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WEATHER REPORT.

On the 27ed at Noon ---No returns from Japanese station

Wih few exceptions pressure has decreret slightly at all stations reporting; it remains bigheat over N. China and eudativśly Tów. over the south part of the China Sea.

2. Flest monicon will continue over the pa't coest of China, nád the north part of the China Bisw

Hongkong rainfall for 24 hours anding at 10 m, to-day, 0.00 Inch Total siune 1st January, 19.81 inches, against an average of 81.75 inches.

The forest for the 14 hours ending at noon to-day le un Rollowa zom

DISIBIOT

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FORECAST. IN.Ewinds, fresh; *fair to cloudy.

{NE... winds, strong. The "mme su No. 1

Formons Chisanal.

South Coast of China between Hongkong and Lamooka Boath Cast of Chius between, The mame 63

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Days of

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HONGKONG TIDE TABLE

From 24th to 30th November, 1916.

HIGH WATE

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Mean Time.

LOW WATES.

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746 8 1

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FORTHCOMING EVENTS.

Thursday, 30th Nor

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TEN MONTHS IN GERMANY, Germany, and who had beer in this corp. I

A MODEL CAMP.

FEAR OF REPRISALS BRINGING BETTER TREATMENT.

CHAPTER VII,

BY D. THOMAS CURTIN TO "THE TIMES"] Gotting at the tacta in Germans is these facts out of Germany when you almost as difficult a task se conveying

have got them.

Since the Germans began to find the war going against there, since, in parti- cular, the English and French made large captures of Frussing Guards and other corps d'elite soldiery, a number of really excellent camps have been arranged to which neutral visitors are taken,

A CLEAN WIGWAM,

He said: The little captain at Soltau wis & good fellow, and if I am with the force that relcases the prisoners there SIR J. ORICHTON BROWNE ON THE affer we get into Germany, I will do

RIGHT OF MAN. my best to se that he gets extra good treatment. M

town.

..

Had the millions consumed by the

Our inspection occupied six hours war in one year boen devoted to feeding, Halil Halid Boy, who talks English well housing, drainage, and smoke abatement and looks like an Irishman, was, I am we should have had, in a sanitary senso sure, na satisfied na. I was with what he new heaven and a new earth," said Sir 3. Crichton-Browno in his presidental saw. fectly clean dormitories. The men were and health. is well looked after in the neat and per-ciation at Cardiff. His subject was war The physical coafort of the prisoners address nt the Sanitary Inspectors Asso

There would have to be no relaxation packed rather closely, I thought, but not

of sanitary vigilance when the war was more than on boned ship..

One became almost dazed in passing over, he declared, for post-war periods through these miles of Luts, arranged in | had always proved seasons favourable to blocks like the streets of an American copious drops of infections disease.

We were not prepared for war; let us: We visited the hospital, which was as be prepared for peace. Soldiers in large Before describing a visit to one of these good as many civilian hospitala in other aumbers would before long be returning great towns of prisoners, for that is what countries. There I heard the first com home from infected arena, and prevu- they are, I should like to repeat my complaint, from a little red-headed. Irish- tions must be taken. Among the aceial vielion that now you have a balance of man, his voice wheezing with asthma, reconstructions that wero to follow the German prisoners here Germany will, for whose grievance was not against the war, from the sanitary point of view fear of reprisals treat your men better camp itself, but against a medical order the most vital part would be housing than in the past. This view is borne out which had reversed what he called his reform.

"We cannot, declared the speaker, article in the Frankfurter promise to be sent to Switzerland He

raised his voice without any fear, ás our "send back the brave men who have Zeitung quoted in The Times yesterday, le group accompanied by the Com- fought for us abroad into hovela - and dealing, as The Times says, in a tone of mandant and the interpreter, went dugouts and slums at home. We must unctuous self-satisfaction with the treat round, and I was allowed to speak to recognise the right of every civilised man ment by Germany of their almost two him freely. I am not a medical man, to a clean wigwam, and of every civilised. but I should think his was a case for family to a decent lodging, whether they

can afford to pay for it or not." release. His lungs were obviously in a

in да

million captives,

The world does not need reminders such as that of Wittenberg or of so singularly accurate narratives as several in Blackwood's Magasine to know what has happened to English prisoners in Germany

bad state.

We were also accompanied by an English sergeant, one 8nton-a magni- ficent type of that old Army of yours, of whom so inany are eating out their It is common knowledge throughoutings in Germany. He spoke freely and the German Empire that the most loath frankly about the arrangements, and had some tasks of the war in connection with every camp or enge are given to the complaint to make except the food English, Conversations that. I have had shortage and the quality of the food. here in London about your prisonera give me the impression that the British public dors nos cxaetly apprehend what prisoner stands for in German eyos.

THE DERLIN CARD INDEX.

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First, he is a hostage. If he be an officer his exact social valun is estimated 53943 by the authorities in Berlin, who have a complete card index of all their officer prisoners, showing what British families they belong and whether they Have social or political connections in England. Thus when someone in Eng land mistakenly, and before you had sufficient Germen prisoners in your hands, treated certain submarine maraud ers differently from other prisoners, the German Government speedily referred to this card-index, picked out a number of officers with connections in the House of Lords and House of Commons, and treated them as convicts,

Heather Day" for Beotch War Charitisa. Friday, 15th Dec

9.15 p.m.—“ Kismet " at City Hall

NAPIER JOHNSTONE'S

distinguished German families, and also with Royal and political infuerfor can get better terms for your officer prisoners by the application of urdinary common-sense in dealing with the German authorities,

PRISONERS' PARCELS.

It was elbow-room that was wanted. The two official remedies for alumdom were a living wage and extensive build- ing operations under the direction of, and, if need be, with the assistance of the State

But the living wage could not of itself eliminate the slum without the co-operation of the builder and the sanitary inspector, Three hundred thou sand good habitable cottages were, what- ed in the country immediately..

WARNEWS.

FALLING BIRTH RATE..

I paid particular attention to the Britial section of the camp, according to may instructions from Lord Northelife, 1 inquired about the parcels, and found that here, as elsewhere, parcele, if pro- perly packed in England and containing no unlawful ingredients, reached the

A recent issue of the llerliner Tageblate Prisoners with considerable regularity states that the population of Greater and untouched by the authorities.

Berlin and most of its miburbs continued. There is nothing of generosity in this to decrease during the month of July treatment. The Germans fear that if "The population at the beginning of they touch your parcels you will touch August was 1,784,184-that is, 6.837 less. theirs, and they also fully realize that The number of births also steadily de you are taking off their hands the burden creases. The number of births per 1,000 of supporting this large number of men. per year of the mean population is now The prisoners (probably indicate what eleven against fifteen in 1916 and eighteen they want in their replies to their donors in 1914. In 1913 the figure was nineteen, in England. I am sure of one thing and in 1912 twenty, while in 1810 it was that fatty substances are very necessary, twenty-one. Within six years the births The English section reminded one now in Berlin have thus decreased by 50 per and then of England. Portraits of cent. The death-rate has decreased, too,

HOW WAR LOAN 18 RAIBED.

Now that you have in your hands aEnglish wives, children, and sweethearts and now stands at twelve instead of four- CUFLE PALMER & CO's your were over the bede; there was no lack teen, as in 1810; but while this has fallen

gians play football practically every day per 1,000." of footballs, and the English and Bel-by two, the birth-rate has fallen by ten after the daily work of reclaiming the n fand, erecting new huts, making new roads, and looking after the farms and An interesting light on the methods market gardena has been accomplished.

adopted for raising the now German war An attempt has been made to raise loan is thrown by Forwarts in the follow- The other German view of the prisoner certain kinds of live stock, such as pigs, ing paragraph-Captain Müller, of is his cash value as a labourer. I invite poultry, and what we call in America the 3rd Reserve Battery of the 2nd, my readers

to realize the enormous Pelgian hares a large kind of rabbit. Bavarian Field Artillery in Würzburg, pecuniary worth of the two million There were a few pet dogs about one has lately been conducting & campaign prisoners slaves now reclaiming swamps, had been trained by a Belgian to perform for the wor loan among the men of his tilling the soil, building roads and rail-tricks equal to any of those displayed battery; promising a fortnight's leave to ways, and working in factoring for theirat American variety theatres.

everyone who subscribed M.10,000 The German task-maters.

Apparently there is no lack of amuse promise proved attractive, and by Sep- Some of your military writers leavement. I visited the cinematograph tember 27th M. 63,000 had been subscribed these prisoners out of their calculations theatre, and the operator asked, “What by the battery. when estimating Germany's man-power.would

You like to pop-something If you had two million prisoners you funny?? He showed us a rather would probably be able to release two familiar old film. The reels are those might, quite innocently, not only in million of your own people for military that have been passed out of service of England, but also in Scotland and Ire-

ervice,

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The most numerous body of prisoners the large theatre, which would bold, the tools of subtle German agents and in Germany are the Russians. They are should think, seven hundred to a thou writers. I have no doubt that your very, to be seen everywhere. They have greater sand people, there was a good acrobatic alert authorities at Scotland Yard know freedom than any other prisoners, and act and the performing dog, to which I more than I do of the English Depart- travel unguarded in many cases by rail have referred, with an orchestra of 25 ment of the German Foreign Office. Its or tramway to and from their work. If instruments, almost all prisoners, of direction of Berlin is in very capable they are not provided with good Russian course. Among the orchestra were a hands, which are supplemented by advice uniforms, in waich, of course, they woul couple of German Landsturmer, The given by Baron von Kuhlmann, who is not be able to escape, they are made guarding of the prisoners is effected by known to visit it whenever be makes one conspicuous by a wide stripe down the plenty of barbed wire and a comparative of his visits to Berlin, and who claima trouser or on the back. They are easy;ly smali number of oldish Landsturmer: in Holland, with bis customary boastful- docile, physically strong, and accustomed A special cruelty of the Germans to ness, to have the propaganda in England to a lower grade of food than any other wards the prisoners is the provision of a well in hand. The Reichstag statement prisoners, except the Serbs.

lying newspaper in French for the that 10 million pounds has been spent The English, of course, are much the Frenchmen, called the Gazette des Arden in newspaper and other bribery does not smallest number in Germany, but muches. The Garette des Ardennes publishes take into account the large sums raised the most highly prized for hate proevery imaginable kind of lie about the privately and in the United States. paganda purposes.

More dificult to manage," said one Unteroffizer to me, than the whole of the rest of our two million." It is, in- deed, a fact that your 30,000 prisoners, though the worst treated, are the gayest, most outspoken, and rebellious against tyranny of the whole collection.

I desire to be strictly fair to the Germans in my record of these 300 days I have lately spent among them during this fourth trip of mine.

French and French Army, with garbled Returning to the camp at Soltau the quotations from English newspapers, and chief reading of the English prisoners particularly The Times, calculated to consists of novels and any literature that disturb the relations of the French and is not up to date about the war English prisoners in Germany. For the The arrival of parcels and letters is, of English there is a paper in English which course, the great event for the prisoners, is quite as bad, to which I have already and, so for us the large camps are con- referred, called the Continental Times,cerned, I do not think that there are now doled out three times a week. The Conany English prisoners unprovided with tinual Times is, I regret to say, largely parcels. It is the isolated and scattered written by renegade Englishmen in men moved often from place to place for Berlin employed by the German Govern exhibition purposes, who miss parcels. of Soltau with its 31,000 inmates a well-known reasons was unable to enter ganization needs tightening up here, I will describe the great prison camp meat, notably Aubrey Stanhope, who for As I have stated before, the parcel or veritable city as we should call it on the England at the ontbreak of war, and so though it is visibly improving month by other side of the Atlantic.

remains and must remain in Germany, month,: Five hours away from Berlin, on the where, for a very humble pittance, he Soltau is bleak and dreary and isolated. notonous Lineberger Heide (Lünebers conducts this campaign against his own At the outset cases of typhus undoubt Heath), has sprung up this great town country. I shall have more to say of the edly occurred there, though this is denied; with the speed of a boom mining town Continental Times on a future occasion. I should not think the situation unhealthy in Colorado. I applied to the German For the Bussians a special lying sheet, for men of strong constitution. The Foreign Office in Berlin for permission called the Ruski Bisnik, is issued. All heavy air of Northern Prussia is occa to accompany Halil Halid Bey (formerly these newspapers pretend to print the sionally mingled with gales from the son Turkish Consul in Berlin) and Here official French, British, and Russian by Bremen. The winter is long and, of

course, much colder than in England. Müller (intercated in Germany's Far communiqués. Eastern developments) on their visit to For a long time the effect on the Eng- As I made the long journey back to this camp, saying that I would like to lish prisoners was bad, but little by little Berlin I reflected with some content that ses the good side of prison life in events revealed to them that the Cow if pressure by the British and French Germany,

tinental Times, which makes a speciality Governments were properly exerted, all On arrival at the little old town of of attacks on the English Timer and Daily your military prisoners in Germany can Soltau We were met by a military Mail, was anti-British. It still mas he removed to humane but encampmenta automobile and driven out on a road querades as a paper for Americans in such as these. made by the prisoners to the largest Germany, and for a long time displayed

our Stars and Stripes on its front page. I have had a number of applications collection of hats I have ever seen, detect in the camp at Soltau, and I ingat to the United States removed. The with the Cockney in Russian uniform, There is nothing wrong that I could One of our Consuls had this intentions] | for the photograph I possess of myself should say that the 200 English prisoners journal is now as violently anti-American which I referred to in my article an there are as well treated as any in Ger- as it is anti-British, and could not exist Monday. I do not, for obvious reasons. many, The camp Commandant seems to but for the money provided weekly for propose to publish the photograph, which be a good fellow. His task of ruling so the maintenance of the staff, purchase of is at the diaposition of your Foreign great an assemblage of men is a large paper, and printing by the English De Office or any authorities dealing with and difficult one, rendered the easier by partment of the German Foreign Office prisoners, if they wish to have it, the good spirit engendered by his tact propaganda

** Replying to a question in the and kindness, and

I may be permitted to remark bere House of Commonger. Hope I had confirmation of my own views that the English Department in the said that the latest reports from

that the of him on the steamer from Rotterdam Wilhelmstrasse is vigorously maintained. the United States Embassy at Berlin as to Hull the other day, when I came This fast should be a warning to English to the treatment of our prisoners of war across & Belgian who had escaped from editors, peace societies, and others who in Germany showed some improvement.

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