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-WAR LETTERS."
Some Incidents of Lifa
at the Front.
CRIMINAL-SESSIONS.
To-Day's Cases.
JANUARY
1918.
TONNAGE FAMINE.
A DISTILIS HED
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belligerents have been spending their capital, labour, and material resourosa în prosecuting the war. A Scramble for Food," -Thin-country, France-Belgium, Italy, Russia, Serbia, Montenegro, The sonomic crisis will not have been drained by war, living Death of Mr. The following are extracts from
At the opening of the second reach its climar until after the large more con-haira own letter received by Lisnt. J. P. days proceedings of the January
and of war. Then, if not before, and each other's sconmulated sortespondent Jonse, R.GA, Hongkong, from Criminal Soseidne, at the Supreme the continent of Europe the wealth, Germany, Avalria-
Court this morning, the Chief writes ander date of January 24 his brother, Ospt. D. Barria Jones, Justice (Sir William Beed Davies) whole "continent-will be on the Hungary, Bulgaria, and Turkey known motor, - wi paleria]
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An official communication in
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will be in worse atate,
Kondal,
Mr.W.H. Kog the well-
name was Grimst died on
| the name of the Special Parlia and the epistolary atyls are not who pleaded guilty yesterday toot used loosely, far the position for they are farther advanced on November 13: Ha bormon
are
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Charge of Forgery,
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perience was much the same.
For some reason, soldiering passed sentence on the three men verge of famine. That word is ment has been dispatched to the compatible, so I shall try to armed robbery at Lan Tao. will be one involving the lives of the road of destitution chan the British Minister in Peking, ex-summarise. On August, 1916, There were six priscuers charged millions of people. War is the Allies. The mentral xations are December 16, 1843ad was $18 plaining that the Parliament has I joined up, serred a few weeks in connection with the affair, and creator of famine, se bistory: re also sufferers; they are without when he went on thage. After been ruthlessly trested in Poking at Sheffield, and was fret of my the three who pleaded not guilty, ourds. The famine in England in exception on the edge of an oting in London Birming by Taan Chi-jai's military force batch to leave for a battalion as took thair trial yesterday after the closing years of the meteenth economia precipice, not knowing ham, and in Glasgow here he and an illegal organ establish I had had considerable O.T. Doon, the jury eventually soquit. century, which gave us our Poor from month to month how life in stayed for years, be kme leal. ed. The constitutional laws training. Stayed around Salieting them. The men sentenced, was the sequel to the to be supported in future. The ing juvenile in Back's com the struggle against Spain, the rope face to face with the pro-and remained there u 1874-** thus violated, therefore bury with a Divisional Ammuni- this morning were Ku So, Fang rising of Mary Queen of Boots, is bringing the (whole of) pany at the Haymarin 1868, Bockstone's retiremen Among Special Parliament has been tion Column R.F.A, and went out Tecng-long and Lam Fo Tak. established in Canton to represent with them early in Jaan Asked if they had anything to campaign in Ireland, and other blem of existence. The problem that is, to within tayoard of the opinion of the Republic. The ary. In May transferred by say the prisoners said that they grants which dragged down the will become acute as soon
tionary and Napoleonic ware ditions of war are removed. The were-Bom Orlando002 Treaties made by the illegal request of A.D.M.S, to Field had become mixed up with the state; the close of the Revole peace comes and the artificial con- the many parts he ped hate Government cannot be recognis. Ambalance, and got the special affair through other people.brought this country-face to face great wealth producing sugines Absolute, Charles Sune, and ed, especially the foreign loans, job of running the most advanced They had had to plead guilty with privations terriblein have been idle, and with the first Marlow. In August, 394 ho the recognition of which would collecting post in my division for because they had so defence, character. In short, war, which whisper of peace hangry hands had married "Margaret Ladga)
and also becauAM. they only osuse the civil war to become the July Lat. atont, Ssid good-
withdrawa large-bodies of men by the hundred million will be Robertson, the sister cf. W my, terrible. In view of the bye to Peter Roan a few hours feared being besten by the from agriculture, involves short for toaterial needed for, making after 1875 Mr. and Mrs, endal stretched ont across the oceans Ebertson, the dramati, and sympathy shown to the Republic before he was killed, he then Folice.
His Lordship, in passing sent age of food, besides other things. new homes, for the machinery of acted consistently togethe They by all friendly astions a resolu- predicted his immediate death-;;
This world-war will prove no tion Wa passed in the bore the brunt of collecting once, said it was a very bad case,
food. It will then be realised Comique, sad then. Me. endal Parliament to request the leader wounded for the worst period, was it was perfectly clear that they aception. The effects will be industry, for clothing, and for managed for a while the pers of the diplomatic body in Peking sent to hospital as infectioun went to the village in the dead are widespread, because never that the only palliative for the had an interest in the Johar's to request the other Ministers to whooping cough about July 18th, of the night intending to commit before have there been so many ills which war has brought in its management of the old or instrast their respective Govern- but was really slightly gassed. A wholesale robbery. They attack-million men under arme-all of 50
ments not to advance suy loan or Wat back again in a week, aled two unfortunate women, one them not only unproductive but train is to be found in ships. Theatre, where he played nong hemselves-consumers of the Every man and womas in other things. Prinos Flom in of whom had since died, a
Europe will then understand the Gilbert's Broken Heart and supposed to be permit the surplus of the salt though
In 1876 he ined revenue or the Onstoms duties or for Blighty. Exchanged with result, it was said, of the frightmited resources of the world,
Towards the cloes of the last extent of the desolation and loes Colonel Blake in 4 Ser of the money from the postponement the Medical Officer of the she had received. The mantande
identies to be handed over Lincolns and have been with the of the Court would be ampio all the harvest failed, antthey, leveringere retard the old Prince of Wales Taire,
Great War in Europe in 1811-12 which pirsoy has worked on the Faper
anceenary the Bancroft comparat daring the unsettled condition of Lincolns continuously since, exment for six years with hard
failed partially during the past of the Admirality stated the other where some of his best the country." A reply is humbly cept for slight rheumatic fever in labour and esch receive for wear, and as they will probably day that our net losses of mer- Work was done. Dr. Thoon expected.
March. Again booked for Blighty strokes with the "cat.”
fail to an even greater extent
cantile tonnage ships of 1,600 in Per and Julian Beauole in On receiving an urgent tele-but
against going.
Cheung. Lama, pleaded no of 1917 was 38 per cent. below tons and over-bad amounted to Diplomady were among his, ost
next year. The French harvest gram from Kochow for reinforce I cannot say how often I have
2,500,000 tons since the begin succeful parts. In 1879 bran mente against Lang Obsi-kwong's seen the personnel of my battal guilty to a charge of uttering that of 1913; in every other ning of the way we have built his joint management of the t. troops, the Tacbon ordered Ngsi ion change. Quartermaster, forged request. Pong-ping, the Superintendent of fransport officer and Adjutant The jury was composed as cantry on the Continent the ex-relatively email amount of ion James's Theatre with Sir an Police, to send the troops which with myself would now makes follows: Mesern. Lodge Our position, owing in large purchseed other fonnage, and and in which he added my nage ourselves, and we have dare, which sated until 188, Job Wischell, A. M. de Siles, B. dinner party. Understand?
"Have been counter-stacked Soonderam, U.Gonells, to the energetic policy 2.500,000 tons is the net loss in more parts to an already long le of the Board of Agriculture, and hordes of Bochee to Tucker, and J. E. W. Beard,
Mr. G. H. Wakeman Crown in larger measure of the free sex, big ships, spart from smaller as soon after this that e. triot (about 30 miles south of within thirty-five yards of Shiu Hing) states that Lang's my sid-post-stretcher bearers Solicitor, conducted the case and promises to be better than there vessels which have been sunk and Mre. Kendal begun that a troops, after, capturing Yang-had rifles to
the in stating the foots, said the prie-was warrant to expect at one time. Germany's gross losses have been cession of visits to Ameris,
Bat the peoples across the North shut equal to our net losses; we varied with provicaial to chung, are now proceeding in wounded, myself an automatic oner tried to put through Sea and the English Channel are do not know to what extent that which kept them both outd that
direction. The Defence Myself found and brought in forged request for the payment rapidly approaching an economic enemy has been able to build. Imadan practically-ever-sine, Commissioner of abin Ring is wounded who had lain four, five, of $200. The prisoner visited debacle such as has never before Austria-Hungary's loss has been and, their vicinal retirement
By the offices of the Sai Kong Hong been witnessed.
Everywhere proportionately as large. Neutral 1908 made very little differens now distribating troops in imeix and seven days.
Mr. Kendal, though large portant positions.
the way, I patented a stretcher Ip Co: in Hongkong- and pro- the populations have been for nations are weaker to the extent to London audiences.
overshadowed by his mos Wa Ting-tang, owing to the some time ago, but have not yet dooed a letter of redis parpor some time existing on reduced of about 2,000,000 ton. What
do these atatements imply?
eminent wile, was a very deeft failure of a settlement between had verdict of Munitions Inventing to come from the applies, and those supplies are
Cheung shop at Washow. This becoming still more restricted.
We must not be led astray by actor; in his youth handsom the North and South, is to lesvetion Board.
"I have not accumulated was
followed by B for Nanking to consult with the Tachan there.
trophies they were too easy to leter, seemingly posted from vibe the entot of exaggerated figures of the sonnage elegant, and attractive, in midd Laga vigorous and capable al fill peace? It is common knowledge from which these deductions have get but I have a very few, one Washow, but delayered by that there is food to be had. To been made. We are concerned ing many different pariswili. Boohe corporal's tania with three runner, this letter having obvious New Zealand to-day all the 1917 only with ocean-going ships, success. He played an enormou zibbons, inclding two grades of ly been sent by the prisoner_in]
produse of the sheep mass is in whereas the statistics asually number of characters withon Iron Cross, that I myself took off order so make the affair appear cold storage; grain grown this quoted cover all vessels over 100 ever striking-out a partionin
́the genuine. When him when he died upon our wire, mors
He had year in Australis and purchased tone gross coasting ships, emall line for himself. I sent it to Brigade with many manager of the shop at Hongkong by the Beititt Government for passenger vessels, and even yachty, repatation of being an an ed it to me. Another, a Boche on the request he found that they/540,000,000 is in the grauszien fin fact: 67erything that. floats traordinariip-. luoky man - ii. valuable papers, and they return examined the signature and chop
stilly Argentina has 4,000,000 tone above, the minimum of 160 to financial matters, and inhabited He informed of exportable produce: Canada, It is by counting all miscellaneous Ene house in Poriland-place and $36.86 ahrapnel helmet which I wore were not genginė.
when yet they were rare, causing the police and when the prisoner as well as the United States, has ships-nesless in oversea izade- my own major to draw his called again she money was paid a surplus for the fetching Mach that the total of 45,000,000 tons 5 revolver at me when I appeared over to the prisoner who was the same position exists in Egypt, for the world's merchant navies oritical arrested by a detective in the in india, and elsewhere, Qasati is obtained. It is an entirely anexpectedly, an one 55.50 occasion I was ordered never to shop.
ties of, food, arist-though far misleading, and, indeed, perilons Evidence was then given by below the normal; and as soon as celulation, because it cooreys wear it again, so got it home, 120
Bir James Stewart Lockhart have also a letter of which I the parties in the case, which the war closes there will be a wild an impression am proud, written by my C. O. weal to prove that the letter scramble for it on the part of all strength which does not and sad Miss Stewart Lockhart whi
WM a forged on the nations of Europe.
But never has existed. -- As an illus have been tha gusets of the saking that as a special concredit: cession my leave should be post-Prisoner was sentenced to between the peoples on this side tration, when the way broke out, Governor have sailed for the poned owing to 'forthcoming twelve months? hard isbour.
It was operations." postponed, else I believe my name, would have been gazetted before
be has under his control to Ko chow.
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Biohard's, a brother of the writer, MARINE-COURT INQUIRY.
as it proved our most successfal strat, though we had four officera
who has
of maritime
s country house in Yorkshire,
Governmbat House.
of the world and these resources this country was reputed to posses United States of America.-MIE
are the great oceans, and the only 8,236 vessels of 11189,162 tone! Tador and Miss Crzigis are stay- mesas of bridging them will be net. In point of fact, a Siring at Government House.
Norman Hill, the secretary of the -ships.
Then, again, when the troops Liverpost Steam Ship Owner'
lay down their arms, the problem Association, showed in s paper
will have to be faced of re-estab-prepared in 1915, we had stop?""Wild Oats.", in Richmond Park,
As an experiment the Board of lishing of Belgium, and Berbis, disposal 3,675, vessels on any
3.por-
killed and out of my thirty-two This morning, at the Marine stretcher bearers only eleven es Cours, sa engoury was opened and Montenegro, weshall have to giren day for our ocean trade Agricultate ploughed ap caped.
into the condnes or the late Ubief grapple with the problem of home, partly home and foreign, tion of Biobmond Park and named "I have been very keen on my fear of the auspoar), Northern France; we shall hear and foreign trades, Three-thousaste, but Bir Alfred Mond simili- work and had a few adventures Mr. Majer, on a complaint by the the ory of Italy for help in order and six hundred and seventy-five ed in the House of Commons that which would baffle your imagin mister, Capenia M. B. Waod, to make good the raysgee, com ships in all with an arrange tone tha crop was not so gooduse ation, but I believe not more that on November: 12, 1917, hemitted by German soldiery in nege of 781 tons net, was our expected, owing to unfavourable 87.96 extraordinary than any offer disobeyed lawial commands and that fair land, Bassis's position maritims capital In the case of weather.Replying to Mr. P. A. survived several forcibly took command of the ship, will be desperates for she is worn come other countries, the Harris, She Alfred said bechai months of infantry fight The allegation of the manter out and her transport has broken proportion of shipping useful even croperaised by farmers which ing has bad, I myself this year that Mr. Majer, gave an order to down. We shall also is confront for overses voyages was lees. So, were se bad se those at Richmond, had the good luck to find two the helmeman end to the engine ed with our own problems, instead of complacently accepting (Laughter.) M. Harris *** Was Cherman prisupers and to bring room, contrary to his (the Usp Millions of our own men will be atatiation which are without the crop an ost prop Sir A. 127,50 them in wounded. I also pinched in's) orders and judgment and in the various theatres of reality, we must assume that the Mond said the advice, of a grost
and there will be ocean-going tonnage of the world, agricultural expert revolver from the officer who did order the helm hard sport war, was beside them dead. The same
full speed the troops from the Dominions, was about 20,000,000 tons, when The out crop had been extremely and the engines tzio no doubt had hampered my anead so keep clear of all of them clamouring to return the war opened, and that in the had all over the country. Kr, W. search parties the previous night light three points on the port home. In each and every cues interval mainly owing to the Urcoks Word; they wild nats?
"Johnny Oattenach was killed bow, Mr. Majer mating the demand will be for chips. piraticel polier of the Germans, (Laughter.)
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or his third day in Gallipoli-ke ught to be a masthead light and At the time when this, or is it has been reduced by million 20.25 died nobly. Billie Boes fell in
meny of my aboté falárabesë árs.
acoused" ́of disobeying :
the Arras battle, the one to which green de light. It is alleged raised the world will realise that of tons, and is will being reddoed. that the action of Mr. Majer the war has, in large measure, But that does not exhaust this pr Hundreds other of my friends leopardised the ship and the lives brought a reze constriction on pect of the matter, for under the Are we going to permit, of 600 people on board, he being the jugular vein of Europe. pressure of arressels in the ear to bold us, to 14 28, 20 hsra gone if you knew semuch.
Under normal conditions, novine of the Allian, as wall an those while gene 100.
se I do of this war you would Captain's helm and engine room nation in the Old World can exist belonging to neutrals, have been peace for wonder that Riobard or even order for about ten minutes, in pomfort for a long period rausing without proper overhaal rising to fabulo $19,57845
myself have survived. I had a latter which he han
to seonra supplies and repairs, and the time will a od broke the exoept Already acknowledge he very falz share of leave from
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