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REPRISALS.

The Uprest In Spalo

DAY BY DAY.

BRITISH BATTERIES.

WORK.

THOSE WHO BRING SUNSHINE TO THE LIVES OF OTHERS CANNOT KEEP IT FROM THEMSELVES Blue Sky Full of Aeroplanes?)

Is it to be'Spain's turn nextīta, prove that she also is greatly perturbed in consequence of the European ostaolyam ? There are many indications that point in that direction. A recent telegram, J. M. Barrie. it will have been noted, stated that no direct news had been received from Spaio for a day or two. That in itself looked ominous enough, and more ominous still did the sapest of

appear when it finirs rumoured that certain Spanish regiments had got out of hand, will be found on Page 1.

Sr. 5.15/16d. The oosing rate

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The Dollar.

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Ignorant of the Law.

A Chinese was charged before

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SHANGHAIS ROLL OF HONOUR,

Mr. F. W. Alexander.

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The patron saint of England | does not find in Gibbon a tra

worthy – biographer, a Chromiola. Ein Georgs of: 0 padosis has no claim to the.. It in with deep regret (saya the monording to the best authoritis War Correspondents' Head- quarters, May 2.-There hare N. Daily News) that we learn St George of Lyden, în P

of the death in setion of 2nd tine-our national here--was been no great infantry attacke Lieut. F. W. Alexander, 18th nuble soldier in the Roman sem The opening rate of the dollar along our front to-day, none of say Highland Light Infantry, which in the third century King

kind sa far as I know. It has been day for the guns alone, occurred "somewhere in France" Richard I. learnt of him when in on or about April 12. News to the Island of Cyprus, and brought and as my ears could bear witness this effect reached his sister, Mrs. his fame to England. and very nerve in my body, they a. Pollock, of Tientein, on the 8th then "God and St. George have made the most of it under instant, se also the news that his became our battle cry, Richard the blue sky.

elder brother was killed at the Scroope, Archbishop of Yorkin the All our batterise were hard atį jamong the troops. Later DOWE Mr. Dyer Ball, st the Police Court work, beavy howitsera with broad aume place on April 17, both reign of Henry 17. talle him the

proves that while the first this morning, with attempting to

'Specia] Defender and Protector sarily alarmist, there were un-export 34 silver dollara by the s.8. ranged 60 pounders, and further was formerly in the employment Avoket," but it was Edward I

blast smonts, long-maled, long-being in the same regiment.

The late Mr. F. W. Alexander of the Realm of England and Bui Oa. He stated that he wa questionably good grounds for fresh from the country and did forward, on the landscape of the of the Shanghai Dook and Ex- who raised bim to still greatne believing that all Was not

battlefield, field gane drumming gineering Co not know the laws, His Worship

Ld, and left honour when he placed the Order well. The Times correspon-imposed a fine of $20, and order

laut salvoes with wisecato knocks dent at Madrid bas been

JOAT to volunteer for sotive protection. able to communiests to kie ed the man to change the money, above the foll deep blasts of the Shanghai on February of lest of the Garter under his special

monsters behind them.

Fervice. On his arrival Eome he journal that Senhor Data's "cop- The Late Mr. W. H. Stone," Somehow in this bright sud-

entered the Officers' Training ciliatory methods have calmed

Pidgin, or Pigeon, în which On the day of his death, Mr. W light, Baoding all the oantryside Corps and passing out was get the Royal Prcolamation to the the public":

a statement that H. Stone (adviser to the Japanese with a golden baza and painting ed to the 18th Highland Light Bismarck Islanders was publish- clearly points to the fact that the Government, and father of Mr. the fields with vivid colour Infantry. When in Shanghai, ed, is (mys the Chronicle) an aurest has not been confined to P. E. F. Sous, of Kowloon) was yellow where the new shell holes he was always popular amongst attempt to pronounce our word the Army, but that it has been raised to the First-class of the bad dog deep pite, red-brown large circle of friends, sea" business," and is a commercial general, das probably to the Order of the Rising Son by his where it had lain quiet since the keen volunteer, and held the lingua franca formed from a kind which scarcity of food throughout Spain, Majesty the Emperor, in recogni- war, emerald green where stripe rank of colour mergeant in "A" of baby-talk composed mainly of requires them to forward their names and addresses with as in other cruntries, owing to tion of his services to the Sists. of grass grew between the plots Co. (British), SV C. Mach bad English sad worse French. communications addressed to the Editor, not necessarily for Germany's piratical submarine He had previously received the of barbed wire and a tangle of sympathy will be fals for his It is said to have no litera

campaign. A further statement First Class of the Order of the old trenches.

parents in Scotland, in their ture, but possesses at least one of the correspondent is not so Sacred Mirror. In addition he On such a day as this, with double bereavement, as well as poem. This was perpetrated by rasuring as to the situation held the Order of the Dannebrog, light wind driving for clouds for his sister in Tientsio. "Lawis Carroll," "suthor of the being much improved, as we learn conferred by King Christian of through the sky, and wild flowers

An extract from the letter of's famous "Alice" stories, during his from it that the "revolutionary Denmark.

little atara st one's foot, and larks brother officer to friends of Mr. fatile attempts to drum mathe. movement has been averted by The Value of a Paregraph. singing with s high ecstasy, War Alexander says:-"I am terribly matica into the alleged brains of the concession to infantry officers A Chinese was charged yester-and blood and death seemed of the right to form Defence Qom- day with the anlawful possession abominably out of place. Yorry that I bave to inform you the present writer. One ver mittees." This looks not unlike of a gold bangle, and the case was they were there all three, round the 14 h instant. On that date One pieces thisg my no have got, what has been happening in remanded. The case was noted about

Oppy and Gavrelle, and the battalions were in so stack on Masked that thing my noosa do; Roasia of late. The tone, the in one of the vernacular papers on the ground below Bailleul, village and Frank was among the You talkee you no saree what correspondent adds, is generally and Chinese girl, of 10. Me-thrust before one's eyes, rising to assualties. He was too eager, pocr more hopeful-a sare indication Gregor Stress, went to the Police one's nostrils, making hideous fellow, and got killed by a shell. that the aspect of affaiza had Station and identified the bangle noises about one.

That mysterious word “maskes” I have been in the Company out MOSTE been extremely serious.

as hers, saying the defendant bed It would have been so much Les with him for over aiz mou the French manque in Pidgin mue- *without," being the snatched it from her. When better in such a May as this to and I assure you we all miss his Political Groups' Attitude. charged with anatching the stroll on the way to Oppy, in this cheery face tremendously. He

querade, The message sent by the Ma-bangle, before Mr. J. R. Wood this first sunshine of the year, without had siways something to enliven drid correspondent of the Daily morning, the was admitted the thought of what men might be us with. At present we are out is of comparatively recent growth, Pablic interest in Budget night News aleo points to a more or less cffiance, and was sentenced to 12 watching.

on rest after our spell in the Line, Not so very long ago it need to alarming state of Haire. In it monthe hard labour and four But when, standing on the and we miss him at mess more we learn that certain poli- hours' stocke,

creet above, I showed half my than ever. Duably and in the frot chartered dulness," Whatever of regarded as "an sagusi oigh al, tical groups have "decided to

St. John's Hall.

hody abors a bit of earth, an that his elder brother, who was interest in the Enancial propomle jesue revolutionary anti- St. John's Hall, Hongkong officer who lives below the earth in the 17th and who came out not always cosed out beforehand, and · monarchist manifesto." There is University, has just completed it said, "It's better to keep down very long ago, was killed on the very self respecting M.P. paired also a reference to a ramour as to fifth year of existence. When The blighters can see usl the imminent formation of a re the new University was opened right."

some day.

for the night, and left the House actionary pro-German Govern in 1912, St. John's Hall of the And to stroll into Oppy one

to Burk's despised "Calculators ment nader Senhor Maura and Charch Misionary Society was maet have many machine gans

and Economists" All this was- General Weyler, It is well known the only University Hostel ready with one, and be preceded by B bat we answered back too quick; when Gladstone introduced his changed, however, in April 1853, Open towns in England have suffered more than enough from that the Spanish Army was in for the accommodation of the storm of heavy shells, making and knocked out one of his bat first Badget in a speech which the anwelcome attentions of German serial raiders during the past clined to be sympathetic towards students. The only other quar-steel wall before one.

teries smack in the eye. That for five hours held a crowded few weeks. Apart from damage to private property, which has the German Army on account of tere were some rooms temporarily One day soon. I suppose, our obviously been very considerable, there has been extremely beary its much-landed organisation, and set apart in the main University men will go in again like that, to

|group has kept quiet since then.” House spell-bound, and astonish- loss of life among the civilian populations of the towns visited. no-one who has been obeerring building. St. John's Hall there- find a litter of men's bodies, some lying about the field outside try, from the Queen and Prince Ha pointed to ecme things ad and interested the whole coun- Worst feature of all, innocent and helpless women and children have the tread of fairs would be fore claims to be the senior of the living men trembling in cellars, Oppy, and said: "The serop Albert downwards. beer numbered among the msimed and the slaughtered not in ones astonished to find open manifeste-five Hostela now in existence at and another little bit of hell, lanes have been dropping about and twos, but in dozens. After reading accounts of these terrible tion of auch sympathy were the the University. It has twice been

Spanish Army to obtain the extended to provide further 20-to-day for any young Germans some very bar work in this part the philandering between the

We were making a bell of it a good deal. There has been visitations, the first inclination is to doubt the efficiscoy of our

Smokers who are interested in defensive air service, but a little refretion will convince the fair ascendent. It will be deeply re-commodation, and ita stadenta there. Our gans made good of the sky." The eky above us Chancellor of the Exchequer and minded that the problems with which that service has to deal is one grettable if King Alfonso's throne have taken a fall share in the target practice of it, fnging then was full of the throb and My Lady Nicotine maet eye with of the atmost difficulty and stubbornness, The Zeppelin is placed in jeopardy, for the holastic and athletic life of the rosy clouds of dust from ita reine hum of aeroplanes, and to the mensos is, happily, very largely a thing of the past, for our airmen young Monarch has undoubtedly University in its first five years. of red bric. But one house still tads of the birde went on sing of the men with the Flest. Until BDTY the comparative immanity have shown that they are more than capable of dealing with these preved himself to be guided in bis Lottery Establishment in stande in Oppy Wood. It is ing, but other birds, invisible, this month abip's tobacco was sold bulky and cumbersome airships. The high speed aeroplane, hom-actions by the real interests of

big white chatesu, which is clear- ever, is a much more wily customer with which to deal, for reasons

ang louder than the larks, with at Is. a pound! It has now suffered bis country.

The printing and circulation which are obvious. There need be no surprise, therefore, if ocos. Enemy Peace Manoeuvres.

of lottery tickets at 4, Stewart and broken roofs through a thin make one feel cold and crouch 81. Yet there is still nothing in ly visible with empty windows high, shrill whirt ing cries which the commen fats and gone ap" by sionally these craft penetrate inland and, on the principle of drop- The Austrian newspapers, wo Quartere, was discovered by the ghostly place, even at broad noon.

Terrac, The Peak, Government fringe of dead trees. A sinister low if they sing too close over the world like it for a penny. and-run, succeed in causing heavy damage by means of bomba end read, welcome the German state Police yesterday. The premises, day, and no man alive would sit serial torpedoes. But as time goes on we may confidently expect ment to the effect that Bassia'a in which live Mr. J. D. Lloyd and alone there in its big salon unlem

bead.

farthing an ounce. The raw loaf. to see it made increasingly difficult even for these machines to formula

So the battle of guns went on, is served out as it comes from accomplish the objects they have in view.

Mr. Schofield, were raided by he had gone mad with shell and troops, marching over dasty Jamaica, and one of the side lines A question of equal moment to the earc:esful combating of noreptable to Germany and is basement five Chinese were found another target for gous, and while oralers, all white and barren, tie it up in sackcloth and he sanexations and indemnities is Inspector Brazil, and in the shook, for that white house in ground pock marked with shell of the handy-man is to wet it and these raiders is the matter of the carrying out of reprisals on final evidence of the similarity of to Germany with a view to prevention of these periodical Austrian and German pesce sime lottery tickets. The men were through the trees about it.

be printing and preparing I watched our shella crashed between belte of rusty wire, paid yarn for 33. per pound. The visita. On that point we are glad to see that a crowded meeting Toe simplicity of this pretty charged before Mr. J. B. Wood, Below Oppy, where

nɔ heed to bursting oramps, and wetting is carried out with water," in the new-made craters or in old not with rum as is commonly be- held in the London Opera Hones, under the chairmanship of the statement does not hide the abst the Police Court this morning, Bought a few days ago,ia Gavrelle, trenches, or in special holes just lieved." Nelson's blood" is too Lord Mayor, bas demanded that the Government shall immediately cardity of it, for it is well-known and it was stated that a printing which is ours, above Greenland dag for shelter, sat down out of valuabir, even for “ship's." initiate a policy of ceaseless attacks upon a towns. In other that Austria dare not venture to press, a quantity of type sad Hill, where there is a broken the wind and cooked their food, words, the plea is that the Germans should be given a taste of their issue any sort of peace terms papere were found. The asse village among the tree, from and lept so ooh like other] A novel method of commemorat- own medicine in order to let them show us how they like it. We are without first haring them sato was adjourned, bail being fixed which we can look down across bodies who will never wake, that ing members of the church" who sware, of course, that there are very many high-principled Britishers {sioned by Germany. The recent at $1,000 for the first defendant, the River Boarpe. To the left off once or twice I thought they were have fallen in the war has been who strongly disfavour any action by Britain which would result in offer by Austris to Russia, it is $500 for the second, end $200 Oppy is Arleur en Gobelle, re-ing in the day, with sand-bage Church. A "Liber Vites" has the killing of Germen women and children. We are with them in well-known, emanated from Bereich for the others.

dead, there single figures sprawl-adopted at Brixton Congregational one reapest, but we cannot go with them all the way. The idea of do-lin, for the German Government.

cently captured by Canadians, ing anything which would invalve the slaughtering of the innocent is just as anxions as Austria-if To-morrow's Concert.

been compiled-en illuminated who fought through its streets, for their pillows. ie naturally repugpent to any Britisher, Bat, in considering a policy nos more anxions to have any night there will be benefit per the rain of a sugar factory, 500 few dim towers faintly pencilled brief biographies of each man

To-morrow siternoon and at and to the southern side of it is!

Away on the ky line were a vo'nme containing the names and of reprisals, the eventual, and not the immediate, consequences hava kind of pesce, short of the hami-formances on behalf of the funds yards or on from the outskirts of against the golden bass, and one who has lost his life. It is hoped probably be sefficient to cause the enemy to give up his bloodthirsty it dreads it must inevitably be the Victoria Theatre, under the broken walls sad roofs, and a to be taken into account. One or two raide on German towns would listing one that with good reason of the Portuguese School, at Bailleul, an old grey place, with taller than the others standing the book will remain on the praoke, and thas, in the saving of British lives, the policy would be compelled to accept in the near distinguished patronage of HE. railway station with a deep

spart,

communion table of the church more than justified. Moreover, the point to be kept in mind is that fatare.

"Douai," mid a gunner'ficer, for all time. The ides of the culpability could not rest on the British, sisse it is not they, but efford to mile at these petty Ventris and Commodore 8 nde- The Allies can well-the Governor, H. E. General

"Book of Life" is entirely ambankment.

Yes; it was Donai, old in history the Germans, who have initiated this business of bombing open manoeuvres on the part of

These places were targets for and full of ancient buildings, Beriptural, it being the enitom towns. And for us not to retaliate would be equivalent to placing Germany and Austria, particular man. For the evening concert a the German guns, especially which hold greet memories of among the early Christians thus in the hands of the enemy a weapon which we could not use our-ly as there are now good grounds arranged, a feature being the station and heary "cramps" came

splendid programme has been Arleaz and

to reoced the names of those Billeal railway faith and scholarship and 16800. selves, with a corresponding advantage to the unscrupulous and for believing that the best

The tall, long tower which I whom the Oburch wished to bold Barage Han.

ar Danai, in remembrance in 's volume ppearacoe of the Concert Party whining and then crashing, and saw was the great belfry elements in Russian politics of the Middlesex Regiment. Ringing up clouds of black smoke It seemed very far away, with Purvising volume of the kind fo as he chocees to hit us. In the early days of the war, the Hans pat separate peace with the common F. Lalymer, E. G. d'Aquino and genii shat esme from the bottle it; but I remember how I used England in thes containing to .. Besider, we have a precedent for bitting the German precisely are strongly opposed to any songs will be rendered by Messrs. -aa black and os big as the evil the German line on this side of surviving volume of the kind in us to an enormous disadvantage by the use of poisonous gas against enemy.

A. B. Allan, a recitation by Mr. and played the devil,

to see the clock towers of Bapenme thousand names which lay for Brano Bocha, violin and cello. The enemy's gans were Tiry (no longer standing, slas !) sa far seven centuries on the high altar solos by J. and L Meo, and a active to day, as car communique and dim as this, so that it seamed of Darhem Gathedral ved, is won ed the idea, but because there was no other course left open to us if The body has born aant to the maical trio by Mears, Moo-and would say. But one of our se though we should never fight in the British Mussem, we were to save our soldiers from destruction. A similar state of Public Mortary of a Chinees Crane. Some wonderful card forward observing officers, a young our way to it. But one day I affairs has now arisen, save that in this instance it is our civil male, aged 24, who was employed manipulation will be done by Mr. man in a dusty ditch, with a tale Walked into Bipsome with the population, and not our troops, whose lives we are called upon otaligman on a ship along will appear at the piano in some hat which is only a faith care for ed it that morning.

Morley, while Baadsman Grant scope and a selephone, and a steel Australian troops, who had enter. safeguard. Those lives aan best be shielded by letting the enemy side the Kowloonwharf. The exceedingly clever and amusing beary shell fire, was chuckling know that if he continues to apply the barbarous methods of war body was recovered from the sketches. The orchestra of the over this morning business, into Uoasi, if lusk is with us

And so one day, we may walk fare, he will be given as much as he brings. Cowards and ours harbour near Blackhead's wharf, Sociedade Philarmonica will also gave to was we funny they are, the Germans will soon osses their raids on England when but how the man got into the render selections. The cono

Philio Gibbs in the they realise that ferman property and German lives will suffer every harbour is uskoowp.. time they drop a bṛmb on an open English town,

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our troops, casting aside all considerations of bumaas condnot in the

ous aim of beating back our Army. That was not civilised warfare, „but, none the less, we followed the example set, not because we relish.

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