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EARLIER TELEGRAMS.
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DEMOBILIZE? .
NEWS FROM HOME.
(From our osem correspondent).
London, November
THE DAWN OF PE40E-
This has been an amazing wosk, and A FRENCH SUGGESTION
|porbipa`the most striking thing about it. LONDON, December 17. The Minister of Munitions has sus.
PARIS, December 18th-chak on the coness of the people ove A Havak message, saya 2—
the sudden apparition c Paace. Tour pended the various orders prohibit-In the Chamber of Deputies, yesterday,yer of sundring have bought se tinerer ing dealings in and the use in manu replying to an interpellation to the to prophesy till we're sure,” and so to-day, facture of copper, spalter, lead, tin, absence of any Armistice stipulation r though the Cawn in fall on the gute | and chronie ore..
garding the demobilisation of the German Army, the Under-Secretary for War frunt, we wait for l'a development on the answered that the guarantees provided by Wesam front before giving vent to loud the Armistice were considered adequate expressions of enthunínem.
ELECTION RESULTS. -
LONDON, December 17. Oxford University election results:
Lord Hugh Cecil 2,071. Rt. Hon. R. E. Prothero, 2,546. Both are Coalition Unionists. Professor Gilbert Murray (Liberal) received 812 votes and Mr. Furnish, the Labour candidate, 951. (Two seats.)
AUSTRALIAN CELEBRATIONS.
FLEET INVITED.
Luxpos, December 17. From Melbourne comes the report that the Peace Celebrations in the Commonwealth will include three public holidays,
The Imperial Government is being naked to arrange that a fleet con-
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CAUTION.
Loxoos, December 17. Sydney reports that a proportional representation Bill for the next. State Elections has passed both House of the Legislature.
NEW ZEALAND.
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by the High Command.
The question was purely affecting all the Allies,
The adjournment of the interpellation was voted by 310 to 175
THE PEACE CONFERENCE.
PARIS, December 18th.
A Haves message Mys A. semi-oficial Note issued in Paris, yesterday, states that the Peace Conference will undoubtedly begin on January ist. FORTNIGHT POSTPONEMENT?
BRUSSELS, December 17th, It is anticipated that the Peace Con- ference will not assemble before January 15th. The Permanent Commissions, in connection with the Peace Conference, will sit here.
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PRESIDENT WILSON.
Farhaps aren then there will be
has been stricken, and the predominant moderated insports, for every home
feeling will be expressed better by a siga of relief than by mafficking. Moreover, the youth and high spirits are at the front, and we oldsters can hardly touch their level of explosive "demonstrations. Still, there are, odd bottles under surukiny, for "the Day *—the day when peace is declared.
FAITH AND EFFICIENCY. The rapidly changing situation is s terrible panorams for those who, like! the Hohenzollerns, have pinned their faith to were brute strength as the arbi- ter of international affairs. But to those who believe in the faith of freedom com- A VISIT FROM MARSHAL FOCH, bined with the strength of efficiency.
PARIS, December 18th. A Havas message says:-
these are glorious days. Most of all Wilson yesterday afternoon. President Navy, which bottled the Germans from Marshai och called on Fresident does the world owe to the British Wilson expressed the hope that Marshal the word "Go". And though we gladly Foch would be able to visit the United hand, laurels to the present Army and States.
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After dinner in honour of President bitions of the Hohenzollerns. Wilson at the American Embassy, thera Majesty von Moltke is mid” to have was a reception of 400 guests represent-reported to the Kaiser "the Battle of the tive of political, reign Ambassadors,
military, naval, and Marge is lost-and so is the war intellectual
The
the Archbishop of Paris, Admiral Trum authority for that is Maximilian Harden, of American professors, bitch, a Jugo-Slay leader, and a number the German publicist who now comes into his own again after four years, of autocratic censorship.
SOVIET CONGRESS.
A CAPITALIST REPUBLIC.'
COPENHAGEN December 17th, LONDON, December 17. There were stormy scenes at the Im From Wellington, New Zealand Perial Congress of the Sovieta. comes news that the House of Be-was at present a capitalistic republic. He Her: Liebknecht declared that Germany presentatives decided by a majority urged the extension of the hand of
By the time this reaches you the die will doubtless bara been cast, but at the time of writing the Prossinn Junkers STO stubborn. They will intrigue, and stage- play as long as the German army con- atil they break at the front will the sents to be used cannon-folder. Not
of one to make six o'clock the cloe-brotherhood to the Russian Bolshevik Junkers give, ap their domination. If
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LONDON," December 17. Lisbon reports that, the Cabinet! has resigned. The country remains"
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SERBIA.
LONDON, December 17. A message from Belgrade says the first Ministry of Slovenes, Croats, i and Serbians, representing all parties, has been formed under the Premier ship of M. Pashitch.
SMYRNA BOMBARDED.
LONDON, December 17. According to Constantinople advice, the position in Smyrna is that the Turks, who have-been supplied with arps by the Young Turks Committee, have fortified themselves outside the town. The Allied fleets are bom barding these fortifications.:
STILL ANOTHER REPUBLIC.
LONDON, December 17. There is a strong movement by the Greeks of the Black Sea in favour of the establishment of the republic of Pontus, with Trebizond as the capital.
GERMAN AFFAIRS.
SOCIALIST PROGRESS.
LONDON, December 17,′′ Copenhagen reports that the National Assembly elections for Anbault and Mecklenburg show nar row Socialist majoritics over the non- Socialista
A Berlin message reports that st the Soviet Congrese Herr Dittmann announced that Dr. Solf had-resign, ed The Government had requested him to continue until a successor hod Heen appointed. The Independent Socialiste have now decided to sup port the elections of the Nationa Assembly. This is a great defeat for the Spartacus par
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There were cheers and protests, follow time you read these lines, you may be peace is therefore actually sure by the ed by an uproar.
The Chairman was abouted down and members shouted abuse and threats to each other.
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sure that the worst element has been re- moved from European life-the spirit of Prussian militarism, and the caste of the North German tyrant.
PROBLEMS OF VICTORY,
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Now PABIE, December 18th. A Havas message paya:-
no lose grare than those of war. We hara M. Clemenceau has issued a decree pro- to rattro millions of men and women from viding that every officer and soldier in
the combatant units of the French Army war service to civil life, with a minimum shall be given a helmet as a souvenir of of chaos and as little as may be of social bis services, inscribed with the man's name upheaval. The war has brought hieber and rank
FRENCH SUGAR SUPPLY.
PARIS, December 18th, A Havas message says:- The sugar allowance in Francs will be shortly increased to one and a half pounds monthly.
HON. MR. A.-M. THOMSON.
The following correspondence be tween the departing Treasurer and. the Chamber of Commerce took placeDDA
Hongkong, 14th Dec., 1918. Sir,On your retirement from the office of Treasurer of this Colony which you have filled with such con- Epicuous ability and tact for so many years, the Committee and Members of the Hongkong General Chamber of Commerce desire to express to you. their grateful appreciation of willing
assistance rendered to the Commer einl Comraunity on so funny occasions and their sincerest wishes for good health and prosperity in your well- earned retirement-Lato, Sir, your obedient servant,
(9gd.) P. H. HOLYDAE,
Chairman The Hon. Mr. A. M. Thomson, Colonial Treasurer, Hongkong
Hongkong, 18th Dec, 1918, Six-In reply to your letter of the 14th inst, I have the honour to re- quest you to be so good as to trainemit to the Committee and Members of the Chamber of Commerce my beet thanks for the expression of their appreciation of my service m Hong kong, and to inform them that I value this unprecedented compliment A Very high degree.
It will be a matter of perpetual satisfaction to me to remember that the Commercial Community and my. - self kave been on good terms through
out my entire career as a public serva
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wages at home, and a higher standard of living for thousands. They will not giv these things up willingly-perhaps not st all Economie presente will continue for yea, and for the mesh two years very likely we shall be rationed for many fonda, in view of the inroads on atipping and the world famine of raw materials for industry that must be brought to man- ufacturing centres.
What is to be done with our war women? How can the housing shortage be met? Are the men to go back to their jobs and displace the women whợ have done their work) Will there be a Blood of emigration to the overseas dominions and America 1. FF so, how enn. it be regulated These are a few of the questions that are engaging the atten- tion of the statesmen.ht
Then as to the men abroad-how they shall be demobilised and sided to resume civil occupations, how they shall be trained if mained, what will be the position those who have won distinc- tion in the field superior to that of their former employers--the problems are in- numemble and complex. They will demand the most delicate handling to Avoid friction. Fortunately the ques- tions of demobilisation and pensions are in most sympathetis hamis. Alrendy measures are aloot for paying the men off when the time comes, and, squaring their sccounts with the State. In many casps the sinking of ships during the war. has caused pay sheets and accounts to be lost, with teen ting confusion to the ledgers in the Pay Department, but ■ aystem has been devised to makan clear. ance of all these cases and to each men a statement of accounts has toe sent. with a request for recept, the shown figures, as correct, and at this moment only five per cent. of the men of all the army, that has served on ten fronte in many parts of the world, remain to be heard from in acceptance,
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