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四十八二十
REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
GERMANY'S WAR AIMS.
REPLY TO The Allied STATEMENTS,
Count Hertling says Hongkong Must be Given Up!
London, January 25.
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REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
ANOTHER GERMAN NAVAL MŪTINY.
REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
SEVERE RIOTING IN BERLIN.
Mob Demands Peace.
London, January 23,
A menage from Amsterdam says an important Bank Clearas that there has been severe rioting in Berlin during the part two days. Amob marobed through the streets demanding pesos.
LABOUR AND PEACE.
A World-wide Movement Berna.
London, January 25,
Over Forty Motineers Killed.
TELEGRAMS.
(Router's Service to The
THE SILVER MARKET,
4. London, Faamanty 14. London, January 25, ⠀
Silver is quoted at 43.5/3 1. In According to a telegram from Amsterdam, a Garman naval the absence of demand, the mars linatensal who deserted at Kiel and has arrived in Holland, says ket is dull. three weeks ago the crews of mine-sweeping trawlers were badly handled in a fight with the British. They returned to Hamburg and were ordered to resume duty within an hour, whereupon they matinied. They threw an efficer into the water and allowed him to drown. An armed motor launch used its machine gone against the mutineers, killing 44 and wounding 73. The remainder were court- martialled and beavily sentenced.
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THE SUPREME WAR COUNCIL
London, January 25, Renter's correspondent at Washington states that General
Rentar's correspondent at Amsterdam states that, speaking before the Main Committee of the Reichstag, Count Hertling asid the negotiations were slowly progressing at Brestlitovsk. They are extraordinarily difficult," he said, "sad the strange messages which the Russians have sent world-wide by wireless have occasion- ed doubt as to whether the Russians are serionė. But I hold fast to
At the Labour Conference at Nottingham, M. Benandel, the the hope that the negotiations will shortly reach a satisfactory con- clusion. Our negotiations with the Ukrains representatives are in French delegate, said the presence of Allied Labour representatives a favourable position. The Entente having failed to respond to the was being utilised to promote a general Allied agreement on the invitation to participate in the negotiations, we are no longer underline of the British war sims, with the adherence of Labour in the soy obligation towards them. We have a free hand for separate United States. Having sobieved such a unity, the belligerent negotiations with Bassis. Nor are we bound regarding the Eatente working classes would then be asked to participate is united notion Bliss will represent the American Army on the Supreme War to the general peace proposals submitted to us by the Russian to establish a durable peace and overthrow Imperialist world-wide Connoil at Versailles. Delegation. Mr. Lloyd George no longer scolda. He seems to wish sime, to prove his power for negotiating which I formerly doubted, but I' esanct read in his speech any earnest will for peace, nor any friendly tons towards us. He declares that he never had any intention of annibilating Germany; he even spoke of respect for our political, economic and cultural situation. But he spoke slao about pro- nouncing judgment on criminal Germany, which had committed every possible crime. That is a tone which we cannot acknowledge as containing an earnest desire for peace."
Proceeding, the Chancellor emphasised that Alasos-Lorraine sa mainly purely German territory, which, through violence and s violation of justice, was severed from the German Empire. "When we in 1870 demanded the tracts of land wrang from as in
CIVIL WAR IN-RUSSIA.
Sanguinary Conflicts Reported.
London, January 25
Beater's correspondent st Stockholm states that reports of civil{ war confirm that there were sanguinary conflicta at Viborg between the bourgeois Pablis Safety Corps and the Red Guards. The latter were victorious after the sailors had been reinforced.
The Soviets' Congress.
A Plot Discovered.
London, January 253-
London, January 25, Beuter's correspondent at Petrograd states that the opening of a criminal way, it was no conquest of alien territory, but what the Soviets Congress at the Taaride Palace has been fixed for to- to-day is called dia annexation. President Wilson demande as his second point, the freedom of the seas. One of our main fatars right. demands is complete freedom of navigation in war and peace. There ie no difference here between us and President Wilson, but it in eminently important for the fatare freedom of navigation that Eng lend eball relinquish etrong fortified points on important international esiling routes like Gibraltar, Malte, Aden, Hongkong and the Falk lands. As we have already declared, the idea of restriction of military preparation is quite open to discussion. The financial position of all European countries after the war will probably work most effectively for a satisfactory volation of this question."
THE RUSSO-GERMAN NEGOTIATIONS.
German Threat to Occupy Reval.
Loudon, January 25: Router's correspondent at Petrograd states that when the Russian delegates at Brestlitovak asked the Germane to specify conditions regarding occupied territories, Gesets! Hoffman spread oat a war map and crew his finger along a line from the shore of the Gulf of Finland, east of Mion bound Islande, thence from Walck to Drink and Brestlitov-k.
The Russiane thereupon mentioned the southern oconpied territories,and General Hoffman ieplied that he would speak of these with the Ukrainian Republic.
A Russian delegato queried :-If we do not agree to these Oonditions ?
General Hoffman replied:-We will occupy Reval within a few weeks.
The Germans announced that the present adjournment was the last to which they would agree.
THE PORT OF LONDON.
Will it be closed to Shipplag"?
London, January 25. A deputation of London M.P.'e ja interviewing the Shipping Controller with reference to a report that the Port of London is bring closed to merchant shipping.
THE WESTERN FRONT.
London, January 25,
Renter's correspondent at Petrograd, writing en the 23rd instant, saya the Battalion of Death was arrested yesterday at its barrack and accused of supporting the Right and Social Bevolutionary members of the Constituent Assembly in a plot, all the organisers of which were arrested to-day, when numerous bomba, arms and compromising documents were found.
Bolshevik Autocracy Denounced.
London, January 25, - Reater's correspondent at Petrograd, writing andar date of the 22ad instant, says that eight victims of the shootings on the 18th instant were publicly baried to-day. Thousanda of mourners tramped for seven hours in melting snow a distance of fifteen miles to the Preobrajensky Cemetery. Red cofas exposed the raised faces of the dead. There were many speeches delivered at the graveside, denouncing the Bolshevik autocracy and comparing it with the autooracy of Tsardom.
One of the murderers of MM. Shingsreff and Kokoshkin has been arrested.
Terrible Paalc in Moscow,
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London, January 25,
Beater'e correspondent at Petrograd, writing, ander date of January 24, states that while there was no bloodebed in the capital on Tuesday, thirty people were killed and 200 wounded, including many women and children, in the centre of Moscow A large Bolshevik procession, with several machine-gune and armoured care, parties of cavalry, armed Red Gaarde and, Austro-German and Turkish prisoners, arrived at one ö’elcok in the Theatre Square. Thousands of spectators assembled, When a couple of revolver: abota were heard, evidently of a provocative charecter, a terrible panio eneaed, and there was mach, wild rifs and machine-gan abooting by soldiers of the Red Gaarde in the procession. The Moscow Soviet affirms that shots were fired against the processionists from the windows of thres hotels, on which machine guns were consequently turned, while armoured cars fired on the Metropole.
The Congress, Meets.
London, January 25,
A mesesge from Petrograd states that the Soviets' Congress Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig reporte:There was boatile opened at Tauride Palace, being attended by 625 delegatea, M. artillery activity in the La Vacquerie and Passchendaele neighbour-Trotsky declared that be was convince that the Western proletarist boods.
DEAN HENSON'S CONSECRATION.
London, January 25, The Bishop of Oxford has withdrawn his protect against Dean Henson's consecration.
„BRITISH COMMERCIAL ATTACHES,
London, Janasty 25, In the Hocee of Commons, Mr. King suggested that experienced commercial travellers should be appointed Commercial Attaches to the British Embassies.
Mr. Steel Maitland replied that s Select Committee, including business men, was considering the appointments in British Embassies and Legatione on the commercial side of the British Diplomatie and Consular Service.
THE SPANISH ́SITUATION.
London, January 25. Beater's correspondent af Madrid states that the King presided at a meeting of the Council to consider the political situation. The Premier announced fresh disorders at Barcelona, and said the Government were determined to crash agitation,
FIXED IMPERIAL RATE OF EXCHANGE URSED.
London, January 25,
would come to the assistance of Rassis. The dissolution of the Constituent Assembly was justified, because it aimed at the oreation of an Upper Chamber. The Maximalists were fully entitled to substitute a proletariao dictatorship for the general franchise, in the interests of the higher form of eouis) revolation(Cheers). The Congress elected M. Lenin, M. Trotsky, M. Spridonova, Herr Liebknecht and Herr Adler as honorary Chairmen.
AUSTRIA'S ATTITUDE TO RUSSIA.
London, January 25." Count Csernin, the Austrian Foreign Minister, speaking in the Beicherath, asid they had no intention of demanding from Bussis & single square metre of territory or a single centime of indemnity.
THE PALESTINE CAMPAIÓN;
London, January 25.
The Garstte publishes General Allenby's diepatoh covering the operations from 28 Jane, 1917, to the fall of Jerusalem. He em phasises the transport difficulties and the water shortages. The routes for transport were extremely limited and practically the whole | available transport, including thirty, thousand camole, had to be allotted to one portion of the eastern foros. —If in told how, before the fall of Gase, the enemy, who was most strongly entrenched, was kept guessing se to the whereaboute of the main attack, namely et Bareira ank Sheria, and therefore a large soste of operations against Gass was prepared. The despatch shows that it was the most rapid consolidation of the British gains in the passes of the Dadean Bala, before the Turks could rally, shat ensured the surrender af Jerusalem.
"At the meeting of Barclay's Bank, the Chairman advocated the maintenasce of a fixed rate of exchange within the Empire, which would give the Dominions a substantial preference, promote trade and economise the use of gold. The balanos of trade could be The passes are historical for causing the defeat of mi
janted by olosar administration of infer-Imperial finance,
invading semies.
EARLIER TELEGRAMS.
GERMAN DESTROYER MINED,
Copenhagan, January 24. The survivors of a German destroyer state that fre destroyers left Heligoland on Sunday. When they had pro- ceeded sixty miles the destroyer A 77 was imized and sunk. Destroyer 473, which hastened to the reacze, was also mined and sank, whereupon the remaining three steamed away to the southward. The whole crew of A 73-perished. An officer and sixteen of the crew of a German destroyer, which was torpedoed or mined, have landed at Honvig on the west coast of Jutland in an open boat in which they had been for four days suffering most severely. Ons is dead
THE CABINET AND THE IRISH PROBLEM.
London, January 24,
The Press Bureau states that at the thirty-sixth meeting of the Irish Convention Sir. Horace Plunkett read letters from the Premier stating that before the decision by the Convention of certain issues, he and his colleagues would be happy to confer with the leading representatives. The Convention, adjourned for the selected members to meet the Cabinet
AN APPEAL TO THE PRESS.
London, January 24.
In the House of Commons, replying to questions regard- ing newspaper attacks on Sir William Robertson and Sir. Douglas Haig, Mr. Bonar Law declared that as long as generals and officers hold high positions under the Gov- erament it must be assumed that they retain the confidence of the Government (Cheers). The distinguished instances mentioned were certainly no exception to that rulo. Public discussion of questions of strategy and the qualifications of individual officers were most embarrassing to the Govern- ment with whom the responsibility for these matters must remain and who possessed facts which could not be disclosed without injuring the public interest, 'He appealed to the press of both sides to refrain from criticism which was unfair. to public servants and detrimental to national interest. (Load cheers).
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OUR UNCONQUERABLE ARMY.
London, January 24. In the House of Commons the Man Power Bill passed ita third reading unanimously.
In the House of Commons, in a maiden speech on the Maa Power Bill Lient-General Sir Aylmer Hunter Weston, who commands an army corps in Flanders and participated in Gallipoli, emphasising the need for more men, said the flower of the manhood of Great Britain and the Dominions was in the Army which, in magnificent fettle and uncon- querable cheeriness, is calmly confident. If Prussian mili tazism is not conquered now we should be attacked later when our allies may be fewer and our lot would be similar to Belgium. He appealed to Ireland, to join America, France and the Dominions in the struggle. When America was at full strength our position would be overwhelming. Until then we must expect heavy attacks, although con- fident that such will be defeated
FOOD RATIONING,
London, January 24. The Press Bureau states that a deputation of Manchester engineers and munition workers waited upon Lord Rhondda and asked for a definite asmrance of the food shortage steps taking the form of national rationing.
Lord Rhondda said there was no famine and no likeli-. hood thereof, but there was a definite shortage of mest, batter, bacon and margarine. Local schemes will ultimately be welded into a national scheme. Nearly two thonsand Food Control Committees are, now working and arrange- ments are being made to create a Food: Clearing House, aiming at each district receiving its fair share.. The Cabinet had authorized's Bill 'dealing with profiteering and exacting from each offender double, the amount of his profit in addi- tion to the penalty.
Lord Rhondda in a speech at the Mansion House, said that compulsory rationing was inevitable and urgent. Meat besides butter and margarine would be rationed from the 25th February,
THE WESTERN FRONT.
London, January 24
· Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig reports hostile artillery fire southward of the Scarpe, near Passchendaele: Our sero- planes bombed aerodromes near. Courtrai and Ghert, the latter being used by enemy night fiers. They also bombed and machine-gunned billets at Rouless. All our machines returned
THE CANADIAN MIÑE DISASTER.
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HONGKONG TRÅDE,
Chamber of Commerce Report.
The Fortnightly Price Current and Market Report, published by the Hongkong General Chamber of Commerce, ander date of Jan- uary 25, contains the followingm Cotton Piece Goods and Faney Cotton Goods.-There is nothing of interest to report since our last and a quiet period is anticipated up to China New Year. Cottoa is quoted at 23.78d.
Catton Yara.-Prices have far- ther advanced $2 to $5 per bals, but husiness has been of small volume. Bɔmbay market keepa steady at the advance and price ruling here are mach balow replacing cost." Quotations are : -No. 10 st $152/186 Now, 19 at #186/190. No. 18564 $175/205. No. 20 at $212/245. Arrivals ail Sales 2,000 bales. Ship- ments 250 baler. Unsold stock 2,000 bales. Burgsins 12,000 bales.
Raw Cotton. Prices have ruled firm at $56/59 for Indisa and 856/83 per pical from China Staple,
Woollens. Nothing to report, Baainees in this section is prso- tically slagnent and clearances are very poor.
Flour Market Esport.--Stock : About 260,000 macka: Qcotations: Japannes 2nd Patent, $3.20 per sack, Japanese 3rd Patent $3.15; per sack; Japanese Straight $3.20 per sack; Shanghai Flour, $3 20 persack; Australian Flour, $3,35 per Back
Metala-Lower cabled quota tiona from Americs, and the approach of Chinese New Year have had a weakening effect on the market. In fact some lines have considerably slumped. Steel bare, which were bought soma months sga be dealers, at $18, $17 and $18 a pical, are now obtainable locally for $12 to
$18 per pical, Iron bara are se low as $10 apical. A crusiderable quantity of steel bars have still to arrive at high figures. Stool plates Prices vary great deal according to thickasa The thinner, sizes, of which there seems
to be a large atock are considerably chesper than the thicker size:"3/10"+". are obtainable at about $29, Thicker sises are about $30 to $31. Tin platea locally are about 330. Prices nominal.
Wire nails " to 3" are obtainable at.
$13.50 per pical Keg. 1"1" at $17 to 18. Market is fairly eteady, Forward business hea been done in small sizes at $25 down to $22, (Size 4 to 7 inch.) | Lead is down to 816. No buyera and poor enquiry. In all metalm sellers seem to predominate, dealers apparently anticipating lower prices.
Sugar.-Market atasdy.
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