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THE CALL FOR MEN AND VOTES FOR WOMEN,
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, MAY 18TH, 1917.
ATTEMPTS TO GOAD HOL
LAND INTO WAR
GERMANY CASTS COVETOUS EYES ON DUTCH LARDER.
Gormany's designs upon. Holland, and her covetousness regarding a country which is well stocked with provisions and has millions of gold lying in the banks,
THE NAVY AND THE SUBMARINES.
SIR E. CARSON'S APPEAL FOR CONFIDENCE.
Sir Edward Carson, First Lord of the Admiralty, delivered the following enter esting address at a luncheon at the
is exposed in an article which the | Aldwych Club. Exchange Telegraph Company has received from Lieutenant Rene Pusus, formerly foreign editor of the Temps,thing was to be gained by other making
RUSSIA MORE DANGEROUS
THAN ENGLAND.
BERLIN PROFESSOR'S GLOOMY VIEW OF THE REVOLUTION.
Professor Dietrich Schüfer, who holds a chair of history at the University of Berlin, has been lecturing to the Ostmar kon Verein on the effect of the Russian:
LONDON, April 2nd. The week in Parliament has been note worthy for two mattera of outstanding interest. One way an announcement by Mr. Bonar Law on the needs of the Army for men; and the other was a declaration on behalf of the Government that a Bill
I have never myself thought that any Revolution." The following sentences will be introduced to give effect to the
would soom to indicate that Schäfer, in proposals of the Spenter's Conference and now attached to General Foch's staff things worse than they are or by pretend-common with a number of other eminent on Franchise Reform. As regards the call for men, it appears that the numberment has just torpedoed seven Dutch
The way in which the German Governing that they are better than they are fails to see anything in the present cond
Germans who have spoken on the subject, of recruits obtained during the year are merchantmen,, and the tune of the (Cheers.) I believe the manhood of our tion of Russia from which Germany can 100,000 Tess than estimated the require man communiqués, are, he says, of a race will assert itself in any situation gather hope or comfort. He said:
ing been more urgent for the time being than the demands even of the fighting forces. It is recognised that the supply of men from the rural districts is be coming limited, and that agriculture ean- not be further depleted of workers-with- out jeopardising the production of food, which is a matter of vital importance to the whole country.
On the other hand, the fighting which lies ahead will; ft is believed, be more terrible than anything yet experienced. The firing-lite must be fed with men at all costs. We must be able whenever the time..comes to drive home any success,
THE PROBLEM FOR THE GOVERNMENT.
-excepted, mention to the
ob-
re
that no one
you
In this war our very existence is at stake, Every one of us now knows that England is our principal enemy. But far more dangerous for us, far more for Germany's future, is-Russia Reflect-
of people, and on their possible cultural de for a moment on her enormous masses velopment in the future. For us the most important, the most vital question at the present time is, What effect will the Revolution have on the war? If I must give & candid answer, I would say that we have little to expect from the will be of advantage to Germany
to know reported in Holland. They have come to is what is the real situation in order that the point of asking whether Wilhelm II it may go assort itself. (Cheers.) Lord is not determined to provoke a war with Northcliffe has stated that I assumed my Holland
In addition to givinASWAMI present offlce in the most oritical time of threatening, far more full vil oman
the the nation's history. I can assure → Germany the victuals and gold to be found in the Low. I have to grapple-when I say I
is more conscions of that than Countries, this fresh crime would have I mean the Navy has to grapple with the advantage of enabling them to take new problems of a critical character. the possession of the Dutch coast and the vital maintenance of our supremacy upon entire estuary of the Scheldt by way of the seas, and I have to confess-and 1 fresh bases for submarines in the event of openly de confess that we have not yet Zeebrugge becoming antenablo
The designs of Germany on Holland satisfactorily solved these problems,
One thing I would like above all to
outset of the war.
CLUMSY BOCHE LIE,
are by no means new, continues Lieut.say. I should advise the country to pay If all that we hear about the now no attention to amateur strategists and Government be reliable, Russia in revolu- for this reason. Amateur strategists are tion will be stronger than before. All always impatient, and are always ready the newn shows clearly that the upheaval for a gamble.
I tell you we cannot afford has resulted in an immense strengthening think for a moment, when you hear a Hussin rule over will give no trouble, to gamble with our fleet. (Cheers.) Do of national Russia. The nations which ring of men professing that they are able however much we may desire them to do to teach the Navy what it ought not to so. They will be easily pacified by pro remember that a gamble with your fleet, now Government. You will always and do and what it ought not to do-do micas, and promises will be given by the
if the gamble failed, would be the end of that when a revolution bears a national gamble with their flect it is not even the foreign relations. Let me again tell you, your Empire. If the Germans like to character it is invariably strong in its end of the war
0
with all ouphasis, that the danger from Rassia is extraordinarily great."
THE SUBMARINE PROBLEM
EMPIRE,
Pusux, who reveals an attempt which the This problem before the Governemnt, Germans made to furnish an excuse for therefore, is how to reconcile the conviolating Dutch neutrality at the very ficting claims of industry and the Army. Both are equally insistent and pera They concocted a story of 80 French tive. As a way out it is intended to officers disguised as Prussian officers tain Parliamentary examination of
rojected and having attempted to cross the Prussian will at once bring frontier into Holland. This colossally under review by the authorities around stupid and colossally improbable story million; and out of this number about was fabricated for use in the event of a 100,000 troops would be forthcoming with British protestation against a violation in the next three months From these of Dutch neutrality. It had for its figures some indication may be bad as to object the justification in the eyes of the the magnitude of the drain the world German people the invasion of Holland war is making on the man-power of the either after, or at the same time as that But in dealing with this question there country, why National Service which of Belgium by inducing the belief that has arisen a new problem by reason of have discussed in previous, letters is in Holland bad been an accomplice in the submarines. It is no uso abusing the troduced, and why, also, watuen are being attempt of the eighty disguised French Germans for the uso they make of their ECONOMIC POLICY OF THE called upon to hear an increasingly larger officer who had acted like the French submarines. You may abuse them until share of the burden of industry.
aviator who had made an imaginary raid you are black in the face, but it will Got VOTES FOR WOMEN.
and died an imaginary death at Wesolve a ship. A submarine, remember, solely at the instigation of England. operates 250 to 300 miles from the coast.
NEW CAMPAIGN,
But the submarine is not the only diff In August, 1814, Germany abandoned of the question of mines. In the olden
culty its plans for violating Dutch neutrality time the laying of mine was dangerous, for she had her hands full in Belgium but it was nothing to what it is now, and had too few submarines. In 1716 the because not only are the submarines used campaign of lies began anew, and the for sinking ships, but they are used for German Legation at The Hague cirlaying minos under the water, and they culated the runour of an impending can follow your wine-sweepers as quickly British disembarkation in Holland as you sweep the mines and lay new mines After this was witnessed from time to without your knowing or suspecting it. time concentrations of German troops on
Do the Dutch frontier-concentrations the difficulties of that. Mines have been
not underestimate the dangera or laid significance of which was obvious.
as far out as the Cape of Good Colombo, and the Gulf of Aden. What do you think of gigantic work invulted in the service over which I at the present moment preside
With regard to Franchise Reform the proposals put forward are the results of the Conference of Members representing all shades of opinion in Parliament, over which the Speaker presided and it may be realled that 34 out of 37 resolutions were passed with complete unanimity Mr. Asquith described this as one of the most remarkable concordats in our political history, The new departure is likely to have o momentous effect on our future, and for that reason the main points, five in number, may be set out
These are
(1)The reduction of franchise quali
There is to my mind the difficulty
(2.) No elector herself that the Allies, were not menacing try to limit our needs How foolish are
to
fications to two viz. rosidence and the occupation of business premises, and the reduction of the qualifying
to six monthy AT
more than two votes; and, all elections to be held on the same day. (3)-Registration expenses and return
ing officers charges to be paid out of public funda (4.)– Redistribution, with 70,000 as the normal unit of representation, and a measure of proportional representation. () limited extension
franchise to women,
FOST WAR PROBLÈME,
of the
Germans wanted to amry that the British. disembarkation was so certain that she was taking consectential mea sures All these manœuvres laving failed. and Holland having convinced her neutrality, there remained to the Kaiser and his accomplices nothing else in the hope that Holland, roused to na to do but to offer a direct provocation, anger, would take up arms and appeal to the Allies, for help, a thing which Germany ardently desires as an excuse for rushing on Dutch provisions and Dutch gold.
contemplate
war
of this kind When I mention one. Agure to you, that at the commencement of the war we had something like 150 small Vessels on patrol work and now we have something like 3,000, you will see what a gigantic task has been accomplished by the Navy. In all these theatres of war VOR LAMP wo have to provide patrols
Members of both Houses of Parliament who are anxious about · the future
economic policy of the Empire met in force at the House of Commons recently, Croft, and passed the following resolu under the chairmanship of Colonel Page
tions:-
to
1-In view of the fact that the repre
mntatives of the Allied Governmenta at the conference held in Paris on March 27th and 28th, 1916, affirmed that as a war measure there would be complete oconomic unity of nction, and charged the Economic Conference hold at Paris in June, propose to them measures 1910 to
this policy, in view Carry out also of the fact that at the Junc Conference resolutions were un mimously adopted, and that Ford Balfour of Burleigh's Committee favour, of the adoption reported in
otion of a policy of preference and commercial treaties with our Allies; this meeting calls upon the Government submit the Paris
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2-This meeting recalls the statement
of Mr. Asquith, when Prime Minister, speaking on the Paris resolutions on August 2nd, 1010, that it was not intended to await the conclusion of peace or the end of the transitional period contem plated by the Conference before full effect was given to this policy," and, in view of this pledge to Parliament, requests the Govern ment forthwith to set up the maobinery necessary to give effect to these resolutions and to carry out a policy of Imperial preference
for women now adthits that they have cowardly attacks of England with the ers, mine layers, air services sweep KING ALBERTAS
AIRMAN,
I look back at the old data in the House of Commons on which we used to the old arguments about the margin of one Power over another. We have trade belligerent navies off the water, while is routes everywhere, and the keeping of the solves one problem, does not solve the wh whole problema in relation to these trade It is not only war with Gormany. We routes. We have war in many theatres.
have a naval war going on over the whole of the seas-war in the Channel war in CHIVALRY ON THE SEA,
the Atlantic, war in the Pacific, war in the Mediterranean, war around Egypt, It goes without saying that, adequate A curious instance of the perverted
war in the Adriatic, war in Mesopotamia, provision will be made to prevent the mentality of the Hun is afforded by the Nary is called upon to supply, the and war in Balonika, and day by day the electorate from being swamped by the Leipzig Nachrichten's view of the material for carrying on all these wars female vote.
Among other things there activities of the new Mucing: THE WORK OF THY MINE-SWEEPER an qualification-probably 30 will be on uge quali Hour of Commons Just irongings. Our incomparable Did anybody ever con imagine way not, unanimous when asked to accept sealns of eight torpedoed enemies on his reform on a resolution proposed by Mr. girdle, and at the same time the new Asquith as a prelimary to legislative Moene is still bravely at work, and it action. There was opposition, but it only served to emphasise the overwhelms amid the cleanest chivalry, while ing opinion of the House that women the face, that our feet achieves such razing the enemy boldly and manfully in have fairly earned their right as Parlia- mentary electors. Mr. Asquith, who glorious results! before the war was dead against the
vote
By way of contrast let us glance at the worked out their salvation. Mr. Lloyd meanest of secret weapons on our steamers, net-layers, mine-carriers, and George, speaking with extraorduritiently hiding his crimes, the greatest sweeper. I wish the whole nation would boats Like a wretched beggar hypocri It is easy to talk of a gun or a mine ffect messungers. The work is gigantic. eloquenes, pointed out that ment to be elected after peace will have naval Power of the world shelters itself understand what these aing-sweepers are to settle questions which will determine behind the flag of the smallest sen Power doing The thousands of man engaged in the course of things not merely in Great in Europe to Inro a boat to its this operation are the men who are feed: thout the whole World for genera or hyann on an unsuspecting deering the whole population of this country, but in the British Empire and destruction, to fall on it like a jackal ing us. They are the men who are fed tions to come. There is, therefore, a When will the day arrive when, in from morning till night battling wil Majesty accordingly took his seat in a special reason for a different reginter respect of such repeated examples of the elements as well as the enemy, facing From what we should work upon normal times and, as regards women past verheard every shred of that Ger- A mino-swe, per is like, a soldier who is Belgian airman Captain Jacquet, who has England's unspeakable depravity we dangers, overhead and dangers under se. Two-seater piloted by the well-known the war, said the Prime Minister, has man decency and fairness which we have daily over the parapet. He carries lis already accounted for several German resolved every reasonable doubt and too lang exercised towards & foe in whose life a hands at every moment, and he Sghting planes, the King flew over the hesitation. Women have shown courage, ye suck virtues have no meaning, a fos dos it
he machines. Preceded by a squadron of willingly. devotion, tirelessness, and capacity in who understands only one argument Our position is a great one, I wish we whole length of the Belgian Yser front every sphere they had been called upon that of the most ruthless huming could bring home to the men fo the ship at heights varying between 3,000ft and to enter. In the result the resolution was In Heaven's name let us hammer it to those brave men who are doing so and successfully taking several photo adopted by the House by 341 votes to 62. SUNDAY LABOUR.
into a shapeless mass of pulp, and, above much for them from morning till night. graphs. The German anti-aircraft guns The Archbishop of Canterbury's r recent all, let us lose no more time about it. I am not now casting any blamp on the put up a well-sustained fire, but, no letter to Mr. Prothero, the President oft is the spirit that regards as the men in the shipyards, generally, but I do enemy airman ventured in the way of the Board of Agriculture, stating that cleanest chivalry the torpedoing the wish that every man would realize that the Royal plane, which effected a Sunday labour or the land may be re helpless and unarmed merchantmen that the least return be can make to these men smooth landing at the appointed time and garded as right and lawful as an emer is wrecking the German Empire and whom I have described is that he should place. The King afterwards discussed gency war measure in order to speed up bringing the mad Hohenzollerns to the pot dawdle over work, not merely earn bis observations with the General Staff food production, has not met with the dust.
his wages, lives are being sacri he should not strike response that was expected. In the
while other majority of cases neither farmers, nor labourers are disposed to work seven
Uke four millions a day the question was
ASCENT UNDER-FIRE,
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he should realize that at all events he is taking we are doing the minimam and ficed beesus sro short of ships that sured that in all those steps we are days a
a week, even in war time. In spite gravely debated how long the country living in a comfortable home with good not the maximum. joys of country life, the truth is that Financial experts risked the prophecy do is to sacrifice every cunce of his muscle farm labour hord
and grinding toil. that 12 months would see us on the verge and put it into the r Those who look jealously at any encrasch of bankruptcy. But the pundits were is so necessary
repair of ships that Bix million tons of shipping! What ment on Sunday as a day of rest pan take wrong, for not only is the country bear Why, last month very nearly half, a
does that convey to these shores? If we heart of
grace
by the peal for Sauday labour in agriculture
failure of this sp-ng this burden but a great deal more. million tons of the shipping were, sunk succeed in reducing it, it is very easy to The great war is
There is still a tendency for the total ex- Tive hundred thisgud toms of shipping relay restrictions. For my own part 1 to remove the penditure on the war to increase A What does that meau, if the fame, ale stances, t fable
shall never agreo, - deep-seated belief in the necessity for cording to the Chancellor of the Fox goes on Six million tons of shipping a
gree, under any circum respite from work on one day in the week chequer, for the financial year which year! Six million tons of shipping, a borne upon the people that we are in 3
to allow state of which is an article of faith, supported closed with March national dieburet That is not all British tonnage condition which they never anticipated. in which it can suddenly be accumulate in by custom, teaching and tradition, in the ments have averaged six millions sterling Britisturbt not to forget what that lead to want of confidence. Plain talking countrysides of England
tonnage is represented by about ner diem Furthermore, during the last
Remedies in panic lead to revolution, wants all the food which can he raised three or four weeks the daily average has means. Whether that goes on of whether and drastic action in accordance with the this year and every year in future but heen £7260,000. The total of the national; it does not we ought certainly to survey situation leads to confidence leads to a New Bandmer Opera Co, at the it seems that that cannot be done at these figuras are howild the situation as if it were going on. I peaceful submission by our people. Our
debt is now estimated at stands for in the religious and economic nothing to which they can be referred for kink we are doing that, and I think the people, I believe, if they sro told that if 17-China-Borneo Co. Ltd. Meeting of
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A couple of years ago when we used loan make it, abundantly clear that when I usy I believe they will be still say No matter what they may do, we
life of the people POLOEBAL WAR EXPENDITURE,
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tha amilphia resnu nye of the country. have not yet been tapped.
more drastic the people must
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