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- SONGKONG, THURSDAY, MAY 31. 1917.

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THE INTERNATIONAL: SOCIALIST

CONFERENCE.

Toynos, May 90

In view of the forthcoming openi ings of a regular session of the Tuternational Socialist Conference at

THE "NO ANNEXATION

POLICY.

STARTLING ARTICLES IN RUSSIAN PAPER.

PETROGRAD May 29,

Two startling articles reflecting

this revolutionary war policy have

Stockholm, Austrian and German uye en published in the organ.cf the Comel of Workmen's and

pruce efforts are being intensified.

An inspired article in the Neur Frei Prade (Vienna) says that Austria is only concerned that the balance of power shall not be changed against Austris, and declures that the Treedour of navigation of the Adriatie Sou and the Danube is more important to Austria than the dis- tribution of territory.

Soldiers Delegates. One more particularly addressed to England, strongly dissents from the claims. that the Provisional Government's Declaration, and the pronouncements of the Revolutionary leaders regard. the Russign peace formula, coincide with the British and French aims.

The article asserts, that Russia will"

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Meanwhile, the Germans pence prost serifice a single soldier to help paganda is very active in Sweden. the Western Allies repair "historie

injustice" Writing to the Swedish journal Dagensnyheter, the well-known Gér« nun jurnalist, Dr. Hans Vorst,[ altempts to influence socialist opinion

The other article says that the watchword of No annexation **- must not he misinterpreted..... It defines annexation as the forcible deizure of territory in the posession professing German willingness to

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THE FRENCH FRONT.

Laxnes, Nuy 30..

A French coninuniqué reports:~~ There was a fairly violent, artillery struggle to the south of St. Quentin. Special units endeavouring to reach

nexation ineins that got a drop of the" people's" blood shall be shed for such izuze

FRENCH MINISTER ON TOUR IN RUSSIA.

PARIS, May 50, The French Socialist Minister of

our trenches at Mont Blond, in Munitions, A. Thomas, is com Champagne. were obliged to fall panying M. Kurensky on a tour of back under the violence of our fire the Bussian armies abandoning their dead and wounded. | M. Thomas delivered numerous We captured some prisoners, a speeches on the need for discipline machine-gun gund same thrower to defeat "militarism, otherwise they and three enemy aeroplanes were would again he slaves. He also brough down.

replied to numerous questions and refuted the sophistis pacifist ergo

THE BRITISH FRONT,

LONDON, May 20. Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig reports:

We repulsed hostile raiders neur Fontaine-les-Croiselles to the west of Lens. We raided trenches to the south of Nedve Chapelle.

BRAZIL'S NEUTRALITY REVOKED.

ments.

His speeches deeply impressed soldiers.

A NEW PARTY IN RUSSIA

Moscow, May 29.

A meeting of the Octobrist party, which was attended by the ex- Minister of War M. Gutchkoff, decided to form new-party to HIO DE JANEMO, May 29.

combine the bourgeois and democra The Chamber has unanimously tie elements in the defence of liber, passed the Bill revoking neutrality and republican principles..

not merely in the German-American wor, but in the war between the Entente and the Central Powers, and has authorised the utilisition of Germath ships in Brazilian porta.

FINANCING THE WARĂ

AMERICA'S ARRANGEMENTS.

THE GREEK, SITUATION.

A VENEZELIST OCCUPATION OF THESBALY SUGGESTED.

LONDON, May 29. Interviews with M. Venczelos and -- several of his finisters have been.

WASHINGTON, May 30 In order to facilitate greater efforts published. The idea of a reconcilia

tion with King Constantine is repu- · towards finanerng the war the

diated Minister Averoff adds that Government contemplate the virtual

it is essential that the Venezelists: closing of the American Money occupy Thermaly in order to secure Market to further Foreign Dover-the crops, which are almost realy meat Bond issues throughout the for harvesting, and this prevent war, and also the centralising of the

King country's financial system by ap

thom addition to the Federal Reserve Board of 1,000 strong Trust Com- panies and State Banks who are at present not members,

SCIENTISTS AND WAR PROBLEMS.

WASHINGTON, May 20

Constantine requisitioning

THE POLITICAL CRISIS IN HUNGARY. thats

AMSTERDAM, May 29,

A telegram from -Budapest states that Count Andrassy hus been

An Anglo-French Scientific Cord- mission has arrived to co-operate charged to form a Cabinet, but with American scientists in war is not yet feially confirmed

The Commission, includes Sir Ernest Rutherford, FRS, Profes- ser and Director of Physics, at Manchester University

CONGRESS OF GERMAN-RUSSIANS,

OBITUARY.

The death 4

May 20

the Griq

fes both