1917-06-23 — Page 9

A True Tale of the, War.

"Yes, we were within sight of

Blighty when the torpedo got us

THE - HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, JUNE 28 1917.

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The Madness of a Whole People.

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COMBATING THE SUBMARINE,

U. S. Inventors and Scentist's

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neutrality if their territorial waters, it would be necessary for Great Britain and her Allies to take off clive sction.

Freights la Neutral Steamers.

Sir Leo Chiczzi Money, reply ing to Mr. O'Shea, asid since January 1st, 1917, the average Sir Edward Carson replied that rate of freight paid to neutral this matter had been under con steamers to carry grein from the sideration from time to time.. In the House of Commoue. "on Argentine to United Kingdom on The question of the right of belli-

THE PIRATES BY NIGHT. or DO. One does not yawn, you, Bochan in me own rife, out there both demonstrably false: that the nature must the world be healed". steamship Byron and the steam- know, however tired, in the facts by Blangy; and I wish it had Nordic race is superior to other But 43 American pro-German, ship Tennyson were so trading : of men who have just been been a hundred. We picked rose and that Germana represent Mr. R. J. Thompson, has put it whether these yemela are of a spatched from-Well, of men am off as they ran, like rabbits the Nordic race. But this is not better than thir. *German type ansaitable for general ocean- who have just been resoned from Between as here, I reckon, we the cause of the belief; many of dominavos

lie Bay, is. a going work; whether they are ans kind of death, when they had maat have got a regiment of 'em, those who preach it have probably phenomenon of the great in still trading between the US a right to think they had already so no wonder they wanted to get never heard of the Nordic race, ecrutable infinite which, with the ports and Argentine porta; One-thirty o'clock on a belated recaped another kind in open as e-night. It seems a dirty and would not care if they had. clacking jogeernant wheels of whether a number of steamers winter's morning. Colder and fighting: fighting for you who way to do it, with a hospital ship. Most peoples have some special change and progress, advances were in Miroh and are still allow- more wretched then it had been read, and for humanity at large; Bat, there; you know what the gift, and the greatest gift of the towards freedom and lighted to aske intermediate calls at Waabington, May 8-Some at midnight. The waters of the for all that we of the Allied Boches are. A chep on the de German has been music: we may through death and pain and New York when bringing meat, definite developments in the near harbour were being whipped to peoples bold dearest and count stroyer-they're men, those de- therefore nots it as curious that travail. The compensation to from the Argentine to Liverpool; future may be expected from the frerty in the darkness by as the decencies of life; for the stroyer chaps, all right—he told the German pre-eminence in making must be salutary, and whether they generally return experiments of American inven- viciously driving sleety rain. A women and children of theme a thing or two about what music is rarely mentioned. On may be beyond anything that has in ballast from Liverpool to New, tors and scientista working on good time enough for those in remnest American villages, as happens to these U boats, and it the contrary, the belief is occarred since the crucifixion". York and then load general cargo means to combat the submarine warm bede, bat no sort of a night well as for the grey islande that sounded pretty good, I can tell extended to every sphere of The type of mind which worships at New York for the Argentine; menace. This summary of the for Leafaring, or for lying out on are sfered to all the soce

activity, and you. I suppose the Baches can't haman

from moral Juggernaut is, fortunately, not by hat authority these eteamers situation was obtained authorit the plains of Picardy, say, trying daughters of our stock, and for help bein Buches the silly virtues to science from con- likely to be common to-day were permitted to waste tomasgelatively to-day in connection with to get shelter cat of a water the blood-soaked earth of outraged blighters !"

stractive politics to trade. Any-Side by side with the food of by wasting time on their home the visit to Washington of Mr. W. logged, sharp sprayed shell crater. France and Belgiom.

One wont the length of the one who wants to see what can German literature which seeks by ward and cutward royagee; L Sanders, Chairman of the Saddenly, the line of watchers Some of the greyness began to long train. The silent calm of it be written or the subject may much repetition to hypnotise whether the loss of time is about Naval Consulting Board, and at the quay-bead, their coats all fade out from their faces now, all reamed almost unnatural; cansult Adolphe Lasson's address nkind into a belief in German six weeks on each round voyage, members of the special committes gleaming, jumped into life and as warmed, and cheered and com-fatigue of body and mind. The on Deu'sche Art und deutse superiority, as German themselves whether all these steamers belong of the Board dealing with the anim: tion, for, from around the forted, they climbed into the whole thing was accepted as part Bildung, amber 4 of the hyo bsen bypactised, there rane to a single British company, and subject. end of the long jetty appeared a waiting train, filling coach after of the day's work; and, after Deutsche Roden; for 44 pages be an irresistible counter propsg whether other British lines es Officials of the Navy Depart met-head light.

coach, an endless accession. As all: We're in Blighty, you proclaims, in language often anda :-German actions, as ex-gaged in the North and Soath ment most familiar with what is "Here they are, at last! ad, they eark into their seats, one know, an' don't you forget it" byaterical, that the German je bibited in the long series of Atlantic trade were compelled by being done frankly stated to-day -bow cold and wet-they'll be !" heard short, bard sighs of relief said one 10s. It's rather like superior to everyone ele in crimes and bestialities which is Government regulation to dis- that the outlook was hopeful.

"A second light followed the pass beis tight-closed lipe. But something you've seen in the every possible way, the last and to-day causing nation after continue this, trade?

"They are setting down to Arat, and, handled as though for talk, there was mighty little pictures", said another man. the bigbeat thing which Europeanation to throw of aentrality and Sit Lao Chir zza Money. There 'brase tacks,' was the way one

As the train pulled slowly,

civilisation (Kaltar) has brought enter the war to save humanity were at the end of March seven official expressed it. they were rabber-tyred pera-of that, and might have been

"Germen bulators on a foot-path, two of none, il one bad put no questione, smoothly out from the stage, the forth "What is the genesis of from

dominance." British vegeel- on the North and It was again said by Navy His Majesty's destroyere were If you live with sufficient inter-rescued men offered up their this belief?

Those who think that the Jogger South American route. The an-officiale, however, that ad intim- laid gently alongside the stage;eity for daya en end, and then, on thanks again, the only way they Germany is to-day ander the nant wheels have already done awer to the second, third, fourth, ation of plans that are being laid their sides just kissing the great top of woonde and great fatigus, koew, with a long quivering cheer, domiustion of Prussian ideas. their worst, and that there is no fifty, and sixth parts of the ques. would be givens out, or the re- rope fenders. The whole opera. pse through sccs violent and Are you down-hearted ?called The Pussian is the last comer of sin against mankind left for Ger- tion is in the affirmative. With lealts for further experiments to tion had been performed in per-onexpected crise, you are apt to an orderly. With a long rom the European family, he was many to commit, may ponder an regard to the seventh part of the asnounced, whether successful or fect silence; but in that dramatic fod are ch seem curioushbling roar of a "No? they still s primitive savage long after illuminating little sentence in the question, the vessels named were not. It is upon the fact that all instant of ecundless contact with remote, not to say cut of place, disappeared into the night, and everyone else was more or leas German Kriegsbranch... (War allotted to their present work that is being done seems to be the wharf-ride fenders, a full-1 in the middle of the night you Eagised.

civilised. When

Cole) which runs civilization

"Prisoners ander the authority of the Ship-tending toward certain definite throstet shcutrent the rain-swept are turned cat of bed as the result Nice chap, Fritz", said a came his way, be found it may be killed except in case of ping Controller sfter the most points, that the belief is based air from the deck of the first of a fire, you may well spend the destroyer officer, as he turned wonderful thing. We are pressing Deceesity ". We need careful consideration "of the em- that a remedy for the submarine destroyer :-

night comparing, rotes, and away.

familiar in private life, among not labour the point "If you are ployment for which they were will be found at some not distant "Three cheers for the Hom.sapping experiences. But not!

the half educated, with the superior to other men, it cannot most suitable and neefal in the date. “mingbird and the Whipsnake!' after the sort of thing these men

phenomenon of a man quite matter what you do to them; it national interest. The answer to For s fall minute the thunder had been through. Bat they A GERMAN MONUMENT. which to others has long been a der, rape, are for their good, that the figure named is perhape which had destroyed, and were

bonently dhoovering something must be all right. Poison, mar-the sighth part of the question ja of cheering rolled out into the were emphatically BEF. mer,

common place; it

"salutary beyond anything that too high. The answer to the destroying, British, Allied, and night; a very moving sound, and whatever they felt would compact of vivid and varied always respond to a call. They

him an exaggerated as occurred since the cruci-ninth part of the question is in neatral would carry on, these men,

abipping had mostly importance; it is hi

the affi mative. I may add that found their way out from enemy emotions, and contributed to by

So the fixion" Prussian discovered civilisation. Those are ame of the things the programme for all shipping ports through neutral territorial men who's day or two earlier had while life was in them. been fighting under the scream

Moral wittoes dawned on his to which the German addresses lines ie necessarily being super water, and whether he had con of cur own and enemy shelle, and

horizon, daty or faithfulness, be we have spoken of will remain as viced from day to day as the bal-sidered, in car junction with the forcing their way through knee-

It was a long, lean North-country- When Germany lay under the was quite sure he had discovered a witness, that men of a fature ance of considerations change: Foreign Office, the advisability deep mad and tangles of Germen man who spoke, but it just heel of Napoleon, Fichte revived them; they were his. It was only day may read, and wonder at the General policies aa to diversion of informing the neutral nations barbed wire in the inferno be. caught our stern, and blew it German ccarage with his Ad. step to supposing that they one time madness of a whole of tonnage cannot economically concerned that if they could not tween Vimy Ridge and Arras. Clean away a few men with it, dresses to the German people. were his alone, or in some special people.

be brought into operation sima effectively preserve the strict There they had been wounded, 100. Another four seconds, and He did a great work and even meere; no other people practice

taneously for the ships: and passed out for reet and treat that would have been a wasted that in his addresses which we them in the same way. He took ment in Blighty. Bar eiace torpedo"

Cannot admire for in one of some French or English idea or GUIPUT OF NEW SHIPS. An then, all mearmed and help.

exceptionally small, them appears the kernel of the discovery and worked at it; it less, they had been suddenly earnest-faced man in the corner belief that Germans are experior became his; the same mental Alleged Delays in Supplies of called on to face the Boche again;

looked up. Yee," he said, to other nations-served a useful process followed. He did wage

Material, and in his vilest and most mar- quickly, and quietly; "and I purpose at the time, in aiding tower with success, in his own pocaliar manner, the manner derous gaise. Yes, the hum of ppose a few Boches might have restore the spirit of the people.hich made Napoleon's officers May 2, Sir Walter Rarcimanja voyage. basis was 131. 103 pergerents in central waters was not the cheering se moving its been saved for a bit from earning They are the monument of "component paats singularly

sgain after hate the German troops even asked if the Shipping. Controller ton, exclusive of war risk. Some one that could be dealt with in varied. For a full minate the "Eb? Well, I don't know defeat. When, the present war while they employed them; war is awere that cargo vessels now neutral ships are employed on a answer to a question. cheering rose and fell athwart the about that", resumed the North- broke out, it occurred to a number became his; none elee understood under repair in dry docks and time, and not on a ton basis, and Mr. Hogge asked if there was driving rain, and then the Ham-countryman, in an open-minded, of echolare at the University of it. Over one thing he was help other places on the Mersey and the average cost per ton in three any evidence of any submarinee mingbird made answer with one

as if he Berlin that it might be useful to leas; he never bad the faintest elsewhere are being kept back cases cannot be etated with having reached long, fierce blast from her syren ;

regarded this as a ggestion for bring Fichte up to date; the trace of the political sense, any because plates cannot be supplied exactitude. The neutral tonnage neutral waters.

us through. fall of defiance, and somehow, as the decision of some superior result was a series of addresses more than any other German. by the rolling mills, and that the employed in the trade doring the Sir E. Carson. There is car it seemed to our ears, of good it was wonderful to see the two University, Harnack, Wilamow very bad form of State. But he that the mills are having to per cent, of the British tonnage so

officer; possibly bia C.O. But by the leading professore of this Consequently be ccastracted rasson given for the latter fact is same period has been about 25 tainly a suspicion. British cheer.

Then they began to

Dangerous Sex Tracks. destroyers. They are men, those itz, Deisemano, Gierke, and so felt that it was the most wonder de rote themselves to the prodnemployed.. come

Mr. Hope, on behalf of Mr. ashore; a long, stifly-moving the water almost before you could ad under the title of Deutsche made a State at all; consequently rather than for vessels ander re-

sailors. They had their boats in forth, which have been ablish fal thing in the world that he had tion of material for new vessels facrease of Shipping Production. Houston, asked the First Lord of file of shaky, utterly weary souls, wrapped about ne to their heade tara round. One of them came Roden in Schwerer Zeit, to form bia State was the most wonderful pair, which can be set to work in ing to Mr. Pringle, said: deSaite instructions were given Sir Leo Chiczza Money, reply the Admiralty whether fall and or arme, necks of shoulders, with close in alongside of us, and the monument to Germany the of all States, a thing not to rain-and-brine-soaked

be a week or two, and in some cases regret to say that it is not thought by the Admiralty to the masters other went circling round and world-victorious. Unfortunately achieved by any surgical

ronal us, like a beep-dog; but none of the writers is exactly

one of those a few days, and in many cases desirable to give the total gros of all British vessels leaving or bandages. Few bad bad впу

peoples who were old in political months must elepee before new tonnage of ships completed in approaching our shores as to the sleep for several. nights; all were gry. Man; but that destroy or Fichte; and they had the sense when he still lived on pig vessels can be completed, and 1916. With regard to 1917, aleo track their vessels should keep new plucked from the mid-most did look angry. We floated just additional disadvantage of ad-aute. He was also cursed with whether it is proposed to take any it is not thought desirable to and whether large numbers of jane of death among the shell. Over a quarter of an hour, and dressing a people, not in the one of the most serious mental action in the matter. holes; and all had faced the were very nearly all clear of depths of bumiliation, but already defects a human being can have;

pablish estimates, but I may say British vessels, strictly adhering Sir Leo Chiczza Money.-I am ibat the output is already very to instructions, had been destroy- Beche again, at his agliest, since her when she gave one b'ist, so intoxicated with the idea of he had no power of self criticism. not aware that the facts are as much greater than last year, and ed by enemy submarines. leaving France. The fatigue in went down like a plummet. That world-power and the arrogance No German to-day has. When Bisted. A special report has been that, as I have already indicated,

last few minnies wasn't nice, you of a fancied race-enperiority to a fad an individes! who seems obtained from the Mersey to the every part of the subject is being definite instractions were given Sir E. Carson asid fall and their eyee, which no man may bide in such a case, was pathetic; now-like waiting to go over their opponents. Their monument to have, such sa. Maximilian Harfleet that delay in obtaining explored with a view to making by the Admiralty, and although but there was a look in the same the parapet. Some of us jumped will endure, we believe, like that den, you probably find he is not plates for ship repairs seldom a very great improvement. vessels had been lost, it must cot syes that over-rode anything like to the deck of the destroyer, and of Fichte; but its effect will not German; Harden for instance is occurs. Out of tea important Confidential Instructions to Ships

be assumed that the losses would pathos; the look indomitable, soms got knocked about a bit be precisely what the authors Polish Jew. The lack of this firms reporting, six report no delay Oat of those tired eyes abone the wounded men, ye ree; not so intended. Its principal use will faculty led to massed repetition and four slight delay. Every en

not, have been much beavier if spirit that no power on earth, or handy as they might be other be as a quarry for those paycholo. of wholly impossible sa-ertione; deavour is being made to accele- of the Admiralty if he had been issued.

Mr. Holt asked the First Lord these instructions bad not been from the Hell that the Boches imes. The destroyer came righ: giets of the fature, who shall and the effect was what the effect rate repair work, and I would able to get any farther considera- have made on earth, can reduce in under as at the last, to get the tackle the question, how it came upon the ordinary mind of no- thank my right hon. friend if he tion to the rule that the Admiral- whether vessela following Admir- Mr. Hogge asked, fartber, to whimpering. There is no

last of us, and only drew away as that in the year 1914 one of the critical massrepetition generally would bring to uy attention any ty confidential instractions would alty instructions bad not besa Englieb equivalent on the French the saction began.

peoples of Europe possessed a hypnotic." Somewhat on these special cate in which improve-only be issued to those masters of stopped by patrol boite and told front for "Mercy. Kamerad!". "There wasn't any. maddle of wide-spread belief that it was nea, we believe, must be sought mnt may be effected, The light of the dear indomitable panic, you know; no more'n on a superior to the others.

British merchant ships where that they should not have been the origin of the belief of Germans

Replying to a similar question parents were at the time of their on that course. spirit of the modern crusader in job o' work at the "front. I don't We are not going to anstyee in their own superiority.

by Mr. Houston.

8008 birth British sabjects and Sir E Carson remarked that khaki was there in every one of suppose we minded as much as this production. As literature it This belief has coloured Ger- Sir Leo Chizza Mooey said: whether be had been able to that was likely after instractions shone weary eyes, and not to be

The Army does is very like masses of other German war aims to an enormous My right hon. friend the Shipping, make soy modification in th: had boop issued. Information mistaken or overlooked, though each you how to keep your man war-literature; ita interest extent. To the German mind Controller is well aware of the rule, here and there one saw a head; and, anyhow, we'd been lies in the fact that it was meant things

Was received that submarines represent themselves number of ships in our ports re- obviously tottering on the verge getting it in the neck this long to be permanent. It ring the somewhat like this. If your own quiring repairs, and a special matter has been further consider they then tried to divert the Sir Edward Carson:-This were on that particular route, sud. of collapse. The waiting R.A. time from shell, and Emms Gees, changes steadily ca three leading civilisation is the best in the orgeniestion is being established ed, and it has been decided to traffic All the available reserves M.O. orderlies have developed an an' that. This was only a sort of ideas; that no one in Germany world, and you are the ablest to deal with the question with a set up a committee which shall of the Navy were employed in the slmost womshly intuitiveness in a last act. If it came out there, wanted war; that the war was people in the world, then view to giving priority to such consider cases in which reasons patrol of the ses tracks, these matters. They were in-you'd think no hing of it; but on caused by England; that the war obviously, for the world's own cares as and be most quickly are advanced for special treats

Tightening the Blockade. stant in detec ing such cases, and the way here I suppose a man can only have one result, because aske, you simply must lead it and ompleted. I am advised sist ment.

Commander would run

forward with begins to lay off a bit, as ye in aotaal fact Germans aretesoh it; for that is best for the the delay in executing repairs is,

geta

whether the Under-Seoretary for tenderly helpful outstretched might say, '

bit superior to all other people in world. Whatever form German not caused by the building of new Sir Edward Carson, replying to Foreign Affairs could state who arm, and a matterad:-"

every respect, modesty included. I thought on the matter takes it ehipe. I should be obliged if my Sir Walter Rauciman, said that was the expert who had been sent "Feeling bad, old son ?" One gave a handful of lint to We may pase over the first two may be world conquest; it may hon. friend would bring to my the fact that a merchant ship was 10 Washington to explain our And the sense of the answer one map with a bandaged arm ideas, including an abase of only be world power; or economic attention any specific onse in defensively armed made no differ blockade methods, and whether was invariably the same, as in the and a nasty cat on his forehead England so wild that it completely dominion; or the organisation which it appears that any con ence to the status of the prisoners. he would sik for an American case of the first, the words of which was still bleeding. misses its mark. What we want of the world by Germany on siderable delay has occurred from The only difference was in their expert to help the Foreign Office: which were:-.

"I only just found out I had to look at for a moment in this lines excluding war; or the state this or any other cane. The treatment by the enemy, as those to obtain an efficient blockade. "I'm all right, mate. Just that ", he said. "I did feel a belief of Germans in their own ment that Germany was witling question of the supply of Isbar members of the

Lord Robert Cecil said a num~» - crow, Laken come over a bit queer like. All bit of a bump there when I was superiority.

to pat heraaif as the head of also receiving argent considera- prisoner were treated as prisonera ber of experts from several de right again now."

getting down the side, bat fargot! We wish firet to emphasise the League of Nations after the war:

of war, and tot as civilians, Long parimente of the Ministry of Inside the thed nothing had it after. Of course, we could see fact that this belief in a genuine —you will always find the one į Alleged Shipplag Wastage. roge sque were being eup Blockade had_accompanied the been forgotten. Not drinks, abe was done for, and everybody belief; that is to say, it really is ideo; Germany bas to lead, bas Mr. O'Burau the Sulp-pired as quickly as they could be Secretary of Foreign Affairs to sandwiches, and cigarettes; she kept quiet. It was lucky the held, and passionately held by to be the head, because, in Tien plug Contrailer will say now ob ained.

the United States. Arrangements

· blessed tobacco; it was all wait-rain was Bo heary, they say those who profess is. It has been of her alleged saperiority in many British steamers were, upto Neutrals and Enemy Submarines for the most effective co-operation ing there. And the kindly Eng. because it best the sea down a bit, sedulously preached from half civilisation, do other ocarse is the end of March, till trading M. Hebben seken to Fix of the United States with the lish faces of those who provided and made it smoother. It was the palpita in Germany. It has thinkable to German. The beineen port of foreign cour Lord of the Admiralty whether Allies in the prosecution of the the comforte; they played their rishing cold; but I'm feeling been fostered by a false ethnologs, familiar Germen miequation of tries for in-sauce, between Nerine bad reason to believe that the war, were

propeeding satis- part; twoo'clock in the morning fine now. I got twenty-eight which has taught two doctrines, Geibel puts it: "By the Gerinin and Bouth Americs; whether the exemy raiders and submarines factorily.

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Masters.

Pirates and British Seamen.

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