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HAMMERS OF VICTORY, THE BUILDING OF MIGHTY SHIPS.

[BY JHOPKRY YAHNULL) Hen-forth the place will be asocinted in my mind with the censeless ring: and din of riveting hammers," where, day by

And with these vast shapes about me what wonder that I stood.awed and silem.

THE HONAKONG DAILY PRESS. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER – 14rB. 1917,

BRETON DRAGOONS GREAT

FIGHT.

SHOCK FOR THE STOSSTRUPPEN.

AMERICAN OFFICERS. | OUR MILITARY AUTHORITIES

EFFICIENT TRAINING.:

HAD NO SCRUPLE"

"A BERLIN ADMISSION. The reply of the German Government, to the proteas of the Norwegian Govern- army of two million men may be had fromment regarding the explosives found

Some jdon of the speed and efficiency with which the Laited States are pre theparing to train offers for the volunteer the German, attack on positions west of the Mort

A few days before the battle wander-

entrated.

day, Imur by hour, a new. fleet is growing Monime, on the left bank of the Meuse counts printed in "The American Eugi among the luggage of the German dipl destroyers and torpedo-boats alongside a particularly gallant action was loughting News Recoil of the method so-matic courier von Rautenfels kays monstrous submarines yonder Joems, the by a squadron of 40 dismounted dragoons loved in constructing buildings at the The German Governmetit has instituted grim halk of super-Dreadnoughtor battlestnut and stubborn fighters from Brit- where the volunteer officers are con-exhaustive researches, and has hitherto not ascertained that any packages containing: turt. Ogelthorpe, Georgia, « 103 explosives were sent by the central mili- cruiser or the slenderer shape of some tony-against about half a battalion - of

the most highly trained shock-rpops in wooden buildings capacie of uterin tary authority the Bureau of huge liner.

the Gurman Army,

2,800 volunteer offices were erected com Diese in exactly twerve days. On zon the Ministry for Foreign Affairs with April sinjor. Edward S. Walton, of the orders to forward them as luggage belong- at the Mupendous sight. But, to my coming French airman, out on a photograph:uted states Army, received orders panion, a chortish, thick get man with a

prepare the camp at Fort Ogelaarpsing to the courier to Christiania.

The German; Government demands, in emmately communicated with con masterful air and a bowler hat very much

tractors and dealers in bailers supplies accordance with the existing custom, that a Chartanooga, Tenn., which was only over one eye, these marvels were an every

few nutes distant and enlisted the its right, acknowledged by international day affair; and now, ducking under a

services of the Manufacturers Associn-law, to send packages without their being steel hawser, he led me un dodging mow the theatre for die dress rehearsals of the tion, the Chamber of Commieren, thexamined should I upheld.

For the attack was to puniders Exchange and the Engines. You the other: be an attack in earnest, Hell and truly lub-of-that-city laid and pushet vigorously him, after 500 guns had prepired, the way on a front of a little over a mile.

ing trucks, stepping unconsernedly nerors the buffers of pufling engines, past täinnie erans that swing giant arnis, high, in the air:en we went, stepping over chain cables, wire ropes, pulley blocks and a thousand and one other obstructions a which I stumbled ocasionally since awed gaze was turned upwards. And as we walked amid these wavesonte shapes, he Lalkeef I remember, of sucli futile things ws: hooks!

ing expedition behind the enemy's lines, suddenly found himself over a series of defensive work which he recognized as faithful copy of certain of the French trenches on Hill 304, and, therefore, as coming assault

At half-past-4-in-the afternoon, to the tone, of 120 intheries, all firing at once, the storm burst, and though the front trench, in which the handful of Bretons yield a kind of outpost a narrow salient. sticking out into the German trench-eys- -ten on die east side of Hin 4ike a bird's, benk-was-itself will fairly intact the communication trenches behind, weris all blotted on, so that their position was more than ever exposed and isolated. And then, to make the situation still more chearipl, the lieutenant in command was cut off from them right at the beginning by a wave of the baitle, and 38 troopers with three or four NCOs. were left by themselves to do the best they could, under

I beheld great ships well-nigh wendy for Jaunching: I stared up at huge strictures Lowering aloft, a wild esmplexity of atcel joins and girders, yet, in whose Reaming confusion, the eye could detect something of the mighty share of the leviathan that was to be even as I looked. is feet or so of steel plating awung through, the sir, sank into place, and insdiately. I was deafened by the hellish racket of the živet in ic-baminers,

nothing like a good book, and a pip to go with itsid my com Dion, between the bursts of hammering This is a huge ship!enid 1. sparing upward still.

→ I'm-fairish; " nodded my compan inn, setching his square jaw, and letting his knowledgeful eyes rove to and fro, over the vast bulk that loomed above us.

Have you built them, much bigget

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worn weteran of 24 who had been fighting since August, 1914.

-TPAT

hand, the German Govern An analysis of the bids submitted on the † nient unintains that what was done wits work with twenty-four hours after the

Plans were drawn mowed at would be best done without any initiative on the part 1 gives gumitat contractor the building of those who suit the courier and was work und zoung, white the lighting and done without their knowledge. The cen plumbing wire suloited to su contrat authority, declares that, in order to tractors and dealers.

carry ont certain warlike operations, it and no scruple in sending explosives over Norwegian territory, not knowing that that was prohibited on the part of Nor-

way.

The cap site lay on a good pike con- neeling with nattanooga, so motor trucks used for transporting materials. were Dealers insediately began daily delivery or 100,000 feet of fumber, an amount which The Gerson Government expressly me builders, crecida Inst as it was blames the conduct of the central natio urned over to tira, The barracks bullu rity, which, it says, cannot be justified gs, es bails and hospital buildings in any way, and as regards the abuse of were zivers and varied from 2 privilege by the courier, it is proceeding feet to 245 feet a length. Bath-houses, with disciplinary measure against the stables, garages, store-nouses and other gnjhy parties," f

madings required were chiefly, of the

width.

Similar speed was shown in constract ing a damp for 2,400 officers at Fort Myer, adjoining Washington, DC Contractors rushed lumber to the camp site in motor trucks and availed themselves of a port able sawall which was moved as the work progressed, relieving the carpenters of all sawing and enabling them to devote their attention entirely to erection work,

Furthermore, the Germany Minister, ak Christiania has received orders to express; to the Norwegian Government his keer regret. The luggage of the courier com- ing from Berlin will henceforth be es amined by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs on the responsibility of a high official. As the courier knew the contenta of the packages, it was his duty to in- form the Ministry for Foreign Affairs,

und since he did not do so he has bec dinaiksed.

The question of culpability

is left to the authority which has received the documents concerning the case.

CONCEALMENT BY SMOKE, GOEN, The attack on the salient began after the-triches on their left had been mar red, having them almost entirely in the sa First came three sounds of pioneers in line, at intervals of 20 paces, armed with dance-formes, then behind then three equnds of grenadiers in the

·Construction started at one end of the alternate intervals, followed by a line of men enerving spaces and rifles and cup. The first work was the digging of finally in of this wave of posthules. Laborers who pat in the

foundation posts fellowed.

The German Government accentuates Then came a fourth line bringing the carpenters, occupation"

Next came the roofers ones more the fact that no courier nor up supplementary supplies of grenades and glazers who put on the sand composite any official was instructed to use explɔ

sakdbags. When they

sives on Norwegian, territory or against Norwegian interests, and says that if the My companion nodded, and proceeded within 50 Aards the trading squads disroofs and fitted windows and doors.

Sixty-two camps of this character vore w tell me certain amazing facts which theharged from their lure fome a dise rictaus riveting hammers promptly een-cloud of dirty smoke, which hid them from constructed to take care of the volunteer Courier had any part in any such proceed in the following remarkable is as a cuttlefish is concealed by its others who could not be trained in things he noted against his instructions and

wrougly usurped responsibility, sured

dood of ink, and all that the dmgoous regular army posts.. „Fashion :-

would do was to keep on firing blindly with earline and fil-mitioillear in the thick of the smoke, till, when al alusi it and melted away, they could make out several corpsas, mixed up with their wire entanglements, one of them a captain. author a patrolene with his oil tank strapped on his back, and some uninjured

then I inquired.

You should have seen the rat-jat-tat, We built her in exactly 10 months, instead of two years and a half! Biggest battle ship affont-900 fist longer than the cat- tat-tat Jaunched for Best rautalit gone to rat-tal tat-tat for her gus.

What size guns?" Blunted, above

the hamnior N

F

Rab-tnt-tat-o-tat juch! be eaid, smiling grimly.

How much?" I yelled,

he answered, nodding. How long did you say she was! ** hastenet to nak, n, the batimers dies down a little..

Well, overall she measured exactly ratta fert. She was so big that we had to pull down a corner of the building these

as you can see.

And what's her game **

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with

THE TABLES TURNED.

gut

The Government repeats its protest against the arrest of the courier as con trary to the law of nations,*

In the normal transit of explosives to

is depot in Norway for forwarding.it is hard to see how the German Govertyment has violated Norweginni“ territory: since. it is known that Norway has not pro- kibited the transit or storing of explos sives, provided that they are not intended for criminal purposes..

Neither

If this interpretation of the laws of Nor- way does not hold good, the German Gov- erntent awaits information and will act accordingly.

ANARCHIST POLTROONRY;' An amusingly characteristic incident eurred during grandioer street demon ratio in Petrograd. A detachment about three thousand strong, composed hurriedly garrying off the wounded.

aily of Anarchists, marching under But the action was only just beginning black banners and, with the exception of As the frontal attack lind failed the soldiers, dressed all in black, was proceed enemy's next move, as the 4-years-olding along Badovajn street to take its place

was. Norwegian, neutrality She has four ratat-lab-int inch, and veteran quickly perceived or inferred, was in the general procession. Among the violated, since the Norwegian neutrality Je rattle tale inch, besides rat-tat-tat-to try to rush the trench, from the flank curious sightseers were number of regulations, ontain ne prohibition of the It bad; therefore, to be defended section amutilated and sick soldiers from hospitals sending of explosives, "and" a neatral by section. „At qach traverse las postrih guidered about an open space and loudly Power, neeording to the principle of the two grenadiers, who knelt at the parapet expressing highly unorthodox opinions law of nations, is under no obligation to while three men stationed behind kept against the whole proceedings of the prevent the transit of war material vo

TheM them supplied with grenades.

great day of revolutionary union:' account of a belligerent. War material fought like bulldogs. As the defenders Near this space is a great military depot of every kind has actually been transport- of on traverse after another fell and the of motor lorries. All traffic in the streetsed in abundance by Norway and pro- enemy gained this much of the trench the was, of coursey ordered to be stopped for visionally stored in that country for this fight was taken up by the men at the the benefit of the demonstration, but benefit of a Power at war with Germany, Ti rat-tat-tat and she's the rattle heat in order, and was kept up for three suddenly appeared a motor lorry, appar tatile of her clasa

hours the thing sounds incredible durently a lane duck making the best of its Are these hamuurs always quite a ing which time, struggling for every yard belated way home. The engine was noisy, do you suppose I inquired, a of it, they were driven, not back, but emitting a series of little explosions and little hopelessly.

along that front-line trench a distance the invalid soldiers mockingly shouted to

The German Government hopes that the "Oh, off #nd on!" he nodded. Kick of only 200 yards. And by some extraor the Anarchists that machine guns were above communication will convince the up a bit of racket, don't they; but you dinary chance, two of these arvellous coming A ludicrous serne followed. Norwegian Government of its serious in- get used to it in time could hear a pin trench-troopers, covered

blood, The black banners with inscriptions tentions to take energetic measures in the drop

Look? since ara've stood her managed to stick to their post at the first Down with Capitalism, Down with matter of the crime which has been com they've got four more dates fixed-there barrier all the whole thing us are and the War," Give us Bread and Permitted and to give suitable satisfaction, goes the fifth. This wagt

acually, when the counter-attack came in, were flung aside, and the Anarchists and that this deplorable event will not Past the towering bows of futur, battle took part in that also.

including soldiers and sailors, bolted ultimately injure the unicable relations ships he led me, over and under more steel)

panic-stricken for the nearest cellars, between the two countries. doorways, or any other available cover. aldes, until he paused to point. Over

•shere

ho sak, is one of the latest: And then, at 11 o'clock, when the sur. The invalids hobbled up on their crutches submarines Germany earit, touch her fur savors had fallen back along their original and sticks and tore the black banners to speed and size, and, better stan that, she's front to a gommunication trench running shreds, hilariously cheering what they TO DAM SOURCE OF GERMAN got rustat,"

towards tive rear, which looked a called the cowards of the rear, and. 1 beg pardon “ I wipted, for the if ju might serve 18 A kind

of geneally roused the whole neighbourhood were motus again, What has redoubt, the veteran's instinct told to Homeric laughter with their

mockery of him that thrust of the attack the valiant Anarchists. The way the old She's got zat-ta forward and rat-tat was slackening under the severe soldiers, despite their injuries, Inid into aft, surface speed wat tat-tat knois, sub stress. He at once got his men together the panic-stricken demonstrators, with merge, rat-tat-tat, and then, best of all, turned the defence into an assault, and crutches and sticks introduced, for, I allie's rattle-tattle-tattle. Yes, hammers in the next half-hour they had won back believe, the first time in Russian life, that are a bit noisy! This way Adestroyer every foot of ground that had been lost mont deadly of all weapons in political yonder-new class-rat-tat feet longer during the three hours that went before. conflict ridicule. This particular body Sweden alone has furnished 5,000,000 kilos than ordinary. We expect her to do at Half of them were killed or wounded, of some three thousand we sneaked bome in one year. Since the beginning of the tat-fat knots, and she'll mount rattat but nos one of them, alive or dead, was aid jeers. Possibly in consequence of year; the European neutrals have import- game. There are two of them in the basin in the hands of the enemy; they had taken their unspeakable cowardice. the sequeled from forty to fifty million kilos in vonder having their engines fitted, tufour prisoners, they had killed more than that followed during the course of the excess of the quantity necessary to meet bines to give rat-tattat horse-power twice as many as they had lost themselves, night was not surprising. Cossacks, with their own requirement requirements, But come on, we'd better be guing*** and had put out of action two companies some detachments of two Guards regi

of the fluwer of Germany's shock troops.ments, proceeded to the stronghold of the I turned and followed my conductor As far as these dismounted troopers of Anarchist headquarters and flung them through yawning doorways (built to Brittasy were concerned the careful train headlong out, resting all they found. admit a giant, it seemed) into vast working in the theatre behind the lines of the shops, whose lofty roofs were lost in haze, picked Proops which were to carry their Here I saw huge turbines and engines of alient was all wasted work.

•The re monster shape, "in course of construction; bearsals no doubt were everything that I beheld mighty propellers, with boilers the heart of stage manager and author, and furnaces big as houses, whose pro Captain Robe, could wish. On the portions were eloquent of the colosen night the result, from the German poing ships that were to be. But here, indeed, of view, was not so satisfactory-Times. all things were on a gigantic scale; pon- derous Inthes were turning, mighty plan- ing machines swung uncensing back and forth, while other monsters bored and cut through el plate as if it had been so much cardboard.

sail my cor-

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familier band; “all orde in Britain!'

Tike the nien I suggested. The men," and he. Huum

They

haven't ban riving much trouble lately

I'm afraid it has before now said

SHE WENT TO WAR. BUT FAILED TO REACH THE FRONT

EXPLOSIVE

The American Government is preparing to prohibit all exportation of cotton to neutrals, by reason of the enormous quan- lies which have been delivered to Ger- many for the manufacture of explosives.

The press of the United States shows the utmost serenity with regard to the outburst of anger provoked among certain neutral journals by the embargo on food- stuffs. Facts and figures are opposed to the comments of the Danish and Swed'sh journals.

"The New York Times, recalls that, in the first year of the war the exports of bacon from the United States to Denmark increased from 2,000,000 lb. to more than. 100,000,000 h, and adds

A would-be Sammy, whose feet wer much smaller than a soldier's, who never" It is a fact that the great Danish Iuld have carried a gun far and who shipping company operating between the never was built for the trenches anyway Caited States and Copenhagen has always returned to an American port from So we hurried ou, past shops whence France, says a new York message dated en immune from attack by submarines

Denmark into Germany in the proportion pation, patting one of these monsters with came the rear of machinery, past great. July 19th. She did her best to do her bit, it is a fact that cattle have been sent by

basins wherein floated destroyers and though..

of from 6,000 to 10,000 head each week. Just before the American troops sailed fuck that a special milk train torpedo boats, past craft of many kinds and fashions, ships built and building on for France, a Sergeant, who was in a regi I hastered, tripping over cables, lodging ment formerly stationed in Arizons,

leaves Copenhagen every morning for from the buffers of sporting engines and married and dared his bride to take the Berlin; it is a fact that fish has been Perhaps they know Britain just now riveting-hammers until I found my travel cut her hair short, dressed in a suit of has been requested to dimin ski her can- deafened again by the fearsome din of the erin with him overseas, Immediately she sported in such nuantities that, accord. ing to a recent Berlin. report. Deomark needs every man that is a man "' I sugling companions assembled and ready to

ested and someone has said that a man depart Scrambling hastily into the regulation khaki and marched with her van Sight As hard at home here with a nearest motor-ear, I shook hands with husband's regiment on board a transport.signments of fresh fish, hammer as in France with a riffe.

this shortish, broad-shouldered; square-l Others in the regiment discovered her, Uncle Sainty responsible to the Well there's a lot of fighting going famed man and bared my head, for, so but admired her pluck and thought it a mothers of hundreds of thousands of vm bêre.” ridded my companion; were far as these great works were concerned, good joke anyway, so they kept mum, and young men who are going to fight in fighting night and day and we're fighting he was in very truth a superman. Thus it was not until the transport was at sea; France. He ought not much longer to hard. And now we'd better hurry. Your I left him to oversee the building of these that the officers found her out. She said aid in feeding the German brute through

the neutrals.' parly will be pursing you in chorus

mighty ships which have been, and will good-bye to her husband as he went ashore the intermediary až ever, be, the might of these small islands.. on French soil.

touch, wood!

(Continued of foot of next column.)

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