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THE WAR.
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS,
THE WAR-AIMS OF INTER-ALLIED
SOCIALISTS.
COLONIAL CLAUSE" OF THEIR
MEMORANDUM.
GERMANY'S PEACE TERMS TO RUSSIA.
COMPLETE DEMOBILIZATION OF RUSSIAN
ARMY DEMANDED.
TURKS RE-OCCUPYING ARMENIA.
Franco-Belgian Front.
LATEST CABLES, [THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.] -
BRITISH FRONT. RAIDS REPULSED.
LONDON, February 26th Field Marshal Sit Douglas Haig re Forte-As a result of the unsuccessful raid on Broodseinde we took 15 prisoners, including an officer, and killed several of the raiders.
We repulsed raids against two of our posts on the Ypres Comines Canal. There Were no casualties.
Hostile artillery bring was active, particularly on the Boucher River and south-eastward of Armentieres.
INTER-ALLIED SOCIALIST
CONFERENCE.
THE WAR AIMS MEMORANDUM.
LONDON February 26th. The Intor-Allied Socialist Conference ha concluded, the Confererica adopting the War-Aims Memorandum, which is practically identical with the British Memorandum, which was cabled from the Daily Telegraph on August 10th and December 17th leat.
The clause as regards Alsace-Lorraino has beon strengthened as mentioned yesterday, the Conference declaring that it is a problem not of territorial adjust ment but of right, and France, having secured recognition of her right in the Peace Treaty signed by every nation of We bombed on Saturday night three the world, is prepared to submit the aerodromes in the Lys Valley.
future of the provinces to a League of Nations, to be decided by a free and popular vote,
All our machines returned.
EARLIER CABLES.
RAIDERS REPULSED.
LONDON, February 25th. Field-Marsh Sir
Douglas Haigre ports: Weelsed raiders Armentieres.
east of
There is hostile art.
lery fighting south west of Cambrai in the Messines noctor.
The Near East
BARR CABLES. THROUGH REUTER'S
AGENCY
TURKS RE-OCCUPYING
ARMENIA
LONDON, F The Turks are rapidly Armenia, following their important centre
ruary 25th.
re-occupying
economic equality in such territories for the peoples of all nations, and thereby guarantee that none be shut out from legitimate access to raw materials or prevented from disposing of their own products, or deprived of their proper share of economic development,
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27TH, 1918.
LATEST CABLES:
AFFAIRS IN RUSSIA UP IN ARMS AGAINST THE
GERMANSRA
RAISER'S SUBTLETY OF PURPOSE.
THE BUSINESS OF ABSOLUTE RULERS
LONDON, February 28th.
The Zimes publishes the first instal
In this he gives his impression of the
DEATH OF SIR HENRY BLAKE
FORMER GOVERNOR OF
HONGKONG,
LONDON, February 23rd.
The donth is announced of Sir Henry Arthur Blake, G.C.M.G. FR.GS.
[Sir Henry Blake, G.CM.G., was appointed Governor of Hongkong in Succession to the late Sir William Robin-
PETROGRAD, February 24th. The Bolshevik New Agency declares that the appeal of the Council of Comment of the new book on Germany by
Mr. Gerard, formerly American Abat regards, more pecially
Bador in Berlin. Colonies of all the belligerenta in size cabled on the 22nd instant, has Tropical Africa, from sento sea caused an outburst of enthusiasm, and the including the whole region north of the enrolment of large numbers of volunteers Zambeel and south of the Sahure, the has begun. No fewer than 50,000 will be Conference condemana ang Imperialist under arms in a few days, besides soldiers idea which would make these countries who desire to fight the booty of one or of several nations to exploit them for the profit of the capitalist or use them for the promotion of militarism and the aims of Govern ments
"With respect to these Colonies, the Conference declares itself in favour of a system of control established by Inter national agreement under a League of Nations and maintained by its guar antee which, whilst respecting national sovereignty, would be alike inspired by broad conceptions of economic freedom and concerned to safeguard the rights of natives under the best conditions possible for them And, in particular, firstly, it would take account in each locality of the wishe of the people, expressed in a form, which is possible to them; secondly," the interests of native tribes as re
Special Socialist regiments are being formed from the Esthonian, Lettish and Mussulman regiments.
Many women wish to take up arms against the Germans and in support of Kaledin Tho same is happening at Kieff, Moscow, and Pskoll PEAKERS FLENIN ADVISES ACCEPTANCE OF
GERMAN TERMS
PETROGRAD, February 28th. Kek Pro M. Lenin strongly urges the acceptance of the German terms,
MARTIAL LAW IN PETROGRAD.
PETROGRAD, February 24th. The General Staff at Patrograd has issued A proclamation declaring martial law in the city and announcing that all thieves, counter-Revolutionary agitators, German spies and others rising again the Government will be shot so persons convicted of concealing provisions or disobeying the order to report to the General Staff all provisions in the city for purchase at a fixed price.
gards the cwnership of soil would be maintained; thirdly, the whole revenues would be devoted to the well-being and development of the Colonies them selves
Mr. J. H Thomas, apeaking at the Socialist Conference luncheon,
peace,
· Every unauthorised possessor of explo. sives must hand them over to the local Soviet for the Army, the penalty for
| failure being outlawry,
Newspapers must verify their news The Conference has resolved to organise at International Socialist Conference of said that, while they keenly desired regarding the Government or from the they did not hoist the theatre of the war, the penalty being the representatives of all the belligerents
The first step was to suppression of the newspaper and arrest to be held in a neutral country during white flag.
invite their German comrades to respond of the staff bostilities.
with a definite statement of their peace terms.
It has also resolved to appoint a de- putation, representing France, Belgium, Great Britain and Italy to visit the United States to confer with American Labourites on the var
to
The Socialist Conference resolved appoint M Albert Thomas, M. Vander- velde and Mr. Henderson & Committee to secure about Socialist representation at the Feace Conference and to organise
Labour.
An opportunity was now given to the German qorate to indicate that they did not sapport the action of their Government against Russia.
EARLIER CABLES.
LONDON, February th
Mr. Arthur Henderson, presiding at the Inter-Allied Socialist Conference lun cheon, stated that the Conference, in Tho Socialist Conference, currently with substancz, accepted the British Labour entry into the the official Conference, has resolved to War-Aims Memorandum, including the Erzinjan. They transmit the War-Aims Memorandum to independence of Belgium, Serbia, Rou have now Supied Pintana, which is the Bocialists of the Central Powers mania and Montenegro, and basing other only eigu miles from Trebizond
Warleral
LATEST CABLES. THROUGH REUTER'S AGENOX,} ITALIAN GOVERNMENT. CHAMBER PASSES VOTE OF CONFIDENCE.
ROME, February 26th. The Chamber, after the speeches of Baron Sonnino and Bignor Orlando, passed a vote of confidence in the Government by 340 votes to 44.
THE FLOODS IN SOUTH AFRICA
CAPE TOWN, Febrasry 20th, In the Assembly General Both stated that nearly all the buildings in Umfolosi
were swept away.
Twenty-three out of 85 missing Euro. peans had been saved
A hundred natives and Indians were missing
A number were rescued at Entom, flouting pa buildings miles down the
river
GENERAL RAWLINSON AT VERSAILLES.
PARIS, February 20th General Bir Henry Rawlinson-the succestor of General Wilson, has arrived
at Versailles:
EARL BRASSEY DEAD:
LONDON, February 26th!
Earl Brassey is dead
Earl Brassey was Civil Lord of the Admiralty in 1880-1984; Becretary, to the Admiralty 1984 1385 President of the Naval Architecta 1893-1895 and Governor of Victoria 1895-1900
requesting an answer, in the hope that they will join without delay in efforts, which would be international
M. Albert Thomas declared that, anybody tried to loist a peace not embody ing these war-aims, it would mean & revolution,
Cemelle Huysmans heads the deputs- tion to the United States
The following is the text of the Colonies Clanse *** of the Memo-
randum:--
territorial changes mainly on justice and right. Their aims constituted an irreduce ible minimum. He ridiculed the so-called foolish talle that Britian Labour was going
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THE PEACE DISCUSSIONS WITH ROUMANIA,
THE HAGUE, February 28th. Baron von Kuehlmann, Count. Czernin,. and Radoslavoff began negotiations. with General Averescu af Bukharest on Saturday. They demanded territorial acquisitions for Bulgaria, and economie advantages for Austria-Hungary.
General Averescu was granted a few days grace for the Roumanians to answer. He is going to Jassy to consult the King
EARLIER QABLES.
AUSTRIA-HUNGARY NOT PARTICI PATING IN GERMAN MILITARY
ACTION
ANSTER,AM, February 25th
Kaiser and the workings of absolute son, and remained until 1903, when he left. monarchis rule To illustrate the the Colony to take up the Governorship Kaiser's craft Mr. Gerard reveals an if Ceylon, from which he retired in July, oident at the New Year's reception in 1907 During Sir Henry Blake's term of 1914, when the Kaiser excited the curio office in Hongkong there were important ity of other Diplomats by conversing at administrative questions which had to be length with Mr. Gerard and the Turkish considered, such as Plague Regulations, Ambassador. "What the Kaiser said to Criminal Procedure and Merchant Ship- me shows his sublety of purpose. The ping the Military contributions of the Kaiser talked to me at length about what Colony, the Code of Civil Procedure, and he called Japanese designs on the United the Law relating to Trust rating, States He warned me that Mexico was stamps, and public health and buildings. full of Japanese spies and an army of The principal event, however, which oc Japanese colonele. He also spoke about cured during his Governorship was the France, saying that he had made every taking over of the New Territories from effort to make up with France, but the the Chinese Authorities, in the month of French refused to meet his overtures, April, 1809. This involved the continua and he would not try again to heal the tiun of a comparatively simple system of breach between France and Germany Government for all the territories of the. Little did I know then the purpose at the hinterland, except that of Kowloon back of that conversation, but it is now south of the Kowloon range of hille, clear that the Emperor wished to have and also necessitated the establishment the Government of the United States of a special Land Court for dealing with persuaded through 100 that he was really titles to lands, Sir Henry Blake was in. trying to keep Europe at peace and that variably courteous in the discharge of the responsibility, for what was going to his publie duties, and was very popular happen would be on France, But the with all classes of the community. At reference to Japan and the alleged has the time of his death he had just attained tality against us on the part of the fanci his 78th birthday. He started his carcer ful bold of the Japanese in Mexico made, as a cadet in the Royal Irish Constabul na weader at the time. There were many evidences subsequent to that New Year's Day reception of an attempt to alienate 118 from Japan. As a climax clarifying what the Emperor had in mind came the famous Zimmermann Note: The plotting and intriguing for power, and mastery Such is the business of absolute rulers which brought the American people Ince to face with Kaletrism."
GERMANY'S GREATEST
DANGER
SPEECH BY VON TIRPITZ.
ary in 1859. In January, 1880, he was one of the Ave Resident Magistrates eclected by the Government to concert and carry out measures for the pacificar tion of a large portion of Ireland, He was appointed Governor of the Bahamsa in 1884, of Newfoundland in 1887, of Queensland in 1888 (but resigned without entering upon the administration) of Jamaica in December, 1888 (where his term was twice extended at the request of the Legislature and public bodies of the Island), of Hongkong in 1699, eht, of Ceylon in 1903.]
CHINESH LABOURERS IN
FRANCE
~Y.M.C.A. APPEAL FOR FUNDS.
LONDON, February 24th.
The Young Men's Christian Association
AUSTERDAM, February 25th Addrowsing the Fatherlanders- Cologne, on February 20th, Admiral von Tirpitz said:e must show we are superior to England in tenacity The Western Powers constitute nur greatest danger. Unhappily the intens appealing for £10 000 for the welfare of sive submarinism has been so long delay the many thousands of Chinese Labourers ed that the enemy's counter-messures in France. impedo its speedy effect. We shall, how- ever hold out longer than England
Admirul von Tirpitz concluded by de- claring that the question of - Belgium remained the pivot of the war.
A message from Vienna on February EXPORTS OF COTTON 22nd, says that in the Lower House Dr.
The Chins Association has contributed over ten thousand pounds.
BISHOP OF FUKIEN.
London, February 21st, The Rev John Hind Headmaster of the Church Missionary Society's High LONDON, February ¿lat School nt Foochow has been appointed At the monthly meeting of the Cotton Bishop of Fukien, in succession to Dr. Employers and Operatives and the Lancs- Price retired (Apshire members of the House of Commons,
to negotiate with the olive branch in their Seidler emphasised that Austro-Hungary hands while the enemy was fully armed. was not participating in the German
military action against Russia TYRANNY IN GERMANY,
plause.)
LONDON, February 20th.
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It is reported from Zürich that the Berlin newspapers hay enormous hend lines recording the refusal of the Con The Internationale always constitutional Reform Committee to accept demned the Colonial policy of the the Government's scheme for an equal capitalist Governments. Without ceas direct secret ballo for Prussia, ing te condemn it, the Inter-Allied Conference nevertheless recognises the existence of a state of things which it IB obliged to take into account. The Conference considers that any Treaty of Peace ought to eccare for the natives
The fury of the Left papers is the unbounded talk of the day, and there is
A universal mourning and fear that the
people will rise against the tyrants.
The Beraner Folls Zeilung emphasises the disastrous impression that the deci
of all the Colonies and Dependenciession will produce in the trenches.
effective protection against excesses of capitalist Colonialism.
The Conference demands the con cession of administrative autonomy for all groups of people that attain a cer taan degree of civilisation, and for all others a progressive participation in local Government.
HAIG FIELD MARSHAL
THANKS SHANGHAI OVER SEAS CLUB
LONDON TFebruary 25th: Field-Marshal Sir Douging Hugin letter to the Overseas Club thanking the Shanghai Branch for a donation of The Conference is of opinion that £1,300 for hampers for the Front, says a return of Colonies to their possecore of Exchanges for compenss tions, which might be effected, should notimpede, pasen-making.
pre-war
those Colonies that have been taken by conquest from any belli:
be made the subject of spasti considern
Pace Conference sto
opminunities vain
should be ent
take part But the clause in the Trendy
of Teaca on this noit must sec
This is a practical demonstration that Britons overseas are prepared to undergo great sacrifices for the common cause
test encouraging to everyone fighting France SPANISH PRESS ANGRY.
MADRID.
The Press 18 most angry at the
Dlomatic relations.
95th
ggest
*German in-
held in the House of Commons, it was
SOVIETS AGREE TO PEACE TERMS. reported that the understanding to allow THE KAISER'S LETTERS TO
LONDON February 25th.
A Petrograd message etatea that the Central Executive Committee of tha Soviets have agreed to peace terms 18 votes against 85, with 20 abstentions
THE UKRAINIAN PEACE QUESTION.
AMSTERDAM, February 25th:
reaty
cotton imports sufficient to supply 50 per cent of spindles had bitherto been
THE TSAR
carried out but that shipping for AN UNINVITED VISIT OF THE
and that stocka of manufacturers were accumulating exports was inadequa
LATEST CABLER.
THE SILVER MARKET.
ABSENCE OF COMPETITION,
LORDON, February 28th. Silver is quoted at 42nd. There is an absence of gora petition and the market 18 dall
A forssage from Berlin states that the Reichstag has ratified the Lükkrainian ka4
Peace
The mperor Charles has conferred with the Kaiser at Main Headquarters. General von Hindenburg dorf and the Chief of the garian General Staff attended
General
The Frankfurter Zettung jeung respondent explains that the Czarnin resolve to cede Cholar to
to an anxiety to conclude peacE thereby keep up the Austrian spirite, and
Trotsky
GERMAN SOCIALIST'S
BENTENCE.
February 24th.
EARLIER CABLES.
LONDON, February 25th
BRITISH FLEET!
viesti (Petrogard) publishes a long letter writter by the Emperor William _to_the_ex-Tsar in the summer of 1914
The
Kaiser begins by saying that the best means of Forgetting Siste and carts is for the
to, occupy, himself with his wonderful Gustda, arranging reviews of the and conversing with them.
can
He agrees with the Tear 8 views Yo-
chists particul garding cerning the dificulty of comb this plague of humanity owing to the fact that • these scoundrele! £re able to live in impunity in ral countries, notably, "In England, and there hatch murderoua
plots against anyone they
German and Russian surveillance of nel Moatogu, in their reAnarchiete, he complame, venderes futile by the refuge afforded, tham. în ver market state that the London, and he declares that the right
place for these
Bestfold
dull with a slight further fall
for
and in some case
The Kaiser recomm
Lective repre
Tha Shanghai exchange is disposed to sentations on the subject by the Contin. be steady. **..
It is reported from Washington that the United States - will furnish Mexico
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