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THE WAR.
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, MARCH 14TH 1918.
BRITISH WAR CABINET'S HISTORY FOR 1917.
JAPAN DEALING WITH MOMENTOUS SITUATION.
VENIZELOS' POLICY BEST FOR GREECE,
AMERICA'S SYMPATHY WITH RUSSIA.
GERMANY'S PRESS PEACE OFFENSIVE.
Branco--Belgian Front.
LATEST CABLES.
(THROUGH REUTEE'S AGENOT.)
BRITISH FRONT," AUSTRALIANS RAID HOSTILE POSTS.
LONDON, March 12th. Field-Marsh Sir Douglas Haig re- ports: The Australians carried out suc cessful raida on hostile posts eastward. and north-eastward of Messines. They killed number and captured & few prisoners. Our casualties were light.
There was reciprocal artillery fring south-eastward of Armentieres and cast- ward and north-eastward of Ypres,
BARLIER CABLES.
FRENCH FRONT. - FAIRLY LIVELY BOMBARDMENTS.
PARIS, March 12th. -
General.
WAR
SIAMESE MILITARY MISSION
ENGLAND.
IN
LONDON, March 12th. An important Siameto Military Mis sion, headed by Major General Phys Bhijat Janridh, who represented Bium at The Hague Conference in 1907, and also served in the Belgian Army, has ar rived in England.
After visiting various centres of interest the Mission will proceed to France.
Two out of the four other members of the Mission were educated at Harrow and Woolwich...
They stated that the rupture with Ger many caused the greatest enthusiasm in
Siem.
EARLIER CABLES:
AFFAIRS IN RUSSIA,
BALTIC BLACK SEA CANAL,
LONDON, March 12th.
LATEST CABLES. [THAOUGH BOOTER'S AGENCE.] The Copenhagen Politiken states that CABINET'S HISTORY the Russo Gorman Commercial Treaty will include a plan for the construction FOR 1917. THE WORST LONG SINCE PASSED Black Sea, which German financiers are of a great canal from the Baltic to the
LONDON, March 12th.
The War Cabinet's History for 1917 has been issued to day. It forms a most interesting and most. important historical record, and also shows the tremendous labours and achievements of the Govern- .ment. It emphasises that the whole character of the war gradually changed last year, involving a complete trans formation of British administration and organisation. Regarding submariniam the document frankly admits that if the cnomy had been able to maintain the rate of sinkinge reached in February last the military operations of the Allies would
have been largely paralysed. The Navy, A communiqué states: --Tbero were however, was triumphant, and the docu fairly lively-bombardments at night-timement contains much to give confielence on the right of the Meuse, in the region that the worst has long since passed. of Reillou, Anereviller, and Louvain..
A German noroplane was brought down
The document deals fully with Imperial affairs, the Imperial War Cabinet, the
willing to finance.
THE RED GUARDS VICTIMS.
STOCKHOLM March 12th. The crimes of the Red Guards are daily increasing.
EARLIER CABLES.
AMERICA'S SYMPATHY WITH
RUSSIA,
EXPRESSION BY PRESIDENT
WILSON.
THE SIBERIAN SITUATION,
DISCUSSION IN JAPAN'S PARLIAMENT,
Toxic, March 19th.
On March 9th, in the House of Repre sentatives, asked whether a request had WASHINGTON, March 12th.
been received from the Allies to send President Wilson has telegraphed to the troops to Siberia the Foreign Ministor American Consulat Moscow es fol. replied in the negative. He stated that lows - May I not take advantage of an exchange of views was proceeding, the meeting of the Congress of Soviets regarding which disclosure would be un- to express the sincere sympathy which timely
**HEATHER DAY" FUND. HOW THE MONEY HAS BEEN ALLOCATED. The proceeds of Heather Day and St. Andrew's Fair converted inte
testerling amounted to £7,020, and this sum was emitted to Sir Charles Addin, Hong- kong and Shanghai Banking Cos paration, London, with a request by the Committee of St. Andrew's Becicly that he would undertake the allocation of the fund in accord- ance with the object for which it raised. Telegraphic advice was recently plained that the Government was not received from Sir Charles Addis recom. taking the people into its confidence. He mending that the money be distributed favoured military action in Russia, hut as follows:-
the presence of Japanese troops might Scottish National Hospital, Glas- result in driving the Russians towarde Germany, unless it was done with the greatest precaution.
The Premier
remier replied that no decision had yet been arrived at regarding the despatch of troops to Siberia, and that the Government was dealing with a momentous situation with the utmost
gow Springburn Hospital Glasgow No. 1 Stationary Hospital,
Rozen
Scottish Hospital, Paris Ten Auxiliary Hospitals in Scot land in sums of £100 cach Scottish Women's Hospital, (Villers
was
£1,500
1,000
500
500
1,000
the people of the United States foel for The Loader of the Opposition com the Russian people at this moment, when Gerican power has been thrust in to interrupt and turn back the whole strug sle for freedom and substitute the wishes of Germany for the purpose of the people of Russia Although the Government of the United States, unhappily, are not now in a position to render direct effective aid, it would wish to render it. I he to assure the people of Russia through the Congress that it will avail itself of every opportunity to secure for Russia once more complete sovereignty and in
restoration to her great role in the life dependence in her own affairs ont a full ALLIED CONSULS ULTIMATUM TO
VLADIVOSTOCK -- AUTHORITIES. LONDON, March 18th.
500- The Daily Mail correspondent at Petro- The Committee of St. Andrew's Society grad states that the Allied Consuls at has unanimously approved of Sir Charles Vladivostock have presented an ultime Addis recommendations, and he has been tum to the local authorities demanding requested to distribute the fund accord- the reconstruction of the Government ingly existing before the Bolsheviks and the protection of their nationala.
of Europe and the modern world. The whole heart of the people of the United States is with the people of Russin in the attempt to free themselves forever from autocratic Government and become the The Red Guards choose their victims master of their own life among the intellectual classes, assassināt. ing principally the clergy of democratic THE BRITISH THREAT OF sympathies and landlords. All the Agri- cultural Councillors except one have been killed
- GERMANY'S MINISTER TO
UKRAINE. AMSTERDAM, March 12th.
Baron von Mumm, formerly German Minister to Peking, has gone to Kieff as temporary diplomatic representative to Ukraine.
ANARCHISTS POSSESS MOSCOW.
LONDON, March 12th..
A lelegram from Petrograd states that
REPRISAL
LONDON, March 12th Failing & satisfactory reply from Ger- many by March 12th to the protest re garding Lieutenanta Scholtz and Wookey.
Caro
CHINESE TELEGRAMS
(THROUGH SKUTER'S AGENCY.]
MILITARY OPERATIONS IN
CHIILI
PEKING, March 12th.
Cotterets
Scottish Women's Hospital; Saloni-
KA Elsie Inglis Hospital, Royau-
mont
CANTON NEWS
1,000
1,000
[BY COURTESY OF THE CHUNG NOOI
BAN TO
MARCH 19th.
GENERAL LUNG'S MOVEMENTS.
General Lung has established his head-
quarters in Fachow City; which is strongly fortified,
cabled on February 5th, two German Tcheng Tso-ling, the Military Governor
A message from Boihow states that Flying Corps Oberleutnants of high of Mukden, defying the Government's General Lung recruited over 2,000 new family selected by the War Prisoners De-orders, seat troops into Chihli, ostensibly soldiers from Hoihow the other day and partment are to be imprisoned to-morrow.
en route south to fight the rebels, but is transporting them to Kingohow- [A telegram in yesterday's issue stated the arrival of several thousand troops that Great Britain's protest had been at Langfang, apparently en route to sustained, and that the two British Peking, is causing anxiety here.
at night on March 11th north of Soissons War Conference and the constitutional anarchists are in possession of Mos Prisoners named would be released and
by our special guns. The three occupants,"
two of whom are officers, were made prisoner.
Aerial Activities,
EARLIER CABLES: (THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.) THE RAID ON PARIS.
GOTHA
FELLED.
PARIS, March 19th.
One of the reiding Gothas" was felled in femes near the Chateau Thierry, and the crew were made prisoner.
The alarm was raised at nine o'clock in the evening and the -"all clear ".
midnight.
signed was given at midnight.
Bixty machines crossed the French lines. The barrage was most intense throughout, but a certain number of aeroplanes reached their objectives and dropped numerous bombs in Paris and suburbs.
Several buildings were demolished or
set on fire.
CAPTURES AND RETALIATORY MEASURES.
PARIS, March 12th..
The Germans lost three four-seated and one biplans Gathas" in last night's raid, in which nins squadrons participat ed. They approached the capital from two directions.
Our neroplanes in a counter-offensive dropped 5,800 kilogrammes of bombs en the aerodromes from which the raidores de parted.
GERMAN VERSION.
LONDON, March 12th. wireless German official report
development of India.
·BREAD RATIONING.
teturned to the camp.
and are determined to fight thy Petrograd Bolsheviks if the latter succeed in reach- ing the city. The Bolshevik leaders are LONDON, March 12th. closely watched in Petrograd with a view In the House of Commons, Mr. Clynes to preventing them from leaving. stated that all the necessary prepanations
GERMAN SCHEMES EXPOSED. were being mado for rationing bread and Dr. Dillon, in the Daily Telegraph, flour if necessary, but he hoped that if gives the gist of numerous letters which great economy were exercised the ration- he has received from representative men ing of these would be avoided or long in Russia declaring that the German postponed. He also stated that it had have already secured the support of ime boso decided not to reduce the sugar portant financial and social interests in
ration:
THE BEST POLICY FOR GREECE
LATEST CABLES. GERMANY'S STATEMENT NOT SATISFACTORY.
"GENERAL LUK'S MOVEMENTE.
General Luk Wing-ting, learning that General Lung's military power has been TWO AMERICANS CAPTURED.
greatly increased in Kochow, has decided Bandits robbed and captured
near to proceed to the Kochow front to take Yehsien, Honam, two American engineers charge of military affairs. He started who were carrying e largo sum for the from Nanning yesterday, and is reported payment of surveyors of the proposed to have arrived at Ho-yuen, Luk's ad- railway
OPERATIONS NEAR CHINESE TERRITORY.
LATER Germany stated that Lieutenants Sholtz and Wookey had been pardoned.
Great Britain replied that it was not
PEKING, March 12th. satisfied with this, because it did not A message from Harbin states that mit that any offence had been com General Semenoff, the Cossack leader, has
beenco mitted. Further explanations are await been obliged to retire and has taken up
and inquirica aro being made, & position near Manchouli station. regarding the camp to which both officers The Chinese Commander warned the
vanced post. The Artillery Corps has arrived at Kwai-yuon (about 2 days journey from Kochow) and has proceeded to the front. THE NORTHERN SQUADRON.
The authorities have received reports that the Northern Squadron suddenly left Amoy on the night of the 9th inat The Chief Commander of the Squadron,
Russia for their scheines. An arrangemen were sent, whether they arrive and Bolshoviks that invasion of Chinese ter who recently returned from Shanghai,
has actually been reached to restore the monarchy.
Dr. Dillon's correspondents believe that
ATHENS, March 19th..
the schemes can be thwarted, because It is evident that the supporters of other influential active elements would be ex-King Constantine consider that their overjoyed if the Entente restored order. cause is lost They now say that the The former prejudice and suspicion of Venizelos policy is best for Greece. The forces of reaction are steadily decreasing, despite the events in Russia and Rou
manis
FRANCE'S NEW VESSELS.
PARIS, March 12th. The Government has contracted for the construction of a large number of vessels of a type which experiments have shown can be torpedoed thrice without sinking. PRODUCTION OF BEER AND WHISKY.
LONDON March 12th.
In the House of Commons, replying to saggestions that the production of beer and whisky should be stopped or further reduced in view of the food situation,
regarding their treatment.
EARLIER CABLES.
EMPLOYMENT FOR EX- SERVICE OFFICERS.
LONDON, March 12th.
Japanese intervention has disappeared A schemy is on foot under the most during the last few weeks. The Japanese influential auspices to provide for could reckon upon the co-operation of Navy and ex-Army officers suitable em numerous political and military elements ployment at home and abroad. if they entered as rescuers. There are
The support of the biggest United 6,000 refugee afficers at Vladivostock Kingdom and Dominions employers is alone. The Polish Army is the most effecbeing enlisted. tive military organisation in the coun- try, and many of the present supporters of the Bokhoviks would change siches im mediately if the fear of shooting and imprisonment were removed.
LATEST CABLES.
ANATHEMA AGAINST THE BOLSHEVIKS
LONDON, March 12th..
MAIL ANNOUNCEMENT.
LONDON, March 12th. The Press Bureau announce that the Post Office announces the suspension of
masil and money order services to Bou mania and Russia, except Finland,
PROMOTION FOR LOWER DECK
LONDON, March 12th The Admiralty announces the prono
states:-- Last night we copiously and suc- Mr. Clynes stated that the tonnage for An indated message from Petrograd cessfully bombed Paris in retaliation for browing materials would be reduced states that, in consequence of the do the enemy attacks on October 9th, 1917, forthwith. Ono hundred and fifty thou parture of the Commissaries to Moscow, tion of fifty Warrant Officers to Lieu on Stuttgart, Esslingen, Intertuerkheim, sand tons of barley had recently been the Military Revolutionary Committee tenants
This is the biggest concession to the and Mainz
taken from the brewers and maltater, formed here, and presided over by M. and a further 200,000 tons would be Trotzky, has issued an anathema against Lower Deck since, the beginning of the saved by restricting the standard the Bolsheviks, which is to be read in all war. barrelage and using substitutes
Mr. Clynes declared that under three
RECENT RAID ON LONDON,
CASUALTIES.
LONDON, March 12th
The Press Bureau announce:—In the
air said on March 7th aine men, eight per cent of the solid food of the nation women and three children were killed, and 45 persons were injured. It is four would be used for brewing material.
ed that one body his not been recovered.
THE RAID ON NAPLES.
CASUALTY LIST.
NAPLES, March 12th. Sixteen person were killed and 40 injured in the raid cabled yesterday,
OBITUARY.
LORD BLYTHSWOOD.
Lorpos, March 12th. The leath of Lord Blythswood is an- nonnoed.
the churches.
TYPHUS INCREASING IN CAPITAL.
Typhus is increasing in Petrograd. ANTI-SCANDINAVIAN PRO PAGANDA
GERMANY CONCENTRATING
UPON PEACE OFFENSIVE
LowDow, March 12this A telegram from Berne says that the The Copenhagen Dagens Nyheter states Wilhelmstrasse has ordered German news. that Baron you Rantenfels, the ring papers to concentrate on a new peace leader of the bomb plot in Norway, has offensive based on the idea of balancing arrived in Finland in order to organise the gains in the East against the status German anti-Foandinavian propaganda. quo ante bellum in the West
ritory would be regarded as an act of had several consultations with Fukien war, chelaring that Semenoff's force re. Tuchun, but the subject discussed is un- presents the Russian Provisional Gov-nown.
ernment, which China recognised.
The Consticks arrested the Bolshevik leaders at Blagovestchensk, where they disarmed the Bolshevik forces,
BOLSHEVIK FRIENDLINESS
DECLARED,
SHANGHAI, March 12th. The Bolshevik lenders at Irkutsk tele graphed to the Chinese authorities in Manchuria that they have no unfriendly intentions towards China.
CANTON, March 13th.
CIVIL GOVERNOR. THE
We are informed that the Civil Governor, Li Yew hon went with his family to Shai Hing on the night of the 10th instant.
RAID ON SWATOW,
Coramander Chan Kwing-ming, has reported that General Lung Chai-kwong recently proposed to send his junboats. to attack Swatow in order to stop the
The Chinese replied refusing to con- Canton expeditionary forces to Fukien. sider General Semenoff an à rebel.
ECONOMY AT THE FRONT. HOW CAST HORSESHOES AND OLD MESS TINS ARE USED AGAIN.
Chan bas ordered resistance to be offered and has requested the local authorities to despatch reinforcements and navat
aid.
KING CROW.
Martial law has been proclaimed at
In the actual war zone every effort is King Chow, and all the incoming vessels being made to minimise waste, says Myare thoroughly coarched W. A. Appleton, secretary of the General THE MURDER OF THE ADMIRAL Federation of Trade Unions, in the De It is stated that a man believed to be cumber issue of the Federationist the murderer of Admiral Coing wan - Mr. Appleton has recently paid another
visit to the Western front, and he arrested yesterday, and is now interned writes in the Tuchun's Yathen.
Spent cartridges, broken clips, old
horse shoes, even the nails that are seat- MILITARY MOVEMENTS
tored when a horse's shoe is cast are About nine regiments of Kwangsi. collected and brought down to the base. ROTAL Mess ting
wheels, dilapidated troops under General Lak's command arrived at Kwai Yuen yesterday. It is and blankets boots, discarded clothes and bla are all gathered up and transferred to
centres
a serting repairing, and distributing said that eight regiments of artillery ars
Thounds of articles,
icles, includ coming from Nanning and that they will boots
texts, blanketa and guns are be despatched to Leung Kong. Com→ repaired and Bent back for further use
Employment in
in there places is given muader Chan Ping-kwan and his forces to many thousands of people. The French
satched to assist Ko Chow. Over te girls are said to be admirable have arrived at Chum Chow, and will ba rapidly, and most of them were singing regiments of Yunnan troops, under Li I could not catch the name of the song. Lich kwan's command were despatched but the words showed that it was of from Canton yesterday Other antes love and war which have received orders to resist Referring to the provisioning of the
British army at the front, Mr. Appleton Lung's troops are proceeding to Canton mentions that one place alone turns out for instructions and will leave for the 200,600 losves a day, and too officer in front as soon as they get their supplies charge told him that he had reached his At the present moment Yeung Kong is matunum production on an eight hour almost entirely surrounded by Canton
troops day