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LICOE ON THE guard all vulnerable points.

NAVY.

CONDITIONS OF MODERN WARFARE

SUBMARINES AND TORPEDOES.

occasion being the presentation to bita of the Honorary Freedom of the Fishmon- gers' Company,

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 20TH, 1917.

I do not criticis the Germans for their strategy or for not running any risks with their fleet. On the other hand, their boasts of searching the North Sea. for the enemy must be pronounced as without justifiable basis.

SCOPE OF NAVAL ACTIVITY,

Call

1,000,000 REFUGEES..

HOW FRANCE CARES FOR THEM.

bas

The Exchange Telegraph Company received a message from Mr Henry Wood, the correspondent of the United France has solveil the problem of looking Press of America. Mr. Wood says that after nearly 1,000,000 war refugees in n

The bulk of these

The next point to which. I would like Admiral Sir John R. Jellicoe made his draw your attention has reference to first public appearance as First Sen Lord the world-wide nature of the war in sela remarkable manner.

to the British Navy. It not war come from the ups always realized how far-reaching are invaded and occupied districts of France, our naval activities, our naval resourcesbians.

and how great, thero

bat many of them are Belgians and Ser fore, is the

proximate

of vessals of all classes

Navy of to day is nearly 4,000. This ships, battle-cruisers, light cruisers, destroyers, subinarine boats,

On

At may buming to state that the ap

AMERICA'S WAR-TIME

PROSPERITY.

COLOSSAL FIGURES OF EXPORT TRADE.*

OVER £600,000,000 INCREASE IN 1910.OVER 1914,

KRUPPS MEN HUNGRY.

POTATO SHORTAGE ROUSES

GREAT ANGER.: The failure of the German potato harvest is continually becoming more ap: parent, and is having serious effects. Even the great industrial districts of Essen and Dusseldorf have had the week

In a review of the work of the Navy h comprise the British ea battle which they enjoy a sort of municipal life, all from American sources. Incidentally duction had become absolutely necessary,

Admiral Jellicoe pointed out the increas ed difficulties which tho strategist of to- day has to overcome as compared with the Napoleonic era, these being due to the

Te

advance in those applied sciences which ers, patrols, and many other on them are empty, as the entire French States, and they illustrate the ever prors. Thereupon the municipal autho-)

have contributed to the perfection of munitions of destruction.

At the lunchoon, after the Acting Prime Warden had proposed the health of Sir, John Jellies Commander Sir Trevor Dawson, RN, referring to the freedom of the Fishmongers' Company, said that

close

craft, all of which are necessary the affective conduct of a war of to-day. Our activities range from the White where we are doing our best

Resist or

of Africa the share in the

to

Sca,

allowance per head reduced to 3lb., It is now possible to indicate pretty which is flb. less than in Berlin, wrote fully from official American figures the the Rotterdam correspondent of the Daily effect which the war has had upon the News on January 6th. The reduction has export trade of the United States. caused great discontent throughout these export trade of t As far as possible the refugees have been, The figures tell their own tale, and districts. At Essen the municipal autho rition protested to the Government ad- grouped into little colonies or cities in

require very little comment. They are

ministrator, but were simply told tho of their own. France's army barracks they remind us how dependent we are and they must help themselves out with have been, adapted to this end. Most of

upon our imports from the United urd

passed a resolution that industrial r Army is at the front.

sent problems of exchange and credit. districts ought not to be worse off as re- In the province of which Nancy is the But above all, they demonstrate the war gards the daily potato supply than other capital there are 30,000 refugees and cash prosperity of America. They do not in parts of the country. They requested the barracks represents a little city providing clude freight charges they represent tha gellant Russian. Allies, past the North homes now for about 5,000 var victims. value of the commodities at the Americanner authorities to take all lawful mea

ures and South Atlantic, where cruiser squad The authorities guarded against the ports. And, lastly, the increased figures de interview with a neutral revealing and means against further. rons are at work, on to the far Pacific, separation of families, and even of neigh-

The Earl St. Vincent had had a similar hon-where are working in co-operation with bours and residents of the same traume are not accounted for by munitions the motives and effects of the Kaiser'

our Japanese

took no inconsiderable now find all the residents of the same States in unprecedented quantities

On the West Coast and villages. For instance, a visitor will foodstuffs and manufacturers of all kinds

have been exported from the United peace proposal has attracted attention in

the

enemy Press. It is dealt with, bow- in Cameroon, In village grouped on the same floor, each

mever, in characteristic fashion Instead being allotted one or two rooms. The total values of United States im the Dardanelles campaign, assisted by

The bulk of the refugees are women and ports and exports in the nine months of reproducing the article the papers treat it by way of comment, merely quot

Bentences to suit their pur- ing isolated children, and schools have been estab ended in September 1914, 1916, and 1910

were as follow:

pose. The Lokalunzeiger says— lished for the latter. A special feature

***** The Entente Press now says Germany of these are the classes in manual train- ing for boys over twelve. They are:

has not been starved. The revolution con- taught a practical trade and the pupils.

tinually prophesied for the next day has are already making the chairs, tables,

not arrived. The Entente Press no longer and other articles of furniture with

paints our position in lurid colours, but desks, which to refurnish their homes and schools as the armies of France have re

a preference for low-toned mix- shows tures. In a clever example of this mixing, deemed them from the enemy's occupa

the writer says the motive for

peace proposal was Germany wish to proid economic ruin. For a grounding for this theory facts undeniable in themselves are used in a very intelligent manner. It is undeniable that we have had a very bad potato harvest, and that in consequence brings a great many undesirable

our conferred on him about 100 years and mentioned the analogy between tint of Earl St. Vincent's ourcer

and Bir John Jellicoe. Earl St. Vincent dur

d his way of high office at the Admiralty

great service in building up our fleet, and in training our officers and men for those glorious victories which culminated at Trafalgar. fought with consummate skill and courage several of the naval battles which were effective preludes to Trafalgar. Sir John Jellicoe had filled the same rule with no less conspicuous ability and in- fluence.

as

the Medit 50 cc Navy took a hand

our gallant Fronch Allies, and is now working with both the French and Italian Navies in the Balkan campaign and in the Adriatic. Moreover, he

On the East Coast of Africa the naval forces, including our river gunboats, monitors, and aircraft, have rendered great service to our king. neu from the Union of South Africa. In the Persian Gulf and up the Tigris River numerous river gunboats and other vessels are assisting our Army in the Mesopotion. tamia campaign. Our East Indian Squadron, which is working from Port Baid through the Canal and Red Sea, is helping the Army of Egypt and safe guarding communications with India, and thence to Far Eastern, waters,

There is a course in domestic coonomy. for girls over 12, and the earnings from the sewing classes can be used to buy little personal luxuries and comforts. It is not obligatory for the adults, but the municipal teachers, matrons, and others in charge dining rooms, where the can watch them and restrain any little breeches of discipline or good breeding.

1914 1915

IMPORTS,

1916

EXPORTS.

1914

£293,000,000 271,000,000 281,000,000

£300,000,000 618,000,000 00

1015

813,000,000 1916. Take another sample, period, and a similar result emerges. In the eight months which ended in August, 1914, the first month of the world war, the total

ing eight months of 1916 they had jumped value of £273,000,000. In the correspond.

too

In the early days of the war the Navy children must take their meals in the exports of the United States were of the provisioning with potatoes he want

has changed the warlike character and the of potatoes, according to this informant, spirit of the German people into a long- ing for peace, so the Government fears- not being able to hold the people in hand if they do not make an attempt at peace.

Sir John Jellicor, in reply, said :— I cannot express adequately my great appreciation of the high honcur you have conferred upon me, and I would like to believe that you have thus distinguished me as a representative of that great Ser vice to which I belong, and as a recogni- tion, also, of the value of the work that was pleased and honoured to work along has been done with so much of heroism with our gallant Japanese Allies in the and untiring vigilance well as unfalter

capture of Kiau-chau. In fact, it may ing patriotism by every officer and man be said that there is to part of the world of the Navy during those strenuous two in which the Navy has not duties and res and a half

The items are illuminating. Exports years, The Acting Prime ponsibilities in connection with this aged grandmothers to work and talk toge- Warden has enhanced the honour to me and I might draw attention to the arda ther. They are a brave lot, nearly all of feeding staffs which in the eight in drawing same parallel between the serous and continuous work of the Cruiser with grandsons, if not also with sous, at months of 1914 were of the value of vices of Lord St. Vincent and myself. I Squadror, in home waters, which is main- the front. The organisation of each - £58,000,000 were in 1916 of the value of

municipal £149,000,000 feel that I cannot claim comparison with ly engaged in preventing supplies from fugees city includes vast

The jump in manu: that great man. We of this generation reaching our enemies. Ships are inter-kitchens and hospitals and entertainment factures for further use in manufactur- owe a great debt to the naval strategists cepted and boarded in great numbers halls where moving pictures and so on are ing" was from £50,000,000 in the peace the operation of rain from

nader every condition of weather, and given several times in the week. some idea of the

work may be gathered

of the past. I have studied with great profit and admiration their guiding prin- ciples of strategy, and have been in- Huenced by high devotion to duty of Lord St. Vincent and others who laid the foundations of Britain's pavel greatness.

There are great differences between the conditions of to-day and 100 years ago. The lie in the greater speed of ships; in the longer range of guns, in the measce of the torpedo as fired from ships, destroyers, and submarines, and the mennco of mites, the use of aircraft as scouts, and of wireless telegraphy. In the Napoleonic era the ships opened fire with guus at ranges of about 50 yards; the ships

of to-day

open fire at. 22,000 yards begins to ba effective at 18,000 The torpedo 43 fired from surface vessels

var,

from

the fact that an average of seine 80 ships of all kinds are intercepted and examined weekly on the high seas by the vessels of this squadron.

The task of keeping the large number of ships working in all parts of the world, of supplying them with fuel, munitions, etc, can only be recognized by those in possession of all the facts. The work, too, involves a great effort on the part of the merchantile marine cantile marine the Navy and, indeed, the nation--could not exist. Upon it we have been dependent for the movement of our troops oversch over seven millions of wen baxing been transported together is; effective certainly up to 10,000 seds required by the Army. The shieguarding

this requires that a ship shall keep beyond this distance to fight her

A common social room serves for the

£715,000,000.

TRADE WITH THE ALLIES,

EFFECT OF MASS LEVY. "This may appear very plausible to those who do not know Germany. Some what less plausible,

is the state- ment that we expect

in

Conscription, eight months to £115,000,000 in the war Our industries have been successful, not- eight months. Exports of manufac withstanding the cutting off of supplies ures ready for consumption" jumped of raw material and for the great part from £85,000,000 in value to £350,000,000. having to do without former marketa,

Miscellaneous" exports in the same quickly adapting themselves to the de- comparative period rose fram £588,000 mands of the war. Therefore, it is very value to 28,000,000. Let it be repeated difficult to believe that after the conclu

to return from war economy to peace that these are American official figures, sion of peace they will, and it impossible and that they represent the values at the

economy, while simultaneously the mar American ports that is apart altogether kets of the world for buying rasy from the war freights.

materials and placing their manufactured

will be Wares be open to them again. There is nobody in Germany who has such a fear as that suggested. The best proof of this is the readiness of both employers dapt themselves to new and employed to adapt war work interpolated here that neither employers nor employed in Germany have

་ any choice in this matter of themselves to war work. They are com pelled to do so by the civilian conscrip tion law, and the authorities decide whe ther their customary industries are esseri

adapt themselves to war work. tia): Dr not. If not, they must

nst perforce war work." "The paper da nation whose achievements during the Cool heads have never feared that the war have been thrown up in such a strong light, giving them the most intensive ad- vertisement, will not be able, after the conclusion of

for 11 nautical miles) range; and is with all the guns, munitions, and stores see that some provision is made out of to the four chief Allics alone. We have It may be

vory

finnsports both from the attack

those

material for the manhood and the in- dustries of the country. No ones re cognizes more than I do how great has been the output of the shipyards to the present time. I would only say now, let there be no question of strikes, no bad time-keeping, na slacking; and let masters and men remember how great is their res Without our mer ponsibility, not only towards the Navy had the Nayed the nation, but also towards our Allies. These are the figures of Utd States Before I leave this subject, may I preferpurt to the world. American profit sume to reinind the lag shipping com from the war becomes even more evident panics of the privilege which is theirs to if we examine the United States exports war profits for the wives and children of seen that the British blockade of the gallant fellows who have given their enemy countries has cost America no of such surface vessels as have been at lives for their country, when their ships thing; that, in fact, in spite of it she has large and from submarine attack has been have been sunk, as truly as those who have increased her experts beyond all preced. As the conditions of visibility carried out by the Navy. We have had lost their lives in the battle line? It is ent. The following figures demonstrate in the North Sea particularly-are freto draw also upon the persofmei of the quently such as make fighting diffeult mercantile marine, not only for the man-ot for me to make suggestions, but I that any loss of Germanic trade through venture to say that the hearts of the off the exercise of British ses power has been beyond a range of 10,000 yards, and as ning of the transport ships, but also very ers and men would be lightened in the more than made up to the United States modern Beets are invariably accompanied largely for the manning of the whole of continued presence of danger and the reby enormnusly increased trade with the by very large numbers of destroyers, our patrol and mine-sweeping craft, her curring possibilities of disaster, if they Allic Below we set out the value of the whose main duty is to attack with the ly 2,500

being employed a skip knew that those they may leave behind exports from the United States to the torpedo the

skippe number of R.NR. ex them would be cared for and educated. ships of the tode recognized how great becomes the

enemy, it pere,

eutive officers has increased almost

four-

United Kingdoin, France, Italy and responsibility of the Admiral in command fold since the outbreak of war. Indeed,

Russia for the six months immediately of a fleet, particularly under the condi- it is impossible to measure fully the debt

preceding the war-down to June, 1914 months cach down to June, 1916, and, separately, in ends of the months of July, because July of 1914 was the last pre-war com-month

range,

gang,

SPIRIT OF THE RAVY.

adapting

tions of low visibility to which I have which the country wes to our mercantile of war, I have not as yet said a word on and for the succeeding, periods of six world's markets to reconquer the

referred. As soon as destroyers tumble upon a fleet within torpedo range the situation becomes critical for the heavy ;ships.

&

In this hasty survey of the naval side marine.

the point which is really nearest to my In the old days it used to be said that hears, and that is the subject of the spirit there was jealousy between the mercantile of the officers and mer of the Fleet of marice and the Royal Navy, but whatever which I have so recently given up the may have been the case then, there is no mand. During two and a half years of rooms now in the Navy for anything but the most sincere admiration and respect war the endeavour to keep that Fleet at for the officers and men of the mercantile high pitch of efficiency, has necessitated

effort on the strenuous and marine. I think I know sufficient of those of every one connected with the Flect

uncensing

part officers and men to believe that the feeling either afloat or ashore. I said at the ja reciprocated. Those of us who have been closely associated with the officers outset of my remarks that conditions affecting naval warfare differed to-day end men who men our armed merchant from those of a hundred years ago. That ressola and patrol craft have realized applics almost exclusively to materiel, from the first day of the war how magni-and is due to advances in applied science, ficent were their services, how corrageoue which have brought vast progress, almost their conduct, and how unflinching their revolutionary change, to the Navy as to devotion to duty under the most

In some ous conditions. The value of the series other departments of activity.

INFLUENCE OF THE SUBMARINE, The submarine is another factor which has changed the situation, as this class Of Vessel, compined wini tae use of munes, truly prevents the close plockate resort eu to 10 zormer days. in addition these Iwo weapons add greatly to the anxieties it is one thing to of O in command. light an enemy that you can see; it i

hidden dijterent matter to deal with 106. Thus modern conditions add im- mensely in this respect to the respon- subraty of those commanding Heels. They calot get warning of ine cremy being at

e until the enemy is well at sea. NousÖN of the officers and men of the mercantile oases thece changes can be commended f

war is the only means of witling differ watching Ville cure of Cadiz had his macine goes also far beyond their work

armed vessels. When one thinks of the chos; in other respects they are reprehen store aquadron close into the enemy's pork, and could see what was actually innumerable cases of unarmed ships being sible, and have been wantonly used by cur The Britisu sunk by torpedo or gun fire far from land, enemies. There has, however, bea goug on inside that port

little change in our men, excres in the vlees of today, watering the Gexpg upon hoals development of

higher High Seas Float, is not in the same happy dependent upon wats alone for their position. The further the watching ships safety, one is lost in admiration of the spirit of heroism of those who not only port the greater the facility with which the enemy can endure dangers and hardships without scape and the greater is the difficulty of complaint, but are aver ready to take the intercepting him. There was never any risks again and again in repeated voyages likelihood in the olden days of the enemy's in other ships. fleet escaping unseen, unless the blockad ing squadron was forced from its watch

The submarine menace to the merchant ing position by bad weather, which, ofservice is far greater now than at any course, occasionally occurred. day sabmurines and mines compel the period of the war, and it requires all

our energy to combat it.

man boast

for

In our

sibility

recognition du and i

respon

spirit

in the national cause. – The of our forefathers lives on in all ite vigour and devotion to King and cont in the officers and men of to day this added, that there is a higher standard of personal worth, of mental alertness, and of moral rectitude. No one could ask for a finer personnel than we have in the Navy.

Education has enabled every men to arrive ut & just ap- It must and preciation of the justice of our cause, and

THE BUBMARINE MENACE-

the British Fleet, our enemies have of this country. The munits industry from the threatened thraldom of military:

EXPORTS TO THE UNITED KINGUGM.

The Frankfurter Zeitung reluctantly complains about the reproduction of the article it the Dutch Press, adding that but for this fact it would not trouble itself about the empty talk of this neu- tral The Frankfurler carefully limits Six months to Juré, 1914. £53.000.000 its quotations from the article to those Six months to Dec, 1914 ... 67,000,030 passages dealing with the German Gov- First 6 months 1913

115,000,000 crament's optimistic view of the military Second 6 months 1915 125,000,000 situation. Touching on the ground given 179,000 m) by my informant for the peare proposal,

7,000,000 the paper says

The Entente had very good means of 17,000,000; 30,000,000 discovering the genuine character of the German peace proposal. They only need- ed to accept the proposals, when they could £12,000,000 easily have learned that the offer haul a

21,000,000 very serious character."

First 6 months 1010

July 1914

July 2015

July 1916

EXPORTS TO FRANCE.

First 6 months 1014 Second 8 months 1914 First 0 months. 1915 Second months 1915 First 6 months 1916 aly 1914. au July 195 July 1916

52,000,000 47,000,000

78,000,000

1,900,000

8,600,000 16,000,000

EXPORTS TO ITALY.

First 6 months 1914 Second & months 1914: First 6 months' 1916 Second G months 1915 First 6 months 1916 July 1914 July 2015 July 1916

EXPORTS TO RUSSIA,

First 6 months 1914 Second 6 months 1014 First 6 months 1915 Second 6 months 1015 First 3 months. 1916 July 1914 ..... July 1915

6,000,000 13,000,000 24,000,000 30,000,000

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of this, and in spite of the Ger. But we have to make good our inevitable fighting for the freedom of the smaller spite

to the occasions on which the losses, and in order to do this we-are de nations and fur the liberation of humanity German fleet has searched the North Sea pendent upon the shipbuilding

organiza slavery, d th

Can there be any doubt of the issue far with their Main Fleet to give us on put of munitions; it now remains for the when this fundamental belief is associat only on one pecasion ventared sufficiently tion has done a great work for the out opportunity to engage them. No vessels, shipbuilders and maride engineers to rivaled, as it is, with all pervading patriotism

July 1916 that work. The first essential is the and unflagging zeal to accomplish the end. neutral or British, have sighted the High whole-hearted co operation of the men in that we and sur Allies have in view, TOTAL EXPORTS TO THE FOUR Sea Fleet far from its ports on any other the shipb occasion. It is true that on August 19th the shipbuilding yards and in the Every man in the Navy is engor and pro-months 1914 last year the enemy's fleet came within engineering workshops. In the same way parod to do his duty. He asks, and he measurable distance of the English coast, as Sir Douglas Haig has appealed to the is entitled by his services and sacrifices holidays and to ask, that the nation shall do is part being sighted by some of our patrols, but munition workers to give up

to devote themselves to the supply of those by working with eqnal self-denying turned back, presumably beause the pre munitions which are essential for the diligities as are our soldiers and sailors, sence of our fleet, was reported by their safety and success of their comrades in so that there may be provided that great aircraft. Raids on the British coast with the trenches, I now appeal to the men in variety and fast cruisers or battlecruisers have been carried out, but on each occasion the the chipyards and engineering shops to which is required for the fighting forcee,

put forth their best efforts continuously and

If anyone wants a pendant to these passage from German waters has been ungrudgingly to keep up the strength and that alfine and all women shall he le

practising strict economy made apparently under cover of the night. the cremy appearing off our coast at den of our mercantile marine, and to provide the maintenance of adequate anus figures of American war prosperity let aod retiring before comparatively small those gallant fellows, who have one sinews of war. If we all do our part all him go to the London Guildhall and look forces. Such feats were of course impos-through innumerable dangers and hard will ho well with us. Of one prominent at the castern stained glass window-the sible in the days of slow speed, and are ahips when their ships have been sunk fact I can speak with full confidence touching memorial of the Lancashiro now undertaken probably only in the hope with new vessels to carry on the transport of enticing us into the adoption of i falso of the necessary supplies of food and born of experience the nation can depend cotton famine of 1862-1865, all that Eng- on the Navy being ready, resourceful, and Ind got out of the Civil War of the (Continued at foot of next Oplum.) reliable-Times,

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enormous

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reader Dossible

Second 6 months 1914 First 6 months 1915 Second - months 1915 First 6 months 1916. July 1914 July 1915 July 1916

Homeward Mail Steamer, carrying

THE Homeward Mail taken privately Your nearest friends His Majesty's Mail, will be despatika astonish them with a visible and and Cargo for theal, taking Passengers

od from this port an

Bocommandation in the kong

France 32,000,000

59,000,000

Ports. Possongern 225,000,000 ssing increase of

yeasel secured 320,000,000 Excessive thinness in very

before departure from 9,000,000 Thin men never look like real money.

Silk and Valuables and Tea and Cargo for. They are pushed aids in the race for Italy, and London (under arrangement) Buccess. Bony women are seldom very will be conveyed by this Steamer proceeding popular. Dress will not hide skin and tia Bombay to Marseilles and London.

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