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PRISONERS OF WAR IN

GERMANY

HOLIDAY TRIPS TO WITNESS. THE TORTURES...

MAN FORMAN

BY GORDON HELSBY]

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, MAY 11TH. 1917

IRISH PROBLEM

ANOTHER ATTEMPT TO REACH SETTLEMENT:

settlement of the Irish problem. Mr. Another attempt is to be made to reach

GERMANY'S LOST EMPIRE,

SPLENDID ECONOMIC.

RESOURCES,

BY JOHN E HARRIS.]

A calm September night on the British front. In a shallow hole, slightly. advance of the wire barracade, crouch six It was related the other day by a dark figures at a listening post. Two Bonar Law made the anonuncement in Fortunately for every interest concern. British prisoner of war just returned heads crane forward over the lip of the the House of Commons recently, after on the German colonies possess vary from Ruhleben, Samuel Orme, of Porter. The remaining four men talk two hours debate, in which a welcome little gold, although it is true, that the

among themselves in very low tones, Sunlight, a ship's cook, that he was first which fall upon the ears of a listening overy speak diamond fields of Germann

ofheer, who has just slipped into the hole beside them. The sudden fare of a Véry

spirit of reason, and condition animated

of

i

"

South We have

the Lender West are almost as valuable as thoes, the House, that, in spite of the German colonies is an agricultural ones of Kimberley. The chilet value of the

on our own responsibility, to make another attempt to reach a settlement" principles of administration, Germany a have a fat wife than a thin one Fat tor of the House It was just the declarament a hundredfald

Loud rang the cheers from overy quar-late colonial empire will re ay invest muffled voice

means good temper.

Another takes Mr. Prior to the outbreak of war the

interned at Sennelager, whore he had to submit to the indignity of being clean light ""; compels him to lie law, This is risk of failure, it is worth while for us given a new colonial system, given soun shaved on one side only of head and face. the scrap of the conversation which he is The incident is fully described in Stateen just in time to hear. son Low Maraton, ds.) The narrator is months in Four German prisons (Samp I don't know about that, I'd rather Mr. Henry Mahoney, who left this coun try for Russia on August 1st, 1914, was

up thefin exactly the right form and tone, price of animal fats had increased arrested on board train in his argument and more breezy opinions are Asquith, in a couple of sentences, express enormously, and there was a stendile endeavour to get back to the Dutch exchanged in the same whispered tones.ed his gratification Better to

Only those who know the hundred and fail," he said, than not try at all

try and frontier from Berln, and narrowly

growing demand for vegetable butters excuped being shot as a spy in that he one big and little discomforts of tying he promised a hearty, co-operation. but prejudice, based largely on ignor had a camera on him. The book's interest muddy shell-hole in No-Man's land

Mr. Bonar Law did not indicate on ance, erected a solid barrier against margarine, or nut butter." With than in his unemotional description of the wonders of such light-hearted chat at

such a time and place. the scenes he witnessed. Major Bach was had come into the front-line for the first these had previously been a good deal of sumption of margarine has become so

"He asked for a little time, and These men,

work begged the House not to press him. Judice has broken down, and the con- the brutal military commander of the time only four weeks before, had one of talk of referring the matter to a Com general at the family table that even Sennelager Prisoners Camp

There was one party of British pri- the worst jobs in all the trying, experi- mission, though this was not to the mind the autocrats of the kitchen are gracious Loners whom Major Bach singled out force of trench warfare. At intervals of some of those who took part in the ly condescending to consume" nat

fica less in the narrator's own experiences for an eight-hour stretch can understand what lines the Government intend to the ever increasing cost of living, pre

who

specially harsh and Seas Fleet ore unpleasantly irregular, a shower of debate. Mr. Ronald McNeill did, not butter.

stumbled across a fleet of Grimsby trap-

the

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and, at any moment, a Very that, as they were all deeply committed reveal their presencs to one of the their Dominion Parliaments, they could its allied food products, while even ters unconcernedly pursuing their usund German look-outs. It was an eight-hours not approach the problem with impartint German South West will assist if Kule resolutions passed by to the production of vegetable butter and peaceful occupation. The whole of the Beherinen were made prisoners and

gamble with death. And yet they banter

minds. Sir Hamar Greenwood said it cotton can be grown. for cotton-seed also despatched to Sennelnger But Major cheerily about t merits of a fat and thin would be an acknowledgment of incom-spells butter. The four main vegetable

tthe Bach stedfastly refused to believe that wife.

Another little the comparison;

potence and incapacity to ask the Domin butter agencies in the Gerronn colonies they

were simply fishermen pursuing their ordinary tasks. To his marion and dis will speak for itself.

ion statesinen to shoulder the respon are (a) the oil palm, (b) coprs, (c) torted mind a man on a trawler was only which take place during normal opera the Home Rule Act as a basis of settle nial growth, one a surface plant and A small guide one of the hundreds ibility of settling the question, but sug ground nut. (d) enttonseed, tag at toiling in the sea for one or both of two tions and a small party, about 16, creep-ment, and shape it to the needs of the the other from the earth kernel. The gosted that they might be invited to take the products of the palm trees of Doron ритровов. The one was lying mines the sman was submitted to the indignity Very light" sent up from an enemy time; the important thing for the moment nermits its use for the personal adorn- other was minesweeping Each ing forward to the German

sudden flash barely 30 yards away a rovedl their

linea. Atime method of procedure: in due a price which prohibits consumption, but Government will cocon bean also reduces butter, but at having one half of bis head shaved clean, one half of his moustache removed, or one

listening

Almost before it bursts is that they have taken their half of his beard cut away The pie shell-torn ground around, the raiding attempt to roll the stone Sisyphus re- THE

into a flickering Bare, lighting up the both hands, and mean to make another ment of the fair sex, branded in this manner presented u strange spectacle, and one which afforded second is required for every man to to be greeted with a false quantity up Alike queen over all, both in beauty. party is as still is death. Not more than appeared again after a long rest, only Major Bach endless amusement."

One has to read a record such as this the party is moving forward again, but SACRIFICES ALL ROUND almost everywhere in Togoland and the

throw himself prone: In a few minutes to the top of the hillonging

and productivity, is the oil palm found book to understand how thoroughly with brutality and bullying are ingrained in Very lights flare up. The enemy listen. The discussion was like no other Irish

greater caution this time More

Cameroons Lord Harcourt recently the German nature. There are exceping-post cannot be more than 20 yards debate that one had ever heard before pointed out that within the last seven tions, but only sufficient to prove the rule Bawy and yet the presence of the raiding Not a harsh word was spoken. Not a year the value of the exports of raw Dr. Ascher, the civilian doctor Sennelager, was one, and he did his boot Party is still undiscovered. I the post much as a pin prick, let alone a Bword African possessions had increased from rasping thing was said. There was not so butter products from Britain's West wore alert, if the sentries were keeping a to stand between the wretched prisoners proper look-out, they must have seen the thrust or a poniard, blow. Above all, £2,400,000 to £,300,000, and there is and the brute Bach who was in military wriggling figures. The officer in charge treated to seriously by the speakers to years will see the figure rice over control. The gravest offence in Germany is puzzled. Quickly and quietly, word

there was no eloquence. The subject was good reason to hope that the next seven is insult to the uniform, which practically passed down the file. The officer and the be eloquent. It was a case of "Come, 10,000,000. There is no reason what the law into his own hands and to deal five minutes later the listening post is not be thought that the House was deluged port £5,000,000 within a few years. The pormits the latest joined recruit to take four leading men creep away to the left let us reason together and the happy over why under suitable conditions, the Fesult was that things moved. Nor let Cameroons and Togoland should not ex- out summary punishment with bayonet or more. The whole thing was ridiculously butt, certainly wherever a prisoner of easy. The four Bochus who composed with the sentimental gush of which there oil palm growing everywhere, needs In anticipation of speeches by Mr. war is concerned The one check on the had given in without attempting to fight, has been too much in the past. No, the little cultivation; it only requires reason Asquith, the ex-Premier, and Mr. Wine- brutality of a camp appears to be a high They had not fought because they had diheutties were frankly stated and faced. able protection to give forth continuous ton Churchill, former Lord of the death-roll, though that does not operate been too nervous even to keep a look-out There is no longer any mystery about the supplies of butler. The coconut palma, Admiralty, in the House of Commons when there is an epidemic of typhus, a That was why the

Irish problem- party had come

one has a delusion or the dried flesh of whose nut provides the Dardanelles campaign, the Govern dodged by

prisoners to sont up.

Tut

*

MORE ABOUT

DARDANELLES.

THE

PLAN TO AOT BEFORE TURKEY

JOINED GERMANY DEPRECATED

BY WAR OFFICE.

on

Wittenberg proves and in other camps up unseen, The Very lights had been an illusion ACABA

the decedy and the sentries had not People who talk glibly of voluti shell hole. The raiders were out to obtain forament resolution begging the grow within some 200 miles of aca in- ment containing in its own words, n to look over the top of the man Mr Dalzzel started the debate copra, requires: cultivation, and only ment issued as White Paper to Parlia

bou

to, civil

men can-

to

to take the Irish problem un lustre “German East Africa and a prisoner for identification purposes.

certain notes which, so far as the public anew on the Bround in Germany, a rising of the civil popula They got four with much greater use as a war measure, pure and simple, as large cocoanut Industries. In 1912 of some portions excised from the full

of Imperial

they possessions of the South Pacific have interest will allow, will replace the cause necessity on against the militarists; can bave ne

than des of the military terrorism under

they ever expected,

ameaus to getting on more effectively

"German East African" plantations report of the Dardanelles Commission." which all classes dwell. A German who war for the Bache,

That is the spirit which is losing the with the war. Then Mr. Ronald Me contained 900,000 coconut palms, which

The chief effect of the revelations is to Neill, usually one of the most intrane commits an offence against the uniform These two little snap pictures are not geant of Inister's defenders, expressed his ducing 25,000,000 coconuts per annum. Turkey was about to join the Central

on & low average, should soon be pro-

show that Mr. Churchill at the end of or against the State will be shown no the exception they are the rule. I have earnest desire for a settlement. He stress. The ground nut is the favourite little Powers, proposed a plan for the seizure August, 1914, being of opinion that more mercy that a prisoner of war Mr seen a company of Bavarians waited the point that there must be sacrifice monkey nut which grows as an of the Gallipoli Peninsula by means of Mahoney's experience of the torture stolidly for our attack, standing in front all round, and, of coure, he was anxious annual crop just beneath the surface of chambers of Wesol prison in August 1914, of their shattered wire. But this show, of make concessions than the Nationalists the ground mat, of which Europe re- Sea of Marmora General Charles E. is evidence of this. The German bravery was soon over As soon as ourThat is the quarter, he said, pointing quires about 100,000 tons per annum.

to show that Ulster was more willing to the soil. Every German colony produces a view to admitting a British feet to the

Greek Greek army of adequate strength, with warders never attempt to correct by men were within words, the rifle is a handy weapon. their courage went and they were mere to Mr. Dillon, to which entreaty and The seed of the entten plant, but little at the War Office, pointed out that this

few yards of them Consequently if you hension, your body speedily assumes his trenches, with his machine guns spit Bonar Law himself remarked how very useful oil for batter, and still more tion and that it would not be justifiable are dull of compro frightened children, scurrying away. In persuasion should be directed," and Mr. larger than the English pea, rive; a would prove an extremely difficult opera- Callwell, Director of Military Operations zebra appearance with its patches of black ting hundreds of rounds of death to the much easier it would be for Uister to attractive ingredient for fancy pastry to undertake it with an army of less than and blue. Even in those days the food minute, the German is a formidable toe. move towards a settlement if there were was abominably insufficient in quantity At close quarters he is still a foe to be franker recognition on the Nationalist COCOA AND RUSGE

in character. In fact there is reckoned with but only very seriously if benches that all the blame for past mis

COCOA AND RUBBER 60,000. It is also shown that the abounding evidence that the semi-starva all chances of escape are cut off. When understanding did not rest on the British

Admiralty officials believed the appear The other two main products in Gerance of a British feet would be the signal tion of prisoners of war has from the he does put up a fight it is, in nine cases Government. He therefore emphasized man colonies are recos and rubber. But for a revolution ta Constantinople and prisoners camps in Germany with, driven into a corner The German Army clear that the Nationalists outset been the approved policy at all out of ten, with the desperation of a rat Mr. Herbert Samuel, the bands of white ownership was

the necessity of sacrifeo all-

the German colonial policy of retaining that the Dardanelles forts were short of maybe, one or two exceptions. For Ger-is a wonderful machine, but its

plantation production as far as possible ammunition. The British blockade one on them by nut fight by themselves. Separate a few abate their demand for the stakes on not merely inimical to the natives, but into a thene telegraphed that. M

On March 18 (1915), the British the British blockade is a lie Germans from their main body and they coercion of the minority, and some unsound from the financial point of Venizelos, then Grenk

will" theory the will to live, the wire useless. But the British soldier 15 Buch was Mr. Samuel's suggested formula charges upon the industry that although Minister, the following day, added that We hear so much about the German

visible sign of the unity of Ireland view. This policy involved such heavy to offer the co-operation of a Greek army proposed fighter. The instinct 18 in him. Whether

corps of three divisions The British Germany had 20,000,000 rubber trees, the the King of Greece already had been planters could no compete with British sounded on

and that he responsible for the failure the cocos who was engaged on a special mission in War On industry Germany's socoa-producing the Balkans, sent a telegram to Earl areas in West Africa cannot measure less Kitchener, Secretary of War, as follows: than 100,000 square miles, whilst the The operations got the British cocoa production from the smaller area now exceeds £4,000,000, whereas the Garman production karely reaches 200,000.

There is only one way by which Ger Lord Hugh Cocil who lectured Irish ducer White labour in any capacity is by the efficient help of the black pro was reproof Sunday was the day of days which nationality, alone was in favour of post dies or kills itself in the tropics. The GERMANY S FOREIGN POLCIY

men on the duty of thinking clearly about expensive moreover, white labour either critics. But in Berlin had such a play the tyrant preferred for mating out this poning any attempt at settlement to the Donceivably found its way on the stage the selection of governing reason for end of the war. The Irish problem, he relationship of the white man to in wespod and hustled into prison, like cattle offered such a novel entertainment for the words. If a Home Rule Parliament was scientific methods of planting, growing, OFFICE OFFICIAL IN. 1905. author and all concerned would have been the selection of this day was because it said, could not be solved by slow kind digenous production is that of a teacher, We have to envisage this essential differ gaping German

The

public selected, it would be full of vehement Sillu harvesting, and marketing his raw sup

that of leading the native to adopt more TENDENCY TRACED BY FOREIGN British and German peoples if we wish to app on Sunday mornings to see the

who wanted Separation, and arrive at a understanding of the prisoners Young girls and raw recruits tho

make i still more dificult for plies of nut butter, cocoa, rubber, sugar In the House of Commons recently Mr. nations.

deepest impression that

has to

to power, the will to victory, etc., that he is led or by himself, he will fight with THE DOMINION ANALOGY it us as well not to forget that in the his wits with such weapons as he

Sir Hamar Greenwood made one at the worst crime imaginable is the will The Boche has lost at last the

the most interesting speeches of the day, of your own." It is crushed mercilessly of his superior machine-guns and his the grandson of a man who had been a The assumption of individuality is artillery. These have been matched and rebel for the cause of Home Rule in Inughed at liberty consists in going surpassed by the Allies, and the time is Canada, and had taken twelve of his son exactly where you are told no man calls coming when the German Army will have nearly his whole family, he added recognised under the Gorman code, only stand or fall by the fighting quality that He pointed out that practically all the the body, which is maltreated until its is in each man. Those who have seen Home Rule schemes which have been given owner becomes an unresisting dumb them at close quarters have no doubts of to the Colonies by the Imperial Parla animal in the hands of his persecutor. the resi A little time ago a play was produced in

ment, were agreed schemes in the Colonies themselves, and that this fnet more than any other vitiated the so-called.

eyes of the present rulers of Germany, hand, and with all his heart-E MOMAN Fwhich he told the House that he w markets. The same policy 18 primarily March 17th General Sir Arthur Page

rubber, which now dominates the world's had heard the King

this proponted

He soul his own because the soul is not to meet its enemies man for man and casually with him into the rebel ranks, British areas can hardly exceed 75,000 les have madeinst. the Dardanel

London called Augustus does his Bit,

mili

possibility of Bulgaria attacking any Balkan State that might side with the deep impression All

Entente is now over, and there is some will move against Turkey, to cooperat reason to think that the Bulgarian Army

York Times.

holding up to ridicule the British mapparently taken to heart only to accen analogy in the case of Ireland set on many s colonies can be made a success in the Dardanelles operations.--New!

tary sent its author received

was laughed at here, and tuate the torture

ence in the nature and character of the already mentioned, were invited to the Government to carry on the and hemp. It is only by this policy that Shaw asked the Prime Minister whethe

terial of German prison experiencechered a trip to Der on the war. So he would prefer to wait for the late German colonies, will be made towards the close of 3905 or in, the early

two

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Leaven is on antitely the whole German lines, and a sight whiel should not be 574 which only prevails in pezes time, colonies, and to European, and American yge Crowe, of the Foreign Office, of peace and the atmosphere of rational

anal fruitful and a blessing alike to the weeks of 1906, 4 minute was drawn up by especially the Prussian soldier soldier missed on any account. They clustered the political atmosphere before the war

There is a good deal told about

dier the on the path on the opposite side of the was the very reverse of peaceful, and

seemed quite to forget that civilisation,

Which the development and tendencies cruel punishment of tying to the post for road facing the stake, laughing and jok that he himself was far more overstrung

German

foreign

policy were traced; whe the most trifling offences. It was a forming among themselves. The recruits,

ther that of horrible torture, for the prisoner was openly manifested their intenes amuse solitary doubting voice. The rest were

minute, touched upon the who then

possibility of conflict between Great THERAPION however, was tho so tightly bound as to stop ciraulation in wretch gave an abnormally wild and The Nationalists said nothing Mr. onl paper, the Chemicher Zeitung, pub copy of the minute to be laid upon the

ment, cheered frantically when the trussed all for settlement here and n

and Germany; and whether, In hands and feet. For three hours, eventu-

view

ew of the interest and importance of ally extended to sight hours, prisoners eat piorems shriek of pain. At his Redmond was away But Dillon was lished on November 18th, 1916 the table of the House

war of all nationalities had to undergo HORNS, groans, and desperate abortive there and the redoubtable Mr. Devlid following advertisement: The Eckbol

attempts to release himself, When a prisoner was

the girls was in the height would laugh as goily nail witnessing the Both sat like, graven, imagez lacu

Lord R. Cecil, who replied, said --- Yes, aturing sheim Thermo-chemical Co. Strasburg air. An extremely able memorandum was of his toemnet the eminent. Commandant antice of a clown, at a orous, and were rad prill, were done as stensen account of the departure of four drawn up by Sir Byze Crowe, and sub would stroll up, sad, from a couple of unrestrained in their applause." was something in the wind, pares away would stand legs wide apart Iniit conceivable that such a scene could blew their way another

manager we require an engine a daunty 1st, 2007, dealing with Getmanetist

mitted to the Secretary of State of Monday, and hands clasped behind his back, take place in England at this time of spectator was the First Lord of tid Ad for the destruction of dead bodies. The thastened this country I do not Priday, 18th May

wind from military obligations, to direct surveying the results of his devilry with day! Ons knows that there are regions miralty, but the only word he spoke was name of the factory leaves no doube re-think it would be in the public interest

centive technically and commercially, our factory policy and the grave danger with which at General Mining the greatest self-satisfaction. As the in the East where prolonged torments are to remind Mr. Sampel that Ulster & desirespecting the nature of the work carried on to make & piecedent of the publication of prisoner groaned and moaned he would still considered a recognised object of was to remain tling coarse joke, badinage and gibe et mirth, but we had thought Western ment Else, he too might just as well comprises the chemical

China Borneo Co., Ltd, Morting of the helpless wretch, and when the latter Europe had done for ever with this bat have been a silent, inscrutable mask at utilization of dead hodies

under the Imperial Parlik in this thermo-chemical factory which secret dengrtmental memoranda, by lay Woddecay, Bird May straggled and writhed in order to book barism One is inclined to ask in, dismay the side of Mr. Bouar Law and Mr. Duke. The statement in the Lausanne Gazette because the

Treatment of Hope t

king, the memorandum on the table of the some relief, though in vain, he would how is it possible to treat with a State

this with reluctance, laugh uproariously, urge the unhappy in the fature, which not only officially no undue optimism. Nevertheless, Germany at the same time sa My Gerard, bal

In face of past failures, there will be made by the American Consul, who left State paper

blication of this striking man to kick more energetically, and then sanctions these barbarities but actually wind is blowing, and

ald get at test for ever the shriek with delight as his advice was encourages its officers to play the part Sisyphus has it at his back-Daily Tele to extremities in order to obtain explo, of one of the a

insinuations which have been at least noor fully confirms thug: The enemy is reduced made against the patriotism and character sk of our public serfante, (Cheons)

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