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REUTERS TELEGRAMS.
AIR RAIDS ON LONDON.
DETAILS OF A TERRIBLE catastropHE,
Buliding Collapses ou Sheltering Crowds.
THURSDAY, JANUARY
"REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
THE STRIKES IN GERMANY.
Spreading from District to District.
London, January 30. The latest unofilcisi rapòrte-leura litils doubt zé seriousness of the German sinikas, which are apresdir trict to district. Factory seunge are prohibited in a centres
London, January 30a Harrowing details of Monday night's raid show that the worst
The Frankfurter Zeitung atsion that apart from 100,000 tragedy took place in the occupied basement of a building, where; besides a hundred men, composing the staff, many women and on strike in Berlin, the morement has spread to the Bob an children were abeltering. à bomb blew out the walls, and the district, a most important manufacturing centre, Work doors, together with heary machinery, collapsed upon the shelterers. torpedo factory at Friedrichsort and the Germains Dockyard's Water tanks burst, fooding and damaging many of the survivors. Kiel, bave struck, owing to their leaders having besa valled up to Explosion and fire completed the catastrophe," and the whole undergo military service. building was a roaring furnace. Firemen and police were quickly on the scene, and, sasisted by soldiers, worked most hard in fighting the flames and olearing the debris, enabling many to escape. The rescuers found groups of women arushed by blocks of coperate, while children were killed in their mothers" arms. Forty bodies were recovered by yesterday morning.
Another London victim was a septuagenarian Beotor, who was bary sensual fetching poor parishioners to a relage. He was killed -on reaching there.
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Crushed to Death.
London, January 30," Fourteen people were orusbed to death on ■-new renewal of the raid after midnight on Monday. They were part of a crowd which rushed to a certain shelter, whose gate" were found to be locked.
House of Commons Statement.
London, January 30.
Mr. MacPherson, speaking in the House of Commons, estimated that ten enemy seroplane resohed. London on Monday. He admitted that a number of casualties were dae to crowding at sir» raid shelters and emphasised that questionerw should remember the number of times the raidors turned back,
Yet Another Raid.
London, January 30,
The Prem Barsan samoances that hostile seroplanes orassed the Emer and Kent mosats at 9.30 last evening: None-penetrated the London defences. Bomba are reported to have been dropped on the outskirts: :The raid is still in progress.
How a Gotha was Accounted For.
London, January 30.
Last night's raid ended urly this morning long after the gun- fire had consed in Londes. The raiders apparently covered a wide ares of the outskirts, without penetrating the city.
The destruction of the raidar in Essex, on Monday, resulted from a rozning fight at ten thousand feet. The Gotha was baaton- ing towards the cost when a small-British one-seater picked her up -on the outskirts of Landör, and gave chase. The duel continued for twenty minuter, both descending, till, when eight-hundred feet above
a village, the Gotha was bit and fall. burst in flames and the crow were incinerated. The British -machine did not alight but shot up again in pursuit of other raiders,
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Correspondents at the Headquarters state that a feature of the recent bombing raids on Germany has been the liberal machine- gnoning. Aimen have swooped down attacking anti-aircraft | defences, searahlights, trains, railway stations and munition. factories, besideŭï lowvily bombing.
AMERICA'S FIGHTING FORCES.
Half a Million Mon Shortly in France.
London, January 30, Bentar's correspondent at Washington mys that Mr. Baker, Secretary for War, addressing the Senate Military Committee, said that there were now in the United States sixteen National Army empe and sixteen National Guard camps, otherwise thirty-two Divisions full of men résdy to go to France. It had been the policy of the War Department to send men to Europe as rapidly as the
· production sad capacity of the country had been able to provide for them. The United States will have half a million men in France shortly and during 1918 a million and a half more will be available to go there.
THE NEW ARMY.
An Allegation Refuted.
London, Janusty 30.
Lord Derby, speaking at the Aldwych Olab, declared that undae prominence has been given to Cambrai, which was the sort of thing that might happen to na or the Germans at any time, Refuting the allegation of the existence of a ring sgainst the pro- motion of New Army officers, he mentioned that the second cook of
college at Cambridge University had become a most efficient Staf Officer, an ex-Sergeant Major was now Commander of an Infantry Brigade, and an ex-Mese Sirgeant commanded an Infantry Battalion. He asserted that neither he nor the Oabinet wavered in the least in their allegiance to Field Marshal Sir Douglas Heig or in General Sir William Robertson.
CHINA TEA.
Purchases for British Consumers.
London, January 30.
In the House of Commons, Mr. Parker announced that, owing to the representations of traders, it had been arranged that tes would be bought in Chios'on behalf of the Minjstry of Food for importa. tion into the United Kingdom la nentral tonnage. Il sufficient tonnage was available, it was intended to purchase three million pounds in 1918. The Ministry of Food sgente în Chins would arrange for the tonnage. Mr. Parker also stated that it was not yet possible to decide the percentage of tea which would be imported from India and Ceylon in 1918.
ALLIED LEADERS IN PARIS.
London, January 30,
Lord "Milner and General - Siz William Robertson hava intamponied: Me:- Lloyd George 10 - Paris, whither the Italian
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·GERMAN BUILDINGS ON THE SHAMEEN.
A Question in the House of Commons.
Lonzon, Januszy 30. "In the House of Commons, Colonel Yate asked : What are the legal questione regarding which a decision is pending which will prevent German buildings in the British Concession on the Shameen being taken over and the leases terminated ?”
Mr. Balfour replied that be was still communicating with the British Minister in Peking on the matter, and he could not give any information at present,
·COUNT CZERNIN'S. SPEECH.
London, January 30.
Beuter's correspondent at Washigton'states:—Mr. Lansing bas expressed sarprise at the newspaper report thas Count Czarmin's, speech was forwarded to President - Wilson before it was delivered in Vimma. Mr. Lansing says that no copy of the speech was roudited here prior to or after its publication.
ÉARLIER TELEGRAMS.
THE RAID ON LONDON.
A Bly Casualty List.
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London, January 29,
Aa oficial message says: In last night's aiz mid four- teen men, seventeen women and sixteen ́ children were killed, while ninety-three men, fifty-nine women and pryan- teen children were injured. All occurred in London with the acception of one killed and seven injured. The material damage, was bat serious.
Listed for Over Five Hours.
London, January 20- Last night's was the most prolonged air raid London has hitherto experienced, it lasting intermittently for over five hours. There, was a full moon and a cloudless sky and the night was practically windlass. Our gunfire of the heartiest, while the rattling of machine guns was more audible then usual, betokening the activity of the British airmen engaging the raiders. There were intervals of silence of varying duration, then renewed outbursts of firs sa another relay of raiders appeared.
General Smuts' lecture was punctuated by the sound of the guns The President told the audience they could retire to the basement, but there were cries of "Osity on,” and General Smuts proceeded with his lecture, in which he interpolated many humourous atides,
The House of Lords resumed ité discussion of the Franchise Bill in the middle of the raid.
Detalls of the Bombing.
London, January 20,
An official message says: Two groups of raiders crossed the Essex coast, and one group the Kent coast and pro- ceeded to London. The latter dropped bombs op Thanet Iste and Sheppey and crossed the estuary of the Thames, approaching East London through Easex. About Siteen machines participated in these attacks. Four or five reached the capital and bombed various districte. Later other aero-- planes crossed the Essex coast, one reaching London, where it dropped bombs between 12.16 and 12.20, Two Firing Corps scouts, after, a brief fight at close range, set an energy seroplane on fire over Esser It fell in flamer from "tan" thousand feet and its crew of three were burnt to death. Several other engagements took place. One of ours pursued a raider and fought it indecisively over the sea. „All of our machines returned.
The German Version.
London, January 29.
A wireless German official message states: We brought down thirteen seroplanes yesterday on the west front. We dropped bombs on London and Sheerness with good effect.
ENEMY ABRODROMES BOMBED.
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London, January 29. The "Admiralty reports: Naval aircraft dropped" many bombs yesterday on aerodromes at Aertrycke and Engel Two enemy machines were brought down during patrols, All of ours returned.
THE STRIKES IN GERMANY.
Amsterdam, January 29, The "Korrespondenzblatt," organ of the German Trade Unions, states that the strike agitators in Berlin demand as a reply to Mr. Lloyd George's speech of the 18th. inst
definite statement of German war aims in the west, also representation of workers in pepes negotiations
The "Vorwerta, while avoiding direct referees to the strike, warns the Government that the people want food and pesce and any attempt to forcibly theert them will be dangerous
There is some suspicion that the German Government is permitting the transmission of mack-news and shore in order to înfinenos the labourites in Allied countries,-partí- cularly Britain,
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In connection with the recent reports of labour
at Berlin &:"partial strike", la now sex-officially admitte Unofficial messages from Berlin state that there, ar, thousand strikers, chiefly from metallurgical factories notab!
kgand: Bong motor works,
FER TELEGRAMS.
GERMANY'S COLONIAL AINS,
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colonial Central
Cekural Smuts of Future Dangers.
Londen, January 29, Continuing his lecture
German General -Sout said "This African block, mapa of which are being prepared at the ~Colonial Office in Berlin, min "intended firstly to supply the economic requirementa and rak materials for German industry, secondly, and far more important, to be come the recruiting ground for raat native” árabes [the great" "ralas-of which has been demonstrat
od in Zakt Africa, while its natural harbours on the Atlantic and Indian Oceans will supply, naval and submarine bases from which both ocean routes will be dominated and British and American sex power brought to ziought." Native armies would be useful in the next great war to which the German General Staff is already giving serious attention, -as appears from General von Freytag'a recent book. The untrained levies of the Union of South Africa will go down before these German-trained bordes of Africans, who will also be able to deal with North Africa, and Egypt without the deflection of any white troops from Germany, and they will also mean a great army planted on the flank of Asia whose fores could be felt throughout the Middle East as far as Persia and perhaps even farther.” ... Gestaral Smuta proceeded to show that this was no mere fanciful picture, quoting in support of it the recent after- ances and writings of the Coloial Secretary, Dr. Self, Professor Delbreck, Franz Kolbe and Buil Zimmermann. The British Empire's viewpoint was very different, he said. Britain never had any military ambitions apart from the sea power which was essential to its existence. It had always opposed militarisation of the natives of Africa; it had always studied the natives' interest and regarded their points of view with special favour, often to the disappointment of white settlers. No impartial person can deny that the results of this policy on the whole had been beneficial to the natives. · British statesmen had avoided the dangerous course of regarding the native primarily sa the, raw material of a military world power. Britain's objects in Africa were inherently pacífa sad defensive. Locking to the future from the broadest point of view and looking further upon Africa a the half-way house to India and Australia, the British Em- pire saks only for internal peace and the security of its ́external communications. It cannot allow the return of conditions which mean the militazisation of the stires and their employment for sisemes of world power. It cannot allow naval and submarine bases to be organised on both consta of Africa to the endangerment of the ses communi entions of the Empire and the peace of the world. It must insist upon through land" communications from one end of Africa to the other ***
Regarding the disposal of the German colonies General Smute said that as long as there was no real change of heart in Germany,gno irrevocable break with militarism the law of self-preservation should be considered paramount, No fresh extension of Prussian militariam an other con- tinents and seas should be tolerated and conquered Ger man colonies can only be regarded as guarantees for the future peace of the world. He was sure this opinion was shared by the vast bulk of the Dominions. They had no military ambitions, their greatest aim was peace, they join... ed the war voluntarily and were largely responsible for the destruction of Germany's Colonial Empire and the conse quent prevention of the German military system spreading to the ends of the earth. They should not be asked to consent to the restoration to a militant Germany of fresh footholds for militarism in the southern hemisphere, thus endangering the future of their young and rising communi. ties. They wanted a nay Monroe Doctrine for the Beuth Zor their protection against European militarism The enemy's stubborn defence of East Africa proved the supreme im-, portance Germany attached to it. both economically and as a strategical point of departure for the establishment of a Central African Empire: Premature or unwise restoration of German East Africa to Germany might therefore have con- sequences reaching far beyond Africe. It was not dificult to Karsses that the East African campaign, while spparently a side show in the great world war, may yet have important bearings on the future of the world, At the conclusion of peace our stateamon will be bound to bear in mind this wider and obscurer issue fraught with such consequences. to the world and particularly the British Empire.
...He concluded by hoping that the land where so many heroes have lost their lives or health while under the most terrible and most exacting conditions of human loyalty and human service poured out so lavishly in a great cause, may never be allowed to become a menace to the future peaceful development of the world. I am sure my gallant boys, dead and living, would wish no other or greater reward.”
The Belgian Colonial Minister, M Ronkin, paid a high tribute to General Smuts and dwelt on the triumphant Anglo- Belgian co-operation.
Mr. Walter Lang said that General Smuts' campaign in East Africa laid the foundation of the crumbling of Ger man power which had continued ever since. He hoped that General Smuts address would be widely circulated - and read by all people who desired that this great and terrible war should end in a durable and real pesce and that the lesson taught by General Smuts that night would be learned by those who were determined that the losses of this war. would not have been suffered in vain.
A British Workers' Views, B
London, January 29.55
A meeting organized to consider the future of the Ger- many'■"Töst “bolonies by the Committes of the British Work ers League recently resolved on recording, its admiration of and gratitude for the brilliant achievement of British and Allied arms in rescuing the peoples of territories formerly under German control, from that ruthless adininidlention, re- pudiating the proposals of the Labour Party, to hand over these territories to a cosmopolitan commission, and pledging itself do its utmost to prevent their return to Germany
A copy of the resolution was sent to Mr. Lloyd George who has now, replied thanking the Committee and, express ing his sppreciation of the resolution.
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HELENA MAY INSULA
Last. Night's "Bajoyable Concert,
The concert hall lant the assy, little Ball---- be-flagged for the
| the Helena May Lusth
quite a large numbse of peopli kanong whom were His the Governor and Mins: {M®jɔr-General Vantris und
other well-known Hodg residente," "Part of the prbo we understand, will be git one of the many war charit and tane, în a very pleasing Der, Hongkong is continui this and other ways) to do "ite bit." The various i'ems of the programme «treres klf costrin out according to arrange except that Mr. W. A. Hannibal was unable to give hîn humoronE song, he having, sa annonnoed by Sir William Ross Davies, been obliged to leave the Colony on
business.
The entertainment was ozosed- ingly good. "It "waa's genuine pleasure to hear onos again, after so many years abusnon-Mrs. Gordon's very fine contralto voice, With exquisite tendernees and beauty she rang “ God Sand Tow. Back to Me" and, se^an^an gore,“ It'a: Qaist Down Hare," | Mra~~ · · Balean's. violin sala, "Fanterie Caprice" (Wieniawski) beautifully played, was received- with loud applause and an sooops. demanded and cozoaded, ably also way she socompinind at the piano by Miss Elfreda Ommand. Mr. Sayar în a vocslia Hongkong andiamose would liks to hear more frequently. He fine light baritone voics. in “I Love You” was delig listen to. He also was [Mine" Demist,
accompanied Mr. Siyos wall, Vary abril pianoforts
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| by Mr. and Mrs.
was entitled “Clestly and Con cisely" and neatly his o empty garrality of a certain typ of Society woman. Both Mr. sad ́ Mre.takes performed admirably giving evidea0s of cobaidura bil histrionic talent. Mr. Lay (sonoE panied at the piano by Mr. CF. Grimble) wang, My Dear Soul and was encored. A very “ merry and bright” item was provided by Mrs. Rolded Braddell (a Singa- pore lady visitor) in the sing. |ing of "Military Mary Ann,"
song that requires, - vivaiona |soting rather than fine singing. Mr. Braddell was loudly applanded and, as an encore, sang « sentimental song in the ya mentimental manner of a coster girl. For the "odosaïon, Mrs. Braddell, who is genuinely sprightly amateur comediama was dressed in true East End. fashion and wore a wonderfully feathered orastion of a hut. Af the pisno she was ably accompanied, by M. Eran Ormiston. In place. of Mr. Hannibal, Mr. Orane, whi is now so well known locally suES. comedian and pianist, gure his olever - imitasiong - of corlar –h alléges taker, placa în: “GoreNE Garden Grand Opera, His
| formande was very well-received. As already stated, the concert wha fín every way extremely enjoyal
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