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GENERAL NEWS.

Fruit for the Fleet.

The response to Mr. Ellison's appeal for fruit for the fleet in the Dardanelles has been most satisfactory, an is evidenced by

the stacke of cases, living both

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MONDAY, OCTOBER 25. · 1918.

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The North China Aeroplane Fund.

The North China Aeroplane; Fund collected at Tientsin and other northern lowas amounted to, on the 13th inat., 811.812.42; This Tie, 3,401.22, and £20. #mount, with the addition of far. ther some which are coming from Peking, completes the. ameout of £1,500 required, ex. cept $90 lach is promised by a Icoal resident. A draft was for warded to the British Minister

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A Famous Picture, The famous pictura of the battle of Waterloo which decorates the walls of the United Serv'ca Club in Pall Mall has just under- gone a thorough restoration, with

bighly satisfactory results. Some

• WOO-EE-EE-EE-CRASH- BOOM!'

years ago the pictare was coated German Officer's Tribute

withrome inferior kind of varnish, which in time obecared many of the detals, but it is once mere possible to appreciate the beauty of the painting and recognize the faces of the ficera sa portraita. Some of the names of those gal. lant soldiers are well known, even to-day, but others have been forgotten, though doubtless all performed glorious deeda on that

memorable field,

Mr. Chang 1-flag. Mr. Changing, the new Minister of Education formally asenmed offes recently says the Peking Gazete. Spesking at a reception tendered to him by the

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to British Guntery.

Rescue from a Living Grave.

Rotterdam, September 7.

S me frank tributes to the

PLIGHT OF BELGIUM.

7.000.000 People In a State of Slege.

The serious position in which the people of Belgium find them- Relves as a resalt of the war is revealed by a report of the Com. mission for Relief in Belgium, which covers the eight months up, to June 30.

The report says that 7,000,000) flicacy of the British artillery in people in Belgium are practically Flanders are paid by a wounded in a state of siege. Since Novem German officer in the course of ber 1 practically the entire civil carrative pablished in German population has been dependent The upon the Commission for bread newspapers received here, writer appeare to have been in and for many other necessaries. command of a company in the As the result of industrial paraly- enemy trenches before Ypres, and sis, 2,750,000 people are now destitution, and he mentions that for three days reduoad to

hie men have hardly bad any sleep. another 500,000 would have been

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stoff of two Ministry, Mr. Chang "The English," he says. "are i destitate, even had food supplies TO LET. Ravenshill East WANTED.-Situation desired for good wash amah avail-

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Baid that after Mr. Tang Hasending us along explosive shells, ben available, but for the finan lang tendered his resignation, it el rspoel and mines in mot'ey cial operations of this organisa-rooms, 3 bath rooms, servants able was the earbeat deeire of the succession, and to-day the Eng- tion.

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WAR BRIEFLETS.

The Danish Government ban prohibited all exportation of

A message from Amsterdam to the Matin states that M. Max, be ex-Bargomaster of Braesela, Laa been transferred from the Fortress of Glatz to Frankfort.

The Age states that University and professional men are forming organisations in all the Australian capitals for the purpose of advces- ting consoription in Australia,

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the duty of, Haiu to the office, but although better than before in cur trenches charged the offer was more to Mr. Yen and dog-cuts. I gave the crd or revictualling the whole 7,000,000 Several times, the President failed Half the party stand; the other people with necessary imports, to induce him to accept office, half lie down, with bayonete fixed and up to June 30 had either and had to appoint Mr. Charg beside you, and I asited myself delivered or bad in stock over instead. Mr. Chang added that in the last dug-out that could be 600,000 tons of foodstuffs for the be had not been specially trained found. It was a tallery observa- Belgian section, value over 59,- to the mark of education in the tion post, with two officers, a non-400,000, The whole of these re-sold to the past; but he served as a special commissioned officer and a tele-toistoffe are Government delegate to staly phone operator. I sat down on population, and the profit earned educational Bairs in foreign the earth with them and waited is devoted to the support of the countries and he had also been events. Hardly bad we crept un- destitute.

Such profita have been made connected in other respects withder when the first shell arrived. educational affaire for some time. With a 'Woo-ee-ee-en-crash-boom!' possible solely by the generous it baret olose to as; dirt, pieces of volunteer executive, commercial, A notable moderniet, the Rev, iron, stones and all kinds of and transportation services, and James Duggan, died last month scraps flew around us, and among the amount of these profits-about

According to the Cologne in Arundel Hospital, at the age them a full tin of Euglish pre- £987,000 to date is the measure

sugar. of sixty-one. He studied at St. served meat. A glance showed of the value of the voluntary

Gazelts, & German economic lea Edmund's, Waro, as well as in me that the aboll had burst in a service. The Globe.

Fifty per cent, of the bakers ingue for Sonth and Central Ameri- variona colleges abroad, and after British trench o'ose at hand,

London prior to the war were of ca bas been formed, with Herr ordination in 1877 held a succes which the English had been

German or Austrisa nationality. Dernburg as president. sion of cares in the dicorse of oureful to evaouste during their

Miss Botha, the piece of Southwark. He also served as an artillery fire, because of the dan-sand, hardly able to open my

With General Botha, is studying Eng- Army chaplain is Cyprus in 1888. ger; and the explosion bad blown eyes and unable to shout.

toil I craned my neck up a little,lish nursing at the Princess Alice The chief service be rendered to the tin over to us. his Churob lay in a staunch

and then, right opposite me, I Hospital, Eastbourgs, championship of his fellow olergy "The second shell burst con- saw a very feeble glimmer of The first snow has fallen in the against the encroachments of aiderably close. First shot good; light. Pieces of timber and iron higher regions of the Black For diocesan power, and it is in great second might have been a bit rails were lying on my body. I est, says the Central News Ams-town of Oschatz has decided to mensure das to his protests that ehorter! reported Lieutenant tried to lift myself up a bit more, terdam correspondent. an English Roman Catholia priest K--from his battery observa- but eand fall on me again. At cannot be removed against hiation post. The third British last I managed to free my lead. The spy Flamme, who pretend will frem one parish to another shell whistles along towards as, A picture of horror greeted me. ad to be a Belgian and was sent except upon certain specified and near indeed. The English are Wounded men were lying amid enoed to death by a Lyons' court. undeniabla grounds.

For this shot ting devilish well to-day. sand and wreckage. Suddenly I martial, was shot at Lyons.

The members of the Federal hie brethren in 1902 presented Silent and graveour men lie down spotted my placky servant, who him with a testimonial of thanks on the ground, nobody moves bad crawled over to us from the House of Representatives have and admiration.

from his place. The telephone rains of a neighbouring dug out. pledged themselves never again Now Governor of Peking. bozzee, B. here. Position Despite the perilous situation he to purchase German goode. Mr. Wang Tou-Tiang, the new-five. Direction tested. Bing attempted to liberate me from the

Jack White, the Open Golf ly appointed Governor of the off! Woo-ee-ee-crash-boom! An- mass of wreckage with his Metropolitan Prefecture recently other ab il falls in our immediate bande. Soon I was able to get Champion of 1004 and profee took up, his new post, which neighbourhood and a column of my arm free; then a sub-lieuten- sional of the Sunningdale Club, was just vacated by his prede-dirt and shell fragment squirts in- ant and other gallant comrades has onlisted in the London Scot- cessor, Mr. Sung. The latter to the air. Things are getting hurried up, unalarmed, to rescue will have for his position as Gov-more and more uncomfortable. all that was rencuable in scorn of The Liverpool Millers' Associa ervor of Hunan about the fifteenth Lientensat Lat last puts danger.

tion have reduced the minimum It is reported that the German of this month Mr. Wang is a down bis magazine, which

"Rescue in sight! How beau-price of bakers' grade flour by a military authorities intend to Jopanees returned student and a be bee bitherto been tiful would that thankful cry ahilling per asok. It is now. 383. take new measures in order to former magistrate of Shantung diligently studying, and opines, bare been had there not also been

prevent young Belgiane from known as the pick of the local "That was devilish near, though." the greens of agony of buried and/Per 28016.

After Brigadier General Biggins, leaving Belgium to'jin the Bel companions, officialdom in that province. He The telephone again talks. wounded was socially appointed by the Battery saking how the last shots about twenty minutes my brave whose promotion to that ask gian Army." President to start a model com- were placed.'irat shot placed friende had all but pulled me out; was recently gazetted, is probably munity on the self-government The reply is suddenly my left foct alone still remained the youngest brigadier-general

my in the Army. basis in Peking, and is now pro- broken off, but at this moment fast. I pulled with all

"Thank God, it is mo'ed to his present, governor- comes a stunning crash and then strength,

Canadian manufacturers are ship so as to give him large scope the eilerce of death. A moment giving now and two men drag-being encouraged to expect larger dor his activity. Mach is expect of acocosciousness follows; we ged me out of that hole of horror orders for war munitione as ed of him by the community as can hear and ase nothing and the The direct hit of the shuil had result of Sir Robert Borden's well as by the President. darkness of night is about us. completely destroyed our 'bomb-visit to England.

We are buried! Despairing proot dug-out. The non-com-

missioned officer had been killed In order to secure a "supply of the West London magistrats, FTCu have lost your appetite shouts of Help, help, go ouad, side two artillery officers in from England 30 Norwegian smilingly, to a woman who com (2 blocks West of Cent. Marko natay fois anos do the close tied to the

ore of the big variety of dainty dishes at the ALEXAN-

"A shell had fallen right on severely wounded, it was the packing firms have agreed to sell clained that her husband had DRA SAFE is sure to tempt var dug-out and destroyed it. 1 most fearful of all my experiences tinned goods only to the Allies deserted her and gone into the

AIDY and to Holland.. www stuck fast, over the head in lin thìo war,”.

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The American aviator, C. T. Weymann, winner of the Gordon- Bennett Aviation Cap, who vol unteered for the French Army, has brought down a Taube north of Rheims.

The Pope to-day granted a loug audience to the English Cardinal Gasquet. I am informed that the We Pope deplored the great loss of life caused by the German sub- marine war.

No fewer than 1,036,390 egg (apart from many thousands con- tributed by the publio direct to hospitals and "not yet reported} were collected during the "Mil lion Egg" week.

"I can't hold that enlistment

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