1918-11-01 — Page 9

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH FRIDAY, NOVEMBER

1918.

WAR AND THE WORKHOUSE.

LEAGUE OF NATIONS,

THE FIRST PATROL

Chaage in the Spirit

of the Poor,

Notable Words by the French Premier,

Daring a meeting of the executive committee of the Radical party in Paris, at which resolution was passed in favour There are no ovilians in this of a League of Nations, war. It might have been thought Ferdinant Baisson, one of the that the outanolyem would have leading nod most ardent confined its greed to the young advcoates of the league, related a and strong, who best can serve it; recent conversation between M. Jel, because there are no civilians Leon Bourgeois, the French now, war has searched but every protagonist of the scheme, and hackwater, oven those of the M. Clemencesu. Poor-law where the aged, the

How the Service was Inaugurated.

When war broke out one of the first dangers which threatened British shipping was the menacé It became of enemy mixes.

necessary to establish” s con- tinuone patrol of our home waters, in order that a clear route mighí be maintained for seaborne traffic. In this national emergenov & call was made upon the East M. Bourgeois had gently re- Const fishermen, who were mobi- eick, the degraded, lay deep-proached the French Premierlised and formed the fret sunken se pebbles. The war, with with having spoken_somewhat Auxiliary Patrol. The mobilie its demand for labour, has done slightingly of the League of tion was ordered at about moon more to break down the hateful Nations in one of his speeches. Jon the 8th August, 1914, and by system then the last ten years of "Don't you see," he said, "what 8p.m. two days later it had been good intentione; thue in January weight your words may have? completed, the channel had been 1914 ore 248,000 men, women "You must not," replied. M.patrolled and reported clear of and children were practically Clemenceau, "take too literally mines. Nomao sobievement this interned, but be 1917 they had one of my remarks, to which I when the difficulties of the ander shrunk to 215000; the more did not attach the importance taking are considered. "respectable clare, including which other people have given to The frat Auxiliary Patrol con widows with young children, it. Because I made a humorous sisted of 50 ates m drifters manned often compelled to take outdoor sally, one day about it, you must by 500 fishermen. There waɛ relief, bed fallen from 389,000 to not believe I am an enemy of the not a Service rating amongst $22,000; as for the casual, be League of Nations. That would them, and vary few of the men was almost bloyed cut; within be a grave error.'

had been under soy kind of two and a half years of the out- Then, showing M. Bourgeois a discipline in their lives. When break of war two-thirds of our document COD. his deak, the their duties, which included casuale bad disappeared; the Premier sided: "Here are the mine sweeping and the examina casual bad, for a time, oessed resolutions taken at a recent tion of anapicicns craft, had been to be a problem.

Allied Conference. Read the last briefly explained to them by a linea. After the phrase to put naval fer at the local base, Looking paperiem in an end to violence, you will notice they proceeded to sea without any

that there are a few words in fariber preliminarise. general, taking into scoJuni everything that ebould weigh the my own bandwriting, added scale the other way, the increase at my request. Taose words are of lanscy, sickness due to anxiety And to introduce the regime of and overwerk, children forsaken crgeoised law for the world." by the evil, left behind by the dend, we have lost one pauper out of every three, so that at last bede are unoccupied, while that lonely creature, part vegreat, part poet, the sleeper cut, surde no more to the rolice the cruel and monotonous task of moving him.

Pauperism in General.

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The regime of organised law for the world," concluded M. Clemences, "is the League of Nations. You can see from my written worde whether I am an adversary of the league or nct."

op. The decreses is not primarily unpleasant as they may be they

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Although enrolled as members of the Rayal Naval Reserve Traw- ler Section there had been no lime to obtain proper uniforms, and at first the patiol presented

corious patchwork appearance. A naval badge sewn upon a plain clothes cap and a couple of R.N B. oap ribbons sewa round the aleeves of a plain clothes cost, firmed the nearest approach to siform which the skippere ciald meter before going to

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while their crews were equally

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dae to military service; among the afford ecaps for conversationsketchy" as regarde regulation "frequenters of the casual warde a indeed, as one old lady_ put it,

certain number of able-bodied "they make variety." Tais is, kit. It was a skipper of this men have been enlisted, but the perhaps, a hideous ides, but it is patrol, in his fancy Bailorm, who workbooees bad no' young male a more hideous idea that our boarded & 10,000-ton vessel which population to yield up. Their social condition sbould have he considered suspicious, de- and obtained their patrons were old and sick, some of made por lives so flat that firemanded them. passing onder belter the and death oome

pleasant papere; examized them, and hard years between 65 and 70, excilement,"

passed her. Another, observing when the old age pension would The Workhouse Must go.

8.foreign ship throw overboard in special bars only) release Thus in Me. Irving's view and what appeared to be them to return to their families, in mine, the people may be pre. parsed the word along so that It is to a certain extent among paring the long deferred break-up far she was examined. True, before she had proceeded very these, and much more among of the Poor-law they detest; a those who took from the guar-taste of freedom makes an apps the turned out to be a barm- dians & few ebillingss week, that tite for rights. The recent Loal less Russian, but these incidents national service hes found Government Board Committee in show how thorough was the spirit a bitter commentary upon a law in which the new patrol worked. Nationalɛervice broke into the which ten authorities strive to Although their uniform left some. Poorlaw at the end of 1914, so work, while they elbow each thing to be desired, these més that the workroome opened to other, where guardiane, pan had quickly grasped the main meet distrees began to close, until sione, insurance, health boards Pinciples of their duty, sad right the last of them disappeared in tumble over each other's by well did they acquit themselves. September 1915. For the women laws. A more bitter commentary Without a gun, a rift, or even a were entering monition factories, is Mea. Irving's picture of the ilver on board, the skippers. took their Vessels to Bes replacing men in every trade workhouse wards of old women

carried cut the orders. some have been accessful, bat who love their own individual and their story je hard to trace. tespot, nested as a bare table received faithfully and well. The first Auxiliary Patrol was in because they osturally-bide before a car and large quart muge the past they think shameful without room foremall possessione, existence for three monthy, and Bill, two are before me, both of the Brusely sick in the during the period, anch was the

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Ainfirmary wards worried by the dissiphas, the keenness, and the interesting. plamber, too old at 65, left the neighbourhood of crying children efficiency dieplayed that there workhones, and is now foreman herded among the mentally were caly two cases for punish- to swell to do builder, earning deficient and the assile. The ment out of the 500 men who 57a. 61, a week.., Bnd, what is workhouse of to day is not the bad been mobilised. At the end more important, he looks 55, and old bastille, but muchHongarthian of three months the drifters were simed and sent in batches to talke of dyeing his hair; he is horror olings yet to its walls.. almost young. The other is a As soon as may be the work different parts of the world, their widow, who left the House with house must go. The time has former duties being carried out her two children, entered a come to divide into classes those by other aaits, munition works, placing her we must relieve, to cend the old One anecdote of the Firet Patrol ohildren in a Government day men and women to come plassant may be recalled. Upon a ocrtain the Brogea occasion the ekipper of a drifter noreery hers is still a struggle, pisos such and the boys no Wer Savings begainsge, where they may find fall in with one of our destroyers, certificates, bot she is free, has homes, not gaole, and gosip to who ordered him to snother. The recovered hops.

the end; to draft the able-bodied skipper replied that he into colonies which I should like received definite orders to remain to see administered by the trade under way at eight kuota by, day demptions undisturbed. Indeed, anions so that the poor men and night oatil bis return to

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HONGKONG ST. ANDREW'S SOCIETY:

WAR BOND DRAWING

31st December, 1918.

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it is likely to strain the Poor-law may escape the patronage of the Dori. The destroyer's reply was T/T by throwing upon it those whom bourgeois; to drive out the nurs to train his gan on the drifter and Demand teconstruction cannot absorb, ing mothers into cottage homes, repent his order to agbor. In 30 d/s .............. 3/4 1/16. notably the unpensioned sick and where their children may thrive explaining what happened after those who have lived on their to reorganise the old infirmary, wards to his seni officer at the T/T Shanghai nerves until they collapse: more to do away with mingled ages and base, the skipper said that if TT Singapore. over, many of the emancipated mixed diseased; to give each class, seemed to him he had two 1/1 Japan 144 will find no equivalent for each oresture if we can, a different, mastere, one a hundred miles T/T India.... war work or will be worsted in road to a broader freedom, just away - and the other who was Demand, India ..... the struggle with the strong beesuse no two creatures are quite going to sink him unless he T/T San Francis

"So I disobeyed you, co & New York) young returning soldiere, Bas lik». The first slepa have been obeyed. chers will be 's mental effect. Mrs taken; already the relieving air, and let go the anchor, he B. B. Irving, a guardian of 81. officers, not necesarily cruel, concluded.

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change in the spirit of the poor, being replaced by women; ten According to her, the war has years hangs not one relieving braced them because it has Giloer should be s'man. At B.

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