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THE WAR.
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 16TH, 1918.
GREAT
SIR A.
GEDDES ON BRITAIN'S WAR EFFORT.
FURTHER COMBING OUT NECESSARY.
SUCCESSFUL AIR RAID ON GERMANY.
M. CAILLAUX IMPRISONED.
GERMANY'S 1919 CLASS IN THE FIELD.
General.
FIGHTING IN RUSSIA.
killed, died, missing, prisoners, and discharged. LATEST CABLES.
Taking everything into consideration the effort of the British
{THROUGH EBUTER'S ACKNOW GREAT
BRITAIN'S MAN POWER
THE EMPIRE'S CONTRIBUTION TO THE ALLIED FORCES.
LONDON, January 14th,
LATEST CABLES.
AFFAIRS IN RUSSIA.
·SOCIAL REVOLUTIONARIES DENOUNCE BOLSHEVIK6.
IMPORTANT GERMAN CON
FERENCES::
FOREIGN MINISTER TO REPLY TO THE ENTENTE.
abolition of the two months exemption granted
mon leaving certified Decupations. The efect of this would. be that such men would join the Army
more rapidly and more numerously than hitherto, The Bill also empowered the withdrawal of certificates of exemp tion granted, on occupational ground festo bitterly denouncing the Bolshevik and politicians wore inaugurated on the
to a large number of ‹men who are at present holding such certificates and who are engaged on work practically of no national, importance.
After mentioning that over a million men held protection certificates, which would presently he cancelled, Bir Auck Land Geddes proceeded to explain that only men fit for general service would be taken from the vital industrio, and the number required would be secured by a clean cut determined on the ago busis, for each particular occupation.
THE VITAL PROBLEM OF
BHIPPING.
Shipping was a vital problem, Every ton built, or saved from submarinism, or
PETROGRAD, January 14th. The Bocis Revolutionaries of the Constituent Assembly have insted a manh
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as bringing the country on the verge of a new and overwhelming war, and declar- ing that the restoration of peace was of paramount importance, but only the Con- stituent Assembly would be able to achieve it. The army should be reformed on the voluntary basis. The nationalisa tion of land without compensation was favoured, also the nationalisation of nines, private railways and State control of industry, with the widest parti eipation to the working classes in them.
EARLIER CABLES.
OLD GOVERNMENT LOANS.
CANCELLED,
AMSTERDAM, January 14th. The Berlin Prese says that important conference between the High Command
12th instant, when the Kaiser received the Crown Prince, and Marshal Hinden burg and General Ludendorff conferred with numerous political leaders, There was also 's most important discussion he tween the High Command and Count Hertling on the 13th These conferences form the basis of a discussion with the Kaiser on the 14th instant...
Count Hertling speaks on, domestic policy on Tuesday and replies to the Entente statesmen on Wednesday
olan Front.
LATEST CABLES.
|(THROUGH REUTER 8 AGENOT. :
SNOW
POSTPONES GERMANY'S OFFENSIVE,
ENEMY'S 1919 CLASS IN THE FIELD
London, January 14th, 1.
4.5 p.m.
Reuters Correspondent at British Headquarters states-Heavy snow has again fallen and postponed indefinitely the much-advertised German offensive.
The Germans are using a lighter type, of flame-throwers, not requiring several operatora The enemy by searchlights and fireworks, are constantly secking to locate our Tanks
Two Munich papers, commenting on appearing opposite the British front.
Drafts of Germany's 1919 olnds are now s President Wilson, declare that he has We recently captured two improved cleverly seized on the acute differences field howitzers with a maximum range prevailing in Germany on the question of 11,000 yarda A captured document of peace in order to shake confidence in records an instanco where only 8 out of her policy. The state of indescribable 24 field howitzers survived our bombard- confusion in the direction of the policy re
PETROGRAD, January 14th. The Superior Council of National Pro
must be endo Count Hertling must im ∙ment. National Loans rued by the Imperial mediately reply to-Fresident Wilson and dementie Loans, the stock of which is semble a South American State, where and Bourgeois Governments; and all prove to him that Germany does not re-
held by foreigners, are cancelled un policy is announced through military reservedly.
nations under the heading provision economized by substituting Home producperty has drafted a decree cancelling all tion for imports meant a ton available to bring the American forces into the field. Our enemies were staking every
her succes in solving it meant thing upon our failur, to solve this pro-
certain victory.
of men for the arrued forces of the
Crown amounted to not far below
7,500,000 men.
THE COLONIAL CONTRIBUTION.
England bad contributed 4,630,000, In the House of Commons, Sir Auck
Scotland 620,001, Wales 250,000, Ireland and Geddes, Minister of National Ser 170.000, and the Dominions and Colonies vice, made an important statement 900,000. The remaining million was.com viewing the whole question of man posed of native fighters, the Labour power, which he declared was the central Corps, carriers, etc., which represented problem of the war. Every day Grant) Britain's hitting force was becoming- more important to the Allica. We must pompare to play a larger part on the battlefeld until America was ready, but not at the expense of vital national dustries, nor regardless of the Nuvy Lood.
and
He announced that the Government had decided that at prosent the military age should neither be lowered nor raised and compulsion should not be introduced in Ireland, but they would not hesitate to adopt any or all of these measures if mint the military needs could not be
otherwise,
ALL-IMPORTANCE OF THE NAVY
Bir Auckland Geddes emphasised the all-importance of the Navy. We have trodden," he said." some strange patha with little profit since 1914. Letos return to the faith. of our forefathers
the splendid contribution by India and various African and other dependencies, but even these figures failed to indicate nur total effort, for they took an account of the manufacture of munitions, ships, (Naval and mercantile), aircraft, the increased production of food, iron ore, oil, and supplies of all kinds which we furnished to the Allies,
OUR ARMIES MUST BE MAIN-
TAINED.
Only short-term Loans of the National Treasury aro considered valid.
pronunciamentos
THE SCANDINAVIAN CONVOY FINDING OF COURT OF ENQUIRY
THE BRITISH FRONT.
ZABLIER CARLES.
GOOD WORK BY CANADIANS.
LONDON, January 14th. Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig re porta-The Canadians, last night, NATIONAL WORK OR INTERN
succesfully raided to the north of Lena, COSSACKE ENGAGE THE MENT FOR ENEMY ALIENS
BOLSHEVIKSAP
LONDON, January 14th and brought back prisoners. Patrol Aliens would not henceforth be employed
PETROGRAD, January 14th... In the House of Commons, Bir Erio encounters to the cast of Mericourt re in certain restricted occupations of an A despatch says that Rostoffdon Geddes stated that the Admiralty bad con- suited favourably. unessential character without a permit station at Debatzovo, on the Ekaterinos Ermed the finding of the Court of En and uninterned enemy aliens,et at, must lay Railway, has thrios changed hands. quiry, that the escorting vessels did work for the nation or be interned.
On Thursday night, the Cossacks, learn their best to protect the Scandinavian thing from a despatch from Luganakaya convoy, which was sunk on the 17th Arrangements were being made for that considerable Bolshevik reinforcements altimo extension of the employment of school boys, of whom 4,00 were successfully used last season, with the Boy Scouts, for
harvesting and cleaning land.
WOMEN MUNITION WORKERS. Women munition workers, including
with artillery had left the station, took up a position near the railway awaiting their own reinforcements from Mariupol, Fighting was renewed on Friday morn ing The Bolsheviks advanced somewhat in the direction of Toganrog. During Friday, a strong force of Donterek and
The escort fought in a proper and sea manlike manner, and, covering the forces. took all pomible steps to come to their assistance and prevent the escape of the
enemy
cumstances preventing the covering foreca
The Board was of opinion that the cir
If this effort was to be carried on Admiralty workers, numbered pearly Kadan Consseks traverse Togear arriving in time were uppreventible, and I
snorifices not made in vain, our Armies must be maintained throughout 1918
815,000 at the end of last year, compared with 927,000 in 1914. Still more women
of all classes were necessary,
going northwards.
Their demands could be met from Sir A. Geddes expressed his thanks to a patch from Ufa states that
Admirsi Bestty's dipositions
were
It is stated that General Kaledin has the best possible with the available forces. albo gone northwards.
THIS TEAR'S RUBBER PRODUCTION.
REDUCTION OF TWENTY PER
CENT AGREED.
Bolshevik artillery has arrived in the
town.
BOLSHEVIK TROOPS SEIZE BANKS Bands of Bolsheviks seired all the banks and Government buildings. The Bolsheviks are sending considerable
Lennox, January 14th, ✅The Timer says it is understood that a many rubber companies have agreed
Bood
sources, firstly, from the reserves at Home and abroad, and, secondly, from the Military Authorities of the New the men remaining in civil life, Even Zealand, South African, and Newfound- after the readjusting of the Homeland contingents who consented to grant armics to enable the greatest possible furlough to skilled, agriculturists For to be sent t abroad, it would work on the land. Their timely help, and recognise that, on the sea and by still be necessary to raise 450,000 from coming at a critical period in the forces with artillery to Cheliabinat to the Rubber Association's proposal to
the men in civil life. This was absolute agricultural cycle had been greatly where serious fighting is anticipated. the sea, we live."
appreciated,
SECOND UKRAINIAN REGIMENT NEARLY A MILLION ADDITIONAL ly the minimum requirement.
DISARMED.. THIRTEEN STANDARD SHIPS DELIVERED. ONE BUNK
NO LOWERING OF AGE-LIMIT. He declared that the lowering of the aga last resort, military age, except was contrary to our natural instincts and, economically, unsound, The Goy,
GERMANS FOR THE WEST. The Government had examined the entire question of the strength, character and composition of the forces of our selves, our Allies and our enemies in the light of the situation in Russia. The ernment felt very strongly it would be result of the inactivity of Russia would contrary to the national interesta
German raise the age limit whilst there were large be the 950,000 additional troops would be available for the numbers of St youths, civilly employed, Western Front and several Austro who could be released without seriously Italian endangering essential work. The Gov Hungarian Divisions for the Fronk Taking everything into con crnment was satisfcd that the reasons. Bideration the Russian defection would which led to the exclusion of Ireland possibly mean that 1,600,000 Austro from the Military Service Act had lost German troops would be available for none of their cogency.
elsewhere.
Nevertheless,
COMBING OUT THE YOUTHS. the resources of the The Cabinet was determined to make Allies were sufficient to assure victory available, militarily, a very large num Nothing but a paychological catastrophe ber of youthe engaged in essential indus in one or other of the Allied countries bries, replacing them with women and could save the Central Powers.
ex soldiers. This would leave in civil CARELESSNESS OF HUMAN LIFE. life a large reserve of men of over 41 The Government had most carefully which our enemies would not possess and considered the question of casualties, which could be thrown into the scale,
and had determined that carelessness il necessary.
sa regards human life should be stamped: out everywhere He was not accusing any Admiral or General of recklessness, but simply laying down an essential general principle.
STRENGTH OF BRITISH ARMY
AND NAVYS
A WARNING TO YOUTHFUL WORKERS AND PACIFISTS.
LONDON, January 14th.
In the House of Commons Sir Leo Chiozza Money stated that up to the 31st!
time thirteen standard ships were delivered and one was sunk. PETROLEUM BILL DROPPED. SPECIAL LEGISLATION REQUIRED.
PETROGRAD, January 14th. A newspaper despatch from Kharkoff says the Maximalists have disarmed the Scoord Ukrainian Regiment after our- rounding the barracks with armoured care and machine guns, which opened fire. The Ukrainians surrendered with
7,000 rifles and thirteen machine-guns The Commander of the regiment
farrested.
CAPITALISTS ARRESTED AT
LATEST CABLES.
FRENCH FRONT.
LIVELY ARTILLERY FIRING.
Paris January 10t A communiqué states :—There was live- y artillery firing in Champagne, on the right of the Meuse, capecially north of Louvement where our batteries caught enemy assemblages.
EARLIER CABLES.
ENEMY HUBLED BACK.
PARIS, January 14th.
A communiqué says: Accurate fire dis persed enemy detachments trying to reach our lines in the sector of Goose Hill, on the left bank of the Meus.
Aerial Activities. -
LATEST CABLES.
THROUGH XEUTIE'S AGENCY.
AIR RAIDS INTO ENEMY COUNTRY
restrict the production in 1918 to a figure presenting a reduction of twenty per cent on the 1917 crop. The proposal, BRITISH AVIATORS GOOD WORK. therefore, seems likely to be generally
LONDON, January 15th. adopted.
Sir Douglas Haig reports --The enemy raided a post south-eastward of Armen- tiers A few of our men are missing.
Hostile artillery has been active in the Saint Juhen ares, and south-eastward of Hargicourt,
FINE CHINA TEA.
LARGE STOCKS IN LONDON,
LONDON, January 14th,
A frm of wholesale ten merchanta states
that a million pounds of fine Chita Aeroplane carried out bombing and tea is at present idle in dealers machine gunning incessantly on Sunday. hands as, owing to the reduction They dropped four hundred bombs on a in retail price, it can only be sold at large ammunition dump mear Roulers and considerable loss. They suggest that it on billets and hutments at the railway should be used to relieve the pressure on junction. Machine-guns attacked a party of the enemy engaged in extinguishing a large fire causing casualties. The men scattered, and the fire was left to barn itself out.
PETROGRAD." Searches and arrests continue in the LONDON, January 14th. town. Twelve capitalists have been Mr. Bonar Law announced in the strested, including a newspaper pro-
required to donate the cheaper sorts of tes prietor. They were House of Commons that the Petrolendra million roubles for the unemployed. They deposited the money conditionally Bill cabled on the 28th October last, was and it was disbursed by the Munici dropped decause the abocary action pality. The Maximalists are dissatisfied DETAILS OF THE NEW REFORMS. could not be taken without a special legislation.
AMERICAN STEAMSHIP
RAMMED.
NEW YORK, January 15th. The steamship Texas, with a cargo of nitrates for European parts, has wire- lessed that she has been rammed and is sinking. Her crew of 43 have taken to the boats
The
and those arrested have not her released
INTERNECINE STRIFE EXPECTED.
PETROGRAD, January 14th -|
ADMIRALTY CHANGES.
Lospos, January 14th, It is officially explained that the Board
Eight hostile machines were brought down and three were driven down; Threo of ours are missing
There
was better weather to-day and
our squadrons carried out a most success
A recrudescence of internecine strife of Admiralty is how divided into two is expected in the capital, owing to the believed Bolakovik intention to declare heads, namely, Operations and Mainten the forthcoming Congress of Bovicts as ange. In the case of the former the prin. ful raid on Germany at daylight against National Convention in lieu of a Conciple of isolating the work of planning the railway-station and munition fao. stituent Assembly. It is a significant fact that two oraisse destroyers have and directing war operation from all tories in Karlsruhe and in the Rhine aerived for
which the ice channel was other work, in order that it may receive valley They dropped one and a quarter broken
ing the entire attention of officers, is carried Social Revolutionaries, including Madame Breshkovskaya, and also the a step further.
tons of bombs with excellent respits.
Committee of the first All-Bussian The First Ben Lord, Admiral Wemyssings, sidhings on the main railway junc Soviets, are vigoromaly urging the citizens, particularly the working classes and the Army, to organise to defend the Assembly by force.
HUNGER RIOTING IN MOSCOW
The pacifista were now attempting to
M. CAILLAUX IN PRISON, stir up strife in munition, works among
PARIS, January 15th youths engaged in vital industrier,
12.30 am. threatening to hold up the output of ed in the Baye prison. This has created M. Caillaux has arrived and been lodg
PATROGka, January 14th. Hunger rioting has occurred in the ships and aeroplanes in order to force intransigrant states that the crowd demanding the disarming of the Kolomos government at Monow, the Before asking the House to consider the Government to exempt them. This authorities found incriminating Coous Rea Guard and the handing over of the demands for more men, he wished would mean the sending of wounded and ments, compelling his arrest forthwith. Kuthority to the Municipality to show what the British League of older men to the Front and limiting or
Twelve people are reported killed and BARLIER CABLES. 120 wounded. Nations had done, In August, 1914, the stopping soldiers' leave. If the threat
РАЗІВ, January 14th. personnel of the Navy was 10,000, and was carried out, the youths would meet M. Caillavt has arrived. that of the Regular Army, including the blast of hatred and contempt, which DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF ARMY
- MEDICAL SERVICES.
Reserves 450,000, and the Territorials &
quarter of a million. Now the personnel of the Navy was 400,000, and the Army
four million,
would surprise them.
EXEMPTION AND PROTECTION CERTIFICATES.
The main object, of the proposals was wine The Air Bervice strength in 1814 was to secure equality in sacrifice as far as 9.000; to-day it was 125,000) However, was practicable. The Bil, which would to the above figures must be added the now be introduced, provided for the
UNEMPLOYED BOLDIERS. Unoagupied soldiers in Petrograd” are Provinces Latching meat, flour and going backwarde and forwards between batter ka they sell in Petrograd af orbitant priore, Baldiers take news sion of the railway carriagra, hanging LONDON, January 14th. The War Office announces that Birthe es
on the flops and lying us the roofs Alfred Krogh is resuming dotica e Genocal Executive Officer to the Imparia)
There have been many fatal College of Science and Technology come
Colonel H Goodwin will proceed him as Acting Director General of the Army Medical Services
· Barns were observed among the build-
tion, in the centre of the town, railway workshe
the Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff, Bear-Admiral Fremantle; and the Assist. ant Chief of the Naval Staff, Rear | Karlsruhe Photographs confirm the Admiral Daf have been relieved from large fire in the factories alongside the dealing with any questions not directly connected with the wards
a great mass of important paper work and administrative detail will be diverted to the Deputy First Bes Lord, Rear Admiral Hope PO
Anti-aircraft fire was very heavy
Several hostile, machines unsuccessfully attacked ony Formation,
́All our machines reached their chjeo. tives and returned safely.
FARLIER QADLES.
Admiral Wemyss will have two Dired.
Director of the Intelligence Division, NAVAL AEROPLANES ACTIVE. tors immediately under him, namely, the
Bear Admiral Hall, and the Director of Training And Stan Duties, Rear Admiral
LORDON, Snusry lith. Pets Parte Admiralty reports: - Yesterday Bear Admirals Fremantle and Dof will cidents each be assisted by four Directors. The afternoon our aircraft bombed the Engel *** former will deal exclusively, with the dump, Burata, vers obnorved among the nry planning and direction of operations in sheds,
mes the main sphere of naval activity, and age
was obtained and
at the the latter with trade protection and & cloud of smok was observerk
All our machus returned