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EARLIER TELEGRAMS.

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"MYSTERY.SHIP" FIGHTS A SUBMARINE.

London, Aug. 3

Sir Eric Geddes related at 's conocit to American troops one of the most thrilling stories of naval warfare in, which s decor known as a "mystery ship" fought a submarine for five hours. The ship bad the appearance of a dingy collier. The crow and captain, rigged'up as merchantmen and appear- ing to be an undisciplined lot, sailed the Atlantic under sealed orders. They sighted a submarine which began shell- ing and overhauling the decor as she was running away. Shells dropped on deck killing and wounding some of the crew. The captain signalled in plain English that as a sub- marine was shelling he was abandoning ship. Hours passed and the shelling continued.. The ship took fire and the cap- tain knew the faagazine would soon explode, which occurred, heaving a gun overboard. The submarine then came in think- ing" she had got an easy prey, whereupon another gun was unmazzled and fred most rapidly striking the submarine again and again and ultimately sinking the enemy. Warships "below the horizou were called on and picked up the survivors. The Germans now knew this ruse but the First Lord of the Admiralty and likewise Admiral Sims had now got

other means of trapping the U-boats.

AIR RAIDS ON GERMANY,

Amsterdam, Aug. 3.

An official message from Treves states that the Allied air-raid on Treves on the let inst. did' considerable damage, one being killed and four injured.

From Cologne it is reported that ten airmen dropped twenty-eight bombs during the morning of the 1st inst, caus ing some damage. Twelve were killed and fourteen injured,

BULGARIAN PEACE MOVE.

Athens, Aug. 5.

The "Hestia" affirms that the mysterious journey which Czar Ferdinand of Bulgaria is making abroad is connected with a Bulgarian peace offensive.

THE SOUCH AND THE

NORTH,

A Compromise Proposal,

CANTON NEWS.

Oar Canton writes as follows :—

¡of Germans.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 7, 1918.

THE TAI O TRAGEDY,

TYPHOONS AND SMALL- POX,

THE WOMEN'S ARMY,

Indian Constable Charged with lateresting Article from Manila.

Neglect of Duty.

TORPEDOED BOY SCOUTS. TO-DAY'S MISCELLANY.

Discussion that has been going Wonderful Grit of the W. A. A. C. Young Heroes Anxious to go to the rounds of certain circles that fought to be better informed, to

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Even in these days of literary depression the ten "intellectuals Sea Agala.

of the Goncourt Academy con- Before Mr. J. R. Wood, at the

tinue their annual award of the PoliceCourt this.afternoon, Indian the effect that typhoons vervs toj Not long ago, at a recruiting

Nothing can appal the Boy Goncourt Prize. The will of the Constable B145 was charged with prevent the spread of small-pax, is meeting for the Women's Army Soont. He comes ap amiling. Gocesart brothers destined the neglect of duty on the morning of socred in a bulletin of the Auxiliary Corpe, the Minister of and sake for another ship afterprise" to remunerate a work of July 17 at Tai 0.

Philippine health service which Labour drew attention, to certain torpedo" attack, and introduces imagination-the best novel, the H.T. H. King: A.S.P., appar. declares that such talk is bed or rumours which had recently been himself as ballast into our airgraft the best collection of short stories, ed for the prosecution and Hr.worse than medieval sorcery. The widely circulated, with regard to

"Every now and then," an the beat volume of impressions, W.EL. Shenton for the defence. only known method of combatting the conduct of the women now official at the Scouts' Headquar- the best volume of imaginative

Mr. King stated that on the small pox, or preventing its serving in Franos.

tera recently explained to a Dady writing in prose, and exclusively in morning of July 17, defendant spread, is through vaccination He proposed, in conjunction Chrosiale representative, "the prose, published within the your was on duty at Tai O from 10 the balletin points on all other with the Commandant of the boys drop in here with beaming For the leat four years all the s.m. to 12 p.m. Eis post was weird tales to the contrary Women's Army, to send out to faces to announce that they have prissa have gone to war writere. outside the charge-room and be notwithstanding.

France a number of investigators, bean torpedoed. Then you won't Last year the Concourt Friss book was tmed with a rifle and "Strange are the machisations selected with the atmoet diere want to go to sea again?' we was Le Fou" ("Under Fire 20 rounde of ammunition of man's ontutored mind" says tion, to pee whether there was any agually inquire, with mock so written by Henri Barbusse-an and it 1.38 his duty to the statement and weird are foundation for these rumours, lemnity. "Bather !' they indign award oanfirmed by the great guard the station and warn the the seemingly sincere outbursts which, as far as he was concernantly reply, or Won't I just!' reputation which the work bas other police in the station of the therefrom. The relation of small-ed, he attributed to the most Certainly the experiance of being lately achieved. This year the presence of any suspicious perion por lo typhoons is one of the skilful and subtle form of pro- torpedoed or mined never acts as honours have gone to Heuri Mal- or craft. He (Kr. King) was latest and most amazing examplee German propaganda.

a deterrent.

herbe, a newspaper correspondent, going to prove that Sergeant of this impervious mental attitude. The women who immediately

But the most useful piece of unknown as su suthor even in Glendinning was shot at Tai O "Were it not a sad commentary afterwards went out to investigate war work performed by Boy France. His book, "La Flamma on the morning of July 17 or contemporary intelligence, it these charges were selected either Scouts is that of coast watching. Poing," is also a war-book, at 10.30 o'clock and that would be a matter of keen comedy for their scientific attainmenta, Day and night, in fair wasther bit escapes from the stark realism Tai O Station ·WHE eet

on when men solemaly ries on their like Dr. Elisabeth Sloan Chesser, and foul, they are patrolling the of "Le Fen." It attempts to fire between the houre of baunches and affirm that small or for their social work, like beach, watching all passing craft, give as something beyond the 11 am. and 2 p.m. Mr. King for- par is amenable to typhoons. Yet Miss Piction Tarberville, Chief calving wreckage and assisting mere mechanism and bratul ther stated that, according to the this ridiculus acknowledgment of of the Yoang Women's any vessel in distress.

materialism of battle, and is in Police regulation's no constable medieval sorcery is being actively Christian Association. The

Iocidentally the representative distinct contrast to the present was allowed to leave his post braited about the city, fostered most searching and anbiased learned, they are taken up into naturalist tendency in war literas and that the rules were by the unimpeachable authority investigation has had the effect, aircraft as "ballast" (the boys ture. The book has yet to be explained to the Constables of otherwise rational men. not merely of atterly disproving are game encagh for anything), transisted into English. in Hindustani by the Jemader. "The exact manner in which every allegation against the girls and one, joining a life-bost crew He also stated that defendant was typhoons hold their occult power in France, but has also given that was short handed, was out Looking through the American. on daty st Tai O, and, when be over small-por mast of necessity new stimulas to recruiting by all night on the stormy sea, and army lists one is attracted by ex heard the shots being fired, in- be left to the imagination of those drawing attention to the wonder playing a manly part in the work traordinary and in many ofess stead of inquiring into the cause hazy uneducstable minds which ful grit and esprit de corps which of rescue. The Ses Scoute, it was even poetic asmee. The nation, of it, ran away to the hill. first engendered the thought. they have developed as the resultateted, have "distinguished them of course, is very cosmopolitan,

The Jemadst then went into Such people are perfectly capable of their work.

selves in numerous“ CASON of and that accounts for the Russian, the witness-box and atated that he of arguing that anything but a When one remembers that life-saving, prompt dispatch-rid- French, and Italian flavours, but was a Jemadar in the Hongkong straight line is the abortest die every girl who joins the Women's ing, fire extinguishing, and var the others are so bizarre that they Dorrespondent

Police Force, and it was his tance between two points. And Army releases s man for the fight-idas confidential services." seem to have been deliberately daty to instruct the constables the most significant feature of ing line, it is not difficult to ses

Flax boeing is the latest work chosen with that effect in view. with regard to the various such irrational deductions is that why the paoilet or pro-German of national importance to be A recant list contained the Complaint Regarding Treatment rules in the Police Regula there always seem to be plenty finds this insidious form of pro-undertaken by Boy Scouts. To- following names Orval Fire,

tions. Ho farther stated of listeners.

pagands worth his while. Persie day & number of East-end Scouts Romeo Nadean, Vivian Merlin, The Dutch Minster in Peking that on recruite joining the Police Paking, 30th Waly. The

"The implied discourtesy to tent rumours to the effect that will journey to Peterborough, Olaf Flink, Ivory Gamble, Gregore Peking Leader," referring to the Germans on the gen boat Taiatso month and after they had passed state baldly that the weather does sort of tempation in France will the fax which, in order to provide Tremblay, Baslow Skibo, Mihal has, on behalt of the interned Force he instructed them for one popular intelligence of having to these girls are exposed to every there so undertake the hoeing of Paleoogue, Luis Lemo, Kansgiel Cofio Dotween the North säg in Canton, made a complaint to their examination they were only not influence small-pox any more very воод *ffect

material for aéroplane winge, is Bobalo, Chauncey Dane, Elmar South, says that China. Dan never the Foreign Ministry, that they tanght once a month st their than it does arithmetic, mass in because the parents and relatives being cultivated for the Govern Norbert, Names such as these

recruiting, be and is not isolated. "What

are not allowed to go to Uburen etations. aver occurs is China is bound to

this case be extenuated, since of the decent type of woman who ment. The Peterborough district certainly are mare interesting OD Sundays and sïe cary permit. have repercussion in other counted once a week to land at an whether he instructed the con- tion of amall-por are getting al- take alarm.

Mr. Shenton then asked him typhoons as the caly sure preven is not vitally needed, will naturally will absorb about 350 of these than, for instance, our Willion tries and, the whole world being insanitary place and walk for a stables from the English text of together too wide a publicity.

young patriots (who are conssorat Jones, Thomas Smith, James Tay. at war, we must think in terms of

The publicity, however, which ing to this object their Whiteun lor, Albert Clegg, Samuel Wag- our international right sad duties or while. He requeate an im-the book, and the Jemader replied In this connection and while has most sensibly been given to holidays), and 105 will go to staff. Is there any reason why at above all. We are at war with the Povement in the treatment. in the affirmative.

in a properly elementary form of these charges, has had excellent Yeovil, where the soil has proved this time of day we should not Central Powers and we have official letter to this effoot has

Mr. Shenton then asked witness mind, let it be stated un-resulta. They have been se suitable for fat.

try to introduce a little colour SVOD daties to perform towards our co-

been received by the Fattiga if he had any instructions as to equivocally that vaccination is publicly disproved, for one thing;

By a development of their into our national nomenclature? Commissioner, who partnera. We not only have been:

20 what particular portion of the the only mesme so far discovered the Queen has signified her wish original plans the Flex Produc found wanting, bas par sins are Authority as to how to reply,

reading instructions from the book he had to teach the constab which will in any material way that the Corps should, for the tion Commissions have decided M. Pierre Loti has just written deliberately inviting foreign

les, and be replied that he had check the incidence of small-pox. future, be known as Queen Mary's also to employ 1,000 Boy Scouts an article in the Figaro which aggression.

Robbers Attack Sun Hui City.

none. Mr. Shenton then asked. The experience of the French Women's Army Auxiliary Corps; for "pulling" and harvesting the surely deserves a place among the To keep up the pretence of A big robbery took place on

whether he had on any particular and German armies, during the and the rules and regulations crop in July and August. Thas famous palinodes in literatura. fighting for the last ten moathe the oaters of Dan Hui in the cassion inetracted defendant in Franco-German war, 1870-71, is which govern the whole of the ever widening is the area of He confesses that he has has been bad enough, bat forth-early hours of ina di ind. The he could not remember.

these rules, and he replied that worth nothing. The German women's organization at the Front valuable war service.

often denounced bat nover Boldiers мете vaccinated

A month or two ago the autho-read Nietzsche till a few weeks

· on have been clearly re-stated. -coming evenu shreaten to plunge robbers, between 300 and 400

the country to

Witness then produced a book enlistment; although the FROCIO- As the present time there are rities inaugurated a scheme ander sgo, and having read him sakez even greater wrong, came party by land covering the main points of the ation at that time was optional for only 6,000 of the Women's Army which some hundreds of Sea him to his heart and calls him depths of misery and to still and partly by Bosm Launches and Hongkong Police Force Ragula the civilian population. In France, actually at the front; but this is Scouts are serving in the mercancher petit Allemand de mon further lower the esteem our junks. The street gatea were tions which he used to instruct vaccination was carried out very only a firat draft of the far larger tile marine 8" bridge boys,

broken down and all the shop the constables.

ocar" (he apologises for the According to public announce and houses in three streets (abou: Mr. Shenton seked witness lians and the military. Both ar- required within the next few signalling, to attend telephones, spontaneously). . Loti loven perfaautorily, both smongat civi army of women which will be their duties being to assist in phrase, but says it cams to him ments Coins soon will have two 120 in number) were plundered, whether he taught the constables mies were attacked by small gox. months. The new parliamente, one in Peking and i'ne robbers left at daylight with from that book alone, and he The French lost 23,000 soldiers, Bill now before the House is to help the quartermaster. This against Germany and the Ger Man-Power to run mesesges, and generally him for his fierce invectiven the other is Usaton, both appar. mach booty, while 51 persons were replied "No," atating that be the Germans only 278. "And in calling for the men up to fifty is now yielding & supply of sna. His spproves of Nielsohe's ently meeting about 10th August, kiduspped and four killed. Now it in entrisly our of the

slea aged another book in the same tent, breathing the same years of age. Women who can youths who are being sasiated on stack on Wagnar for "condee question for China to have two Parliamentary Programme. instructing them."

sir, the French woanded were replace men in depots, camp their way to become petty officers cending to become a German, The Parliament held it firat Mr. Shenton then asked heavily visited by the diseass, kitchens, seroplane factories, and

for he himself worships Wagner parliaments, "It must be remem-meeting on the 6th and cloided whether, in the course of in while the German wounded, har in a hundred other joba im- "Over the Top."

except, when he is blinded" by bered that the people themselves that henceforth the meetings of struction, he had ordere from the ing been re-vaccinated, had not mediately behind the lines, are The Hendee Manufacturing Germanis infatuation." There are not divided into the so-called the House will be oo Monday and 0.8.P. to teach the constables in single case." (Bajous's Anuasi,) quite se urgently needed sa the Company, makers of Indian mo- is a sting, however, in M. Loti's North and South, for there ars Thursday, the Senate on Tuesday say particular point of the Southern mes, properly so-called, and Friday, while the Provincial Regulations.

Many pages could be filled men of fifty. Even in the tor-cycles, in Springfield, Kaas, praise. Nietzsche, he says, reveals with similar statistics showing intricate work af running military U.S. A., won distinction for steel himself a German by the very as there are Northerners eiding day and Saturday. who are identified with the North Assembly will meet on Wednes Witness replied that only some that repeated general vaccinations signalling statione, they do in the recent Third Liberty Loan coarseness of his attacks with the Sonth. The division ie

portions of it were ordered by the are the only sure prevention of actually, and satisfactorily, campaign, by over-subeoribingia Germany. between two zival military campe.

0.8.P. and the balance he taught small-pox epidemics. Yet many replace man, "Whatever the outward pro-1

them at his discretion.

otherwise intelligent persons seem

quota. The drive started ́among They work on eight hour shifta. the factory employees as 8 o'clock Parents who give their children A great many syndicates have feesione

Mr. Shenton then asked if he never to have heard of these facts The work is extremely hard while on a Monday and by 6 o'clock Scriptural names should take of the two parlis applied to the Financial Depart alone was in charge of instruating for an overwhelming number of it lasts, but when it is over they are that night mom than 93 per cent, warning from a witnem ät ments may be, it is obvions ment to develop the wolfram the constables, and he replied people in the Philippines are tak free to enjoy the concerts, dances, of the Company's quoss of $80, Willeeden recently, who eadly that in their heart of hearts mines in Henaghan district, but that the Sergeant-Mejor seaisteding the most extreme mesenres to and entertainments of varicas C00 had been subscribed. The remarked that he was baptised there is not that feeling of no licence has yet been given, him. assurance and security born of pending the report from the

avoid vaccination or revacoina. kinds which are got up for them, following day it olimbed to 97 Jehu, bas people never remem Mr. Shenton enquired when tion. national unity and contentment provincial mising engineer."

the only restriction being that per cent, and on the third day the bezed it, so he called himself these duties were commenced; Were they to confees the truth,

There are even some so-called they must be in by 8.30 every employees had taken bonds valued John. His ouse, however, wa Pirates' Den Räided.

MOZB and Mr. King replied that they physicians who it would not be far from the

or less night. The authorities have had at $92,400, or 116.5 per cent not go bad as that of the parents A pirates' den in Kownow bar were commenced after the Cheung openly advise their patients the good sense to encourage

who presented their child at the preference that their positions heen braken ap by sus soldiers. Chan piracy in 1912. abould be properly legal and con- A number of pirates were cipiar

against vzocination for one reason social gatherings to whion the

font and 'announced that it was Mr. Shenton enquired where or another, and this opposition is girls may invite any friends stitutional,

to be called Beelzebab.. The ed, including the leader. The witness taught the constables the taken seriously by the ignorant they have made among the rather than that they should take parson, not unnaturally, objected, "The question is how to bring compradore staff (four in number) various rales, and he replied that classes who do not realise that soldiers, and the experiment has up transport needed for another and turning to the father asked law and order cat of the present belonging to the steambook Stan whilst they were recruite be these advisors are none of them re- proved a complete success. Some purpose.

what his name was. ** John, air » chace and middle. We sugges Lee, and one passenger, were taught them at the Central Police putable nor are most of them even of the men were rather inclined, Recruiting for the Women's he replied. “Very well," said Station, and afterwards at the graduates from medical schools, at first, to take it for granted that Army has been speeded up the parson; "I shall bapusa thie varione stations. "Both sides having declared

**The reputable medical profes- the girls had come out to France enormously by the critical situa child John," And so it wAR Farther evidence was called.sion for the last hundred years for the fan of the thing, and for tion at the Froat. Many women Not until it was irrevocable did their willingness to take up any

The case is proceeding.

have believed in vaccination and the sake of the uniform, and the who have hitherto held back, the mother say: “You may think reasonable proposition as the alternative suggestion from the

have practiced it, and to-day there pioneers had a good deal of die either for family reasons, or be yourself very clever, mir, but it'a basis of matrel negotiations, le Bouth for the reconvocation of the

is not a prominent medical man couragement to put up with. Cause they had not realised that a lannel" the North propose that the new old Parliament in order to com-

here or elsewhere who is opposed. They contrived in a few months they were wanted, wore only 200 wan Parlament sereauled to meet 81 plate a permanent constilation American Lady Aviator. to it.

to show what they were made of, waiting for a definite call to join

Jaak Tar has seized upan Peking on 10 August will be die- after which it would be automat- Miss Katherine Stinson-the "Bo zelegate the connection and the best sooounts of their up at once. The Man-Power Bill, "ohevron," and made it his own. solved if the Canton Parliament cally dissolved to make way for report of whose death in an between email pox and typhoons work invariably come from the with the immens ascrifices which Bat Jaar does not oare mash for revises the old Parliamentary or new Parliament.

socident has not yet been con- so the limbo of other (let us hope) men home from France on leave it fails upon the older men, alien words. The Bellerophon, guaisstion law in such a way tha:] The Leader concludes that firmed in May last was sworn in forgotten fallacies; to the resting In the recent retreat many of will finally bring in, voluntarily, so we know, soon became the

How Parliament evolved the scheme is essentially practio as a Government mail olerk and place of tuberculosis and here the girls came for the first under a vast army of women too. therefrom will be reduced to haliable and moon as we loathe to made a journey from Chicago todity," "malaris and night air," fire, and their behaviour was

Billy Rufian, the Agamampon Now, that at last they definitely is known throughout the Flant ne of the former number of 870 and give the "face-saving" oare its New York carrying mail, in the typhoid and damp cellars, admirable. At a critical moment understand that every man is the Aggie; Sorpe Flow, with loos new members will be elected on dae place, there would be no losa coures of which, though forced to leprosy and the evil eye," and a considerable number of them wanted, and that every woman section, as Boabbia Las. Thes a basie more in keeping with of face on any side. Will not the descend onos, she broke to score of others, and take up the were allered some sort of trans who joins the Women's Army the chevrons eyed with, hostility up-to-date conditione,"

North rise to the occation? aviation records, the distance not entirely new but thoroughly port to take them as rapidly releason a man for the Sighting because they are new-fangled mod The Leader is of the opinion Remember the injunction of our record of 700 miles without a stop proven axiom that vaccination, possible out of danger. They line they may be counted upon therefore very probably zula- that such a suggestion, coming own sages! He is a coward who and the endurance record which and vaccination more than if unsimonaly decided that they press powerful factor in incressing anne, are earning # rather mixed from the North, would have as an act is righteous but does she herself established in Decem else, will stamp out small-fox, "forea & Liteen mile march, with the man power to win the wax.welcome by the lower deck greater chamos of anocons than the it not."

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