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FREQUENT GERMAN DESERTIONS.
Twenty-live Thousand Troops kavolt.
London, January 6.. A Russian wireless official mestage, asates:-German decortara BRITAIN'S ATTITUDE REGARDING THE GERMAN COLONIES. fetate that in consequenon of the drafting of all soldierse ander thirty. fire for the Western Front, in contravention of the armistice, desertions are most numercus. Twenty-five thousand east of Kovra↑ have revolted and are entrenched with riffas sad machine guns. The authorities are powerless and are trying to cut off food supplies
Three Dellalte Conditions of Peace Outlined.
London, January 5. Continuing bis statement of war aims, before the Trade Union Delegates at Westminister, Mr. Lloyd George said:-While we do not challenge the maintenanos of the Turkish Empire in the homelands of the Turkish race, with its capital at Constantinople, nor the passage between the Mediterranean and the Black Sea being internationalised and neutralised, Arabia, Armenia auď
THE PEACE NEGOTIATIONS.
Why They Hava Bean Suspended.
London, January 6,
FOOD RESTRICTIONS.
* London, Jan.-5.
der eighteen months shall be allow-
APELL
GERMAN VIEW OF
FUTURE,
London Comment on Predictions of Reichsbank Presideat.
A Pen-Picture From the Front:
Jast inside the gate of the Catholic cemetery is the lodge of the concierge. The concierge is ja shrivelled little man who will rell you candles to barn for the somewhat suggestive sperch de- London, November 1-In a good of your friends' souls. The tiverad recently at Frankfort-on- The Food Controller has ordered Catholic cemetery itself is a very Main the President of the Reinh that from January 21st children gilded Obriste have long since situation, was in the position of rumble-down place. The little bank, speaking on the financial ed not more than a pint and a hair lost their gilt; the: ifan crossed having to seknowledge the enor of milk daily; children between 18 are falling all away briard and mous growth of the debt in Ber thistles clam ber and sprout every many, and incidentally the fact months and 5 years, a pint. In- valide will be allowed the quantity where upon rusting ironwork and that no serious attempt has been The artificial made to meet the new debt medically recommended. The Food rolling "wood." Mesopotamis.sre, in our judgment, entitled to recognition of their A Zurich message states that after a meeting of the Crown Committee are to decide whether one rattle dryly in the wind charges out of revenue derived separate national conditions. The exact form of such recognition Douncil at Berlin, at which Generel von Hindenburg and General the scheme is necessary in their own only a few wild flowers that were from taxation.
not planted struggle to preserva
Hesturally did not dwall in each particular pase need not be discussed here, beyond stating von Ludendorf were pressut, it was officially sanoanced that the
It is officially announced that the beauty in the wilderness.
Bayond this old portion of the ferred do indulge in a general that it would be impossible to restore these territories their former Central Powere had temporarily adspended the negotiations with
escongly on that point but pre- Central Advisory Committee regard- sovereignty. Regarding the German Calonise, I bare repeatedly Bussis, owing to the Russian Government's request to transfer the ing meat supplies are generally of cemetery the ground falla rather bewailing at the growth not declared that they are held at the disposal of a conference whose negotiations to Stockholm.
opinion that the position resulting steeply to a fit field, and there simply of German debt, bat off decision must have primary regard to the wishes and interests of
shortage of fat cattle will you see, standing in row up the debts of all the belligeren the native inhabitants. None of those territories is inhabited by
shortly improve. Recently, owing to the new white crosses." On Below an extract from his. Europeans and therefore the governing consideration in all these
A Petrograd message avys the Turkish pesce terms include the to shortage of feeding stuffs, cattl the oro-mes, on little strips of tin, cases must be that the inhabitants should be placed under the restoration of the ante bellum frontiere and the withdrawal of had not fattened as usual and large are the names of those who lie control of an administration acceptable to themselves, one of whose Russian troops therefrom, except a guard not exceeding a Division quantities had been slaughtered beneath. On some there is one main purposes will be to prevent their exploitation for the beneft per every one hundred and fifty kilometres; the demobilisation of The Committee predict that the new name; on a few are three names; of European capitalists or Governments. Natives live in their the Black Ses Fleet; the withdrawal of Ramaisa troops from Persis; regulations will check excessive on most two. varions tribal organiectione, under Chiefs and Councils, who are sad the acnulment of the Treaties defaing spheres of influence in competent to consult and speek for their tribes and members and Parsis. Meanwhile, Tarkey will remain srmed to the teeth in thee to represent their wishes and interests regarding their order to resist the Allies. disposal. The general principle of national celf-determination, therefore, is as applicable to their cases as it is in thoas of occupied European territories. The German declaration that the natives of the German Colonies bare, through their military fidelity in the war, shown their attachment and resolve under all circumsisnces to remain with Germany, is applicable noi to the German Oolonies generally, but only to one of them, namely German Est Africa. And in that oase the German authorities secured the attachment|
The Turkish Terms.'
London, Janasry 6.
THE WESTERN FRONT.
A Strong German Local Attack.
London, January 6,
British Recapture Sap.
London, January 8, Field Marshal Sir-Dangles-Haig, in a communique, saya :- We recaptured the asp east of Ballecourt which the enemy occupied yesterday morning.
from
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fat cattle reaching the marketa, and·
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"The nations of the Batente da
not yet appear to understand that continuation of the war will land to an unavoidable impoverishment:
means-
slaughtering. Meanwhile the sup- Bere, in this fit piece of of Europe, no matter bow it ends. ply of beef must be reduced by one ground, ekirted by a great high- This impoverishment hall, demanding on the part of all road which hums all day with a complete dependence apan. consumers the greatest economy.the intertraffic of war, the America, which possessse mome Steps are being taken to prevent ends of earth are gathered to raw materis? than any other the excessive slaughtering of sheep.gether. Those who have reached country. Europe will be for many The butchers of the Kingdom are this resting-place have come by decades the slave of her war debts being organised into associations to devious ways from starting points and forced to import commoditisa assist Lord Rhonda's the Food as far removed as the east is from from Americs. This gloopy pro- ld Marshal Sir Douglas Haig states:-The enemy made a Controller, in making a fair dis the wast, but all, like jetsam on a ng local attack against our positions on the Hindenburg Line, tribution, and to provide the founda-stream, have been sucked to the pect becomes all the more evident the longer the war lasts. Therë. act of the nativa population as a whole, which is sand remains of Ballecourt. A small party occupied seep before our front tion of an efficient system of ration centre of the vortex, and how will no longer be buying and The Government has in the they lie quietly side by side in selling among the peoples of profoundly anti-German, but only of small warlike classed from Sch. The enemy was repulsed on the remainder of the front whom their Askaris or soldiers were selected. Tosse they attached
Europe, as the international ex- sa against the bulk of the native population, which enabled the Ladeg, Menin and Boulers railway stations. Air fighting is mostly tionately among buyers. The next the world. From the bush of demands of arch countrys to themselves by conferring on them a highly privileged position reaching our positions. Hostile artillery is setive north-east of before first place taken over control of all this fist little piece of land.
Ypres. Our asroplanes, on Friday, dropped 250 bombs or Donain supplies will be allocated proper would furnish forth an sils of
The bames upon the cross change of wares will be complete Askeris to sesame lordly and oppressive superiority over the rest confined to the northern portion of the front, where we brought step will be to fix the fair quota far Australis, from the great rolling It is hopeless to think that {ly sakau op--in meeting the of the nativee. By this snd other means they secured the attach down sight and drove down four. Five of ours are missing: We each area and each individual but prairies of the West; from the there will be an exception for ment of a very small and insignificant majority, whole interests bombed, last night, factories and railway communications and other cher.
hills of Wales and the kreyone's own country. ladostrial were directly opposed to the rest of the population and for whom targets of military importance at Maizieres les Matx. All the they have no right to speak. The German treatment of the native machines returned.
scattered fell-sides, of Yorkshire conditions are the same every- dales; from Scotland and Ireland, where. The French and the Eag populations in the Colonies has been each as amply justified their
from the fields of France and lish will not be any better off fear of submitting the future of those Colouise to the wishes of the vatives themselves. Finally, there must be reparation for the
the and fista of Flanders they than the Germans, although they injuries done and the violation of international law. The Pesos
of strange and nupronounceable that with every month the war is have come. And there are men cannot be brought to understand Conference must not forget car sesman, the services they have
names who knew the golden days rendered and the outrages they have suffered for the common cause of freedom.
of Indis, and men from the prolonged an industrial year is
lost. Five or eix hundred mi Mr. Lloyd George regarded it as especially regrettable that the
like reputations under a shadow, has been used up is not to be recently reported proposals of the Central Powers did not contain a lines west of dezonvaux sad took numerous prisoners.
are the graves of a few Germans. regained in a year, or in several. reference to a permanent peace after the war. It is desirable,
A newly thrown-up mound covere indeed cesential, that the post-war settlement should not contain
"unknown Chinees soldier "the victory of say principle years. Of what as will be the seed of a future war. But that is not enough. However wisely
and strangest of all, perhaps, if there is neither strength and well we maske territorial and other arrangements, there still
painted on a board among the nor remsin many subjects of international controversy. The economia
London, Jan. 5.
order to money in thick-strewn crosseź of Christ, are conditions after the war will be difficult in the highest degree.
CHINESE TROOPS FOR EUROPE ?
An official despatch from Palestine the Star and Crescent of the Pro- carry it out: Every new war loan Owing to the diversion of human effort to war, there must follow a
should farther national knowledge world shortage of raw materials which will increase the longer the
Londen, January 6. reports a further advance of over a phe; over the dust of a Moham- war laste. It is inevitable that the countries controlling those raw
A message from Peking state that the Chino-French Com-mile on part of General Allenby's medan soldier. One women lies instead of being used to deceiva
the opponents." materials will desire to help themselves and their friends first. mission is about to consider the question of Chisese troops line orth of Jerusalem. A bombing there-an English nurse who died
carried out at Afalehon active service.
In commenting on these re Moreover, whatever settlement is made, it will be suitable only to the proceeding to Europe. Taan Chi-yui, the Director General of the raid was
marks, the Morning Pest of to-day There were direct hits on rolling
Some of the groves are very reminde Germany that the time circumstances under which it is made and as circumstances change, War Baresa, has regaeated the Governmisat to allocats the Boxer stock, hangars and camps.
new, and a long, sinister trerah, changes in the settlement would banecemary. As long as the possibility Indemnity Funds for this purpose.
machine was shot down.
empty as yet, sage that the swinlay yet come when, in resuming appetite of war is not satiated. international financial and com- But already, in a confounding that all the hoarded gold in the mercial relations, she may find AN INTERESTING REPORT. growth of pale blue flowers, each Reichsbank will be powerless to of the older graves is losing, eae take the place of the only real for its little cross, its individual
foundations of international identity. Natura ie at her task of The "Daily Chronicle" states that smoothing out and toning down credit, namely, truth, integrity. Lord Reading (the Lord Chief Jus-She seems to be uttering a fats and bosons tice of England) may be appointedlistic call to forget the past. Yet, Ambassador to Washington.
A German Claim.
London, Jan, 4. It is officially stated that Barony has been conferred on Sir Edward Morris, ex-Premier of New A German wireless cfficial message says;-We penetrated the foundland, in recognition of long and deserts of Africa. A little apart, liards of industrial capital which
distinguished service to the Empire.
A Calm.
London, January 6.
London, January 6. Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig says there is nothing special to report.
ANOTHER ARAB SUCCESS.
of dispate between nations continues, in other words as long as men and women are dominated by passion and ambition, and war is the only meane settling disputes, all nations must live under the burden, not only of having to engage in war from time to time, but of being
London, January 6. compelled to prepare for its possible catbreek. The crashing
The War Office announces that Araba at Hedj z successfully weight of modern armamente, the increasing evil of compulsory military service, the raat waste of wealth and effort involved in raided the railway south of Masn and also took as prisonera the warlike preparation-these are the blots on our civilisation of garrison of an important post farther south. which every thinking individual must be ashamed. For there and similar reasons we die confiden: that a great attempt must be made to establish by come international organisation so alternativ, to war as a means of settling international disputes. After all, war is a relic, of barbarism, and, just as law eacceeded violence in individual disputes, so we believe that it is destined ultimately to replace war in the settlement of controversies between nations.
If then we are asked "What are we fighting for "? we reply, as we have often replied, for a just sud isating pesce, and we believe that before peace can be hoped for, three conditions must be falfilled. The firet is that the sanctity of Tresties must be re- established; the second is that territorial settlement must be seoored, based on the right of self-determination or consent of the governed; sad, lastly, we must seek, by the creation of some international organisation, to limit the burden of aridamente and diminish the probability of war. On these conditions the British Empire would welcome peace and to secure these conditions its peoplea are prepared to make even greater sacrifices then they have yet endured.
Lord Lansdowne Satisfied:
NEWFOUNDLAND'S PREMIER.
London, January 6. A mesenge from St. John's, Newfoundland, states that a new Cabinet has been formed with Mr. F. W. Llosd, formerly Leader of the Opposition, as Premier.
FRANCE RECOGNISES FINNISH REPUBLIC,
Loudon, dary 6. A Paris message esye the Temps sanounces that France recognised the independenes of the Finnish Republic.
THE SILVER MARKET,
P. LESTINE ADVANCE.
One
London, Jan. 5.
FUTURE OF SAMOA,
ад
standing in this little garden, în the sustere presenos of the multi-} tadinons dead, one saysthat, when so much arges as to remember dur ha'e, it may be well to fisten to other voices which plead Wellington, Jan. 4. with as not to forget our charity, The future of Samon is exciting In this community of death there New Zealand. The German claim is something terrible and sugust to the restoration of the islands is in whose presence hats seems s viewed as unthinkable. Mr. Massey, mesn' and miserable thing and, the Prime Minister, in a recent like sehadow, melt- away. In the has speech declared that the Germans are moment one thinks of the in the Pacific were bad neighbours | boy who, at the bend of the road for Australians and New Zealanders, on a faint September morning, looked back and waved, larowall 10 some girl ate gate in a Tork- shire laur, and of some lad, "not less dearly loved, who, as an other's call, left bin pleasant, Rhineland valley to go back "no
ENEMY ACTIVITIES ÍN: AUSTRALIA.
'A Cordner's fury
hich investi
London, January 8: → Messre. Samuel, Montagu and Co., in their report, sista thật the London, January 8. silver market ia firm bat quiet, The New York market continues to Lord Lansdowse, interviewed, expressed satisfaction thar Mt. be very firm, although there is no fresh announcement regarding Lloyd George bad affirmed in the most distinct terme the principle governmental action. The negotiations are necessarily difficult, for that Britain never eimed at the destruction of Germany as a great the United States, though it can fix the price of silver, osn hardly Power, but rather at turning her saide from bopes and schemes of compel the mines to work low-grade ores, unless the higher most of military domination. He agreed with the Premier in believing that living. be considered. On the other hand, the Mexican onipatia gated the burning of the town hall ajast and lasting peace could only be bared an the three conditio an improving, and its return to anything like the output of seven years specified by the Premier. The acceptance of these conditions by ago-namely, 75,000,000 ounces would so inorge the Germany would imply that the old spirit of military domination supplies that the fixing of su nonecesi high purchase price by
The Jhapghar had been finally exorcized. Each ecceptance would be in itself, an the Ailies ought to be guarded agains ad sission of defeat.
has alightly eased, but the tone is good
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