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GERMAN SHIPPERS’

MISGIVINGS-

AN INDEMNITY THE ONLY HOPE.

IN MILITARY HOSPITAL,

WARD HUMOURS AND FADS.

Distinctions of rank are abrogated in a The German Press has beer giving signs | nuilitary hospital to a lurge extent. The of late of misgiving for the future of officer of very exalted rank has special the shipping trade. The appearance of quarters where he meets only other high a number of stories along that line do posses; hut, for the rest major and not give the impression of being merely pipsqueak" (the odious term which is

rank badges on pyjamas. But one dis tinction, has intruded that between surgical cases and medical casc The medical case must bear himself very humbly if he gets into a ward where there are surgical cases. Even that kindly

will in some nathority. Sister guarded moment, unless she is very, very

"

un-

A HAUNTED BATH-HOUSE; ANOTHER KOBE MYSTERY.

THE NEW ANZACS

[BY AN AN240)

Mr. Masefield in his immortal hitla book Gallipoli," which future genera

Ghom wories in Japan are said to be associated with the warm weather, and it is therefore fitting that the rise intions of Australians will read with pride and tears, ranked the original Anzacs temperatura in Koln should I simul

with the finest body of young men assembl- fanome with the appearance of a ghos...... ed together in moderm times He was About a fortnight ago, says the Japan Teaking of their physique, their intelli- a coincidence, but are an evidence of vainly designed to lessen the self-import-ronicle, an old woman died while tak gence, and their bearing

ing a bath at a bath-house at Onoye-dori,

Since then an additional quarter of a the growing concern with which impor-fance of the second-lieutenant) fraternise G-chome. A few days later another old million young Australians have enlisted Gach month reint «interests of Germany. in a common cheerfulness. There are no house, and died two days later. It is said woman was taken ill in the same bath-

and crossed the seas, and could Mr. viene prospects of the failure.

Masefield walk through our camps to day Already the Forwægerts as the leading

that before she died she related that when he would see bodies of recruits who in Stolnak vagons han i spasoud, dea con-

she was taking a bath, although there their intelligence and physique and their cum ad to bow German traders will de

was nobody else in the room, she heard singular aptitude for soldiering are the able-Buco Germany readers have drawn

her name faintly called from the unth-tub. peers of that wonderful first legion upon the Fatherland the hate and open

A few minutes later she heard her name enmity of the whole world to resume in

repeated. The woman told the bath house peace time commercial relations with

keeper what had occurred, but he would other Great Powers,

not believe it. The old lady was taken il Recently the Jingo Deutsche Tagen.

This incident soon began to be nowed by a well-informed writer who places nil One medical case, taught etunning by about among the neighbours with the Germany's hopes for a commercial future circumstances, discovered when he was usual exaggerations, and the number of on the thin thread of a war indemnity being moved from one hospital to another patrons of the bath-house rapidly fell off. Germany's warehouses are empty of that a special sort of headache he suffered This state of affairs has affected the bath raw materini," he declares, and after from could be relieved by a large, impres house keeper much more than the alleged the war they will have to be filled again. sive bandage. With this head adornment appearance of a ghost, and he is making Certainly merchants and bankers will be the successfully deceived us for, somis days. an attempt to restore the damaged repala- given credit when they resume their A rumour went around that he was a tion of his house by obtaining the services operations" abroad, but that will not be | trepanned case, and as Rumour stalked of a street

series. of street lestures on mands made by the mucussity for filling | plate in his akull grew and grew until the absurdity of the ghost story nad call to return to the

|ther this plan will have the effect of laying the ghost. Indeed, it is not improbable that it will have the effect of spreading the story, and thus further reducing the number of visitors..

zeitung opened its columns to an artich refor to him as only a medical very soon after, and died. two days Inter who first answered the call. The men, who

In the men now coming forward there is lacking in some measure perhaps that cager spirits of adventure, that exultant patriotism which distinguished the inen enlist in Australia now are in to fing fever of enthusiasm; they come up soberly and thoughtfully with full sense of the them the delay has been due not to any grim fighting ahead, and with most of lacking but to responsibilities which could not be sooner put aside. Of the seven men in my tent during training four were married. Probably tho

men to whom enlistment means leaving their homes and affairs on the other side

There is no home leave for the AustYA- lian soldier in this war. Since the ight- ing began only the sick and wounded have been seen by their families. There can never be another Landing," but the men volunteering now are good for lasks equally formidable. Of the many hundreds in my troopship one in three would have rejoiced the eye of any officer of the Guards."

sufficient to cover the tremendous de- from bed to be the size of the silver been givingvertising agent, who majority of our recruits today are family

our empty warehouses again, We must as almost the size of a potato allotment.ing upon. formerwever, doubtful, whe of the world for an indefinito perind

remember that after the war the coming into the market of such a big buyer as Germany will seid up prices consider ably, all the more so when the other big buyers compete, as they will do. He who can pay promptly will everywhere have the advantage. As Germany will for a time, not be able to export much to pay for raw

His shameful secret was at length dis bath-house. It is, covered; he was only a fever or a heart or something, and whilst we were all sorry for him he no longer disputed favour with our ward peta delightfully cheerful pipsqueak whose body is so be-stitched that we feel sure they had a ewing machine in the operating zoom for

to pay querial, she will find it diffent him. Except for the medical cases over

INDEMNITY THE SITUATION. How is that difficulty to be overcome

Renwick, in The London

asks Mr. GeoWe must have, a War are a very cheerful crowd.

Chronicle, demnity, tion.

is the German writer's solu- But he thinks no one will be able pay over

as are required to cover Germany, war expen diture, now five thousand million pounds (£5,000,000,000); but he suggests that war indemnity need not be all in cash,

The writer in Count Reven low's jingo and agrarian paper then goes on to un- fold a delightful scheme. Raw material to the extent which Germany used up during the war is to be provided by the Fatherland's besten enemies, The Berlin Government will distribute that among

LAUGHING CAMPS...

Rare native intelligence and an infuite sense of humour are, the strongest quali young Australian does not know; he is tics of our recruits. Thero is much the often, sadly deficient in knowledge revis upon this earth, before he was hord. He interest about anything that occurred

limited range of vision and sympathy, ia through and through a citizen of

and his frank scorn of other lands and very young country. But despite his

other ages, he has few, if any, equals as a comrade.

yhose happiness there is a wee cloud, and

NATURAL GREEN SILK. for those cases who cannot hope to get back to the from but can only look for-

NEW PRODUCT OF SHANTUNG. ward to tab-carrying in the future, we OneTM chief

According to information received by interests, apart from the

war are

the Shinghai Silk Quild from silk mer wounds, food, drink, and the vagaries of chants of Shantung, the Industrial School the War regarding sick leave.

heers out the front hatch cum sailely way of Shantung, which has been conducting of writing to their wounded fellows, and

some scientific work for raising silk these lotters are a clear delight, Not only

worms, has discovered a new kind of cursed yet still attractive trenches, but gen colour. The cocoons are said to do they tell of the old scenery, the much-

silk-worm that produces silk of a natural they show to the junior officer his seniors be larger than the ordinary size and they in a new light. Many temporary officera have known only the severe, the dis produce, of course, more silk.

The colour cipline," side of generals and colonels, is pleasing and fast without any process. because there has hom in their time of It is not known whether the production

His physique is something ceaselessly to service no

of green silk is the result of special feed. the different industries, and will take other side of the military freemasonry, ing or of the discovery of a new species graceful and strong. There is perhaps ne

opportunity to find out the

rojnice about: so tall, so supple, an war loan scrip as payment; thus at the When in sick hay a pipe squeak gets a of worm. According to foreign merchants same time providing the necessary ruw material to the nation's industries and from his general or colonel he begins to grades of green ilk, the products are good beginning of him. Where in this war will ragging and altogether chummy letter who have seen the specimen of the various race at once so light of foot and powerful of body. And his physique is only the reducing the amount of the indebtedness | learn something of that other side. - and the silk woven with such raw mate of the State in the matter of interest upon It is etiquette in a military hospital to rial is beautiful in colour. Numerous you find such a flow of shrewd uncon loans.

be very much interested in the other enquiries have been made regarding the ventional wit as in Australian tronches "The Weser Zeitung, the important Bredup's wounds and to affect to hold lightly new discovery, and it is expected that a and camps? Among these boys of our men journal, publishes an article by a one's own. It is very bad form to hint good market will be found for it. Hith Young Army, with their exuberant youth shipping expert, showing that the Ger- that your lot is more severe than his lotserto only natural white and yellow xalted by the splendour of the cause man shipping industry will be in a seri

silks have been obtainable. With the which they serve, you discover all day ous position after the war, He remijids Oh, I am all right, old inan (you say production of natural green silk it may

and right a rushing, stream of high his countrymen that they must not rely in answer to his first advances Except and be possible to produce ather colourspirits, a love of a jeat that truly is a on submarines to clear the world of the for a bit of my liver and a few yards of E shipping of other countries and so to lung blown away, I'm a fit as can be. leave Ormany supreme. From the But that looks an awful leg of yours? German standpoint (he sys) there is alse" Not at all, not at all. It is almost JOHN CHINAMAN AND WILHELM: this fact to be considered. German ship-ecrtain now to stay on. But it must e pine companies have also suffered very

a body heavily on necount of the war; indver orrily interesting to have

And so the ghoulish chat goes on. Food and drink discussions are made a

their losses are heavier than those of other countries." His way out of the difficulty is an indemnity, from the State to ship- ping companies for all losses suffered dar. Ing the war."

ONE METHOD OF SALVATION. These papers which loyally shouted ont that America's coming into the war made little difference are blandly told by the expert that the additional foe in the West will bring about a state of affairs which will cause that indemnity--not a war in demnity to the German State, hut a trade indemnity from the German State to Ger man industries-to be all the greater. ed to the Cologne Volkszeitung by, Herr Another interesting article is contribut- Edward Achelis, the commercial and in dustrial magnate of Br.men, and a lend ing member of the Bremen Chomijer of Commerce. He has much to say that must be discouraging roading for the German. He acte this question: Wil German shipping companies be able to bear and overcome their very heavy war losses and remain in capable competition with those foreign companies which have atinined great strength ↑ "

wound

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little lat by the patient who was hire

was

last, year, when we all ought to have been here to know what could be done. Last year, clearly, Lucullus was in charge of the kitchen. The breakfast egg served warm from the fowl. Wine was a-mocking at every meal--all sorts of wine, from champagne, with its heady gaiety to burgundy, with deep man's laughter, and port, with its wise old chuckle. Well, the Golden Age was always in the past, Nowadays we have we can manage to eat. Chicken and fish as much or more good, well-cooked food as are no less good under their pet names af Be-gull" and "shark," " and the very young nuree, with the tender appearance, mally does not go about in fear that she will be killed for the pot as she pretends.

But drink-drink in the wicked and attractive sense of the word--that you only get as the reward of bow and

your spene, so to speak. If you are one of the unfortunate cuses who on medical

If claret is your objective a delicate appetite is the best method of attack. Any officer who has had the forethought to secrete a small box of biscuits can usually show a delicate enough appetite to justify a regular ration of claret Beer

John Chinaman sat ou his cushioned sent

in the shade of the Peking wall, And long he looked at the, reddened west, where the stroke hung low like a pall

John Chinaman narrowed his almond eyes

as he guzed at his grinning joss or be wanted a bet on the All-in Stakes,

and couldn't decide on his hos!

In other days, when the craft of men in

the market-place was sold, John Chinaman bartered his shining silk

at the glint of the German gold/ But when Wilhelm asked that he cast his 'choque na a help to win the war-- John Chinnman opened his eyes again,

John Chinamun sat on the narrow fence,

and marmurad a bland "Whaffor?"

jest, and an instinctive touch for the heart of things, for which you will work in vain among all classes in older and→ for this generation--less generous lands, Our camps are great laughing, holiday places.

The young Australian soldier makes une condition. If you want him to work you must keep him koorly interested. No man Put the men in an artillery camp on the can work more rapidly and convincingly. guns in the blazing heat of nu Australian December day, and they double and hustle gaily all day. They cannot get enough of it. They will play football on the hard, dusty ground after breakfast," and probably engage in a weight-lifting com- petition after lunch.

A MISSING SON'S GRAVE.

OFFICER'S DISCOVERY ON THE BATTLEFIELD.

nor would he choose a side, While victory drifted to and fro, like an

cork on the surging tide; All

blind was he to the tempting bait of a brand new Iron Cross For better a cycle of Cathay thun a year

with a German boss!

J

Iolin Chinwaan looked across his fields, As he saw the masts of the war lord's

...and a light stole into his eye,

ships, where they huddled in old Then he took his pen, and he scrawled a

Shanghai note that the Kaiser might take look When you make out a list of your foes to-night, say, Bill, you might just add

-Melbourne Argus..

But

One of the most poignant stories of the war-how a. father found on the battle- feld the grave of his flying son, who had London recently been "missing" for eight weeks-reached

On March 19th Captain Eldred Wolfur- Royal Flying. Corts, went up to make a stan Bowyer-Bower, East Burrey and reconnaissance. Eye witnesses state that he had passed from five to seven miles behind the then Hindenburg Line when he was attacked by six enemy airmen. His machine was seen to descend

The British advanes came weeks later. In the vanguard was a detachment of Royal Engineers, which included the mis sing airman's father, Captain T. Bowyer. Bower The father heard that not far away was a grave marked by a Cross made from pieces of a wrecked aeroplane, which bore in pencil the worde "The un- known captains of the Flying Corps."

Knowing that his son had been brought down close by, he determined to inspect. the grave. The number on the remaing

It is questionable (he declares) if our alcohol you will get no drink on any authority would be prejudiced by companies can earn auch profit as foreiga account, and so you need not worry. But companies have earned, especially during if you are a case that can drink there is war and even if we could to same extent play for some ingenuity in getting 2 do that, then the greater cost of ship reasonable quantity of creature com- building material, the higher wages, and fort," the smaller amount of tootage in use would have to be set off against it, and it would certainly bring no adequate re turn for our great war losses. It will be of great nacional importance that as soon as possible after the conclusion of peace the German flag shall be seen in the far is more easily obtainable, but calls for of a submarine after a long dive thest harbours of the world. But as Ger- little finisse, rather for an English bull- the white mice story worked wonders. man industry will not immediately after dog pertinacity in asking Whisky seems the war be able to export in great quanto surrender most easily to the pathetic around that the medical staff had ordered Vers artfully the story was spread titics, there will be a lack of cargoes, and touch. There is a fine braw Sect in our ships will not be laden to the full extent ward who would sigh over the bonnie Two cages of white mice were to be kept of the aeroplane convinced him that his

supply of white mice for the ward. Small cargoes mean that we shall have to braes and the purling. haggises of Scot and Sister would take their pass and sop lay buried there. And stuck on to reckon with further loss, and further land every meal time and subtly indicate their temperature every hour. When the the primitive cross with a piece of mud sacrifices on the part of shipping com- that a Scots without his whisky was but mice were found to be on the point of радіоа, де

was the fag of a tunic bearing the, name a pair, miserable, unkempt creature, and death, but not until then a window would of the London tailor who had made his Having presented that mournful pic an exile in a strange land. He finally be opened. By this means, we said, the son's uniform ture, Herr Achelia goes into a long ex got his whisky ration approved on Burns medical staff hoped to avort such un- amination of the question of nationaliza Day, 1917. It will be remembered that on pleasant incidents as the death of officers body, and the father found that it was Permission was obtained to exhume, the tion of the whole shipping enterprise of that day (January 28th) a British Govern during the night from suffocation. The that of his son. It was buried with the Germany. He decides against mainly on account of the fact that while nationher and whisky-by 30 per cent. -

ment cut down the nation's liquor supply white mice were not an absolutely certain body of the observer. The clothes had

This alization may be beneficial in cases of in- affrout to Scotland Latural (and me precaution; but with careful observation been stripped of all valuables and the dustrial activities which do not go beyond what Bacchic) poet evidently weighed To what extent the white mice story The bodies were removed to the cemetery

the best was hoped, for.

identification discs had been removed. the frontiers of the country, it is impos: deeply on the heart of our Scots officer. was believed it is not possible to say. One of a little village a few miles away, and sible where activity is not so limited. The medical officer was touched and a sister helped us loyally by producing a

Thus, then, he answers his question in whisky ration ordered. A ration once very small clinical thermometer which, the battlefield the Germans shelled and while they were being placed in coffins on the negative, German shipping com panies, especially those of the great north-ed can be countered that she said, was for taking the temperatures aniped the men engaged in the tank.

thereafter it can only of white mice. But accepted, or half ern ports, cannet, unsupported, overcome

Cabinet, S

Captain EW Bowyer Bower wần at accepted, the yarn did its work. Windows the difficulties of the situation and their a decision of the War Cab

Sandhurst when the war started and, war losses. Only one method of salvation When the cold snap came air-supply were kept open and the air was les Eun-joining the East Surrey Regiment with he seca; that is for the State to step in, became the issue of greatest importance.

like

out waiting to pass his examinations, he not as owner but as helper, with moneyThe Briton in bed seems to lose a good We plead guilty. Life is rather frivol went through Loon, Hallach, and the so that the companies may be assisted deal of his ordinary respect for fresh air, ward. We cannot help it. It second gas attack on Xpres before passing. over the lean years, and eventually be and trench life rather familiarises one is the national temperament, The Hun into the RFC in April, 1916. He was come self-supporting and paying concerns of

Meet people will think these experts are

ars In our ward those few of us who still kent somewhat late in seeing the consequences our faith in fresh air, even cold fresh air of the war which Germany: forced on the of white mice Night and day windows had a hard fight until one genius thaught world. But that they are beginning to be aware of them even now, may bring into and ventilators would be closed down existents, one influence the more against surreptitiously until the air was like that the raling militarism of PrusSĪS

(Continued at foot of next solumn.) joke

poor devil, it is perhaps because he is over Rower of 33. Framham-gardens,

a country so strange to his ideas); the South Kensington, SW and Ashanti but apt to be pathetic: the Tommy is General Henty Bower, who went through Frenchuran is brave, adorably grateful, Gold Coast, and grandson of Major- incurably frivolous. From first to last he the Indian Muting and the Burmese War looks upon being wounded as rather a His father came home to fight when the

war broke out,