1918-11-05 — Page 7

SECOND SAILING OF

"MAYFLOWER.”

[BY BUDYARD KIPLING.)

The Word of the Lord by night To the watching Pilgrims cama.

-EMIESON.

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THE HONGKONG, DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY. NOVEMBER 5TH, 1918.

I heard the story of a regiment that had recovered some of its men mutilated by the Hun. No detail was slurred, and the talu ended; "The Germans did that to frighten us, sir.

only

DISABLED SERVICE MEN. TRAINING AND RE-ESTABLISH MENT

THEnemy, and, even now, our Press talks to know or care, is laid open to them like an embarrassed governess to an in- | from end to end, as she was and in to quiring child—as though dead Huns were our own Dominions. Meantime Ireland, found by God's grace beneath gooseberry for reasons sufficient to herself-her sons bushes.

will have to restate them, generation after generation, to every race and colour. in the world the Ireland which calls The soldier or sailor who has sacrificed herself the beautiful names and strikes a limb or been otherwise disabled in his the beautiful poses,

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de country's cause is not to be left alone monstrably and damnably out of it, but with his handicap and disability to get A Winchester "man" was walking

loudly in alliance with the Bur. And along as best he can in civil life Now, aowa High-street. Armed Americans "What happened next!” I naked. since the boys have to come to us by sea

The voice told me what had happened; and observe that trouble is thickest off against indiferences

more than ever, public sentiment, "is had been familiar to him for months past, and it was not at all. a pleasant happen the Irish coast, they connect Ireland with sympathy is taking practical form and national bat he and his top-hat were strangering for the Hun.

Yet the same man a minute afterwards marines. Further, some of them think For the fixat time, it is believed, in his- than Peruvian Incas to a newly-arrived carefully used a watered-down suphemism A man may overlook lies in peace, but a helping hand in the training of dis have been lied to about the English. tory, the State has come forward to lend contingent of the American Army. for an elemental fact which an English he does not care to move towards death abied ex-Service men, and, thanks to the Never in their lives had they seen the man, or, for that matter, an English- with a suspicion that he has been misin- hearty co-operation of employers and woman, would have got at in one word, formed concerning his comrades-in-arms The Americans were inclined this way a by a gentleman who is not only taking generation ago, because, even then, they no part in the fray, but who also, he were very generally educated by women, believes, prowls along the bach with a and women's share in their education has flashlight to try and drown ha en route, of whole sentences through which one can increased since. They deliver themselves Honce comments. Here is one: They've been appealin to Cesar as far almost hear and see the keen, tense,

back na I can uplifting women-kind who gave the Cesar's come their way they don't seem remember. Now that virile sentiment its funnily so crazy to follow him

"

through with

Uke of this infact Sphinx, and they called softly upon their Home Gods to bear, witness that he was as inconceivably fact as the rest of the new world they had been decanted into twenty-four hours ago. The roll of the ship and the rattie of the wheels were still on them; they feminine cloak. But of all creatures, the 'em!" talked to each other of their transport's roktable, to irritate or bully ad-ther Americans, nor, English have tinie woman-taught nau is quite the most un- One can't be grateful enough that nel station in the convoy, much as new boys dition to normal male wrath, his acquir to sentimentalise over each other. The At school compare notes with those who delicacy is outraged, and he finds facts of the case are doing the welding came down with them in the same train which makes such things possible. Then bimself at white bot feud with the system -the train that as least started from he goes to the limit and beyond words home..

as impenitent as a woman afterwards, Like a woman, tee, he cleans up behind him with acids and disinfectants

been whirled hither.

Forty, and even

This

workmen, maimed heroes are being pre pared to take their place again in society as independent citizens. In consultation with the organisations of employers, and work-people-employers associations and trade unions-National Trade Advisory the principal trades, and these commit Committees have been set up for each of tees have been asked to advise the Minis.

ing most suitable for disabled men, its try of Pensions and the Ministry of Labour with regard to the king of train length, and general conditions

under the Amerieur flag, we crawled sentative of the Shipbuilding Employers The Advisory Committee for the ship On our way to visit some Territories building and engineering trades is repre through the packed jam of High-street Federation, the Engineering Employers parting the crowd as delicately as a They had nothing to cling to save the

combs a inp-dog dont book behind Federation, and the Federation of Engi-

"our driver observed. wounded, points of the compass. The sun still set

neering and Shipbuilding Trades. The This, as the boy said when he showed ir.

chairman-fa-Mr. D: 9 Marjoribanks (of If he's got shock, he's likely to rers Armstrong, Whitworth & Co, in the west, but even be, instead of going English essay, is not all my own idea to a one-legged Lothario with a damsel Ltd.), and the vice-chairman. Mr. W. E.

up A list of the Kings of Tarnel for his jump feet high. Tom, oh,

Tom! to bed decently at six or seven, hung but arose long ago out of a talk with that on each side. If you'll shift your folks Dawtry (seneral secretary of the Stenm around staring in these strange skies half wise philosopher, Mark Twain, who fore-

a piece to the right

I'll clear you saw many things that were

Tom Engine Makers' Society). The committen the night through. That was the out-country

to his manoeuvred the necessary few inches, and has issued three reports, dealing with the Fere coming to

All clear, go ahead, mate," standing marvel to them so far that and Nothing of the above prevents them But if you could have seen their faces manufacture, general engineering, and said he training of disabled men in aircraft the desperate speed at which they had one being as constructive their ascens they smiled at each other! "Tommy" electrical engineering. In all three

ments as ever Tom Sawyer was. There has

been instinctively shortened Was a detachment from 4. State, not un Tom," which, since the original Thomas training of disabled men in semi-skilled to trades two achenies are provided for-the fifty, miles an hour, sir, with only three distinguished in the Civil War (it has Atkins is dead, seems only just; but I minor operations and for various skilled

begun to make its name in this stops, had they come! Their faces were one), which, by the nature of things couldn't find out what we call the Ameri

cans generally. The one-legged man, you killed workman is three years, and dur crafts. The period of training for a all clean-shaven, their voices startlingly could not have lain more than a few days notice, used Mate.""

at Winchester. But that was long enough low-pitched, and the next most noticeable to interest it in the statue of King Alfred Texas; had been some time in that

Our drivera Regular-was froming the first eighteen months the man is.

different from any even in our queer re-

first six months of the training is an ex- was fed-up with the story of the Barnt His travels on ex-Roman roads to re-tensive course in a technical school to pertoire wounded private picked out Lakes: perhaps for this, too, is a na Norman towns had taught him that Provide the necessary foundation, the re a couple of young officers and extended tional foible it wanted him to them the full, true, and very partien souvenirs (he can't weigh more than sever people bare have surely lived before us maining two and a half years being spent lar salute of his Majesty's Brigade of or eight tons or perhaps it was an act When I was in New York I went to see stages and allowances has been prepared, feel all the time. iar factory or workshop. A schedule of Guards. So does a Professor Emeritus of homage greet a beginner in the schools. Both being filled with the collective joy of they were old-this country, it se old" weekly during the first six months, either At any rate, one night, the tombs in Trinity Church. I thought providing for the payment of 27s. 6d. ofcers returned it together, each glane being alive a malady most incident to He drove us down the Road of the Lost by way of wages or maintenance; 338. Bd. ing sideways to see if the other were cor-youths they went forth with ropes to Footsteps-the Holy Boad from Winches in the second six months: 42s. 6d. in the Fifteen seconds later, another gather him in.. Then," said my in-ter to the sea-and pointed out the slab third; 5, 6d in the fourth; and 57s. 6d. wounded private put them through it formant, "we had to send down an or again.

and ganisation from the Camp to stop 'em."

cross

put up to the memory of the in the fifth and sixth half years. The Good Lord!" I said, cowed by the

men who had

passed along it since 1914 "Does that mear Tanks hood, but how could he tell that every

He was familiar with this neighbour prover's period of eighteen months' train. man's pension is resumed during the im sir.

No one was tanked An foot of it was waterlogged with tears, ing, the maintenance allowance given in organisation is what you call unit every dwelling darkened by the inemory

the first eighteen months being then with.. Allred."

lassooing of loss of the shadow of suspense; every drawn. At the conclusion of the full They quit, but

hing was their salute, which is wholly at the foot of High-street. Perhaps is and knew every foot of half Hampsh/Partly maintained by the State. The

A major of their Regular Army with whom I had foregathered smiled. Your do it on purpose," said he.

men

It does our boys a lot of good."

for a

That's

Wouldn't you, if you had the chanca? some boys to make 'em are me, it turn of the road quivering with ghosts? period of training the disabled man will

contrived

my

It was a standard-Pather I barin

a place called Morristown, New Je gave me a curious sidelight.

use.

His talk

We

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THEATRE

ROYAL.

"OUR DAY"

PERFORMANCES

OF

THE BARTON MYSTERY

A spoofic fantasy in parts by Walter Hackett

ON

THURSDAY, 7th November

AND

SATURDAY, 9th November

AT 9:15 PM.

There will be no private booking or sale of advance tickets, so that it will rest entirely with the public to secure good seats.

For the FIRST NIGHT prices will be as follows:-

Centre Block; Dress Circle

Remaining

Stalls

$10.

S5.

Pit and Gallery

$2.

and for the SECOND NIGHT:

Dress Circle

$5.

$4.

Pit and Gallery

$2.

Stalls

Soldiers and Sailors in unform half-prices on Second Night.

BOOKING NOW OPENS AT MOUTRIES.

Pay the Piper

WEE WILLIE:For the life of me I canna' see the point in that poster. WEE DONALD Hão a guess Man.

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WEE WILLIE: Is it that that dour chiel blawin' the pipes is the only Hielander left in the glen an' he's strain' the wee German dug f

The youngsters removed themselves, wasn't any prayer meeting for a while. In due course and elsewhere, he and his be regarded as a skilled workman, and An American military policeman Anywayssed

they didn't get Alfred" (straight out of "Life"), twirling his I

abhorrence of the atro

will also have their own mourning-places entitled to the full rate of wage in his locust wood club of office, strolled across city in fitting terms, and repaired to the scapes, one with all things visible and in addition to the total weekly wage, be

their own eternally

landares Another point of interest is that the street to confer with the English camp whence organisations SWOOD policeman (straight out of Punch) down to interfere with the amusement pible in their daily life for overmore.

rideman

looked at them.

will, when he has completed his full Meantime, twisting the knife in the period of three years' training, receive a Gawd's of the young truth and be from his appreciative camp tree square miles, but

wound, as only untouched youth can, he bonus at the rate of 3s. for each week of soul. And God's truth indeed it was, as

us admire those very heaths and much as the young W.A.A.C driving the to give it all the spacious atmosphere of with or parted from (to pick up secarely eighteen months of training under main with the materials at hand bracken-patches where one had pleasured actory attendance during the frat elderly. U.S. colonel in a car, and book an Army post in their own country later) boys that are gone. He and known tenance, this being paid in a lump sum ing behind an air-service lorry who, in

in They are stiffened with officers out of these pretty places for months, you see. was honking to warn an American their Regular Army, or promoted non- They were an old story to him; but some-

at the end of the course. The usual allow- coming back from a promenade,

commissioned officers from the

ance for children will be payable during that she meant to turn in front of em There is no discipline much more druge now he always feit, that folk had surely the period of earlier. training. The English policeman raised his hand than that of a United States regular

lived here before."

'EMPLOYERS AND WORKERS UNITE. “ The subalters halted his men. One could egiment, and in certain respects their to an American lorry in trouble. No, it will become the standard conditions for This was after he had halted to speak The conditions laid down in the scheme feel his embarrassment when the smooth- mess ritual could give points to faced English hours all of a row echoed Like the French system, this is all very themselves. She was a bit new, that was engineering trades throughout the coun- was nothing her crew. couldn't handle the training of disabled men in the the uncertainly-pitched word of com- prettily mand. But suppose you had been snatch-me-ee, as one long supple child confided, of Saints Mary and Elfreda, which may ensuring a thorough training. As im- camouflaged, but "believe all. We left her under the Abbey Church try. Uniformity will thus be obtained, ed from, say, the suburbs of Coventry it does not pay to be casual, dirty, or and, after three weeks, turned down at much of a fool in that army.

have been begun by Edward the Elder, pertant feature is that this is essentially second son of Alfred the Great, the friend a scheme agreed upon by the employers. An enlisted with orders to take your platoon,

man of some years' service of the Southern Regiment. till then, had never seen trafic pass to had been of his mother in the Middle occupation now-hospitals and campe,

All this countryside is in American and the trade unions concerned so that the right, from the railway station to West, of home life, and the joys of motor and extensions growing like their own of those who will be his colleagues in the the disabled man is sure of the goodwill the golf club! Would your voice be at ing. Suddenly he announced: its most professional the first time astonishes us most is your regulation that their sentries at well-remembered corners. that disabled men shall be equitably dis- Wast country-fairs on the far slopes; and industry. The underlying principle is "That's doing 'em good, too," was the on him. Not even officers not even for school

ло one here must have his ammunition in the silence of major's comment. fellow-officer at his your pistol. Take away a man's eart Italian Neapolitan, four years ined with men. The administration will deserted bombingtributed throughout the various indus elbow groaned: What's the American ridges-why he's not

met lonely, inarticulate tries, no particular trade being overload- for three-pence halfpenny 1 I've been

A pause. New York, whom the draft had taken, be in the hands of the local War Pensions buying postcards.

I reckon it's better that way, with and who wished to see folks as thick on the ground as they are prisoners which, he understood, were have expert guidance it is proposed to some Gerinan Committees, and in order that they may Said the major to me, "Your British bergabouts. If there's a fuss an' a man's being used on road-making rear by establish in the chief centres of the currency is like our uniform-too con- got his ammunition handy, why--he's observed that Texas called him "kid," servative."

inble to be tempted, isn't bel Where does your salute come from?" reckon it's safer.

Yes, I and generally adopted the unwise Anglo-advisory committees representative of the engineering industry local technical I demanded.

That is a reflection which would not broken English must be some sort of unions. The selection of the candidates Saxon attitude that a man who speaks local associations of employers and trade "Pre-revolutionary times. Copied from have occurred to many English mothers' child. the English of that date, I believe. Like song in a camp within rifle-shot of theIf Texas were still untouched by the for training will be in the hands of these our collars." He fingered his stiff, neatly. grey bulk of Winchester Cathedral. Yet spirit of England, that of his native land committees, who will be able to judge booked stock. We'll have to scrap this this man, too a salted Regular, recount moved, him strongly. Had we, he asked, whether a man suffering from a parti when we get to business."

in some piece of Hun beastliness in seen the memorial to the arflower and cular disability is likely to make an The detachment" passed. Taken at Belgium picked and chose his words like the sailing of the Pilgrim Fathers? large, they seemed to be more well-covered a girl of sixteen A most unhandy per- was only a little piece down the road The Technical Advisory Committees will It efficient workman in any particular trade. than the last generation.

Bon for the heathen to deal with. only ship-suet," said the Next I met a few thousand of them and and it ud be a sort of interesting also supervise the training, and it is We'll hike it off 'em in a week." in bulk a pageant of splendid youth

to the trip.

hoped that they will have regard to the " I said.

It's more than that representing, perhaps, two days' arrivals, with its model of the little vessel stop that openings are available for them car halted between the slim pillar number of men being trained, and sec They're naturally fatter than their One batch of over a thousand averaged and-an horizon full of busied shipping after training. The main aim is that. Maybe Their inthers worked hard all very silent, all very soft-spoken, and a sound of the feet of the young men cannot follow their old occupations shall fire-feet-ten by thirty-seven inches chest There was a mutter of unseen movement, men who have been so injured that they enough to give 'em a good time, but all with that one look in their acquisi-behind walls that masked railway lines. annual or a new occupation

“ECUADOR" VOY, 10-OUT. think it's the way our uniforms are built. tive eyes. How will it be when they a sensation, of immense concerns Our tunics are too short. Our hats are see women and children gassed, or have forward more like some elemental protes recently had an interview with Fox SAN FRANCISCO, HONOLULU

going

The National Trade Advisory Com no good for this job whind Burset

to put away the remnants of a bombed cess than any human effort, since there They wore their Harrow fashion-and the four dimples in

It is

JAPAN PORTS AND SHANGHAI. was nothing to be seen, no one to see it the Minister of Pensions and the Minis is a pity their people at home can- and not a soul who knew anything about tor of Labout, and submitted these the crown faithfully collected the rain. not realiospital-bleeding fries of sound day these four ears past. Yet the load be applied with uniformity to ahruld be the street, taking in everything, fall of ground of daily life in England. One ed acs and the foot-worn pavements knew, of the country, and that there should be above-mentioned vessel having arrived Goods are being landed at their risk into ite The eyes under, the broad brims swept cd hospital-bite, which is the back-day

at Southampton every schemes. It was agreed that they should

with that defensive mustn't give myself over with us. You don't need to be told junctions Lar- inland, or the dochinated close cooperation between the local War condignem af cargo are hereby informed he Hongkong and Ko'»loon Was'eć sad Godowa

That's

"

#

The

WEE WILLIE: No bad man, but the real point-the real point is in the

thistle,

HONGKONG

ST. ANDREW'S SOCIETY.

WAR BOND DRAWING

31st December, 1918.

TICKETS ON SALE AT ALL BANKS, HOTELE, CLUBS AND STORES.

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.

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THE Steamship T

"THORDIS having arrived fromaboveporia Consignees of Cargo by her are hereby informed that all sardous and/or extra hazardous downs of

delivery

curiosity, and comparison, all mixed a man said: "Your wounded ought to be as well as the platforms and

above-mentioned porte of a new boy it thou see on the face there's war on, and they'd do our people ed locomotives shuttling their intermin-nical Advisory Committees. It was felt risk into the wardens and/or extra Hasar Jon Ltd, when, aadior from the wharves, away?' attitude that

Pensions Committees and the local Tech- they their Large will be landed at their when from

Our own flocks, good. !'. ions, had something of the the Domok your that worry," said 1. You'll g

able trains through yards that had enthat it would need the full three years dows Godowns of the Hongkong and Kowloon Don't

I.

may be obtained larged themselves out of all recognition training in order to make a disabled man Wh but being at home, lost it early. While

many times over with these appliances, to The hearty co-ope-stored at contigos, risk

and Godown.

Goods not cleared by November 7th, 1818 Shouldn't wonder, but we're a big American and English

Co, Ltd, Kowloon, and

at t. 5p. will be s 1. watched, an Australian, evidently on country, and we'd goed quite a few to port authorities, half-drowned in the rivers will enable disabled men to have they must produce an Import Permit signed by will

and trans ration of individual workmen and em-

All broken, Consignees of Cargo are hereby natided that are to be left in the Godowns, where they leave, hore ap the street. He had been 50 round. You've got too many"

Check to rent.

and damaged packages flood that the porta vomited on

examined. Gaz be Claims

7th, 1918, 8 at 10 A against

inst the steamer must be presented All broken, chafed and damaged goods are f

within 10 days of arrival otherwise they will to be left in the Godowas, where they will be not be recognized vergader o examined du the 7th and 8th, at 10 at No Fire Insurance will be effected by the

Claima muah bo presented within a monk,

andersigned in any case whatever.

Bills of Lading will be countersigned by JARDINE, ACHESON & Co., Li,

Agents, Hongkong,

October 21st, 1818.

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before Bills

& new hoy three thousand years ago, her judised it bad business to use seri-cular discharge gate its due portion of ultimately to take their places in the Parlakendent of Imports and Exports November. Goddard In

The wound-stripes pressed them too were leading and releasing to this hat kind of training which will fit them the with his national air of wrapping illimitable deserts around him, he stood ously wounded men several times over: the terrife head of Western man power industry, side by side with skilled work- countersigned

reviewed them for a while all by Some of them there will be more later that had gathered to help klere in the various trades.

The major had the situation seemed to know to what we owed this mans, That Power had held back and

state of affairs, and thanked Heaven that held back from the war despite provoca

and of the behind ring up as its own stream bankare edhe Masters Bobinson

Brewster wrote, from the delicate milk manot be recognised. parently no device of man can mare move

at a glance.

Hindenburg graduated him, “Anglice, straight conser Pope Loc

No Claims will be admitted after the Good

"Well," he said he's got a right to, they themselves had had the dration and insult post-record; hanking up era ago with 120 passengers, all well at mar'a azzival hora, After which they That detachment was one minute link first. A very each out of hind the mile deep log-jam which Ap at our mother country, and inured to the ter day, and night. They pour.in here own, experience they are recasting their Yet the Hur, with dynamite and cant difficulties of a strange land." Out of bare lets the Godowns and all Goods remaining from the ports; go, to camp: walk out ideas of the English which, to tell truth books must needs blast and pry and lever ber sailing grew, the United States of andelivered after the 8th Nov. 1918, l

of the chain that rattles through Winches And slowly or

for a few days; then, with full packs, were first planted in them and their for depart. The slope of High-street shows beats by the Irish Ask any American them continuously descending columns, like hay on

anvending and of the last generation whence ther had

mechani their early intred cal carriers They are deadly quiet and ly, all of them will tell you, it was har of England and near low-spoken, and as direct as their ances an Irish nurse, servant, hired man, or tors. They are here to help to kill the friend. So with these. But now the Germans. They say it without any heat wheel has come full circle England We have been four years fighting the stripped for the dear life, and too busy!

till he found the key-logs whose with drawal loosed the whole error upon him,

What shall grow out of her subject to rent, return, voyage, our grandchildren may. thundering griding, and popolak berkap comprehend. We are too bear the broadside of a Continent, to come to be pers when he finds earth, and aky portent to more than wonder as s The Maypower (180 tone) sailed reat God knows where Southampton close, or three red at & stroke, and himself, harnessed to old And the life he led between them changed

(Continued as foot of next column:)⠀⠀⠀

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