1936-08-04 — Page 22

BOOK NOW FOR YOUR TRIP HOME

IN

1937

EMPRESS OF RUSSIA

SAILS FOR VANCOUVER via SHANGHAI & JAPAN AT NOON

FRIDAY, AUGUST 7th

D/Japan Aux. 21 Aug. 23

22

THE HONGKONG. TELEGRAPH. TUESDAY, AUGUST 4, 1936.

Years After-

T

WHEN

WENTY-TWO years ago to-day Britain went

they were warned by the railway chiefs that the only way of im proving their position was to gain possession of Reims, on the other tinnk, and of the railways that ran through it.

rrent offensive to

Heuce Hindenburg and Luden- to war, on a Monday Bank dort drew up plans for another widen the Holiday. In this article, we salient by breaking through al tell how, reith the Second this corner. Battle of the Marne in 1918, It was a stroke, not to win the the Germans, who had with war, but to safeguard themselves." stood the armed forces of the ' After it had succeeded. Luten- whole world for four years, dorf intended to switch his re- couver begun to crumple and finally ww-winning thrast against the northword 'and' make his Then come the Bedish in Flanders. Arrive collapse.

Armistice.

That dream was never to be HE tide of the war fulfilled,

Van-

Victoria

Aug.

Sept.

24

8

Leave Shang- Naga-

Hong

Kong

hal

Arrive

ankl

Leave

Kobe

Yako. hama

Leave

Honolulu

trave

Steamer

Leave

E/Russia Aug.

7 Aug.

9 Aug.

B/Axla

E/Canada Sept. 18 Sept.

(Sept. 4 Sept. Sept,

20,

E/Russia Oct.

Oct.

4'Ort.

6 Oct.

Oct.

8 Oct.

21 Oct.

E/Asia

Oct.

Jo' Nov.

1 Nov.

5 Nov.

23 Orl

77

Oct.

Oct. 20. Nov.

Nov.

2

Dec.

12

E/Japan Oct. 30 Oct. 18)

E/Cannda Nov. 13 Nov. 16) E/Russia Nov. 26 Nov. 27 Nov.

Aug. 13) Aug. 15 Aug. 26 Aug. 28 Sept. Sept. 10 Sept. 12 Sept. 28 Sept. 20 net:

10

T

was finally turned in Ties Tricks Up favour of the Allies

Sept. 21 during the week that began

a Nov.

(Nov. 18] Nov. 20 Nov. 27) Dec.

B 1 | Dee, 29 Dec.

TO MANILA

EMPRESS OF JAPAN

EMPRESS OF ASIA

.Aug. 14th

Aug. 27th.

· Full information from your own Agent or

Canadian Pacific

WORLD'S GREATEST

Union Building.

Tel. 20752.

NYK.

LIN

General Passenger Agents in the Orient for the CUNARD WHITE STAR LINE.

San Francisco via Shanghai, Japan Ports. G. Honolulu.

Tataita Maru '.

Asama Mary

Seattle & Vancouver,

.Thurs., 13th Aug,

Wed, 2nd Sept.

7 on July 15 and ended on July 1922, 1918.

Their Sleeve

The Cermate offensive was to be unleashed on July 15.

3 This decisive event took place But before this all chance of zain the same way and at the same surprises had disappeared. The had been place as, nearly four years before, French intelligence

Heian Maru (Starts from Kobe) Sat., 15th Aug. Hikawa Maru (Starts from Kobe) Wed., 2nd Sopt.

New York via Panama.

Nako Maru

Tues., 11th Aug..

South America (West Coast) via Japan. Honolulu.

Los Angeles, Mexico & Panama,

Rakuyo Maru

Fushimi Maru

London, Marseilles, Antwerp & Rotterdam.

Hakozali Mari

.Fri., 7th Sept.

Sat.. 15th Aug. ..Sat., 29th Aug.

Liverpool via Port Said, Beyrouth, Istanbul, Piracus

and Marseilles.

1Delagoa Maru

Sydney & Melbourne via Manila & Ports.

Kumo Maru

the tide of the original German Fanghi sapping before, and this take they were quick to invasion had first een stemmed time

tice of the clues that were all turned back.

Examina- abundantly provided.

The Second Battle of the Marne, tims of photographs taken behind near Reima like the first, was decided by a the German Hes counterstroke-a form of action showed great dumps of ammuni- which proved far more effective tion which camouflage had failed under the condition's 1914-18 to than any offensive.

the

The opening was provided in each case by a German move,

In 1914 the German right wing hud wherled inward across face of Paris in a premature at- tempt to roll up the flank of the French armies and close the not around then.

THE TIDE

OF

The Second Battle

of the Marne

WAR TURNED

An Imperial War Museum photograph taken at the Battle of the Marne.

Hide fretn the searching scrutiny of the photographie lens.

Prisopers who were taken al German attack completely broke milfed that vast preparations were in progress

down.

Al- So he accepted Petain's

The advance soon slackened off opening surprise was gestion, but with the idea of strike when the ing at Sobssons before the Ger- over, and the Germans managed to

hold Fotssons. Historically, it had an amusing Then, on the evening of the 18th, dde, and it came to las christened mans could strike.

"Gouraud's maneuvre," after the prismer who broke down under

local army

tominander who gruelling cross-examination fave away the exact time when the reived the plaudits of his country

men for his clever ruae, hombardment Was to

French raki

The move had expused their own German 1) to the garrison of Parts, begin. which, suddenly emerging from the Paris defences, had struck so

shrewdly as to apset the German

machine.

A Huge

in brought

A

and

But the French were forearmed as well as forewarned. They had

their drove Iwo trick up counter the coming German bid.

The firs

141

The truth, however, is that the

medieval knight-

more

however. WEN

But by the 20th the other French Petain.

as he had direct armies had joined in the offen- cautions, and charge of the forces, they were 'sive along the whole circuit of the stil in waiting when the German salirnt from Soissons to Reims. attack of July 15 was delivered.

Compelled To

Small Tanks

Abandon Gains gallant Gouraud, a man who had lasses Of errant, had only adopted it with

This many-sided pressure com- the spirit of a Kreat reluctance and after much persuasion by Petain, who made

Three days later, on July 18, pelled the Germans to abandon the

to save themselves, was new form of war as a business rather than as a they were launched to the attack, ground they had gained in order

and their blow was all the more elastic defence, and the, second a knightly tournament. New Salient concealed concentration of tanks

Fighting desperately to hold the With the failure of the German dendly because it caught the Ger-

two corners, they managed to with- un the other side of the salient, offensive, the way was open for mans when they were deeply com-

draw to a shorter line along the In July 1918 the opportunity near Solssons,

the French to complete their dis mitted on the other flank. may be traced to the Germi

Led by masses of small tanks Veste, although they left 25,000 offensive of May 27.

The first came into operation on comfiture by revealing the second

16. The French forward trump.

nearly four hundred in all the prisoners and vast quantities of This had smashed a great hole July

Weeks beforehand Petain had French and American infantry of steres in the Allies' hands.

They had escaped a disaster, but. in the French front north of the position was held by few men Aisne, hnd swept over this river only sufficient to deceive the at- asked Forh to concentrate a large Mangin's army advanced in the ther had only postponed the hour

of defeat. Fast tackers and upset their smooth body of reserves on the western darkness and mist of the early and the Vesle, but had at

from this moment the initiative. Come to a stop on reaching the advance while the real resistance Bank of the salient, ready to make murning.

By nightfall they were four passed to the Allies, and the Ger- Marne-leaving the Germans with waited for the enemy in a strong a cuunter thrust if and when the position behind, out of reach of Germans made their next attack.

forward and menacingly man morale would rapidly decline. a huge new salient to hold.

Foch was more intent on tak milles Their forces inside it'were de- the mass of the German artillery.

This trick was most successful, ing the offensive himself than on close to the vital rail centre of under repeated blows, until the

Soissons.

end came In November. single railway tendent on through Soissons on one flank, and especially east of Reims, where the retorting to the enemy'a,

HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION

Authorised Capila} ***** ..... $50,000,000 laued and Rally Val- ....... 34.000.000

Reserre Funda:-

Sterli

'6,500,000

Itongkong Currency Reserve $10,000,000 Reserve abluty of Proprietors 129,000,000 HEAD OFFICE:—HONGKONG. BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

Hon. Str. J. J. l'alemon, Chairman.

(i. Mlakin. Fast- Deputy Chalemen,

Hon. Mr. W. t. Bell, J. R. Mason, Ex.. A. B. Compton Fau, K. 8. Murrison, E., Jen. Mr. S. H. Dwell, T. & Pearce, E. Hon Mr. M. T. Johnson, A. L. Shields, Ein

V. M. GRAYBURN F.. CHIEF MANAGER.

Tues., 11th Aug.

Sat., 22nd Aug.

AMOY

Fri., 7th Aug. Sun., 16th Aug.

Bombay via Singapore, Penang, & Colombo.. Calcutta via Singapore, Penang & Rangoon.

Taushima Maru

Penang Maru

Shanghai, Kobe & Yokohama,"

Hakusan Maru

..Fri, 14th Are.

Atsuta Maru (N'saki diroot) Fri., 21st Aug.

+ Cargo Only.

Burns Philp Linos. Jolat Passenger Agents,

Gibb, Livingston & Co., Ltd.

Tel. 30291.

MAM

MESSAGERIES

MARITIMES

FRENCH MAIL' STEAMERS.

Sailings from Hongkong.

MARSEILLES via Saigon Singapore, Colombo, Djibouti (Aden), Suox, Port-Said,

Aramis...

... 11th Aug.

Pres. Doumer....Lth Sept.

Chenoneaux

D'Artagnan

Sphinx

22nd Sept. .6th Oct. ,20th Oct.

To SHANGHAI-KOBE.

Pres Doumer Chenonceaux' D'Artagnan ... Sphinx... Felix Roussel

.21st Aug.

5th Sept. 19th Sept.

3rd Oct. .16th Oct.

We can issue through tickets to Egypt, Syrian ports East Africa, Madagascar by transhipment on our mail steamers

at Port-Sald or Djibouti

For full Particulars, apply "to":"

Tel. 26651.

Cia das MESSAGERIES MARITIMES.

BANGKOK BATAVIA BOMBAY CALCUTTA CANTON CHEFOO COLOMBO DAIREN FOOCHOW HAIPHONG FLAMBULG HANKOW HARRIN

· HONGKEW

ILOILO

110K

JOHORE

KOBE

KOWLOON

BRANCHES1-

KUALA LUMTUR

LONDON

LYONS

MALACCA BLANILA

MUAI (JOHORE) MUKDEN NEW YORK

PEPING

PENANG RANGOON

BAIGON

SAN FRANCISCO

SHANGHAI

SINGAPORE

HOURABAYA

TIENTUIN

SUNGEI PATANI

TOKYO

TSINGTAO

YOKOHAMA

|

THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA & CHÑA

Incorporated by Royal Charter 1851. HEAD OFFICE-LONDON.

£3,000,000 I'aid-up Capital ngrenega Itenero Liability of Proprietues... £3,000,000 £3,000,000 Bererve and..

AGENCIES AND BRANCHES- ALOR STARE ILOILO

AMBITUAR

BANGKOK

BATAVIA BOMBAY CALCUTTA CANTON CAWNPORE CENU COLOMBO DELI KAIBONG

HAMBURG

SAIGON

IPOR KARACHI

SEMARANG

SEREMBAN

KLANG

SILANGILAI

HITIAWAN

SINGAPORE

KOBE KUALA

LUMPUR KUCHING

MAURAS MANILA MEHAN NEW YORK

PEIPING

(Peklox)

JANKOW

PENANG HARIN HONGKONG HANGOON

BOURABAYA

TAIPING TIENTSIN TUNGKAH

(Bruket) TSINGTAO YOKOHAMA ZAMBOANGA

Foreign Exchange and General Banking business transacted.

Current Accounts opened and Fixei Dhan poblis received for one year or shorter periode at rates which will be quoted on muplication, The Bank's Head Ofice in London uruar takes Executer & Trustee buainens and claims recovery of British Income Tax averpaid, on termin which may be ascertined as ony of Its Agencies & Branches.

THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK, LIMITED

.Y.100,000,000 Capital (fully-paid-up) Reserve Fund... .189,150,000 HEAD OFFICE-YOKOHAMA Iranches and Agencies at

Hongkong Rangoon

Ilio de

Current Accounts opened in Local Currency and Fixed Depolta received for one your or

Currency shorter perioils in Local

and Alexandria

Hanzkok Sterling on term which will be quoted wa Application.

+

ALSO up to date SAFE DEPOSIT DOXES Berin In Erik Biten TO LET.

Hongkong, 18th April, 2014.

HONGKONG SAVINGS BANK.

The Duslarse of, the phove lank icon duried by the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank Ing Corporation. Hulew may be obtained on application. FOR THE HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION

V. M. GRAYDURN.

Chief Manager. Hongkong, 24th February, 18NG.

Binking Karachi

Kabe

Janeleo

San Franciano

flombay

Calcutta

Croton

Lotulon Los Angeles Manita

Beatle

Bemarkiz

Shanghai

Dairen (Daloy) Hoff

Bingapore

Fangtion

(Bukdeo)

Narasaky Nagyn

Bourabaya

Hambur

New York

Hankow Markin Honolulu

Ovako

Bydney Tientsin Tsingtao

Park

Tokro Yingkow

Pelping Interat allowed on Current Accounta Deposita received for fixed periods at rales to be obtained an application.

G. KISHINAMI,

CANTONAGENTS

for The

Manager:

Hongkong Telegraph

WM. FARMER & Co.

Victoria Hotel Building.. Shameen, Canton.

Tel. 13501.

Things You

Know

Frenchmen believe that, a bride

Didn't

Until Now

Last year an aged, Italian spinster £5,000 to her 13 eats, She

should be half the age of her bride- left

room plus seven. Work it out for also left £250 to a cats' home. yourself.

Some thieves will take anything. the American gangster, Twice as many marriage? take When place in Britain in the third quarter Dillinger, was embalmed they found of the year as in the first quarter, his brain had been stolen.

A generation ago the last quarter

was the most popular.

Harris-

A complete sawmill at bury, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.. was The late Lord Fingall entertained stolen in a night. The saw weighed 50 or 60 eats at Killeen Castle. They 200lb the engine 1,0001. were provided with special saltes of !rooms-not outhouses.

Residents of a New York suburb stole the wood paving blocks for

Alfonso, ex-King of Spain, is firewood. the poorest of all the kings in exile at the moment.

and men

An English professor, after mak- ing a lot of experiments, reporta that noise, no matter how intense, rarely disturbs the person teko makes it.

*

*

There are stl 12,900 black- smiths la the United Kingdom.

*

Kang Teb. Emperor of Manchu- kito, is a great lover of, hom and decided weakness s-and has a for pickles.

Counterfeiting in the United States has Increased our hundred per cent, since the depression.

A city law in Topeka Imits any The percentage, of suicides among

con household to the maximum posses- barmen, brewers

with the Heuer trade is sion of five ents.

other trade, doctors, dentists and

Mr. Garner, of Camden Town, neeled London,

collected bultons of higher than in uns

come soldiers uniforms. He huid speci- Next mens from every army in the world. lawyers. He sold his collection to, an Ameri- jean millionaire for £30,000.

is the

A shopkeeper near the Monument, in London, insared his premises against the risk of the Monument

Tuesday, Wednesday and Thura- crashing." duy are the days on which most A fat woman in an American suieldes take place. May circus took out as insurance polien most popular month, against her losing weight.

whole por- A wdalthy widow three years poises, bamboo shoots and mush- aga wrote out her will on a incnu rooms,

tails, hyacinth

Porcupine salads,

crocodiles'

of a London hotel. In 30 words bulls and sea anemones have been

A golfer on. a Cheshire in killed two water wagtails with one ball.

At Newark a 21lb. trout was killed

written on the back she disposed of eaten at Paris banquets by members when a golf ball fell in the river. £18,000.

A Chicago radio-dramatist was proud of his English accent. He tried to insure it for C20,000.

Mr. Rockwell Sayre hated cats. When alive ho offered £100 to the person who brought him the great- Test number of dead cats. When he died he provided in his will for a packet of sweets to be sent to any famous... person who also disliked. cats.

of the Zoological Society to prove the culinary resources of the French colonial empire.

A Winnipeg. groundsman found 250 golf bulis neatly packed in moss under a timber slack. A gopher (like a squirrel) had collected them. A spectator at Deauville golf thinking they were eggs. course was wearing a monocle, A rais-hit golf ball struck the monocle, The spectator lost his eye,

A man carned £3 a week for carrying round a bucket of water at Toce meetings for bookmakers to dip. their sponges in.

•

Every day of the year, hun- dreil and thirty Smills are born. Budapest had professional "best somewhere, somehow (including men." They knew all the wedding liko Broll, Schmidt, ritual and generally supervised tho variations etc.)T

- weddings.--..