OUR LONDON LETTER,
LezOM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.] THE ALLIES DETERMINED TO FORCE A DECISION, PREPARING FOR THE FINAL PHASE, It may be considered that we have now entered upon another stage of the mighty
THE BONGKONG DAILY PRESS. TUESDAY, MARCH 27, 1917.
ESCAPE EROM GERMAN PRISON:
BRITISH OFFICER'S STORY.
CONDITIONS AT CREFELD. Captain H. W. C. Lloyd, D.B.O., of the Wiltshire Regiment, who was taken prisoner in the autumn of 1914, has just returned to England after two years in
THE MEANING OF AMERICA'S DUBLINS AT GALLIPOLI
ACTION.
A WARNING TO OTHER NEUTRALS OF THE GERMAN PERIL
BY T. P. O'CONNOR, M.P.) A mad dog rushes into the streets early in the morning when few people are about; most of the citizens are still
A TERRIBLE CHARGE:
An extraordinary story was told of the fato of the Dubling at Gallipoli, in the Probate Court, Dublin, last month.
GERMANY'S DESPERATE
GAMBLE.
SACRIFICING OVER A MILLION TONS OF SHIPPING.
[BY D. Wat
In America when you express sympathy with some one in financial trouble they, have a happy way of asking you. “How
conflict which has shaken civilisation to the officers' prison camp at Crefeld, from in bed. For some horrible moments band, Labco-corporal Findlater, was kill much are you sorry? It is a good,
IN DESPERATE STRAITS.
to
At
MAD DOG OF EUROPE,
with
Mr. E. & Murphy, barrister, applied on behalf of Mrs. Evelyn Maxwell Find- later for an order presuming that her hus ed in action in Gallipoli on August 16th, 1915, and giving her liberty to apply for a grant of probate for the administration of bis estate. Mrs Findlater, in her affidavit, stated that her husband was re- ported missing on the date mentioned, that inquiries had been made without result, and the Army Council had been obliged to conclude that he was dead..
its foundation: We have it on the sun which he escaped in January, has a full and unchecked run. It bites ority of a member of the Government this
Last June Captain Lloyd, with a Rus here, there, everywhere catched the week that nothing will be left undonesian oficer, made an unsuccessful attempt early postman and the chambermaid, and to bring about a decision this year. The to escape from Crefeld. They were court-
jumps at the baby in arms, until the * knock out blow," which it is hoped the marsialled at Düsseldorf and sentenced whole town is at last aroused and poll- Grand Alliance will be able to deliver three months' imprisonment, not for at
mell everybody ruches after the mad dag to the Central Empires and their dupes, tempting to escape, but for having cur will, if by any moans it is possible, their way through a cellar: The officers and its brains are dhahed out by the be administered before the Sammer fades. appealed against the sentence, and were truncheon or the riffe, and the unclean More than that it would be unwise to ordered to go before a District Court and wicked thing lies on the ground any; for in war one never knows. At martial at Munster. They engaged the poisonous foam stil oczing from at
dead and impotent lips, the same time it may be noted that there German barrister to defend them, but he is a practically unanimous belief that we did not put in an appearance. have come to the last turning in the long Munster they were charged with mutiny, rond we have trodden since August, 1914, and the sentence was upheld. On the ground that they had been unable to de- The way is still difficult; doubtless muy fend themselves, their barrister not hav aurprises await us; the sacrifices will be. heavy. But the price will be paid: Foring put in an appearance; they again ap it is confidently expected that the effort posled, and on January 25th they were
sent
Münster, where the appeal was to to be put forth in the next few months be heard, arranging on this occasion to must lead us definitely carer to the take their barrister with them.
For safety the officers were sent to Land of Lasting Pesco which is our ultimate desire.
Münster daring the day and imprisoned for the right in a cell. At the Court martial on the following day the sentence The frantic attempt of the Germans to of imprisonment was quashed, and a fine blockade the British Isles by means of of 30 marks substituted: The sume night the officers, with a guard of three soldiers, submarines reads very terrible, no doubt, ft Munster by train for Crefeld. On in the terse form of entlegrams. That it is serious nobody can deny, Many thou the journey they met.a. Rusian officer from sands of shipping tonnage are boing sunk Hanover, who was escorted by two sol- diers, so that the guard was increased to daily. At the same, the Admiralty are as certain as the sun will rise to-morrow five. When the train halted at a junction
Captain. Lloyd ascaped. He had that this monace can and will be dis Ca posed of by the British Navy, just as out the details of his scheme, Trevorken und they were based on experience gained: similar menace was overcome in the early on the occasion of his first visit to Mins
ter. He proceeded to make his way across part of the war. This statement is con-
dontly based, on information which is country in a north-westerly direction. He entirely trustworthy. It has also been ran and walked all night (Captain Lloyd publicly said that the Germans are rely represented Cambridge in cross-country ing on this attack as a gambler hazards running in 1910-11-19), and at dawn reach bis ail on the last throw of the dice. Anyed a village which he recognized on the way, we shall soon see as to that; though mup. He hid all day in a big pine forest, there is not much reason to doubt that and started again at night, travelling in the measure of this onslaught on neutral a westerly direction. and belligerent alike is the measure f Germany' despair. The enemy is in the position of a bankrupt, faced with ruin At 1 o'clock the next morning bear who makes up his mind to inflict: much rived at a village close to which was a loss and damage as he can on everybody fairly wide river, and as he passed through the streets he heard a band playing. This before the final crash comes and he was the Kaiser's birthday, and he took itin doubt. for some days yet; but who can shelling and fire, and no effort was or
that the land was playing in honour of that event. Concluding that he was still he retraced his steps,
under.
TRE ALLIES MAKING READY,20
MISLED BY A BAND.
Germany,
i
sure other emotions besides sympathy, practicar test that can be used to men- and can be very well applied to Ger- many's feeling of despair. Despair has. driven Germany to throw down the glove to the United States and other neatrals, and the measure of the risks
be oalled upon to make is the mossure she runs and the sacrifices she may there- of her prescot despair. How much are the Germans desperate t
by
and South American
GERMANY'S DESPETATION A
To answer the question, "How much is
the first three days of this weak, which
Captain . J. Hamilton, of the Royal
They are desperate to the extent of Dublin Fusiliers, stated in an affidavit that he was second lieutenant in D Com losing any moral support they even had among scurals. That may not count pany on August 16th, 1915, and was for much. They are desperate to the on to the side of the Allica. That cer- This is a parable; it sums up and stationed with his company behind a ridge extent of throwing the American inanco symbolises to my imagination the story in Gallipoli. At five o'clock, shortly tainly counts for a good deal. They are For years, as before dawn, a charge was ordered over desperate to the extent of ondangering of Germany in this war Mr. Lloyd George put it in one of his the ridge and down the hill towards the Ameri merchant vessels lying in great passages, so plotted to murder Turks, who were in a very strong position That counts for everything; it is the Europe in her sleep. Meantime she pre at eighty to 100 yards distant. The com- gambler's last throw. What the loss of pared herself for this devil's work by pany charged in two lots of about eighty their steamers in neutral harbours would poisoning, her own mind and the mind men each. He had charge of the second mean to the Germans only those who of all her peopics with the devil's gospel lat, which included Lance-corporal Find- kuow Germany's pride in her mercantile that might alone constituted right; that later Iodiately we went over the marine, and the hopes that she bases on it war was not merely a means but an end ridge," Capain Hamilton went on to state, for the future, can realise; certain was Agures which have been published this that the human conscience, the free will, most severe machine gun fro the axistence of nations should be at the poured into us, together with a fierce shell wock show very clearly the volume of the mercy of the biggest battalions and the fire. We had go through a gap imme-sacrifice she is prepared to mako, best machine guns; and when the appro diately over the ridge, and then into the priate time was supposed to have come uper towards the Turks When I was she burst on sleeping and unarmed crossing the ridge a shell burst close
the ridge wounded, but still possessed Europe, foaming its the mouth with the do, and I was, blown back again betsing fury of madness
consciousness. Un looking up to see how the charge was progressing I found that every man in both lots of my company was either lying on the ground dead or wound ed. I remained on the ridge, and a second party came up to take the place that our company had left, and we held the ridge for about three hours, and were relied by another regiment. The ground in
took front of the ridge where the casualties place was never retaken by us, and for the three hours during which we held the ridge after the charge the entire ground was most heavily shelled, and a constant machine gun fire swept over it, making it impossible for anyone to sur vive who was on the ground during the could be male at the time by either the Turkish or Allied Forces to bring in the The affidavit went on to state that he charge save three men severely wounded and himself. No prisoners were taken by the Turks. He believed that Lance corporal Findlater was killed in the charge,
At first the mad dog was able to bite and to infect everybody and everywhere, until at last the whole world woke up to the universal peri, and to day the whole world or slmost the whole world is in full pursuit of the noxious beast, and its end is near at hand. America lins come in 10 give the coup de grace.
For it is quite curtain that America's intervention is the coup de grace. I do not say this because of the active military and naval contribution which Americs may add to the forces of the Allies; how much, or indeed whether she will contribute that element, may be left measure the moral influance which the hostility of Americw will exercia on the fortunes of the straggle? To the Allies wounded they have never st of having tho superiority of fore and of moral which must bring them ton and crushing
she desperate ? turn to Lloyd's List of has continued a long list of German and Austrian vessels lying in the harbours of the United States, Mexico and South America. The list is presumably com- pleto, and it is certainly ncourate enough to give a good idea of the amount of shipping endangered by a breach between Germany and a league of neutrals headed by President Wilson. The steamer con- nage, excluding Austrians, summarised is roughly as follows:
German Steamers.
In U.S. ports In Brazilian ports
Gross Tons
023,000 235,000
Meanwhile, thoughts are being directed though the weather was bitterly cold, it brings a now ground for the certainty had never found any Burvivors of the pride of her mercantile marine, and the
to the forthcoming campaign on land Although there are competent judges of the situation who hold that the fun blow wall probably be delivered in the Etat, the waight of opinion is with the op posite school, which argues that, for many reasons, it is on the West that the
THE ERMAN EFFORT
3118.
BAD FOOD AT CREFELD).
Captain Lloyd. states that while of late
EFFECT ON OTHER NEUTRALS,
But the cash value of steamere 18 an
66
NIPPON
DAI
Sanaphos
puts into you what Anxiety takes out.
No a drag.Not a falà «tímant-Just a tel food, goes dired to the nervescentres. It' Laids, up sireoghts flavorer in pizodant-Of al Chemiasco.belfezill Belp YOU.
[at
ASAHI BEER.'
ASAHI BEER GRAND PRIZE
ENEFITISH EXALETE
ASANISEER
LAGER BEER
SPECIALLY BREWED FOR EXPORT.
COMPANY
WER
LIMITED
[59]
BREWERY CO. TOKYO.
SOLE AGENTS: MITSU BUSSAN KAISHA Tat. No. 200 or,155,
Ind
THE GAY, HAPPY, SUCCESSFUL WORLD TURNS ITS BACK ON THE THIN FOLKS.
very poor gauge of their value as a national asset that is a lesson that we have all learnt in this wan and Germans would be the last to underestimate the national value of their property in steamers. They know, in fact they openly state, that their recovery and development after the war will depend on their mercantile marino, and they are counting on it to replenish their stocks of raw material, and push their export trade at the expense of the Entente Powers. These after-the-war hopes of Germany, will be crippled in the propor tion in which she loses her mercantile marine now, and to find ous what that proportion would be we need only com pare the total toonage under the Car which would help bin to draw every American ports. Here is the figure of from the food he rate
Sargol, to our mind, is
is the most wonder total German tonnago shown in "Loyd's
ful Flesh Producing and Weight-Increas Gross Tons.ug treatment in the World-a scientific
Steaméra.
remely based on the theory that excessive 3,690,000
thinness comes from imperfect fool assi
ation that the sugars, fats, albuminnids
out of a wide gripe when only partly con if your body tiny just as live coal shakes Sumed. It's up to you. Stop this faseful waste with Bargo Let this new-found
The thin Johnnie above needs Sargo)
In other neutral ports of
North and South America 405,000
Total
.1,203,000 This total includes many of Germany's crack liners-the Vatorland, which is the and on his way met two men who flashed electric torches in his face and asked him
Kronprinzessin Cecilie, which found her- with gold worth millions of sterling in if he was a Russian soldier. He replied
self at the outbreak of war in the Atlantic her to be picked up by the first British that he was not, and they then ordered victory
spoke in Ger him to go with them. They
cruiser that crossed her path It in still
cludes besides these luxurious passenger man, he
one of the men said, To other neutral countries the example Counsel also read an affidavit made by tamen cargo steamers of great value war must be fought out to i inish. How. You know you are in Holland, un' of the greater of all the bentrals must Mr. Jolin P. May, who was a private in
in Germinagined that he weng
and efficiency, and if we take the averago you Suspecting this to be a tropi he even that may be, the undead of battle replied that he did not know where he bring a new realisation of the common D Company, and was in the charge. He value of the whole at not more than £15 will shortly be applied. In any case, it
peril of Germany to all civilised and free said they had only gone about twenty-ave can be said quite bray that nothing has was, but the men got out their electric lands. I have never lost the hope that yards beyond the ridge when practically per ton we get the very respectable total of £19,000,000 as the selling value of the The been left ty chanco so ter as the Allies are torches again and shone them on their
before this war was over we might see very man was killed or wounded.
Only a property Germany is prepared to lose as concerned to prepare for the opening of uniforms, which he immediately recogniz the Spring offensive.. Moo, munitions ed. as Dutch. He spent that night in the every free nation in the world joining in order was then given to retire.
and on the next day went to the hunt of the mad dug. But apart from few men got back well remember," the price of the hostility of American and money are at their disposal.
as his feet were frost-hitten. To these effects of the declared enmity of continued the deponent, on looking over sentrals, takes that were made are not likely to be the bitterly cold weather which provailed America on other countries? I look the ridge I saw Herbert Snowdon Find repeated, Above all, complete cool throughout his escape Captain Lloyd with confidence to its effect on the later lying on the ground, ten or telve nation has been reached in the direction largely attributed his salvation. The German people themselves. Be it remem yards in front, and appealing for someone of the war by the Higher Command. frost was intense throughout, so much so bared tune there is not even a small to come out and help him, ng he was wounded. It was utterly impossible for Hitherto that has been a fuodment that the trousers of his uniform froze stiff village in Germany which is without re-
distinetly ordered wonkters on the side of the Allies, and from the knee and he had to cut them latives and correspondents in some part anyone to get to the rescue, and we were not do so. After a little the Germans were clover enough to profit off with a knife,
of the United States.
time Mr. Findlater seemed to be struck by it. Instead of having to meet at
The association between Germany and again with a bullet, as his erics ceased tacks delivered more or less independent ly at different points, the enemy now
America is accordingly intimate and con-altogether, and quite suddenly
Mr. Justice Madden said he would pr.- finds himself ene od within an iron the food supplied at Crefeld has gradual-tinuous, practically daily through letter fence of determined foes, acting in perfectly gone from bad to worse, the treatment and newspaper and relative. After all,sume the death, and gave Mrs. Findlater
for a accord, impaled by one desire, inspired of the prisoners has improved to a cor with all their insano, self-conceit, the kave to apply for a grast of probate, by an idea, and animated by a single responding degree. For the last year the Germans are an inteligent and educated prisoners, all officers, have had to butter (people, and assuredly it must have some purpose.
or milk There are just over 200 English effect on their belief in either the Justice Conference as likely to bring advantage officers in this camp, including two briga of their cause or the chances of their While I am endeavouring to convey dier-generals; 400 French officers, and 600 armies to find that the greatest of neutral Germany. It is palpably the most -in eie vaguest or general terms that can Hassian officers. They have one good meal countries, in spies of the millions of their delusive of hopes. What can there be in Allies are prepared, as never before, to a day, which generally consists of soup blood among its citizens, has come out common between the brata arrogance or
and fish. On one day a week, however, deal with the enemy, let there be noms they are given a soull slice of meat, and decisively against them.I look to this German autocracy and German milj. man flag with the German tonnage in atom of strength, Blood and nourishment declaration of America as being to thetarism and the pure democracy, with a take. The tiermans, also, have been pre paring for the next campaign, and, 1ken. Sundays they occasionally have pork. Aflies of as much worth as the winning of its democratic ideals, of such a country an
Captein
Lloyd emphasizes the
fact that
several big battlee Next to the pressure as the United States purselves, they want to resca In year. Kucir motive for this is dif- the British officers depend
-on to ours, because pay teori parcels which coine from England, the of famine, it is the most the same English people with friends at Crefeld factor vet brought against the Baying innspria resources for waging the war arrive regularly. He believes that every Those who do not know Ameries are pezse America will insist on having read w they pave lost the best of their man parcel sent to him reached its destination. asking some ridiculous questions as to the the speech of Mr. Wilson to the benate tile marine Now compare it with what Power, but acy are still capable of the parcels are opened in the presence of attitude towards the action of the tale of weeks 360 pulled at af she stands to lose if her steamers in stubborn and forandable resinados. the prisoners, and they arrive intact American Government of what are called time that if you read the words of American ports are captared or destroy is understood that 300,000 bands are They generally take about a month in hyphenated Americans. Anybody really that specca especially it you read be Originally the officers were acquainted with America knows that tween the lines you would find scarcely engaged at Krupps alone on munitions of all descriptions, and that the output der parcels from English after all the fundamental principle of any difference between the terms which of shells amounts to 900,000 a day. And, firms, but this has now been stopped, and American life ig Americanism. The vast Mr. Wilson demanded and the terms of course, Krupps are not the only muna the only parcels allowed are those received dess of the country, its gigantic resources, which we demand. He demanded the
from relatives. The camp is overcrowdita vast possibilities, its hound es genius coscut of the governed to the existence Remaining tion works in Germany It will forthed. In some cases there are nine officers and init pulive, in buiten, the hospitable of any government le protested against These figures mean that neutrals in North Fa every ounce of effort we can put
smash the German military machine in one room, but the conditions are not and generous we come and its splendid the handing over of any people without and South America have in their hands It's not an experiment, this Sargol. harsh, and apart from the food there is exchange of conditions for the servitude, their consent to say Power; he demanded almost exactly 33 per cent, of all Ger Hundreds of people living in every corner That is the task which we have to accome little cause for complaint. A cinemato-exee by and the narrow horizus of equal respect for the rights of the small many's tonnage in steamers, and if Ger- of England testify to its marvellous quali plish at all costs. If the enemy were graph has now been installed in the camp. the Old World, all these things make such as for those of the groat astions; he de- many forces war upon the United States ties. One lady writes to say: "I could forced to yield owing to economic neces
Lloyd was awarded the D.S.O. sity, or for other reasons, it would pot in I
1914,
when he was a second na appeal to the immigrant from Europe manded guarantees against such wars of and other American Republics this 33 per bardly eat anything and was not able to
stomach trouble. I took
two bozas be enough for the object we have set out official notice of his ap that be becomes instinctively and almost aggression in the future as that with cent, is lost to her. The recovery after sit up three day out of a wook,
My to achieve. The military menace would pointerent to the Order read from the moment of his lusding on which, Germany used and inde the war, in no far as it depends on slip of Sorgel and can eat anything
weigh 140 On October 10th led an attack and American to the still exist, and would have to be dealt
pendent Poland I ask which of these supply of food and raw materials for und feel better then I have for five years. demands of President Wilson is not ours the hungry people and the hungry foc Agentisman writes gained No get rid of baat menace except the defeat lines, from which he was subsequentlyWHERE AKERIEM
general advance was I have seen this myself over and over also 11 look accordingly to the right torics wil be checked and yet Germany pounds with 22 days treatment withdrawn, as checked. Has acted for adjutant for a again among Americans of foreign which President Wilson will probably is prepared to take the risk. How much month and has always volunteered and origin. The child of the German or the establish to the presence of America is she desperate performed good work with information Blev often refuses to speak the language the Peace Conferenss after the war na one Nor is the material loss the greatest patrols."
of his parents and his home, lest it shoud of the test advantage to us and in that she would have to suffer. The pride stem to detract from the central and deed as giving us the certainty of having that she takes in her growth as a sea
faring power would suffer not less prondest fact of his life-namely, that he our demand granted, is an American Whatever America may
severely. In the 16 years of this century have failed to accomplish in solving the
the team tonnage of her mercantile desper problems of economic and social
marine was nearly doubled, the figures life and there we have all failed in
shown in Lloyd's Register" being as attaching her children, home and foreign,
follows {~~~ _ _ *** to her Government and her Institutions, she has been the most marvellous success in human history.
decision
on
AMERICA IDEA OF PEACEN
WHAT SHE STANDE TO LOSE.
food, they are coming to the end of tuose - will be relieved to know that the parcels power of Germany in this yene a fighting. If you want to know what kind of game the sum of Germany's merca starches ju your, food are passing out
ecember
ap-
ed
Total Germag marinos In American ports
Grosa Tons 3,890,000 1,253,000
2,027,000
#
reatment aid your poor disordered out of kilter intestinal machinery to turn dil this flesh-making food you put in your mouth each day into its proper channele whare your blood can carry it to every part of the body and turn it into healthy
with at some future time. Nothing will effeced an important lodgment in onctny's WA Rendest drop of bis blood.world; he demanded a united and indeping, will be cripped by one-third; the weight way 120 pounds, Now I
of the German Army in the fied, and the consequent destruction of its prestige Unless that is done we shall not eliminate Kaiserdom, which is bolstered up by mili. 'tarish, and which is primarily respon sible for the present confict
LOOKING AHEAD,
struggle should present hopes of a tor I have said that in war ons never mination this year be falsified. A call is knows what may happen; and acting on made to every man and to every woman this sound principle, the National Goy in the country to do their bit in some erument is not trueting to chance Plans way of other, and thus support the are being made for a long war as though fighting forces who are giving their lives the war might last until the end of 1918 for their country. Of course the Govern or even longer It is this broad outment are not free from criticism, and look, this evidence of wise provision, they will doubtless make mistakes; but which distinguishes the policy of the new they are showing that so far as energy, Ministry from the Wait and see " foresight and determination can pave the policy of Mr. Asquith. The antion is way to victory, they are doing everything ping organised for a long and bitter which can be done to bring the war to
(Contansied at foot of nest column. 3. & triumphant alesa
HAS SUCCEEDED,
Another speculation I find is out the part which America may play in the Conference that must follow the war. With obdinate optimism Germany may look to the entragon of America into that (Continued at foot of next colunm
One word nually. I pray my readers, English and Irish, Scotch and Welsh, to believe that I utter this word in the interest of the Empire, of the Allies, of the just cause for which we are all fighting Would you desire to have even, possible, a more whole-hearted support from America and her people in arms and in commeil; would you desire to go into the Peace Conference with a juster, a Clearer, a more consistent parpose, woul! you desire all this! Then I give you the prescription in two wards, Settle
Iraand
1900 1910
Gross Tous 2.160,000
**249-132;26749291) 119300 - 3,890,000
Growth
4 8. WATSON & CO., LTD., VICTORIA DISPENSARY, THE PHARMACY;" QUEEN'E DISPENSARY, THE EDWARD DISPENSARY.
with
57-2
thirds of that increase. If the Republics of America are forced into war with German shipping is strightway wiped. Germany the progress of twelve years in out. What does Her Balin think of that I
Once again, How much is Germany desperate. She is sa desperate as the 1,730,000gambler when he throws down on the table In sixteen years she added 1,730,000 his last and most precions possession to tons to her mercantile steamers. She is keep the dice moving for low mons endangering now 1,253,000 tons over two seconds and give Fertains one final of
portunity to look big way. Daily Chronicle.
Contmurd at foot of nest. Columu.
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