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On March 7th, 1914, I went from Brussels to spend a day at Liege. In the big Taverne Gruber in the Place Verte I fell into conversation with a Belgian Germany officer of the Liego garrison. intends to force war upon France thin year,

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What makes you think that?" I asked. The whole of my country, is covered

at this moment by a cloud of German spics and intelligence officers. There is such a sudden irruption of Gorman tourists' and 'rosintercial travelers' that even Belgians who do not realise what it He means are all commenting upon it." cautiously, indicated customer after eus tomer.

They are making this place an espionage rendezvous. That man over there is a Cerasa. Those two men over there are Germans. That man over there! is a Germa Thuse four men in the corner are Germans and they are spics.

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I scrutinised the men the Belgian officer indicated. They were all typical Prus IN A RANGE OF SMART

sians of the same stamp as the Prussians that I afterwards saw descend (as abnor

carly tourists) upor the western

itish cast and even the remote glens |

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say again." repeated the Belgian WHITE DRILL AND LINED

In the greatest war

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it.

We finished our lunch and, having nothing else to do. I accompanied the Belgian to the gais of his fort, kigh above the Cinillemins Station, with a wonderful view of sickle-shaped Liego.

When descended to Liege Tain-dame

on in torrents, and I took shelter in the Taverne Gruber, sitting by chance at a table next to one of the inen the Belgian had pointed out. He, too, whs weather- bound.

After a few minutes the stranger polite. effered me a copy of The Pily Mail. I can see that you are English," he said, speaking English himself without a trace of foreign accent.

"Yes--and you too," I replied, think ing my Belgian spyomaniae was, any- way, wrong here.

German."

said the stranger; “I am EL

We talked of the weather of the Alps (wherein I found a fellow enthusiast), of cabbages and kings. When he revealed that he was a Prussian officer and I said to him Hatly A Belginn cfloor has told me to-day that Germany intends to make against France this summer and that her first move will be the violation of Belgium, the Prussian officer was astonishingly frank.

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**Your Belgian friend," he said,

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else should we do?

**But Germany, a guarantor of Belgian neutrality, to violate Belgium for the sake of getting at Franco

No, to the sake of getting Belgium.. We want Belgium. It is a ripe plum waiting for as We want Antwerp, be cause it is one of the finest and richest ports of Europe. We want the Belgian coast, because it will be a splendid naval and aerial base against England."

"Oh, you are going to war against England tool

Eventually," he replied gaily. "There's no secret in that. Some of you English, at least, warn your people. against it as often as all of us Germany dream of it night and day." He pointed to The Daily Mail. What about that open eye!"

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WEATHER REPORT.

and inventívo July 24th, at 12.24-No returns from Japan and Vladivostock Presence las in- cressed moders og at Waibaiwel, and slightly leewhere. The depression rempira over the Gulf of Teng kirg and bar partially filled my.

The German officer proceeded to debate the likely happenings of the coining great | war. I can only say that he was curiously the political, prophetic of most of strategical, tactical, developments. He was prophetic, too, of the present developments of air warfare and of Hun attacks on London and other British open towns by Zeppelins and neroplanes. He was amiably enthusiastic about the "moral effect upon the British people of massacres of non-combatants. But therein his prophetic gift was woe- fully at fault.

Hongkong rainfall for the 24 hours ending at 10 m. today, 0.10 inch, Tots since Jantary let, 45.30 inches, against an average of 48.40,itchen.

The forecast for the 24 hours ending at noon

Assuming that all this happens," asked," where docs Christianity come in today is as follows:-- a scheme of Germany crushing without

3 quarrel a small weak country that she is pledged protectress of, or in killing. civilian, nien, women, and children Come! Germany whatever her ambi tions, is a great Christian nation, and

DISTRICT

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No. 1. ReathOrser of Chins betron, The gems

Hongkong and Lamooks)

enik Coast of China betroen: The came se

Na 1 Hongking and ki sinan...

Again he interrupted me. I quote his words verbatim. They made such an im- 13 pression on me that when I returned to Termora Chauss my hotel in Brussels I wrote them down

You talk of moral wrong,

be said, The new Germany does not recognise moral force, hut only physical force. You speak of Christianity It shows, y friend, that you neither know Germany nor have read our great modern German. writers, Christianity is outworn in. Ger- many We Germans despise it. It is an alien Eastern religion that has been graft- ed upon Europe.

are.

We Germans, led by our Kaiser creating our own religion, the religion of physical and material force. You Eng-

fish think our Emperor blasphemous when

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Mr. W. J. Bate, Nr. A. Barcelonne,

he calls upon God so often and claims Mr. and Miss van Blaaderen, Mr. A. Him as an Ally. But Ho is not your E Churnett, Mrs and Miss Cormac, Mr. God. He is a German God we create for M. Constandse, Mr. E. Duynste Mz I Mrs. H. Frerich, Miss Gifford, Mr. Helmes, Miss ET. N. Hugell, MT.

E. Hayward, Mr. K

ourselves. Germans disdain the teach

All true

ings of Christianity, its meekness and humanity. The only religion we recogaise

shall take from the weak It is

Mrs.

Markham, Miss H. Montgomery, Mr.

H. Smith, Mr. H. Wats, Mr. R. H. Whit

is that might is right and that the she hold M. G. E. Jenkins, Mr. A. Lontok, Kaiser's religion, is the religion of all. W. F

our profesrdly believe that my nrbano Miss F. Bridg, Mr. W. B. Barker,

JA R. Caldas, I could

MT FW Churton,

Mr. E. J. Dunn, blue-eyed eafe acquaintance speke seri MP W Fan Vel, Mr. F. Gill, Miss ously. I have now long learnt that his Gellatly, Mrs. Heath, Mr. and Mrs. remarks would have been mere banalitics Hartog, Mr E Kahn, Mr. J. E. B. to other Germans. It was my first revela Lisboa, Mr. N. B. Mendiola, Mrs. A. tion that Germany is Gut" not only against the old order of human civilies Ridgway, Mr. B. Shitnikoff, Miss £. Wighton, Mr. J. H. Wallace, Mr. and tion but against the Christian religion Mrs. H. Humes, and Mrs. E. Tendam. By Tras Brxx.

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