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**WE, MUST STRIKE DOWN ENGLAND.”

KAISER'S ADDRESS TO HIS TROOPS:

COPENHAGEN, August 24th. A Berlin official message states that the Kaiser, addressing the troops on the Yeer Front, anid:-

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, AUGUST 27.08, 1917,

THE FRENCH NOBILITY.

DEATH'S HEAVY TOLL.

Of all the nations at war France has said least about her losses. Germany has published axact and detailed casualty lists; from time to time there comes from London an official statement of British losses; there never has been an official For three years French casualty list. Franco has shed her best blood and made no sigu

Just how great France's losses have been has naturally been the subject of much speculation, and a great deal of elaborate calculation. That they have been terrible no one doubts, and only recently there arrived in New York a book which gives, as perhaps no other publication has, an indication of how torrible they are.

LONG LIST OF NOBLES KILLED.

On

This book is Tout Paris," the official directory of the French capital. Its liste 10th December, 1918. were closcil Since that time much French blood has been shed on the heights above the Aisne, a Champagne and in Macedonia, but when it was made up the terrible toll of dead of Artois and Champagne in 1918, and the long agony of Verdun already history.

Wero

"Wo will fight until the enemy has had enough. Oar chief and most spite ful adversary is England. She spreads hatred of Germany world-wide and is stendily, filling her Allies with eagerness to fight. Therefore England is parti cularly the enemy whom we must strike down, however difficult it may be."

GERMAN POLITICAL CRISIS.

LONDON, August 24th. Germany has been suddenly plunged into another political crisis as the result of the resentment of the Reichstag Com mities at the manner in which they have been flouted by Dr. Michaelis, who, as it transpires, in addressing a meeting of the Committee on Wednesday morning, astonished his bearers by declaring that he had never accepted the Reichstag Peace Resolution of July 18th. The Committee adjourned at lunch in great excitement. In the forefront of the book, before the On the "resumption of the sitting, Dr. lists of names of the living, is an elo Michaelis sought to soothe the offended quently simple catalogue of members of Deputice by partially withdrawing his the French nobility and aristocracy, statements,

but without avail. Dr. citizens of Paris, who have died for Michaelis' political tight-roping France.

Farther along in its pages citizens of pleased nobody. He was subjected to the most violent attacks and generally accused Paris are listed by profession, doctors, of trifling with the Reichstag. The Tage, lawyers, authors, painters, sculptors, blatt, the organ of powerful financial musicians; and before each of these lists interests, hopes that the Reichstag will there is another, painted in black letters know bow to deal with Dr. Michaelis, and--the names of those citizens of Paris of demands that the Beichstag control all that profession who are dead on the appointments, in order to avoid a recur field of honour." rence of the crisis. This is a thinly veiled attack on the Emperor himself, who alone can appoint Ministers.

DYSENTERY RAVAGING SOUTH GERMANY.

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LONDON, August 24th. Telograms report that an epidemic of dysentery is ravaging South Germany ensed by insufficient nourishment. The Buiss Government is alarmed and has taken frontier precautions.

COSSACKS' FIRM ATTITUDE.

A WARNING TO AGITATORS.

PETROGRAD, August 24th. A private soldier has been elected Mayor of Cronstadt and a milor the Municipal Secretary.

Maximalists head other parties at the Municipal elections at Reval.

General Korniloff is again visiting Petrograd.

The Cossacks Council has passed signilloant resolution, denying the right of the Soldiers' and Workmen's Delegates to intervene in the re-organisation of the farmy and expressing faith in Kozuiloft as the only "General capable of restoring the fighting power. The resolution intimates that in the event of General "Korniloff's removal the Council will renounco responsibility for the action of the Cossacks at the Front or at the rear.

NEW BRITISH MINISTER

TO GREECE.

LONDON, August 24th.

An official announceinent states that the Earl of Granville has been appointed Minister i Greece.

NEW ADMIRAL.

LONDON, August 24th. Vise-Admiral Slade has been promoted to the rank of Admiral.

DIRECTOR GENERAL OF TANKS CORPS.

Loxpox, August 24th. The Gazette announces that Major General Sir John Copper has been ap pointed Director General of the Tanks Corps.

NEW OUTBREAK OF FIRE

AT SALONIKA.

ATHENS, August 24th. There is a new outbreak of fire at tions thousand houses have been de Salonika, and up to the present an addi-

strozad.

JAPAN AND INDO-CHINA. LONDON, August 24th. The Petit Journal says the expansion of Japan is entirely economie. She does nat covet Indo-Chins but commercial facilitics, and it is better that our Japanese Aflies should assume the front rank as regards economic development of France's great Far Eastern territory.

SİLVER MARKET.

A TERRIBLE NAVOG.

CONSCIENTIOUS

OBJECTORS

AND THE VOTE.

GOVERNMENT'S ATTITUDE.

A discussion took place in the House of Commons upon an amendment, moved by Mr. R. MoNeill, on Clauso 8 of the Electoral Reform Bill, designed to ex- olude from the franchise conscientious objectors to military service.

Lord H. Cecil believed there was a body of consciousness objectors who were truly conscientious-plain, simple people obey ing their religious convictions. (Her, hour.) His hon. friend would deprive thom of the franchise because they were mistaken, and hold an opinion which was thought to be unsound. These really sincere and conscientious people were a oxample to them all. It was quite true that they were mistaken, but it was also true that, being mistaken, they acted up thoroughly and without reserve to the standard they had set themselves was afraid that if they adopted the amendment they would give to the world the impression that what they cared about was only the advantage of the State, and they they had not at the back of their minds the sense that there was something higher than the good of the State.

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Sir G. Younger moved an addition to the amendment, providing that a person who, having joined the Forces, had been sentenced by court-martial for refusal to objection to military serve ou clasen for such refusal, should be disqualified from being registered as a Parliamentary or Local Government rotor.

as a reason

Sir J. Simon said we should make a grave mistake if we reversed the good principle that people wore to have votes if qualified without reference to their opinions. It would equally be a mistake to refuse a vote to people who conscien tiously took up arms against the will of the majority of the people,

STRONG PEACE WAVE IN

BHUNGARY

SENSATIONAL SPEECH BY INDEPENDENT LEADER. COUNT TIĘZA BLAMED FOR THE WAR

[FROM GEORGE "RENWICK,]

throughout Hungary by a peace speech A great sensation has been caused. made at Telegghia by Count Michael Karoly, leader of the Independent party

The Count declared that the factors rea sponsible for the war were in the STAC place, the Tisza Ministry, but also fade nancial and industrial of reles must betur a large portion of the blame for the out- break of the struggle. These factors were now preventing peace.

He demanded instant dissolution of the Lower House, so that the power of the Tisza party might be finally smashed and democracy assisted to victory all along the line.

This utterance roused a storm in the Chamber and gave the Count occasion to emphasise his peace views. He said he supported Count Czernin's policy of peace without annexations and indemnities, and that he was an opponent of peace by the aword and of militarism, in which he saw the origin of the world war,

Count Tisza made a weak reply, in which he said he wished Hungary had been better prepared for the struggle.

GERMAN BONDS THAT CHAFED. It is interesting to recall in connection with this speech that before the war the Karolyi party opposed closer union of Austria-Hungary with Germany, because Karolyi and his followers believed that by it. Austria-Hungary would be shut ou from the Western money market, and that Hungary would have to sustain a load of armaments beyond her econoraie capacity.

Count Karoyli and his prominent, follower, in the party, or, rather, co- leader, Count Theador Batthyany, wished to go to Russia to endeavour to lay the foundations of closer relations between the countries; but Tisza, who characterised such demonstration as dangerous, be cause it would encourage the enemies of the Triple Alliance," found ways and means of stopping the projected journey.

Other reports in German and Austrian newspapers indicate a strong pence wave in Hungary Daily Chronicle.

"LADIES OF THE JURY,"

And the lists are long. Much has been written of the terrible devantation the war has wrought in the ranks of the nobles of England; the number of ancient titles which have perished outright by the death of the last living wearers, This Bir George Cave said that all his feel- nok, for the first time, reveals the evenings, and prejudices would be in favour more terrible havoc among the members of an amendment of this kind. He of what is, in one respect at least, au

differed profoundly from Lord H. Cecil and Sir J. Simon in some of the reasons older nobility,

For the British. peerage and aristocracy is still a living institution; that of they had advanced against the amend France is only a survival. Every year meat. Ho regarded the objector on re- King George raises a number of com.ligious grounds, be did not understand moners to the rank of the nobility, but how a man's religion could dictate to in France no title of mobility has been him that if he and his country and his conferred since the fall of the Second people were subjected to a murderous Empire in 1870. The citizens of France attack, it was his duty to stand by and who still wear proud and ancient titles let that attack succeed, rather than defend were, even before the war, a steadily the lipes and liberties of himself, his diminishing number, and no noble name, family, and his country. To the objector once extinguished, is revived, nor is its on what were referred to as moral place in the lists of the French nobility grounds, or sometimes more correctly as refilled.

political grounds, he had the greatest possible antipathy. Inside and outside the House there was great feeling favour of the attendment. But it must be remembered that the Government were endeavouring to pass through the House a bill founded on agreement, and which would not pass except by the substantial givement, of all parties. The Govern

And of course the jury did nothing ment would be going beyond the mus sion entrusted to them, whatever the "The work that mattered had to suffer very good!" he remarked with mgret. personal feelings of its members migh bes if they took the risk of imperilling the neglect while I unwound red tape and

attended a meeting at which my whole prospects of the bill by accepting an might quite easily have taken my place. amendment of this kind. The proper

Well, why not? If nothing short of time to discuss the proposal contained in an earthquake of sorts will do away with the amendment was when the House was our beloved and foolish custom of trial considering exemption on conscientious by jury, then it seems that certain grounds. Many of these men had done changes must be made, and it might be very valuable non-combatant service. a Badful war measure to have women Bonie had seen their error and joined the - jürors. Army. There were many grades of con- scientious objectors. There was some risk

One other striking distinction between Forces itself on your attention as you turn the British and the French nobility fairly the pages of this unpretentious book with the tragic story. In Britain the noble is still the leader. An Earl's son, as it

t matter of course, enters the British Army And the terrible mortality in the British mobility is on hugely attributed to this tradition, and the gallantry which lived up to it.

DIFFERENT IN FRANCE,

In France it is different. In France, though those of the old blood are per mitted as a courtesy still to wear the titles that once meant so much, they are neither mante not Jess than their fellowmen, citizens of the public. They stand on the same footing; the Duke of an ancient lineage has no better chance to win a commission than the

Hon of washer woman-if anything, perhaps, because of old time jealousy, a little poorer.

And so it is that the Marshal of France is the son of a poor cooper, and that then putting them all into the same mould. descendants of the Dukes and Princes of While they were duing justice to some, the old régime give him the salate as they they might do grievous injustice to others. march past, simple soldiers in the ranks. These who had gone to prison had paid It is the most striking feature of the long the penalty of their offenen. Had they list of Princess, Dakes, Marquises und any right to inflict a further penalty Counts upon this table that almost ninety. Many pacifists he would like to distran ine out of a hundred gave their lives for chise. The Government thought the France na simple private soldiers.

Only here and there do you see, before & name the designation of a commissioned officer: one General (the Baron Grand d'Eson, five or six Lieutenant-Colonels and Colonels, one or two Majors and a few Lieutenants. But all the rest march ed away as simple poilus of France.

GAVE LIVES GALLANTLY.

But that they gave their lives as gal- lantly, none the less, as those of England; that they remembered the old tradition, and that they were none the less fighting for France is clear enough from the second most striking feature of the list..

Following more than half these names a little Male Cross, which tells you that this man before he died won the Croix de Guerré in action. Following nearly a fourth is another little cross, which signifies a wearer of the Legion of officer or even a Commander of the Honour-sometimes it is the mark of an Legion. Many, many times you see both marks after the one name, in not a few. cases you see an even prouder symbol that of the Medaille Militaire.

WHAT A DECORATION MEANS.

any

House would best consult its own

dignity and the interests of justice by declining to pass the amendment.

Sir G. Younger's amendment to Mr. McNeill's amendment was accepted.

Mr. McNeill's amendment as thus amended was lost by 71 votes to 14 majority against, 70.

sculptors, 42 priests, 18 Deputies, 1 Sens- tor, 10 physicians and 149 lawyers.

PRINCES WHO HAVE FALLEN.

At the head of the list of the dend nobles stand the names of the Prince of Arenberg, Prince Louis Murat and Prince Henry of de Polignac. Prince Murat was descendant of Napoleon's famous Mar shal: the Arenberg family dates back to Louis XIV and that of de Polignac is one of of the oldest in France. Yet, all ranks, and Arenberg and Polignac had three of these men were serving in the won the Croix won

de Guerre.

A business man recently complained that a certain piece of work had suffered baldy through his being called away at He asked to be exempted from perring à critical time to attend on a local jury. on the ground of his Bem boing busy with Government work, but his request was zo- fused,

wile

There is no doubt that the average woman would be just as good at the work as the average malo juror; while the fact that women serve boards of guardians, on committees, and commissions of in quiry of divers sort, eliminates the old objection of the work not being quite nice or suitable for women. It is not a question question of sex at all. It is

meeting & need of the moment in the most sensible and economical way.

A statistician might be able › enlenlata

to

the average number of men who are sum moned evedy month to serve on juries throughout the country. The number does not much matter it is obviously enormous, and it is equally obvious that in these days of man shortage the vast majority of competent men who so serve do so at the cost of neglecting other work of

greater or lesser importance to the pro- secution of the war.

In Russia women now have the right to sit on netize markable has happened as a result of

juries and nothing r

good reason why women may not be at their doing. It is hard to find any least common jurors over here.

A stipendiary magistrate told we lately

tant although he would have opposed the

favour of such an innovation far out- ggestion of women jurors before the war, he now considers that the points in

disadvantages. Moreover, weigh its many things which counted as disadvant ages a few years ago must be ruled out in war time. threatened with

When any industry or business, is through war exigencies, the authorities shortage of mon

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Next below them comes another of the oldest and proudest names in France,. that of the Due de Rolign. That it was not unworthily borne is attested by the Bear in mind that before a French fact that the Dake died wearing the Croix soldier can win the Croix de Guerre or de Guerre, and the Cross of the Legion the Legion of Honour he must have been or Honour, won in action. It might also

have immediately called for women voluns three times mentioned in the Order of the be mentioned that before the war he was

teers. It has been done with land work- Day for extraordinary daring or gallaua member of the Chamber of Deputies. try under fire, and that the Medaille Besides him the list carries the names of dozens of other jobs, and always the plan ers, wagon drivers, window cleaners, and Militaire means in France as much as the the Dukes of Caylus and de Lorge (the

hau answered "admirably so far as the Victoria Cross in England, or the Con- latter name dating back to Francis L.)

womens war workers gressional Medal of Honour in the United Both won the Croix de Guerre.

Bre concerned States, and you get some idea of the

Of the 24 Marquises, 11 won the Croix There is no earthly reason why the same manner in which the nobles of France de Guerre, three the Legion of Honour principle should not be followed with re- have died.

alsoj, and two, the Medaille Militaire,

Hard to getting persons to serve on juries. How Any of them have died; what, in Bat one of thein was an officer-Licut.

would be perfectly possible to in proportion, must have been the losses of Col. Marquis Du Paty de Clan, who

augurate a simple system which would the whole French Army, it is not hard redeemed the name from the stain put to a jury the right to be represented give war busy." men who are summoned to deduce. This list alone, which, it must upon it by a cousin in the sinister be remembered, is for Paris only, and Dreyfus case.

thereon by their wives or daughters, A while at least half the jurors might be does not take in the rest of France,

Of the 240 Counts, 151 won the Croix summoned from women direct. In the Princes, 3 Dakes, 24 Marquises, 240 carries the names of 2,176 nobles; 8 de Guerre and 3 won also the Legion of latter case the householder qualification Counts, 168 Viscounts, 97. Barons and no Honour three the Medaille Militaire might well be waived, and the official Comte de Turenne & descendant of a Four of them were officers, one--the lists of fighting men's wives might be famous Marshal of France of a older

utilised. day. Among the appears such ancient names as the Comte Georges de la Roche Moreover, the book discloses that among d'Auvergne, Comte Alfred de Montigny, foucald, Comte Gaston de la Tour for the Raj, probably the bulk of which the citizens of Paris alone, not counting and the two grandsons of the Comte de is silver purchased previously. The the rest of France, there have perished Indian Treasury's holdings of silver and since August, 1914, 116 authors, drama Lessons, Ismail and Robert. There is gold continue to increase. There is reason tists and newspaper men, 3 members of also the name of one gallant lady wno to believe that the totals do not include the Paris Stock Exchange, 38 leading won the Croix de Guerre for heroism as a

Red Cross nurse the Countess O'Gor the large amounts of gold received in architects, 139 engineers, 100 painters and

man whose maiden name was Louise de India from Japan.

(Continued at foot of next column.) Cherisey.

LONDON, August 24th. The silver market is steady; nothing is offering.

MESSRS. MONTAGU'S REPORT. Messrs. Montagu's silver report states that the price has risen owing to supplies being very scanty, although the demand is not substantial. Eastern business is at less than 1,000 others, who, as younger

standstill. Buying has been chiefly for

sons or descendants of younger sons, had the trade here and abroad The Shang no title, but had none the less the right haj exchange stands at 4/31, but business to write the "de" before their rames, 23 has been done at 4/4. Very large ship members of the old aristocracy. ments are being made from San Francisco.

It is not suggested that women jurors would do the work better than inen; but certainly they would do it no worse. women with time to spare at present then And since there are considerably more there are men, is sens perfectly logical for an effort to be made to guard against

man waste in this direction and to give women Yeu ustaler chance for showing their capacity for "taking on men's jobs"H.M.K.N

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