THE CAPTURED ISLANDS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2314, 23 November 1914, Page 5

THE CAPTURED ISLANDS

JAPANESEwAGF APPREcEfED j

, , london, Nwsmbop 20, Mail" says that Japan's act in banding over tho islands Captured in the Pacific to Australian control will be jthorouglily appreciated in Australia, as 'characteristic of the solidar-t' ity prevailing between the 'Allies. Tho "Daily News" Bays it goes- fa? to rosolvo the fears and anxieties felt' upon Japan's entry into the war.

DROUGHT IN THE ISLANDS..... , j Sydney, November '21'. " jj ; The steamer Matunga brought eleven j wounded members of tho Rabaul ox- • pedition, also thirteen German prison* j ers, who havo been interned.- - ■ 1 .' .• Tho passengers state that a.'drought' j extends throughout Now Guinea, Newl j Britain, and the Solomon Islands, and£ 1 is seriously affecting tho copra trade.' j. ! Recently a dozen Germans and' a"- ' number of natives, 'entrenched at Nur-\ i inatam Island, New Ireland, refused to) '! surrender. Troops were, sent ■to deal'' ' with the outlaws. ■ -.''..! BRITISH CONSUL'S'WHEREABOUTS j ! nn. \ Sydney, November 21. - The- whereabouts of Mr. Jolly, BrhV i ish Consul at Rabaul, has been ascer-) tained. It appears that immediately, war broke out the Germans took Mr,\ ' Jolly to Kaeweingi 170 miles from Ra-'l • haul. ■ ■ -. ' An expedition left on October 16 withi] ! a machine gun and a three-pounder. AV ' few shots from the latter led the towns-'' • people to show the white flag, and the' party landed and posted proclamations.,! The Germans promised to return Mr.-' ■: Jolly on the following morning. , Leaving a garrison, nine men sailed ■ for Garden Island, and captured three \ \ vessels containing quantities of dyna-' ''• mite, provisions, and rifles. EightGermans and sixty natives were taken ■ prisoners. Mr. Jolly in the meanwhile 1 ' joined the garrison, and stated that he I had received excellent treatment at thet hands of the Germans. j A JAPANESE REPRESENTATIVE, i (Reo. November 22, 10.30 a.m.) . ' ! . , ' Ottawa, November 21. ' ' 'A Japanese Consul, Mr. ' Hori, whtf was formerly stationed at Vancouver,- ! has been appointed by ' the Japanese Government to visit the Caroline, Mar-,' i shall, and other islands captured from'' j the Germans, to inquire into' their na* j tural resources and general conditions. -" j BRITISH MISSIONARY FLOGGED.! • i . .(Rcc. November 23, 1.10 a.m.) '■ \ • Sydney,-November. 22. \ < The "Daily Telegraph's" :Rabaul ;cdrVl ■respondent reports that Mr.' Cox, are' : English missionary, has arrived ';in; a) ' serious condition after brutal treatment \ at the hands of Germans in New Ire*; land. _ Mr. Cox states that he was mat*' j 'ing his periodical visit, and was spend-, .; ing the night with. a.. German mission.'- 1 , ; ary, chatting on the verandah, when' i five armed and masked Germans appear- j ed and accused him of conveying infor-. ! matioh to,the.forces at Rabaul: He pro-i tested his innocence,- hut was denuded-.} ■": of clothing and flogged'with a cane, and!' ' put in a boat in a semi-conscious condi-\ \ tion. He was ordered to return to Ea-! - ; baul for medical attention. > .1 A punitive expedition has iefty.to in*' vestigate the matter. . !