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THE WAR.
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 8TH 1918
STUPENDOUS CRASH APPROACH- ING IN THE WEST.
THE CROWN COLONIES GIFTS TO THE MOTHER COUNTRY.
THE FOOD SITUATION AT HOME GROWING SERIOUS.
DETAILS OF THE HELIGOLAND BIGHT
THRUST
GERMANS BOMB VENICE, MISTRI AND TREVISO
GERMAN IMPERIAL PALACE BOMBED BY STRIKERS.
Franco- Helgian Bront.
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BRITISH FRONT.
BOTH SIDES PREPARING
LONDON, February 5th. "Renter's Correspondeat at British Headquarters speaks of raids, patrol encounters, and ́ ́ trench-motor quarrelp" being the outward feature of the present operations on the Western Front,
THE HELIGOLAND BIGHT THRUST.
ITS OBJECT AND RESULTS
LONDON, February 6th. Details are now available of the thrust into the Heliogoland Bight by the British light forces on November 17th last
The objective was to penetrate the minefields, bag all the available enemy 1:ght, crait, and entica to the sea the bigger German ships.
At 7.30 in the morning a procession of enemy mino-sweepers, light cruisers, and destroyers were sighted ahead. Tha British force, going at fall speed, opence fire, while the enemy in the cloud of smoke Red homewards. Destroyers over-
He says:Last night a party of our raiders got into enemy positions near Poelcapelle and, after killing 20, brought back three. Our casualties were very slight
The little affairs are only a transialed and sank an enemy mine-sweeper tory phase Meanwhile, enemy reinforce ments continue to arrive from the East then chased an enerny light cruiser, which was heavily afire, but fell back, upon but she Allied forces in the West also encountering the concentret 1 fåre of two continue to increase in an over-flowing
aupporting enemy cruisera.. current The clash, when it does come, will be the most stupendous thing in point of numbers, ever known.
MORE GERMAN PRISONERS..
LONDON, February 6in. Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig says:
We repulsod raids at Moricourt and Avion, taking prisoners
The British destroyers were handled in Farrow and mined waters with conspicu- ous skill, and effected their withdrawal without being hit
There were no casualtica, Meanwhile the British light cruisers,
LATEST CABLES.
ENEMY BOMB VENICE.
Loupor, February (th,
An Italian official communiqué says." British and Italian airmen attacked enemy troops on ar aviation ground and
set fire to ammunition stores,
They brought down five machines. The enemy bombed Venice, Mistri and
Treviso
General
LATEST CABLES.
THROUGH BÍUTER'S AGENCY:] THE FOOD CONTROLLER'S
WARNING.
POSIBLE SERIOUS
DEVELOPMENTS.
LONDON, February th
BUTIONS.
CROWN · COLONIES”, CONTRI----- RUSSIAN AFFAIRS.
UKRAINIAN SOVIETE IN
“SUPRELE AUTHORITY
TO THE MOTHER COUNTRY
LONDON, February th Mr Bonar Law announces the follow- ing further War contributions from the British Colomes and Dependemeres :-—
LONDON. February 6th
A wireless Russian message declaren that the Ukranian Soviets, are now the supreme authority in Ukrania
sherid
THE PARTIES IN
Apparently there. Ukraine, namely the Rada, the Bolshovik Rada, and Kaledin's
Cossacks, whose attitudo is unknown, IC is impossible to discern whether really national, feeling există – binding south Russia to north Russia What is Agzooments have been renéhed for certain is that the arti Bolshevik Race. federal union with Russia and complete wants a separate peace, and Germany is unity or foreign and internal affairs apparently Anding it easier to deal with Basutoland, E60,000 for aeroplanes.
THE LETTISH DEMANDS ON THE this Rads than with the Bolsheviks. British Guiana, sugar valued
CENTRAL POWERS
LOVERUSSIAN ARMY CORPS TRY TO
OROSS THE FRONTIER £17,000
LONDON February 8th. The Gold Coast Colony, £200,000 in A wireless Russian message says & ten annual instalments,
Lottish plenipotentiaries proclamation Nigeria, an offer to pay one per cent demands the undivided existence of the on the six-million war debt.
The Bahamas £10,000. The Barbados, £40,000, is a free gift, making £80.000 altogether
Zanzibar, 250,000 for aeroplanes. Hongkong, 25,000,000 from loan" and
revenues
Mauritius, Rs. 1,000,000, to be used for
KINGDOM
Lestish nation; denies the Austro-Ger
man claim that the populations of Lettonia, Courland and Riga desire separation from Russia, and demands the withdrawal of forces, thus enabling
aired ExpresalÓNG, of opinion, has
out that Russia agreed to withdraw, and the Central European Powers could not object to do the same if they believed the population
desired separation:
The Press Bureau says that Lord WAR PRISONERS IN UNITED pointing Rhondda addressing the Members of Parlament expressed his view that the Food situation would reach the most difficult stage in the next two months and asked the Menibers to give him al the help possible in their constituencies OPPORTUNITY FOR FOOD- HOARDERS TO REFORM
LONDON, February 5th.
HOW THEY ARE EMPLOYED.
LONDON, February 8th In the House of Lords, Lord Newton stated that out of 50,000 wer prisoners in the United Kingdom 30,000 were un- ployed mostly on work such as road making under the Admiralty and War Office, and 4,200 were employed in agr culture, in which 4,000 more, who are shortly expected from France, would also be employed.
Lord thon dda indemnifice against prosecution all food hoarders who sur render their supplies between the lith and 19th instant, pointing out that be The remainder consisted of officers and believes many have become liable to pramen unfit for work and men entitled to ARTICOLO exchange and repatriation under the secution by advertence.
recent agreement. COMPULSORY RATIONING POST-
PONED TILL APRILA
LONDON February th
In the House of Commons, Mr. Cynog states that compulsory rationing had been postponed till April or May
atos
THE HALIFAX DISASTER.
CHIEF EXAMINING OFFICER
ARRESTED.
HAUIFANFebruary6th, The Chief Examining Officer oncern ed in the disaster of December ith has been arrested on a charge of malaugh
ter.
Aque
There were also 20,000 civiliang” intern-
ed of whom about 2,000 were out on liocnes for work, chielly agricultural, PROPORTIONAL REPRESEN«
STATION NG
PEERS
THE FINNISH REVOLUTIONARIES.
- PETROGRAD, February 8th. The Finnish Revolutionaries have cap tured the Headquarters of the White Guards at Karbialo and whole garrison.
errested the
RADA TROOPS OCCUPY
KHANKOFF
AMSTERDAM, February 6th The Fussiche Zeitung states that the Rada troops have occupied Kharkoff and Helubowitch and have formed a Ministry containing no Bolsheviks
CHURCH AND STATE TO BE
SEPARATED
AMSTERDAM February 6the. The Lokal An Zeiger states thất three Front tried to cross the Frontier but only Russian Army Corps on the Boumanian
three thousand men renched the Central Powers lines.
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SOVIETS GREET GERMAN WORKMEN.
PETROGRAD, February 5th. The Congress of Soviets closed ufter deciding to telegraph greetings and encouragement to the Gorman workmen and also a like message to revolutionary in their struggio yo gloriously begun,”?
Finland.
The Congres approved of the decree naming the Council of Commissioners
Tha Workmen's and Peasants Govern-
ment" and dropping the prefs ~ Preri-
The Congress alio, passed a Bill for the the Internationale and the Mar sooralisation of land, and bands played
seillaise...
~~A BOLSHEVIK SUCCESS.--
The Bolsheviks officially unnounce that tho Soviet forces have suppressed the counter-revolution in the Government of Orenburg, completely defeating General Duto's army
LATEST CABLES.
CONSPIRACY TO DESTROY ENTENTED
GERMANS'
MUNITIONS.
MAXIMUM PENALTY IMPOSED;
A decree has been issued separating the
NEW Youx, February 6th. The German agent, Rintilen, and ten Russian Caureb and State, abolishing other Germans have been sentenced to the maximum pensity of 18 months' im- the privileges based on religious belief prisonment and a fine of $2,000 gold cath for conspiring to destroy niente munitions.
EXPERIMENT SUGGESTED BY THE and the restrictions on liberty of con
solence, suppressing separate religious schools and obligatory religious instruc
LONDON, February 6th.
The House of Lords has adopted the tion, and proclaiming that all ecclesias proposal of Lord Landsdowne to appoint | tical property belongs to the people.
Commission to consider the application
of proportional representation to a hund. red constituencies-urban and
experimentally:
Jurā
POPULAR PROTEST.
PETROGRAD, February 6th. Tikhon, the patriarch of All the Rus Be in an edict excommunicates and
CANADA AND USIAL CO-OPERATE.
THE DISTRIBUTUN OF LABOUR
FOR WAR PURPOSES
_______WASHINGTON, February 6th. It is annointed that complete co operation has been established between the United States and Canada for the effective distribution of labour for war
– Canada green from the Umted States without America's consent and American employers under take not to import Canadian Jabour
smidst a rain of shells and a number of HOLLAND AND THE ENTENTE Lord Curzon promised that, it tas anthemstisen the Bolsheviks na violators purposes not to into labour
There was reciprocal artillery firing torpedoes, loosed off on chance, made a
at Hargicourt and Lens
BRITISH AVIATORS ACTIVITY. Field Marshal Sir Doug us Haig re portaThe emy raided a post in the Daighbourhood of the Bapaume Cambrai
Road.
desperate attempt to cut off the enemy.
A running fight continued for two hours over thirty miles into the minefields and till Heligoland was twenty-eight miles to the south-east. Then an enemy battle squadron came up at fall speed upon which the splinter-riddled little attack
One of our new is missing. There was great hostile artillery fringing force began a perilous retreat under southward of Mareving and northward a hail of big calibre shalls. The Ger- man battle feet, however, did not pro of the Bapaume Cambrai Road
coed very far.
There was increased enemy activity northward of Leds and north-eastward of Ypres.
Aeroplanes dropped over three tons of bombs in the daytime on various targets They including ammunition dumps. fired many thousand machine-gun rounds and dropped over a ton and a half of bombs last night on a hostile aerodrome southeastward of the Cambrai Menin. Hailway station.
Five German Beroplanes were brought down and three others were driven down.
One of our machines is missing,
FRENCH FRONT.
VIOLENT ARTILLERY DUEL
PARIS, February 6th.
A communique states:-There was a violent, artillery duel in Eetoion and Bour-des-Fones.
Naval Activities
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THE SUBMARINE MENACE.
BRITISH SHIPPING RETORNS.
LONDON, February 6th,
An enemy seaplane swooped down within 200 feet of a light cruiser and dropped ite freight of bombs, but missed.
DETAILS OF PROPOSED ECONOMIC AGREEMEIT
AMSTERDAM, February 6th. The Telegraaf slates that, a condi tion of a proposed economic greement.
with Holland, the Entente depands the entire stoppage of export to GermanT and the granting of credit for goods
exported to the Entente from Holland and the Dutch Colonies, he Dutch Government 2 strongly oppoed" to the
condition
House of Commons favoured the Com- mision's report the Government would do its best to give effect thereto.
FABLIER OABLES.
LONDON, February 5th.
The House of Commons, by 238 votes to 141, rejected the House of Lords com promise of applying the principle of all
of religion, law and justice
Thousands of women, carrying ikone and chanting, formed a procession and marched through Fotrograd, protesting against the Bolshevik seizure of the Alexandrerneveky monastery.MIN
The Metropolitan of Petrograd and other ecclesiastical dignitaries conducted opon-air services of the processioniste.
Without Canada's consent.
PREVENTING POSSIBLE ENEMY ACTIVITIES,
President Wilsoning lumation, ing wila toe Komy Attas inclungg defines the term men fastbe: frad-
all alien cremes zato permanently interned by the War Department
Inis interpretation mustes the Govern-
Asemi-official Bolshevik statement de clares that in consequence of the Govern boroughs returning three or more mem-ment's confiscation monaures, the clergy meat to hand over to the State all pro- bers, in their scheme of proportions) re
ate stirring up fanaticism among the populaes presentation, and the question of proper tional representation has therefore been
REICHSTAG TO MEET.shelyod indefinitely,
AMSTERDAM, Febrary 6th
A telegram from Berlia say the meet ing of the Reichstag is fixed or the 19th
The German commander of a Bunk mine-sweeper, when resened with his crew, exclaimed: Bhooting big shells instant, at little ships; it's not fair."
The British casualties were light.
SINKINGS BETWEEN IRELAND AND GREAT BRITAIN.
PERCENTAGE SMALL COMPARED TO NUMBER OF VOYAGES.
LONDON, February 0th.
In the House of Commons, replying to Mr. Houston, Dr. MacNamara stated that out a crew of twenty and twenty-five Naval and Military passengers 14 and 18 respectively were lost, owing to the enemy
GERMANIMPE KIAL PLACE,
BOMBED BY STRIKERS.
FOR LONDON, Febuary 8th, Berlin telegrams state thats bomb was thrown at the Imperial Pace by the strikers on Saturday evenin Twenty five errosti have been muule
THE GERMAN STRIKES.
DITTMANN'S CHARGE AGAINET
TIRPITZ
LATEST CABLES. TRADE UNIONS INVITED TO MEET SIR A GEDDES.
LONDON February 6th- The Press Bureau atutes:Sir Auck land Geddes has invited all the Trade Unions which participated in the Jan- unry conferences to meet him on Friday. GERMANY'S LATE POSSES SIONS IN THE PACIFIC. NEW ZEALAND'S ATTITUDE.
WELLINGTON, February 6th. Mr. Massey, interviewed, said that any gment allowing the Germano to peresa Samos would be a national
arr
calamity for British interests in the
Therefore he urged that New
Zealand and Australia be representated 麒 Peace Conference.
SHIPBUILDING IN AUSTRALIA
SYDNEY, February 6th.
AMSTERDAM, Feruary 8th, According to the Cologne azette, Herr Dittmann said the strike we only a dem onstration in favour of pete by under" standing and would have lasted only three days if the Governmer had agreed to negotiate, He opined nat Admiral recently, sinking a Charnel pecengere strike. Herr Dittion and Herz Tirpitz was the intellected originator ship bound for a French port. He also Neheidemann, who gave edence, both
declared that the strike wa not connect | I, le officially stated that before long stated that the captain was the only sur
ed with the Buman revoluon ––
a dozen ships will be notually laid down vivor out of 25 on board s steamer bound
in varions parte of Australi NASIX THOUSAND MENSTRIKE. from Ireland to Liverpool Bay The
THE QUEENSLAND FLOODS steamer carried 400 cattle, and 200 sheep.
BRISBANE February 6th Mr Houston asked whether a steamer was sunk by the enenty in Liverpool Bay on January 26th with a loss of twelve
The Admiralty states the arrivals dur-lives, 150 cattle, 381 sheep, and 139 pigs.
ang the week were 2,338 vessels and the sailings 2,373
Tin vessels over and five under 1,000 ions were, sunk Thirteen were unsuccess-
fully attacked.
Four fehing boats were sunk.
AMSTERDAM Foruary The Lokal An Zinger say that - 4,000 | un base almek. It is berved a strike. The casualties in Mackay, number: 120. is threatened in Gera
The fluation has hard changed in and a half the Munster mining distri. A number
of workmen are still
still out at repeL LABOUR TROUBES IN HOLLAND ENED.
Dr. MacNamara admitted that the de- bails of the Cargo WETC 85 stated, but added that the percentage of losses of Vessels: voyaging from Ireland to Great T "Britain was extremely small compared to
with the nawber of voyagen.
After the process of kikers at
was ensucoraful the attemp view the Minister the Int strike was declare to best
estimated at a 201
which the Red Guards immediately sup There have bem insignificant outbreaks.
pressed
party of interred Germans, thereby pre- Venting - Dossible trading netivities from internment campus the
BARLIER CABLENESSMA
The Abbot of Alexandrernovsky“ monas- tery has been arrested for resisting an DEATH OF TAMOUS PRIZE inventory being taken of its furniture for charitable purposes.
tacked the Red Guards, wounding two,
crowd, inated by the monkey at
and soldiers had to be
Bent to the
the rescue of the Red Guards.
The monpatery is occupied by the mili tary
BRITISH OFFICERS ARRESTED
AND RELEASED.
PETROGRAD, February 6th. ** The Red Guards arrested. Commander Dye and Lieutenant Smith, of the Bri- tien, armoured car, charging than with the ownership of two bombs, found in their hote-Toon
alter
their departure. Both were examined at length before La Complexion, but were subsequently released after the intervention of the British Embassy
The grandes were souvenirs, acciden-
FIGHTER.
NEW YORE February th The death as anthounged of Jobb. L. Sullivan, the ramous pugilist
THE SILVER MARKET
LONDON, February 4th.
The silver market is steadier,
THE BOLO TRIAL.
- PARIS, February 6th. The indictment of Bolo states
** After the bastle of the Mame) Ger. many, finding her sudden attack had no longer any nope of success, desired, a rapprochement with France in order ta be able to defear Grest Britain.” It was
tally left owing to their hurried deery to prepare public opinion for
Partur
TARTARS ADVANCING ON SEVASTOFOL
a separate peace and documents cho that the enemy decided to make larga sacrifices in money, Germany wished to impress Parliament and the Press by pessimistic reports, cleverly disseminated Tarters have occupied Yalta and are fusion, and to disturb the
A telegram from Sevastopol says they paid agents, in order to advancing on Sevastopol dealing merment between the French cilessly, en route, with the Red arde, every point of view, Bolo alors and soldiers, e
for the work
NOMADIO WAR PRISONERS
* The indictment declares that was hatched with Machaiavelhan, akilt PETROGRAD, February 6th The Commisioner of War Prisoners and France had been in serious danger. states that the local Soviets are releasing | thousands of, var prisoners who are bes coming nomads of whom there are al- ready 40,000 in Petrograd.
ADMIRAL JELLICOE.
London February 5th. In to House of Commons. Mr. Bonar CONFUSING NEWS FROM RUSSIA. | Law said that the Government hoped
to appoint Admiral Jellicoe to an im portant position.
RUSSO
ERMAN PEACE NEGOTIATIONS.
oby
KUER
ZERNIN RE BREELITOTEK.
Baronz von
continue
ANA
MATIONS OF BANKS,
LONDON February 5th, use of Commons, Mr. Bonar
that he proposed. committen oj, bankersj
nterfering