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FRIDAY, JANUARY 17, 1919.
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REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
BLOW FOR THE BOLSHEVIKS.
HEAVY DEFEAT IN TWO-DAYS' BATTLE.
London, January 14.
General
The struggle against Bolshevism is now assuming the character
of a national upheaval.
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BOLSHEVIK ADVANCE ON REVAL SLOWING DOWN,
London, January 9 (delayed).
The Times correspondent at Helsingfors says Russian Bolshevik advance guards have arrived twenty-five miles from Reval
The advance is slowing down owing to the stout resistance of the Esthonian Army, numbering 11,000, which holds a long front eastward of Reval and Pernau. In addition, there are 10,000 Finnish volunteers, but prolonged resistance depends upon the arrival of arms and ammunition from the Entente.
The Bolshevik forces exceed 15,000 and are being reinforced by bands of local revolutionaries.
REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
GERMANY IN THROES OF GENERAL ELECTION.
AS INSIGHT INTO PARTY POLITICS.
· London. January 14, Reuter's correspondent at Berlin telegraphs that the National
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Paking. January 16. An excellent game of billiards Canton) wires asking whether the Lilu-hong (ex-Governor of it to be seen at the Palace disbandment programine covers Hotel, Kowloon, to-morrow night his Shag Hing troops. and Sergt. I Goodman.
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HONGKONG SOLICITOR'S
GALLANTRY.
HOW THE M. C. WAS WON.
A message from Odessa, dated the 9th inst., says Denikin heavily defested the Bolsheviks in a two-days battle on the Assembly election campaign is in full swing. The Revolution has
Mr.FX. d'Almada has received ma River, in the Caucasus. He occupied Alexandrija and
news-from-Home that H.-M. The Grushevka and captured a number of field-guns and machine-guns greatly changed the old parties. The four main groups are, broadly. (Saturday); between Mr. T. Pitt
the Conservatives, the Centre Party, the Liberals and the Socialists,
*: Shanghai, January 16. King has been pleased to award and over a thousand prisoners.
but all are sailing under new flags.
The Shanghai opium burning the Military Cross, to... Temporary Reuter's correspondent at Archangel says-Apart from the The Majority Socialist programme emphasises that the party
Mr. Pitt is the present will begin to-morrow.
* Secand Lieut. Chatbrother Allied forces here, an important Russian anti-Bolshevisk force is now had only supported a defensive war. The left wing of the Socialiste Champion of Colony. He was The President telegraphs Chu Mason, of the Machine - Gua marching south-west towards Vologda. This movement, if success-
* beaten by Gunner Lord in their Kai-kim asking him to settle the Corpe. The fact was previously ful, will enable the Archangel forces to co-operate with the Omsk, are prominent, only in some large centres.
The Independents will co-operate with the Moderate Socialists at last game, but Lord being away.
the site of the conference "direct known here, but the details now Army, which in now advancing towards Viaika
Munich, but not with Berlin, where the Independents include more the Championship devolves upon with Tang Shin-yre..
only now to hand. or less a strong left wing, namely, Communista, under Herr Lieb-Fitt. It is rumoured that in a Owing to many" persons trying Lient Mason. - during i knecht and Herr Rose Luxemburg.
friendly game with Capt. Groen to obtain the Hunan Tuchun-attack was in charga The Liberals have also split their left wing, which is very on Thursday he put up a break ship the President instructs Chan of two machine guns. Observing strong, comprising the German Democratic Party, and the real of 108 in 10 minutes, so he has wong-Fuen to return to his the infantry advance being check- Liberals from the former National Liberal Party, while their right still to be treated with caution Hunan post, leaving the questioned by the fire of a goup of hostile wing comprises a majority of the former National Liberals, some by the budding Champions of the of the sppointment of a new man
to be settled when pesce has been machine guns, he brought his Conservatives and Radicals. This wing calls itself the German Colony.
dwn guns forward, with great established People's Party,
Sergt. 1. Goodman, it will be The main plank of the left wing of the Liberals is a Republic.
Wong Chung-wai has wired gallantry, in spite of heavy artillery fire. and engaged based on the sovereignty of the people. The right wing pleads for remembered. has just recently Li Shua that be will soon be
won the Handicap at the above going to Nanking to establish a silenced them and, took the the enamy machine guns, capitalistic interests.
The Centre Party now calls itself the Christian People Party Hotel after some strenuous play. third party arbitration body.
beating some of the best players and, while upholding Catholic interests, is generally democratic.
Li Shun asks the Government to gunners prisoners, thus enabling the infantrymen to advance The old Conservative Party includes Christian Socialists pan-in the Colony, being 250 behind prohibit various bodies from in- to their objective. Later
on, Germans, Fatherlanders and the anti-Semites, and calls itself the scratch and coming out winner terfering with the peace negotia-working round aparty of the an Germaa National People's Party. It. adheres to against such clever cueists as tions. the idea of monarchy, and aims at a Hue with the Centre.
Capt. Green and Mr. C. Hart.
Wu! Wai Tock (Chinese emy, with great skill, he barraged their line of retreat with his fire, The game will be 500 up, com
Minister in Paris) telegraph that and cut them off. His services the different Russian Govern-ware of the utmost value. mencing at 9 p.m.
ments are applying permission to send delegates Lieut. Mason is a partner in to the Peace Conference the firm of Messrs. D'Almada ́and but the French Government Mason, Solicitors, of this Colony. has absolutely refused this He
Toft - for Home request, and asked
the them the purpose of joining restore order in Russia within a forces in March 1917 and after A TREAT FOR HONGKONG certain of length time. In view serving twelve months at a train. thereof, Wu requents the Governing camp, went to the Front in NEUTRAL NATIONS ON THE ALERT.
ment to settle the internal dis-France, where he has remained London, January 14.
putes as soon as possible." [ever since. Lieut. Mason held Neutral Governments, especially those of Switzerland and Musical treats are following Yuan Shi-kal's wife died on the the rank of Chief Inspector in the one another in quick succession 14th at Tientsin. The President Police Reserves and the members Sweden, are taking rigorous action against the Bolsheviks.
The municipal authorities of several towns in Switt, in Hongkong. Shortly we are to sent his brothers to offer con-of that Corps will no doubt bå glad to hear the details of their including Geneva, are insisting on all Russians and Germans have a brief series of concerts bydolences. registering.
two artistes of the very front The Cabinet has approved the foomrade's gallantry, The Swedish Government has informed the Bolshevik repre-rank-Profesor Alexander Sk-proposal that the Shanghai Ni-] sentative, and forty agents that they must quit the country im-larevski (pianist) and Micholas Tsu Engineering works be mediately.
OPERATIONS IN THE NORTH.
London, January 8. Operations were undertaken on the River Onega on December 29. with the object of consolidating the line which will be held during the winter and driving back enemy concentrations. Enemy positions! on the river fifty miles from the town of Onega were attacked and carried and the Allied front advanced twelve miles up river.
On January 1, an enemy attack on the new positions was heavily repulsed, but on January 4 the Allied forces were uninter ruptedly withdrawn to more favourable positions down the river.
On December 30, Allies occupied Kadish, on the thirty-seven miles from its confluence with the Drina.
GERMAN WORKERS GO ON STRIKE.
Yemitsa.
ESPOUSE THE CAUSE OF SPARTACISTS.
Amsterdam, January 9 (delayed). The Frankfurter Zeitung says the entire revolutionary classes of the town of Brunswick struck in sympathy with the Spartacus group of Berlin. Ten thousand persons with machine-guns marched in procession through the streets.
THE SPARTACISTS WEAKENING.
Amsterdam, January 14. Messages from the provinces in Germany show that the Spart- acist movement is weakening everywhere.
BRITISH DEMOBILISATION.
52.000 MEN TO BE RELEASED DAILY.
London, January 14. Reuter learns that it is hoped soon to demobilise 27.000 Overseas and 25,000 Home troops daily. This is as much as can reasonably be expected as present, as general demobilisation is not yet possible, Regarding Indis, the medically unfit who are unable to stand the heat, comprising about 20,000, will be repatriated immediately hart the others will not be released until next season.
BOURGEOIS MAJORITY AT MUSICH.
Basle, January 16,
A message from Munich states the primary elections to the Bavarian National Assembly resulted in a Bourgeois majority of 200,000 over the combined majority of the Independents and Socialists, who polled, respectively. 300,000 and 31,000.
THE SPREAD OF BOLSHEVISM.
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HOW BOLSHEVISH CAN BE KILLED, ·
London, January 9'{delayed).
...
FAMOUS MUSICIANS.
the
SUMMARY COURT HUMOUR.
for
VANITY FAIR.”
LAST NIGHT'S SHOW.
for
Bohumil Sykora ('cellist)." They formed as a Chinese-French joint will open their season at the goncern according to Chinese law. Theatre Royal on the 29th instant Tan Chi-yin is now instructed to M. Scavenius, Danish ex-Minister to Russia has just arrived in three concerts in all. They have tails.
and will probably give two" or proceed to Peking to discuss dé-
London from Russia.
had a wonderful success at Shang- Interviewed by Reuter, he said the situation in Russia would hai, where they gave no fewer be hopeless so long as the Allies did not take steps to end Bol-than fourteen recitals, and are shevism, which was a real international danger that was growing passing through Hongkong on the stronger daily, for the Bolshevists were marvellous propagandists way to Singapore, Indo-China. and were working in all countries with the object of causing India, Java, Australia, New
Mr. Edgar Warwick's " Vanity world revolution. He was sure Bolshevism would win in Germany Zealand, South America.
Fair" Company still continues to unless the Allies took immediate steps to stop it by supplying the
draw good houses" and s large Germans with more food and by sending a sufficient force to expel
In the Summary Court, this audience heartily enjoyed last the Bolshevists from Petrograd and Moscow. The fores need not
morning, Mr. Davidson obtained night's programme which co2- be big, because the whole population was opposed to Bolshevism. Professor Sklazerski is a real judgment against a debtor who tained mauy new items Messrs. As soon as the Bolshavists were expelled from Petrograd and genius at the piano. He is stated that he had no money and Sydney Mannering, George - Tit- Moscow the whole Bolshevist movement would collapse. He was gold medallist of the Petrograd was out of employment. Mr. chener and George Graystone sure an arrangement could be made with Finland to send volunteers Conservatoire and has achieved Justice Gompertz showed that opened the programme with an for this purpose. The great danger was that if Herr Liebknecht great fame wherever he has besides The Associated Press correspondent at Warsaw interviewed won in Germany, then Germany would join was why it was im tribute says his work is notable lawyeye for business, for he followed by the six ladies capable amusing A.B.C. song and we Russia and Europe Appeared. A Canadian Press M. Paderewski, the President-elect of Poland at 3 o'clock in the portant to finish Bolshevism immediately. morning, while crowds outside the Hotel were ovating him.
BOLSHEVISM "TO KILL TOOTHBRUSH_USERS."
PADEREWSKI'S APPEAL TO THE ALLIES.
New York, January 7 (delayed).
M. Paderewski said the Bolshevist idea was to kill all users of the tooth brush. If this war was to help mankind, Bolshevism must be put down. He asserted that Poland was doing her best to resist Bolshevism, but the Allies unhappily did not sympathise with the idea of more war, even though it was in their own defence and interest, and for the preservation of civilisation. He pleaded that the Allies should should sell equipment and otherwise help Poland)
FREEDOM OF THE SEAS."
BOLSHEVISM IN, POLAND.
· GERMÁNY TO BE HELD RESPONSIBLE
Paris, January 8 (delayed).
States, United Europe.
Canada and
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for the extraordinary effects he La capable of producing. As well ggested that Mr. Davidson of the Company in an toing concerted number. should not allow the man as displaying his own attain-die of starvation, before he Leslie Holmes kept the house in mente, he sise surprises his was able to pay the debt. Mr. state or irrepressible hilarity audience by the possibilities Davidson saw the force of this with his comic songs and he was of the modern grand piano which he unearths. On the occasion of argument and suggested that the equally good as a third in burle- defendant should interview him sque trio The ladies in their In the course of the last sitting of the Armistice Commission at one of his recent-Shanghai.com- on the matter.
individual items acquitted them- The inevitable result of Bolshevism would be a return to the Spa, Marshal Foch stated that Germany will be held responsible for certs, the N. C. Daily News said Mr. Mattingly asked for selves in their now well known barbaric era in Russia, Eastern and Central Europe. He declared the destruction done by the Bolsheviks in Poland and the Baltic that we have never far farther adjournment of a case in style and it would be difficult to that on the occasion of his welcome at Posen the Germans fired on Provinces, because, contrary to the Armistice, the German Com-Shanghai a pianist of his rank, witnesses to strive shortly, on a to select any one item
we heard in which he expected one of his 10,000 school children who were parading, killing two.
mand, in evacuating these regions, left arms, ammunition and war material in the hands of the Bolsheviks.The British Admiral and he can have few superiors coastal steamer, but he preponderating in brightness, ex- commanding the naval forces in the Baltic made an identical state-anywhere. There is no criticism
*sure whether cepting perhaps the singing of ment to the German Commander,
possible with such a player.” the
was still on board. Chaminade's Silver King by the Thesamejournal.in another notice Mr. Justice Gompertz-Well of contralto of the party, which compared him with Paderewski course, he may have managed to was beautifully rendered, the and Pachmann, adding "M-fall overboard by now. Sklärevski's technique is extra-
singer's rich notes in the lower ordinary. Combining with this at Settling Day, this morning to this famous composition. By None of the solicitors was late register being admirably adapted an exquisitë touch, he makes the in the Summary Contrt pisno sing even in the pianissimo This may
first spocial request one or two iteme appear, at The War Council. has decided that the conditions of the
passages which
he specially sight, to be remarkable previously given were repeated extension of the Armistice include, besides the handing over of all loves, in a way that is the despair occurence but the phenomenon and included the Company's German merchantmen, the restitution of material taken from of any student of that most will be explained when it is said great success, "The Bells of St factories, the removal of gold from the Reichsbank to Frankfort the difficult and much abused in that Mr. Justice Gomperta dia Mary's". The programme was surrender of the remaining submarines and the destruction of strument. He has perfect mastery not sit until twenty cainutes past concluded by the Sketch entitled | submarines which are being constructed.
of light and shade, and in the ten, having been detained in "The Mummy" which keps, the most thunderous passages he Chambers with the other Supreme audiance in roars of laughter manages, without apparent effort, Court Judges.
UKANIMITY BETWEEN FRANCE AND ENGLAND.
London, January 9, (delayed): Messages from Paris's indicate that M. Clemenceau and Mr. Lloyd Gerorge, have scored a great success as regards the question of the Freedom of the Seas." Very little is likely to bạ said on the subject when the actual Peace Conference assembles.
The Spanish Moroese question is also settled to the satisfaction of England and France, regarding a territorial extension to Spain's advantage fascially.
·U.-S. FORCES IN RUSSIA AND SIBERIA.
OVER TWELVE THOUSAND MEN.
ashington, January 9 (delayed).
bes that the American forces in number 12,941
an Inter Alle
GUERILLA
EXTENSION OF ARMISTICE.
„SOME DEMANDS ON GERMANY.
Paris, January 14
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STOLEN "MACHINERY.
to bring out the internal parts in
a way that gives to all his play-
GERMANY REFUSES TO RESTORE IT.
ing
London, January 14,
2. singular richness and purity combined."
and for which the players
were heartily applauded,
of the day. He has made a great
It is reported from Berlin that Germany has refused, until the A feature of Professor Sklarev. reputation wherever he has sp ace Treaty is concluded, to restore the machinery stolen from akt's concerts elsewhere is that peared. The New York Bocniny cipled territory, saying auch restoration would deprive Gendafy be has with him a numbered Post said of hits recently, that it I machinery which is absolutely essential to her industries. Hate of no fewer than 350 Godownry is the Rishard. Strauss
HISTORK CE EMONY AT COLOGNE..
of the most famous classical of the piano - Bykors-is-the pieces for the pinso, all of which Godowsky of the cello add- he plays from memory from ing that the technical suda. these, after his first concert, he city and brilliancy of the given the audience the playing of this Russia virtuoso mity of selecting the items border upon the miraculous, “Hö rosently made a sensational tour for his next performance.
ope and is now
oppor
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