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POISON-GAS AS A LIFE-SAVER GERMAN DEVICE BENEFIT TO

BRITISH.

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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, APRIL 4ra 1018,

STORM CLOUDS IN SPAIN.

GOING FROM BAD TO WORSE.

THE ENGLISH-SPEAKING

PEOPLES.

THREE MONTHS IN AMERICA survey of British-American Adventures towards Liberty," showing how the British Fleet three times kept autocracy out of the Mississippi Valley, how Jeffor son had desired an alliance with Eng land to safeguard liberty, and how Napoleon III, and the Kaiser had revived the anti-American ideas of Napoleon 1. and the Holy Alliance, and had once and again found England standing behind American freedom.

A special correspondent of the Evening Chicrine gas, which the Germans Niandard writen from Seville-

[BY B.-E. PERRISĄ) brought into the field of battle as a means Things are going from bad to worse in

During my recent visit to the United of poisoning their opponents, is now Spain. Every day more factories are Jargely used for purifying the water closed from shortage of coal, of electri-States (my second visit during the war) supply of the British Army (says the city, of raw material, or from the the nature of my mission induced me to manu watch closely for indications of American New York World). The Germans rarely impossibility of carrying the get a chance to kill any one with chlorine factured goods to their markets. Every sentiment towards the British people, and gas now; but chlorine gas is daily in the day more traing and trams cease running-I was deeply gratified to find evidences Every day beggars are more in evidence.. British lincs making, water wholesome Managers of large industries look daily more harassed, and spend more time and and safe,

energy in chasing odd waggons of coal. Every day the hunger shadows deepen on the faces of the people.

The effort to secure pure water for the British armies in the field' makes one of the fine stories of the war. It has saved very many thousands of lives by practi- cally banishing water-borne disease from our principal front. At the outset of the war the British Royal Army Medical Corps declared in its mind all water supplies to be suspect. They were held guilty of infection until they were proved. to be innocent A fool proof system of making unwholesome water safe by chlorination was designed. Then all that remained to be done was to provide the machinery and chemicals and to safe guard against carelessness. The first was a matter of supplies, the second of discipline. Both were equal to the demand made upon them, and on every front now the general rule is that the

men are drinking safe water.

Chloride of lime was a first the stand- by for water purification. It is effica- cious, but water chlorinated with it is nut very nice. Now chlorine gas has taken its place at big water supply points. It is just as eliicacious and it does nut flavour the water to the same extent. A simple test, in which a non commissioned officer of every unit is trained, tells how much chlorination water will need to make it safe. If very heavy chlorination is needed, the water after treatment can be dechlorinated and

Prices are still rising, while the com- petition of the ever-increasing army of the unemployed lessens the miserable wages of those who still have work.. Hitherto the poor have at least been able to sun themselves during the hot mid-day hours and to get well warmed for nothing. Now the coming of the cold weather has deprived them of their last comfort.

of steadily growing and broadening re spect, admiration, and even affection. The Americans are newcomers in the war, but they have watched its ourse and studied its causes from the beginning with close attention. Prussianism, Cesarism, and militarism are abhorrent to the American mind, and the thoughtful portion of the American public have, for some time past, realised clearly that the character and The extraordinary drought is contri embattled strength of the British peoples buting not a little to the present and the have up to now been the decisive force prospective misery of Spain, more especially of the southern agricultural in preventing the victory of German and regions. In Seville and the surrounding her satellites, and holding the field for country there have only been three or four scanty showers since last April. Heavy larger and more liberal principles. rain usually falls in September. Thie American regard for France is of year there was none. There have there fore been no second crops, such as are course, enthusiastic and vocal; and rightly usually obtained in the late autumn, and so. This is partly an historie sentiment, cattle are being killed owing to the scar born of the remembrance of French assist city of fodder.

anco during the revolutionary war, and made easier from the fact that both coun-

SIGNS OF UNREST.

During a visit I paid to Cornell Uni- versity I had placed in my hands by one of the professors a newly-issued volume, by Charles Altschul, entitled, The American Revolution in our School Text. Books," an attempt to trace the influence of early school education on the feeling towards England in the United States. This generously conceived book attracted much attention in the American Press, and marked a decided niovement among the American intellectuals to cleanse their school textbooks of any taint of anti-

British bias.

A very value and illuminating analysis of the racial origins of the American people was published during my stay. This showed that 91 per cent. of the white American population in 1790 was of English, Scotch, and Irish origin. The careful investigation con- cluded as follows: A people not one tenth of German mother tongue is arrayed against Fan-Germanism, and its citizens of British parentage and birth, alone, outnumber citizens of German parentage and birth at least three to one.

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THE VOICE HISTORY,

I take a further illustration of the

is left pure. The unit's water cart with a plump gentleman in a black coat antagonisms to be overcome; not to speak movement of sentiment in the British

present.

Such a state of affairs' would entail great hardships when overson traffic was normal. What it will mean under pre tries share the republican form of govern sent conditions one hardly dare imagine.ment. France, to the American, is the

Manifestations of unrest are becom ing frequent. My windows look cut upon land of romanoc, of art, of ideas; and the house of the Gobierno civil. Two ar no Englishman grudges the American ad- three times a week some hundreds of men gather at the door. They look clean, and mixation for her chivalrous courago are decently, though very inadequately, against the might of the Kaiser's legions, clothed in the characteristic Spanish blacks and whites and browns. The In the case of England, on the other crowd stands about patiently waiting hand, there was the memory of old its trained sanitary orderly has all the means of making water wholesome. But appeara on the balcony and hurls a few the system is followed where possible of remarks at them, apparently to the effect of the influences of German propaganda purifying a main supply and issuing that they are to be good and go home from that. In case of small isolated quietly and the authorities will see what and the bitter anti-British sentiment of

can be dono. A little hissing, a little a section of Trish extremists. Ideas im bodies of mens means of water purifica clapping, and his excellent advice is bibed from the old type of American tion are provided in thoda. All the old taken one manifestation is over-for school text-books, had engendered a wide. of sulphate of troublesome water purifying schemes, But Boveral times during the last fort spread misunderstanding of the true such as candle filters, which used to be night a more sinister note has been British character and of the real trend constantly breaking down have been sounded. I have seen the peace of the of British political development. It scrapped. Water_precaution now is dinner hour rudely broken by those who would be too sanguine a view to say that simple as well as effective.

presumably had little dinner to ent; by these old feelings towards Great Britain Food is as carefully looked after by the the rush of terrifed, shopkeepers to shut the Middle West and Far West; but that have been entirely changed-especially in thair shutters, by the swift British Royal Army Medical Corps as water. bood has to be not only pure but women from the streets, and the equally they have been profoundly modified

swift appearance of armed guards and have no doubt, and there are many appetising and scientific. If the food is of cavalry in the squares and public evidences that the atmosphere of cordial not pare it causes sickness. If it is not places. A prominent manufacturer of my friendship towards England is spreading appetising it causes discontent. If it is acquaintance was pulled out of his car steadily in the United States, and has not scientific, has not its proper pro- riage-motor-care are laid up from lack already captured the most intelligent, in partion of proteins and fats and carbo- of patrol--and told that he must walk as fluential, and far-seeing portions of this hydrates, it does not keep up the strength did his betters Strange noises wake you great community. of the lighting men. Probably Thomas in the night, and next morning you learn Atkina has no suspicion that the very that there has been shooting in the streets. generous ration he enjoys has a scientific A VOLCANO. basis carefully calculated in calories; that there is a distinct change made in his summer and his winter ration, and that scientists look up. isothermal tables and so on when be goes to a fighting area to decide what his food should be. But that is so. There are summer food scales and winter food scales. There is a ration for the French front and another for the Italian front and another for Salonika. Yet another for Mesopotamia and another for South-western Africa. Some people are accustomed to talk as though the Germans had all the science and were the only people who took the food chemist into council. The truth is that the British have as much science, but a good deal more humaneness, and part of the humaneness is to keep the scientific cal- culations in the background.

Medical confess to an

direction from the pages of an influential American weekly journal, in which a cor- respondence continued through several numbers on the subject of "Removing Lake Vermiete Tower she following inc take leave to quote the

fine passage from a letter contributed by Mr. Lucius B. Swift, of Indianapolis:

THE SOCIETY OF ST. GEORGE,

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St. George's" War Bond" Drawing

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When we look at embattled Britain to day, we seo a people that gave us trial tembly, the right of petition, the right of by jury, habeas corpus, the right of aa- tree speech, a free Press; that has pre served representative government for 1,600 years, and handed it over to us; which fought for centuries for the right that a people could not be legally taxed without a law of Parliament. For these ad many other rights which, conkes us free-wo are indebted to the English TICKETS obtainable at Banks, Clubs and Leading Stores. It may, perhaps, be of interest if I people. But the stories of the blood and collect here a few out of many indications sacrifice which went into the establish These insignificant happenings, moreover,

Straws show which way the wind blows. I noticed during my recent visit of this ment of these rights are not told to growing American cordiality towards American children Even the very names count for as much in docile, happy-g England and the English people. On of these rights are unknown to American lucky Andalusia as the far more serious intenso pleasure which Mr. Balfour's than three-quarters of the whole. This is every hand I heard expressions of the children below high-school grades-more outbreaks that are taking place in the visit and his charming personality had the held in which this country is to get more vigorous and highly organised populations of northern Spain. All are given. There is a keen desire in America the true perspective of the British people indications of a volcano below the sur-to make the personal acquaintance of and, when that is obtained, we shall see face which may, at any moment, break more of our first-class statesmen. It them, not only the ancestors by blood of out into active cruption.

The authorities, both central and local, appear quite unable to cope with the situation. There is much talk of maxi mum prices, of free distribution of bread and soup, even of the opening of relief works. But such measures when attempt ed are rendered nugatory by the corrup- parties should be included in these visi-school rooms the achievements on behalf tion which seem to attend every effort of Irish. I was present at the great meeting will ho in the list, but we shall have to tion and the ineficiency of administratations, as well as the Conservative and of democracy, the American Revolution this tragic country The generous charity in Carnegie Hall, New York, on Oct sum up the tremendous achievements inte. It is popníarly reported that only brilliant reception. The presence, again. British people. It will then appear that meets with the same 18th, and witnessed Viscount Reading's which had gone before, all due to the reaches the distrosed 1ovided eve of the British "Tank" which took part our revolution was a great event in the that while half the people of Spain have in the Liberty Loan procession, and the progress of democracy, of incalculable not enough to cat, half the remainder ending by the British Government of the value to us, and to other British Colonies, habitually eat too much. Such sayings

captured 3 were clever moves which end to England and to the world; but it are signs of the timer.

will also appear that a revolution would met with a most cordial appreciation.

not have occurred had it not been for a pig-headed, liberty-hating, corrupt Ger men King,

of

would do immense good in America (and not less good to our public men them selves, who know and care far too little about American institutions and view points) if more of our really representa. tive public men were to visit the United States, and the Liberal and Labour

BIGNS OF THE NEW MOVEMENT.

the large majority of the American people, but the political uncestors of every one, no matter where he came from, who lives in America and takes his stand upon Anglo-Saxon rights. No one can honestly look to any other source for these rights. When we have upon the walls of our

In regard to cooking, the Royal Army in British skill. As compared with the French, we are a nation of bad cooks The most strenuous efforts are being made, and have been made for a long time to raise the standard of army cook.

The Germanophile papers hint that ing. It is very much better now than at the start of the war, but it will not stand Spain's distress is due to the prolonga-

Less spectacular, but no less import. well in comparison with the general tion of the war by the greedy Allies The French skill in combining economy with pro-Ally papers blame the submarine camant, were the indications of a new temper Since its interruption by George III. savory results. But the cooking is better paiga, and vigorously demand a friendly towards England manifested in the book the advance of the British people in de-

with the rapprochement and will vet be better; and when the nations and the publication of the terms and pamphlets about the war appeared our advance Its treatment of the Boers democratic shops and public Press. English books mocracy has continued side by side with British Army come marching home it of the new Anglo-Spanish commercial to be read everywhere with avidity. In and now of Ireland are late instances. will have the knowledge to raise greatly the standard of domestic comfort in Great war,

agreement.

But even the European the autumn a well-known scholar and The English-speaking race has no room Britain Thus again pleasure will follow is

es the Spaniards quaintly call it, historian of Columbia University, Mr. for lukewarmness, and when American pain and the evils of war bring good in minorance in the face of the over move George Louis Beer, published by volume on Anglo-Saxon daocracy, lukewarmness matter comparative a children are taught the whole history of desperate economic situation.

La Correspondencia de Espana, a most phasising their joint international ob will disappear moderate and weighty paper, in a lead-closer political co-operation between them ligations and urging with great power a THE IMPERIAL THIEVES OF The Asphyxiation of Spain through Of course, Mr. Beer is ahead of average

article of December 18th, said:

their train.

BERLIN.

INCIDENT.

ANOTHER CHARACTERISTIC

from many other ces than those that Summing up impressions, de space has permited me to indicate above, her economical-not her political-izol American opinion on this subject, but it I would say that a most gratifying and tion is surely coining. Already tragic

is equally true that his views have in inspiring improvement is becoming mani realities remind us that she cannot feed fluential backing in the States,

fest in the sentiment of large and in- herself. The misery of the lower classes, Another literary sign-post was the issue fluential sections of the American people already very great cries of hunger, of the November number of The World' towards the Old Country which gave them The following characteristic story of appeals for bread and work flash daily f'ork, as a special Appreciation of their language, their legal habits and the methods of the Imperial brigands of vinces is spreading upwards. The mid- American writer on the war, Mr. Frank political and social ideals, and, above over the telegraph wires from the pro- Great Britain. In this number the best traditions, many of their fudamental Berlin is taken from A Diplomatic dle Diary

by Mr. Hugh Gibson, secretary offers who wolding the whole army of Simonds (of the New York Tribune), all the predominant traits of their

who work for salaries ludicrously wrote: of the American Legation in Brussels inadequate considering present conditionsgerate the achievement of Great Britain that we are neither effete nor decadent. It would be difficult to exag character. They are satisfied by now, This story wea told by the Count and of life, are living upon hall rations. The and her Colonies in mobilising and train. They take the natural pride of relations Countess X, owners of a chateau that bourgeoisie, which has invested its scanty ing millions of a civil population, and in the strong bulwark of British ships had been looted, writes Mr. Gibson. As capital in agricultural, industrial, or in three years wresting from a nation and men. The war has brought home to the backing was going on, a motor drove mercantile undertakings, finds itself which has prepared for forty years them how infinitely greater and more im- up containing a German princeling, destined to avoidable ruin in consequence whom the lady: recognized as one. formerly been their guest on several occa- duction.

who had

of the growing paralysis of national pro- supremacy in guns, în materials, and in portant are the things that united the sions. On being appealed to by his form

The situation to day is men. But this the British have done. English-speaking peoples than the things grave, and in a few months it will become. In the next three years we shall which have divided them. In short, it is

er hosts, he said Of course, I stop desperate" this, but you will understand that que

men would like to keep

some little

probably realise the true magnitude of the a great creative time, when the dreams British progress in the last three years of those who have for generations worked souvenir of the war in Belgium. That

THE PRICE OF VICTORY We shall be fortunate, indeed, if, three for the unity and comradeship of the would be hard to prevent. But I would

years after our entrance into the war, we British and American peoples are begin- suggest that you pick out all the pieces Sir Arthur Yapp visited Southampton and Messines, and to stern and heroic manent results for the pacification of the can point to victories like those of Arras ning to come true, and when great per- that you value most, and pack them away recently on the eve of s big Labour food struggles toward the achievement such as world and the healing of the nations in that large wardrobe. Then I'll do protest meeting, and addressed an audi- the Somme. In another article the may be achieved if statesmen on both sides the rest. Mme. de X. delighted and ence of 3,000 people in the Artillery Drill biographer of John Hay surveyed the of the Atlantic have the vision and grateful, scurried about gathering the Hall. The situation, he Ruest pieces of enamel and porcelain and but might have been worse

Baid,

was serious, far-sighted policy of Anglo-American courage to avail themselves of the oppor-

We had packing them carefully into robe, when she reported progress to tremendous lot to be thankful for. Unity bassador and statesman was one of the or expense ought to be spared to further cooperation, of which that gifted Amtunities now given. No trouble, thought big Ward

the was the price of victory, A class war Prince. Are you sure that all the beat would be the greatest disaster the coun- earliest and strongest advocates; whilst in every possible way that welding of the pieces are there? asked he "All that try could have. In the course of pra Mr. E N. Vose explained Great English-speaking peoples into what Glad. could be

answered Mme tracted heckling, Sir Arthur declared that Britain's Generous Commercial Policy," stone called a Union of Hearts, which de Xacked there,

Good, asid the Prince, and he had been married seventeen years, and Mr. Poultney Bigelow discoursed on would be one of the greatest achievements then, turning to his orderly."Have had never had a side of bacon in his "Britain, Mother of Colonies," and Mr. of contemporary statesmanship-Danly that wardrobe sent to Berlin for me." house, or anything like it.

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