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GERMAN SPY OUTWITTED BY AN OLD LADY.

ON ABERDEEN EXPRESS THEY WERE THE ONLY OCCUPANTS OF COMPARTMENT.

IDY ROGER POOOCK.]

The best spy story for a long time comes from a medical officer, one of the big guns of his corps and profession. It is all about the Aberdeen Express, one of

THE HONGKONG

DAILY PRESS. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7TH, 1918.

THE BRITISH FRONT IN IGNOMINY OF COMPROMISE

ITALY.

GUARDING THE MONTELLO HILLS

STRONG DEFENSIVE POSITION

BIR E. CARSON'S DECLARATION,

A SCOTTISH MARRIAGE, Agromarkable story whe Teliled it the Edinburgh Court of Session, recently, when. William Baird Bawyer Smijth, of and six others sought a Melbourne,

action declarator of legitimacy in

Sir Edward. Carson dealt with the sub ject of peace by compromise in the course of a speech which he delivered at the Mansion House in December. The occa The important sector laken over by then was the inauguration of the Anglo- British Army on the Piave front includes Roumanian Society, and Sir Edward the range of bills called the Montella Carson said he was present to express theaters stute that The Montollo range is bounded on the north by the Piave, of which the candor path of the Government with found itself. He claimed that he spoke for the whole of the nation in extending war and fighting until victory came, or whether they were for peace for various reasons, because he did not believe that there was a soul, in the United Kingdom

NOTICES TO CONSIGNEES

HE ROBERT DOLLAR COMPANY

HE Steamship

T

SENATURA

the world's quickest long-distance runs: ing course runs at this point roughly Roumania in the condition in which it he knew, is Mr. Willam piju, out of the Hongkong & Kowlooned at

ou leave London after the theatre, go to bed in the train, have a cup of tea în

east.

FROM SINGAPORE. The above mentioned vessel having arrived against Lady Eliza Fechaie Malcolm, or

at Lady Bowyer-Smith, from the above-mentioned port, Consignees Bowyer-Smith, and two others. Pur. English gentleman at Blair Athol, whom Cargo is being landed at their risk into the hazardous and/or extra hazardous Gedawns

Wharf when just over 18, became attached to an of Largo see hereby informed that their who she subacquently learned was Sir Gotown Co William Bowyer Smith, Bt. He repre ConCo. Ltd., Kowloon, and stored

broken,

eu, chafed and damaged Goods aro sented that was unmarried, nod

All Claims must be presented within a marriage, he took her for a drive one examined on Feb. 5th, 1918, at 10 AM. day, and producing a ring put it on her Anger, saying, "With this ring I thee month of the Steamer's arrival hero, aftor No Cinims will be admitted after the wed, after which he assured her she which they cannot be recognized. was his lawful wife Sbe bad no reason

undelivered after Feb. 6th, 1918 to doubt the validity of the marriage for Cloods have left the Godowns and all Goods

will be

bed at Edinburgh, and Breakfast in heart of our lines. Opposite the Montello this sympathy, whether they were for the gaining her aunt's permission to their to be left in the Godown, where they will be

Aberdeen, 800 miles from town. North- ward from Edinburgh there are stops awhile on the Forth Bridge, from whence you look down on to the decks of first class battleship, and at Dundee and Montrose,

The ld lady boarded the train at Edinisargli and the porter shoved her into a non-smbking compartment of the day couch. The other passenger was & foreign gentlemen of what nationality: it would be hard to say, but foreign. As the lady, she seemed a harmless old thing some afty-three years of age. The point is that one of the two was really n German spy, and anyone's first sus picion would point to the old lady. She owned up frankly that she enjoys a gossip, and found the foreign gentleman quite a good follow, de to his nationality, the accent gave no cluc. She pumped him persaveringly.

The enemy commands views into the has a precious observation

post, the enemy h

No greater contrast for the troops which have so long been fighting in the unlovely mud of Flanders than the scenes in which they now find themselves could be imagined. There is no mud, and the rich red soil needs no revetting to hold up the trench side.

so degraded that it would wish for, any many years, and they lived together in | remaining to rent. Pa bo

London and abroad until 1876 Twelve some years before this admitted that he children were born. Sir William having had been previously married and had

when she learned that Sir William's wife three children but representing himself widower, she believed this until 1873, was still alive Then on reiving his promise to marry her if he became free she consented to continue living with him as his wife.

Lady Marianne Frances Meux, whom March, 1875, and about a week later Sir Sie William had married in 1839, died in William married Lady Eliza Fechnie Malcolm, or Bowyer Smith, who is called as ona of the defenders. Twe children were born after the marriage, and Sir William died in 1883. Lady, Howser Smith subsequently married William Herbert Stanford, lieutenans in the Army, but had been separated recently became acquainted with the fact from him for sore time. Pursuers only on which they hase their present action They were advised that, not having been born in wedlock, they were not entitled and they desire to have their legitimney to claim real estato dignities in England declared according to Scottish law. The sole defenders are two children born after not having put in defences. the 109 marriage. Lady Bowyer Smijth

Consignees are requested to send in their effected,

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THE ROBERT DOLLAR CO., Agents.

(1869 Hongkong, 31st January, 1918 bills of lading for countersignature im modiately.

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HE Steamship

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rink Into the hazardous and/or extra basardous that all Goods are being landed at their owloon Consignees of Cargo are hereby notified

Wharf and Godowa Co, Ltd., whence and/or from the wharves delivery may be obtained. Godowns of the Hongkong and

the Godowns, And all Goods No Claim will be admitted after the Goods

must be pre bave left the emsining undelivered after Noon the 8th Feb, will be subje i te rant.

termination of this war without the as- sertion of the liberty of that small and gallant race. Whatever may be the as- The Piave flows some 800ft. below the sertion of our enemies," he continued, highest point of the Montello, which rises whatever may be the line of propaganda 4,2201t, above sea level. Its bed is very that they wish to propagate in Roumania broad, de is usual with such mountain and elsewhere. I can only tell them this, rivers. When water is let loose in the with absolute truth and sincerity, that peaks above: there rivers suddenly, swell the British Government have never wer and the broad stretches of shingle beved in their determination to carry out The river hardly an occasion apon which we are tween their channels are covered with a their duty towards Roumania. There is torrent of foaming water. rashes away down to the Adriatic with met to discuss the liberty of the smaller terrific force, and then, when its anp nations on which we are not driven back plics above dry up, sinks back as sud to the origin of this war. Why did we denly as it rose to its usual swift but throw ourselves into the general up. h few miles out from Edinburgh the acid course through its winding, chauheaval, when we saw France invaded and train stepped on the Forth Bridge. They nels. When I saw it the Piase was in Belgium overrun? Why did we take that say that the three great bridges at New one of its calmest moods. There has been risk without preparation or any time for York, end on, would equal the three span's practically no rain in Northern Italy forethought of the consequences? Solely could not allow the basic principles of of this stapendous cantilever, the biggest this autumn, and the winter season has and simply because we knew that we bridge in the world. From the trains one been drier than any within the memory looks down upon a naval bases of arst of man. The greyblue water glided down freedom to be trampled upon and tram rate consequence. A spy, making rapid peacefully between the broad shoals, melled in any part of the world without summary of the capital abips in fullview.which, with their yellow pabbies, seemed a reaction upon the whole processes of Inan can think of Belgium in its present might pick up important information. the most important part of the Piave, civilisation. Belgium went first. No Whether that information would be cor a stream which is often 2,000 yards across, rect is another matter--they say the Addunting shenle and channels together condition without feeling in his heart of The thing which It appeared far too tranquil and gentle Learts that the nations or Europe had miralty is so artful.

of duty in not having been able to save seems to be is not the thing which and to be a military barrier, checking a,bar-been guilty of the grossest dereliction if that statement sounds obscure I canbarian onrush on the fairest country in

me of a League of Nations! Why, every only refer you for particulars to the Europe. It comes down from the moun her. Talk to me of tre tics! Talk to nearest Liermany spy. He has a worry tains through a gorge hewn out in the

great semi-circle of rugged heights that Great Power in Europe was plcaged by ing job.

frown down on the Lombard and Vene. treaty to preserve Belgium. That was a tian plain almost as abruptly as the League of Nations, but it failed. They claim that Sir William was axamined on the 7th Feb., at 10 A., by the famous Breche de Roland, in the Pyre Roumania and Serbia are fighting, as heck which the story says the Paladin President Wilson said, for their national hacked out with his sword Durandal in integrity and freedom. Roumania has the hour of his sorest need. From these come into the war not willingly, but he wild cliffe the Piave passes into pleasant, cause she was driven in if he was to main hilly country, and from these hills, which tain her very existence. What of her stand out as a bulwark before the Monafferingat. I believe people in this coun tello, it goes down to the great fertile try seem to think that they are suffering plain bounded by the sa, where, some great things. Yes, they are. They are

in the cause of liberty, but when I hear and peace Berbia, God help her twenty miles further south, Venice, the suffering the loss of near and dear ones Queen of the Adriatic, watches the in- vaders advance without fear, mindful of people complaining of inconvenience, Roumania. God help her can join with of difficulty in providing this and Greece, and three probably of the most dangers more menacing braved in the paste ja ka that, I wish that they would have a little natural allies in the world ought to be From his positions in the mountains imagination and would try to picture able to build up a fabric which will make bat greatly help us m the solution of the enemy commands views of far-distant what a pation like Roumania, who mere got duly for the liberty of their peoples country, Opposite the Montello is the ly came in to help in the common cause hill of 8 Daniele, crowd with woods of freedom, what her men, women, and problems that arise in the Nesi East broken by the bread scar of a quarry children are suffering in the midst of any most solemnly that it is your duty where the enemy has views along the all other difficulties Roumania has been not to allow people to run away with the valley in both directions to the Vidor deprived of the help of Russia by the Lind of fantastic idea that you will have Bridge on the west, and to the Susegana interna, anarchy of that nation brought gained anything in the direction of railway bridge on the cast Between these about by Germany posing as the friend real peace by the signing of a simple friend of democracy only when democracy might get us out of the war. It would two bridges, that are ten miles apart of democracy in Russia. Germany is the treaty with Germany and Austria which there is no other crossing,

her in the prosecution of the war disastrous for those we should be betray- The Montello itself in a natural basis an article which can assist be as disastrous for us as it would be and over again to make pesce, hit though fellow countrymen they will never go out she is suffering artold miseries with of this war until, with the concurrepen

(Cheors) haughty diguity, she has refused, and has of the Allies, they have come to a satis said that she will remain with her Allies factory end until the end. Her attitude raises a corresponding obligation upon this coun try to go on until Roumania is righted circumstances as well as ourselver. Peace talk in these

The foreign gentleman stood up, Elling the window, shutting out the view, and annoying the old lady, who also wanted to have a look. Moreover, she saw him go through a long fumbling procedure ich puzzled her extremely What on carth was he up to 1 The only thing she saw was the last swift movement which cmplied the bulgy part of his evercoat And she caught the glimpse of a wing. Now the whole thing was clear: there must have been message scribbled rapidly, folded and ninde fast and then the sudden release of a carrier: Figeon

THE OLD LADY'S SPECIALTY.

And then the foreigner, flashed round to see if the Indy had noticed anything No, evidently not. She looked vacant nodding and half asleep

looked stupid," she said after wards, but that's my specialty."

She must have done some very swift thinking before he had time to turn round. Her first impulse was to run along the corridor and find the guard or rouse the first soldier she saw. But

a

Defenders claim that their parents were not domiciled in Scotland at the time of the marriage, and had not lived there for twenty-one days as required. domiciled Englishman to whom English

wife still living, law must apply, and they avert Lady Smijth knew in 1859 that Sir William had a

was closed and the case sent to the pro ney further claim that the Scottish Court has no jurisdiction. The record cedure roll.

All Claims against the steamer must be pre- ented to the Undersigned on or before the 12th Ail broken, chafed, sud damaged Goods are to Feb. or they will not be resignised. K left in the Godosus, where they will be Company's surveyors Masers. Goddard & h hus beeD flooded.

Bill of Lading will be countersigned by

JAVA CHINA JAPAN LIJN, No Fire Insurance whatso

Agouts ME Hongkong, Srd February, 1918.

Douglas,

MAATSCHAPPY,

(1583

KONINKLYKE PAKETVAART.

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.

FROM SINGAPORE AND PENANG, THE Steamship

VAN WAERWYCK" having arrived from the above parts. Consignees Cargo by her are notified that all goods are being landed at their risk into the basardona delivery and/or estra hazardous Gadowds of the Hong- Ltd., whence and or from the wharvos kong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Co. may be obtained

Goods notie

then the foreigner, would see by her first tion advanced from the heights into the It has been open to Roumania overig, and if I know anything of my abjectleared by the 11th Feb, will be.

movement that he was in danger, and she did not want to be strangled, thrown out of the window and drowned in the Forth estuary. That would never do, No She became affable, and wondered what had delayed the train so long. He ex pressed noble sentiments concerning the Allies and contempt for Germany

But as the train pulled into Dundee the old Indy expressed her conviction that the morning papers would be for sale by this time at the bookstall. She felt that a little run en the platform would ease her limbs after the cramped com partment. She would buy a paper for He seemed the foreign gentleman' also. content and consented to her request that he should see that nobody took her

window seat in her absence.

Half-way to the bookstall she met

plain. Seen from Monte Belluna, it rises like a whale's back from the plain, and at this season it is brown with the brown of a Surrey heath in winter. This colour is due partly to the rish brown of the naked earth and partly to the withered leaves that still cling to the scrub oak that covers a part of it The oak and occasional acacias take the place of-thie fit, trees of the more northern hills, and at a distance the ridge recalls Hindhead. It is formed of a series of rounded mounds, and a curious feature

F

RECENT DEVELOPMENT.

I am not going into recent develop of its formation is a number of eircularments of peace talk to-day. All I can depressions like the Devil's Punch Bowl say is that in my opinion it is most niis- in miniature. It is reamed with a won-chievous and misleading. To those who

Belgium, remember Roumania, remeni derful system of admiralty-engineered lightly talk of peace I say. Remember military roads, Its slopes are very steeper Serbia. We are bound to renew te and the gradients are considerable, but

them our most solemn promise that their they are all practicable for a motor car our war, just as our war is their

The surface is often hard on the tyres, as

I REVIEW EVERY PLEDGE."

Sir Edward, said that it might be a strongly that the United States of America and ourselves could bring about vain belief on his part, but he held it

an end with the fullest fuifiment of the lodges they had given. "I renew every pledge we have given to Roumania, and this is not an idle speech,

DETERMINATION TO CONTINUE.” Lord High Cecil, president of the This meeting, recoguising with deep society, moved the following resolution admiration the courageous and self-sacr

porter. it would be natural to ask him it consists in many cases of lumps of wer, and nothing is more disastrous in ficing efforts of the King of Roumania.

how long the train stopped.

"Don't be seen speaking," she said as she passed the porter." There's a spy in my carriage. Send the station master to Te at the bookstall."

one beside the other, but the result is n readway that will not deteriorate under any traffic

that one man should be putting forward cause of liberty in the present war carn other war aims. No one nation can end ship and goodwill way prevail in futuro one war aim as taking precedence of some eatly desires that close relations of friend this war by simply obtaining its own between the British and Roumanian selfish ends. That is not what we are peoples, so that, co-operating together, fighting for. We are fighting for a great they may promote their common pro ideal, and the only ideal which enn sperity and may maintain and further render us secure in the future, and end the civilisation of the world. As a war for all time. It is the establishment cas of promoting relations of friend- of freedom of our right to live without ship and mutual assistance between this everlastingly contemplating a renewal of country and Roumanis, this meeting re hostilities, to live in peace, to be sure of commorda the Anglo-Roumanian Society peace in the future, not for England or to the support of all patriotic citizens. Great Britain and our Empire, not for In doing so, Lord Hugh said there was Roumania, and Serbia Roumania's France, Italy, Russia, or Serbia. but for no more tragical aspect of this war than the whole world, so that we may each the treatment meted out to Belgium, develop in our own civilisation.

I

no end to this war which i

Just before it reaches the Piave the When the station master came behind Montello ends in a steep ridge that drops her the lady spoke into an open news abruptly down to the river, and is ad paper as if she were reading aloudmirably adapted for defence. The whole Don't be scen speaking to me she said position is very strong from the defen "There's a spy in my carriage The train sive point of view. Bo long as the enemy stops at Montrose nest, eh? Well, wire can be held further west, where an ad Montrose

vanoo from the mountains would threaten She paid for her bundle of papers, and all the communications of the Piave line, walked back to the carriage. If the spy it is a position that could only be attack had seen her speak to anybody he mighted after a great artillery preparation attempt to escape along the corridor, er So far the guns have been but little on to the railway track behind the train active, as the country shows. The enemy jump from the train outside the station chriously lying low, and only becomes Therefore, to far as I sun/concerned; axcited when inquisitive aeroplane before it gathered speed. Worst of all approaches his lines. For an hour or a for her, he might have confederates in I watched an observation plane with its the train,

protecting battleplane inspecting the Yet he seemed unsuspicions sitting enemy positions. As egon es it passed where she had left him, much obliged for certain line the anti-aircraft gung spoke the sewspaper. The plucky old lady sat cat and stained the blue sky with black opposite to her spy and entertained bim shrapnel clouds. The enemy's shooting until they reached Montrose.

was quite exceptionally bad, and not shot came anywhere near its target. Our men are doing splendid work in most halt country. There is no landing on the Montells and the aviator whose motor stops can scarcely hope to come fely in his own lines-Morning

NO STRANGER

Then came to their compartment a British officer with an armed guard and a detective who greeted the spy at once like a long-lost brother.

Why said ho; * I've been searching

for you for months, "

The spy looked out through the window eastward and saw an armed rentry waiting on the metals in case he attempted to escape. Then he looked at the lady the artful old lady and nighet

Later the old lady received an official communication of warm congratulations op her patriotism, courage and high in telligence, begging her to cost the i closure, mamento of a fine deed dan her countryan

FRENCH DESTRUCTION OF GERMAN PLANES IN 1917.

Excelsior gives the figures of the enemy aeroplanes brought down by the French during 1911. The figures are 606 acro planes brought down and 588 damaged. Twenty-seven Drachens were brought

our tamediate aesistance, but he could

be

assure that country that we were not an possible without maintaining the rights mindful of our debt to her in Leestruggle of Roumania and Serbia just as much as the of her Em for sight. We did not enter the war in this or Great Britain and his any light-hearted spirit. but having en- Edward, turning to the Roumanian tered, we would be mad, indeed if we Minister the determination of this laid down the sword before our object Government that we will go on to the wabchieved. We would deceive our end with you until we have each attained selves most disastrously and the peoples the common object fore which we have of foreign countries, both enerby and entered this war, I lay this, further friendly, if we used language which im- that if there is to be any compromise plied that we were even distantly ap outside that which I lay down, it will not preaching the limits of our resources or be the present Government that will make the limit of our resolution. We were all we can-it is not easy to help Roumania That is the least we can do such an Igauminions pence We will de perfectly ready and able to fight on, for and Hardly a day passes, that we do not consider what we can do to help our

had listened was very encouraging. lant Ally. Yes, and we will go on doing fan of Roumanie & efforts to which they 20 to the end. With America behind Rawonians would never forget the them, with our own country behind then sistance they had received from their and the other Allies behind them, How

int this ruggle for the accomplishment? mania has every hope, every certainty powerful Allies ever since they

ction of their brethren race and t that whatever her suffering may be in the their national ideals the deity of the long run she will have gained freedom

from a forrit shkel (Continued at foot of next Column.)

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