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To will be further proposed that no food. stuffs shall be carried to the enemy until a jush settlement of the seamen's claims has been made..

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LATSE PARIS, January 15th.

A Haras message states:-- Most probably French will be the ocial language at the Conference. THOUSAND JOURNALISTS ATTEND ING THE CONFERENCE.

PARIS. January 13th

A thousand Journalists are attending, the Peace Conference of whom 500 are Americans! ARMISTICE. COMMISSION LEAVES FOR TREVES.

The Armistice Commission has departed, for, Treves. MARSHAL FOCH TO DICTATE NEW TERMS.

Puis, January 18th.

A Havas message states: The important announcement was made nt the Meeting of the Supreme War Council that there was a sufficient, supply of food for relief. purposes in Allied liberated territories.

Marshal Foch has gone to Treves to dictate the new Artistice terms and exact retributions for the murder, and ill-treatment of Allied prisoners since the cessation of hostilities

He will also demand prompt restitu- tion of machinery and goods stolen from Belgiam and France.

Much of the stolen property is ware. Louised at Breat.

A complete list of Germany'a organised robberies have boen cbtained.

The new financial clauses do not permit. the dissipation of German mobile wealth Germany's gold reserve has been taken from Berlin to a safe place and amounts to two and a half milliards.

JOINT COMMUNIQUES,

LONDON, January 15.

A communiqué from Paris states that hitherto it has been the pinctive for the Governments participating in the preliminary peace conversations to issue separate commiunienes re- garding the proceedings, Froin 6- day is een decided to issue joint communique of which the fol-" lowing is the English text adopted by the British and American deler-- tions-The President of the United States and the Prime Ministers, and Foreign Ministers of Allied Govern- neuts, assisted by the Japanese ani. bassadors in Paris and London, held two meetings to-day listing for four and a half hours during which the examination of the rules of the Con- ference was continued and ainet completed, a

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: (THROUGH · REUTER'8 AQISION,} CONFERENCE TO OPEN ON

JANUARY 1STR.

January 17, 1918, Temperature, 53. 午戊大荔年入國民率中

GERMAN SHIPPING.

The Berlin newspaper "Vorwaarts" published in July an article on the present position and future prospects of German shipplag and shipbuilding industries as it might have been bad the war ended otherwise than it has done... The writer, drawn a sharp die tinction between the large shipping enterprises, which together control about nine-tenths of German shipping, and the amall. The former, `eitualad meatly in Hamburg and Bramen, bare suffered very heavily from the war, Apart from the direct loss of ships, The representatives of the Dominions their overseas activities have been com sent in Paris They number 78 persons.ost of their remaining vessels makes and India, with their stuffs, are at pre-pletely crippled, and the large size of it impossible, for them to work, ada proft in the Baltic.

PAR13, January 14th. President Poincaré opens the Peace Conference on January 19th, although

meeting Clemenceau, will preside at the actual

CONFERENCE'S FIRST FULL

SESSION.

Before the war the average dividends i The first full session of the Peace, Cons of these companies were 6 par cent ference with all delegates properly and 6 cent. Now the majority pay accredited, will be held on Saturday next nothing, and in no case bave there been. in the Quay d'Orsay. The postponement dividenda of over 3 per cent at the bas been caused by the diffenity of settlingame time, in view of the need of moto procedure and by the military problems

arising out of the confused state of Russia, ships after the war, almost all these Poland and German. The number of re- companies have increased their capital, presentatives has been decided as follows: as, owing to the ecormous increase in Five each for Great Britain, France, the cost of shipbuilding (some 300 per United States, Italy and Japan; three cent to 350 per cent. over peace prizes), for Brazil; one for Portugal, and Siam existing capital will not be sufficient to and two for each of the other powers.

THE BUSSIAN QUESTION THE

urable them to restore their festa..

MOST DIFFICULT ONE

PARIS, January 15th, As it is impossible for Mr. Lloyd George and Mr. Bonar Law to remain constantly Paris, when either is absent he will probably be replaced in the British Dele gation by one of the Overseas delegates. Enssian question, which is the thorniest, will be one of the first questions to be discussed at the Pence Conference.

The

The smaller companies, on the other band, trading on the borders of the arth Sea and in the Baltic, have reaped a golden harvest, and while before the war many were paying no dividende at all, dividends in 1916 worked out at $ per cent to 2 per cent, and in 1917 at from 10 per cent to 40 percent. The scarcity of toonage has forced up prices of every

The situation is causing the gravec type of old ship, and vessels which anxiety and perplexity to all Allied before the war would not fetch more high authority declared that so peace, than £10 per ton now command at statesmen. Speaking on the subject, one leaving half of Europe and half of Afin least £30 to £35 per ton in a state of

te of chaos, out off which another general ar might easily spring, can be

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safe.

On the other hand-there is no agres

Ia strong contrast is the position of the shipbuilding industry. There is little, competitice either for „current val, orders or for post bellum merchant ship construction. Yards that

ment regarding the way in which the before the war paid no dividend at all,

problem should be approached, and none or at most 1 per cent., are now writing

of the Governments has accurate and re-off huge sums, and distributing in addi liable information about what has hap-tion dividends as high as 20 per cent. pened in Russia,

} In Poland the: Allied

Powers have to deal with two Governments and also a Polish National Commitice.

DOMINION REPRESENTATION.

By the side of the twenty-two old

yurda fourteen news ones have sprung up, and a further six or seven are planned. Of these last the most im

It is understood that the Dominion reportant are the Deutsche Werit A/G, presentatives will attend the general Con- the Imperial Motorenwerks A/G, the ference whenever the smaller Allies are Neue Tritonwerke, and a giant new invited to participate

Thus the Dominions will be placed on large Rhenish steel plant and machine shipbuilding company connected with a the

same standing as Belgium, and works, ani, controlled by Rickmers in- Serbia

It is understood, however, that two of tarests. The Deutsche Werft A/G is to|| the Dominion Delegates will attend the bave a capital of £500,000 supplied by Conferences of the big States, whenever the Hamburg Amerika Line, the A.EG. their particular interests are involved, and the Gateboffnungsbatte A/G, of Thas when the German African Colonies Oberhausen, a Haniel concern. The city are discussed, South Africa will have at of Hamburg has leased to the company, least two delegates. When Germany's Pacific possessions are being considered for a period of the Elbe island of Fierken Australia will have two and New Zea- warden. The company will devota land one, representatives.

special attention to the building of ships In connection with the demobilisation the Native States of India.

One delegata also has been allotted to driven by crude oil motors.

The problems and the fact that the second

Imperator works, for the building of Armistice period concludes on January decision constitutes by far the most strik- the H.A.J. and the A.EG., this time in The correspondent points out that this marine motors, are also a creation of 17th when the Associated Powers must ing recognition which has yet been given collaboration with Stinnes interests. carefully reconsider the terms of the reinternationally to the self-governing parts The Triton works, at Luebeck, with a newal of the Armistice, it is noteworthy of the great units of the Empire. that Germany has hitherto failed in many respects to carry out the terms imposed.

The shortages in the deliveries include 4,700 locomotives; 130,000 trucks; 5,000 motor-lorries, eluding all

pes,

ARMISTICE TERMIN —

LONDON, January 10th.

DOMINIONS ASK TO BE REGARDED temporary capital of £50,000, have AS SEPARATE NATIONS. already purchased land from the city for the erection of yards.and auxiliary At the preliminary nuary 15th..

discussions of the buildings. The Rickmers Company will gune, in Pence Conference the Imperial Govern have its headquarters outside the

ported the view that the right of nation-

Rearly 1000 he-mortars; ment, alss"the Dominions' Ministers, up-building of twelve inat ore-carrying

1,000

On this subject the

The

Daily

7,000 machine-guns; u aeropionicle tecred and whenever their special inter-machine; factories will supply all re icle hood of the Dominions should be acknow steamera. The aflisted steel and urges the Associated Powers to take a Arm line and when renewing the Armis. ests were concerned, they should have aquisite plates and machinery. sice to stipulate for the right of occupa The Home Powers, however, are strenu-yarda are being equipped to restore to separate voice in the Peace Conference. It is satisfactory to find that these tion of any strategical position, Y

ously contesting this view, and consider the allies the shipping tonnage that has and secure their own safety Imperial authorities sufficient and to lay down definite the German INTERNAL RELATIONS OF EMPIRE

measures for! demobilisation, thus

MUST BE O

OVERHAULED. Armistice into line with

ith other Armistices.

Lospon, January 15th. The journal urges that while these The Time Correspondent in Paris, Lomissions are unrectified ye must rainstate that the Dominion Delegates are tain larger forces in the field than we delighted with the decision as regards should otherwise. need. Simultaneously their representation at the Pence Con-: we should secure the abandonment of ferenec. German military, designs against Prus- sian Polard and the eviction from Ger- many of all-Russian Bolshevik Agents.

serve orcisted Powers desire to prethe Dominions' representation by the been sunk by German submarines.

MEETING OF BUPREME WAR --

COUNCIL

LONDON, January 15th.

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A Havas message save- At a meeting of the Supreme War Coun. cil, yesterday afternoon, the following subjects were discussed: The employment of German Shipping, the surrender of submarines under repair; the transfer of railway stock, the financial clauses of the Armistice

NO CENSORSHIP OF MESSAGES.

LONDON, January 15th.

The Foreign Office announce that there will be no censorship of British corres pondents' messages from Paris during the Peace Conference.

RELIEF WORK.

LONDON, January 14th. The Press Bureau announces

NEW IRONWORKS AT NAGASAKI.

The Ac ing British Consul at Nagaĉaki They especially warmly appreciate Mr. Bartosz Lloyd George's advocacy of their claims

and ece in the arrangement the creation Afth development is taking place in of a precedent in Imperial affairs which the iron industry at Nagasaki, where the is bound to lead to further developments. Nagisiki Ironworks Co., L., & farming One Dominion, representative, in an an additional company, with a capital of interview, said that the Dominions had 1,000,000, for the purpose of erecting a now received "recognition

and there

apparently was no doubt that the Peace foundry wi han hental capac 50,000 Conference will have to be followed by an tons of piston. For the present the pig. at which the interpal relations of the iron will be sold na kuch, bat the camping extremely important Imperial Conference Empire must be overhauled. THE NUMBER OF REPRESENTA-manufacture stall materials. The articles propose to watch for an opportunity to TIVES

of associa ion i clude mixing and business incidental there in the company's pro- grin

LONDON, January 16th

"A communiqué states:

that the United States, the British Em It has been decided, among other things, pire, France, Italy and Japan shall be from the Yangtze Yalier, while Korpan The main supply Ford will be obtained represented by fire delegates encl. The

British Dominions and India," besides, and o'her ore wil be admized. "The coks shall be represented by two delegates used will be principal y manufactur & from respectively, for Australia, Canada, South

Africa and Ludia including Native states, Chikuho or Hizen (both in Kyushu) coul and one for New Zealand; Brasil by though it is intended to mix'in some coal three; Belgiu, China, Greece, Poland, from Kalping (Chins) or Kiamatamura. Portugal, Czecho-Slovakia, Roumania and The fourdry wil require one year for Serbia by two each; Biam, Cube, Guate A message from Paris states that the mala, Haiti, Honduras, Liberia, Nicara completion. The equipment is to be third meeting of the Supreme Council of gua, Panama by ong, each. Montenegro obtained from America. The cost of star- Supply and Relief, on Monday, consider will also have one delegate, but the ed the present position of relief work in oncerning the Montenegro

rulesting the enterprise is estimated at Belgium, Northern France, south-easterntion will not be fixed.

X3,700,000, one-third to be disbursed in Europe, and Northern Europe,

political situation is cleared

Generally speaking, there is a sufficient world-supply of food to meet the neds

nt the Allies and the liberated territories.

the

Country'

the second.

The sum is divided

BRITISH SA'LORS GRIP the first half year, and the remainder in

LONDON, January 16th.. follows:-* The Executive of the Beamers' Union

All possible steps are being taken to has passed a resolution regretting. that it meet them and to solve the connected was not invited to send representatives Cost of ereeing foundry 2,400,000 financial and transport questions.

Cost of érecting kun idiary face to the Peace Conference to give evidence

as agreed that all four countries. Zegarding Germany sen outrages, and The equipmoot w 11 frol &- one Fraalting | should participato in financial ar

"arrange"" therefore, deciding to coil an International - mente. salon my te perder la paConference of Allied and Neutral seninen furnace bivious caly cape ity of 180 tons,

Consid

was also given in food for the purpose of urging that no ees at one co func The prslection supplice. For the neutrals and Bulgaria, commerce shall be carried on with the during the the Brr working year in enemies until they compensate the rela- estimared at Talf the anti ipated a pas (Continued on Page 203 2004

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