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THE
WAR.
THE SUBMARINE MENACE: RE-ASSURING STATEMENT BY DR. MACNAMARA.
BRITISH AIRMEN'S SUPERIORITY OVER THE ENEMY.
AIR RAID ON YORKSHIRE.
GERMANY AND TH
FAR EAST.
DISSATISFIED COMMENTS BY GERMAN PRESS.
Generny,
LATEST CABLES, (THROUGH REDTEE'S AGENCY.}
GERMANY AND THE FAR
EAST.
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS FRIDAY, MARCH 15г. 1018.
EARLIER CABLES.
THE IRISH SITUATION. MILITARY MEASURES EFFECTIVE.
LONDON, March 13th.
debate wna the Irish
RUSSIAN AFFAIRS.
GENERAL NEWS.
PETROGRAD, March 12th M. Trotzky remains at Petrograd, 38 he is not participating in the Moscow Congress,
The deportees from Lavonia, mentioned yesterday evening, are still under arrest, despite the German ultimatum
Germany has announced that she does not intend to annox the Aaland Islands, whose fate will be decided by an agrep. ment with Sweden.
CANTON NEWS:
CÙNG NGÔI
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BAN TO
CANTON, March 14th, LUNG'S TROOPE APPROAUBING KWORD-81.
Commander Sham Hung-ying has re- ported that General Lung's troops in Fa chow are approaching Kwongsi borders in order to attack Wut-Lan. Shum has requested the Kwong si leader, Chan Ping Kwan, to send troops to bar the way.
GENERAL LUK'S ATTENTION TO SHIUHING
General Luk, owing to the importance
GENERAL LUNG AND THE PRESIDENT.
The President has instructed the Minis ter of Finance to pay $300,000 to General Lung for military expenses. His Excel has also sent a number of military experts to King-chow to assist General Lang in controlling miditary FIGHTING IN ON-PO
affaire.
A SOLDIER'S MESSAGE. WITH A FOREWORD BY MR. II. G. WELLS
The letter that follows has just reached me from France, it is too good wat to print and top characteristic for comment: The writer underrates his powers when he asks me to translate him to the British public. I wish I could write with half his with all of it, vigour. If I do not agree wit at least I can admire it. I hand it on to the despondeat.
the New
BARRED PROMOTION.
A NAVY GRIEVANCE.
BY RICHARD THILEBLL
During
the last twelve months the United States has wet us two very
lent exemples in the matter of onval promotion. Eearly in the year, when she was irresistibly nearing the brink of war, she decided that she would no longer H. G, WELLS.
s of Time to trust to the painful wheels " Dear Mr. Wells, Just a seraw) to wish grind out her fleet commanders from the you every happiness for
ranks of the captains; and it is no longer Year.
the absurd custom in the United States Navy, as it is in the British, to make a captain a rear-admiral simply because it happens to be his turní............... America now rung & Selection Board, aml the officers who will command her battle fcets
Now, sir, can you give folk at home, of Shu-ning, has urgently requested the who seem to be mainly occupied in grous Civil Governor to take vigorous measures THE CRISIS IN SPAIN.
raling about margarine queues or clamour and send reinforcements to resist General
ing for speeches on War Aims the Lung's attacks.
advice that an old boxing instructor agad THE CONTEST FOR POWER
MADRID, March 12th.
General Long Chai-kwong has wired to give me and others in lays gone by 1 He used to say. Now, look cro, Mr. Although the resolute War Minister, to the President requesting him to
So-and-so, you're going into this cre Señor La
carried the day by hav retain office
schemes
competition, and towards the end of the ing the military reorganization promulgated by Royal decree, Premier
bout you're going to feel — bad. Never mind that put up with it. It's only for & time. Kemember that though you feel Garcia Prieto will probably insist upon submitting them to the Corten, in which
bad, he (the other man) most likely feels a sight worse, and it's the last round at retiler ill' He would also assure us may be ex case long and excited debutes
that it was no good expecting to win The question resolves itself
fights unless we could take our share and spiteful with it (Which pected. largely into a contest between the Mili. It is reported that On-Po city, in Ko-judging from 2he Duly Amil account of pear to be growing.) It's all right to Earl Curzon stated that Mr. Duke had ary and Olvil power, in which the Army chow, has been attacked by Cauton troops a recent air raid on Mannheiro e a
be good to one's opponent after you've the unqualified support of the Governvidently supports Schor La Cierva. The from the directions. The ment, The Chiel Secretary had delayed bearing of the conflict upon the inter have gained a victory, and General Lung licked him. Not before The German Press is remarkably reaction until the offences became criminal antional situation remains uncertain.
only ticent concerning Japan. The
conspiracy against the elementary condiTHE BOLO APPEAL REJECTED
The results of the serious comments hitherto have appeared tions of civilization.
Pants, March 13th in the Avankfurter Zeitung sad in the military measures in County Clare and Voskische Zeitung. The former emphasises other districts so far had been effective Japan's loyalty to Russin and states that
Cattle-driving had ceased in County been rejected. Japan only begin to revise her policy Clare, and the seizure of land was being p when the dissolution of Russia seemed to be
prevented. Arrests were being effected beginning.
without difficulty.
DISSATISFIED COMMENTS BY
GERMAN PRESS.
AMSTERDAM, March 13th
The Frankfurter Zeitung criticises the change in the German policy from peace by a reconciliation to peace. It was u humiliation to say German played the Entenfè's game of excluding her from Asiatic markets by breaking up Russia, thus giving the Batente an excuse to co
It con- courage Japanese penetration. cludes: Germany has no more hope now than before of conducting her Far Eastorn policy except in connection with Britain. Russia thus will not likely be weakened but Russia will contribute to Germany's ultimate welfare
Herr Balmann in an article in the Ger Fouche Zeitung states, that many's Russian policy has cemented the Anglo-American and Anglo-Japanese Hoi increased bas alliances and land's gratitude to England by de livering the Dutch East Indies from Japanese pressure. The result of this is the opening of the door to Japaness enter.
In the House of Lords, a raised by Lord Salisbury on situation.
Lord French, after a tour, reported that the measures were having a good. effect, but the military would remain 18 long as it was necessary to enforce the law.
The appeal by Belo and Porchere has
Belgian Front,
EARLIER CABLES [IDEOUGH BRUTEN'S AGENCY.] BRITISH FRONT.
BRITISH AIR SUPERIORITY DEMONSTRATED.
LONDON, March lath Reuter's Correspondent at British LONDON, March 13th Mr. John Dillon has been unanimously Headquarters reports: The Australian elected Chairman of the Irish Nationalist raids mentioned in a communiqué ocenr- Party, succeeding the late Mr. John Red red in starlight at two points consider
ably apart mond
IRISH NATIONALIST PARTY.
LABOUR WAR-ÄIMS. MR. BARNES INTERVIEWED.
It was a characteristic Anzac affair, marked by the usual thoroughness.
Cantonese
has been requested to send reinforcemente to the relief of his troops in the besieged city.
WAR COMFORTS. UNION CHURCH WORK PARTY The Ladies Working Party of Union Church has sent to Colonel Gordon Hall, 27 Ceneral Hospital, Egypt, two cases containing384 rolled bandages, 39 many tail bandages, 12 eye bandages, 62 suita pyjamas, 165 surts, 12 vests, 271 hand kerchiefs, 228 pairs of socks, 1 pair slip pers, 2 pairs knee caps 31 pairs bed socks, 26 pairs mittens, 85 mufflers, 10 helmets, 25 wool caps, 102 milk covers, 5 surgical caps, 6 cholera belts, 13 hos pital squares 2 towels, 100 faos cloths, 18 mops.
PROGRESS OF INDUSTRY. RECONSTRUCTION AFTER WAR.
Dr. Addison (Minister of Reconstruc
Tell them, air, that we on the Western Front know quite well that Fritz-or, 25 he is sometimes quite affectionately called, Jerry probably preparing for colossal
imace at us, but we are in no way dismayed. I do not protend to be a fighting man, being but an MT driver who was over age before he enlist ed, but I have during the past weeks spoken with many of the genuine articles, and instead of finding them to be in a stato of nervous apprehension I find, au contraire, that they exhibit the most un- holy joy at the prospect,
F
One cheery ruffian, a Canadian, put it thus: "Jerry is going to have a big do at us, you think You're just goddam right, and when he does he is going to get the worst sort of goddam jalt in the hack that he's had since the circus began You get me, George? And that is the one of every fighting man's reply I have Jock Taffy spoken to Tommy Alphonse, and Hipplovte alike. only we poor, miserable non-combatants that whisper with bated breath of the coming onslaught.
It is
Remind them that while they who do in Blighty well have firesides to sit at and comfortable beds to retire to after a few hours in a queue, or when the All clear signal has sounded, these men have no such comforts. The hours when
hovering over them, as
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are chosen with as much care as those. who contraand a destroyer. The British Admiralty muy recognise in a captain the greatest genius for comfuand that over was but they cannot give him the tag oficer, and he cannot be made a Bag After her entry into the war one of officer out of his turn f the arst of America's decisions was the increase of the Navy, whose personnet rose in four months from 14,342 to $32,830. Tais, and the commissioning of every slap of potential war valut, throw an order to meet this Mr Daniels obtained enormous strain on the officers, and in the ready consent of Congress to the advancement to commissioner rank of 496. warrant officers
command he merits because he is not a
Now, the initial strain on the British Navy was quite as great in proportion as any the United States has had to face; but what did our Admiralty do for the additional officers that were required 7 Did they lead the way by taking the step. at once democratic and plain common- sense which was taken by the United States? No.
Not ono British warrant offier wa given the chance of showing what he was worth, and throughout the war so far the authorities have kept their faces fixedly against him, making it an almost inexorable principle in granting war commissions that no man trained in the Navy need apply, The Battle of Jutland brought forty commissioned officers a step in rank, but for the scaman branch, of which the warrant officers are the pick, there was one solitary lieutenancy.
In these days there are more ways than one from the lower deck to the wardroom, but when those who are now our senior warrants were selected for that rank there was but one; and they were chosen for it because they were the best men on the lower deck. These offocre, ignord, sido- tracked, and openly snubbed by the Admiralty during the war, have taken their courage in both hands and peti- tioned the authorities for a boon
And what a boon it is, too! They ask
The enemy gans are gradually incression) and Mr. G, H. Roberts (Minister erry 18ll of bombs ns a dog that when they have completed twenty
a small proportion of Labour) visited Stoke-on-Trent, full of fleas," are but
he of their promotion to warrant rank they LONDON, March 13thing, new ammunition dumps being found January, for the purpose of attending the of the turnty four that go to make a day years' satisfactory service from the date
Do they worzy Not
shall automatically be advanced to say they, Mr. G. Barnes, mambor of the War and bombed by our airmen, but artil first meeting of the newly formed National 18 of a mind to drop bombe, ga
*** let him get on with it. We don't pay lieutenant In less than twenty years Council of the Pottery Industry, the first for them. They'ro Kaiser Bill's pro- Sir John Jellicoe rose from sub-lieute Cabinet, in an interview as regards the lery expansion is not one-sided.
During the past week the superiority of several Joint Councils now in process perty, not ours. All we want is for Jerry nant to captain-from 59. to: 225. 6d. n Labour War Aims Memorandum, stated
chance to get at him. the oream of their contemporaries on the that it contained little difference with of our airmen has been wonderfully de of formation under the scheme of the to come over the top and give our guns day, and here we find the men who wore
Whitley Report
Bid them, sir, cs you can, and I with lower deck presenting an earnest and Dr. Addison said there were few things my faltering per cannot, to be of good humble appeal that after twenty years regard to essentials compared with the monstrated From March 1st to 10th we
bless them are and will remain if these thirty years of naval service they may, Prime Minister's statement of war-aims. crashed two machines over our lines and
Mr. Barnes regrotted the indiscriminate 37 behind the German lines, and at the present time of more eritical cheer and stout heart, as these men-Gou 1 a warrant officer which meant at least importance than the formation, according at home, workers or others, do the same. if in every way fit, be advanced to so infectious and spreading us the Wo lava every reason to be sibamed of tarring of all nations with the came brought down 10 out of control, whereas to the particular needs of individual But remind them that there is nothing liautonunt at 128, a day,
and us
prise in Siberia and Russia. Morever. brush na regarda colonisation, which was only 15 of ours did not return. More trades, of complete associations of mastels) doleful dumps, and that when the ourselves for not having forestalled the
the past century.
"
Self-determination this period, for in bombing, recon- Questions would arise, even immediately actors are apt to do the same. its chance at the start of the war, and
de security of Anglo-Indian and Austra unjust to the British policy during over, fresh records were created during on the one side and of men on the other audieries begins to show signs thereof the United States by giving the lower deck
lian colonial possessions has been renewed
and Germany again finds herself friend with us and overseas communities had poitring, photography, and fighting we on the declaration of an armistice, and me for making you to translate a message, and competent cia should be made, and
Even a fact, net a mere phrase. been less in the world while Britain laughs in
respecting Egypt and India, self-deter the background,
Herr Georg Bernhard in an article inmination was an ideal to be applied the Vossche Zeitung says that daily it opportunely or developed on the basis of education and experience. In a League is becoming clearer that the peace at
fety for of Nations lies the hope and Breat Litovsk will not be secured to a
mankind. The document, however, was
finality in the East. Instead of finding protective rampart in the Border States, Germany was unable to win the souls of peoples and sees the feeling be- tween the Poles, Ukrainians and Lithun- japs at white heat.
THE PROGRESS OF SHIP- BUILDING.
DATE IN VIEW ON WHICH CONSTRUCTION WILL EQUAL
LOSSES.
LONDON, March 13th.
In the House of Commons, Dr. Mac namara said that, assuming our losses from submarines were not increased, with the goodwill of all concerned we had before us the date on which our new ship building would balance the lossen of the day After that, we should be in na post- tion to begin making good our losses,
The construction of standard ships had been delayed owing to the variations in troduced as a result of the submarine experience
The Appropriation Bill passed its second reading,
OBITUARY.
LONDON, March 13th. Major Philip K. Glazebrook M. P. has been killed in Palestine.
dropped ten bombs to the enemy's one.
FRENCH FRONT.
ARTILLERY DUELS..
PARIS, March 12th. A communique states: There was intermittent artillery duel în Argonne what obscure as regards the form of and the Vosges, but it was violent in sanction, upon which the safety of man-Champagne, especially in the region of
the heights, and in Woevre.
kind depends.
The American troops successfully raid ed south of Richocourt.
Bix enemy aeroplanes were brought down and another badly damaged. -.
Herial Activities.
'The League of Nations should be in a position to use an economic boycots ur; international police to preserve the peace. Mr. Barnes confessed that a League of Nations conflicted with the idea of national sovereignty, but the ghastly alternative was another war, and if sivili zation is to survive it must find means for averting war. As regards the German Colonies, he pointed out that Mr. Lloyd George repeatedly declared that they would be held at the disposal of a con ference whose decision must have primary ing regard to the wishes and interests of the native inhabitants
Finally, Mr. Barnes said he wished that there had been a more direct appeal to the peoples of Germany to free themselves from militarism.
THE GERMANO-ROUMANIA
NEGOTIATIONS.
FRONTIER RECTIFICATIONS
AMETREDAN, March 12th.
EABLIER CABLES (THROUGH RECTER'S AGENOY.] AIR RAID ON ENGLAND.
LONDON, March 13th
The Press Barcau announce :-Airship: attacked the Yorkshire coast this even
unleas these could be thought out carefully by those immediately concerned in the different trades well beforehand we would und ourselves precipitated into a serious condition of social and industrial distur bance The Ministry of Reconstruction. would very soon ask some representatives of the different trades to advise them, and if possible to act is their agents in respect
And now, sir, trusting you will forgive whatever amends are possible to u kom cannot express, and again wishing you made at once. When we can put a gun- every success and happiness for the comner in charge of a merchent : er iser's armament or make him responsible under ing year, I am ete, pe
the commander (G) for the hitting capacity of a super-Dreadnought, onglit not to deny him a commission at the end or twenty years warrant service
Daily Mail,
BOYS RELIGION,
X.
RUGBY HEADMASTER'S ADVICE.
THREE AGES OF THE CHILD,
Dr. David, headmaster of Rugby, at
WOMEN AND DRINK.
we
of important matters concerning the the Teschers Christian Union Conference & DECREASE OF 73 PER CENT. IN
industry which would arise in connection.
with reconstruction. The fact was that, and that whatever faults and inadequa except in & few casca, there were not in cies are found in the religion of the men Great Britain properly appointed, fully at the front, there is as much fault and representative trade organisations. It was a much inadequacy in the faith of the of the first importance that as soon as nation at home. Evidence showed that possible there should be an agreement there has been ut work in the minds of the soldiers something very like a repel reached whereby they could sweep 4 lent influence against religion. any objections en the part of labour to
The unattractiveness of religion is "per-
DRUNKENNESS
Lord d'Abernon, chairman of the Royal Institute of Public Health recently, Liquor Control Board, speaking at the said that owing to the increase of women
had a decline employed in industry since the war be genkenness amounting to 73 per cent. A compared with the pre-wat figures. decrease v
was not
This
Had the led to public drunk-
restricted hours driven into the home, its influence would been reflected in the returns for
the introduction of improved methods of hapa offer due to one reminiscence of use and mortality among women.
manufacture Labour had to be assured early ropfession in its name. God will
them
been
and an inde Carter
bad in-
prosesly wages self-supporting pendent
Mental growth in by stages. Prints it would be an insult to the
three to seven is the age of imagination that
ion. These would arte arteries when too child lives in a world of Delrod dest
tion
Sie wie in complete harmony
by a definite arrangement binding of the bunate way of putting things to children; was safe to conclude that, no such effect whole industry whereby it would be assured of a Isir share of the reward The fear of God is a very easy thing to arising out of those improved methods teach to children. But could children Dccupation,
had proved profoundly beneficial to he raw material, supplies, and trans beer it
of the
Instalments of the truth are presented community. The advance under the pre- we were also questions of unemploy bear it ought they to be expected to creased the self-control of women, add
the most urgent reasons for
regulation had been rapid trade association
in to children before their minds are ready sent system of
and could casily be made solid, and with with the class of questions to receive t A few bombs were dropped slightly in-
which might well be described as those of
of the community to imagine with reconstrue land. The raid is in progress.
opinion priority in connection
body of any responsible boy because fields of
activity. of work THE AIR RAID ON PARIS
in certain
Beren to eleven is the age of
CONROE re to relapse into prevar Precedence must be given to necessities.lf-assertion and activity-a troublesome cont
Mayor said his experience as LATEST CASUALTY FIGURES.
otherwise there would be masses of un-
age From eleven to fourteen is the age employed. They did not want an unholy of loyalty, co-operation, friendship, hooli with the results which had been noted by
the PARIS, March 12th cup o
alliance between capital and labour at
games, and of membrship Lord d'Abernon During the last u The raid victims wore 34 killed and expense of the consumer, because thatThere must be presented a conception ofthe there had been no evilepie wint
like the excessive (Chora)
of anything and would not tast 70 wounded. Sixty-six, chiefly women and G. E. Roberts said the Cabinet Had of raigion that would fit with life as seen ever
felt they were warranted in giving their by the child at the time. If you ask of intoxicating liquor by women. poble school boy to refrain from un Lady Frances Balfour said that children, were asphyxiated owing to a
the industris blessing
movement, which he bellavel would mark the industrial salva clean talk because it will hirt his parents first time 10
being paid panic at an underground station.
he not listen, The arg women necessary that he
The thought
I cannot re Six were killed and seven were wound sign of our land. It was never divement that will not fall with him is de Jongh whose
working
fair share in the profita Buch talk might hurt his fellows and feeding themselve better ing age, but
that so-calle tcontinued Trom extra production. Every workman friends and, though it does not hurt 1
extravagance of wage earring women is Dught to be encouraged to earn as much, might reinforce in someone else ret, the
itions which raised The establishment of the strongest temptation to which an the way of ails stockings and fur COLTE as possible
the other follow and certain: It is pushing
Perhaps councils was the beginning of a great
but it vement the boy
will not do, that to his worst clothing is not a high meal effect was industrial
enemy.
higher than heavy movement which, in his opinion, would over the cliff or handing his polson, and her above the throughout the land,
ed at a hospital A telegram from Budapest states that
The crew of one four-seater Gotha Dr. Soidler's participation in the negotia tions at Bucharest is thus to the fact brought down ware burnt alive, and most that Austris, apart from Hungary, is of the crew of the other seroplanes insisting upon frontier rectifications brought down were wounded.
this