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CABLES.

LATEST CABLES,

THROUGH KRUTKA'S AGENOT.)

JDEVASTATED FRANCE.

ESTIMATE OF THE DAMAGE.

BEING MADE.

PARIS, September 1st,

A Havas massage says:se The Conseils Generous of the liberated regions of France met at the Sorbonne, the object of the meeting being the group ing of the demands of those who suffered material loss during the war and the submitting of auch demands to the Government.

The Committen comprises a large number of parliamentary representatives and big manufacturers of the devastated regions. M. Ribot, a former Fremier, hus recepted the reautoney of the scanization.

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THE NEAR EAST.

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS,

FIGHTING BOLSÉÐVISM.

ON THE ARCHANGEL-YOLOGDA

RAILWAY,

LONDON, August 31st.

In a communique, Cenerit Iránside reports "thut Russian troop supported

many

29th.

The attack was completely successful. All the" objectives were gained, and all the enemy's gun positions and also Eaptea village and station fell into our hands

EMPLOYMENT OF CHILDREN IN FACTORIES.

DAVERNMENT'S REPLY TO THE SANITARY BOARD,

WEDNESDAY,

SEPTEMBER 3RD. 1819.

OUR ARMY.

REMEMBER WHAT THE NAVY HAS HOME.

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"AY TUK RIQUT RON. WALTER BONU, Į

(First Lord of the Admiralty.)

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Hospital authorities, partly for economis THE MIRACLE OF MIRACLES – reasvus, and was arrived at independently of any bearing it might have on the

EBY LIKIT-COLONEL JOHN HETHAN.] spread of gastro-enteritis and before ther risk of the free congee spreading the My title is rant to describe the mili THE GASTRAL-ENTERITĖS EPIDEMIC disease bad been mooted. It has not beentary effort of Britain in the war," and I At last the pence is signed, and the end The fortnightly meeting of the Hong-prove than the free congee issied by the do not think it one whit exaggerated. of this great and terrible war has been by two companies of Royal Fusiliers and kong Sanitary Bbard was held, yesterday, Tung Wah authorities had anything to We have have through four years of frenchest

The part that the Navy, has, played in Balat the offers. Mr. A. Gilman (Chairman) do with the spread of the disease further miracles, things wholly beyond human Australians, attacked the

There is this gigantic conflicts is perhaps not Ha sheriks on the Archangel Vologda rail-presided and there were also present the than the oleibus risk, when an epidemic expectation and calculation. way, south of Obozerskaya, on August Hon. Mr. W. Chatham, C.M.G., the Hon.is prevalent of bringing together in very much in the war which we shall do well apparent at first sight as it might well

Mr. G. Alabaster, O.B.E., the Hon. intimate contact large numbers of hungry to forget, for a little, but our real achieves for indeed it is a niere truism to say... Mr. K. R. Hallitas, O. B. E., Lieut. Col. people, and this risk it has been decided | meng should be always present to our thas had it not been for the Navy, it mind as a souver of pride and encourage, would have been impossible for our Crisp. Dr. Kuch, Mr. S. W. Two, Capt. to aroid" Monteith (Acting Medical Offer of Mr. HALIFAX, urged that if it was

Bt. We did not win by urddling

armies in any of the virions thentres of Health) - "Mr. 4% 3. W. Reynolds feared that the epidemic would continue through ; whil a muddled we slack last was to have sucessfully engaged and (Secretary),

the Board ought to take action quickly. We were by using our brams better thati fdefented our enemies. Wher it is tinight The Arst business was the consideration It would be well for the Board to expresa

sur opponents, and is pooling every

that it was under cors by the Navy that After the capture of Emptsa, the Roof a letter from the Government relative its opinion as to the desirability of stotu of energy we possessed for the com-

Now, national energy is the troops, food, stores, munitions were taken channel that tl "ourrow across sheviks counter-attacked with several to the employment of children in factories stopping the sale of all dangerous food-

and workshops.

stuffs in the somet, such as intereams, saune quality to whatever purpose, is my

separates France "from England, it is armoured, trains, ragaining the village.

Mr. Alagister ingred that the later be | iced drinks, otaj

be applied, and the power of sterifice evident that the task accomplished was a rend.

Mr. The Also rotten fruit. We have need rint be confined to war. never stopped this before We must send faced with a pretty vollection of peace their some inspectors round to stop the hawk-conundrums, but we bring to ing of rotten fruit, vegetables, etc.

De Kit The main thing will be to find out the origin of the disease.

The CBMRMAN replied that Dr. Parker, *am direcus to state that the the Bacteriologist, and Major Harvey, of tisvernment has made encefal and tries the RAMC were making investiga- in connection with the resolution. of tions. The epidemie had not been left the Sanitary Bard regarding the alone; there were people livestigating it. employment of small children in work-

Dr. Keew remarked that it seemed bad- policy to separate the Bacteriologieni Institute from the Sanitary Board.

A further attack by the Royal Fusiliers recaptured the village, which is now in 'unr hands. Aircraft co operated in the attack, bombing the barracks and armour

So far ten guns, including & Grinch, FRANCE ANXIOUS OVER FATE OF howitzer, niany machine guns, and 300

SYRIA.

Paris, Septaber 1st.

A Bay as quessage SAXS) The Syrian question has again assțimed prominence in French diplomatic circles, the report that the American Syrian Comission has recetitmended that the Faited States should accept three man-

Our

prisoners have been exptured, casualties are light. FIGHTING ON THE LIGĄ RIVER

Losnos, September 148.

reperia

An Esthonian communiqu furious Holshevist attacks on the Lugn The Bolshevists penetrated the River. village of Padoga, but were soon ejected.

dates, for Turkey, Mesopotamin and LAWN TENNIS IN AMERICA, Syria.

The French paper complain that the ́ American Commission passed rapidly aver the districts where French sentiment is

strong.

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The Cabinets in London and Paris should discuss the whole affair, settling to the best of their respective interests.

AVIATION.

PASSENGER SERVICE BETWEEN LONDON AND PARIS.

PARIS, September ist

A Havas message says n

MR. NORMAN BROOKES DEFEATED.

-

NEW YORK, August 31st, In the fifth round of the U.S. tenuis championship, Mr. Tilden defeated Mr. Norman Brookes, 5-6, 6-4, 7-6, 01.- itTHE LATE GENERAL BOTHA.

A regular compunervial neroplate service: from Paris to London, rouducted by the Compagnie Messageries Aériennes and the Handley Page 6'.. was opened on August ist The mssenger rate is 550: franes per person,"

GENERAL PERSHING." AN EXCHANGE OF COMPLIMENTS.

PARIS, September 1st...

A Havas messige bay On the occasion of General Pershing departure from Paris, a number of note able Americans and Frenchmen "were pre-

EE.

M. Clémencenü ́ said: --- Francë"eat" never thank you enough,"

General Pershing replied:--" We can never thank France enough."'

IRELAND.

ATTEMPTED SMUGGLING. OF

ARMSI

MEMORABLE FUNERAL OBSEQULES AT PRETORIA.

PATORIA, August 21st.

The funeral of South Africa's great soldier-statesman, General Botha, was thef ocenster of the most momentous demon- Estrations, from all classes and races, in "the history of Africa, and included tributes. for affection and admiration from alt

parts of the sulecnatinent.

"Special trains conveyed, to Pretoria, re- presentative public men, including nd- ministrators from all Provinces.

The capital was draped in black and purple, and all day long the city was in mourning.

with a large congregation representing The church was crowded to the doors

every class of the population."

The King was represented by Mr. B. J. Stanley, the Imperial Secretary-

General Smuts headed the Ministers.

The CHAIRMAN: It has been circulated. Mr. ALABASTER ft has been circulated privately, but this is a public meeting.

The Heranteix cheer track a Jester-from the Colonial Secretary, which was as followe:

shops and factories. The Government is fully in sympathy with the sugg How that the employment of children for long hours daily, or their employ ment it any dangerous, or unhealthy orcagation, "should be prohibited: but it appears that the presence of children in factories and workshops is largely

mon cause.

We are

Kveti

gigantic one.

Whey, it is embered that the same solution one-iglf of the vitality and food-duty was performed for all the forces."

fighting" in "many different parts of the will, we showed during the campaigns, we world: that the Navy Brought here thou- shall win through. That is why it is sinds of troops from different parts, ng worth remembering our military achiever

the British Dominions'; 'escorted a very ment. "We need to fill ourselves that what

(large proportion of the troops which we have done ince we can do again.

jenine from the United States of America; WAITALSS EFFORT.

Take Brstand. ju addition, had to escort passenger Buy are we to judge it!

and cargo steamers, it will be, aralised the bare test of figures. In August, 1914,

Chow tenendons was the work they per we had a total fores of some 709,000 den:funnel, and how great a debt is due, to

a quarter of a million Regulars, a quar

mplished.

THAIRMAN aid that in reference coter of a million partially trained Terri,them, for the self-sacrifice, devotion, and skill with which this great task was ae- the remarks of Mr. Halifax and Mr. trials, and about 200,000 Reserves. A

It must also. nut he for- Tan, he thought it would be wise if they smidler forer, so far as readiness for the

gotten that they had to watch the seas. had some diffinite control over the people field was concerned, than that possesses for turpedoes, to sweep them for mines, hawking end drinks, fruit and veget-by some minor Continental States. and to meet a large number of new devices. abtex. Wandering hawkers were inclined

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due to the fact that parents, having so to buy a grantity of damaged goods and Jear we had enlisted two millions velt for dealing death and destruction.

tarily. In Mar. 1918, there were over

then sell them to the public. If burd

with the Beard, indur setion 83 of the. 3.000.000. valuntary recruits in our Army other Trafalgar, but they fought several

Ordinance, to seize the fruits, etc. sald They could get over the difficulty by withdrawing the herners of the people. MBALLIFAX minded the Chairman that henges were issued, Eually and the enurse suggested could not be taken.

place for their sale custody, are obliged to take their children with then when. the au to work, It is stated that although the children, in sobte euses, spend long hours in or about factory or workshop promises; the time of actual work is, generally speaking, short, and the work is light. It siens expedient,

The "CHAIRMAN Rgested framing before having any legislation of the by-law; hut Mr. Alabaster remarked thai nature Auggested by the Sanitary, would be better to save time by send ing the Ordinanze up for the Govern Board, to make a commencement by ment's consideration. providing such wider facilities for vernacular education, one of the results of which would be that the children would be kept in schors while their parents were at work.

It is hoped to deal with this matter, shortly. and, in the theantiine, considered inexpedi- ant to legislate regarding the employ ment of children."

FRUIT HAWKERS AND THE EPIDEMIC,

The CHAIRMAN stated that perhaps the members had read "in the newspapers about the gastro-enteritis epidemic and

Monteith, M.D. F., would therefore make would like to know all about it. Captain

a statement on the situation."

Captain MONTEITя produced a plan and a chart showing the incidence of the disease since August lat, It would be been, from the chart, be said, that up toʻ

A number of General Botha's political August 4th there were practically no opponents were also among, the congregai | cases. On August 25th 'there were nine

tion.

was trable to,

H.F. the Rt. Hon. Viscount Haxton, the Governor-General, rench Pretoria in time, but two of his daughters were present.

NEWS,

They did not crown their, work by ans

and Navy. At the end of the war take brilliant battles; and although many in- the figures for the United Kingdom alone fuable lives were lost, they were not lost (we had 3,700,000 under arms, who tein vain, for the Germans were defeated as presented over $5 per cens, of our male completely at sea as they were on land.

It is true, as 1 have already said, that population, or if Ireland be excluded, there was no Battle of Trafalgar; but cam Cover 27 per cent. M we include sen ver- the human mind picture a more wonder- vice and bring in all troops, both white ful spectacle or a more complete defeat than is to be found in the sulle passage and black. from the Empire we get nero the North Sea of the German war-

surm colossal

היין

gure of over 14,000,000. When we reships to be handed over on arritsl off our shores, without protest or demur, to their meniber that we were manufacturing victorious chemy? In a great sen fight munitions on a great seal both for mur the victors must inevitably lose heavily in and ships, while the vanquished, allies and for drselves, thus figire must losing more heavily still fighting on to the end, and with the invariable courage of puilors go to their doom with their เกษ

belching defiance to the enemy, and their their men cheering as they finanded respect from their conquerors.

But in this case there was nothing to juspire respect;

to add glory or nothing lustre to the German Navy, when, with- out Bring a xun or offering resist-

any

of the total enlistment. On the western front we had five casualties for every nine

How large was the bur

to

Mr. HALLINAN ask the Board to give & definite opinion as to what, fruit, are. be sold in the stret and. not desirabl to to consider which of these fruity are gon- nected with the disease. If this is don

As for our losses, those of the Irited and list is drawn up, we can get some Chinese Association, such as the Chinese Kingdom alone were nearly 11 per cent. Dispensaries Association, to post up of the male population and 43 per cent.death a spectacle which has always com the fixé in the vernacular Press, and tell notices at the dispensary doors. publish patients what fruits to refrain from wat

Such things

IZM ic-cream, iced drinks, sugared!

drinks,

jelly-cream. fruit, and mind this and it danged and retten fruits, any peeled den we bore may be seen from the follow-ance, they handed themselves over to Sir

metuns should be avoided,

ing statistics. which I take from the cir M

rent Round Table, it being premised

might occur uden, and it was best to pre-ed, while the others, include the wond MH. bud show that the outbreak had that, the French figure includes missing as suddenly it started. It and prisoners, but not the lightly wound

hibit the sale of the things mentioned..

The meeting then terminated.

ing.

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CHAIRMAN remarked that the

LABOUR'S STORMY PETREL

SEIL MCLEAN, APOSTLE OF

men sent out.

David Beatty and his victorious fleet. There are, it is true, controversies about the battle of Jutland and other 'naval

after that battle the Germans never the British Navy again: and the condi battles: but this fart stands out that seriously sought to try conclusions with

found which their

www.showed how

were

when they were, complete the defeat had been, physically and morally have visited the devastated

which they had sustained. Those who

and exclude the first. The losses of the British Empire were 4.5 per cent. of the population, those of Franer 4.99 per cent, of Serie 3.56 per cent, of Belt gium 0.8 per cent, and of the Unitedterrible is, the destruction: thousands of

of France and Belgium know how States 0.22 per cent.

LUDENDORFF'S KNEIJ

►

neres luid barren and waste;

cut-

Jorests destroyed; churches a₫.

af tages reduced to a mere heap ruing It is not too much to say that bad it not been for the British Navy nothing could has saved England from the late which overtook the counties of our Allies.

war.

Pra to take

on the watch, ever vigilant any action that seemed necessary tu

defend the shores of

DIRECT ACTION."

So much for quantity. In our punizi. enses: on August 28th ones on August little man with big ideas that have bution to the science of modern war we EARLIER CA BLES.

27th the number rose to nine saint or astray, from all convention is Neil were not less distinguished. We did not LEAVES FRANCE FOR AMERICA.

August 25th it tell to three; on August McLean, M.P., the Scottish Socialist, produce any master strategist like Foch, spatched at publicity by choosing to but in Haig we had a great trainer of 29th it went up to 12: on the ath there main wated in the House of Commons troops--the greatest we have had. p From the beginning to the end of the PARIS, August Slat

was is big jump to 32; and the 1st there all other members, uprising, stood laps, since Sir John Moore--and a great

That provider of weapons. The creeping

bar- and General Pershing left for Ameries to

was a decline to 20. On September 1st and sangGod Save the King."

www Melzun's way of showing studied rage, the tanks, the whole tactical use day, M. Clemunteam and numerous pro-

there were 25 cases. but on September pura al sentiments of loyalty, despite of aeroplanes in action are to the credit the United Kingdom, to protect the of. British Army, and it may fairly interests of the Allies, and to contribute minent personages bade farewell to him. FAR EASTERN CABLE the codes had been reporters of flogine has taken the formal oath be said that we largely provided Fach, by all possible means in their powrot

It looked, therefore, as if the epidemic allegiance.

with the weapons, which possible that victory which has now finally crown- His person you cannot pass in his final victory in the petual business d

efforts! 01/

Well, indeed, ay wa were subsiding and going back to normal erowd. First it is his hair one notice of fighting we have the admission of the thank God for our glorious British Navy again. The act number of cases since tangle of frizzy light curls which make Generalissimu hituself that the honours what is the debt we owe them for all and never must we let our children forget August, 1st was 183, out of which there him look like a grown-up. Bubbles with ct the last stages, lay with the

ja Clydeside accent.

Army From the beginning of January that they have done in these tremendous Come closer, and it is his eyes that 2017 to November 11th, 1918, we were ears-Daily Express. draw attention by reason of the smoulder. I almost

continually

and our engaged, ing discontent that shows so clearly inses were bigher than those of

Any of within them. He has no use for anything r Allies The desperate huttles of

I remember in the first weeks of war custom, rule, or courtesy-except of 1917 did much to wear down Germany's his own contriving. Individualism with strength, so that at the end she had to talking to a Bogular officer, who, after

stake everything

the fashion of the old Regulars, was upon * single throw. Neil McLean has usurped the place of The retreat from St. Quentin and the gloomy about the immediats prospect but battle of the Lys frustrated Ludendorff's perfectly euident about the ultimate was convinced that the war England. knew nothing about him until main plan, and drove him to wild ven: would last every bit of four

tures. When Foch on July 18th of last the unlucky accident of a split Coalition

year made his famous counter-stroke he were to win and would in the end be vote returned him as the Socjalist mem.

had no stouter supporter in the great won by Britain. No, not by the British

Army but by the British her for Govan. He bas, however, been, hazard than Haig and when our

which for a long time, a force for revolutionary vance Socialism in Glasgow. Officially be was on the evening of Waterloo, gave the but it was true. That is always the way

game, sed Foch, like Wellington would then be the best in the world.

the time I thought the prophecy mad; an organiser for the Scottish Co-operative

British Army which broke through of the congee, and it was a good thing

by Fre was associated with all the rebel elements the defences to which Germany had the stations were to be abolished by the, of Clydebank a

chiefly recognized leader.

trusted. Call him a Bolshevik and he will be understood that our attack on the Hin-

LONDON, September 1st..

BY COURTESY OF THE CHINA MATE."]

AN INCIDENT OF 1915.

SINGAPORE, September 2nd. left London on Wednesday, arrived at General Ridout announced in Council Cork to-day, excorted by a destroyer. It that, during 1913, the leaders of a big

The steamer Hampshire Cuast, which

army.

divulged

is rumoured she was carrying 'a' cargo of seditious movement in India were arrest. The destination has not beened in Singapore. The Military authori- ties had discovered a plan for in out- break in India meant to occur on Decem- ber 24th, 1815,

BAVARIA

AN INDEPENDENT SOCIALIST.

COUP.

PARIS, August 31st.

"A telegram from Berlin states that it appeurs the

It

TRAINING OF DOMESTICS.

Were 93 deaths. There had been seven enses of cholera, since the last report of the ..H., one case of plague, and one case of cerebro-spinal meningitis.

were all Chinese,

Dr. Kock asked who were the sufferers Captain MONTEITH replied that they The CHAIRMAN stated that a policeman, not a Chinese. had died early in the

pnth from gastroenteritis.

Captain MosTerra stated that, in his opinion. the epidemic was due to the

lf-control..

BOLSHEVIE M.F-

;,

'ad-

1940. He

She

years

it wa

congee The Chinese had taken too much Wholesale Society, but, out of hours. het for everything to go in," it was sitrally undercati by being

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our country.

leon, by

the

Emperor

II.,

by

Some day it will in derick the Grent, by JoseWilliam. Independent. Socialista try of Labour, aware of the present dis Chinese authorities. That would stop the meased. I have memory of him at the denburz Line on September 27th. was noves slowly and unwillingly to her task

disease, the sufferers in most cases being last Labour Party conference at South not only a splendid feat of arms, but and enda by doing most of the job. The

officeted a coup at Ludwigshafen. They captured the Post Office with grenades, after a number of attacks, and proclaim ed a provisional Palatinate Republic

is oficially announced that the Mini- alties of woman war workers in search

amongst registered unemployed women

of October

That

wo were all

Island Foland, *BA her detractors of fresh employment, hoved candid fer from the districts in which tro stations port, declaiming about intervention, in movement, iniluted by most of tite of 1-describe her, finishes by having the free training for approved

were situated.

Russia. was red passion, gravest doubts his

for work for which there is a demand.

CROWNING ACHIEVEMENT, The CHAIRMAN considered that it was shouted words, as he said, "I stand by

his arms moved wildly to emphasise his leages. That, and the battle

Sh 10th, which Foch described

When in December the British divisions. This includes domestic work and work in rather a sweeping statement to say that the Belabevil réxime all the time." He rang the ball of Ludendorf's hopes.

example

crossed the Rhine, the men who had been typical women's industries. "

end speak well, and, has a good voice, for A German agency insinuates that

out since the start must have looked back. Let us remember, A training centre for domestic work is the cones stations spread the disease. nif his recent. At the conference he the time fighting on ten fronts, and, he-pom the long road with minds wavering French soldiers

between participated in the now in operation at Highgate, where The newspapers the other day had a spoke whenever there was a chance of sides the war in the west, had three cam- Their words might

perplexity and thankfulness

"have students are being instructed in house rising:

paigns of the Bret importance in the Jacob: "With The mailz are not coming work, cookery, laundry work, parlourmaid statement which looked as if the stations stirring up discontent.

staff I Direct action is his present creed, and cast.

way differ about wisdom

dom this Jordan, and how I through.

work, etc. The instruction is being given were to blame. I should like to make

is a rebel within the Labour Party of some of these

ventures their incep bands." The little Expeditionary Force, by expert instructresses, who have had it clear to the Board," proceded the itself, for he resents the broad good sense tion, but the fact remains that we carried the majority of the population of the of a bright blue overall, with a chic cap the action taken with reference to the are, pp.doubt that, in his mind; an upthem all to success. To wage war every opponents, had grown to almost Le Temps states it was known that wide experience.. A uniform consisting Chairman, that the facts, regarding and stability of the official executive.. I them on all simultaneously, and brought mall in numbers and small in the esteem

Men

my

been

those

of

passed over- am become two

Berlin.

in the garden, or in the

course of each day, we recreation room

of the hoste}.

Palatinate were unfriendly towards the to match, is substituted for the old-time

marmy that the world has

had been wrought, cap and apron of domestic service. Lei epidemic are not quite as they have been heval of the Constitution is near. He where at once pats an immense strain on

helieves that be seen the wave coming national staptink In estimating our miracle of patience and courage Bavarian Government, which, latterly, sure hours are arranged during the reported in some of the newspapers. The which will carry the little curly-headed military achievement we must not forget resolution. It is well to be always re- they regarded at li.mere dependency of

decision to abandon free conger distribu-feure of Neil McLean upward to a posis keep in the fire we had habitually to minding ourselves of what we have been capable, for in it lies the hope of our tion compatible with his own estimate of tion was arrived at by the Tang Wah, his ability B.B. in Daily Express.

future-Daily Expres.

of

the 'strangest scen.

and

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