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DRAMATIC NARRATIVE OF A BRITISH PRISONER.
[BY REGINALD A. COVIL]
Mr. Reginald A. Cord was travelling
to England to enlist in the Army, when
his
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ship, the Hitachi Ma, was captured | NIAS .. by the German muider Wolf. He as in prisoned in the Holy Fur five months and TJIPANAS A week. He arrived in Englund recently from Rubfuhon.]
TJIMANOEK
There has lately reached England a striking report, specially interesting in view of present developtients, which was drawn up in August last for the Gerinan State Administration Department, on the ensures adopted in Britain to economise food and fuef, and on the success achieved by the Allies in the
Posting +1f ship, foodstuff. and raw materials. The writer: has nothing but praise for what has been accomplished, and bitterly contrasts with. our avcomplishment the ill-sucess of Ger- many and her allies in the same Gelds.) The
muchinunted German "organisa
was a venger in the Japanese PUIKINI - Lion is fraadkly written des o ar inferior, sisang Hitachi Mare, which and especially noticeable are outspoken Tared by the „German raider #fon suggestions than the German system of September 26th, 1917. Our explain luud government, zetktralised and bureaucratic ignored one of the ender's mastructions, vanno compete with the systems of free and she fired sixteen shot at se, killing Lentries whore ach individual is made almom fifteen peopie nad wounding five or to feel himself not machine E asis, who died in the Wolf. responsible opent. There is 18 ના Both steamers then made for admission that the German Gioverment Maldive Islands, the Hatch, Mary like has not won the confidence of the Germa
a lame duck, with holes in lu! andy people, but has brought upon its organicorn and other rigs of battle. ing methods what the report describes as Wolf left us in the islands, and weg in cuch of Further prey. We eroised about bg, Indian Decan for a fortnight. chi Wody reappeared, and stole our valu cá, rubler and other Far Eastern pro able care of cual, ballion, copper, tin,
well-nigh priceless tulisp Y.
universal hatred.**
The English," says the writon are congratulating themselven. A year ago their condition was anything Wat mg. and it permed as if they too were to learn the memung of hunger. The Government | appealed to the people, asking them 1 enitivate vegetables and take up favoning, painting out the necessity for cutting down consumption and by establishing sacieties For practising universal and voluntarily coupons the Government fur ther made people supervia ench other, The consciretiousness of the people i
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The
Then
The comander of the Wolf wanted to the Has Harus an auxiliary Finding this impossible, he took Santo deep water ansi Bank her 137
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ed itself thanks to the help given havassela ware sighted and the raidey god inexperienced hands, the poputo mimpi was to work, swe were battened down below larger last year, and this que Keentes til the excite meal WEISE DA UP, difficulties were overcome. In the spring/
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nitter again appeared on the raurkot nji fare guantities after having been searçel Is it time. After it had been impossible as the aptiore of the Spanish collier?
One of pur many thrilling experiences procure Lac and hard for many works, or: Mégis, with 2.000 tons of coal, things me improved that both could Without What collier, the Wolf would not be blamed without coupons
Meatless
lesh Dave Been able to get back to Germany days rosed, the meat ration has now.. been raised, the quality of the brand is would have her forced to autern, to be improved, nad besides all that it is bly in some South American part.
und The Inals Meats possible, recording to Clynes' state- ment, to make a reserve for the autumn.
xiliary chip. All the women, old men, Haw hay that been possible in gas und sick faning the captives were of all the sont successes remirted by oard her, although she had no satis our navy? The secret lies in universal fatory apponmodation. hard work, in the patience and enduran of the individual, and in an organisation which the Government bases on an intelli gent and clear recognition of economic faws. There is no doubt, however, that the chief merit due to the Government. uniform propaganda, which never disguised seriousness of
The seaplane she curried was respon the situation, the Government explained sible for most of the captures. to every authority, to every individual, would have been severely handicapped
By means
what was
at
Blake:
wherever it
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Ou ir voyage mound the Capey we were often sent below, where we listened i apprehensively to the firing. The Wolf | carried six seven gune, somewhat similar to our sin guns, besides four torpedo tubes and a few machine guns. Her crew numbered about R
She
possible, it avoided working by means of Without it. She was also fitted with a pure and simple prohibitions, but did alle was able to ingreept all kinds of powerful wireless apparatus, with which in its power to make clear to individual the necessity, in the first placé
every
messages, concerning movements of steam-
of carrying through voluntarily every prohibition that was planned.
hazi
After the footz Mendi affair, the Wolf trates, knowing well what is at stake, age saptured four sailing ships of various Bevere in their verdicts the ridiculous [gationalities, taking their crews aboard extenuating circumstances which and detġatching the ship to the bottom, brought forward in Germany are un- known in England. The individual Eng lishman who consumes too much does not infringe the incomprehensible regulations of a universally hated organising body but is responsible to a small wril-informed community.
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At intervals, we met the ipoti Mendi coal in mid-ocean. The coaling busi dess was moat trying to the nerves. The to boats were alongside each other, with only the usual fenders between them, and they knocked each other about to such an extent that sleep was impossible. The last time we cauled like This was rear the last time we saw the gut was off the Equator in the South Atlantic, and,
Iceland
STOPPED BY ICEFIELDS.
go
The Wolf's commander tried to round the north of le land, but the ice Gelds prevented him, so he turned back and voyaged round the south of feeland be divided equally between the various and across to the Norwegian coast. economic districts; and
A central
question
office for regulating the of the whole country has been created The homogeneity after which economic life has striven, and the consideration hitherto shown to all who had been in any way injured, is to-day a source of strength for England.
The manner in which the coal supply for the coming winter has been arranged,
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is quite typically English. The pub As we were not allowed on deck from lic is able to realise the problem and all about the time we left leeland to the its effects, and the Government finds time we reached German waters, I can strong support in public opinion. The only assume that the Wolf made full use problem has long been foreseen, and it of neutral waters. It seems almost un- in out unreasonable to say that it can believable that we should have got never cause a crisis for the Government, through the blockade, without being chal. because the whole population have beenlenged once, especially as the weather was called upon to help. In all English fine. We were landed at Kiel on March organizations we find the same principles and this year, and the Wolf had a
Thendid reception.
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And
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as a number of separate departments, All the raider's prisoners, between 400 each one jealous of the other. One feels and 300, were sent to various camps in that each one is anxious to take its pro Germany. The treatment we received at portionate share of the war burden.
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The desire, not only in England but rities is beyond description. We had all in every Entente country, that the burden sorts of hard work to do, such as coaling, falling to each person's share should not rond-mending, and working in a slate be beyond the strength of that person. quarry, and the food that we were given very naturally led to the forming of an was not nearly sufficient to sustain us for Entente Provisioning Commission, which the work that we were expected to do.- WAA NONGT
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share of the tonnage hitherto, used by thom. The result of this combined effort comes as a surprise to us; it has been pos sible-with great sacrifices for all, it is true-to bring substitutes, Americans, and war material in sufficient numbers, and quantity to counternet the German thrust. Penitloes, much has been snerificed which CHINA, JAPAN, PHILIPPINES. later have to be made good again- STRAITS SETTLEMENTS.
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