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THE WAR
INTER-ALLIED PARIS CONFERENCE
AMERICA'S AID IN CO-ORDINATING
FIERCE ENEMY ATTACI
RUSSIAN REVOLUTIONARI
ROUTEAT
BRITISH AMBASSADO
THROUGH
THE BRITISH
ARTILLERY ACTENT
ports
eld Marshal
Canol
Our aeroplanes on ine
two hundred bombs on--802
depot near Copztrai,
Ingelmunster and oth
Three hostila machin
down and two were driven down,”
One of ours 18 missing.
brought
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ENEMY RAIDS ON LENS REPULSED
Field Marshal Si
LONDON, January 2nd
Douglas
Brtillery broke
na partics southeast WETE.
them on No Maz
and secured
and Hill 70, near the Menin roẞd and northward of Passchendaele.
GERMAN REPORT.
LONDON, January 2nd.
A wireless German official report state: The total English prisoners cap tured Bouthward of Marcoing during the past few days is 500,
TOTAL OF BRITISH CAPTURES LAST YEAR.
LANDON, January 2nd. During last year the British captured 773,000 prisoners, 145 heavy and 382 field- guna, 818 trench-mortars, and 2,039
achine-guns on the Western Front." BRITISH CAPTURES DURING LAST MOUTH.
LONDON, January 2nd Biek Marshal Sir Douglas Haigre- The enemy'e attempted raid this morning north-east of Lons repulsed.
Das thousand and eighteen Germans were taken prisoners during December, including twelve officers. Four guns and 108 machine guns have been captured
Cur poroplanes last night dropped a hundred bombs on billeta in the neigh
curfood of Roulers and Ment
Mening There Tere several direct hits and a moving train was also bombed and hit.
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THE FRENCH FRONT.
CONSIDERABLE ARTILLERY
ACTIVITY
LONDON, January 3rd.
33rd
wowow that:
fifteen hundred
saler of under a hundred
At the meeting sof Yand Russian
Austro German
the
held for the the condition of Russian Delegate
iment in a Ger
and Lettish
1918
THE ALLIES AND PEACE:
QUESTION OF THE FORM OF
ALLIES REPLY
LONDON, January 2nd, The Times Correspondent at Washing ton eny, that hangen of views aro
proceeding between London, Paris and
and hoped the Austro-German Washington regarding the form of the Delegates & were now appreciating the ply to the Austro-German terms, when Russian revolutionary spirit and would | Presented to the Allies by the Bolahovika. protest to their Governments.
It is not decided whether President GERMANS EVACUATE WHITE Wilson, Lloyd George or M. Clemen
RUSSIA:
ccan will reply, but the reply will cor PETROGRAD, January 2nd. respond to President Wilson's utterances The Russian Delegates from Brestli and will probably contain a re-statement were unsuccessfully at tok have returned to Petrograd. They of the war aims in the shape of an appen CH RETURNS
state that the Germans have expressed to enemy peoples over the heads of their LONDON, January 3rd.
the readiness to evacuate White Russia. rulers,
They have declined to withdraw troops. from the Riga, Libau and other similar bases except in the event of a general
The French returns show that the rrivals were 736 and the departures
Nine vessels of abore 1,800 tons were sunk and none below.
wo were unsuccessfully attacked.
RUSSIAN AFFAIRS.
SETTLEMENT BETWEEN UK RAINIANS AND BOLSHEVIKS.
PETROGRAD, January 2nd, The Bolshevik News Agency announces that the Ukraine Rada is willing to agree to the Bolshevik demands not to night take or facilitate military measures against the Bolsheviks on condition that money is sent to the Ukraine and that the Ukraine Republic is officially recog nised,
Vicenza, asario, Castel Franco
indreviso,
Thirteen were killed and 44 wounded.
GO LONDON January Sad, wireless Italian omcial report states British and Italian batteries ex ploded two munition depots at Fontigo, southward of Conegliano.
Our fire dispersed ten veseels laden with troops at Intestadura in un effort to brose the Piave.
The energy at night bombed Mestre, Treviso and Bassano.
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INTER ALLIED PARIS CONFERENCE. AMERICAN AID NEEDED URGENTLY
CHANGES IN NAVY
LONDON, January 2nd. Admiral Bir Arthur Farquhar has re tired at his own request, and Vice- Admiral Sir George Patcy has been pro- moted Admiral,
THE QUESTION OF ODESSA A referendum will be held at Odessa
End to decide whether it shall belong to Ukraine or White Russia. RUSSIA DEMANDS LOAN OF TWO INTER-ALLY COUNCIL
MILLION FRANOS
LONDON January 2nd,
A Petrograd message states that the Russians are demanding a ban of two milliards of trancs from Austria and Germany..
INDEPENDENCE OF FINLAND. PETROGRAD January 2nd.
...WAR PURCHASE.
CORRESPONDENCE.
THE INDO-CHINA AND P. & 0. COMPANIES.
[TO THE BUITOR OF THE ** HONGKONG
DAILY PŘEBA
BIR,With reference to a famour cur- rent in the Colony that an ama
of the interests of the P. L 0, and the Indo-China S.N. Co, Ltd., contem- platoch we are authorised by our Board of Directors to state that there is no foundation whatever for such report, Wo are, Dear Sir, yours faithfully, Per Pro, JARDINE MATHESON & CO, LTD...
RSUTHERLAND,
General Managers
Hongkong, 3rd January, 1918.
In connection with the above it will be remembered by our readers that in our issue of October 18th, we published the following telegram from Beuter --_-_-_-
LONDON, October 16th, The feature of the Stock Exchange is & spurt in the Deferred shares of the Indo-Chi
tion Company.
to £25, owing to raUDO arrangement with
FOR pany
PARIS, January 2nd, The Inter Ally Council of War for Purchase and Finance has opened. It was attended by Mr. Bonar Law, Mr Chamberlain, Lord Buckmaster, French, Italian and American representatives.
FRANCE
Pinis, January 2nd
The Bolshevik News Agency etatts that THE KING'S GREETINGS TO the People's Commissioners have inform ed the Finnish Government of their will- The Bolshevik delegates from Kief ingness to recognise the political inde stato that friendly settlement on pendence of the Finnish Republic. these lines is probable. If so the RUSSIAN PLENIPOTENTIARY IN Ukraine will not place an embargo en wheat exports to Great Russia:
LONDON.
RUSSIAN REVOLUTIONARIES SHOT IN ROUMANTA,
PETROGRAD, January 2nd.
M. Trotzky in a communiqué states that several Revolutionaries were shot at Bessarabia, and adds that the Hot manians were anfely conducted by the Revolutionary Committee to Jessy where they were arrested and tried. They narrowly escaped shooting.
LONDON January 2nd.
We added the following note:
There has been a lonal boom. Indos today, the quotation rising from $105 to $125]
SUNDAY'S SERVICES
[TO THE BEITOR OF THE HONGKONG
next
Sanday has been King
HE the Governor,
nanding.
His Majesty King George and Pre sident Poincare have exchanged New and the Year telegrams, in which His Majesty intalition of pays a tribute to France'a magnificent service on th A wireless Russian message states that courage and assures the President of bis possible M. Trotsky has appointed citizen Munshakable confidence in a victorious end Litvinoff as Provisional Plenipotentiary to the great struggle, in London, and orders the present mem
President Poincare replying, says bers of the Embassy, the Military Mission that the longer the war lasts the firmer and other Russian officials now in bis confidence in the anal success of Great Britain to hand over their docu: the Allied arms. ments and monies to him.
Citizen MKarpinsky is similarly ap pointed
GERMAN WAR WEARINESS
Trotzky sternly warna EqumentS that he will not tolerate the repressing of either Russian or ranian Revolu tionaries and Social
He threatens the harshest messif spectays of the offenders' position
COSSAC
MOBILIS
WASHINGTON, January 3rd.-- It is offeindly announced that the American Delegates to the Paris Confer ence, in reporting to their Government, emphasised the necessity of a constant and speedy despatch of American troops to the Europcar battlefront, the speed ing up of merchant shipbuilding, and closer co-operation with the belligerents. AGREEMENT REACHED ON IMPORTANT SUBJECTS. An agreement has been made with the - British - Admiralty to achieve certain plans against submarines and for the United States' participation in the mili- joined General tary deliberations of the Supreme Wara Council
communiqué states There was
considerable artillery activity in the
The contribution of the United States. to the pooling of war resources, was agreed upon, the latter guaranteeing that full equipment of every kind will be available to all troops despatched to Europe during 1918
In order to enable the United States to visualise the problem of food control, Great Britain France end Italy have agreed to introduce legalised compulsory control of foodstuffs in their countries
The statement expresses gratification At the success of the Conferetion in the co ordination of the warlike work of the Allies
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ATION VIL WARS
January 2nd
MAKE BELIEVE ANTI-PEACE TACTICS.
LONDON, January 2nd. gnincant, Bidelight on the German maniceuvre at Brestlitovsk is the
propaganda Bzhich ing to the Petil Parisen, the German High Command is conduct
The Times correspondent at Petrograding in the trenches, saya that the whole Cossack population of the Don Valley, including the women, are mobilised for civil war,
A document circulated among German troops, declares that the Scheidemann pence which the German delegates Brestitovsk accented would ruin
Thousands of ex-Regular officers have
nerel Kaledin, who has formed for whose future development the Corps, 20,000 of which are Cossacks. They have occupied Alexandroysk and Crenburg without resistance.
D069663ION c the
basins the co of Belg The dispatch of coal to Northern The Russia has ceased
policy of the
soldiers.
Briey and Longwy
control
A BERLIN FOODSTUFT.
The
the Governmen
interest in a
kyndicate whi being organised for the purposes porting brea mifs from Russia.
The Government assuming all the
Similar syndicaten will be organised in Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria and Turkey.
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the
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presentat
of doin
THE STREET
MR. GALSWORTHY DECLINES CAN THE BLIND
KNIGHTHOOD
LONDON, January 2nd
It is announced that Mr. John Gale- worthy's name was erroneously included *** in the list of Knighthoods. It is under-
stood that he declined the honour
FRANCE'S MAN-POWER,
MEN OF FIFTY RECALLED.
PARIS, January 2nd.
neserter, that "this.
Listo.com.
BOUNDY
READ BY
A REMARKABLE INVENTION
The care and education of thousand soldiers, who have been blinded îns wer has revived the interest of Scientists in devico invented Albo in 1812 for ena blind to read bear, certant sounds caused Jested from an illumi sileninm, the par
heur
Jettors
The dispatch of French divisions to fluenced by the
There are now two hundred enemy hat the war weariness and misery of the delegates in Petrograd. A number of Austro German prisoners near Petrograd ENEMY SUBJECTS INTERNED Italy has tessitated the recall of letter creat
have been allowed to secure arms and have raided and plundered houses in the district
The ex-Minister, M. Avksentieff, has been arrested,
FIGHTING AT PETROGRAD
PETROGRAD, January Side Fighting has occurred between Ukrainian Lancer Regiment and Maximalists between the stations of
Bjatsk and Smolensk. Two others and
a large number of men we killed
QUEBEOS LOYALTY.
AITAWAAL Annary 3rd.
A BAILOR COMMANDER IN CHIEF debeo has for
PETROGRAD,
best the King express
loyalty of the people.
sectors of Beaumont and Caurieres Wood of the rovine, to the Crown and their
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AEROPLANES BROUGHT DOWN.
PA18, January, 2nd. communiqué states: Four enemy aeroplanes were brought down and two others, seriously damaged, fell over our
lines.
A sailor named Enerven, has
pointed temporary Commande of the Petrograd district
determination to do their part in the
Enemyeff is a non-comm
WAY,
in the Jaeger Regimenti
ROYAL PALACE OF SPAIN ON Army and Navy, the org
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mens and Peasants
Lour hundred withid
stituenters Dave
been
IN ITALY
Rous, January 2nd The Italian Government le interning all those Austrians, and Germans, wha
thaven rithe › not been "interned.
MARIE CORELLI INED.
FOR HOARDJI
FOODS
January 2nd Cordili has been fined £50
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men of fifty years of sto to the urs magnified and the withdrawal of younger exempted
telephone
mên from the munition workshop,
BRITISH AMBASSADORS
RETIRING.
LLOYDON anuary End
The Daily Owen
that the Ambassadors Georges Buchanan, Sir Francis Berlie and Sir Cecil Spring Biso are about to resign," hopes that their aliccessors will
be appointed from outside the Diploma
tip Service,
LATTEN
CIR SPRING RICE'S RETIREMENT CONFIRMED.
The retirement of Sir Cecil Spring
Poficially confirmed.
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