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THE HONGKONG DAILY FRESS, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25TH, 1918
PEACE TREATY TO BE SIGNED
TO-DAY.
GERMAN DELEGATES STONED IN PARIS.
NATIONAL INDUSTRIAL COUNCIL TO BE ESTABLISHED.
.
NATIONALISATION OF BRITISH MINES.
CANADIAN SOLDIERS CREATE A DISTURBANCE AT EPSOM,
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GERMANY COMMENCES TRADE COMPETITION.»
PEACE.
GERMANY AGREES TO SIGN TREATY UNCONDITIONALLY.
HONGKONG, June 24th.
His Excellency the Officer Administer
TRADE RELATIONS WITH GERMANY.
LONDON, June 3rd. The Economic Council has decided that euch Ally shall separately decide whether
trade relations with Germany.
THE BRITISH EMPIRE. WHAT IMPERIAL PREFERENCE REALLY MEANS,
LONDON, June 13th. As a London Commercial Club Tan- chenn, Lient. Col. L C. S. Amery said that Imperial Preference meant that the country would recognise in peace, as they had learnt to recognise in war, that the "The British Empire was a reality. could not afford, in commerce any more than in war, to treat nations living under Britisir Flag as if that Flag had no
the existing systein, England bad dissipated an enormous amount of ita economic strength which might have been runsorted within the Empire and would have helped them in time of need.
He believed that if the British Empire were broken up it would mean the Snal end of asty hope of an organised League of Nations. The wore the Empire was effectively, united, the greater would be its contribution towards the maintenance of the peace of the world,
BRITAIN'S ECONOMIC POLICY. Enxoox, June 19th, Entertained to lunch by the Empire Producers Organisation in London to day, Lord Milner presiding, Mr. W. M. Hughes rued that the monie, policy of Britaia should now he more clearly.) declared.
Imperin preference might be the be-
++t ginning a great thing, but of itself it was meaningless and would not turn the scale by a fraction of a hair's headth in the manufactures of Britain.
Failing definite
comparatively soon regain her hold on the resources vi
to permit her subjects to resume private tain that Germany would it was ver ing the Goverment has frerived a tele | LOADING OPERATIONS FOR GER the Empire and the world, and the war gram from the Secretary of State fur thr Coloniex, dated June "rd, as follows:
The Foreign Chee has received an intimating to-day trem, Paris that the Cermans have agreed to sign the treaty upritisnalix.
EATEST CABLES..
THROUGH EXETER'S AGENCY.]
SIGNATURE BY JUNE 25TH.
Taxios, June 23rd. 3.40 pan.
A British offcial statement says that the Germans intend signing the Trenty.
LONDON, June 3rd. 6.25 pm.
A British official statement says that the Germans have agreed to sign the Treaty The date of signature will prob ably be June 8th,
PARIS, June 23rd, 8.5 m
It is authoritatively stated that the Treaty will probably not be signed by June 25th, owing to the necessity of ex. amining the credentials of the hundreds of plenipotentiaries who will hav sign the documents.
GERMANY'S MOMENTOUS
DECISION.
نكران
BERLIN, June 18th, At a meeting of the Peace Committe of the National Assembly at Weimar, Herr Scheidemann stated that the deci sion in regard to the Peace Treaty could not be made until the complete test of the Allies' reply, to the German counter
had been rerived.
adjourned
con
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a MANY SUSPENDED,
LONDON, June 18th. Vessels at Hull loading cargoes Germany have suspended operations.
DEMONSTRATING BRITAIN'S
for
PREPAREDNESS.
LANDON, June 18th. Reuter learns that the airship R4 left the Firth of Forth, equipped with bombs and machine guns, to make a fight to the ferma Coast, ¥
to demonstrate Britain's preparedness for'n resumption of hostilities.
COPENHAGEN, June 18th.
The British airship L. 30 Hew over thaj ew cast of Kalundborg: both proceeding Province of Jutland to-day, and the R. 381
muthward.
BRITISH, FLEET ON WAR FOOTING.
EDINBURGH. June isth
The
ENTHUSIASTIC RECEPTION IN
·LONDON.
LONDON, June 15th. Enormous crowds and very enthusiastic scenes marked the arrival, in the Metro- polia to-day, "of the Atlantic dises. treat" precautions were inken to prevent repetition of the Hawker Liriere ex- periences.
The Lord Mayor and Mayoress, attend- the St. Pancras station and accorded the fines a envie reception. A representa tive of the Aero Club was present. also General Groves, for Major-General Svely and Major-General Trenchard. General Greves handed to the fliers, letters of congratulation from both.
The streets along the route to the Aero Club tere aguin.. densely thronged with People who gave the immen gigantic ovations. Two aroplanes Hew over the streets along the fonts, escorting the Airmen's_motor-car, «"
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GENERAL STRIKE IN WESTERN CANADA,
SAID TO BE OF A REVOLUTIONARY
CHARACTER...
Lospos. June 17th. A general strike moveulent bas broken out in Western Canada, notably Winnipeg.
It is alleged to be to some extent al revolutionary character.
in
As the movement has been accompanied by miner disorders, it has led the authori ties to pet drastically.
Many lenders of the movement in Winnipeg were arrested early this morn- There were similar arrests at Calgary und other Western points.
LABOUR TEMPLE RAIDED.
WisNivka, June 15th. Simultaneously with the arrests. Mr. H. Hawker. Mr. Thonts | Labour" temple was raided to-day, and Sopwith, and a number of ar otbeers much literature was seized. Several arrests More prompt at the reception at the Aero) were made under the authority of the t'lub.
Federni tiovernment of Ottan W charge of worlitions niterghors,
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CAPTAIN ALCOCK INTERVIEWED.
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WESTMINSTER
PRESIDENT WILSON.
A VISIT TO BELGIUM.
DUNKIRK, June 18th. President Wilson has arrived here. He was received by Their Belgian Majesties with whom he proceeded to the Belgian front,
DEPARTURE FOR BRUSSELS.
PARIS, June 17th. President. Wilson has departed for Brussels.
THE SUEZ CANAL STRIKE.
TROUBLE AT AN END.
PORT SAID. June 10th. The Suez Canal strike has ended.
POLAND.
RECURRENCE OF ANTE-JEWISH POGROMS.
• COPENHAGEN, June 18th. Anti-Jewish pogroms have occurred at 'helor and Savierje in Poland, in which 38 were killed and wounded. Jewish
DUCHESS OF LONDON, June 18th. the rat cret of a Trans-Atlantic Hight SOME DETAILS OF THE DIVORCE shops have been pillaged..
Capt. Alcock interviewed, said that
was the nursing of the engine. Vickers' ordinary speed was ninety miles They could have done 115, hat they never opened the throttle onee, and a favourable wind hated them to average 120 miles
per hour.
AUSTRIA'S
would have been "fought almost vainly.
The Empire would be made a place AN worthy of the men who had saved it. workers' demands were just. Better con- ditions could be satisfied only by a policy which would ensure the development of the Empire's great resources.
Unless definite A
policy adopted, giving British manufacturers preference in the Home market and giving the Dominions a larger market within the Empire for their raw materials, not only would Imperial trade suffer, but the Empire would tend to disintegrate.
THE IRISH PROBLEM.
REJOINDER TO ANTI-BRITISH.
PROPAGANDA. ·
LONDON, June 18th. Messrs Walsh and Dunn,
The report of the Irish Americans,
which tained a series of most virulent charges against the Irish Government, the pulice, the prison warders and the military, and which enjoyed a full week's free run in
CUD-
The British Fleet is under orders; in view of the possibility of the it as not signing the pence terms. All leave has been stopped, all stores and ammuni-mories, where it caused a great ser.sa- tion have been "takers aboard, and the Fleet is ready to proceed to sea at very short notice. The Fleet, indeed...is again On WAT footing.
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ALLIED OFFICES INSULTED.
EXCITING INCIDENTS AT "
FRANKFORT.
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has provoked much anti-British bitterness.
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The official rejoinder issued last night essentially a dispassionate document. 14 places each charge and the reply in
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columns.
"DEATH
SENTENCE** APPEAR FROM THE GERMAN-
AFSTRIAX. REPUBLIC.
Viessa, June 19th.
The German Austrian delegation has presented a Note to the Pence Conference declaring that the German Austrian Re public which was created on November 12th, 1918, had never wen warring against any nation, and therefore should not be made the sole inheritor of the former Monarchy's guilt as regards debta and obligations.
actresse
The Note aliegen that Geraan-Austria | was the most peace-loving of any of the States which
out of the Dual- Monarchy.
GERMAN TRADE METHODS.
RECRUDESCENCE OF PRE-WAR
COMPETITION.
LONDON, June 17th. As an instance of the recrudescence of German competition, it may be stated that a large contract for constructional engineering in Helland has been accepted by a German firm for £20 per ton below.
a leading British Company's offer.
The Timex refers to the mysterious law
mills.
CANADIANS' 'DISORDERLY
CONDUCT.
The replies mainly consist of the deness of the German tender, which is claration: This is wholly untrue
or actually below the price of the raw This is
is absolutely baseless," with ex-material delivered by the British rolling- planations disproving the allegations.
Certain warmth of Language as dia played in one case only, where a charge is described as, I deliberate and wicked falsehood. This related to allegations of
British English Colonel and
unprovoked assault by an crowd of soldiers Professor McNeill." The rejoinder cites, effectively, a speech by the late Mr. John Redmond, in 1915, testifying to the prosperity, and happiness of Ireland, and the report of Mr. Justice Dodd, disposing of the charges in regard to the treatment of Sinn Feinners, in Belfast Prison in June, 1918.
preclared that Germans was
COPENHAGEN, June 18tb. A wogram dated June 17th states that fronted with a momentous decision which it was their duty to approach with huge crowds at Frankfort made a de an entirely with
monstration in front of a hotel where Undouber mind.
Allied officers were staying. A shat was on Geri Committee
hard
fired. until June
Government troops machine gunned the enable the Government to confer | with the Pence Delegation.
The public, generally, sem satisfied with the Allies conciliatoriness. A ple biscite will overwhelmingly favour the signing of the Trenty.
18th
to
GERMAN „GOVERNMENT DIVIDED.
BERLIN, June 17th.
A telegram from Weimar states that seven members of the Government are in favour of, and seven members oppose, the acceptance of the amended Enlentz terms as far as they are known prior to their presentation.
It is therefore not impossible that the decision will favour the ncceptance of the terus.
CONCESSIONS-IF GERMANY
SIGNS.
LONDON, June 15th. It is stated, from American sources, that Germany, if she signs the Treaty, will possibly be allowed the use of-30 per cent of her merchantren. She will alsu be allowed to dispose of her gold reserves, and to purchase minette ores for smelting her own iron ores.
crowd, which fled.
Subsequently, German insulted a French officer who was forced to take re fuge in a building where French naval men were quartered. A crowd surround- nd the building.
The French nuthorities then warned the Police President that they would bombard the town if French officers were molested. A strong force of Government troops then dispersed the crowd.
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GERMANY.
SPARTACIST COUP D'ETAT IN WEIMAR FAILS..
COPENHAGEN, June 18th.
from
BRITISH COAL COMMISSION CASE FOR NATIONALISATION OF
MINES MADE OUT.
Losnus, June 17th. The Special Coal Commission has con- eluded its sittings, and will probably issue three reports as previously.
TRANS-ATLANTIC FLIGHT. ENTHUSIASM OVER BRITISH 'SUCCESS.
It is expected that the miners' action will favour, and the owners will disfavour. nationalisation, while the Chairman and the Independents consider that a sufficient A telegram, dated June 18th, Berlin states that the Spartaciste case for nationalisation has been made attempted a coup d'etat at Weimar last decide.
put Therefore, Parliament might to night. Two men in uniform, at two 67 o'clock
the morning, went to the mili- tary prison and released 60 prisoner, who then persuaded the soldiers in the barracks to join the Spartacists.
The soldiers overpowered the sentries in the castle where the Ministers were ments defeated the Spartacists after vio- lent street fighting, and took some of their lenders prisoner.
AFFAIR MINIMISED IN BERLIN.
OCCUPATION OF GERMAN TERRI-quartered, but Government reinforce-
TURY TO CONTINUE.
PARIS, June 17th..
The draft agreement handed to the Ger. mans with the Allied Note, provides that the Allies shall continue the occupation of German territory as a guarantee of Ger- many's execution of the Treaty
No German troops shall be admitted into occupied territories but Police foroys, whose strength shall be determined by the Allies, may be maintained for the purpose of ensuring order.
A civilian body entitled the Inter-Allied Rhineland High Commission, will be the supreme representative of the Allies in It will consist of "occupied territory.
Four members representing Belgium, France, Great Britain and the United
States.
· PARIS.
GERMAN DELEGATES STONED IN
PARIS, June 17th..
BERLIN, June 18th.
A semi-oficial account of the above incident minimises the affair. It does not mention the Spartacists or the soldiers joining them, but says that zwo soldiers and four prisoners were wounded.
LETTLAND.
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GERMANS ORDERED "OUT.
STOCKHOLM, June 18th. ultimatum to General von Der Goltz, The British Government has sent an demanding that all German troops be immediately sent back to Germany, and that the Landwehr be withdrawn from the Front, so that the Ulmanis
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LONDON, June 16th. The newspapers are jubilant at the triumphant All-British fight which han achieved the conquest of the Atlantic.
taken
An amazing feature of the flight was the wonderful neetracy in maintaining the course, but the newspapers emphasise feats of human andurense and it not that such fights at presentare primarily as foreshadowing the early establishment of a Trans-Atlantic passen
In this, connection, greater hopes are entertained of the coming flight of the dirigible R. 34.
ger service.
A FRACAS AT EPSOM,
Lospox, June 18th. Five hundred convalescent Canadians. stationed in a neighbouring camp, raid- ed the Epsom Police Station at midnight, with the object of liberating 1 of their comrades,
The Station Police determinedly re- sisted for an hour, but were finally over- whelmed The premises were wrecked and & Police Sergeant fatally wounded. The Canadians released two of their com rndea
FIGHTING BOLSHEVISM. CAPTURES ON THE EKATERINO- DAR. FRONT.
LONDON. June 18th. A despatch from the British Military Mission at Ekaterinodar, dated May 27th, states that General Uliggih's victory on the Bal River resulted in the capture. after three days' fighting, of 3,000 prison- ers, 23 gáns, and many machine guns, bringing the total captures on this front to 18,000 prisoners. 83 guns, over 300
machine guns, and large quantities of
war material.
SUPREME COMMANDER OF THE RUSSIAN FORCES.
Ja an Army Order, referring to the acres of his troops, General Denikin says that he is convinced that the salva- supreme authority. in conjunction with tion of Russin depends on a united,
fore, he acknowledges General Koltshak single Supreme Commander There- the Supreme Commander of the Russian his Armies and places himself under orders.
SITUATION IN THE DWINA SECTOR.
LONDON, June 18th. In a communiqué, General Ironside re- ports:
On June 16th, the situation in the Drina sector was quiet,
In
The Vickers machine brought 800 lettera. Lt, Brown was able to take only four readings of his position one from the Pole star, and one from the star, Vega. sun, one from the moon, one from the
FURTHER DETAILS OF FLIGHT. LONDON, June 13th. The Vickers machine was built for She is capable of generating 700 horse-power, with a petrol capacity is $65 gallons, sufficient cruising speed of 90 miles per hour, Her came to our lines.
for a flight of 2.440 miles...
When the German delegates left Ver- Will be enabled to resume its long-distance bombing.
sailles last evening, a portion of the crowd shouted and jeered at the passing motor cars, and there "was some stone-
:
throw factor und Frau Dornbacks who in an open coupe, were
seated
were, struck.
M. Clemenceau, to day, sent à letter to the President of the German delegation expressing his regrets, and stating that the Prefect of the Department and the Commissary of Police had been dismissed. HOW THE TROUBLE ORIGINATED.
PARIS, June 18th. The newspapers state that the stoning of the German delegates originated in two German women secretaries replying to the hizses of the crowd by putting out their tongues and making derisive gestures, Several German officials, who evaded sur veillance at Versailles, are also said to have behaved aggresively.
bibits all interference on the part of the The ultimatum "states that Britain pro- Germana with affairs in Lettland, and makes-von-Der Goltz responsible for the fullment of the terras of the ultimatum, BRITAIN'S HOUSING
PROBLEM.
SPEECH BY THE MINISTER FOR RECONSTRUCTION.
Captain Aleck, DS.C., the pilot, served in Turkey in the Naval Air Ser vice and fell into the hands of the Turks
owing to an engine failure. He remained prisoner until the end of the war. Lieut. A. W. Brown served in France as an observer, and was wounded and taken prisoner in 1915, being repatriated in 1917
after interament in Switzerland.
consequence of a Bolshevik order. mobilising all men under 46 years in the neutral zone in the, Dina sector; 80 men, and a number of women and children
REPORT FROM GENERAL MAYNARD).
General Maynard reports that Russian volunteers have reached the shores of
14th, took 3e prisoners.
Lake Voldozero,; and, in fighting on June
fre
ACTION,
Lospas, June 17the The Duchess of Westminster obtain da degree in
The Duchess's counsel submitted that desertion began in 1910.
CHICKET AT HOME,
A DRAWN MATCH,
Lexpos. June 18th... The match between Nottinghamshire
The Duke wrote to the Duchess on June 5th, 19, that he was determined and Middlesex was drawn. not to live with her again, and suggested.
house in London. that she should take
E offered her £10 early, the alternative being publicity. The Duchess declined to give ap Grosvenor House and Eaton Hall, and the Duke consequently withdrew his offer and decided to close both residences.
The separation agreement "was, signed in June, 1913.
MARKIEVICZ.
The Duke stayed at a hotel in Hrighton with a lady on June 4th, 1987,
COUNTESS
SENTENCED TO FOUR MONTHS' EMPRISONMENT.
Loxpos, June 15th. Countess Markievicz, who was recently arrested in Dublin. has Ten sentenced four months' imprisonment for parti cipating in an unlawful assembly attork
THE ALLIES AND RUSSIA.
DEBATE IN THE FRENCH CHAMBER.
PARIS, June 17th
NO TEST MATCHES THIS YEAR,
Lexpos, June 17th. The Marylebone CC has decided not send a cricket team to Australia in
1919.
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RACING AT HOME,
RESULT OF THE ROYAL HUNT CUP.
Losos, June 18th. The result of the race for the Royal Hunt Cup is as follows:- IRISH ELEGANCE ARION rousing?
DASSELLON
に
lengths, four lengthe dividing cond
Twenty-six horses ran. Won by from third.
The betting WAS follows-Irish Elegance, 7 to 1: Arion, 100 to 8; and Dansellon, 20 to 1.
EARLIER CABLES.
FIGHTING IN NORTHERN INDIA.
The Chamber, "debating on the Allies AMIE'S REPLY TO THE VICEROY, Russian policy, rejected, by a votes to 40, w motion demanding the withdrawal of troops, and passed a vote of confidence in the Government by 349 entes to. 137.
AMERICAN LABOUR DECISION:
ATLANTIC CITY, June 18th.
BruLA, June 21st. The Amir's reply to the Viceroy's letter of June 3rd which reached Simla on June 18th, was couched, in terms of studied friendliness.
It states that the Amir is impressed A convention of the American Hedera with the peace-loving-inclination of the tion of Labour, has passed a resolution British nation whose high functionaries refusing to recognise the Bolshevik or any made pesce a principle of diplomacy in other invernment in Russia till a Fonother parts of the world. He ludes stituent Assembly has en elected. to Afghanistan's passion for indepen
dence. also the newly awakened world spirit of freedom.
BRITISH LABOUR.
INDUSTRIAL COUNCIL TO BE ESTABLISHED.
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While characterising the British terms. for an
an armistice as lenient, he points out certain practical difficulties in their literal fulfilment, and maintains that the withdrawal of Afghan, forces for a dis- LONDON, June 16th. The National Industrial Conference,tance of 20 miles from the British forces arranged by the Government last Febru involves rooting up of thousands of ary to investigate the causes and remedies
villagers and tribesmen, as the Afghan forces of Labour unrest. appointed a Cammister
sist of a levy e
és mone. which has now agrid with the Minister
He pleads that it is impossible to guar- for Labour upon the draft outlines of antee the immunity of reconnaitring Bills to establish
aeroplanes, whose presence in Afghan- minimum wages and
istan is regarded with bitterness. maximum 48 hour we
Committee will proceed to esta National Industrial Council, recommended the Conference. The
by Council will
consist
tof 400 members re presenting employers organisations and
ligh
It
Trade Unions...
The greatest satisfaction is expressed in industrial circles at the agreement.
is felt that vill
it inevitably lead to the settlement of all trade disputes, and it is hoped that when the Bills are sanctioned by Parliament the Council will be alrendy in existence, and ready to undertake the administration of the reforms embodied in the Bills.
THE VICTORY LOAN." RIG SUESCRIPTIONS ALREADY REGISTERED.
The Eastern and Associated Cable Com
Loss. June 18th.
anies have subscribed £1,200,000 to the Victory Loan and the Anglo-Egyptian Bank bas subscribed £500,000.
FRENCH LABOUR TROUBLES MINING STRIKE PRACTICALLY SETTLED.
Paris, June 18th. Le Matin states that, after the con- ference with the miners' delegates, the Minister for Reconstruction declared that the strike had been practically settled.
RIOTS "AT ZURICH.
NUMEROUS CASUALTIES.
ZURICH, June 14th.
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The Amir accepts the Viceroy's sug- gestion that Rawalpindi be the meeting place of the peace delegates, in order to secure the pleasure and safeguard the dignity and honour of the British Cov ernment,
He announces the nomination of nine delegates, headed by Sardar Ali Khan, the Home Minister.
In conclusion, the Amir e presses the. earnest hope of a bright future for beth Parties and the establishment of friendly relations between the two Governments..
THE VICEROY'S REJOINDER. Replying to the Amir's letter, to- day, the Viceroy, while recognising some difficulties in the literal fulfilment of the armistice terms, ctuphasises that modi- fieation of the Armistice terms is' im- possible.
All that
ја
Ele states that the precise meaning of
Afghan regulars to the first term has been misunderstood, demanded is the removal of distance of 90 miles from our forces, which has been already done except in the vicinity of forces must withdrawn for the prescribed distance, also in the vicinity of Peiwar Kotal, where the presence of the enemy is still reported.
our
The Viceroy says that so long as a single Afghan regular remains on side of the frontier, peace negotiations is the resumption of hostilities Are
impossible, and the only alternative
Amir
The
inga in the the British
must prohibit tribal gather- of our forces, which
to forcib Te been ordered
Yumurta vagy decopracies, which will
The Viceroy is confident that the Amir's orders will ensure the immunity retaliate if molested.
A demonstration in memory of Rosa necessity that the Amir warn frontier His Excellency emphasises the absolate Luxemburg bas ended in riots, the demon- tribes to cease all hostilitics, if they have strators, in spite of firing by the not already done so, as peace negotia supliberating an imprisoned Trade Union in a state of doubt and excitement.
warders, forcing the prison doors and tions are impossible if tribes are left Secretary. One man was killed, and 18 Understanding that the Amir is pre- were injured.
pared to accept the armistice terus fully. in a spirit of friendliness, the Viceroy will be glad to issue orders for the of the Afghan delegates
sat Rawalpindi and bas sonounced the appointment of Mr. Hamilton Grant the Foreign Sec- retary, 14 chief of the British delegation.
He endorses the Amir's hops of a bright future and the re-establishment of friendly relations between the two Governments.
West of Lake Maega. the enemy being followed up by the Russians, Ported by the Allies, along the railway and the road skirting the lake. ESTHONIANS EVACUATE
- KRABNAJAGORKA. to London, June 18th An Fathonian communiqué, dated June They were constantly in a thick fog 18th, says: The limiting factor was labour, but then route. Sometimes they found they
LONDON, June 18th. Speaking at Leeds, Dr. Addison, Minis ter for Reconstruction, said that he want. ed 100,000-boasen during the remainder of 1919, and 200,000 in 1920.
The machine landed in a bog and was slightly damaged Brown was dazed and Alcock somewhat deafened from the force of the landing a
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Government was negotiating, with a view were dying at a height of 11,000 feet, and owing to
On the Gatahina front, the Esthoniana,
to augmenting and making better use of sometimes they found they were upside Kraszajagorka after destroying the fort enemy pressure, evacuated labour, as in the production of munitions, down, only about 10 feet from the water." and its gune."
LORD NORTHCLIFFE. :-PROGRESSING BATISFACTORILY
AFTER AN OPERATION.
LONDON, June 18th. Lord Northcliffe has been operated in the neck. His condition is satisfactory.