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OUR LONDON LETTER.
THE
FROM OCR OWN CORRESPONDENT.}' CANARDS. ABOUT THE PEACE CONFERENCE
SOLDIERS FROM CHINA WHO CANNOT RETURN.
HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, MAY 1718, 1918. -
CROWN PRINCES BOOK. ATTACK ON LUDENDORFF. Henry Hensel, the wen-known curren pondent recently returnes from a tortaight & visit to Wieringen island, where he had an opportunity every day to speak to the ex-rosan Primer, who is busy writing
ut
Dealingske
;
DEFENCE OF PARIS.
SARRAIL'S REVELATIONS.
The Matin says: In the course of his deposition before the Parliamentary Com mittee of laggiry on the Briey question, General Alessing read the order he drew up when he was War Minister during the sight of August 24th-28th, 1914, and
aring corp
Lesvos, April 7th. a book, which will contain several readdressed to General Jofre, commanding! the armies of the North and East. Tha markable revelations regarding the fl- Messages from Parts professing to
victory does n
The crown interpret the course of the proceedings of inators of the war. Melison states that further was as follows" August 25th, 1914 the ex-Crown Prince admitted that he was
sucess of our avms, and if the armies the Pease Couferince are taken with a not too popular, and evtinued: "
are compelled to retreat, a minimus army People sug 1 incited to war, but
of three active corps should be directed KYAP ofálka "especially those which
Clemenceau Das done so all his life.to the entrenched camp of Paris to ensure represent Mr. Lloyd George and M.
was of opinion that fiermans might the safety of the rupitat, Please acknow- Thebe prepared for war, but i did not desire ledge receipt of
order. Clemenceau as being at variance.
this
The fallow I do not ask people to con ing extract was given tram a letter ne uncil of Ten has beequie, a Council to cause war.
sider me specially intelligent, but I am company ing the same: My dear Generat British Hour (the
Herewith Esend an order, the vital im and | French | noidiot or a degenerate persen, süch as Premiers, Mr. Wilmot, and Baronthe English and American papers alwage portance of which will not escape jour
It is an order to let Paris have) Saimn. d they keep their own say am. I could not be sustupid as secrets in the absente ut accurate in- to wish for war at a time when Liermany garrison of at least three
2004
condition in ease of repulse. It formation the juurnalists are at their had the whole world against her.
of the rest wits end to ascertain what is hap Germany had wished to make war it would allows that the line of retreat
For Wee KM. can rud we have have been much better to have done so of the army should be quite different, and cover the centre and south of France. had inFIRES of hints. suggestions,, during the Boer War or the Russ
We are determined to tight to the end impressions prelations,
everything Japanese, Wür The mistake was that argilessly Affectunately yours,
This erears the motley Germany never earned anything about
Continues the but farts gleaned from
Englishmen Marin, from the historical point of view, Ferowd of lesser statesmen, wire,pullers, foreign people.. kain
and politics "camp-followers who, fill the reser would he content to send 300,000 matter on when there has been much The creation of an army French cital in these days, each with on across the Channel. I knew Gereontroversy.
which try day's
iated Inter was Ne to grind.
many was the most hated nation of the ar Tor London in quarters which are well world, and why! Because the German to win the mile of the Ouray was due
Of
their army never granted anything for the personal initiative informed it is stated that the tardy ichstag ichneturement of peace terms is simply propaganda intil ten late. When the war thief, who was entily in accord with due to the fact that each of the Allies gan we commenced propaganda, but arral Gallieni whose appointment a Governor of Paris was made official un the drownd was well entitled 20 Bas, its own national interest in the nailas (what" propaganda.!
The Prince admitted that Tirpita did write. We are resolved to fight merch settlement and as" the interests are
the chief army tendera had been well-ssly to the end.
Shebang..
conflicting at several points they cannot all be completely satisfied. The mist, therefore, has a large amount of compiru ne, though this is sometimes overlooked by critics of the Conference.
in the erenstances disgruntled per
darated Hars and added:
MNG
ARS
Generat Sarrail' explained how the pian
The Lulendorff communiqafe Were fast;
cember, 1914, against the Bricy basin was ear an mendacious that they were ridif attack which he had forecasted in De calous, About Lulendorff I have written aside by General deadquarters, Un the following in my book:
thr taorrow of the battle of the Marne General
Mods who have failed to get a try low herty and heilliant organisation. at Verdal commanded the 3rd Arms
N
wanted have been calling out that they Jasp tereti deserted by England. They
unable to understand that [A rational interest of Great Britain and the British Empire is the biggest of all, Satinees of life and wealth, we must pro vide the chief guarantee of this settle kinued over-exertion of the nation had i would also have enabled the armies of
since, quite apart from our eternions :
Tant rtowever. I can be said that this consideration is trom first to last Apper. ost in Mr. Lloyd George's mind, and, that being so, it is extraordinary that ty antagonisin he may have provoked in bringing me responsibilities within welk Bed limits and in safeguarding 97 interests should have found an echo this country.
WILL WILHELM DE TRIED
"
He has risen by reason of his reck-
In his open an attack falents and qualities which are excellent trom Verdun in the direction of LongwĄ for a short and quickly-finished cut might very well suguese, as it BN D pag. fast insufficiens for a long war. Heible to take advantage of the devintion understand how to get every may enrolled in the tiernan line leading towards St. in the shortest possible time. He used the Mihiel and forming the salient which the Americans were able to wipe out last ilgs to the utmost limit, but his cons
According to witness the 'plat at last to lead to a breakdowa. saw the catastrophe approaching. L was every day among my soldiers, while the
teen at Headquarters were not." The Prince then described his visit to the ex Kaiser on an early summer morning in 1918, when during a long conversation heinted out that it was impossible to continue fighting. Next forenoon, when Ludendorff made his usual report about the military situation, the Kaiser said: My sun, the Crown Prince, points out." demanded that the Crown Prince must not in fature meddle in the affairs of Headquarters, and declared that if he did interfere further. Ludendorff would re- Mig The ex-Crown Prince was willing on his oath to declare that the famous Crown Council at Potsdam And never taken place. The first day a meeting was held was the day when mobilisation was ordered...
11 Low known that the Peace Cul erence v smutter. Whten investigated tot was interrupted by Ludendorff, who question of the den eritmats at war and
at punishment, have reported that they Dave market to End any mistorical precca) ents, or indeed any cruse all exnet case
En he ex-Kaiser s but they are un aware or any reason why the fences sai sboula CL create an inter- national Court to try those who caused with and who conducted t -ystematie barbarity and in violation of the laws of God and m
the
WELD"
The Prince foresaw the possibility of being placed before in international art, and considered that it was not possible that he was to be executed.-- Daily Telegrapher
1 barn that the ex-Kaiser and the ex- Crown Prince fully expect to be brought to trial by an International Court Bothmann-Hollweg and Ludendorf, it is settled Will Tome before a Special Tribunal General Liman von Sanders, last Summer the spinners were receiv" who villainies are noturions, is under ing much larger profits than the manu arrest on a charge of having deliberately facturers, and handsome profits are re- broken the rules of war while Commander, perted during the last three months. Yet inst hirf in Turkey; and it is satisfactory the to know that a auber of Lie maar of dinners are the first to raise the Haz
sion,
distress.
The foregoing facts are worthy of ron Fessors and people of note in high suciety sideration as an illustration of the extra- are already in prison with ample leisure ordinary state of things in the world of to think about their probable, fate as the labour. Until unemployment beneft is result of the Entente aquiry Commis withdrawn by the Government it is almost to expect a complete resumption hopeless to of normal pence time effort on the part. UNEMPLOYMENT PAY AND OTHER THINGS.
of the working classes. As things are, One reads in the Press and bears on there is loss to the nation in a double the sense.
Production"
be every side candid criticisms of
cannot Bpeeded with many workers enjoying the pri wovernigent policy of granting une
doing The vilege of State pay for nothing. ployment pay with a lavish band. idea was excellent in its conception, while at the same time the national parse so far as it was designed to prevent men suddenly discharged from the fighting forers from falling into wand before they could be absorbed again into industry. It was alse, no doubt, justifed in the
A question that is engaging the close case of workers who had been engaged on attention of the China Association is the making munitions, and who suddenly position of men from the Far East who found their occupations gone as soon as have been, or still are, serving with the The whole colours. Every available meuna is being the Armistice was signed. nation having been mobilised for war, it employed to bring pressure to bear on
the authorities to secure their early was the duty of the Government to see
lease from the Army, or their return to that the end of warfare abroad was not
China in the case of men already demo- the beginning of privation at home.
bilised.
But as things are, advantage is taken
is being drained to provide unemployment pay to the extent of nearly a million pounds sterling every week, SOLDIERS FROM THE LAST.
But all sorts of difficulties have to be
of the schéine to such an extent that the surmounted. Men answered the call in resumption of industry, which is so argently demanded, is being delayed. Employers cannot get inen, yet thousands of men are idle, being satisfied to draw the unemploy nient benent up to 28/- per week. A sum of over £900.000 is being
the trown Prince north-west of Verdun to be turned. In any event the plan, it successful, would have hat the advantage of bringing Briey within grange of the French guns.
General Sarraif added that, despite his insistence, it was only in June, 1915, that
plan was forwarded by General Dubail, then Commander-in-Chief of the group of armies on the Eastern frontier, (inneral Headquarters. The plan was examined by the High Command, but was opposed by, Generals. Joffre and Dubaal and anulle rejected.
The following revelation was then made by tieneral carrail in April, 1913, be was at Sainte Menehould, and was nutie tea that President Poincare was jaking un investigation as to the situation. ur the situation of the French artu
and hik would see him the tollowing day at
A súperior ginger came to beadquarters.
him (Sarral) on behalf of the Lien- Sell
be exceedingly Headquarters, to discreet, and avoid spenking to
to President Poincare about strictly military บร thought differently, unded General Sarraik
considered that, above all, no military question should be conceated from the President of the Re- head of the public, who was the supreme
President Poinen came and had a long conversation with me. in the course of which I laid my offensive plan in the region of Thionville tore him.
tions.
artiles.
The President appeare much interested,
and before he went respectfully told bim that I bad exceeded my instructions from General headquarters. Very well, then.
,' said President Poincare to pe you can say to the General in Chief that you hate been speaking to me about gen- eral matters. Freoccupied, however, by the idens I had laid berore bim in re- gard to the big offensive 1 contemplated,
Poincaré communicated his
opinion
to General Joffre, who declared that that was. Barrail's plan. Joffre sent Sarrail a letter reproaching him for having spoken about military operations to Pri sident Poincaré General Sarrail re plied that, Елім opinion, no
mory offen
sives should be made on a small scale, but that a big offensive should be launched in the direction of Longwy.
Neverthe less, after a further interview with Gen- eraf Dubail, to whom he had communicat ed his plan, General Sarrail heard nothing more about the matter.
ARMISTICE TRICK THAT FAILED.
·LINES.
(EY PERCIVAL PHILLIPS.)
the hour-cf England's need from all over FOSSIL GUNS BENT INTO BRITISH China: and these are now scattered throughout Europe, or ure in Egipt, or in Mesopotamia. A considerable number are in this country. The China Associa tion here is, I am assured, using its in- fluence to hasten the departure to the Baid very week by the State to the Fast of every man desiring to return, nf inployed
The question is how long this condi- whom particulars are available.
position of some
tion of affairs is to last! It is patent together enviable. Follows lied for imment.
When the German Army agreed to hand over a certain number of guns someone
COLOGNA, April 5th, la an ordnance, park at Nippes, one The of the suburbs of Cologne, German work- is not alto men are loading obsolete heavy guns on upon the close trucks for returns to the German Govern- They ɓgured in a characteristic everybody that in this matter the tax of bostilities many men payer is being exploited. And moreover, mediate discharge, anticipating no dif-confidence trick of the enemy in trying to there are some rather surprising develop-culty in getting back to China; but evade the terms of the armistice. ments. For instance, at a representative oaths have since elapsed and they aro meeting of employers and operatives still
for
Moreover, a passage. the Army their pay automatic conceived the brilliant idea of unearthing They have, therefore, found the old howitzers and mortars, which had in the military store no income and all houses for the past
cluding them in the list of batteries to
where
ere the German park at Nippe
received over 400 of these ancient can- Boine of which date from the Franco-
engaged in the spinning of American on
ally
ention, held at Manchester on April 1st themselves hung
it was unanimously decided to close all
announcement was raade that care
The
the mills in Lancashire from April 10th nothing to do, and in England, with been lying forgotten thirty years, and in- ik April 8th, and at the same time the the China Association is watching over
through no fault of their own. Happily, clu
be surrendered to the British. More than one hundred their interesta, must be taken that the stoppage in all men from China are in London, at the Northern Army deposited its contribution cases must be carried out in such a moment, and will sail as soon as they can manner that will enable the operatives to get a boat to take them. become entitled to unemployment pay," LONDON MARCH FOR OVERSEAS TROOPU. In other words, the nation must pay to provide
A fortnight's holiday for Lancashire spinners. IS STOPPAGE JUSTIFIED?
The Manchester Guardian, which con- not be accused of want of sympathy with anything relating interests of south in potted links whither this stoppage is justified. It states that Chinese orders recently received have given more work to the weavers than they bad before." It is further stated, that (Continued at foot of next volumn.)
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Isian war, and cannot have been
used
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will back as soon every week-in-hurge numbers, and thug a possible-to-the-bora-heap who is is known that these, and also troops who the German Government's "artillery base. volunteered from the Far Eat, like the Some are rusted bronze mortars of idea of a London march there is prob- clumsy pattern, familiar in pictures of ably not a man among them who feels the war of 1870, and the most modern disposed to miss a boat in order to take of them were turned out of the Krupp part in it.-H.B.
workshops in 1894.-Express.
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