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THE BONGKONG DAILY PRESS,

THE RUSSIANS IN FRANCE. AUSTRIA'S RESISTING POWER.

ADEPTS AT TRENCH WARFARE

The

[FROM R, WARNEE ALLEN.] Russian sector of the French front

was under snow yesterday, and the gray uniform and high fur cap of the Cossack officer who guided us through the trenches soomed strictly in keeping with the wintry surroundings and the melancholy rolling plaius.. Ten months ago I visited the first Russian troops that reached France at the Camp de 'Mailly before they went up to take their place in the firing line. The they formed an admirable force of highly disciplined troops who had seen, almost all of them, service on that Eastern, front where open warfare still exists, and it was clear they would not take long fo adapt themselves to the conditions of

DUAL MONARCHY NEARING, THE

ENDA

SARMY ON HALF RATIONS, It is plainly apparent to anyone who has made a study of economic conditions in Germany and in the Dual Monarthy that the offer made in the middle

pence of December was chiefly prompted by the knowledge that relief must come within six months from the present time at the outside if internal troubles of the most serious character are to be avoided

In Austria-Hungary the available stocks of food will not even last for six months But supposing that ly imposing severe privations on the people the authorities should succeed in galeting them until the end of June, how is the population-in creased,

it must be borne in mind, by sumhe million mouths in the occupied regions to be fed during the months of July at August For by that time, according to statisticians, not agrain

Ain of wheat or maize will be left, even if the spoils in Roumania should afford some relief,

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WHERE THE U.S. HAS

FALLEN SHORT,

ITS RECORD IN BELGIUM:

We Americans have been priding our selves on what we have done to furnish the sturving and suffering Belgium with supplies of food and clothing. There are two phases of this work. Americans may be justly proud of one of these phases of the other there is some ground for being ashamed.

observations are the result The foregoing of some facts which have just been given to The Outlook by William L. Honnold). Director in America of the Commission

Honnold Mr for Relief in Belgium, distinguished American mining engineer, was for many years muros in South of the largest of the gold mines in South Africa. He gave up this important to go into the

Hoover. Having Lelief with the organization of Belgian been for some time engaged in the admin strative work of the Commission in Lou don, Mr. Herueld has now come honie to take general charge of the work in the United States,

SATURDAY, MARCH SEE 1817.

GERMAN OFFICIALS IN CHINA. MD. WILE'S REPLY TO SIR JOHN JORDAN

Mr. FW Wile, of the Daily Mail staff, on January 17th sont the following rejoinder to the Times in reply to the repudiation from Sir John Jordan that at the outbreak of the war Thirty British Consuls in, China wore Germans,” I desire to take the earliest possible opportunity to say that I was juisin- formed by the person who caused me to

many as 30 British Consule, in Chine state that at the outamak of war as were Germans, He appears to have been quaky mistaken, in alleging that many appointment in the Chinese Customs home to fight are now filled by Germans. Service vacated by Britons who came Tomogro, erceedingly having given pub

misleading utterances. I need hardly licity, even on a single occasion, to such add that they will not be repeated in future deliveries of my lecture un

Germany's Mobilization for Peace. It is possible that my misinformant

trench warfare, as it exists on the Western which is a most questionable supposition. The thing to be proad of is the efficiency that there were Germans in the British

front To-day they have more than served their apprenticeship in the st trenches, and are masters in all the arte and wiles of modern warfare. They have

PAMINE IN SIGHT.

and success with which the Commission for chef in Belgium has done its work. All the belligerents have trusted the Relief Commission because it is an American or ganization. A member of the British

scientific organization

its a mirnelo

chosen as thoir speciality the gentle craft telf. When it comes to that, of course, Cabinet has described women vice. Among them were the British

of surprise attacks or the German lines. As soon as the Russians appeared on the front the Gormaus manifested a strong desire to capture some Russian prisoners, hoping no doubt to obtain information from them concerning the force that had come to France from the eastern side of the beleaguered fortress that Germany is to-day. Accordingly they began a series of raids on the trenches that the Russians and taken over, accompanying their attacks with heavy bombardmania. They soon discovered that the game was

Charles

one which two could play, and that the same way as has been done for the lusion for Rellerin Belgium, with British Consular Service are foreigners,

and that of those officers who are unpaid

44 per cent are foreigners.**

CRITICISMS OF CONSULAR SERVICE, IN

and

may have been deceived into thinking There will thus be two months to be ridged over before the earliest crops can

Consular Service in China by the be harvested, and in that period starva

officially acknowledged fact that in July, 1914, there were hundreds of foreigners, tion on a scale hitherto unknown in the

including dozens of German, and world, save perhaps in India, will present

Austrians or Hungarians, in that ser- peace will have to be made on any terms. The feeding of the Army is the main con- When the invasion of Belgium resulted Consuls Genera in Munich and Frank- cera of the Central Empires, not that of in the cessation of railway transporti fort-on-the-Main My misinformant may the population, as may be imagined. Yet tron, the disappearance of chiriency, the even have had in mind that up to within even this cannot be managed for more than closing of the banks, the withdrawa of two or three years of the war the another six months, even allowing for the credit, and the consequent dislocation of

of British Consul-General in Berlin fact that the Austro-Hungarian forces the complicated mechanisms of govern itself was not only a German banker? behind the front are on hall rations, and ment and society, a group of citizens en but chairman of the board of the notori- that very soon, in all probability, the mendeavoured to provide for the famineous Wolf News Agency In Vienna Herr "country":" Was facing. The Ger Pau von Schoeller" was for many years on the Western front will fare no better. which

In order to give readers an idea of the man authorities agreed to allow food to British Consul General The Asso scarcity of food stocks, even in Hungary be imported and distributed, provided it ciation of Chambers of Commerce of the on whose generosity the 35 millions of should be done under neutral control United Kingdom, in a report adopted people in Austria depead for cereals, 1 The American Government gave its moral December 6th, 1816, states that it mater

only mention a interpellation in support

to this pro

proposal. Ambassador stands that before the war over 40 per the Hungarian Chamber last week by Page nominated Mr. Herbert Hoover, a cent, of the unsalaried British Consular who asked the Minister American mining engineer residing in officers were of foreign nationality. The of Agriculturs "if he proposes to go on London, as the head of the relief organist Asociation widerstands that at present with the commandeering of cereals in the tion. For the last two years the Commissome 99 per cent of the officers of the two months, and deprive the peasant Hoover as its chief executive, has bee Russians were past masters in it. Their population of ever euch quantities as two carrying on its work of salvation Its efforts to take prisoners proved unavail-ur three quarts of grain, wheat, and agents and workers in Belgium are Ame maize 1 The requisitioning Commis

The chief administrative rican citizens. ing, for the Russian is a stubborn fighter,

visiting aion,

villages, farms, and is in London, but the New York office

office

and

If A British Consul in China to die rather than surrender. On peasant houses one by one, are taking is the main purchising shipping ready

Sir John Jordan, British Minister in the contrary, the enemy in these local every ounce of cereals from the peasants centre. actions lost quito a number of men both so much so that these cannot even feed

During the last two years the Commis Peking, had not, in contradicting my kifted and wounded and prisoners. The their live stock and are slaughtering lean sion has collected and expanded over mis-statements, insinuated in letters to particular Russian regiment that I visited pigs and selling their horses Owing to 3200,000,000 in food and clothing for Bel you, sir, that I was stabbing yesterday and, after several months in the the lack of horses, harvesting operations gium and northern France Of this British Consular Service in China in front treashes, only one man returned as will be seriously affected, but to all sneh amount over $125,000.00 has been spent the back, I should not have been in- raissing, and that man was almost things the authorities can pay no head in the United States Over 1,000,000 tons duced to investigate, as I have done, certainly killed in the course of a raid, for their orders are to collect everything of cargo have been despatched from the what the British mercantile world thinks régiment had carried out a large everywhere, the Amy neeling all the United States, of which over 1,200,000 of their claims that the service is beyond

The Minis number of surprise attacks on the enemy's available stock immediately.

wheat The Commission for Relief in

Before the Royal Commission on the assaults, with the result it could boast a said that he would not countermand orders Belgium is thus providing every day food Civil Service, which sat from May to lines and has repulsed many similar ter of Agriculture, in reply to M. Huszat, when nearly 50,000,000 bushels were reproach long list of German prisoners coming from Headquarters, and that he for over 9,000,000 persons, 5000,000 of 8th to May 12th, 1014, the secretary of

whom are practically destitute These The French line bulges forward towards ould only protest.

figures will give some iden of the gig

gigantic the north. The obtuse angle thus formed

The fact is that the time has come when nature of the business of the Commission fving officially on behalf of that organi

Hation Baidus the question of feeding, even the Army-- for Belief in Belgium. “It is carried on

Recently the Far Eastern section of rise to the sions. As regards the food troubles of the expense of handling this vast business complaints referring to definite cases in towards valley civilian population, the Governments, es over two years has averaged only five which it was men.

valley formed by this stream particularly the military authorities eighths of one per cent Such figures, so far from receiving from loca. British there is a No Man's Lantt called by the have adopted an attitude of callous in says Mr. Honnold, of course could not Consuls that assistance which French soldiers The Gulf. In the Gulf there difference All they have done has beau to be realized but for the magnitude of the and Gerrash houses so readily obtained is continual, skirmishing, that fighting of appoist Food Dictators, who have feet business and the valuable voluntary ser from their Consuls, had actually been

continually patrol against patrol in which the human on

engaged in bargaining with element is the decisive factor. In this the military authorities to secure a triflices rendered by the members of the Com handicapped by the action of their fighting the Russians aave shown them ing allowance for civilians, and in dis mission and their supporters. The execa national representative. The section did selves again and again the superiors of tributing the scanty stocks thus obtaine: tve work is been carried on by volano desire to approach the Foreign Office more or less equally among the people work has been invaluable. Most of the with regard to any particular instance, ebut simply to record their unanimous The Food Bureau distribute flour a mix departmental heads and many assistants opinion that, speaking generally, the ture of wheat and maize flour--among The Russian is a born bayonet fighter, the countries, and the local authorities paid unez being employed only is Volunteers, sure wholly or partly

fully Bitte Consular Service in China does and takes naturally to the grenade is prepared to face any hardships, and distribute this among the villages. Thezed branches for which to experienced not support the British mercantile com- munity there to the extent which the by is entirely at home in the mud and work has to be done, however, by su in volunteer service is available shell holes of No Man's Land. One night sufficient staff, and the consequence is than one hundred and twenty-five men latter has a right to export, and which a patrol of six men went out to the that there are villages where sometimes mostly young with their life work stil indeed is essential to them if they are the people get no flour for a fortnight at to be sccomplished, have unselfishly gone to hold their own in the constantly in- enemy's barbed wire, intending to return before

dawn. Dawn came and full day-time, and have to live on such quantity into Belgium and heartily contribute increasing competition from French, Ger

9 is left to light, and still they had not returned. of

by these various capacities to the success of the man, American, and other foreign com

i to-day hold by the Russians, and the

ustry leads itself admirably to

the

MILITARY TYRANNY,

the

the London Chamber of Comincrce, testi-

form of warfare which suits them best apart altogether from the civilian populast as a great business corporation, would the Chamber of Commerce had before it

the enemy,

JAUDACIOUS RAIDS.

Ho

The captain of their company gave them to cials...

maia fact I wish to point to is that

then re-appeared very cheerfully, bring-alt

owners have been stripped of everything

taking

teers with wide business experience, whose

More

Commission's wordpreis houses. The section were there- That this wonderful organization is fore desiruus that a communication

he past,

wholly American in spirit and almost should be sent to the Foreign Office wholly American in personnel is the great emphasizing the necessity of British contribution of this country to Bagian officers in Chiyo asisting British com- of which every merce there to a greater extent, and with relief, and is something

en every Mr. Honnold, however, gives us some carry

American citizen may be proves some more sympathy and enthusiasm than in additional facts which present a less Before me, as I write, is a report just plensing picture to the American eye received by the Anglo-Chinese En The total contributions of food, clothing,

managing director in China, dated and money so far collected in the United genes' Association (Limited) from its States are a little less than $9,000,000. I Peking, December 12th, 1916, He declares the aggregate this is a large sum, but re that to do the British Government has duced to & per cap to basis it makes a

up as lost. When darkness tell the six although the peasantry and the land juga prisoner with them. They were in the way of cereals their stock of secs full of penitence, for having caused their officer anxiety, but they explained it was has been taken from them in many cases

had the Army has not enough food to not their fault. Their reconnaissance had it through the winter. The local authori taken longer than they expected and the

ties in the different districts have petition of their prisoner had delayed them. the bet they were starting back towards the Government to supply food for their own lines dawn began to break, and distribution among the poor, but the trev they saw that it would be certain death ement can do nothing. for the military And the one to try to go back at once. So with their thought of the military authorities is to

authorities are supreme. prisoner they took up their position in shell-holes just outside the German barbed contine to fend the Army until such time wire and waited there from

their

the new crops are available somewhat poor showing, especially in view made no protest against a palpable accounts very much at their case, util

Another six months will only bring us of the fact that the Commission has spent German scheme, which he describes for over $125,000,000 in country, or morn robbing Manchester of its traditional The sun went down again to July, and even in Roumania the harvest man toirteen times the amout of the hold on the Chinese marketed

In one of their raids the Russians bad does not begin until the iniddle of June, Anistican contributions, The United referring to the German propaganda in as their objective the clearing of a small which means that the middle or end of Statesbuted 5 cents per capita China, the manging directory

Great Britain 18 cents, The British authorities seem to be wood between the lines in which they will only see part of the Rouniasian Folgents, Australia 31.23; New doing nothing to prove to the Chinese enemy had established an advanced post wheat harvest in the form of flour. In Canada 18 There were sixty Boches in the wood, and Hun the attacking force was considerably out-ary, even in peace time, harvesting Zealand 81:96, 308 Tasmania 36,33 per the falseness of the German claims or numbered.

PEACE CONFERENCE URGENTA

this

nish until the middle of August, not The Russians, however,

con- and now flour was never to be had before capita. The Government of Groat BFF sidered that at close quarters they were the end of September We know that tain, in addition to beering the terrific far more than a match for the same the Aring must he foil, and wall fed, too, expense of the war, and feeding is own number of Germans. All went well until for on this depends the fate of that gigant poor and destitute, is now giving through the moment when they reached the border tic organisation. Even if a Peace Con- the Belgian Government $5,000,000 per of the wood. Then the enemy discovered ference were called together to-morrow Donth to Belgian relief. The French are their presence and opened a heavy fire peace would probably be still some months giving to the destitute Belgians through The assailants jumped to their feet, off, and it is not at all probable the the Commission over $2,000,000 per month

and, in addition, are giving app antending to rush the enemy defences with blockade would be raised in the bayonet and the grenade An officer meantime, that is to say while the 17 $6,500,000 per month to

the

the

mans in northern France These are Gov ernment contributions, Private contribus

German nows."

So much, sir, for the rig teous indig- tion of A British Consul în China, with his allegations of lice" and "pro- posterous assertions," and for Sir John Jozdan's belief that our efforts to promote British interests in China are more fully appreciated by our country- men there than they appear to be by Mr.

Fell Wounded from machine gun are, and negotiations were in progress. The in French territory occupied by the Go, Wile and his anonymous informant at that critical moment the Russians people are already desperate, and the came suddenly upon a barbed wire troops may become desperate, 100, as soon ontanglement concealed in the under as they experience on their own persons growth, the existence of which they had the horrors of the present food shortage never suspected.

Morning Post,

"It is partly to meet this deficiency. tions from the British Empire have that the Commission has asked the Ame amounted to $15,000,000, while private an people to give $1,000,000 per month contributions from the United States have say one teath of the fate quiet cep sup amounted to under $0,000,000 On & per 10 cover the cost of a much needed In these days of machine guns and

capita basis, each British

subject has ementary meal for the school children

this seeming to be the most effective means automatic rifles the best troops in the LIFE ON A GERMAN SUBMARINE given over twice as much as each Ameri

of safeguarding the coming generation world might well hesitate at such a dis covery. There was a second of hesitation.. A neutral subject, captured aboard a can, and has also heen carrying on an in-

expressibly expensive war undertaken against the ravages of tuberculosis and -rate in consequence of the inadequate Suddenly the sight of the fallen officer, Dutch mail boat, gives come interesting largely for the defence of Belgiumsebno other diseases now increasing at an alarm whose wound was only slight, epringing details of life on German submarines. The Commission to-day is $3,000,000 per rate

food to his feet gave fresh confidence to that He says The men auffer greatly from the short of the amount required to supply In the fee of such a situa

tion; 16, to that she support the tarily choosing the most exposed position, 20 days. The food consists chiefly of rice aga minimum living ration Says Mr.

extent asked for 1 Ger- und fish. The mail-boat contained a cargo Honnold began to hurl his grenades at the Goat cheese and meat bound for England, Just what this means may perhaps estimate, has made a cash profit or

The United States, mang behind the wire with ns much method and deliberation as if he were

greatly delighted Germans, and this throwing them at dummy trenches in the declared it contraband, and took it to best shown by stating that, even if this $15,000,000 on the purchases of supplies

extra $2,10,000 were forthcoming, the training camp. His example was Zeebruge, where the officers and men did ration available for the destitute would in this country by the Commission. It followed by every man, and such p hail ample justice to the victuals from the

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