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THE WAR.

WAR ON SUBMARINES.

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15TH,

AMERICA AND GERMANY.

SOME GERMAN INTRIGUE.

NOVEL BRITISH

ATTACKS.

HUN THREATS TO NEUTRALS.

Naval Activities.

EARLIER CABLES. (THROUGH BEUTER'S AGENCY.]

FIGHTING SUBMARINISM.

INTERESTING STATEMENTS IN THE LORDS

Franco-Belgian Pront.

LATEST CABLES. (THROUGH REUTER'S AGENOT.]

BETWEEN THE OISE AND THE AISNE,

DESTRUCTIVE FIRE

LONDON, February 14th.

A French communiqué says:—Between the Oise and the Aisne, in the region of Quennevilres, we carried out a destruc tive fire on enemy works,

Thore has been a fairly lively artillery duel olsewhere,

EARLIER CABLES,

LONDON, February 14th. In the House of Lords, Lord Beresford declared that he was confident that we will have submarining really in hand in six or so. Lord Beresford added that weeks we had lost over 4,000,000 tons of ship ping during the way, but 3,000,000 - tons had been more or less adequately re placed. There was not the slightest BRITISH ATTACK IN SNOW. cause for panic. We had done remark ably well and we would do much better, though we had a bad time to face. Sub- Inarinisin was nearer being well in hand than it had ever been owing to men fresh from sca expericuce of submarinism bringing new ideas to the Admiralty,

Lord Lytton, speaking for the Ad- miralty, said that every device of humau ingenuity was being employed mist ener, getically against submarinis, and the Admiralty was confident that we could

continue not merely to furnish our armies with munitions and supplies to carry out our obligations towards the Allies, but also keep free certain routes for neutral commerce and obtain the neces sary supplies for our own people.

Lord Curzon said that the gross ton-

tors was 16,850,000. On January

1st,

SHIRTS.

DUG-OUTS AND PRISONERS.

LONDON, February 13th Reuter's correspondent at Headquar ters, describing the mow shirt attacks

mentioned in a German communique, says

General

LATEST CABLES.

THROUGH BEUTRE'S AGENCY, DUTCH GOVERNMENT VOTE OF CONFIDENCE PASSED

The Haute, Tebruary 1455,

The Second Chamber has passed a voto of conidence in the Government by K

votes to 26.

The question arose in the discussion on the military elassification measures,

ENTHUSIASM IN AMERIDA. CRAFTILY LAID SCHEME-

EXPOSED

New York, February 14th. President Wilson's response to Ger many's attempt to negotiate, cabled on

the 13th instant, has stirred enthusisini

throughout the country.

Mr. Lansing replied in the following terms on Monday: I am requested by Provident Wilson to say that the Govern ment of the United States will gladly discuss with the Germini Government any questions it might propese for dis- cussion, if it withdenwa the proclamation

1917

THE HELENA MAY INSTITUTE.

LAST NIGHT'S CONCERT. An exceedingly enjoyable concert was given last night in the Helena May In- stitute, when the large ball was eroded

tmost capacity y to its

tres

THE COMING TIME.

SOME THOUGHTS ABOUT IT

There is a wonder time of the futuro coming to which every man, woman, and child nut, only in England but in every country in which the world's war is waging looks with eager Jonging-the

after the war time,

Wlist hopes and anticipations, what tender thoughts of might have-been and will be do those three sma Words conjure up It is the magia sentence or small children, who plan with the riotous imagination of child- hood the wonderful things that will hapan open in that radiant period.

I

To the grown-ups it is more than somO distant tin. It is a plots-s Land of Promise Throughout England to-day there it no talk of when peace is de- clured everything is summed up th

after thy war.

of January 31st, in which it suddenly presentative gathering. The primary ob and without any previous intimation ofject of the concert, which was arranged any kind, cancelled the assurances of by the Social Committee was to raise May 4th last year. But it does not feel funds for lie work of the Institute, but it can enter into any discussion with the

the proportion of

procred aro German Government concerning the policy to applied to the Blinded Soldiers'. of submarine warfare against neutrals and Failors Fund. A very fine pro- which it is now pursuing, unless and gramine was submitted, a feature of which until the German Government renews its was the varied character of the items, ASITraces of May 4th last year, and acts which had evidently been selected with

Talking with Tommies home on leave an eye to uketing all tastes. All the per- one cannot but help being struck by the upon that assurance. MAMAMERICAN RELIEF WORK TO BE

formers and they were numerous—acquit frequent repetition of the phrase, though Tominy often prefers to ronder it "" ap- ted themselves with the utmost credit, pray la gaie," in praiseworthy imitas WITHDRAWN

and that their efforts were highly appre- tion of his French comrades for whom après la guerre is the goal to which ciated was evidenced by the fact that each they too are pressing forward It is officially annoured that the

of them was recalled. Piano solos were The soldiers attitude is entirely Eng Americans are withdrawing from welief. work in Belgium and Northern France, Lillie, violin solos by Mrs. Balean, a re-the job in hand, into which he 1 hich played by M. Denman Fuller and Mislish To him the war not the most Avital thing in the world. It is merely the German conditions for a continueitanion was given by Mr. B. Sutherland, ting every ounce of energy, and which he means to finish well. But it is not aud songe were rendered by Mrs. Marley, his real life. It will come to an end Mrs. Galloway, Mrs. Muriel, the Hon. some time or other. He does not want Mr. Claud Severn, C.M.G., Mr. H E. to talk about it. He will do if pressed, but to him there are things much nearer Muriel, Mr, Findlay Smith, Mr. A. C. heart, and sooner or later tan listener Leith, and Mr. Jones. The accompant will be aware that Tommy is once more launched on his beloved topic After ments were played by Mrs. Austin, Miss the War and no matter how often he Osmond, and Mr. Davison

is switched off that phrase constantly re- *ILE. the Governor and Lady May, with curs, almost unconsciously, but revealing the Misses May, were aniong those premer workings of his mind

The Prets comments coustically on the

wayne exposure of a craftily-laid scheine to divide American opinion and place the

United States in a false position.

EARLIER CABLES.

GERMANY AND AMERICA,

GERMAN DREAD OF AMERICAN INTERVENTION..

LONDON, February 13th. The combination of trickery, arroganed and panic characterising Germany's at.

titude to the United States is revealed

dents freed from the trammels of the Ger man Censorship on arrival in Denmark. and Switzerland from Berlin,

NEW YORK, February

ance of the work are impossible.

The President of the Relief Commis. sion states that six weeks' food supplies are stored in Belgium. Belgian officials will be authorised to distribute, pending the reorganisation of the relief work. GERMANY DETAINS AMERICANS OF YARROWDALE."

WASHINGTON, February 12, Tho Swiss Minister, who is acting for

in despatches from American correspon Germany in America, has informed the State Department that Germany will hold the Americans from the steamer Farron dale as prisoners until assured that Ger, man crews in the United States will not

. It appears that extraordinary precau-

the Kaiser's birthday. Even Herr Zim merman, the Foreign Minister, did not give any hint when he saw Mr Gerard

lions were taken to conceal the decision of unrestricted submarining which was takon at a Grand Austro-German Can- that the Canadians startled the ladies inference at the German Headquarters on the milliners shops in a village by de manding, a hundred ladies night-shirts of the largest size. There were shouts of laughter in the Canadian trenches when the night shirts were deaned over the kinki and tied up with blue ribbon. The party went out in the moonlight in the snow, with rifles and bombs, cleared

be made prisoners.

U.S. PORTS AND ALLIED

WARSHIPS.

WASHINGTON, February 14th. The Acting President of the Senate has introduced a Bill which, if enacted, will

on the eve of Dr. von Bethmann Follopen the United States ports to the weg's announcement of January dist. Allied warships convoying nierchantmen The surprise was effectual, int to noné, augams submarines. It will also enable more than the Germans, who were ni auch warships to patrol the waters solutely dismayed at the promptness of against German raiders, *

the dug-outs and brought back prisoners. President Wilson's rupture of diplomatic

Similarly, the Gordon Highlanders | relations.

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sallied out in white smocks and white Then followed an amazing attempt to nage of pre-war vessels exceeding 1,604 painted helmets and destroyed German browheat Mr. Gernrd into signing a outposts. They blew up a nest of dug-revised version of the Prusso American, outs and captured prisoners.

Treaty of 1799, wilds a view securing the javiolability of German property in the United States in the event of war. When Mr. Gerard refused, Count Mont gelas, on behalf of the Foreign Office, threatened to detain Americans in Ger

the reduction was between five and six per cout of that number, therefore Sir Johs Jellicoe was s not dissatisfied. A number of German submarines which had been operating during the past fortnight would nover return to their own shores, and new devices were being invented and applied.

Lord Lytton added that although the new phase of submarinis was not yet & fortnight old, the counter measures provided had already achieved most con- siderable success.

Lord Carzon reiterated that Admiral

Jellicoe was not dissatisfied with the past

fortnight's operations in this respect.

WHITE STAR LINER TORPEDOED.

LONDON, February 13th The White Star liber, 4frac, of 12,000 tons, has been torpedoed

GERMAN NEWS.

enery

LONDON, February 13th. A German wireless official message says:--Numerous

reconnoitring: advances between Ypres and Arras failed.

The Near East.

EARLIER CABLES.

(THROUGH IKUTEL'S AGENCY.]

CLOSING ON KUT. ENEMY HEMMED IN.

LONDON, February 13th.

A Mesopotamia official message says: We directly hit an enemy bridge at Shumran and Burk some shipping.

many Mr. Gerard's reply that he would not be sand-bogged led to an abandon- ment of the attempt to hold him and other. Americans as hostages,

The next movement was to offer to negotiate through the Swiss Minister, with the result cabled i February 13th which was bound to precipitate a climb down by Germany or war.

How much Germany dreads America intervention, despite her bluster, appears

We resumed the advance on Sunday in a statement attributed to the Foreler,

ou the right bank of the Tigris and drove ↑ Minister, of January 30th, that if the back the enemy to the first line of tren United States gave Germany a free, hand ches at the Dahre bend, to the west of the war would end in a few months, Kut, where we established our line in the TYPICAL GERMAN SHUFFLING. evening across the bend from bank to

LONDON, February 13th. The mystery of Germany's offer to

Seventeen of the crew are missing, and bank on a frontage of 5,300 yards, com five were killed

pletely hemming in the enemy. Italian Front.

The Afric was a twin-screw liner, built an 1899. For dimensions were-Length, 550, foot; breadth, 69 feet, depth, 31 feet. She had a speed of 12; knots:]

The Balkans,

EABLIER CABLES. THROUGH BEUTEN'S AGENCY.]

BRITISH IN ROUMANIA.

ATTACKS WITH ARMOURED CARSI

LONDON, February 13th.

A Bussian wireless official Inesiage says-English armoured cars twice ad- vanced in the region south of the Bereth

and bombarded the enemy's positions.

A German wireles, oficial message says: We repulsed two Rumian attacks on the Upper Berath

EARLIER CABLES. (THROUGH ZEUIZE 2 AGENUL

AERIAL OPERATIONS.

Rous, February 13th.

Italian seaplanes bombed the arsenal and ships in the harbour at Pols and returned safely.

An enemy air squadron bombed a has pital train at Brindisi on February 6th Red Cross workers and civilians being wounded

COLONIAL OFFICIALS

HONOURED.

The introducer of the Bill is unwilling to say if it had the support of the Govern-

ment, but it is understood that it might be acceptable by the Governvient.

GERMANY AND NEUTRALS.

CONCENTRATIONS ON DUTCH

FRONTIER

LONDON, February 13th. Renter'a correspondent at New York quotes the Associated Press representa tive in Berlin to the effect that five Ger man Army Corps were concentrated on the Dutch frontier when ruthless sub-

|"marining began, while other noutrals, whom Fresident Wilson invited to join America, wero indirectly reminded of the fate of Belgium and Serbia. BRITISH MUNITION FACTORY EXPLOSION

LONDON February 13th, The Press Bureau announces that an

explosion, preceded by a fire, occurred at

munitions factory in Yorkshire in the morning.

It is believed that all the employees escaped

Some damage was done in the neigh- negotiate with the United States to pr-bourhood, and there are possibly some

vent war, cabled on February 10th and 12th, is heightened by a German official

telegram characterising the report as 6 complete invention, but it is cleared up by Reuter's correspondent av Washing- ton, who akys a State Department an nogacement shows that Berlin is again

lying

casualties, but as yet they are unknown. TWO

GERMAN MUNITION FACTORIES DESTROYED.

COPENHAGEN, February 12th. The Hamburger Nachrichten announces that there was a terrible explosion near Hamburg when two large ammunition factorien were destroyed, Birty-three persons were – killed and sixty-thre anjared.

INTERNED ALIENS TO BE. EMPLOYED.

The announcement says that the Swiss Minister on Saturday afternoon orally suggested that Germany would be wif to negotiate, provided the commercial"

LONDON, Fehrnary 13th. blockade against England was not inters

In the House of Commons, Mr. Hope ferred with Mr. Lansing requested that the suggestion be made in writing, and intimated that the interned aliens would the Swiss Minister on Sunday night be employed in agriculture and other accordingly presented the following com work of national importance (Cheers) Companionships of the order of Bt. musication: The Swiss Government is Compulsion would not be applied to civi Michael and Et. George have been bestow. requested by the German Government to line prisoners. - We stormed a fortified position to theed upon Mr. F. W. Major, Chief of the say that the latter now, as before, is willing to negotiate, formally or infor santh of the Valepotna road.

Customg in Lust Africa, and Mr.

maily, with the United States, provided the commercial blockade against England 18' not broken thereby.".

LONDON, February 13th.

We stormed an Italian kill position in Frederick Spire, Provincial Owait

the Cerna salient.

soner of Uganda

SILVER

Lobos, February 13th, Silver is quoted at 38 1-16, competi-

tive buying. The market is firm,

sent

Our boys have a wider vision and see things in better perspective now that Llwyare playing the part of men and THE CAT OUT OF THE BAG. Artificio ties, and they have a good deal aceing life shorn of its pretences and of relevant remarks to make on what they What sounds like the true explinatimae going to do in that great time. of the Belgian, deportations lins been coming blurted out by Governor-General von

Bissing, a blunt soldier, whose incapacity for tergiversations has already disting uished him notably in the case of his execution of Edità Cavell, All the ex planations about economic needs are abolished at one stroke, if this is the real explanation.

Judging by what he has made of him- self and the contemptible little Army," Tomy of the laughing eyes and un- broken spirit, with his ready jest and, once roused, implacable temper, and, above all, his sportsmanlike sense of fair play, will not be content with a morn vision, but will insist that the Land of Promise becomes the Home of Fulfilment.

It is indeed strange how much mening can be contained in three little words;

The Governor-Generai says he is not in Belgium to masterize the population how they can become a watchword and- nor mete out punishment, but only to almost religion. There is no need tom further the interests of Germany in the explain or calarge upon them. All arts reost compreensive way. He is an content sooner or later, after much toil old soldier, he says, and would not and sufforing, bloodshed and death, that Eko to use arme against the unarmed fairyland of intentions awaits them. population. Then he continues: Youth looks forward with eager longing -"I consider that I am serving the to reunion with youth. To the young Emperor and the Fatherland to the there still remains the whole fair vista best advantage when I cause tan least if life, rendered svester by sacrifice and possible Gernas blood. Jow here and suffering. The memory of youth is short, the fewest possible Germans be with, and with the fulfilment of happiness the drawn from our front lines to watch long weary time of waiting will be for over Belgium.

gotten. Youth pays, but youth 28 always the gainer.net

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Not a word about economic necessit es

Germany rods men at the front She Toofer folk "after the war” iz has a large garrison in Belgium on which fraught with a deeper meaning. These to draw. She cunnet draw on it too men and women have had the settled much for fear of a revolt in Belgium order of their live suddenly disrupted When the garrison becomes weak. There with an earthquake-like rapidity and fore, in order to withdraw the German roughness. Life was no longer tothem soldiers needed in Roumania and on the a fascinating surprise packet out of Some, and at the same time guard which they were to draw unexpectevk Belgium as efficiently as ever, she re-gifts. They had mapped out their road moves as mol s is necessary of the and expected nothing more than to Belgian population to a place where they follow it gently to its end, fulfilling the could not rovo't if they wishad. Every dear nome, obligations on the way. dezen or so of Belgians deported means Yet the men were ready to sacrifice all, a German soldier released from watching and the women gave freely sons, hus- them and sent to the front, Simple, bando, and friends and then turned almost crude in fact, and completely with resolution to face that unknowne German. Thus a fow Bolgians torn from time after the wait o

heir homes represent another rifle on To many it will hold much that s firing line. In addition, the Belgians, sweet return of the companions of when they reach their German destina- many years, of boy-men who such a tion, have to work for Germany and a short while ago wont marching release other Germans who would other away still wearing the ling ring

but wh wise be doing that work but that is light of boyhood's grace, merely lagniappe, the direct profit is will return men who know life in the German soldier dropping hit garrison it very nakedness Only to the mother work and hastening to the Somme will they remain unchanged her babies In everything he has said for the last whom she had sacrificed and whom that year General von Bissing has rendered glorious after the war had returned. n service to the truth. He does not hide to her wharmed as by a miracle or diminish or alter the truth, simply

because he cannot imagine that the truth. And there are those others for whor will jar any neutral car. If von Bissing | alwady the glorious anticipation of that were only in the Adiniralty, how much wonder time, is quenched for ever. For pretense and ostrich-hiding would thom after the war will stretch on Vanish Can one imagine him covering a long weary years, not unhappy per- up submarine outrage, with stories about haps, for time dalle the sharpest grief, how the submarines were defending them sound of families feet at the door-a selves from blood-thirsty liners, or hid-beloved voice speaking greetings. The ing attacks on haling villages behind years will stretch empty, and at times balletane, saying that they were forti almost intolerable, when they will indeed fied places No; one can only imagine feel that to die is not the hardcat von Bissing saying bluntly: Yester part.

day we sank an unarmed passenger vessel Yet these, too, speak hopefully and and butchered her crew, and we also ongingly of after the war, and per raided a Summer resort and killed a haps the words fall softest and sweetest number of women and children, and and with the deepest meaning from the sing no reason why he should not gay lips of these who have so little to look

-New York Times.

THE FIRST CENSOR.

forward to save to rejoice in the hap piness of others. They know that there is still work to be done. For genera tions the mark of the Monster will res main on all humanity. There will be In prehistoric times a formidable war Fatherless Title ones, bereaved wives and broke out among the American Indians, aged men and women who have given the at he chief of one of the tribes involved children of their love

had earned, by his excessive prudence; the Above all there will be the refurned Tame Young Man Afraid Of His heroes to whom after the war Shadow

In the council of that creded the opening of hostilities the ques and suffering. He will be the

Pre be at best along pilgrimage of darkness after What to do with this

of thousands for tion was raised.

future would he veteran whom otherwise fato influential but not intrepid chief After the way "gladins a long discussion a war hardened veteran, who had remained silent, said: Make sombre and drear and many, many him the Censor The suggestion was women will renewed happiness in unanimously approved, and the post of tending and caring for the bruised censor in time of war was conferred for victims of the world's ar all eternity on the family of Young-Man It is far away, that fairy period. It is Afraid Of-His-

Shadow. To prevent any not spoken of anxiously or impatiently, misunderstanding, we repeat that all this but rather with a calmness and steadfast happened in America long, ago, before the ness of belief in the ultimate outcome dave of William Penn, even before that thould convey to other countries the Adelina Patti's first tourzu Tork spirit of England after over two velem,

of war.