Reading Mercury Oxford Gazette 08-1918

LONDON

Fa

DAY

Rand nS' halO nOlI
Wa.T Bonds

EVKlQ"NG

•

takE'D up £966 79.5

TifF. APPEAl FUND
Tt 1'1 U"JX"Ctf>d ha 0 r a.pptnl fu nd on
beha.lf of the Re d ng War Rnsp taLi Sup­
es De�l
wh cb 5 great]) n nMd of
t mcL Wlll be nUgDlPn erl by abont £� u
tbe �:\qlt of th" fete heM <It Bulm�rii.bfl
Cnurt on" oonenda'f"
.t � d
:\ rnarly nckhOw)"dgerl
I 3.1} J" 1\
Cn.pt n R D T Y e borp:h
S S 0
M ss M A Bulkl"
(B Ulp on
COlumn)
Hon ltrs. C cl e '" nd

J?I

3 d.

Ins

'Vet!;:ly
READING

SATURDAY

AUG

31

Lbrd Robert Cecll s reply to
So\[ the German Colon al
\\ as rca I w U a great deal of n sgn:
ng wh ch was pe hnps not Jostified
As a. d plomat
by the c rcumstanccs
and one versect In t he
subtleties
of
language
he
natu ally seal s Ue
c:.peeches
of
German
Mlrusters to
detect

any change

n

the r atbtude.

Nevertheless the nation as
cares

noth ng

German

"

hef her

Mtn ster

Moura. lIorelay '" Co.. Lld R.odi.o. 1Iuk.
11 __ o..... d all acc:o_t for cODtnDutiOD.
to the fUDd Ch.quaI ud otbwre.uttuce.
aIaotIlcl bo ..at to
Th. EdltOl'
Read D. M.n.ry aDd Serlu CoualJ Paper
7 M_loo. PIa<., Read ...
aod will be acluowZed.oel by him la
.arl,. _\le 01 the paper
Thoy Mould be made payable to tit.
.. Read., MIII'c.ury War Ho.p tat. Su.ppl ••
had
..4
cr....d
lIorelay. Ba...
R...tie.

a

yhole

thIS or th at

nakes

advances

to be
t ousted and nobody takes much not ('c
of , hat the) sav They are f III of d.,.
ceit and gu le a nd the y are capable of
The word of a Gern an

IS

D ot

say ng anythmg If they can only trIp
The
up the r ad ersary hy do ne- 50
time has gone. by when
�e or
Allies would h st en to
anything

powers-t.bat-be

H08PlT4L8
SUPPLIES DEPOT

the

•

FETE �T B

h ave to
ore than one

n Germany

say

They ha e h ad n
opportunity to pl t themselves

CHIEF CONSTABLE OF BERXS

REAllING WAB

our

I :.IERSH!: COURT

nght

th the world
In RUS�la they had a
glonous chance of practismg the bene
ficent pnnclples to vb ch they pav
they
contrnual
hp
serv,CP.
B It
showcd In such
nnu taka.hle fash o n
that thp.y :vel e st 11 the same rapacWU5

\\

RETURN' OF COL. POULro"

and e 'il mmded Germany that began

the '\\ ar that tbey d e stroyed any re­
mamIng ve�tiges of faith m t he poltcy
of a peace b) agreement.
Now 1 ere

I" a
-

'rnl rH" "
" 11 RI
.. ,
�f'\ OIl (
\

�

I

»JlltKS J P

,

SON

i

-0--

n the n am tJ entI e
of var have ta k e n an exceedlngI'J fn
o rable turn we must
no t
be
too
opt m st c
Oor counta offensl e has
only g ve n h llf the pr Mnc 5 cla me I
b
e many
n er gre a t Offp.nSl e a t
the beg nmng af the year
\\ e ha e
ot yet recovered all the gro od takp.n
from us ear er n the year
It � qu te
probable that when the enem) has re­
tired upon a strong lIne 5uth a.s the
H ndenburg 1l'1e
he will ma ke a
sta nd
Mere recovery of ground 5
not everything
The 'l.'5€! commander
gIVes ground v. here P0i-'S hie n c. rder
It
to prevent g aver disadvantage
s qwte posslb e tl at., although tl n gs
are not gOIng 50 well a s expected and
hLS osses arc consIderably 1 cavier
than he deSIres the enemy IS seckmg
a stronger hne on whlCh to stand and
then endeavour to make us pay the
To
pnce and red ress the balRJlce
butt up agamst such a Ime and lose
heaVIly before we are well prepared
would be plaYIng the enemy 5 game
Therefore we must have pahence and
not e,;pect too m u ch dUTlng the prese nt
) ea
MaTllihR Foch has shown such
excellent Judgment as to th e t1me to
hold us h and and when to stnke th at
\\e may re.,'3t
assured that he vill
ght moment for the mam
choose the

Though e ents

rHE REPRESENTATION OF
OXFORDSHIRE

ht V nATT ROYAL BElI.KS Rl!aT
week cnd ng
:E

\

Â¥t rot

llo ,I
S M F�

er

Rnf1ll &rks Ilad

PRF.\"TOU T 1 REPTn 'PRTSOJ\.'"F.R NOw
RF.PTD
WOUNTIED �ND PRTSON'ER
T� ERlf A N A � ND�
� J oot 1.1\ '" encl' &ya Dcrks &R
rr:cnt
CfLpt G R n eh e l Ife Ro nl Rerks
ment (1 ta Mllnche�t(>r ne� men)
I RE\ lI'lusn Rl1 D
M ,"SING NOW
REP'rD PRI"ONFnS IN (ERMAN
HANDS
SN:. L f' t R
B
lTa.dtiow
lfAmPfoh e
,q,Uachert ROlnJ Bc k5 R�ment
WOUNDED
04 t J [ Lo'f"At dgA M C Tanl Corps
I eut R..,VA Be 1'1_ Rplnme.n )
T 6ut A L 01 () Roval RI' le R4'g n ent
T snt I � S<-hl'()f!(!
!=:. ffn if R� ('lDt.,
att;u:hN.! R.nya. Be k R�ml'nt
sp" ] e t :\ I J RI rge novA! Berks
Reg men

NATIONAL EGO COLLECTION

attack

--C>--

The pomt of the present SItuation IS
our
relax
that we cannot aftord to
We shall want the bIggest
efforts
force possible next year In order to

emo ent.s nd re-­
Hotcbk �s gun
THE LIGH1 ING ORDER
V
� 0
118
..

BRIT SH

_

T
QtO
98
.6

MADE

NEW ELECTRIC STARTER
wJiI dart you,. 120 hoP RIIGfJr
easily

as

as

if ..ill Ill< Ii_ Lil(IcfCar

Power hehiml it!

BIg resu ts
secure a deClsive success
can only be secured by abll ty to at
tack on the l argest scale Wlth an over
wheinung preponderance of men and
...e are domg
Because
mumt ons
better than we were a wh le ago IS no t
On the
an argument for relaxallOll
con t rary the better we al'e dOlDg all

the more rea..c;on to try t.o mcrease th A
po ver of 0 1r punch so as to deal the
It Jfi more ec.ODornl
knock out blow
Half h e arte d
cal and more certam
measures. only afford time and 0ppOT
The fact that the
tumty for recovery
AmerIca.ns are eom..tng over In such

g' eat numbers does not allow us to
Vlev. s. The extent to
osier
take

of
It..C;
WhICh our effort falls short
m aXImum possible IS the meas\ re of
the deduction from the Amencan con
tnbution It is true that there a-re

Gl'rtain points about the present situa
don that are very encouragIng but
it would be a vast Dllstake to suppose
The
that an e8IlY wk lies before us
not
is
game
!he
flnd.
enemy
the
more
going � way the greater will be his

elrl>rIa 10 a'OOid disastu.

YATKtKT

ROYAL COUITY TRKATIB
RJlADIN8
ra n thu; week lut.s lOt uJfcc «i t.he
n Berk!1h re
though t bIB c.!1-ll1!t"rl
r.oMe I ind Anca n getting the oorll n Ho'tl
ever most. of t lltt'! n TMd:r been gathered
and nth fi e '\\eother aperntions wit soou

The
oraP8

Thfl i\U ngoon Ghn.nlll!y. (}per.. Company
(wh eb ... U v I t ReadwR' D@xt "'eM) "malo:
n" A euocflMful to
thr��h(lot tbA 'Pr ne:
Thf! eompa.n1 OOD
pal 0 tiM 01 the country
ot b\lftntM arli 5�5
Ii!'lts
of
..
tarp
n
mbMbe cnmn1o.ted
..... h� d plAY the
a
n the mo"t p 0Mr t.ousley Bw-gl Held
t rrt'l.V)llfl rtrMilOs and rost.nmt\6 Apnl't (ro a
the raIn hOIl mproved the roots a.nd do
tJ
�
'POwerf
I
eompr.ny
lfr
.. C llfMtmnnt.
nt) harm to thona.r etd I'Inly hfder ng
the
world rMll'lW eel
tenor
hu
be1>n
0. 1 ttleRPf"C All.}' enaaa"Ni
H J[h 1!!'1l1l'e m lftt I fiI
bMv. ..fId upon t.b" ohn" " It" UlUth'lllf OJ[
b not. thltt t "!LA 1I r !\ 1 DRtoo Cha.rM�
LBA8Ull 01' DRCY GBUTS
who ftrllt llItrod �fId th famt"l 11 RlU'r foOn
... rftw DOpA", en tll RHd nR
Mr 0.,..18V
" brl.tlIPDIf the prflHlnt MmpUlJ
wh C'lt\
W th the 6IU1Ctinn of B ripdiM'.Geer A.i.
e1a.ime tn be the llLf1lMt and moAt eomplftte
the Earl of Athlone gra.nt8 ba.VfI heeD far
warded to Berkshire boSDitaJs &Ill follow,"­ I'IJM1 ra. C'lOmpa.Dy tnwelhn8 Th.. epfITU tnr
11 'I'M.... t;a1"fl
th" wMlr wIll be -MondaY'
Royal Berbb re R�ta1. ReadtD.R ..e!OO
WednNda,. (ma.tinw)
Tu"'. , "qAt
KIng Ed1V"d VlL HoSPltal aDd Diapen
Wt!dD�... et'llh
The' lloh�mtan G "I
lU'y WmdlOl" .£4,5 Children III Cottall'e Hoa­
Thorld..,.
lfaritana
I!lta( Cold A..sh .a MorreU MemOfl.&i In, .. R�)etto
c.....Uetll. Ralllteana. lollowtd hv
Cottac. Hospital Walhnaford .es W�tar. Fnd....
_....
Tb. Dalllhlor of
"""Iiaco>
Ccttaao RaiDital £5 Parjqdon Cottajre
the Becim_t.
Boa plane are Dew ..
HoapitaJ. M.'

Fm�.L\J nr M.Iu J F .,� -The
taok tVMe
funera.l I'll ),ILiNo I f ForUM
nn iW. rdll
n i J .. eh '61 ,ant o( \ 1\U.1f"\
I e firr;t pint of t @ hu .1 Mr\'M "' ....
tH.liM b thp
('ar (Ihe U�"
J Uf).,ftll)
.. nrl ",urpl Md ,.hO-J r wu l jW\1
ThfJ com
m1 t&l fIOftinn ft'
b" !'er � ,,",I r...s b,
U. fU!, J 8MrdllU RN tot of W6iJ Yet.n
fOl"lQlI!rh 'lllKr (I '1'1 f!1f')
!If ... frn-"ma.o eo
In"" r�ildl!nee n T lI'l.) htr Cb"". n .�
an pin
nil InIIny k ndlr ... .. had fInd... 1Wt
) r to 1.1 � ..." ClfTJn of f end. tihe had
hM1n " lilh oo l MutACl\r ((\I' Aft 'fMNi aM
I d tI k"n I.f'f'
�lIt
n
r,�
lirl..
1
!o\(l(O f'
I
a:

mm ...

UI'lI' :1)'
I
1,.. ..