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MACAO, April 2nd.

Two cases of alleged murder were re- ported yesterday. One occurred at noon at Rua Chatral. The victim died in hospital, and his assailant has not yet, been captured. The other case took place near the steamer wharves at about eleven o'clock at night, The victim fell For was frown into the water and was found with his head buried in the mud,

An arrest has been made,

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EDUCATION IN A DEMOCRACY, THE MAXIMUM EFFORT,

MODERN UNIVERSITIES,

NEW GERMAN DIVISIONS AND NEED OF MEN.

THE HORSE IN WAR TIME.

THE EQUINE INSTINCT.

HAM LUDOVICI, R, BA] In loeture before the annual Confer- ence of Educational Associations at the [BY THE TIMES MILITARY CORRESPONDENT.]

Nobody at home, 1 should hope, s University of London, Professor Gilbert

No one can doubt that the belligerents ptic enough to suppose that va ore The Murray, who took for his subject An Educated Nation," said he was suspici- intend to continue the fighting this year all having a good time out here.

whatever its value; was of all criticism which had its birth with the utmost energy both by sen and expression "Fed up!

The increasing economic presstire may be from the standpoint of style-bas in war time, a time of haste and passion - land.

certainly never been so frequently" "on- men's lips as it is at present. The very

it that is making the New Army such)

and concealment of facts, because they upon the enemy, on the one side, and the must be concealed from the enemy; a effects of the submarino campaign upon time of frotted nerves when almost any our maritime commerce on the other

a formidable opponent to the German folly would pass muster if it served to supply the incentive for a maximum

effort.

hosts is manifest precisely in this par Our Cathedral line offered seats for satisfy a hungry emotion. Ho had read

The Germans began their preparations ticular that though the life out here is public subscription-first session, 89 per good deal of criticism upon the work ainuni, and second session, $1.50. More of national education ditring the war for the campaign of 1917 very early and feciling to an extreme (and no one in his than three hundred scnts have been taken, and the most ineupetent had been in very thoroughly. They swept up all the senses over dreams of denying this faet) During the Holy Week services the in- certain English newspapers. The most labour that they could find in Poland, Bol the New Army still fights with fortiunde, Bat we in the Artillery have to deal terior of the sacred edifice will bo iliu-belpful perhaps, making allowance for gium, and the occupied districts of and spirit. minated by means of powerful electric its extreme bitterness, was in the book France, and followed, this later by the'r lights

called England" be the German his Auxiliary Service Law, which was in fullith two kinds of animals that can be: The junk conmminication between thistorian Eduard Meyet, the general effect operation by November. By these minus fed up." We have our men and our they were enabled to set free for service horses. The poor solemn old draught city and Siac-ki, etc., is interrupted by of which on his mind was indignation on

in the Army a great number of min prehorse is fed up" too of that there reason of some valuable cargo having behalf of his maligned mother countryviously employed in essential Autional is not them slightest doubt. Of course found on board the junks, which are we might be bad, but we were certainly industries, and thereby to build up again like the men, he docs his damustest all been heavily fined. The dislocation of not so bad as was made out, and he their recruiting reserve, which was rapid the service causes great inconvenience to would undertake to make out a cage noty diminishing. many Chinose of this city who have gone much weaker against any other nation to their native places to worship at the knew anything about, tonibs of their ancestors,

We were now improving, or were before war broke out. Even

in our public schools and agnina, the difficulty of re- ligious differences we had made much progress since the Bilt of 1902. Neither Government nor nation bad stood still, and the best work had been a older, doenly-rooted schools.

It had been charged against our nation.

the same, but he is utterly and completely Marsil von Hinden fed," His eye tells the pathetic tale a burg was thus able to promise himself for bored, jaded, frequently irascible eyel the coming campaign rüe strategic reserve And not list «lone-but a sceptical sus- needed for continuing the campaign with picious eve into the bargain! For the vigour, and the judications are that weir solemn old draught horse hng lost his bearings entirely So much so, indeed, shuil som see an outburst of furious that he has acquired sort of listless activity on sea and loud with the object of forcing a pese befors exhatistion compels Germany to lay down her arius.

him in front, even of a battery in. docility, thanks to which his driver can action, without his showing the smallest sigu of protest.

This happen daily-- hourly,

The horse, like most

_____NEW HERMAN DIVINIONS, What may this actually mean in terms auunnis, had, through the generations of but reliable knowledge of meteorlogy. al system that we spent too much time of German divisions? Early in the its species, acquired a certain elementary on classics and literature and that we autumn of inst year sunie 27 now divisions Before he came out here, for instance, he were beaten by German concentration on had been raised by in withdrawal of knew hore or less the atmospheric condi- science. The charge was the reverse of thres battalions from certala divisions tions preceding and following

upon

Owing to lack of rain there is a dearth of water in the city. If the drought continues much longer wo may experi ence a water famine. The water-boats flat bring supplies from the Ribeira Grande take the whole day for the job, for even in that spot the watch is scarce.

Some surprise and apprehension is felt at the action of the Electric Light Co in erecting very high bamboo stands in some streets for their wires. The the truth, Secondary education in Gersand by their regrouping in new divisions, thunder claps and lightning. He also had the desirability of avoiding it; particular

load sonner permanent supports are erected. many was far more classical than ours; each of nie battalions, with new or captain intelligent notions about mud and they had far more of compulsory Greek tured artillery. The manufacture of zew and Latin Just before the war, out of heavy guus and the utilization of empturedly when one is drawing a precintig

All this lias naturally gone by the hoard. 400,000 boys receiving secondary educa batteries for the new divisions doubtless tion in Germany, 240,000 were at schools tuntinued in a systematic manner. With Thunder is a constant occurrence now

these new or partly new forces the cam quite independent of all atmospheric con. where Latin was compulsory and 10paign in Routaania became practicabletions.nd is apparently preferred by were at stools where compulsion covered and the question is whether this process the driver to a hard, dry rond, because both Greek and Latin. It was not true that the purely modern German schools us, and what results it may give repeatedly the horse finds himself com- zave more time to science than did our during the 1917 campaign

peiled to negotiato the maddust tracks and to flounder along in depths of the secondary schools.

most viscous marshland, both of which his traditions tell him are impracticable.

It goes without saying that the fact that they ultimately prove impracticable is

the better.

GERMANY'S SHIPPING, THE METHODS OF HERR BALLIN

_EVIT OF CLASS DISTINCTIONS.

In the course of a paper read in Len-

Our main fault was that we taught, don before nieting of the Royalot by standard of intellectual capacity,

In order to be on the safe side we as sume that the 1916 German practice has been continued up to the limits imposed, first, by the supply of men, and, secondly,

Colonial Institute, Mr Wilfred Powell bug by distinction of class, upper class by that of gas and ammunition. These frequently brought home to the driver as

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the last times horse

And then the body is dragged to the nearest large erump hole, and the solem those pits which his instincts bud told him must be wrong.

wizard of a horse is buried in one of

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(Sgd.) F. C. JENTIN,

MY D.S.P. (R.). Hongkong, April 4th, 1917,

(late H.B.M Consul General, Palade,oys in our public schools and universimits are not exactly known, but if

ring being over-dosed with classics and assume that the system has been generalizwell as to his commanding offirer or e and has been applied to some German 2.0.0, but the solemn old horse knew phin. USA) stated:

terature, and often compelled to learn divisions, it would produce 310 battalions it from the start, and in the end simply -“I should like to speak of thất Greek whether intellectually Etted for of infantry, which might enable 56 fresh ticks fast, wondering from want form superior it or not; white boys in the middle and divisions to be formed if the artillery of new insanity the usually su markable man, Albrecht Balin, the prebwer alasses were almost absolutely deeould be found for them, as well as the betin of man is gaffering.

To see two or thres hores scatter and sident of the Hamburg-American Steam, barred from the possibility of studying necessary shelin, which have, arourse, shin Line, I beleve he was orig wall the classics at all. The two evils could been piling up on both sides during fall under she fire is to read in the horse's be cured by the same remedy allowing period of cumparative inactivity. In che something akin to that human aud a Russian Jew, and started as an emi the youth of all classes the education for short, the 27 new divisions known to have feminine" I told you so!" which in grant runner from Russia for the old which they were intellectually suited, exist when Roumania was attacked may ordinary peaceful circumstances is

The chargo against us of neglect of by no have grown to 50, and in this case, exasperating and it is in connexion with Hansa line. By some meats la saccorded muders language was rather disgracefully if the times concentrate in the West, this optical message that the light of in purchasing two steamships which he true. Many Englishmen were actually as they appeay to be doing, we shall have scepticism and suspicion so often lurks in ashamed of speaking a foreign language. a considerable packet in our hands in the the horse's eye. But here, of course, this put in opposition to the Hansa line in No doubt many could read French and three months ahead of us, during which equine I told you so is merely unmistakable, and is generally ex- the emigrate and cargo business of perhaps many round road German, but time Hussin dan as comparatively little pathetic, and nothing more. It is visible

the horse just as a few would speak either. The ignorance and Italy not very much,

he falls North America The Hanea line sug was partly due to knowledge of our own We must allow that the 128 to 130 Cer gested that Ballin shund, instead of language being widely spread, and to the man divisions in the West in November fact that our vast literature satisfied running against them, unite his forces literary curiosity German and French base for fanford, by the available baluber from Roumania, say, 10 divisions with theirs, Ballin was willing provided girls and boys worked a good deal harder in all, and by some 20 divisions of new than ours and demanded less pleasure and that he was made a director of the ramusement. Our standards of comfort, formation, making up a potential for

German divisions do not appear to possess company, which was then named pleasure, and expenditure of any rate of 166 divisions or thereabouts Theat among the richer classes were probably Hamburg-America line. This line was

the highest known in the history of the their old efficiency or moral, and their started with four or five ships in (I be world. It was not, as a rule, vicious armament will probably remain inferior lieve) 1570. At the comunencement of pleasure and in itself, was to a large to our own When and where they will extent healthy and innocent, but it be used, whether in conjunction with the this may the Hamburg-American Com occupied too large a space in life. He did German Navy and all its subordinate All pany bad 67 separate lines of shipping not apply this criticism to the working machinery, or whether in a great effort on all over the world, in most cases running classes, but he suspected that, the rame the Belginn, British, or French front, are spirit, with modifications due to circum secrets of the German Higher Command, which rany, after all, have no higher ideal n competition with British stearoship stances, ran through the husbanding of ourian to continue the stonewalling tactics vital powerschools we required shove

of the past year, though this seems unlike lines. This vast increase has

In elementary

any case, complished in nearly every cake by

all, smaller classes and teachers with really seems to be evident in instituting a fright war, which forced culture behind them that the Germans are massing in the Weat, The bursary system was not the best whether for offensive or defensive pur the separate German lines to capitulate method of selection. In the upper classes puses, and in default of authoritative in

QUE NEED OP MEN. I will quote one case, and it is that there was need of more work and less play,formation it is safest to credit them pro-

and their sacrifices. arrangements and

But to beat the enemy in France we skipping line of American and in secondary schools some larger visionally with the full profits of their of a neutral

differentiation in teaching was needed,

must have the men, for hattles are not t steamers, who were put out of business more or leas such as they had in Germany, STRATEGY OF DESPERATION,

It is probable that all the German won without them. I as the moment by Ballin, the clever but unscrupulous, so that both the scientific and humanist neels of the country could be supplied.

placing every man in the field who can This American line was started to carry We needed further development of medical divisions which promise to take the field when Germany is staking her all and American goods from American ports to inspection and care for health, and more before long cannot be maintained for crawl there we fail to do likewise, we Hamburg and Holland. They were slow supervision and help for boys and girls many months by drafts, and that the do not deserve to win the war. We have hoate at low freights Ballin saw that after leaving school, partly by continua, German effort will consequently be short.

clubs

lived and will represent the maximum ample mon for agriculture, the ship yards, the mines, the munition works, endeavour of our principal enemy. It and the railways, as well as for the this might interfere with the monopoly on classics and partly by

THE NEW UNIVERSITIES.

may be directed against us in the West Army, but the one thing certain is that of the Hamburg-American line, but Yet when be lookert insid, England and

France armDIES being bound by the agreement of the used his personal experience he saw hope as the last and the greatest effort to unless we place in so-called "North Atlantic Pool that ful signs on every side. The demand for snatch victory from Fate, and if it be superior to the German we have no right freight rates of the steamship Ins education was a real, living demand. It true that the internal conditions of to expect to win the war. The War longing to the Pool could not be raised was being met by an increase in secondary Germany positively preclude a long con Cabinet must know exactly how we or lowered without the consent of the schools and by wonderful growth of tinuance of hostilities, it obviously will stand, yet he reason of a condition ladd whole Pool, he therefore knew that the modern nuiversities, which were producing not matter much whether drafts are avail down by the Inbour Party when ther Hamburg-American boats could not enter young men and women of a really high able for a long period ahead or not joined the present Government we are into competition with the lower freights and disinterested standard of life. No one Anything kent back may be regarded as compelled to waste time upon a call for of the new American line. He caused who had lived among the more serious so much strength wasted, and we voluntary national service, and it this This agents in Hamburg to start a new young people in provincial centres could mast anticipate the strategy and the fails wo shall be in a serious position

line in their name in opposition to the have failed to note the vivid, if sometimes tactics, on sen and land, suited to a Germany is taking a maximum on the American boats at a nominally indepen shallow, growth of interest in intellectual position which tends to become desperate, gaming tables of waThe sination dent affair, Ballin in reality providing things which had sprung up in late, years. In this connection we must never forget cannot be fully explained without enter

Ho had seen a good.

od deal of that movement means. The modus operands employed because it so happened that some of the the theory of the General Staff officiallying into details concerning our divisions hự him to kill the American line was as writers who had influenced the younger expounded by von Schellendorf namely in the field and our arrangements for follows: Say the American boats charg

20s a ton the German lines cut under Mr. Shaw and Mr. Wells. The meme portion of the sea, at least for a time Cabinet, who have all the facts sad the generation were old friends of his, such as that in certain circumstances the ad finding drafts and new divisions. These ement vantage of gaining the command in some things must be fully known to the War was far from being regrettable; all infel

Upon them and ducing their freight rates hel that lectual awakening was a good thing: but and thereby making possible the the figures before them of the American company each time that it was fair critician to say that the whole port of troops by sea, may justify the upon them alone, reate the responsibility the latter had to come down to meet the awakening of thought associated with the loss of our own fleet. (The Dutits of for action suited to the time. Mr. Lloyd reduction. The German hoate, en each ruen he had named and others had suffered the General Staff, 4th Edition, P51) George will have the hearty support of necasion they sailed for the United from marked one-sidedness. It was We must expect a Napoleonic use of the the whole country in any measure neces- States, received from the Hamburg Liberating but it did not build up or edify German navy who that Bindenburg has sary for wintang the war, and we all American steamship wharves, surrepti He was disposad to put much frith in the darge of its fortunes, and in spite of all make fall allowances for the delays and tiously, a half cargo of goods hom nally Workers Educational Association as a templations and all giben we must main difficulties of the past, but the needs of left by the Hamburg-American line on working class aristocracy setting itself to tain a strong home defence force, as wo war are inexorable, and the War Cabinet secount of want of space, at 40 ton.achieve education, and no one could misli in all the great crises of our history must be carnestly invited to lose n This trick soon enabled the German, booty take the spirit in which they were work from the Elizabethan period downwards, priceless time in providing the mer to drive the American company out of ing. They sought knowledne in the spirit

(Continued a hot of nezi Column.) peccasary for the war existence."

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