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GATATAL.
THROUGH EKOTER'S AGENCY.
WAR-AIMS OF GERMANY. COUNT HERTLING'S REPLY TO ALLIED DEMANDS.
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Now that the Entente had refused to join the peace negotiations I mi cline interference La this are dealing with questions concern Russia and the Cantral
()Belgium, the whole world will agren, must be cracuated and restored sovereignty the enjoys in common with other free nations. No other single so will serve as this will servo to restore the confidence among nations in laws which they themselves determined for the
DAY, JANUARY 151,
SPEFCH
REICHSRATH.
AUSTRIA'S ATTITUDE TOWARDS RUUSIA
LONDON, January 25th. Cornin the Austrian Foreign. peaking in the Reichsrath said no intention of demanding a single square there of For a single centime of indemnity mentioning that the insults of the Pan-
were his only distraction, The proveedo
to explain the difficulties in ve Brestitorak negotiations For after the agreement with the tatives of the Ukraine Rada da the basis of no anŭérations and no in Delegation yesterday telegraphed that the Government of the Bepublid of Workmen and Peasants Ukraine, aithing at Khartroff, did not recognise that the Rada represented the people of Ukraine.
repro
1918
PANIC IN MOSCOW
PETROGRAD, January gath While there was no bloodshed in the capital on Tuesday, thirty people were killed and 200 wounded, including many women and children, in the centre of
Theatre
A large Bolshevik procession, with several machine-guns and armoured cars parties of cavalry, armed Red Guarda and Austro-German and Turkish prison ors, arrived at one o'clock in Square Mousands of ope
a couple of revolver ahots bled. When a were heard, evidently of a proeve character a terrible panic ensued, and there was much wild rifle and thachin gun shooting by soldiers of the Red Guards in the procession.
ROMANCE OF THE WAR.
LOS LONDON, January 24th. Another romance of the war similar to Col. Elkington was revealed in yesterday evening's Gazette announcing the rein. statement of Edward Parker, England to the rank of Lieut. Colonel in the Artil fery, in consequence of his devotion and gallantry in the ranks of the Devonshires. The Gazette of December 12th, 1814, announced that England had been ra moved from the Army
SCHIEDEMANN A GERMAN AGENTL
AMSTERDAM January 25th, without any attempt to limit the damnities, the President of the Russian The Moscow Soviet affirms that shot A Danish Conservative newspaper at
Speaking before the Main Committes of this Reichstag, Count Hertling said the negotiations were slowly progressing at Breat itovsk
They are extraordinarily difficult, be said," and the strange messages which the Russians have sent throughout the world by wireless have cocnaioned doubs na to whether the Russians are serious, but I hold fast to the hope that the negotiations will shortly reach a catie factory conclusion. Our negotiations
government of their relations with one
another Without this healing act the Count Umerem declared that Germany rolenes at the expense of Russia but had whole structure and validity of interna-did not intend to make conquests by tional law is forced and impaired.
The Belgian question belongs to queegitimately maintained that the numer tions whose details will be settled in the roue pressions made by legislative, cor porations and commercial representa tives in the occupied provinces deserved peace negotiations,NUGU
(8)All French territory should be consideration as a basis of the people's and the wrong done to France by Prussia secured by a vote. freed and the invaded portions restored opinion which could subsequently he The Russian Delegation opposed this in 1871 in the matter of Alsace Lorraine, for nearly fifty years, should be righted so that peace may be once more made secure in the interests of all
were fired against the processionista from the windows of three hotels, on which machine guns were consequtfitly turned, while armoured cars fired on the Metro- pole.
LONDON, January 9th. A message from Petrograd states that the Boviet Congress opened at Tauride Palace, being attended by 625 delegates, MTrotzky declared that he vras con- vinced that the Western proletariat would Assembly of the Constituent dissolution come to the assistance of Russia. The was justified, because it aimed at the creation of an Upper Chamber, The Maximalista were fully entitled to sub
the interests of the general form of social revolution
THE SOVIETS CONGRESS MEETS,
LONDON, January 24th.. Copenhagen reveals that Herr Scheide hann is not a peace Apostle, but an organising propaganda on a commercial agent of the German Government in
The paper spys that Scheidemano's employés in Denmark include the Social. footing most profitable to his employers
ist Minister Stauning, the Socialist leader Borgbjerg, and the Russian Parvas, Sklarz, and Koslovski. leader Borgbjerg, and the Russians
The journal assorts that this group arranged the peace negotiations with Lexin in return for political comperita. tions Herr Scheidemann procere low price an enormous quantity of soal The same group exorbitant prices. formed another syndicate for the sale of motor-cars looted in France, Belgium,
with the Ukraine representatives are, in which has unsettled tas penes of the world standpoint of opinion that statute a proletarian dictatorship for the for the aforementioned, who sell it at
the withdrawal of troops from occupied
Count Czernin was of, a favourable position,
territories would result in anarchy. The Entente having failed to respond to the invitation to participate in the Alsace-Lorraine, le mainly purely He was convinced that a general peaco German territors which, through vio was not far off. It was merely a matter President Wilson's most nogotiations, we are no longer under any lency, and a violation of justice, was of resistance.
Proceng proposals were an ap
appreciable obligation towards them. We have a tree covered from the German characts approach to the Austro-Hungarian point
When we in 1870 demanded hand for separate negotiations with of land wrung from us in a criminal way, view, but so far as these proposals Russia, nor are we bound regarding the it was no conquest of allen territory, but concerned "Austria allies Austria would
what to-day
Temain faithful to her engagements to sannexation. of France are a fight to the end in defence of her allles. Entente to the general peace proposals submitted to us by the Russian Delega valuable pawn in our hands Here as The words, in defence" are under tion. Mr. Lloyd George no longer scolds also in the case of Belgium, forcible lined in the telegraphic text Troin
annexation forms no part
of the official Vienna.] Ilo scems to wish to prove his power for Gorman polley. The conditions of evacu Our negotiating, which I formerly doubted, battion, which must take into account
maay's vital interests, are to be agreed THE BUSSO-GERMAN PEACE I cannot read in his speech any surat
between Geramay and France. There
NEGOTIATIONS. will for peace, nor any friendly tone never be any question of the dismembr
territory
THREAT TO OCCUPY REVAL. towards -09, He declares that he never tent of Imp ny kind will wo permit had any intention of annihilating Ger- the enemy to again take Alsace-Lorraine
PETROGRAD, January 25th. many; he esca spoke of respect for out from us. which has been ever increasingly
When the Russian Delegates at Brest political, economic and cultural ritus and intimately linked to Germanism and litovak naked the Germans to specify con- tion: But he spoke also about pronoune which has in a highly gratifying manner ditions regarding occupied territories,
judgment on criminal Germany ever increasingly developed economically which had committed every possible and of whion more than 3 per cent peak General Holman, spread out a war tap shore of the Gulf of Finland, east of crime. That is a tone which we cannot German as their mother tongue (Loud and drew his finger along a line from the ncknowledge as containing an earnest applause).
Moon Hound Islands, thence from Walck desire for peacoat
to Dvinek and Brentlitevsk.f
parasen
no
(0) The re-adjustment of the frontiers of Italy should be effected along clearly recognisable lines nationally.
This principally canceres Austria Hungary prodeka
developments
This principally concerns Austria Hungary
thereupon The Russian Delegates. mentioned the southern occupied terri tories and General Hofman replied that he would speak of these with the Ukrainian Republic.
Rusinn Delegate queried —If we do not agree to these conditions?
General Hoffman replied-We will occupy Reval within a week
sent adjournment was the last to which The Germans announced that the pre- they would agree
Count Hertling spoke at some length on pre-war history in order to show the peaceful intentions of Germany. He declared that the motive of the Austro German alliance was purely peaceful,
(10)-The peoples of Austria-Hungary, but hostile conditions menaced the Cen-whose place among the nations we wish tral Powers King Edward's isolation to see safeguarded and sasured should policy compelled coalitions, Germany stood in the way of British Imperialis accept the opportunity for autonomous In the French lust for revenge and Russia's expansion the dapirations of British Imperialism found an only tob ready aid (II)-Roumania, Serbia and Montene.
He proceeded to argue that the Francogro should be evacuated, copied terr*** Russian alliance compelled Germany to tories restored, Berbia accorded free and create protective, armaments and he sure access to the ses, and the mutual friendly counsel along historically quoted in support of this policy a letter relations of the Balkan States determined from Mr. Thomas Carlyla to the 'amica established lines of allegiance of nation in 1870, saying that Germany would lity with international guarantees or their political and economic indepen. dance and territorial integrity
This principally concerns Hungary
Austria.
BERLIN MOB DEMANDS PEACE.
LONDON, January 25th,"
A message from Amsterdam says an
important Bank learns that there has been severe rioting in Berlin during the
at two daya,
A mob marched through the streets demanding peam
MUTINY AMONG GERMAN MINESWEEPERS.
have beca mind bad she not erected a frontier wall between herself and her bad neighbour, France, PRESIDENT WILSON'S FOURTEEN CONDITIONS OF PEACE.
(13) The Turkish portions of the pre- The Chancellor proceeded to deal with seat Ottoman Empire should be assured the fourteen points of President Wilson's secure sovereignty, but other nationalities speech which were cabled on January now under Turkish rule should be assured eth and are reproduced now with the of security of life and autonomous addition of Count Hertling replier development; the Dardanelles should be (1)-Upan convenants of peace, openly permanently open and free under inter arrived at, after which there shall be no pational guarantees private international understandings of any kind but diplomacy shall always proceed frankly and in public view. Germany would accord them every land, says three weeks ago the crows of
We are ready to accept this proposal. 2)Absolute freedom of navigation of the seas outside territorial waters alike in peace or war, except as the seas MITSU BUSSAN KAISHA may be closed wholly or partly by inter- national action for the enforcement of.
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President Wilson demands as his second point the freedom of the seas. One of our main future demands is complete fcedom of navigation in war and peace. There ig no differenco bere between us and President Wilson, but it is eminently important for the future freedom of navigation that England shell relinquish strong fortified points on important inter national sailing routes like Gibraltar, Malta, Aden, Hongkong and the Falk lande
(3). The removal, as far as possible of all economic barriers and the esta fishment of equality of trade conditions among all the peoples consenting to the pesco and asociating for its muluten
ance.
higher
There Lenin, M. and Russia.
M The Congress elected Trotaky, M. Spridonova, Herr Liebknecht and Herr Adler as honorary Chairmen TROUBLE ACCUMULATING IN THE
CAPITAL
LONDON, January 25th. Apparently further trouble is brewing. at Letrograd
addressing the General Krylenko, Guards, is reported to have sair that all liberties must be set aside during the struggle with the bourgeoisie We shall shrink from nothing, not even the spreading of wholesome terror and wo to all who attempt, to erosa our path. We will not stop until we have complete-
The Christiania Social Demokrat says Sehbidemann unsuccessfully tried exactly the same method to buy up the Norwegian
Socialists
OBITUARY.
DEATH OF SIR JOHN WOLFE- BARRY.
The death of Sir John Wolfe-Barry is announced.
The late Sir John Wolfe-Barry, K:0.B.,.
ly exterminated all our enemies,ete had a world-wide reputation as an The Red Guards and sailors broke up engineer. Amongst many other appoint- meeting at Petrograd of the Delegates monts the doccasadacted as ccmoulting to the Peasants Congress, which is sup-engineer to the Kowloon Canton, the Shang
bai Nanking and other Chinese Railways, porting the Constituent Assembly.
RUMODRED CLOSING OF LONDON PORT, MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT.
Africa.
(THROUGH BRUTES'' AGENCY)].
LONDON, January 25th. OPERATIONS IN EAST AFRICA A deputation of London Members of Parliament is interviewing the Shipping Controller with reference to a report that the Port of London is being closed to merchant shipping.
RUMOUR OFFICIALLY DENIED,
Lospor, January, 25th The Press Bureau says the reported closing of the Port of London is officially denied
CONSECRATION OF DEAN
HENSON.
The Bishop of Oxford Has withdrawn
LUNDON, January 25th. An East Africa official communiqué. statos--We
Afty reached Nanunyaj miles inland from Portamelia.
Eemal Activities.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.] "GOEBEN " CONTINUES TO BE BOMBED
LONDON, January 25th- The Admiralty reports—There were
his protest against Dean Henson's Con-compeles serial attacks on the Goeben
seoration,
BRITISH COMMERCIAL
ATTACHES.
Seven tons of bombs were dropped on and sround the ship during the past 45 hours, Direct hits were also secured on the aerodrome of Galata
The Turkish oruiser which accompani ed the Goeben has gone up the Straite.
We compelled the steamer which was lightening the Goeben to desist, The only casualty was a Greek officer, who was shot down..
The operation is continuing,
LONDON, January 28th In the House of Commons, Mr. King suggested that experienced commercial travellers should be appointed Commer cial Attaches to the British Embassies. LONDON, January 25th,
Mr. Stoel Maitland replied that a. According to a telegram from Amster dam; a German naval lieutenant who Select Committee, including businesa men, was considering the appointments deserted at Kiel and has arrived in Hol-in British Embassies and Legations on The Near East.
the commercial side of the British Diplo. matic and Consular Bervice.
THE SITUATION IN SPAIN:
MADRID, January 5th, The King presided at a meeting of the
To the statemen of Turkey the answer may be left in the first place, but port. The integrity of Turkey and he mine sweeping trawlers were badly safeguarding of Constantinople, with handled in a fight with the British which the question of the Straits is closely They returned to Hamburg and were or- connected are important and vital dered to resume, daty within an hour, German interests
whereupon they mutinted.
They threw an officer into the
(18) --An independent Polish State should be created to include territories
inhabited by indisputably Polish popule tions with free and scoure access to the sea and international guarantees of poli- tical and economie independence and territorial integrity
The Central Empires liberated Poland from the Czar's regime. They are there fore entitled, to decide Poland's future constitution.WORK
water
and allowed him to drown. Council to consider the political situb-
An armed motor launch used its machine guns against the mutineers, killing 44 and wounding 70
The remainder were court-martialled and heavily sentenced.
tion.
dis The Premier announced fresh orders at Barcelous and said the Government were determined to crash agitation.
THE SITUATION IN RUSSIA. AN IMPERIAL FIXED RATE
RED GUARDS VICTORIOUS.
(14)-A general assocation of nations - must be formed, under a specific coven ant for the purpose of affording muta guarantees for the political independence and territorial integrity of gres and mull States alike.
The Imperial Government is ready to discuss the basis of a League of Peopics whan all the other questions are settled,
STOCKHOLM, January 25th. Reports of civil war confirm that there wore sanguinary conflicts at Viborg between the Bourgeois Publid Bafety Corps and the Red Guarda
点
The latter wire victorious after the sellors had been reinforced,
THE SOVIETS CONGRESS. Mr Lloyd George's and President
PETROGRAD, January 5th We are in thorough accord with this Wilson's proposals contain certain pesos
The opening of the Soviets Congress at (4).That adequate guarantees be principles to which Germany has assented given and taken that international and which form the starting point and the Taurile Palace has been fixed for armaments be reduced to the lowest, con. aim of the negotiations, but the concrete to-night-
proposals are not satisfactory Our BATTALION OF DEATH ARRIVED. sistent with domestic safety
enemies do not desire to destroy Ger
their many, but cast covetous eyes opponents territories
PETROGRAD, January 25th The Battalion of Death was arrested Fosterday at its barracks and accused of supporting the light and Social Eeroin tioner members of the Constituent Assembly in a plot, all the organisers of that the enemice statude was still that which were arrested to day, when of victors. Their idea was that Germany numerous bombs, arms and compromising must do penance and promise to reformy documents were found,
They
he said, tais THE BOLSHEVIKS DENOUNCED.
army
PETROGRAD January 25th the whole Eight victims of the shooting on the prevails 18th instant were publicly buried to day have equal weight with the equitable Let us hold together, for victory will be Thousands of mourners tramped for seven claims of the Government whose title is pur and good peace must come God is hours in melting snow a distance of to be determined, t
with us and will be in the future fteen miles to the Preobzajensky Cemet
As we have already declared, the ides of restriction of military prepara tion is quite open to discussion. The
The Chancellor denlared that the mili- finencial position of all European coun tries after the war will probably work tary position was never, so, favourable, most effectively for a satisfactory solution Court Hertling concluded by saying of this question
(6) Free, open-minded and absolute- ly impartial adjustment of all colonial
must
claims based pa the strict observance of uitudes Um C
the principle that in determining all
such questions of sovereignty the inter fence. ests of the populations concerned must
face the future wi
in victory army unbroken joy of
The practical realisation of President Paris, January 25th ery, Red coffins exposed the raised faces Wilson's principle will encounter diff-There has been no comment hitherto on of the dead. There were many speeches delivered at the graveside, denouncing the outles. It may for the present, he leftCount Hertling's speech owing to the Inte
Bolshevik autocracy and comparing it to England to make what she will of
of the speech, but the newspapers jussarje this proposal. It will have to o dis opine that Count Chernin, acting on Jun with the autocracy of Tsardom Cassed in due time on the re-constitution suggestion of Berlin, is endeavouring to ASSASSIN ARRESTED.____^___^ of the world's Colonial possessions.
entice the Entente into a peace conference. (6) The èracustion of Russian or at least start negotiations with he tetritory and the settlement of all ques United States
One of the murderers of MM Shin garch and Kokoshkan has been arrested.
OF EXCHANGE.
LONDON, January 25th. At the meeting of Barclay's Bank, the Chairman advocated the maintenance of a fixed rate of exchange within the Em pire, which would give the Dominions a substantial preference, promete trate and economis the use of gold. The balunca of trade could be adjusted by closer administration of inter-Imperial
finance,
THE LABOUR CONFERENCE UNITED ACTION FOR DURABLE PEACE.
THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
ARABS CAPTURE TURKISH CONVOY EAST OF MEDINA.
LONDON, Jennary 25th, The War Office states the Arabs cap- tured a Turkish convoy castward of Medina.
GENERAL ALLENBY'S
DESPATCH.
LONDON, January 25th. The Gazette publishes General Allen by a despatch covering the operations from June 28th, 1917, to the fall of Jera- salom. He emphasises the transport difficulties and the water shortages. The routes for transport were extremely límited, and practically the whole avail- able transport, including thirty thou sand camels, had to be allotted to one portion of the eastern force. It is told
enemy, who was most strongly entrench- ed, was kept guessing as to the where abonte of the main attack, namely at Bareira and Sherial and therefore a large scale of operations against Cata was prepared
before the fall of Gaza, the
LONDON, January 25th,
The despatch shows that it was the At the Labour Conference at Notting ham, M. Renaudel, the French delegate, most rapid consolidation of the British said the presence of Allied Labour regains in the passes of the Judean Hill prosentatives was being utilised to pro- before the Turks could rally, that ensur moto A general Allied agreement on the ed the surrender of Jerusalem The lines of the British war aims, with the passes are historical for causing the de- adherence of Labour in the United feat of many previous invading armies. States. Having achieved such a unity, the belligerent working classes would
Franco-Belgian Front. then be laked to participate in united action to establish a durable peace and
{THROUGH REUTEE'S "AGENOTA E overthrow Imperialist world-wide aims.
AMERICA AND THE WAR,
THE SUPREME WAR COUNCIL
WASHINGTON, January 25th;i General Bliss will represent American Army on the Supreme Council
BRITISH FRONT.
LONDON, January 26th. Kield Marshal Sir Douglas- Haig, 10- ports: -There was hostile artillery betivity in the In Vacquerie and Fass chendaele neighbourhoods,