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YPRES SALIENT. Į EX-M.P.'S RICH BRIDE.

By. F. J. Sleath.

To those whose lot it was to take part in cas or other of the phases of the Schting in ita beighbourhood, Ypres and the

Mr. F. Neilson Weds Widow

with £12,000,000,

Mr. Francia Neilean, a former member of the House of Com- moon, was married at Chicago,

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1917.

WHY THE GERMANS HATE US.

French Writer on Britain's War Accomplishments.

surrounding district will ever be recently, to Mrs. Helen Swift Roy, or member of the

the town,

Morris, widow of Edward Morris, the Chicago packer, who died in 1913 werib £8,000,000,

The well-known writer, J. B. Goncourt Academy, bas a striking article in Le Pays to-day in which he shows the superiority ofl Great Britain's praition in regard to the war compared with that of Germany

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remembered as a land of mud and damp and dreariness, a death trap for the living; and one huge mausoleum of the dead. From Mr., Francis Neilson won Liberal -Borsinghe in the north to Viar-member for the Hrde Division of straet in the south, the ground Cheshire from 1910 to 1916, when was like a sponge, kept paren- be reuigued bie seat as the result"

"Britain's participation in our nially moist and sodden by the of criticisms on the ground of bin drainage from the bigh ground two years' absence in America. entive will of a minor

The In an

in New character. In 1916 it become for interview surrounding

midable on the Simme In 1917 of January clayey nature of the purface soil York, in

it is mowing down the Tru'on described a be was prevented the zip from pereciate year ing into the marth and the Year | living in apartments on canal and its continuation, the Weaside with his wife, non ser to the formy. We have. Ypres Commine Canal, which American lady, and their twoken 110,000 German. prisoners, This have only 53,000 Bitisb. roughly traversed the base of the Amerion-born children." salient, were always brimful sud | was the lady be married in 1893, She can also say:

You have not taken one yörd of overfiɔming, and their sluggish Catherine O'Gorman.

Optinental or

Colonia! current proved wholly inadequate A though health reasons were

"erritory. You meant to invade to keep the wretched country given for Mr. Neilson's visit to even passably dry.

Americs he went there immedia. Egipt, but our soldiers are now advancing towards Palestine. From a Pituation. Ypres wax telv"after sending so article to a bound to he a town mong newspaper in his constituency You threatened Indis, but we wiel mad Alite. It etsade in the centre vigorously condemning the war. Tading Mesopotamia,

"Yon had opened your mouth of a plain, girt on three sides bylo 1916 be said be bad not rising country. As soon as one changed his opinion, but ictimai-wide to swallow up the Belgian, pares beyond St Jean in the ed that he proposed to remain French, and Portuguese colonies

"lad good

· no th, Polija or Zilobek to the in America. I am a sick man,” east, and "Vecz z ale to the he said, "and am not of use stor, at the French, Bel. giane, Portuguese, and Britiab south, the ground begine to rise, home row." Before the Wytecbeets-Madriorg Mrs. Edward Morris in mtased cocups nearly all your African advance and the present fighting, to have a fortune of £12,000,000: Jade. Year have been banished the Germans beld all the crest of this rising ground. The British trenches wore a little farther

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from Asi Your carefully secreted strategio islands, 618 occupied by our soldiers, zod

down the slope. The plain itself later stages Indian troops oma show of the Dominions, Spite nl siwaya more or less approached the rerous and fought nobly, your libmariness our Float in the condition of a moram. The great Indian Leasier, Emilieka Ung you and immobilising

The possession of the high Membel Lord Robarts, wher but your Drandooughts:

Vanquished on the bsiljefold, ground not only enabled the Ger-come to visit wad cheer on his

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mans to keep their trenches free beloved troops, passed away in swept from the ees, driven out were in danger of becoming from water but it gave them the their midst in the moment of of the colonies, what have you white slave victime. Tae Society additional advantage of being able victory. The attempt to break taken in exchange? Your greatest communicated with its brancher to sweep the lower ground with through failed after frightfal exploita agaiont England bare at Seattle and Sin Francisco, and their fire. It was thus that the parnage, and the Allies were left been the cowardly murder of their report confirmed the in Bod children with formation that the immigrante Salient became a death trap. And in possesion of the line, Steen-women

the were in a terrible plight,

The board of directora.lben TIS every part of the Salient out of state on the canal, Langemarck, the aid of Zeppelins,

Brood einde in front of drowning of crews and innocest rifle rangs was directly under observation from the heights im. Zoanebeke, Valdboek, and 8. pasengers by your pirates, We,quested Mr. Hershfield to take up HAVING heen appointed

the matter with Washington, and mediately behind the German/Eloi, The Ypres salient had | however, bave wrested from youthe Dapurimacta consented to in-pany we are prepared to accept

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lines. Etre obes of woodland like come into being. Sanctuary Wood and Maple Copse April, 1915, enw a light of certainly gave some cover at first, sive effort on the part of the to Germany, and what well-The Siste Department informe British in the mining of Hill 60, informed Germans know only too the Society that it instructed But the German gandere but on May 22ad the Germans well, from that brate Reventlow its representatives in Japan to

landrespe orept bare, and from the Pilkem paugurated their next big aggres down to the most insignificant report fully by cable a- Heights in the north, Hill 60, and ive eff rt which developed into Parliamentarians and journalists, condition of the war selagers, the France, exact number of men,' women, the Second Battle of Ypres. The And thin is not all.

Miss Anton, E1st Point, will the Wytechate ridge, German

10 hare and children, their financial con- observere could watch the whole of attack "really began on Tuesday Italy and Britain are the onuntry round Ypres, so that the 20.h, when Ypres was bom-their strength increased. A new dition, hat provisione i made be ple sed if all the Scotch women their temporary belter, of the Colony will let her know no man could move without tiek barded and set on fire. Bat its champior, boss resources ud fr

fall horror was realised on the energy are inexhaustible, has maintenare, and by whom, what what they are willing to contri- bute to the Heather Day Stall.- * the "available facilities of attracting German shellfire.

Sertch relicacies and fancy Yet Ypres bad tactical in.-night of the 22nd, when light e me forward.

"The lore of ber calooire has transportation to America ale, articles of every description will portance which at once made it a steady wind blowing from the

north-east bore over the French particularly embittered Garand extenic rumored exploits be welcomed. point whoe- possession was lines the first gas cloud of the many's hatred against Britain, tinn.

The French front war Although she has been besten by Upon receipt of a report the of British strategical plans, and crumpled up right to the canal, the Frenob more than by any. Hebres Sheltering and Immi- a objet of attainment really and the Germans popred through other Entente nation, she consoles grant Aid Society of America dearable to the Germans. It was the breach. A four mile gap was herself with the thought that she will take the secessary steps to sce great road centre of the cansed between the Canadian left still holds several French depart relieve the situation, probably by

the districts, and problem

her clutches.sending representative to of eupply was thereby made French on the canal, yet the Nething can console ber for Japan. simple for any army geing it as Canadiene beld firm. Staff work Britain's successes. She has noth base. Indeed the defence of the impossible, and the artillery ing to compensate for either her Salient would have been impoe had almost ceased to exist. Bar pride or her material internete. Itin sible without this ready means the splendid gallantry of the onsequently comprehensible that of inter commaniostion, and the individual British soldier was the her force hatred has besitated at efforts of the big 42 m. German

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gune before the battle of Ypres, The Salient had now been cowardio, no crime. here almost entirely devoted to adly reduced in size, and its The Germans will not cccupy making the road jasations im farther history resolves itself into a single British isler. They will whole world : cherish passable with shell craters. The series of omparatively small 86 the Isot that it sinod between the attemple by both sides to improve hernie sad bomanitarian France Germans and Calais rendered it their positions Ircally. The fight when they themselves will be the - an additiɔnal storm centre. ing of Joly is interesting beskuse reviled borde, the nation accursed The bistory of the Salient fallait saw the introduction of Bri on all the clients and through- naturally into three divisione,tain's New Army to active trasch out all the archipelagoes. Their The first covered the period of the warları, Bt be me time only hope of redemption ie toare hereby notified that the Carzo * Bighroad to Calsis" dra s'm with "ag B further species of destroy the dynasty."

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Salisar antled down into quies Amerie, and the State Depari-Godowns, where they will be On the 12 h of October 1914, cence, the one side steadily ment, Robert Lansing, Secretary examined on any Tuesdays and the Germans, begs their preparing for the 'fensive, the of Sir, has instructed the Fridays between the hours of Berir a attempt to break through other as steadily for the defes American Ambasador to Japan 0.45 am. and noon within the to Calais. Tue 13 lujan Army bad sive.

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The taking of the Wytschsete.bama to make a thorough is. the Grimans Homine Ridge suw the end of vratigation strertain the after the Gords have left the Antwerp, when harled four arms corp against the the Ypres salient, and removed camber sad the condition of the steamer's Godowng and all Goods allied lias in front of Tures. At the harased plain from Germen Jewish wor refuper aho have remaining undelivered after the 17th November, will be subject) the same time they attacked the observation. The advance of been stranded in Japan on heir to rent Belgiene e Niropert, the British Blas July was the anioral qepës,, way from Rusia, so Americ

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