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ENEMY BANKS IN LONDON GERMAN

A YEAR'S OPERATIONS.

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The second report of Sir William Plender, the Controller of the British

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, MARCH 22ND. 1918

BRUTALITIES TO AMERICATM AND THE WAR. PRISONERS.

LORD DENBIGH'S EXPOSURE.

Some instances of the brutal treatment establishments of the five German and by Germans of British prisoners of war Austrian banks the Deutsche Bank, the were given by the Earl of Denbigh, Bank Disconte-Gesellschaft, speaking at the Mansion House recently." Dresdner Oesterreichische Landerbank, and the He said During the last few days 1 Anglo Austrian Bank-covering the ope have had a conversation with the Com rations of these banks for the period manding Officer of a distinguished High. October 1st, 1916, to September 30th, land regiment who was for two years a 1917, states that the managers

WHAT IS BEING DONE,

[BY HERMAN WHITAKEU, ]

Mr. Hermun Whitaker is the author, of

Boveral muccessful novels and a contriba tor to all the leading American mago gines. Born at Huddersfield in 1867, he served for three years in the British Army, niter which he went to Cannds and then to Anutrien. He has travelled much in Mexico, and in 1914 acted ne War correspondeat with General Villa's foreo in Central Morico,

DESPATCHES IN GERMAN HANDS.

A ROMANCE OF ADVENTURE.

The German officore recently handled more than a dozen cases of confidential British despatchee but they do not know it,

the

The story is one of the many romances of adventure which befall that select body of men who wear a silver greyhound in their buttonholes and are entitled to the name of King's Messenger Many people imagine that any one who carries despatches is a King's Messenger. They are How are your people taking the warr

wrong. There are only five mon who hold have continued to carry out the limited to-day: He told me sotme events which edly. I might answer, somewhat portare Admiralty couriers or War Office operations within the scope of the make one so indignant that it is dificult† doxically, that they are taking it very couriers, and have not the right to

to speak with patience and to contain seriously and lightly. They are taking highest title. licences, subject to contrul, which opera. oneself. The Commanding Officer took lightly because, as yet, our feeling lacks The particular mesenger who out

down the depositions of what happened ing and sacrifice. Our

the intensity which is born only of

Miffer tion are confined to the closing of tran at Mons when 350 English prisoners still to be laid on the bard, ull we despatches for a British Embassy and he blood offering has witted the two German officers was our burdened with seventeen bigs of tot resulting from business under some of them severely wounded, see patrotism, and until it the thrust had to change trains at night at a station takes before the war, in disposing, as far slightly wounded, and others unwounded,

have in our own and blood ae possible, of the assets and the securities/Fere made to march in single file down of war, we shall not awaken to the fo gage was near the sleeping compartment in a neutral country His heap of lug- taking held for safe custody, and in collecting a platform between two ranks of German.

Boriously, in that we are shoving our when his train drew in but there was no becu continuous. The work remaining to mads it their sport to spit at these men preparations with the dynamic mergy porter He had put ave of the bags in income thareon, Depletions in staff have soldiers facing them. These barbarians spirit. We are, on the other hand, be done has, to so small extent, bean it and to stick their bayonets and swords characteristic of our people. During the the compartment when the guard gave a peded by the inadequacy of the staffs, as into them as they passed along, and their last two years there was not wanting, of warning that the train was starting Its been impossible, in view of the chief amusement when they saw a soldier course, a large minority among us that

The messenger was in a chilemma. He cnemy origin of the banks and the dislik hobbling along on crutches was to kick a chafed in bitter anger against our inno could not let his five bags go without him,] We had begun to doubt whether nor could he leave the other dozen on to enter their service, which can only be crutch away and then to hit him with t temporary, to obtain assistance of the until he got up again. The officer told me any saving grace were left in us to the platform. At that moment he caught skilled nature required. Female clerical of another incident, Among these men wonder if the chargo were really about to sight of two German cavalry officers, one

wounded arm. O be proved that Americans thought only of

o whom he recognized. curable. On September 30th last of the ously it had been arranged beforehand, in dollars. But under the clearer vision to speak to them, but in his best South

was a man with

of hind sight, we now perceive the German dialect and with his face in 137 persons employed at the banks only for as he went along ho was singled ontfculties under which President Wilson shadow he requested their help. seven were enemy enbjects, four Germans for the special sport of the officers, who and his advisers laboured Events and three Austrians. Twenty-three were grabbed him by the wounded arm terest of his enemies now gives Presiden were less banghty than the average. Prus

assistance has been engaged when pro

naturalized British subjects,

tion

·

Thoy

the bit him until he dried Wilson credit for his clever handling of last bag was bundled in the compartment and pinched

ent stan officer and each lent a hand. The with pain. The things that went an almost impossible situation. The way as the train started, and the messen- During the past year," Sir William on and inve been described to in which overpowering evidence was ger locked the door and collapsed on the Plender states, I have caused frequent me are enough to make one's blood boil rassed against the Hun was only to be nearest scat. The nervous and physical inquiries, to be made of the official super and should be brought to the notice of equalled by the astute manner in which strain was so great that the perspiration visors as to the mcessity for the continued overy Englishman in England, and there it was given forth, little by little, never had soaked through his clothes to his over- retention at the barks of the services fought to be nobody who does not realise more than was sufficient to keep alive the coat. 10 on the occasion of my last report. The are capable of 1 tell you this, to show cans by German intrigues in Mexico equally amusing in its outcome but any of the enemy subjects, who numbered what Germany is and what these devils flaming indignation excited in all Amerí

Another messenger had an experience removal of three enemy subjects during that there is a latent brutality in the

Since war was declared that spirit, thus nerve-racking while it lasted. He found, current year has not been without German nation which is a result of their fostered, has crystallised in action. Our as each of the messengers always finds. embarrassment and inconvenience, having teaching and training.

war. loans, as you know, were tremendous that he was shadowed through certain regard to the special knowledge which

ly over-subscribed. Other hundreds Lt neutral country by enemy agents. This they possessed from long service

the opposition looked managers, heads of departments, etc., but

formidable. I have reported in favour of internment in every case in which the retention of and in that of the official supervisors; the enemy subject was not, in my opinion absolutely essential to the fulfilment of

BELGIUM'S SAD PLIGHT.

The latest information from Belgium

millions of dollars flowed into the coffers time, how There were no fewer than

of the Red Crow. A mercantile ship building programme is in course that four men on his track.

They travelled

be made on the scale set out in my last faréa of beans £800 and of onions £4,000. bave just tried out our "Liberty When a King's Messenger embarks at

engine, per inly headily-loaded plane

enlla for the delivery in the near future him all the way to the fron (Reuter's Agcacy states) shows that as a of 2,000 vessels of large tonnage and high They were waiting for hiru on bir

speed. One hundred and fifty destroyers journey, and were still with him when belt of German exactions, the condition are to be added to our flotilla in the next he reached the seaport from which he was of occupied Belgium has reached a most the trak committed to me.

critical stage. Owing to lick of manure Six months, and if I am to judge of future to embark for England. Each of them

results by those I wi

witnessed during A WRS Allowances to British members of the the crops are very poor, and prices have recent three weeks

for a chance to get one of watching on an American sine is dependents, and paymente risen alarmingly, patch of two and estroyer, their addition

bis bags of despatches, but all they had will put the to show for their pains was the to interned enemics, have continued to half acres of potatoes cole £400, a similar finishing touch on submarine war Weture on eight first-class farce and

expendi

the memory of two exciting railway journeys. reput. In the one of the spial posi-Owing to scarcity of fodder and military chische Laenderbank, the financial requisitions cattle have ariously dim

It flow a heavily-loaded plane a neutral port the information is almost tion of which is such that it has not been mished in quantity, and in Flanders, for 1,200 miles at high speed without invarishly sent to the German submarines sible to discharge in full the admitted Luxburg, and the army zone generally stopping-good enough! Better Twenty at sea. Each of the mersengers has had claims of its non-enemy creditors under almost disappeared. In other provinces thousand of these planes are included in many narrow escapts from submarine further payments out of the London small heifer fetches a higher figure thus ten millions of men in our first draft Raikes, who has carried letters and

already in our training camps. We drew The

Messenger is Mr. F sets to, or on behalf of, infemed enemy the best milch cow did formerly. Ia A million of them, the cream of our young despatches on the King's business for Vienna now remita monthly the amount oxen are to be seen drawing carts Thousands have

in our camps. nearly twenty-six years, and his col- required For the payments.

through the streets. Some sample prices in transit to France. It is no exaggers Alfred Castance, Mr. Park Golf, and Mr. are £4 for a sucking pig £100 to £200 tim to say that half a million will be D. W. Wilton, who holds an acting com- for a fat pig is each for eggs, and ready for the spring offensive

mission for special services. *1 108, for a chicken. While some of the

the licence, I refused sanction to any only young beasts, are left, and to-day our war plans and the aviator are attacksenger is Mr F. E.

senior

subjects. The head office of the bank in Brussels horses having been taken away manhood, are already crossed, or are leagues are the Hon. F. G. Curzon, Major

been

ment

18

COLLECTION OF ASSETS

On their part our civilian population foodstuffs for our own use, but the is equally active. We have no lade of the necessity of saving for our Allie, the entire American nation has set itelf to save and scrimp to swell the exports. In warning against the

The Chairman of the Stepney Section RUSSIANS IN THE BRITISH ARMY

of the Special Tribunal for dealing with the military and national service of Rus-

be

equality and

With regard to the collection of assets: Sir William Plender says The dificul larger food, clothes, and hoop stores are CONSERVING FOOD SUPPLER ties in realizing the remaining debts doing good business, smaller shops have Oval with by M. Walter Leaf and Sir are only able to exist by selling stocks owing to the banks were exhaustively been completely ruined, and shopkeepers R. V. Vasenr-Smith in their report to the purchased on credit at the beginning of Lords Commissioners of his Majesty the war Treasury. Since Lattes and not nonsiderable sume base

The industrial situation is still worse received and part payments on small workshops are disappearing, owing corond, Le whore frequent, applications in with British subjects. "Beparation

are being remitted debtors

to the requisition of raw material and will win the war." Housewives Food subjects called up for service in the Bri

Army would on are made for settlement. No change has

dependents allowance would taken place in the attitude of the French All iron fittings have been removed for supervise and stimulate food conserva the same rate in both national;aid ut and Russian Governments, and, con-

con-conversion Into shrapnel. Notwithstand From recipes supplied by the Govern from persons lng this lamentable situation, the moral ment, our women have preserved immense cases where the depondente of Russians sequently, debts due in those countries are still outstand of the people remains unshaken, and quantities of fruits without the use of so called up were living in Russia the

onble of ing and

ta conciliate the sugar, also vegetables and perishable Army, allowances would be sent to the collection during the chemy endeavours incapable

foods, thus releasing a corresponding | Br

British Embassy at Petrograd and trans war. There are also certain date due by Flamings have failed. The grout bulk of bulk of keepable foods for export, kem

matted thence to the British Vice-Consul enemy arms which are established in the population all over the country is neutral countries in the East with branches overwhelmingly in favour of a war to a This accomplishment of ours has not th

has not throughout the country who would sea that the e money reached people entitled within the British Empire In many finish and ready to make any sacrifice of course, been unattended by a fair bar to it. Captain: Foster, the National Ser case, those last mentioned branches are to abtain complete independence and ting average of mistakes, Wrong men vice representative, pointed out that such being liquidated under Government

have been put in high places, and with remittances could not be guaranteed to security on whether pay authority and the question

that curiona obstinacy which, in the Pre those portions of Russia that had been of the debt due to the controlled

sent juncture, forma rather a asset in banks can be made cut of the surplus

President Wilson's checcapied by the enemy. assets in the liquidation of suci brunches same manner as dividends on other stocks has kept some of them there after their

under consideration

of the authors and shares Difficulties have also arisen demirits

were clearly ived On

perceiv ties, and some amount may be received with South African companies. The mercantile programme was held up for stream that will not cease its full flow from this source. Debts both in this coun- effect of the entry of America into the some time by an unseemly squabble Con until he himself is benten back beyond and abroad which still remain un war on the considerable pre-war income gress talked when it ought to have been his bounds. We can, whenever necessary. collected must, however, be regarded as from American securitice is not yet fully working: The Senate did the same. We send 40,000 or 50,00 men at one Once doubtful of realization during the war apparent, but it has continued to be re had to expect a certain percentage of across, their training can be finished to but while further substantial payments ceived with small

exceptions, up to the bungling from inexperiance and we were advantage in France Last

Lastly answering from debtors are now improbable, it is present.

what extent the Ameri- not disappointed. Yet all this having

the final bad guess once

Chip cin

Carry unlikely

that remittances will entirely can Trading with the Enemy Acts which bren, conorded the bitterest enemy of supplies for a force that ten could

has recently received legislative sanction,

President Wilson's administration will not

like to the period covered by the report way affect the future receipt of the income have to acknowledge that results are large show over the ocean,

a word

concerting the cash receipts of the banks amounted is not at present known, but if it results and ine Better progress could not be the moral of our troops. Four hundred *££2,073,943.

in the German and Austrian banks in expected than has been made in the limit American doctors, and as many engineers, Referring to the disposal of securities London being regarded as enemies of the ed time.

came ever on my ship. Among them

Ware held for safe custody, the Controller says: United States, as in France and Russia In passing lately from San Francisco men who had drelinquished large and

British, Allied, and neutral owners the possibility of continuing

For to New York, I secured a close up view Ena

Inerative practices to take a Lieutenant's securities held for safe

who had the benefit of this country the income on of that continental preparation. Before Pay The engineers wear country enstody

drawn from at the date of my last report failed to the American shares held by the banks leaving California. I taw the drafts go the great trunk lines withdraw their securities have been cam may disappear, unless they can be trane into our camps. In Chicago they wore The cual manner in which they spoke municated with from time to time, and ferred to and registered in the name of antraining as I passed. Officers packed their sacrifices rendered them still

Inquiries the trains on the five days' jou

Journey Beros more impressive, and this fine temper removal. Deliveries, to non-enemy own art being pursued on this question.

On every siding we pud men. The more powerfully because of its voltle of £824,600 The total liabilities of the five banks long military trains

used was equally evident among the enlisted. Its the towns have been effected

the year to be enemy creditors at September 30th are villages the high-school boye were drilling quiet, the remark of one privats soldier September 30th, 817.

Enemy_anets with real guna Women were already, to

the revealed spirit of

all: The.

Ger at the same be seen in some of the townɛ faking ap

We are going to put na aggregate instructed the banks to inform their our date toners that the collection of joupons will 24,601,340, exclusive of (a) the estimated where I stayed some days was to admiration, but still bave looked on So far our people have looked on with not be undertaken further a Bubstantial value of liens (£841,543) on securities held with quantities of enemy securities held free for account of en

CEREN

During

the

asked

to

secure

to make arrangements for their the custodian or his nominee the continent. On

ers of the, approx here no adequate recorded at £8,427,104,

mane

Teasons exist for non-witharswal I have mainly book debts potent value new industrial duties ashington, theme

from lion were sold under authority given participation enemy () martial spirit. New York bazzed."

tions

a

aubject to 1 at dds NCD25.000, been Ligely increased during the year engaged passage to Europe turned out to 190, one doubt that I have beard er

been

while you English and French and

Four in head acceptance FROBLEM OF TRANSPORT. Allies bore the first great shock of war by the Treasury, on unsolicited instruc accounts poured by the liability of themy It was an inspiring sight, this of a and prolonged following strain. We feel

of

the

up to us to owners, and the proceeds have arius to whom acceptanse credits have been masión rising in arms to support is great

as much been used to reduce the Bank of England given. In addition, ther

there advances under the acceptance scheme owing by debtore he were abonate world cause, and its fall significance, wad of that burden as it possible upon our

lec territory in

attained

when the vessel on which I bad shoulders. I want to answer, in cond Sir W. Flender

Enemy securi hostile occupation of

-af 2001,204, which

Republic like yours be b military

Here, transport

again. pressed otherwise deal on account of further territory (Ron President Wilson and his advisers-

the

you are bound ket: Will your people stick

stick 1: The hi on American nation would answer For four long, years we

Tery

ties.

the

not

valuce

vill

.

by virtue of their liens and During the year the the other of them's bad guessed Hertory of our Civil WATERnish the

deposited

with the custodian.

interest of the enemies

The banks to the Bank of

will be

by

and the bathes never stand or conscription: next than the forces of cu cwork Tought

vested in the custodian.

During the year to September 30th,

Securities are held bass 2obability of

be

won.

UK 30th shape and fill our raw levies third son took advantage of the first entanBINAM

repayments largely

we

has been first, that the

1 if it did, year would even if it.

that could never get thêm morem, the 1917, sales of securities produced £753,000 on the response which the heart offices máy Atlantic fourth, that we could not i ceep

make to recent invitations sent to them them suppli

we did. Becognizing INCOME FROM AMERICA.

with a view to securing further selling that the crux

fx of military

"problem: tay The report continues:—“Negotiations order in respect of securities held on the transportation of our troops with the authorities of the Commonwealth their behalf and for count of branches our war college started at once the of Australia, extending over many Apart from this possible source, funds of of troops out of Háy mentha, are still in program will a vier soy magnitude are unlikely to be forth advisable to speak numbers. But to arriving at simre arrangement

hereby coming-

thought that the convoy.

the income on Australian securities held The cost of control for the year to Juneun can take no comfort out of by the banke, the flow of which has en 30th, 1917, amounting to £10.591 7. d. came was one unit of never-ending tiraly caused may be dealt with in the was wholly defrayed out of the amets of

(Continued ut fear of men folum Y the banks.

(Continued as foot of new Uqismni)

to provide funda

da to carry on the war for two years, tile is thus in poe proceed viillout noticing papalaz hy

But be were not--if now anything of the American temper

prepared to use the last it four tremendous man-power, to ve the last collar of our ealth to rush the German, Horace

know anything of President Wilson racter and disposition, he will stand plighted word to make no peace With a Hohenzollan

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