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THE GREAT WAR.
GERMAN EXPLANATION OF DEFEAT.
T
Some interesting sidelights on German attitude and conduct in the Great War were revealed by General J. E. Edmonds (author of Laws and Usages of War who was the guest of honour at dinner at
the Empire all that it Logos, December 2rd.
the Authera Club on November 6th. In an address on War from the other side" General Edmonds described himself as a specialist in suspicion of Germany, and with his knowledge of German character, be regarded all that was now going on in that country as a kind of play intended to deceive us. Mr. Everard Wyrall presided, and the vice-chair was occupied by Mr. Douglas Jerrold.
The new British submarine X.1 return ed to Chathain after severe tests in Becret trial. She attained a speed of thirty-eight knots, carries six 5.5 guns and a orew of one hundred and will be commissioned early in the new year, The vessel is designed for emuvos chasing.
THE GREEK SITUATION. INVITATION TO M. VENIZELOS.
ATHENS, December Brd.
Anthurities in their invitation to
It is understood that the Revolutionary
M
A NEW WAY TO PAY OLD DEBTS.
GERMAN "INVENTION.
She fawned on Napoleon and the French THE IMPERIAL CONFERENCE. Yet they felt that something might be done by means of conference, and he be after Jena, offered troops to assist him in
DINNER TO PREMIERS. lieved the Conference that had been held the invasion of Russia, and afterwards
had been of very great utility. As a re struck him in the back directly the oppor
Speaking it a farewell dinner given to ult of this year's Conference they would tunity came. They should be most sus-
derstandings had been reached upon Wet London Morning Fast) have painted picious of Germany when they appeared the Dominion Prime Ministers in the all go back home feeling that certain un
House of Lords ou November 14th matters that concerned at parts of the out inom than one that the Germ most friendly.
new way to pay all Proceeding to give reasons held in the inembers of the British Legislature, Empire alike. He believes they had laid bave invented a
By watering their currency they. Germany why she lost the war, General the Prime Minister (Mr. Baldwin) said foundations that would be strong, sure, debts. Edmonds said that although she thought It is less than huudrest years ago since and enduring, and would help to make have enabled the debtor to get rid of his should be obligatious for almost nothing at all. One of tanks first, the strain on her taunition adin gut gonty ago of
(Cheers) What hound together, the differ result of this policy is noticed in the factories prevented them big roade in the Colonies as the bans and curse of ent parts of the Enipir was not treaties Third Annual Report of the Controller tine. Germany was insufficiently pro the people of this country." Thchange or Constitution, but the inheritance of a of the Clearing Office (Germany)," which
common political systen (Cheers) Cani
has just been published. The Controller pared (Laughter.) She claimed she had in the last quarter of a century, initiated to fight the war with a militis army by a great Colonial Secretary--(cheer) da wenu sek to do her part in discharg (Mr. Egerton S. Greg points out that Whereas a British (Laughter.) Further, that Germany was and vastly developed in the storm and ng her re posibilities to the sister Don the German Government has violate its
Trenty obligatinus. The Right Hon. S. 3. Bruce in his trader who is indebted to a German starved by a blockade. That, to a certain stress of the Great War, has been immense nuns and the Mother Country. (Chers) extent was true, but as far as he could Renewed cheers) There is to iner testi- maks out, she muddled away ber resources. any, on the one hand, to the flexibility acknowledgment, said that at present national in the sum of 1,000 marks is re- Further, it was explained that the U-boat of the British Constitution, and, on the time of change it was imperative above quired to pay £50 to the Clearing Offics, other, to the British geulus for ganpro everything that we should know and the German Government. by Internal warfare was waged-owing to Bethmann nise than the development which has understand each other, and have a true legislation, has relieved debtor antiona's The Chairman, in proposing the health Hellweg-in a half-hearted manner. taken place since the Colonial Conference
to evolve and put itself on a basis where. Even this is not the limit of the indulg of their guest, mid that night they were (Laughter.) Also that the Kaise's of 1911. Woan too uene to the constitu opportunity for allowing the new system of this obligation under the Treaty entertaining the official historian of the chief advisers
man. tional change to take their exact measure it would work without friction, and ensura
to its nationals, for in the case of those, War in France, who was not only an official and filled the most important pests and significance. It is a controversy 2 the future stability of the British Empire, rucs granted by the terman Government torical military section of the Committee of been pointed out that the Revolution had govern. Empires: what we know for certain the circumstances of the war, and today
25 that the British Empire was subjected Elmonds had
ware
inferior
Vanizelos to return to Greece, state chart-itary historian but director of the hit with other inferior men. It had, howey r.uld as the Greeks whether democracies can The position had been greatly changed by debtors who debts were contractèl în“ the fall of the dynasty must be consider: Imperial Defence. (Hear, hear.) General not produced any better men. It was sail the convulsion of the war to terriña? the Dominions were not content to female Allied currency, the German Government his credit not only the that Germany was wrongly handled, the red more than ever unitel, more development of the Empire, composed of seating an infinitesimal fraction only of
ed a definite solution of the constitutional question and that the returg 35 Veni gelos would depend upon recognition of
this as an accomplished fact..
Colonel Gonatas has resigned the Premiership.
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CAPETOWN, December 23rd. Hall by the Mayor and Corporation is Speaking at a banquet given in the City bonour of the officers of the visiting British Squadron, attended by Cabinet members and others, Rear Admiral Field declared that the existence of the Empire depended on se power. He urged South Africa to develop her own navy to defend vital-communications, and expressed the opinion that nothing smaller than a light cruiser was necessary.
Rear Admiral Bentinek, aid he kaew
cruiser.
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RUHR OCCUPATION. END OF THE ROAD IN SIGHT."
PARIS, December 23rd.
perce
very excellent first volume of the official military history of the war on the Western Front, but a very fine history of the American Civil War was also his, and there was a handbook on the German Army which used, in pre-war days, to be much consulted. There was, finally, a little work of his, dealing with the usages and customs of war, which was included in a nics little volume known as the Manual of Military Law. (Laughter.)
a
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SUSPICIOUS OF GERMANY.
address, humorously remarked that he was General Edmonds, at the outset of his specialis: in suspicion of Germany. He conceived an enmity to that country when he was of tender age. The siege of Paris in the winter of 1870-71 intoriared with the supply of toys and sweets which his father had been in the habit of bringing him from the French capital (Laughter.) In June, 1871, before he was 10 years of
Press controlled, the truth concealed, and that the objects of the war and the fiua desperate situation were never put fairly and squarely before the antion until to late. (Hear, hear.) Other reasons giren were that enemy propaganda undermined public opinion, that the revolution stabbed the army in the back and that the Socialists did not care if the war was lost so long us they got into power, Germany, it was declared, was lored to the Conference tablo by President Wilson and inveigled into amounted to was that Germany did at an Armistice. (Laughter.) What it all prepare sufficiently for the war in the She was determined not leisure of peace. to make this mistake again.
come
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mon foreign policy is heers-arily a matter of some dificulty, owing to the obstacles of time and space. When transit through the air has been still further develped, consultation should become much more frequent and thorough.
To every foreign country, the British Empire itself recognised that position. (cheersi--and when a foreign nation was at war with the Empire it was quite useless for one part of the Empire to remain out. (Hear, hear.) Believing that there was no more potent. hctor in the world today than a great, strong, mighty British Empire, be said there was a vital necessity for personal contact between the different parts of the Empire, and this of aerial communications, und would be greatly assisted by the develop
and some way would have to be found out of the difficulties which had arisen in connection with this subject.
EMPIRE DEFENCE.
Yet the Germans end ing that England should return German their friends in this country ara einmour maining asset British creditors of German debtors possess. Was there ever a more impudent claimt
ORIGIN OF ELEPHANTS.
CAGES 30.000 YEARS
DISCOVERED,
OLD
"Mr. George Jennison, F.Z.S., of Man chester, has broad casted," from the And raised in recent issues of the Statesman; chester Station, an answer to the question, where do elephants go before dying.
effort, and sacrifier, and that it the position they held in prewar days perroits them to discharge their liability Nothing was going to do more towards the by the paymeus of a sum in marks repres aware of its own peaceful mission to man- self-governing Duminions, than the two their contractual obligation. kind more determined to discharge it in Conferences which had just been held. The German Government is convicted obedience to the moral principle, which The chairman had made reference to by the Controller of a flagrant breach of
Washington and Franklin, and that had the Treaty: hold it together. (Cheer).
the gule cause of the default by It is idle but pot unnatural for us to reminded him of the saying of Franklin wonder what might have happened to the that we must all hang together or we the German Goyerement in meeting its (Laughter.) obligations to the Allied Clearing Offices great English-speaking family if the device shall hang separately
the position of the British is its voluntary and, I submit, unjusti of the conference which has become so That was
visions of the Treaty. The result of this There were three main questions in fiable departure from the express pro- familiar to us had been adoptek by Lord Fumpire. (Hear, hear.) North 150 years ago, and if he had invited George Washington and Benjamin Frank which they in Australia were interested default has been to throw upon the
and in to talk matters over with him here at foreign policy, defence Empire British Clearing Office funds an additional home.
Be that as it may, to-day the
Australia took up the burden, esiiniated at £13,000,000. repre trade relations. American Commonwealth and the British attitude that she was entitled to a voire insenting the balance of debt claims, and has Commonwealth stand together a organisations unequalled in their cornhind the framing of the Empire's foreign polies, diminished pr to the sum that would power for the promotion of poure, Our and that, was an opinion that had been therwise have be available for pay alent for ourselves is the maximum of self. brought home to them by the late war.ment of compensation to British claimants It should be borne in mind also that the WAR AS ▲ BUSINESS.
development for the parts, together with Consequently, they took the view that they. the maximum General Edmonds next touched
for the would not be plunged into another war Treaty provided that Germans whose pro of cooperation. whole
That has been the goal of the without knowing something of the perir in Allied countries. was charged should be compensated by their own Gov- the rise and fall of public opinion "In Germany during the war, Brat recalling ferenc just terminat (Cheers.) circumstances surrounding it. (Bearernment. This compensation has not beca the enthusiasm for the war at its outbreak. We have reviewed together the complica hear.) Although inside the Empire the paid, solely because of the defaulting
ted problems of tur foreign relations and Dominions were independent, only the policy of Berlin. consorted. -measures of defeum. To make the First Lord of the Admiralty was pre age, he was taken to Franer, so that be when a rapid victory over France pared to lend South Africa a light might see a country in the occupation of regarded as a certainty Meltke then toll on the participation of the Domin. the enemy At Amiers a Bavarian offices the Austro-Hungarian Commanding Officer
ions in framing and enforcing a com Empire was one and indivisible property, and thus relinquish the sole re came up to his father on the railway station that the war in the Wast would be over platform, and, after inquiring if they were in-a-weeks, and that he would th
News English, said "You know we have beaten
to his assistance.
of France, and you are the next. That the failure of the Marae was, withheld remark, General Edmonds said, determined from the public. In 1915, after their his career. Certain that Germany, sooner victories, "the Germans were perfectly In a speech at La Coraeave, M. Poin or later, would fight us, his father put his confident of winning. The year brought
But the Conference of 123 marks an im- portant step in the evolution of inter- cure, after defending the occupation of the Ruhr, said that they had not yet reached to us into the Army and had them into being a party who wanted to out the end of the road, but were approaching taught German at an early age. (Hear, further lots of life and take the profits at imperial relations as the affect what I may call the external world. For the first it every day. France would not abandon hear) Eventually, he was in charge of the
conference devoted to the examination of the cardinal principles of her policy. She section of the Old Intelligence that watched once whilst the military party opposed a
profita. insisted on strict adherence to the Treaty the German Army, and later he founded premature pecce, thinking of still greater come we have had a specialised economic
With 1916 came disillusion-the numerous mea-ures required to make ment and would not agree to any further co the department that watched Germany very Verdun, of wireless communicatious, cession either as regards reparations or closely. Since the Armistice he had read and the entry of Roumania into the cations easier between us in the sphere of Eer security. This policy befitted not only practically every book on the war that had
war, On top of these were bad food, trade.
We cannot look into the seeds of time the interests of France but also the bean published in Germany. He had also misery, and industrial unrest at home. interests of justice, and peace. France read a number of the newspapers published The nomination of Hindenburg and and say which will grow and which will
Her adhorred the iden of another war.
Ou the question of defence Mr. Brues only ambition, as, the censolidation of during the war in Germany, not for the Ludendorf, and the declaration of not, but of this I am confident, that our news they contained, but because not unlimited U-boat warfare, however, revived oversen colleagues have not withhell their paragraph was permitted that was not
all hopes again That America later had hands in giving of their best to the Mother said that Australia felt keenly the necessity either inspired or tolerated by the Govern- come into the war was not at firat believed, Country, and I look with hope to a pleate for Empire defence being one great whole ment for a definite purpose. The measures With the collapse of Russia there was bopo aus harvest from their inhours. (Cheers.) and he was glad that the Conference had The Right Hon. W.-L. Mackenzie King, taken the same view. The Pacific to-day taken to influence or suppress public of complete victory, and material gain WIRELESS APPEAL FOR HELP. opinion showed the direction it was taking among the military party silenced the responding, said the Economic Conference was the most vital part of the world to the A fellow-guest at the luncheon-table of a pears party, but showed the prospect of a bad brought general agreement en many Empire, aud Australia believed that it was very distinguished soldier who had not Soviet revolution. In 1918 the division of subjects of vital interest to them all-over-in the interests of the Empire as a whole wundred thousand years ago, Serv settlement, cmigration, Some anxiety is felt with regard to the written a book-(langbter)-in congratu- Germany became accentuated, and there facilities for commerce, and me that provision should be made for a proper | fate of the big French dirigible Dismude, lating him on the fset, said, Only was the spectacle of part of the nation in the means of communication. At the aval base in the Pacific, if we were to phants were no bigger than 3ft, Ther Aerodrome on Thursday on "12-hour test moire"-(laughter)-and be with a crew of forty, which Jeft Cuers unsuccessful, commanders write their waiting for Ludendoroff's final victory to Imperial Conference they had dealt with guarantee the safety of the trade route are a decadent race; they have seen their ordered besting subsequently Edmonds) added, "Better include politi-secure ita ends, and another party trusting larger questions of polley, and when they for the Empire's commerce. (Hear, bear.) to what they were in size, probably
by Ministry of Marius not to citas. Renewed laughter.) Judeity defeat to achieve its political returned to their respective countries they He thought the Conference also came very failure of would be able to present the point of view definitely to the conclusion that the objective. Following the wind blowing off the coast that atandard, the Germans were very enderon's offensive and of the Govern of all with regard to those questions development of Empire trade was essential, The Hon. W. H. Warren, also respond There had been made clear at this Com wind blowing off the coast of Algeria. badly defeated. (Hear, hear.) The German ment to bring food in any noticeable ference the means whereby great questions ing, said they were aware that last The Ministry has now. received a wireles message that the airship is on the Golfe mind was a peculiar one.Germaans did quantities from Russia and Roumania, might be dealt with. There was the ques December the United States offered to made the ruling clique threw up the tion of an Imperial Parliament. There take part in any inquiry into the conditions De Gabes at Tunis, appealing for help. not think as we did, and we
was a time when many public men in There vessels have been despatched to the Tery great mistake: if we assumed that sponge," offered to the nation every shot.
they did. To give na example. Germans treated their wives as inferior beings, and thing in the way of political freedom different parts of the Empire hoped that in Germany, and that that offer was
clut bed at President some day there might be ad Imperial turned down by France. In that situationen there grew the tetra bilodon (mean engerly and
Parliament, sitting in Loadou, representing it was a happy combination of circuming four tusks), which added six inches to yet would Egbt duels about them. Whilst Wilson's fourteen points, with no we had been free they had been disciplined demnity and no annexations as a way of all parts, and making laws for the Em-stances that found the Mother Country its stature and developed a second pair of pire as a whole. They had discovered that with her cubs around her, for when the tusks from its loyer, jaw-probably to help slaves under a ruling caste The German avoiding punishment and Reparation. It
renewed Franco in its search for food in the marshy lands wpa distances were too great to permit of any American offer MANY PEOPLE WITH MONEY TO aeyer really played the game; he played must never be lost sight of that Prussia thing of the kind being done at least in accepted it, with certain limitations, and it inhabited.
to win by fair means or foul. To their looked on war as a profitable business. It our day, so the conception of a great Im he felt sure that that might have induced war hooks, one might my in general, had been said that the combination of perial Parliament at Westminster had the acceptance of the ofer that hal been BERLIN, December 23rd.
that the Germans all lied, the only political cowardice and undoubted courage disappeared. Then the question of an The stabilization of the mark it difference being that some obviously knew
in the field was one of the mysteries of the Imperial Conference or Cabinet was taken rejected twelve months before. (Cheers.), convenient figure and the introduction of it, whilst others thought they were speaking German soul. He thought the solution up. Much depended upon what was the rente mark have improved conditions thetrath. (Laughter.) Some of the in Germany wonderfully.
was simple-it was entirely a matter of meant by that. If it meant a body of
SAYINGS OF A WEEK undoubted's auch misery among a large assertions made we could check. Thus pounds, shillings, and peace with Germany. gentlemen sitting in London or elsewhere section of the Berlin populae, but there we were not prepared to believe that she had besa until three decades before seeking to frame policies for the Empire as a whole, it must be asked whether it are crowds of eager Christmas buyers in England ande Calais the price of joining the war a very poor nation. Her general
was possible to give to any group of in young boy would rather learn twenty one principle-Deda the big shops and stores, ant trainloads France in August, 1914-(laughter) that condition was much about what it was
To Canada, at least, they felt Inge, of enthusiasts are hastening to the Ger England paid the United States of America when he first knew, Germany in the middle dividuals meeting at any one place such rules than apply man winter port resort, This shows £700,000,000 to come into the war and seventies: it was then a one-meal-a-day that there was grent difficulty in that, so Baving a nation from politicians some many people have plenty of money to persistently subsidised her Press. (Laugh nation. He regarded all that we now the theory of an Imperial Cabinet to take times feels like saving a woman from spend,
ter.) Neither did we consistently send going on in Germany as a kind of play to the place of an Imperial Parliament had pirates-fr. G. E. Chesterton, COMMUNISTS DISSATISFIED troops across the Channel in hospital deceive us, and with our knowledge of the disappeared as impracticable.
(Continued on next 'column.) ships; nor were we rebuilding Regent German character bow, he asked, should street because it was destroyed. by we treat that country? The Japanese bad a lead. Use Germany's own Zeppelins. (Laughter.)
given us methods. (Cheers.)
WAR OF THE FUTURE General 8 E. Swinton, who was Eve-Witness" in the early part of the
FRENCH AIRSHIP IN TROUBLE.
PARIS, December 23rd.
IMPROVED CONDITIONS
IN GERMANY."
SPEND.
There is still.
WITH TROTSKY.
FURTHER SWARAJIST.
SUCCESSES.
NAGPUR, December 23rd.
In view of the electoral successes of the
Swarajists in the Central Pravicces,
where they claim to have a majority on
* GERMAN, OPINIONS.
(General
in
power,
I
There is a better feeling betwon Eng- land and America thai we have had since long before the American Revolution.- Ms. Harvey.
The conquest of the air, so jubilantly hailed by general opinion, may turn out the most sinister event that ever befell un-Mr. Galsworthy
It is a fundamental principle not only that justice should be fairly adminis tered, but that it should appear to be fairly administered.-Lord Heart,
Like most other animals, elephant, realise when the end is near, and they crawl away to the shelter of a bush from the bot sun rays and make themselves comfortable on a soft, yielding bed of nature's on They are rarely found dead, because manufacture
Elephants, he said, came into being their Besh is speedily picked off by carrion
Then ele
eaters.
to
prime, and they are gradually going back
These early dephants were less than the disappear altogether. size of the donkey of today and reseibled the tapir in many ways, Jumbo of that time had a trunk, but it was not more, than two inches long," and its tusks were -even shorter.--
Some thousands of years later. came the paleo" mastodon, warn grew to ext; ant
Marshes in that period seem to have: disappeared somewhat and the lower pair of tasks, finding nothing to do, atropied at the imperious dictate of nature and the lower jaw went with it.
When the lower tusks began to fall away the little trunk retained its advantage-in the struggle for life in the animal king dom, and as the ivory became less tho trunk grew, its own weight even extend ing it until we have it at its great length of today.
Remains of the cages used for confia- ing elephant, 50,000 years ago, have been discovered.
Speaking at a farewell banquet, the Maharaja of Alwar declared that cime what raight India was going to stand by the British Empire. When she has. merged from her difficulties and troubles they would find that India was the? brightest, jewel in the Royal crown..
Rida, December 23rd.
believed, Great Britian was the first to start Zinoview bas addressed three thousand
propaganda among enemy troops in the Communists at Petrogrnd, who passed a Coming to more solid facts and opinions. resolution summoning Trotsky to express held by Germana about the war, General
Geld. Up to that tinis the German troops regret for the ambiguous attituds sugges Edmonds said the first was that the war
bad been fighting extremely well, but that ted by his letter recently addressed to the for Germany was a defensive war. (Laugh- war, said General Edwords was responsible propaganda finally abook their conviction Communist ponference, which Stalin and
The tariff reformer pats a conundrum to other leaders interpret as disloyalty to- ter.) The fact that it was Germany, that for starting the counter-espionage depart that they ware waging a defensive war
declared war on Russia and then on Francement in Great Britain before the war Colonel Sir Ormonde de l'Epee Winter
the free importer which be cannot answer wards the party's 'central committee,
was explained as merely a bad political which did so much to scotch the told how what appeared at first to be a
If it dreadful atrocity committed by the The word "Fairplay" represents in The free importer counters by putting a error" (Laughter.) The second act held German efforts in Great Britain. was that England was the enemy that had not been realised before, he added, Germans was really the result of the or my judgment the greatest contribution conundrum to the tariff reformer which ho which the English-speaking world has cannot answer. No doubt shable debater
Mr. Lloyd could prove both to be equally wrong Brought the war about because Germany it was now certain that there were more plosion of a shell.
(Chairman, Eribold, Mr. Andrew Binite was too powerfala commercial rival. "Gott kinds of warfare than mere killing. General Edmonds pointed out that he made to human progress
Ltd: strafe England" was not an exclamation Since the Armistice, economic warfare and had not accused the Germans of atrocities, George-
With all our faults, we are ahead of. weed only by fools and neurasthenics, but financial warfare bal been going on, bat The alleged cases which he bad investigated real prayer that sprang from the bottom if they turned for a moment to the warfare had proved to be without foundation.other nations in probity and fair-minded. At a meeting of the Imperial Conference Mr. Francis Gribble, who had volan new, and genuine desire to promote the on November 9th, a resolution was adop of the German heart. And it was still of killing, they had to make up their minds there. Thirdly, that Germany was besieged that the war of the future would be different tarily spent thirteen months behind the advance of the Kingdom of God upon and had won on four fronts; that her offen- from that of the past Warfare would be German lines, mentioned that he first heard earth-Dean Inge. gives were merely sorties and not attempts more dreadful, for he believed it would take of the Bassians arriving in England from a to annihilate her numerous enemies and the form of attempts to blot out whole pamphlet thrown from a French acroplane azner their territory. (Laughter.) For arcas and sections of nations, and the ther, that Germany's armies were invincible, danger would not in fatare be confined were never defeated, and were always in- to the professional troops. The enemy ferior in numbers to those of her enemies would strike at the nation and the beart (laughter) that Germany always res of the nation. Any nation which condd pected international law and usage, whilst only move in two dimensions would be her enemies violated them. (Laughter.) mocked out by a nation which could not all tarred with the same brush It was also their belief that the Allies in leo more in a third. Another aspect of Many Germans regarded the war as a At the annual dinner of the New Eng troduced the use of poison gas (Laughter.) fature warfire would be the psycholgical, nuisance, as simply something they had land Society Mr. Beyden, the American It might perhaps be said that the specially or mental. The Germans had before the been forced into unofficial delegate to the Reparations Com
the insidious Colonel Boraston gave an amazing com mission, declared that no nation would bostile attitude to England had disappear Great War started on
diferent nailonis Jos perne by bringing the reparations od. He would remind them that Prussia poisoning of the mind of youth, but, he parison of the communiqués of the
(Continued if foot of next splimm.) burden within Germany's capacity to pay.acted much the same way 120 years ago.
the Legislative Council, the Governor has invited the Swaraj leader, Dr. Moonje, to Form a Ministry. Dr. Moonje. while thanking the Governor for following con siitutional usage, bas declined:
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REPARATIONS/"
New Yoak, December 23rd."
establishing as quickly as possible an tod emphasising the importance of efficient Imperial service of wiralem cors munication, and urging that the several Governments of the Empire should take The Germans did not know whether they The following forthcoming weddings immediato action to remove any dificul
are announced-Liont. Neville Lionel ties which are now delaying the establis
a servico, ought to believe the story, but there was
rulence of hesitation in their movement of John Pisani, R.N.S. farazion, to Miss ment of such troops. As a prisoner he was extremely Joan Pamela Stuart Warmington, of No. fortunate, even in Buhleben, which he 18, Draycott Place, London W. Mr. In a message sent broadcast to the Miss Violet Con- described the United States attitude Lodge, Kowloon, to considered proved that the Germans were Guy Robson Haywood, Solicitor, Empress American people ex-President Wilson Ho de ance Scarle of Empress Lodge, How after the Great War as deeply ignoble lova; Dr. Alexander James Watson, en cowardly, and dishonourable, route to Pakhoi, to Dr. Lonise Griffiths, clared that France, and Italy between of Pakhoi; Mr. W. A. J. Guardng, 'uc them had made waste paper of the Treaty countant, Holland and China Trading of Versailles, and concluded,
Tientsin.
is in perilous con'nsion." Company, to Miss H. A. Andrewna, of whole field of international relationships
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