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SIR ARTHUR YAPP.

THE NEW DIRECTOR OF FOOD ECONOMY.

efficient About two years after he enter ed the work he was asked to issuing charge of the Associatkom in Bondary, but declined, and the second man on the list was appointed and has been in the East ever sier I is matter for congratula

in that Bir Arthur did mat accept the Eastern proposal, for there was no man w the English work, when the war broke uni, who was fitted as he was to carry forward the vast operations that have leen undertaken by the Red Triangle.

THE POET IN THE TRENCHES MERCANTILE MARINE

[BY. C. DAVID STELLING.)

When the war was yet young mud before

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A CONCESSION.

BARON VON KUHLMANN.

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the course of a discussion in the Reichstag Main Committee, Baron von. Kubbunns, the Foreign Minister, duelar. ed that all damage to German property. and economic interests caused by Ger-

werenents,

Sir Arthur. Yapp, the now director of it had become for England the very nive A sintement has been made in Parlia Food Economy, is a min in the prime of spring of her national life, a young Curment on behalf of the Admiralty with file. Some twenty-five years ago his per. bridge post-soldier wrote a little series regard to the treatment of mercantile seiniity attracted the attention of a of perfect sonnets. Later he died a sofficers when prisimers as follows: V.M.C.A. District Secretary in the Mid dier's death, and was laid to rest on an

During the earlier period of the war, uany's meries was being carefully' re- lands and he was persuaded to urrejt the Aegean island, leaving to his country (39 pest of General Secretary for Derby. He immortal heritage of his verse.

down to the shootluz of Captaini Fryatt,sorded, and the infolges would be present. ed in due time to the hustile. Govern- officers of the merchant service was successful and was soon appointed to Bupert Brooks was far from being the treated by the Germans ns civiliates. To- The Vice-Chancellor, Dr. Helfferich, in the District Secretaryship of Lancashire, only post that the war has found forwards the end of 1916 a change of policy the course of a speceb, said:-- 1917 | where his robuste personality, marked gifts | Fingland, nor was he thir only one where took place-probably for military rensons Geinong's world trade would presumably

of leadership, and sunny disposition, life was rounded off jato a perfect pen the techuit service were

and a manber of deers undren of have reached the level of Great Britain's made him hosts of friends and enabled | But he was the first of a cruanding band from Rühleben to a combatant camp at we find the real cause of Great Britain's transferred It is precisely in this development that him to turn one of the least prosperous of visionaries who gave their live sing. Erandenburg, on the ground that they intervention in the war. This war is. the were of the standing of military pris-result of the tension erented by the fast 1.M.C.A. Gelds into one of the mosting, for their country and their cause. oners Since that tinig, so far as is that Great Britain was constantly feeling His country was England, the land of known, all officers and men of the mer- the glaring and increasing disproportion -Freedom; his cause was the case for chant service who are captured, whether by between lar superior naval and world which all the world's martyrs have laid riders or by submarmes, are in the first power and Germany's increasing ee homie. down their lives-the cant of Life, of places sent to embatant camps and in strength. One ought clearly to realise alightenment, of Progress, of beanly other ways regarded as combatants. The that Great Britain's object in this war is in a word, his conception of Und. Fay question of payment for maintenance bas our economic oppression To, abandon that is the theme of all true port, though ouly lately been raised by Germany. In self to any illusion in this respect to few comes the opportunity to offer the ease of officers of the Navy and the would be fatal. their lives as carnest of their sincerity Army the allowances paid by the captor The half-poets, they who are the outward Government would be recoverable, and the guise of the real sees and serk to sia practice is to charge them against the of truths dimly descried in a cracked pay of the offers concerned. It appears mirror, such men are not men of action to have been realised by Geamany that Nor are they poets. Your poet must this practice would not apply in the ease needs be a true knight. Whether head of offers of the merchant servier, whe venture forth on Lake quests or are in receipt of pay us officers of pilgrimage for Beauty; or, to whatever the combatani furera, and a demand was cubtional Odyssey his soul impel him, accordingly made upon the officers them be is necessarily a dover and no maizte consewusly in search of material for hi made for the mission of money to meet dreamer: Nor as he cue who goes farch for payment of the sums advanced to them. Before arrangements could be song He sings because he must, because those claims, it was reently reported that he has glimpsed a fragment of Truth or of Beunty, and unist reveal his discurry 26 officers had been reined from the the world through the medium of his combatant camp at Crofid to the civilian uamp at Rubleb. The Board of Trade The very quality that takes the port are, however, taking such stops, as are makes the ioan of action, The necessary to pay these officers allowances creates "the Grecks perceived this appropriate to their rank which will when they called h

maker enable them to maintain themselves in (polets) and his creations are born of whatever camp the German Government motional experience wedded tý vision: decide to place them, The Government Thus be une t be endowed not only with fully recognise the rank of British mer the mud that sees but also with the chant officers, and also their gallant passion to explore the unexplored so conduct during the war. The tavernment only can be lighter for us earth dwellers could not, however, aduit On Germa the shadowy regions of Eternal Truth and contention that they are combatant, as Eternal Beamy, of which he ha en this wald involve an admission of the vouchsafed a Beeting vision.

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The work in Lancashire 1.5 8 thoroughly well done that a wall to Lon don was the result. This was accepted i hu before the exchange was made Sir W. J. Crossley, Bart, President of the Manchester Association, made a strong there and to take charge of the great new and attractive appeal to 3. app to ge Building which was then inse of creolion, To Manchester, he went and there did excellent service for several years. Then,

sad erete through a cident, the National Council was de perved of ts efficient Secretary, Mr. Frank Howe, and the eyes of its leaders ware at once turned to Manchester and Mr. Yapp was appointed to the vacancy, He made his influence felt at once, and was particularly kron on pushing forward the Camp work nisong the volunteers and regulars during the Summer months, Then came the fateful August 4th, 104, M Yapp was holidaying. But with the instincts of a true and statesman-like bader by Jaurried "back to London, sum- moned to, letiders of the women An to cel in Russell Square, laid before them. a well-conceived and bold scheme for was work, despatched them the various strategie points in Britain, and within ten days of the declaration of war had; hundreds of centres opened for the come fort and welfare of the troops. For any nights he slept at his post at Head quarters and gave himself spirit, soul and body to the presention of what he drefoured to be the greatest opportunity that has ever come to the Y.M... It is neidless to dwell upon the amazing success which has attended the enterprise promptly launched, so boldly carried out, so universally appreciated, and so Indsomely supported.

He was matier for surprise that is Majesty knighted the leader of it a few weeks ago, and it is scarcely a surprise to learn that his shining qualities bave Attracted the attention of the keen-sighted Prime Minister, and that Sir Arthur Topp is now filling a responsible psition in public service. How he will there arry himself remains to be so, and how he will hear the fierce light thas now beats upon men in his position is a matter for conjecture only. This is certain, that if high moral character, strong faith in God, powerful and winsone personality, grent devotion to duty, and exceptional executive ability, guarante success in bis present post, Sir Arthur Yapp willinore Dan justify his selection. Er.

KAISEL'S SPEECH.

ENGLAND TO BE STRUCK

DOWN."

An official message received recently in Copenhagen from Berlin says that in Flanders, the Kaiser, addressing depute tions from all detachments which had a share in repulsing English attacks, said le felt impelled to express hia, thanks and his full recognition of the heroic gallantry shown by the troops from all parts of Germany in the hard fighting of last week. He referred to the violent battles in Flanders, and to the marked! contrast between the German view of the world and the Anglo-French view of the world," and continued:

the Germans have realised who is the in-

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art:

It was inevitable that the Pod should right which is claimed by Germany to be mond to take a man's part in the vast sink defensively armed merchant vessels

pheasal of the world. For all that a at sight. over laved, for all that he over profusmed; be auss perterze gird on the sword to challenge the right of Brute Force I inflict its lecherous will upon a fair World And so the poets too went forth to shed their blood, if need wers, for the Beauty that was England.

When we've finished what He plan-

ned,

God will hear and understand, "God will give us back our faud Where the water-lily floats, Silver threats! Silver, threats!

By all the glories of the day,

In another passage in his speech Dr. Heriferich repudiated 25 unjustified the reproach that he had ever made any prophecies respecting the efficacy of the Chat-war. He said: Prophesying leave to Great Britain. George's statistics in his last speech are *

Mr. Lloyd

thee humbug. 1f Mr. Lloyd George, contrary to his declarations, in April, now draws a favenmble picture of the situa

public feeling in Great Britain gently ion. although it has certainly not become more favourable, this proyes, fist, that needs to be comforted; and, stend, that Mr. Lloyd George considers it necessary. to play upon German public opinion. This impression is contrinsed by the ob- vious consideration that Lloyd Gorge's, words can only be explained by some direct menace which operates in spite of the prospect of American aid in a fre mendons dash on the Western front with an immense concentration of men såd material. This menace is not so uncil on

and or in the kir, but on the water

THE P-BOAT CAMPAIGN,

Mr. Lloyd George, that fine weather is The opinion, which is snared also by particularly favourable to U-boat activity, is a mistaken one. A smooth sea and

full in the wind are very disagreeables for U-boats, especially in view. of the enemy's defensive measures, particularly as regards aircraft. Sonic U-boat com-" fare can be carried on with still bester manders are of opinion that U-boat war-

results when the weather is not too fine. and the nights are longer. Of course, the navigating of ships under oseert obstruct' the work of U-boats, but it also involves considerable disadvantages for the energy,

wing to the unbandiness of such flotilla, and the difficulty it has quick

There lies before the writer a little red volume, on whose tithe page are inscribed the words "Soldier Foets: The tren whose names appear here became soldiers Her we have the expression of the because they were ports and not in spits poet's belief that he is fighting for what of it They were the better ports for he as a poet holds most dear, the heartly eluding the U-boat's attack. Of course being soldiers. To claim that very one and essence of his England. But Eng-s sea traffic diminishes, the sinkings will of them is worthy to rank among the inland is far from being the only theme of probably gradually decrease, To-day mortals would be, of course, prepostruts her warrior bards. The sight of death the sinking of even one single ship is But there are lines that are pure gobil, and suffering has inspired them to graver much more intensely felt by the Entente wrought in the stuithy of mal experience and more solemn harmonies in other keys, than in the beginning of the U-boat war, by an artifer divinely touched. The There is the noble prayer of Lieut. W.

The staleinents of our nasal staff respect underlying spirit of the verse is perhaps N. Hodgson, who won the Military Crossing the tonnage resources of Great nowhere better expressed than in the ex before he fell in action during the battle Britain may be regarded as exact. Mr. quisite poem of Capt. Julian Grenfell, of the Sounne. He begins,:

Lloyd George's statenichiro an arti D.8.0., Into. Battle." These lines werd

ficial manipulation or figures. He mixes" written in Flanders in April, 1915, and

up pet and gross losses, anxiously avoid-4 at the end of May he was killed.

ing the giving of definite particulars, as an ever penned for himself a noble

to the British total loss in tonnage. It is epitaph. He sang of the fighting

interesting to note his remark that rall tonnage sunk from military requisitioned topnago must be compensated from ton- nage, available for commercial purpose. His statements respecting British ship building must be viewed with the utmost toubt, After quoting from reports of the French shipping department and from discussions in we French Chamber upon then, the Vice Chancellor emphasised the fact that for the continuation of the Ubout war all the material and personnel required, were ready in ample measure, so that in a military respect there could not be any doubt as to its being continued efficiently.

All the great company of Heaven

And the cool evening's benison: By the last sunset touch that lay man-Upon the hills when day was done:

Hold him in their high comrade hip, The Dog-star and the Sistera Sever,

Orion's Belt and sworded hip.

The Kestral hovering by day,

And the little owls font call by night Bid him be swift and keen as they. As keen of ear, as swift of sight.

And when the burning momem breaks, And all things else are out of mind, And only Joy of Battle takes

Him by the throat, and makes him

blind

Through joy and blindness he shall know,

Not caring much to know, that still Not lead nor steel shall reach him, so That it be not the Destined Will.

By beauty lavishly mitpoured, ; And blessings carelessly received, By all the days that have lived, Make me a soldier, Lord,

The sting boy--- he left Oxford to become a soldier--is moved by the sight of the horrors attending the bloody fight at Loos to this fine utterance of his faith, corpposed on the very morrow of the bittle on his way back to Rest Billets

We that have seen the strongest

Cry like a beaten child," The sunset eyes unholy,

The cleanest hands" defiled; We that have known the heart blood

Less than the lees of wine, We that have seen men broken,

We know man is divine.

Private Smaliny Sarsun of the Cana dian Contingent draws two vivid picture,

The thundering line of battle stands,

-And in the air death moans and sings But Day shall clasp him with strong harris of a village in the battle zone as it was And Night shall fold him in soft wings in 1914, and as he saw it a year later,

Weary workers

It is noteworthy that there is in the before the demons of war were let loose. volume "little of the tinsel ward of in the smiling countryside.

Patriotism," no gaady cheapjack stuff. Love of country expresses itself litera"y in a love of the English countryside. the peaceful homeland scenes, as in that zonnet of Lieut. Geoffrey Howard's called

England," which concludes thus:

Turned from the plow, home trudging

from the fields

Simile at their thoughts of well-earned

pesce and rest.

And she is very small and very green,

For in the village bustling pots and pans and full of little lanes all dense with Speli preparation for the evening meal.

Sweet pleasant smells of peasant cookery

Bowers

That wind along and lose themselves

between

It is in God's hands when His counsel will give as victory. He has taught our army a hard lesson, and now we dro going to pass the examination. With the ald German confidence in God s will show what we can do. The greater and mightier the problem, the more gladly will we grapple with it and solve it. We will fight and conquer until the enemy has had enough. In these struggles all sigator of this war and who the chief enemy England. Everybody knows that England is our most spiteful adversary.

Low bells chime out from old elm-hidden Standing stricken, the weary shrapnelled the spreads her hatred of Germany over

housesty the whole world, steadily filling ber Allies

Seem skeletons, grim and ghaitly shapes, 9.15 p.m. Fantastics at the Theatre Royal with hatred and eagerness to fight. Thus

everybody at home knows what you know selves to the imaginations of many of

Such contrasts as these present them Beckoning with scraggy fingers to the

sky still better, that England is particularly the soldier poets, whose souls are satisfied in silent plea for justice. the enemy to be struck down, however with the Bavage ugliness of war, while didicult it may be. Your relatives at that delight in the clash and crash of

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The Secretary for the Navy, Admiral. von Capelle, stated that the losses suffer- ed by the Allies during the unrestricted submarine war were actually 10 per cent higher than at the beginning of February

SOLDIER DOGS

LIAISON WORK IN THE FRENCH ARMY.

Mr. H. Wood, the correspondent of ther United Press of Antries with the French Armies, writes:-

and important use throughout the entire Dogs have now become of such a general French Army that, it is no longer pos sible to supply the demand. Although numerous societies, throughout France for the breeding of dogs send large and re But, a year later, all is gim rain.gular quotes to the armies, and although even the sparrows that last year in every dog pound in France contributes Morsed farms, and parks, and fields of cheeky self-assurance chirped about have every cur that comes its way, thousands And in the hamlets where her stalwarts place," where

gone their way and left the desolate of dogs are still needed. The numerous. duties which they discharge are such that: all dogs, regardless of race, colour, or previous condition of servitude, can be utilized. Like everything else in the pre- sont struggle, the role of the dog has changed and developed to an extent never before dreamed of. One of the greatest problems set by the present war, and one that has not yet been successfully solved There is so much in this little volume by any army, as that of keeping up com- Noon-Hongkong Jockey Club, Half home, who have made great sacrifices too, battle, dear to the homekeeping war one would fain quote that it is dificultmunication between the men attacking and

thank you through me A difficult strug.

poet, is conspicuously rare in the collec to know where to stay one's pen. Through the artillery and commanding posts in gle is in front of us. When England, tion. If there is any one characteristic all the collection runs a love of beauty, the roar. Thousands of dogs are found note that runs through the volume, it devotion to country, a faith in that have an aptitude for this task. They is this wistful love of the tender beauties humanity, a new conception of soldier: are given a special training, even down to, of the homeland: George Midal, Sapper hood, that leave one marvelling at the accustoming them to shell and barrage

in Shakespeare's country where lance-corporal, sings of the Orchard landependeur of men, whose spirit can sa fire. Once they are given the message to transcend all physical discomforts, suf carry to the rear they seldom, if ever, fail ferings and horrors that they pour forth if alive to arrive with it Hundreds of their spontaneous songs, as though con- these dogs hayo and are still falling temptuous of earthly circumstances. Yet victims of the field of honour. Bat. these singers are but typical of the men when it is considered that every dog thus of coarser clay whom they led. These few killed saves the life of a soldier who would are articulate, but the spirit they express have otherwise been obliged to carry the in the spirit of the British people in message rearward it is readily seen that

their deaths are not in vain. Brus

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proud of her stubborn resistance, believes in her invincibility, you will show that you can do it still better, for the price live freedom at sea, and freedom at of war is the German people's freedom to

home With God's help we will see the struggle. through and be victorious.

In reply to the Kaiser's speech, the Commander-in-Chief of the troops ex- 11.30 am-China Light and Power Compressed their thanks to the Emperor, em-

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victorious issue to the great fight, and 12.18 p.m.-Meeting of the Licensing Board concluded his speech with cheers for the

in the Council Chamber.

"beloved Kaiser.".

All the orchards shimmer white, For an April day's delight; We have risen in our fight Left this land we love, to fight, Fighting still, that these may stand, Orchid Tand Orchard land!

(Continued as foot of next Column.)