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OUR LONDON LETTER. [YLOM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT] POLITICIANS AND THE HIGHER COMMAND" OF

THE ARMY.

TEE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS,

ONE TO THREE. FIGHT OF THE MARY ROSE

WE'RE NOT DONE YET His Majesty's ship Mary Rose left a Norwegian port in charge of west bound convoy of merchant ships in the

OUR AIR SERVICE RECORD OF GALLANT DEEDS.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10TH, 1919,

useful work was done by attacking troops from the air. In December 123,000 rounds were expended in this manner, and in January 200,000 rounds."/ If he did not mention in detail the

had been prepared, and practically all of our naval There

OUT

In the House of Commons on February

----- Operations of our airmen over the ma it 22nd, Major Baird said the organisation was solely because scorecy was more an of the Air Ministry had proceeded sati, "element of ancresa in this branch of air LONDON, February 18th-

factorily Establishments for the ser- fghting than in any other; but he could The recent campaign against certain

vices of the directorates and their staffsy clint the enemy had the best reason to regret the great and growing activity. Generals angered the public, and the

afternoon of October 18th. At dawn on

who were entitled resignation of Sir William Robertson, the 17th flashes of gunfire were sighted

to outstanding questions as regards pay nothing German sabroarino con Chick of the Imperial General Staff, astero The captain of the Mary. Rose,

and conditions of service under the new mander Weg more anxious to shun than The first Lieutenant-Commander Charles Fox, Air Bervice had been decided. The service. (Chcern)

British seaplane manned, by tended to shake confidence.

the thought of the man in the street was who was on the bridge at the time, reworks and buildings department had Their work was beyond all

praise. The that the politicians had been up to their marked that ho supposed it was a subeen organised, and arrangements had pilots employed as instructors were apt been made whereby the Director-General to be forgotten. These young men spent old punc of playing for their own little marine shelling the convoy, and prompt of Lands for the War Office and the hour after hour in the air day after day- aines 1 But Sir William

has now, it ly turned his ship to investigate, all Ministry of Munitions was to perform imparting their will to a constant Home hands were called to action stations and was now performing similar funestman of dovices, at whose hands they appears, consented to accept a command, which clears the situation to fary Zose had increased to full speed. tions in respect of lands for the Air frequently ran the greatest possible risk. and a short time three light cruisers were Ministry. On February 1st the organ- Every one of these instructors would far

war, but that does not explain the Press speed out of the morning niist. Barnable the Air Ministry to enter into con enemy (Chears He wished to say a are inevitable in the course of a long sighted coming towards them at high isation was sulliciently advanced to enrather be using lus BkLit against the attacks, which break out periodically, ose promptly challenged, and, receiv forences with the War Offico and the word also as to what the flying mon

Admiralty on the subject the Dear, at a range of about arrangements for the transfer of the ment officers and air mechanics. What Naval Air Service and the Royal he had said about the Western Front

the theatres

Como extent. Perhaps such

incidenta

bo

highly placed in the service of the State. that The German light cruisersing Corps. It was agreed that the applied equally to all.

tour Also

other they did not return the fire until

Who inspires these campaigns? Why is it that one permitted to publish the nature of criticism, while some ved papers have a police next day with_n warrant under the Belence of the Realm Act One of the days the truth of these matters will come out to the astonishment of sedate British citizens.

o

the

Almost anything in dctermined single-banded onslaught, as on. members would realise that, mall parts of the Empire, and the com

rango had closed to three miles working arrangement at home, the really strand in the invisible but unbreakable it was to set up a proper raceship of the air had spun, one more They then opened fire, and the liary vital matter. was to secure that there thread which united the citizens of the lose held galiantly on through a bar should be no dislocation of any sort or Empire in the defence of civilisation. rage of bursting shell, until only a mile kind at the front. That was what they (Cheers.) separated her from the enemy Up to had secured this point the German marksmanship Under the arrangement entered ints Mr. Joynson Hicks Bald hardly a day

ntered inte PROVISION OF NACHFRES was poor, but as the British destroyer with the Admiralty and the War Office turned to bring her torpedo-tubes to Apropos of this subject, party politi-bear, a salvo struck her, bursting in the and they had received most cordial and cians many be seen working away at the engine-room and leaving her disabled friendly co-operation from both thoan at the front, and so far as anything party game, despite the gravity of the log on the water. All guns, with the Sont administrations the full respon and occasionally appearing in exception of the after one were out of sibility for new worke and buildings had been already taken over and full respon for the technicul air matériel,

PARTY POLITICS,

financial

passed without several people asking him if he was satisfied with the Air Service short of perfection could go, he was lighted to say that he was satisfied with the enormous advance which had been made by the Air Services on the various

THE SOCIETY OF ST.

OF ST. GEORGE,

HONGKONG.

WAR BOND DRAWING

3

QUESTIONS

AND

ANSWERS

QUESTION A. How many tickets | ANSWER A-99.

have you purchased or how many are you interested in?

number amongst them?

3

1/3rd

to

Charity and pouch the balance.

in a state of violent indignation action, and their crews killed or wound gibtration, and for movements and fronts. It was a matter for regret thats on account of the shortcomings mostlyed; but the after gun continued in action unproven) of this or that individual of Marsh, H.N-V-B. 23 long as the gun fos, portins of individ the the Reve the production of cingings han fallen QUESTION B.-Is the winning ANSWER B.-Of course!

such policy. suria

Naval Service Royal Flying short of estimate given by the Prime such

would bear, the patriots have been furious because of

The captain came down Mr. Lloyd George' alleged intention to from the wrecked bridge and passed aft Corps, hesitate to prophesy, but if Minister in July of fast year. In fact,

so serious was this shortage

that ho direct military strategy. But there in encouraging and cheering his deafened things went on as they were at bo hoped that early in the next

would suggest not only that it was absolutely no evidence that he desires to men. He stopped beside the wrcoked do anything of the kind. remains of the midship gun and shouted year it might be possible to constituto necessary for the Ministry of Munitions QUESTION C-If so what are you ANSWER C.—Give

to the survivors of its crew: God bless tho Air Force at home and to start the to get more closely into touch with tha

going to do with the proceeds? Until the Allied War Connell, was set

machinery going. The Air Council had up at Versailles the various Higher we're not done yet!" The enemy were held by the Army Council and the Aden from the front to be sent round to my heart, lads, get her going again, taken over en bias the worked manufacturers, but, in the event of a strike being threatened, for wounded Commands worked on their respective fronts more or less in water-tight com- now pouring a concentrated fire into the miralty respectively in connection with the factories to tell the workpeople some partments; and hence the importance of motionless vessel. One of the boilers, the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal the consequences that resulted from Baxing body like the Council in ques struck by a shell exploded, and, through Naval Air Services delay. Then again, it was necessary re tion which could closely examine strate and the vapour of bursting shell, came the inferno of escaping steain, smoke,

Describing the arrangements for recur- guard against constant tinkering

With gic plans and watch developments in that familiar, cheery voice. We're not ing co-operation and co-ordination with alterations to the machines, and to cop every theatre of war, while at the hare done yet, time allowing the Army

the Admiralty and the War Office, he down the number of types of engines sens said those Departments submitted their out to the front, In the air on the Chiefs full con-

order

to secure trol of operations in the field. On the

requirements for aircraft to the Airpremacy face of it this sound, though it re

front a demand must be made mains to be seen how the plan will As the German light cruisers sped past, Ministry. The question whether a parti

the Minis anewer under the strain and test of two able seamen (Able Seaman French cular force should be under the Army through the War Cabinet experience. The Prime Minister's ene and Able Seaman Bailey), who alone or the Navy for administration and try of Munitions to release thousands mirs, say that he wants to run the survived among the torpedo tubes crews operation was discussed at weekly con of men who could be employed in the Var andor cover of the Versailles on their own initiative lait, and are it those recommendations were manufacture of arcoplanes and engines though there is no evidence of the remaining torpedo. Able Seaman made at those inentings The Air Coun He hoped the Government were going

French this, At the same time it fine oppor. Bremen Bailey Bally wounded. Realis recommending to the Wai Cabinet cer of reprisals. The real object of the was killed immediately, and Ablecil had the power of laying down and to lead public opinion on the question tunity is presented to disgruntled

Poli

tain aerial operations, such as bombing, Germans in raids on London Licious to stir up discord at Westing that the enemy had passed

estand that the 4-inda gun could no longer said the best tucius of carrying me the top mange number of British mineter.

he brought to bear on them, the captain operations were discussed. The machines in this country. If our airmen THE KING'S SPEECH.

helow and set about destroying his machines wero specifically car-marked were to bomb some of the large towns pa cyphers. The First Lieutenant (Litt for these operations. A representative the Rhine the Germans would have to It may

fungined that somebody had a had quarter of an hour as a result tenant Bavin), seeing one of the light

cruisers returning towards

deep

WITH COLOURS FLYING.

to

of the, extraordinary blunder that occur the gunner (3r. Handcock called Chematice, presided over by Sir Watson keep a number of their machines at home.

Ted:

and gave

The foregoing are reasonable answers to the questions, but you may have some better ones; if so, please submit them to "War Bond Answers," Post Office Box No. 351, Hongkong, who will give judgment thereon, and sender of the best answers will receive TWO WAR BOND TICKETS AND 5 TOMBOLA SPILLS. Any number of alternative answers may be sent in, but winner will be required to produce a War Bond Ticket already purchased for each answer submitted. All alternative answers to be sent in by the 23rd of April, They may be in comic, poctic or tragic vein.

Judging of answers will be made by the St. George's Day Publicity Committee.

TICKETS are on sale at Banks Clubs, Hotels, Leading Stores, and the Hongkong and South China War Savings Associa- tion, care of The Union Insurance Society of Canton, Ltd.

had drawn up a scheme for the To lay a portion of Cologne fint would and bade

sarvioc of the Air Force, and by have a vast effect on the psychology and red at the opening of Parliament. The Him sink the King read his speech from the Throne in

The captain then arrangement with the Army and moral of the German people:

order Navy it would be possible to carry into Sir W Rutherford said he had gatis- the House of Lords, but the following ca

ship. All the boat, had effect the

WEATHER REPORT, e system advocated by that important paragraph referring to the been shattered by shellfire at their mittee Pho

Administrator of the Modified himself as a business man of forty years experience that if two days cost overens parts of the Empire was omit davits, but the survivors launched a cal Service would have direct access to of the war-that was, C12,000,000 were

April 8th, at 11:15 – No returns from raft and paddied clear of the the Secretary of State and the Air Force, spent in increasing facilities for the Carley I have summoned representatives ship The German light cruiser detailed He could not say anything about the manufacture of neroplanes it would Japan and Vladivostock. Pressure In of My Dominions and of My Indian to administer the coup-grden then operations contemplated in the field within the next three months place us d-creased moderately in the lcinity of Empire to a further session of the approached to within 300 yards, and Many people were apt to judge of the in such an overwhelming position of Shangaal, and increased slightly elsewheres

perial War Cabinet, in order that poured a succession of salvoes into the success of operations in the air by the advantage with regard to this important the depresion romeinanvar l'ongking. may again receive their advice on already riddled hull, The Mary use number of machines brought down service, that it would help us to win this Bangkong rainfall for 24 hours ending m questions of moment affecting the sank at 716 nm, with colours Bying This was not unnatural. The work per war much more quickly than we had any 10 am, today, 0.08 inak. Total sinon 1st common interests of the Empire: The captain, first lieutenant, and gun formed by the fighting squadrons was chance of doing, he was afraid, by any scary, 226 inshoe, against an average *!

the faithful Commons ner were lost with the ship, but the the work of the cavalry of the air other means

7.39 mob

Lt was not own House lator and handful of survivors, in charge of Sub It was glorious and invaluable WorK A MEDICAL ASPECT OF AVAATION.

assembled in

Then forscual for thồ 24 hours ending så moca co-day is an follows powe

District

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CHINA COAST METEOROLOGICAL

Station

Vladivostock Nemuro Hakodate Toldo

8.winds, mo derate; cloudy

rain

The bams. 23

Kochi Nagans

Oshima

was continued of intestifying to the cheerful courage destroyed by our anti-aircraft,ive the human mechanism time to adapt deathCont of China between) Tha: - KAZED DE

*** CONSCRIPTION OF WEALTH

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No

HONGKONG METEOROLOGICAL

the speech was read by the Speaker, as Lieutenant J RD. Freeman, R.N. on They kept up a constant offensive against usual, that the cmission was rectified. the Carley raft, fell in some hours laterenczny machines in order to protect our

Bir W Cherne said the medical By an unfortunate and unexplained with a lifeboat belonging to one of the machines from destruction. They form aspect of aviation was most impor necident,

official exploration stated, ships of the convoy Sailing and rowed a screen behind which our own other tant, one The human being was con

their work, they structed to live on the earth, and in the the passage dropped out of the printed ing, they made the Norwegian const some machines carried on version road by his Majesty." However, forty-eight hours later, and were tended carried out their photographie and case of the avintor the degree of atmos Hagkong to Gap Hook

Al's well that ends well, as the poet with the utmoet kindness by the Nor- connaissance work In September last pheric pressure and the density of the said. On this occasion the practice wegian authorities. All survivors unite year in France 139 enemy machines were aty in which he moved were two very adopted last year

of definitely ascertained ⠀ to have been

important factors. Rising to a height granting facilities to representatives of the senior surviving officer, Sub-Liou

of 10,000ft. in a few minutes did not others were destroyed newspapers 'abroad, both tenant Freeman, throughout the last Colonist and foreign, to attend the phase of this ordeal. Able Beaman Bai machine gun, or artillery fire, and 122 itself to the altered conditions, and avia Hongking and Lamooks opening of Parliament by the hingey, who, despite severe shrapnel wounds more were shot down out of control, fore differed very much in the height to and for the first time the representative in the leg, persisted in taking his turn (Cheers) What that meant in combats which they could go without a supply off Oklus between The came a

***Hongaeng mand Hainan... of a Chinese paper waa

Almost more important than in the at the car, is also specially mentioned could be left to the imagination. Been Press Gallery

for an invincible light heartedness" THE BOY IN THE AEROPLANE."

Leart and the lungs was the servops throughout.

DO IN THE LE

arstem On the earth the nervous system The aftman The Conscription of Wealth has Unhappily, there is no record of what fantry, the gunners, and the Staff subject to sudden and violent shocks.

was in the mind of the captain when he become a favourite catch phrase with a made that single-handed dash in the face heavy gun would fire at a target fifteen in the car it was acting under grent section of the Labour Party in connec of such preposterous odds. tion with after the war problems. The which war or charge lay ahead of be impossible but for the bay up in the part of the individual.

miles away with a precision which would strain, though The Bw Was enormous growth of national indehted him, and, as he apparently supposed, air miles away from the fun, constantly on an unstablo

stable founda inter was not consciously ness, and the prospect of a mountain of was being attacked by the gunfire of a exposed to attack by enemy machines and tion. The aviator taxation permanently in the future, hostile submarine When on rushing to guns, and who remained there until his frightened but his nervous system was coupled with the need of huge expen the rescue, he realised that it was to directed the fre of the battery on to the frightened. Although the aviator had diture for the reconstruction of industry later on, fills some of these gentimen meef not a submarine, but three of Ger target to demolish it. That was work no feeling of fear his brain was conscious ers, which was discharged daily and hourly of the dangers that were surrounding with dread. So they propose in a light many's newest and fastest light cruise af the front. In the way in one day it and was getting exhausted in its

it is conceivable that the original inten hearted manner to take away the possession of rescue was not supplanted in 127 hostile hatteries were successfully efforts to evercome those dangers and In everyday life they are sober, bonest, his mind by considerations of higher engaged to distraction, and on the same where the exhaustion caine, in, espectrom

strategy. He held on unflinchingly, and day twenty eight gun-nits were destroy was in the rapid descent to earth from

and explosions

high altitude. As to vision, the avin Werthe of ammunition

On the there must be rapid reaction between same day thirty-four hostile were successfully engaged to destruction people going about the world who were owing to balloon observation. That was unaware that they used only one eye. most wonderful achievement. (Cheers.) No man could be allowed to join the Air it was said a battery was en Force unless he had proper binocular

and industrious necording

to their

The convoy

instead

of

The died; leaving to the annals of his Sered, eighty dan cased Members.tor must have true binocular vision, and lights, doubtless boey the Coul vice an episode not less glorious thou In one day 7) Yes, in one dayteries sight, and action. There were many

mandment,

Thou shalt not steal" but that in which Sir Richard Greville when it is a case of taking millions in perished. (Admiralty Copyright.)

the name of the State. their view is

altered. What's in a name?" the man

used to plain dealing is prompted to

toyed with the ido

massacres

the

fantry as well because the destruction herr BNWOOD

agreed

ask for robbery by any other name whose death is reported. There is a congnger to destruction" what was meant was vision. Much more had to be learned

culd sound as had. Perhaps the sub- Megben might safely be dismissed as mer sensus of opinion that while bo was gaged

falk were it not for the fact that primarily responsible for the Armenian that our battery was ranged on to the about the medical aspect of aviation. which shocked the world some target so as to keep up a continuous faire. The study of the ailments and disable the advocates of conscription of wealth. me in real earnest, and also because the parison with what the so-called Christian hostile battery was silenced-until, in special study as any other branch

years ago, this crime was small by com until the gunners ran away or until the ments of dying men was as much a Prime Minister and even Bonar has

the boy in the aeroplane said, the service of men specially trained, for and it was essential to have Law Chanedlor of the Exchequer, have nation, of Germany, bee done in this war You have done it in These boys were

The proposal is to take £400,000,000 eminence in evil now belongs to the Knot only the eyes of the gunners, but the the work. In no other way could justice

in be done to a graduated scale. But, as Lord Lover ser, who has eclipsed him in that respect life savers of the gunners and

Sir William Watson, it may be recalled, hulme

Pertinently

remarked in the coarse christened the late Sultan Abdul the of an address before the Royal Society Damned, and it is, interesting to repro- of Arts a day or two ago, this sum uce the sextet, in which the same writer cannot be collected from wealth which some time later apologised for having consists of works of art, factories, houses been so moderate - railways, ships and securities and con- verted into caah, Not so much as

For in a world where cruel deeds £400,000,000 would be realised in money,

abound, His views are supported by sound cial opinion when he says that our course for repayment of War Loan lies in ca tirating our industries the expansion of British shipping, trade, and commerce, and removing all obstacles to the de velopment of the resources of the Empire at home and overseas.

ying en (Hear

high-caplosive and gas shells bursting on that Kit was a positive scandal that our men. In the month of September scientific department like the Air last on the Western front 18,837 photo Service had nos a scientific modical graphs were taken from the air Hon board He protested against the turn members could imagine what would leang

ling down of the Medical

the de Lut

ABDEL THE DAMNED

inan

The papers have contained very full notices about Sultan Abdul Hamid, (Continued at foot of neat Column.)

The merely damned are legion, with

such souls Is not each hollow and cranny of

Tophet crammed Thou with the brightest of Hell's

auroles

Dost

Kagoshima

"Naling

Bonín Island

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Shanghai

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Direction

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28.6578

REGISTER.

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Prorions On Dam On Date

Day

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at 2pm.

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the position of the Staff which had tomittee a report, ‹ and govicory Com Wed

plan an attack without the information mand for a special medical service for Thurs 11 thus given, and the task of the infantry the aviation branch. It was cruel to ordered to attack 3. complicated systein send boys who had not been properly Fel of wire entanglements, pill boxes and examined.

examined medically to fight trained Ge--

B machine gun emplacements of which all man a they

it a fact that during 1017 could

Bomb-dropping b by day and we lost more flying men in schools of Sun. night on.

sea would be the first-line rozpada 13 yis being done at hre hine supreme mcomparably tronchektary points had become one instruction than We loster OB Immortally berond all mortals, of the constant functions of the Air fronts He appealed for some assurance Men

Force East September, excluding Italy, that in the immediato futuro everything 7,886 bombs

were dropped, and in the would be done to stop this awfni casualty Tas following month 5,113, the weight of the list amongst these splendid young fel- bombs dropped in the two months being lows, who lost their lives before they had 238 tons. In addition, a great deal of a chance of meeting the enemy,

crowned,

damned

1 venture to think that this decrrip tion anticipates the verdict of history in respect of the present Ruler of Germany

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