THE STATES REVISITED.
ABOUNDING PROSPERITY. THE WAR AND THE ELECTIONS.
[FROM A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT TO ** TAK TIMES."]
CLEVELAND, OHIO.
common
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, JANUARY 20TH, 1917.
motor care. Almost every other man seemed to own one Yet, with it all, I got ni vague impression that people wore not gay and contented; that they were rather restless and unsatished; that they weren't quite pleased with themselves; that all was not well spiritually with the world that seemed on the surface so richly prosperous. This impression was to be in some degree, verified and con- firmed by lazer journeyinge into other
"TON FOR TON" POLICY.
HOW GERMANT MAY PROFIT
FROM WORLD SHORTAGE.
The idea of a "ton-for-ton" and "keel- for-keel" compensation, which, it is sug geated, we should inform Germany will be demanded by the Allies as reparation for the results of her submarine policy, I venture to respect that a voyage of sections further west. The apathy about Commerce, the technical shipping Press, is supported by most of our Chambers of discovery to Amrion at the present june the coming slection was one indication, ture is as protable and engaging an Everybody is now agreed that the contest and many important shipowners. enterprise as it was in the days of Chris-between Mr. Wilson and Mr. Hughes hadesquely just (says a shipping correspon It is both intrinsically, and pictur after two and a half years of absence in the usual enthusiasm and manifestations it is supposed by many that the mere topher Columbus I undertook the quest many aspects of unreality; that it lacked dent to a London contemporary), and Europe. In
with fellow of partisan hostility that usually mark threat of it would prevent the Germans expatriates in Europe, I was out of con-national elections in this country. I was sinking all ships at sight; because it is tact with the United States. Like the later to hear some frank and outspoken obvions our ships and those of neutrals Englishmen and the Frenchmen about me, comments on this suppressed state of I could not understood why my country mind.
are being sunk for the after-the-war par- had done certain things and why she had attended as it was by suspense and delay, handicap in trade.
The outcome of the election, pose of reducing Germany's appalling left. undone certain things. I came home and uncertainty that should have served aware she would gain nothing by it, but If she were male to find out; to discover America
Particularly I sought to find out how to give a dramatic conclusion to a dull only increase that handicap, it is sup- the United States had been affected by the campaign, fell curiously flat. There was posed she would reconsider her policy, war, what was bar attitude toward the no great jubilation among Mr. Wilson's miralty are well aware that though our But would she? The German Ad belligerents, what she thought of Presl supporters and there was certainly food supplies may be interrupted by dont Wilson's four years' administration, visible measure of disappointment among their submarines, they are not going to and what part do proposed for herself those who had voted for Mr. Hughes. bring us within sight of famine by them in the readjustments and reorganizations think I am right in saying that the The fact that they are sinking Scandina that will inevitably follow the conclusion uppermost thought in the country was of the war. I wanted, too, to make con- one of relief that the whole affair was is behind the German policy.
vian and Dutch ships is evidence of what trasts between Great Britain and Francs over. To the surprise of everybody Mr. at war and Ameria at peace. This, ons Wilson had been elected by the West and quickly found, was to be the part of the the South and without the support of task easiest of accomplishment, Contrasts any of the great populous States north were plentiful vivid, and bold. began on the docks at Now York. I was rivers.
They of the Ohio and east of the Mississippi in haste to get through the Customs history of the United States that any This was the first time in the barrier and my luggage away to a person had been elected without the vote train, and to spad my purpose gave
porter tho fanastically extravagant of New York Illinois, Indiana, and Newing outlook is almost hopeless. tip of one guinea Hie thanks were so casual and perfuntory as to abash me. That was my introduction to prosperity
TUE LIGHT OF NEW YORK.
Jersey.
CLEVELAND LUXURY.
of Olio is one with Illinois, Indiana,
In all her material interests the State! After London and Paris. New York and West Virginia. These rich and acemed fairly shiny with money. Never populous Middle Western States form had the lights on the streets seemed so one group. Roughly speaking, they have brilliant. The endless parado of great in them the same sort of people, the same luxurious motor cars on Fifth Avenuo sort of towns, and the same interests. was a spectacle to stun the eye. The Yet Ohio cast her vote for Mr. Wilson streets wore throaged not with merely and the others for Mr. Hughes. Without well dressed, but with richly dressed Ohio's vote Mr. Wilson could not have people. The shop windows were filled to been elected. So I went out there from overflowing with the purple and the New York after the election. My going riches of all the world. Everything was was attended by rather an illuminating dear, and appartly everybody had incident. Before I left New York every enough to buy that he wanted in one advised my taking a certain train any quantity. The shops were full; that left New York in the evening and the theatres were full; the streets were arrived at Cleveland on the following full. It was born in upon one at once morning. I discovered the reason when that this was another world millions of I found that it was an extra-fare train leagues from the eonomy and the desola-that is, I had to pay more money to tion and the reticages of Europe. In the evening, at a auntry bcuse on Long ride on it than on trains less finely The Cleveland equipped and slower, of information that instantly caught my newspapers that morning had two pieces attention.
One was that more than
OPINION IN THE SOUTH
W14
the war, as things now stand, they will have to begin all over again.
THE SLAVE-DRIVERS.
A NEUTRAL PROTEST.
BY JOHN EVAN DER VIER, LONDON EDITON;
OF TER ANSTERDAM- TELEGRAAN."] It becomes every day more surprising that there are still neutral countries in official friendly relations with a Power Hardly a day passed in the more than which has made itself the enemy of the whole of humanity and civilisation.
many did not give the whole world a two years' course of the war that Ger- fresh shock of horror by same act of her systematic frightfulness. already is her long register of misdeeds, beats all records of German brutality. what today is happening in Belgium
And black s
For Heaven's sake, let the whole world note and pay due regard to the modern whelmed little country. For more than slave-drives in that unbiappy and over- two years the Belgians who remain in
have heroically endured the greatest their country and are kept there forcibly by their ruthless German taskmasters hardships and sufferings, but never allow ed the Germans to undermine their stead- fast loyalty to their own country and King
Continued requisitions reduced them to misery; they were not only de- prived of their own foodstuffs, but to outside, for their relief:: some extent also of what was sent from
what is laid up in neutral porta is so Germany has lost so much tonnage, and encumbered with debts for maintenance and port ducs and has deteriorated so factories depleted of machinery and rew Their tools were expropriated, their seriously through non-use (ships wear cut material. that, unless there is a serious diminution to sustain the German army of invasion, much quicker lying up than when in use) utensils were taken away, and all went Even their metal household
in world tonnage, the German shipown-which had already largely ruined and
After devastated Belgium,
German rapacity and terrorism the Bel
But in spite of
bravely and could never be made to sing gian population as a whole bucked up
Germany above all." And now, after the German authorities have succeeded by their wanton desolating policy in causing use that as a pretext to carry off the re- much nnemployment in Belgium, they maining young manhood of that suffering thousands, and compel them to work in country not by tens or hundreds but by Germany on various war materials used King's army. against their own country and their Was there ever a policy more cruel, unjust, and inhumane?
Gorman shipowners will be faced, when the eens are once more open, with the gravest suspicion and even by hostility from neutral shippers who have suffered Only a deraand for tonnage greater than through German methods of warfare the world's supply of it would give them working for now, hoping that the end any chance. It is that chance they are will leave us with no power to enforce a demand of a ton-for-ton.
already in anguish over
But the German shipowners, who are should remember
their losses, stations of the world are largely in Bri- this: the coaling tish hands. open to all the shipping world, except If all those stations were to Germany; she would be almost as hard hit as if she had nothing but a coasting feet. She could never recover the old ubiquity of her merchant service.
GERMANY FEARS THE ARMING OF
MERCHANTMEN,
The British mercantile steamer will then, without immediately displaying her armament, allow the submarine to ap; proach to within certain gun-ange, and in order to make the submarine believe that she has no heavier artillery.
A REAL BLESSING."
worse by their excuses
The infamy of the Germans is made General von Bissing, the German mili We find that tary governer in Belgium, told the Bor- lin correspondent of the New York Times: The removal. of (Belgian) country nor for the population, but is workmen is neither a hardship for the necessity caused by the war, which on the
the prosperity of their country is a bless whole is a real blessing to Belgian work- What The war which destroyed ing to the Belgians!
men.
Buch things can only occur to a Prus sin. And if their forcible removal is n hardship, why then do the Belgians try to escape 1 Many of them succeeded in getting over the frontier to Holland, but scores of dugitives were shot by Ger aan sentries, who were purposely increased threatened with severe punishment it on the Belgian - Dutch frontier and they let anyone escape. Other fugitives stuck on the electrified vires at the fron-
Island, I voiced by wonder and told at once: When you have seen New York you must cross the Alleghenies and so the United States." That was 200,000 employée of the United States in England with such feverish anxiety If the efforts that are now being made good advice. One vas plied with eager, Steel Corporation would participate in to procure the armament of all mercan intelligent question by persons who had
more or less acerate and comprehen- 10 per cent. wage increase, adding tile ships be crowned with success, the sive knowledge of that the war rien something like 20 million dollars per submarine will be faced with a new and They were contribting to war funds;
annum to the company's pay-roll. The very dangerous onery, particularly if they and friends or relatives in the other was this:---
the latter, in obedience to the rules of British and French Armies; they liked to
"A dazein of jewels, representing surface cruiser war, orders the ship to think that they were participating thousands and thousands of dollars, stop and approaches to within a certain actually in the gramotional experience moved with the society folk who were at distance of it that holds all Europe. They were mostly the Hippodrome last evening to hear pro-Ally and strongly pro-French in their
Faust, the second night's offering of sympathies. This was a condition I was the Boston Grand Opera Company. later to learn that was widespread.
From New York rent South, through of precious stone adornment than appear Washington, Virgin, the two Carolinas, ed last night. One of the most exquisite and into Georgia id Aldbama, The throat ornaments in the house was Mrs. South I found to le generály pro-Ally, Prics Mekiney's diamond band. It was with a marked sympathy for the French.worn high and snug on her neck and was In the South they are not so closely in- fastened with a bow knot and streamers formed about the var, particularly its of diamonds. Her gown, a French-made issues and origins. For example, one of costume, was of exquisite lace, threa the most intelligent men with whom I heavily in silver and made with a full talked did not know that Serbia had com and long train, plied in effect with all the Austrians Mrs. W. P. Howell, whose gown was demands before war was declared. There of the new blue-green tulle, with trin senbeard that the war will not be fongist dog collar of pearls, fastened with is a widespread belef along the eastern mings of heavy silver lace, wore a high to à conclusive, finish: that it will end diamond clasps. Her other jewels were in a raw, I found scepticism in un some heavy ropes of pearls and diamond expected quartera atout the Allies press-eardrops. Mrs. John L. Severance, in a ing the conflict to a decisiva conclusion. ciel messuline gown with silver trime I found, too, in this part of the country minge, wore her long single string of a difident interest in the attitude of the pearls, Allied bellige ents toward the United In the evening the newsboys on the States: These with many inquiries-streets were crying the news of the sink What does Europe think of us" "Weing of the Britannic and the death of the hear they hate in England and Franco"
Hore again ole Emperor of Austria. We know, of course; that
was impressed with the signs of wealth
It is a long time since a social gather ing bag brought out a greater display will then open fire from very light guns tier and were thus killed... Yet General
As soon as the steamer has completed ber attack on the boat with her light artillery. In this truly English way the guns she will suddenly fire her heavy submarine will frequently be forced to abandon the fight.
It behoves our naval authorities to be up and doing so that no to the British Admiralty to adopt a me be given course at once perilous to our sulanarines and contry to the recognised rules of neural States, and particularly that of naval wars are before the opinion of the United States. can be aroused on the question.--Deutsche Tageszeitung..)
German-born
THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD.
von Bissing dares to say that the deport ed Belgians go` many!
to Ger cheerfully
The frontier correspondent of our own land and daily reported in our Press. The real facts are well-known in Hol
paper, who has good opportunities to by whom the impending fate of Captain learn what is going on in Belgium and Fryatt was first announced, told us week ago that preparations were being made to remove the young men. Germany is
and eighteen to thirty-five and forty. careful enough to select those most useful to her. Their ages run from seventeen Only old men are left behind, being the
least useful to either many
gin or Ger
generation is pro-American. Despite the standing join the fate of the real unem
residents. The second
No class is spared. Citizens of good
man vato was wholly for Hughes, I was common assumption that the proter.ployed. Men are taken from the field, told that many Germans in Ohio vote Guard, and even young priests are col fretories, workshops, and offices. Trades for Wilson,
men, officials, members of the Civic
lected like. slaves. They are packed us Germany bates us, but why do France and prosperity, as evidenced by the richly not taken any strong line as between the tion they sometimes have to wait a day The chief newspapers in the State haveattle in railway trucks, and in that posi- and England dislike as? Haven't we
belligerents. They have been content to monde a train full of the deported waited teen helping them" Every now and
ar longer before going of. At Deader then one found a pers or a small group
either way. The editors have been learn were left without food. print the news and comment without bias thiry-six hours, and all that time they of ardent souls who thought that the United States should have gone to war
ing that their readers will read every
And they go the side of the Allies after
"cheerfully," says von Bissing, the chief lue of war news and are deeply interest-slave-driver! the
dressed people who filled the restaurants of passing motor-cars; by the eating and and theatres and hotels; by the streams drinking and spending of money.
BETACHED SYMPATHY,
inge:
SECRET DESTINATION,
It is said that from Ghent, and its suburbs already 15,000 citizens have been removed. The first party left a month ago, and their relaions have not since kept secret. heard of them. Their destination was: about the particular work which the de Nothing is made known
ported Belgians are compelled to perform in Germany. But there are rumours that many of them are set to work in munition factories to make shells for killing their own fathers, brothers, and countrymen. Germany is capable of anything.
But can the world, in particular can
I was told in Ohio at the war haded in every phase of the fighting The The following incident is significant. Lasitania was sent. Numerically, not played a large part in influencing the only disapproval of this cautious atti The miners of Winterslag, a village in many persons Reid this view. For the State to vote for Mr. Wilson. The people tudo came, one editor told me, after the Belgian Limburg, wore told in the first most part, the pople with whom on camic in contact were glad to be out of it. all things: They have read in the news newspaper did not express any indigna a list to go voluntarily to work in Ger there desired to keep out of war above sinking of the Lusitaniu. When his week of this month that they could sign They were content to let well enough sione. They do not want to participate Papers hundreds of vivid, harrowing tion in its leaders, but said in effect, many. They all refused. Then the Ger- in the war now or later, and they have counts of what the soluiers and civil "Let us wait for the facts," some of his man authorities closed the coal reines and approved of Mr. Wilson's course because opalation of the belligerents have had rendere complained and a few university auronanced that the men would be trans it has kept us out if war. They seemed to endure, and it has given them an active professors in the State made the anual ported to Germany Such things happen About 30,000 to be in the singular mental attitude of horror of war. One man quoted to me protest of cancelling their subscriptions. everywhere in Belgium. desiring the Presidint to be strong and as an instances in support of this that That was the only flash of any indica Belgians are reported as having been bold and firm, impressing himself upon
his father, who had never before votedtion of the desire to participate in the removed from Antwerp and its surround- Europe and having his way, provided for 起 Democrat, supported Wilson war that he had seen. As he put it :→ that he did not have to exercise any force because his wife insisted and urged that We have walked down the midd's of Wilson would keep peace. Roosevelt, I the road with the crowd and not taken or power to enfore his authority.
This part of my journey was made in
was told, lost votes for Mr. Hughes in
rides. the period immediately before the his one speech in Ohio during the cam-
Here in Ohio, at the gatoway of the national election of November 7th, and paign because of his strong pro-y and Middle West, I found, so in the South This State has ceased and along the eastern seaboard, no decid here one encountend for the first time pro-war views. the singular and pazzling apathy of the primarily to be an agricultural State and led drift or tendencies among the people. yutors towards the candidates. Even in has become chiefly industrial. The working Their election of Wilson had conveyed the Bouth,
men are all employed, and at high wages, where the people are In the northern part of the State there no mandate to him They were not Democrats by heredity, birth, and en- vironment, and have never in any circum are thousands of Slave. These immi expecting him to do anything parti- cularly. They were content to be out of stances voted an opposition ticket, scores grants particularly do not want war the war, peaceably attending to their of people said, "Oh, yes, of course I anything that will disturb their present expect to vute for Wilson, simply because State, it was reported, took a large part There were no incentives urging them to They had no own engrossing affairs. The "women voters of the fault to and with present conditions he is a Democrat, but I don't care a hang whether he is elected."
in influencing the men to vote for Wilson Lord Morley once said somewhere that an
and peace.
change. They felt socure. The future The sending of Militia to the Mexican border contributed to the apeared to them assured. The war seam ole thaking a choice pters an opportunity aversion from doing anything that would ed a long way off, and they hoped it of making a choice between two mistakes. make the United States a participant in their imagination, except in so far as i Apparently a great many of the persons
would stay It had not touched whom I have encountered without know between the European helligerents i had made them appreciate the blessed ing it bad come to lint state of mind.
state of peace in which they were strongly pro-Ally, but sentimental &nd Everywhere I found abounding and strong enough to cause anybody to con
detached; passive, not active, and ante enveloped. The earth had produced bounteous harvests; the mills and the visible signs of pace and prosperity. template active assistance
from the factories were all working overtime aar Everywhere coople were buying every United States. Simply they hope the paying good wages. From war, pesti where the merchants were carrying large Allies will win that is as far as they ence, and famine they had been deliver stocke of commodities The chief demand seemed to be for the best and the most go. The pro German sentiment in this ed. They were thriving and conten expensive. The strets of the cities and section, one was told, is confined so much for the State of Ohio and the and sought only to be left undisturbed. the country roads held long, streams, of (Continued at tosi of next Column. 1 threshold of the Middle West,
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ST. JOHN's CATERUELL, Hongkong, 3rd Bonday after Fpiphany Sist Jassary, 1917. Holy Communios“ (7.6 mm) - Matina, ('11 am) | Responses, Ferial; Tenié, Barnby Palma, of the 21st morning; To Diam, Osko- ley in F Jubilate
in F, Athens, neutrals, allow this to go on? Already young men from their fields and work-
Oce long ago two weeks ago our paper published. a shops, the misery of the remaining Bel-
ky: Byan, 80. strong protest. Other Dutch newspapers gian population must inevitably in-
God Save the King. F.Z.-Foalm 106, verton followed suit. Also mestings of protest from outside than before, and meanwhile 37,816, 31, 32, 33, 33, 34.md 442 unison, are being held in Holland. That protest Germany will benefit directly by the labour
Communion 12 Noon) Bensong ought to be followed in all other neutral
5,48 p.m. Eerpenum, Feria'; Péalms, Caatsh, Justice demands it, and the of the deported Belgians to sustain her
Meley Misguidest Wordward (29th momn- war! knows no neutrality.
But the Allies themselves have a greatch will be heard throughout the road Ilymas, 220, 235 and 362.
That requires an indignant protestes Nane mittia, Furcell (88th rening); interest in this matter, Great Britain
Br. Annaw's CHURCH, Kowlson, £let especially. She has been very generous and also at Berlin. In the face of such
vary, 1917. 3rd Sunday after Epiphany. with money and facilities to keep the op- iniquities I care less than ever for
Morning Prayer and i-oly Communion at 11. Chidra's Service at 3. Evening Prayer at 6. pressed Belgian population alive while neutrality, and if a meeting of protest
Special Sermous and Offertories on behalf of the Germans robbed them of their own should be held, my humble aid will be prived of many thousands of strong make Germany pay dearly all her wicked- MiDonnell Road, Bundes, 11.15 am. Wednes fondatails. What will happen now, De gladly give to rousing a wave of indigna the Church Miinary A-estion
tion and enthusiastic determination to
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