give the and much amused their captor, who had back, for the trench. You see, he'd go up. This they did at the due and dusky bour, paration had been made for the murder other fellow a better chance by crawling: taken big risks in exposing himself by of Captain Fryatt, and similar on though, mind you, it's not easy over punctiliously shaking hands with him rages. (Cheers) Some of our Aflies Bave suffired from-krytalities even more Bround like lay very low, party as they filed by that we could furnish a very large part

to escape fire, Partly because I didn't gross and on a more extended scale than want to attract that dark chap's atten- rancour of bitterness than these essenti There were never solliers less full of urselves from the action of German tion, or I felt he'd come out again formally English troops. The men areas authorities. We are in consultation and it was hardly to be expected he'd little intoxicated at victory as disturbed with them as to the best and must effer, get through three trips alive. tive steps to be taken, and as to what I felt sure that if I could just lie by suffering. All words of praise and tric should be exacted in the terms there and rest, a bit, I could manage to bigli admiration, all big words about of prace to secure reparation and satisfy get in all right on my own and I pre-heroism and patriotism, all thoughts of justice (Cheers.) "

mised myself I'd find out who this dark dramatic ecstasy fall to the ground be Mr. W Thorne-Are the Government chap with the twisted nose was and let for suen soldiers. They are just Eng- prepared to `inske a declaration that the his company commander know the stamp Tish; and the word will serve. It is not

easy perhaps to find a better. Kaiser Kilkera is wanted", for wilful of man he was.' amurder in regard to this particular caso? (Cheers.)

TIGRIS BLAME.

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on the medical arrangements and trans-writing to his mother in South Ken-bers of the Empire Parliamentary Assor COMING OF TITANIC STRUGGLE. port: in Mesopotamia is not to be made sington, describes a thrilling air fight public, Mr. Chamberlain stated recently which took place recently in France.

“ Therein lio serious possibilities for the United States, for many predict, not in the House of Conimons. He submitted

The Huns came out, as they generally that sing the Statutory Commission had do, in a squadron of six machines," he Mr. Joseph Devlin, M.P., welcoming fensive measures are teken American

without reason, that unless adequate d been appointed the report of the Vincent says. We had six ready for them, and the visitors, said the Dominions were manufacturers will have to fare severe Commission was sub judier An advance there was a tremendous amount of nan great because they were free and loyal competition at home. It is, of course, copy of the report which he had seen meneuvring for the best position. Suddenly As visitors to the centre of Imperial very unlikely that any attempt would be tioned certain officers by name as having one of their Fokkers swooped down on to authority, they would find that black made by producers in other countries to a grave responsibility in connection with one of our old defenceless patro planes, the state of affairs disclosed by the in which was flying very low, but the latter pots only existed where freedom was flood our markets with raw materials, for vestigation. For various reasons the performing the most extraordinary antics denied. When Ireland took her place with the handicap of freight against the Commission had been unable to examine in the air, managed to escape, although ong the freely governed nations of the they could hardly hope to successfully any of these officers, but mounwhile the the Hun chased our masi lowo with Empire no gem in the Imperial disdem compete with us in that respect. In the ARROW COLLARS officers mened had vacated their positions 300 feet of the British guns before giving would saiue more brilliantly cage of manufactured goods, however, a Sir James Carroll (New Zealand), said different aspect is presented. As soon as Sir Edward Curson Is the right hon. "The Hun then climbed and had risen we were on the threshold of great the war is over, the belligerent countries gentleman aware that there are still very to a fair height, when one of our fighters changes, which were going to do that for will undoubtedly strive not only to regain ansatisfactory reports coming from Meso dived at him and for ours which Ireland had striven The Irish their former position in international potania!

in aware missed and he dashed past the Hum, who cause must be considered in the great commerce, but to extend their foreign MF, Chamberlain :

am aware that gave chase. Our man zig-zagged for posi supreme court which would follow the trade as much as possible. It will be a everything is not yet satisfactory. All tion, but the German, who was blazing war. Our Empire required readjusting titanie struggle, with competition much can say is that the difficulties of transport away with his machine gun, seemed glued and rebuilding The Dominions had now keeper than it ever was in ante helles have not yet been wholly overcome and to the Briton's tail. All of a sudden reached manhood and must be partners days. With some of the old channels of cannot be wholly overcome for some little another of our fighters appeared he in a great Empire. Ireland would not posed economic war on Germany, efforts commerce blockaded by the Allies pro- time, but I believe matters have very seemed to nosedive from the very skies then be solitary, knocking at the door for must be directed to new fields The much improved.

He caught the Hun, was behind him and Homs Rule. She could never get it her United States, being the world's biggest then above him before the enemy could self. She needed federal company in market, and having a greater purchasing realise what was happening. The Hun LOYAL TO BRITISH RULE.

tried hard to escape and did a bank effecting what was justice, not only to power than any other country, is natural NATIVES GRATEFUL FOR DEFEAT towards his own lines, but our chap must roland, but to all other parts of the ly the most promising one for a com-

have hit hun, as he suddenly hovered and Empire.

morcial invasion. OF THE MAD MULLAH.

started volplaning slowly down. He Senator Keating (Australia) said that would have escaped into his own lines when the war was over the position of A letter has been received by the Anti but as he crossed our trenches a furious the Empire and the correlation of its Slavery and Aborigines Protection rifle fire broke out and suddenly he drop parts would have to be determined with Society from native headmen at Aden ex- ped like stone. Both our planes re a single objective that the Empire Tessing appreciation of the assistance of turned safely.

parate skinuld be able to perfect its own develop a British naval force in repelling a recent "So thrilling was the fight that the monts and stand supreme. hostile attack by the Mad Mullah artillery of both sides stopped firing All- When the Mad Mullah had captured the gunners in the neighbourhood and Lascoray and was about to kill off the all the supporting infantry got out of de inhabitants timely help came from a Bri- their shelters to watch. There was tish ship. In the words of the headmensilence save for the noise of the three members to the Empire. Parliamentary trained in industrial pursuits, that may The continuance of fire was most planes fighting, and when the Hun was Association delegates in Dublin last prove to be true even if large standing effective and so terrible that the brute brought down wild cheers broke out all month, Mr. Dillon, in welcoming the armies are still maintained. Under such Mad Mullah bad to run away from his along our line.

delegates, finished by coupling the names conditions, wages in the warring coun- fortified position, and we believe he will “When it was over both sides went back of Mr. Glynn and Sir James Carroll, of tries might fall very much. On the other *** hand, wages in this country are now Mr. Orchard (Australia)

⠀⠀ RETURN OF BOLDIERS TO CIVIL LIFE,

"The restoration of peace will be followed by the return of millions of taen to productive activity. It is not at all unlikely, in the event of a decisive vic fory, that a very much larger proportion of the population of the warring nation will be engaged in productive employment than was the case before the war. In- At a banquet given by the Nationalist Heed, with women being very generally

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no more try to come back to the place. and bombarded each other more furiously New Zealand AMANDA Wat in higher than ever before, and the tendency

Burely we have found in the com-ban ever, just to make up for lost time." mander saviour of our place and people, May God give him long life and pros perity to ophince such herole works

all gatherings of that kind in Australia is still decidedly upwards. While it is it was usual to honour the toast of the probable that the readjustment which is King, and he that had not been done that expected to follow the cessation of hostili- The knowledge that they can gat timely ions to the British rule and receive its night he could not remein. He then left ties may check that tendency it by no elp to save them from any trouble has boons. May God keep the British flag the room

ye means necessarily follows that there will created in the minds of the people, con- for ever over us; under its shelter, we Mr. Dillon

that it had been be a liquidation of labour in this country tinues the letter, "wonderful faith and are happy and thriving in content decided that there should be toasty. Experience has shown that labou- seldom loyalty in the Idealistic British Rule. Also, we wish the British and the The health of the King was, however, relinquishes an advantage once obtained, **** We til this opportunity of express- Allies, auccess and thorough riotery in honoured and God Save the King" and only depression of long duration ing that we are under the greatest obliga- the Great European fight for freedom and sung Mr. Orchard then returned to the would bring anything like a reduction

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