THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS. THURSDAY, JULY 12TH, 1917.
GERMAN INTRIGUE IN ITALY SHIPPING AFTER THE WAR DISTINGUISHED ECCLESIASTIC QUESTION IN THE HOUSE OF THE CAUSE OF THE TROUBLE.
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vent other neutral nations jumping our claims as regards the world's sea carriage. if not, why were not such precautions being taken?
MINISTER'S GRAVE WARNING GREAT DEEDS OF BRITISH
OFFENSIVE ENDANGERED. Grave statements affecting our supplies of munitions to the armies at the front were made by Dr. Addison, Minister of Munitions, to a number of journalists whom he received at the Hotel Metropole on May 14th, in the course of a careful explanation of the strike in the engineer ing trade,
People say, observed Dr. "Addison that they have heaps of shells in
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France. That is really not the point. am glad to say they have plenty of shells in France, but these strikes are parts
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AMAZING STORY OF A SINGLE FLIGHT.
GENERAL HEADQUARTERS, April 18th.. Hero is the record of a single fight of one of our sirmen, made within the last few days
When our machines were attacked at Cambrai attacked a hostile aviator at about 8,000 feet. I saw that I hit his half looped to one side of him, and then enging as we closed with one another. I he dived with a trail of blue smoke. dived after him to about 4,000 feet and and dont 50 rounds into him, when he
went out of control. I watched him spinning down to about 1,000 feet, the trail of smoke increasing
When the upheaval having for ite ob Clifford of Chudleigh asked whether the In the House of Lords recently Lord feel the expulsion of Baron, Sonnino Government realised the full importance From olice at Home was at its height, of taking the most drastic steps to ensure that not only should present shipbuilding the censor hid the crisis from a highly keep pace with submarine destruction, but hinterested Press in Europe. No despatch the tonnage of our mercantile fleet should bearing upon the situation can be sent be kept at such a standard as would en- sure it boing in. position paramount to ven by the Vatican, although the Bund that of any other nation after the war; (Petre), most pro-German of Swiss and whether such steps as had so far been Mailies, feels confident that Sonnine must undertaken were producing results that would warrant the conclusion that not quit the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and only should we be able materially to out- that with him will disappear the British number the mercantile fleets as well as influence in that quarter. The crisis is the naval tonnage of all other nations explained in Switzerland as the result of when this war came to an end; also whe the fact that the poor can get nothing other our present rate of construction was et Alarmist reports on the Italian progressing at such a pace as would pre-cularly affecting such things as big guns, situation emanating from Switzerland are ascribed to the distinguished Roman Catholic ecclesiastic, Monsignor Gerlach, who had to fly from the Vatican because the government sought to cast him into
He was last heard of in the Committes which was appointed by the The Eert of Durham (L.) stated that a prison diocese of Coire, the bishop of which, Institute of Naval Architecte, had in Monsignor Schmid von Grüneck, is styled in the Paris Debate the great pro-Ger- quired into the means of providing fur All the rumours of impending re-her protection for cargo and passenger volution in Italy, of political pande ships. A preliminary report on the sub monta in the Quirinal and of the diffi.ject of cargo ships had been sent to the culty the French and British Ambassadors Board of Trade and the Shipping C ar having in keeping the Italian Ministroller. The second of final report would try in power, backed though they are be in the hands of the Admiralty in a by American gold, emanate from Mon- few days time, and he trusted that the signor Gerlach, suspected of complicity in Government would pay special attention the destruction of the two warships that to it blow up so mysteriously not long ago. The Monsignor likewise bribed some obscure Italian dailies, whose unimpor- taut opinions of the crisis are quoted with triumph in the Berlin Kreuz-Zeitung. But these are all French newspaper im- pressions.
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Earl Curzon (Lord Prsident of the Council) said that with regard to ship building naturally the Admiralty had the first call on the whole shipbuilding re- sources of the nation. The result of the naval programme undoubtedly would be that at the end of the war our naval tonnage would materially outnumber that of other natione. With regard to merchant shipping, he would give the House general figures showing the com parison of the Mercantile Marine of this country with the Mercantile Marine of the rest of the world.
tanks, aeroplanes, and motors-the supply of all theas has been gravely affected. The continuation of the offensive in June depends upon the things which are now being finished in the shops.
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I was immediately attacked by three eseny machines, which drove me down to about 200 feet. We were firing at one another whenever possible, when at last I got into a good position and attacked one of them from above, having another on my right. I closed on the latter, tunn ing in on him so close that I could get a "We lost three weeks over the supply sight actually of the pilot's head, and The other two of important war munitions at Barrow the machine, then simply heeled over and That will be felt later, but what is being spun to the ground. held up now is that which will affect the machines cleared off.
Having lost sight of all the other 3 quart size Price $5.25 soldiers in June and July, as they will not, unless rapid work is resumed, be machines and being so low, I decided to
$6.25 able to go forward with that protection fly home at about that height, namely, 200 from Tanks that they should have. This feet. A company of German cavalry is the gravest feature of the whole thing." going east along a small road haited and Proceeding, the Minister said that red on me also several machine-guns Tanks were now very popular in France, opened fire. and there were few things the authorities "After going west for about five had more difficulty in getting ready than minutes I was again attacked by an enemy these. The real problem was the securing single seater, and as he approached. I of spare parts for these war machines. rocked my machine until he was within The demands for them were so great that 50 yards. I side looped over him and during the past few weeks he had made fired a short burst at him. He seemed to
MYSTÈRIES OF THE VATICAN ONCE MORE.
two separate orders, one for 1,200 tons clear off and then attacked me again. and another for 700 tons of steel per week. These operations were repeated several Benedict XV. is overwhelmed by the
to be set aside for Tank spares 2,000 mee, with alight variations in the way looped over him, until within about tent to which his good faith was im-
tons a week for this purpose alone.
five minutes of crossing the line (flying Ted upon by the brilliant German
There were two main questions, and against a strong wind), when he was csiastic Monsignor Gerlach, who, until
Taking first there had been a great deal of misunder about 150 yards behind me, I looped led, was so conspicuous an ornament
steamers of 100 tons and upwards at the standing in connection with both of straight over him, and coming out of the of poutinesl court. He might still be end of June, 1914, the United Kingdom them. The first (said Dr. Addison) was loop, fired a good long burit. I saw prosening his multifarious activities as Geran ecret agent the shadow of
and the Dominions possessed 10,124 ships connected with the dilution of labour on where I hit the pilot in the back just of the cockpit. Ho the pap Arono if had not occurred with a tonnage of 20,583,703 In Decom commercial work, and the second with above the card straight into to Signos DeFelice to put some questions ber last the figures were: total number the trade card system. Originally it was immediately to Signor Basili in the chamber. That of ships. 9,757, with a total tonnage of agreed with the unions that the dilution ground.
19,765,514. At the end of June, 1914, the should not extend to commercial work,
I then went over the German trenchies mys the Pari Tempa, gave the police ships of all other countries of 100 tons When it was discovered towards the end filled with soldiers, and was fired on by their signal. A Rome knew that sortie and upwards numbered 14,320, with of last year that it was quite impossible, machine-guns, rifles, and small held gu powerfully proted German propaganda
spy systemust be active in the tonnage of 24,880,171, and in December without making greater inroads on the in or out of range. There was a lot of eternal aity. It directed from Swit-
last the number was 13,749, with a ton skilled labour on private work, to obtain artillery firing going on, and many of our terland, where rinco von Bülow bad
naga of 24,002,913. These figures showed
skiled labour for munitions, a confer shells bursting in and about the German left his right bad many Baron von
that our percentage of the total was 46.3
ence was called with the craft unions, and trenches, somewhere in the vicinity of the in the one case and 45.2 in the other. Stockauer (or Sickhammer) in the capa Taking the larger vessels of 1,600 tons
it was generally recognised that private Cambrai road. I saw many small com panies of infantry and cavalry, about city of Press age, treasurer and chief
trade should be kept alive as
10 of the ay system How Monsignor you grow and upwards, and taking a later
no convoys or movements Gerlach managed escaps the Italan period in order to bring the figures possible. An understanding was arrived to to 20 in each, going east along small
at with twenty-eight unions in the ship of artillery, police, bot upon is trail, is another within the scope of the German submarine
“I landed at the first aerodrome I saw. mystery. The poliqin Rome profess to campaign, in June, 1916, there were just building and engineering trades as to have uncovered & 1st plot, ramifying short of 3,000 vessels with an aggregate the conditions under which dilution could My machine was badly shot about." into every section 4 Roman society,
gross tonnage of 10,000,000 belonging to be carried on in private work. This year Perlaps there may have been talon as the United Kingdom This might be it had also been necessary to extend very wonderful irivented somewhere by makers detach lindy from Western Powers taken as more than half the effective ton much the great trades controlled more or of fiction, but surely such tales are not and, failing that t Until the censorship relaxed it will be nage of the world: (Cheers.) Taking less by the Ministry of Munitions. The to be found in anything we know, even in impossible to quote.
the corresponding figures on March 31st department had become responible for the Arabian Nights. upon the crisis, seeing even the woll-
lucid, comment of the present year, the number of vessels the supply of agricultural implements. informed Tribuna gives ly scrape, and Knigdom was about 3,500, and the ton of 1,600 tons and upwards in the United the feasagero is underst to have had a long study of the "co
nage was just a little short of 10,000,000. pressed altogether.
Eveniracy
With regard to other countries, it must critical character, the Ge of the most be borne in mind that the losses of other hist, are coming, but here kin, as the very heavy, and that, with the exception countries, especially Norway, had been French organs hint, we must ke allow of the United States and Japan, which sace for the misinterpretation of Mon- were in a much more favourable position, signor Gerlach,
other countries were not in a position to increase their Mercantila Marine very much. Japan and the United States were increasing their mercantile Beats, but, of course, the ultimate increase would de pend on the duration of the war sad the development of the submarine risk.
The programme that the Minister of suspicion that a pro-German agency, financed from Germany, throu for would work out, at about 3,000,000 you Gerlach, existed close at hand. The gross tons per annum, but if such an out German prelate had funds with which put was to be realised it would be neces Italian journalists were bribed, with vary to provide an additional 100,000
40,000.MEN FÅOM THE ARMY, which apics were placed in the Italian orkmen and to double the supply of
With this aced for skilled men, con- foreign office itself, and with which con el per week, while allowing at the same spirators were paid. Treason was plotted the present Admiralty programme, tinued Dr. Addison, the anxiety of the on a scalo which the censorship has not permitted the outside world to know ex maand material where coming for more Ministry of Munitions and the Admiralty the was not to drive skilled men into the Agricultural, Munitions, and the Army, but to keep them in the shop.
between these rival claims was' not
past They had brought 40,000 skilled prelate in whom Benedict XV. reposed my a painful operation but over- men back from the Army to the workshop.
In answer to the questions un This prolate, apparently, was the dupe the most astic steps to acquire merchant the pap the Government were taking f the insinuating. Gerlach, or so the French Press understands. He had duper ships by hiding, purchase, or any oilier n the Chamber as well, more than one
method op Neputy having ben seduced by the Mon ground for
would be that our mercantile
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ANTONISHMENT OF THE VATICAN'
COURSE OF MOR, GERLACIŁA
THE
The revelation of the part pled by Vetiran diplomacy in the pro-man conspiracies of Monsignor Gerlach whelmed Pope Benedict, says the T'orage
They found that the dilution of private
*** Seven hundred and seventeen
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labour was going on to a considerable AEROPLANE LOSSES ON THE extent, and it was represented to them by
WESTERN FRONT. many responsible men that the unions, were not in the position to give the same pisars were brought down on the Western in respect to the dilution of private work, satisfactory guarantees as they were on front during April, says the Times. war work. During the last few months "The total figures of aeroplane losses the Ministry had been responsible for in April reveal in a way that the daily the supply of acroplanes, and had become official returns do not give the unpre much more in need than ever before of precedented intensity of the struggle for a great increased supply of skilled mastery in the air which was waged on labour. The same applied to a consider the Western front during that month be able extent to the supply of tanks, and tween Allied, and particularly. British, those were very complicated machines, airmen and German airmen. There has At the same time there was nothing the not been a month of such fighting since. and the Ministry bad to assist as far as reached such a tremendous figure." possible to meet the increased demands of men for marine engineering.
His Holiness, we read, Shipping in this country was pressing country was more in need of than ships. the war began, and the losses have never
*This total, which is compiled from the daily communiqués issued by British,, French, and German Headquarters, is made up as follows:-German machines, 339: British, 147: French, and Belgian (again, as always, with the necessary qualification that the German claims are trustworthy), 201 Of the 209 German aeroplanes brought down, 209 fell to the Belgians."
actly. It is known, however, that Mon- Tim Departments, and the task- of ad- 1 That had been their dosire for months British, 98 to the Freneb, and two to the
signor Gerlach is not the only exalted. ecclesiastic involved in the affair.
judicking A
he utmost confidence is now under arrest.
to them.
It had been given out by some of those
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te horrors of war. The particular busi and, recommeations of the Committes which were subject to dilation, and re
no loquent observations regarding nation at her to that of any other vers deply with the engineering athad kill A-system-which-in-practice-gove of the war. The roport very trades unjust discrimination betwem different troughout Rome and in this food of the Insbitt of Naval Architects cognise that they were making a great ference of the unions was called and they
Italia Press alluded to by a impression of the might of military ermany and of the weakness of the Word referred to the Durham had been sacrifice. They had spent in the aggre were told that the system could not con nister of Shipping, and gate weeks in conference with various tinue. The schedule, which had been the Powers, Facts, figures, confidential were being carely considered by him representative trade unions, subject of the grossest possible misre deuments and State secrets, were all set
and his exprt advcrs.
Additional safeguards which had been presentation, was introduced, and the th by Monsignor Gerlach, so convine-
put into the bill for carrying into effect basis of it was that a man was exempted ily, too, that Roman society, Roman
the scheme for the dilution of skilled on the ground of his skill, and on no ritical cireles and Roman newspapers
Jabour, to prevent rate-cutting, to speed other ground. Sixty-six local complaint ibed hit by bit the idea that the Cen
up the extension of wage awards, and committees, consisting of one trade Powers were carrying all before hum. A veritable panir on the subject of a soldier now in a pondon hospital. Mr. W. Douglas Neon tells a story
other matters, had been taken no notice unionist and a Government representa of, and were not perhaps in the know-tive, had been instituted, and there were Italy spread to the Allies in western He received a bayonet round through ledge of the men who were encouraging eight central committees, on which Labour Hope, the rumours being all the more the throat over a year o pimistic owing to the action of the con- that time seems to have 10, and since the strikers. Two or three real gievances was represented in equal parts.
in Paris and London.
They could not disguse the fact that The opera life on the operating table.
most of his arising under the original Murtions of
War Act had been dealt with. The trade this particular unrest had been largely tis of Monsignor Gerlach were foci- thirty five opere of this, beating instance he mentioned that some time ago authorities could only deal with the me in
fo has had ed by the obscurantism of the ceteors another. In spite he
awaiting card system worked very badly As an engineored by the shop stewards The Paris and London, says the Debats, any but the brightest side of fe
suppresaud revelations that would spends his time looking after the whom period. The men with trade cards were the engineering trades alono, and it was ethere was a call-up recording to the age organisations. There were 80,000 shops in anded the career of Gerlach weeks he insists are worse off than him. He exempt, but what happened was a number obviously impossible for the Ministry to is the eyes of blinded comrades d the of skilled men were called up because negotiate with large collections of the TARMINATION ON ITALY TO GO ON WITH And when he cannot help wounded men, were not in one of the unions issuing
hands of others who have lost their arms. they did not possess a trade card-they stewards of these places.
12.30 am-Brilith Traders Jusurance Co he helps the nurses. He is the cheejest cards and for a week or so the product "I am sure" concluded Dr. Addison,Ltd, ataacdizary General Meeting. relations between the Vatican and man in London.' Dairinal have been in no sense train-
tion of aeroplane engines was enormously that there has never been a State de Tuesday, 31st July y the Gerlach episode, observe the
interfered with. The release of these men partment that has spent more hours and informed newspaper correspondents.
was at once obtained. There had been been at greater pains to consult the re- Rome. The Tempe and the Debate that the Itoman government would pros masses of cases in which skilled men in presentatives of labour than the Ministry that everything posible has been cute the war with greater energy that shops were called up, whilst a number of Munitions, but it is quite impossible de by the Cardinal Secretary of State, ever. The Italian dailies welcomed this of comparatively unskilled men in shops, for us to be parties to, or to give our Mignor Gasparri, to enlighten the
development effusively, the Tribuna, die being in the possession of trade cards, countennues to, alovements which appear Ein authorities regarding my posed to criticize Baron Sonnino, occa were not called up. It was quite evident to be designed to make, trouble far ste that remain. Premier Boselli ssionally on points of detail, affirming that hat this system failed to protect a large munitions, and to be part of a scheme for salo regard the affair as closed. The ha reffected the best opinion at home in Sumber of men who were wanted, because, upsetting the authority of the central mis was brought up, the foreign news his friendly attitude to Enigand. The number of big unions that were not unions. We have said all along that we Dat hint, at the recent conference be meaning of the conference, according to pures to the trade card agreement had will not deal with the men. Á number tw Mr. Lloyd George. Baron Banning the Idea Nazionale: (Rome), was that the large numbers of skilled members. They of Australian mucition workers employed and remier Ribot of France The war would never end until the common had hid a case of a man who was in at a certain factory where engineere have who Italian situation was gone into ends of the Entente Powers were realized charge of a gang who was called up while gone on strike have passed a resolution bothly and assurances were given Gerlach had been sentenced, in absentia, they hid trade cards.
A recent telegram stated that Mgr. the me under him were exempted because against the strike, and have stated their Sumsed at foot of next column.)
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