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(Reuter's Service to the China Mail) LORD MILNER AND THE DOMINIONS.

LONDON, March 30.- Lord Milner, interviewed by the Sunday Express, and replying to the interviewer's suggestion that signs of impatience were appearing in the Dominions, admitted that there was a centripetel tendency in the Empire to-day with Britain and the Dominions thinking of their own affairs. but this was purely temporary. Not merely the blood shed on the battlefield but also the fact that hundreds and thousands of Dominioners had lived among us for four years had strengthened a sense of real brotherhood which could never be destroyed. This tendency i

EARLIER TELEGRAMS.

(Reuter's Service to the China Maily

GERMÄN SITUATION.

COPENHAGEN, March 20th. A message from Essen says that the miners strike has spread to eleven pits the Dortmund District, twelve in the Witten District, and seven in the Bochum District

April 3, 1918, Temperature, 04. *CRETACETT

EARLIER TELEGRAMS.

(Rotter's Service to the China Mai.)

BRITISH NAVY ́ARRANGEMENTS.

LONDON, March 28th. Router is authoritatively informed that as a result of the post-war distribution of the British Navy there will be a Home Fleet and seven foreign squadrons.

The latter will be stationed in the At a meeting the strikers passed Atlantic, West Atlantic, China, the Cape, resolution demanding the formation of a South America, East Indies and in the Revolutionary, Workmen's Guard, the Mediterranean. establishment of relations with the Rus in Soviet Government and disarma mens of the Police in Germany.

Eleven were killed and 37, wounded in fight between the strikers and the Police at Witten.

COPENHAGEN, March 29th,

THE FAMOUS TENTH CRUISER SQUADRON

Admiral Sir David Beatty: apeaking at Liverpop, on the Navy's services to the war, paid a tribute to Liverpool's efforts in-tting out the famous tenth cruiser squadron, which, during the war, main A message from Berlin dated March tained a rigorous blockade against Ger- He said: "That blockade was gath, states The Lokal Anzeiger says many that a suspension of the Armistice is one of the most important factors in bringing about the defeat of the enemy. possible. DISPUTE OVER FATE OF DANZIG. Its maintenance demanded seamanship of Germany's reply to the Entente ulta high order, with vigilant and antiring duty Stretched norces whate was reflected in our constitutional fmatum on the subject of Danzig is waters from the West Hebrides to the

and argumentative. It contends that it machinery. The Dominion premiers was agreed under the Armistice, to admit Arctic icedelds they kept their watch and ward weather that had to be experi- had been called to the councils of the Allied, not Polish troops.

understood. War Cabinet. This was a temporary

enced to be

expedient; it must now become a permanent policy,

devotion

*** { menace.

The newspapers, declare that the real morive of the Cornuans is not the "fear and examined. They also had to contend Every ship sighted had to boarded of civil war as they allege, but the desire to profit from two condicting views with the enemy vessels, which appeared at the Paris Conference on the subject in many guises-as raiders, nasqueraded of the future of Danzig. It is suggested as peaceful merchantmen, and blockade The enemy vessels exercised that the Allies, while insisting that the runners. Polish Army be allowed to land at Danzig every stratagem to avoid detection, while assure the Germans that the right the ubiquitous submarine was a constant

LESSONS OF THE WAR. of landing will not be abused,

Beats, March 28th.

In common with other great services," continued Sir David Beatty, the Navy learnt many lessons during the four-anda balf years just past. We made many mis takes and it is our business today to see that the lessons have been taken to beart. and that we shall not again be found it such a state that we have to face, the greatest crisis in history with improvised methods of working Iron hand

"In every administrative act you ought to think of the Dominions as friends and relations. The British, Empire is not a Delian League. We are all free and equal members of one community, and while we feel no hostility to foreign friendly nations. still we will give preference in all things to our own family."

Lord Milner welcomed the decision immediately to relax the restrictions on trade within the Empire, pointing out that he was not responsible for it Freference was a much wider thing than a mere matter of tariffs.A message from Berlin states that the Every nation in the Empire ought to Eatente sent an ultimatan to the Govern

Dent demanding assent to the landing of! settle its fiscal system on its own Polish troops at Danzig and declaring mèrits and then give preference to that a refusal would be regarded as

the others.

og

The German Prees dendances the pro posed Polish landing as an attempt to prejudice the decisions of the Peace Con ference by the creation of an accompliste fact. They declare that she should be warned by the example of Hun. ary, and not bumiliates. their opponents unduly.

AMSTERDAM, March 8th.

breach of the Armistice,

mouth.

We in the Navy know fall well our on defects, and it is our business to efface them, and to avoid repetition of mistakes from which we suffered in the The Government replied that they could past. The work of re-construction has to not be responsible for the measure debe taken in hand with the full knowledge manded, but were prepared to facilitate of our requirements learned by bitter the Polish landing in Stettin, Kengs experience in the past four-and-a-half berg, Memel or Libau in the most effec FCRIS It must be our endeavour to fire manner.

Frost by that experience.

Lord Milner said his idea of pre- ference embraced emigration, ship ping, cables, and finance. Emigrat fon should be directed firstly to the Dominions, secondly to the United States as a great free community

AMSTERDAM, March 31st. with like ideals to ours, and only Replying to the German Note, with i lastly to other countries like reference to the landing of Polish troops the Argentine. The Government at Danzig, Marshal Foch intimated that and the Colonial Office believed he would personally give, at Spa, an April 3rd, all information and guaran 111 strengthening Our Dominions, our own friends, and our tees required to the German plenipoten who mas be empowered to decide own trade first. Similarly as regards within forty-eight tratta shipping, cables, wireless, and The German Comment decided t france, the aim of the centre of the sand Here Erzberger h, plenipotentiary Empire ought to be to help sister to Spa, communities before anyone else. A committee of the Cabinet should be! created to deal specially with these imperial issues and evolve a foreign policy for the Empire.

THE SILVER MARKËT.

SINGAPORE, April' 1. Silver is quietly steady.

SINGAPORE, March 26. Silver is quoted 49 3/16, and the market steady,

BENNE, March 30th.

to

The Ukrainians are prepared to rego tiate with the Poles with regard to an armistice provided a certain line of demarcation be established, to which the Allies agreed.

COPENHAGEN, March 30th The Majority Socialist, Herr Stoessel, declared that the workers would rather not hat peace than one making them work forty years for the victors' pleatura, "Our Executive Committee said. Herr Stoessel has resolved, if necessary, to pursue the same policy as Hungary."

COPENHAGEN, March 29th.

A masenge from Magdeburg, dated March 27th, states that the Spartacists at Tangermaends stormed and plundered lighters carrying provisions for the frontier Army. Troops were brought CHINESE FROM GERMANY. up but were fired on. They replied, kill

ing and wounding erroraf. The troops Ennlly cleared the harbour.

COPENHAGEN, March 29th.

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The Blue Funnel steamer Peleua left Perang on March 21 for China, National Assembly passed a Bill for the A message from Weimar states that the having on bourd from Liverpool 281

creation of a provisional Navy, which Chinese who are being repatriafed to Herr Noske, sald was necessary to protect China from Germany. Interviewed the transport of food stuffs,

by representative of the Pinang mines, and protect fisheries. Gazette, the Chinese stated that of

their number about 50 who hailed

from Chekiang province, were traders

dealing in silk, art and curios, chiefly

in Berlin, others being from Fukien

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WARRINGTON, March 29th,

and Kwangtung. These were mostly The War Department is prepared to engaged de sailors on board the Rick- immediately call up 50,000 volunteers for mere Tire of steamers. The sailors service in Europe, to relieve the members were signed on in Shanghai and of the American Expeditionary Forces in Hongkong before the outbreak of the France, who desire to return.

WASHINGTON, March 7th. war, with the exception of 18, who The Government bes taken an import- were engaged in Singapore, and these ant step to combat German designs for suffered the inost, as they had not reconquering American markets by noti- fying the users, of dyes, chemicals, forti been paid the wages due to them, and, other products which originat for the Germans wanted to pay them ed in Germany that importations from in German notes, which were value-Germany will be subject to prosecution lese in countries other than Geras an infringement of patents licensed mppy, instead of English currency under the Enemy Trading Act

The opinion is expressed, that this as arranged in Singapore. In sup action will block German plans for dump. port of their truthfulness two of them ing large accumulated stocks with the produced documents in Geman to intention of under-selling new American show that the wages due to them industrica. were marks 310.84 and marks 278.40 m

respectively. Speaking of the treat.

ment meted out to them in Germany

they were loud in their condemna

tion of the Huns for compelling them

REPRESSIVE MEASURES" FOR

EGYPT.

Camo, March 20th.

"BRITAIN'S SURE SHIELD.

The Navy is to-day what it has been for the past two hundred years the sure shield of Britain and the British Empire. This sure shield must be kept secure by clear thinking, and' s concerted effort on scientific lines. In the necessary struggle for retrenchment, such economies, no will certainly be required, must be applied with the wisdom resulting from a proper understanding of the problems before us, and in the fight of knowledge gained during the war. Only so shall we avoid impairing the essential efficiency of the Navy The Navy is our shield, and not a rattling sabre. The Navy and Mercan- tile Marine have learned to know and respect each other as never before. must be their care to foster nad streng- then that feeling, so that, in fature and for all time, the Royal Navy and the Mercantile Marine together shall provide that sure shield which will enable the Empire to continue and prosper."

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LONDON, March 29th. The new Army Bill provides that mem bers of Imperial forces, who enlisted in the. Dominions, and have been sentenced to penal servitude, need not serve the sentence in the United Kingdom," a hitherto, provided in all soldiers' cases, but in the Dominion in question.

BRITISH LABOUR CRISIS..

LONDON, March 28th. The Miners Federation has issued a manifesto urging the men to continue working and voto for the acceptance of the Government's terms.

The situation in the South Wales coal: Geld has considerably improved. Over 30,000 miners have decided to return to work immediately,

SIC SEMPER.

LONDON, March 26th The Gazette announces that H.M. the King as directed that the following persons, who adhered to His Majesty's enemies during the war, be deprived their titles, rt, the Duke of Albany, the Duke of Cumberland, Prince Ernest Augustas (Duke of Brunswick) and Viscount Traffe.

'RACING,

LONDON, March 28th. The result of the Grand National is as follows:-

Poethlyn Ballyboggan

Polland Twenty-two started, but only "eleven finished, Won by eight lengths, air lengths dividing second and third."

The betting was as follows:

11 to 4 Poetblyn. -

1 to 1-BallyboggaZ. 200 to 7 Pollan.

DAYLIGHT SAVING.

to work long hours and with little At a meeting of Egyptian notables, the food to eat, mostly potatoes and cab- Commander-in-Chief declared that he was. bages. They begged to be fed and now forced, by accessity, to employ treated better. The Huas assigned active mesaures of repression, which must the peo as a reason that China had declared bring tremendous suffering upon

ple, and result in great loss to public It had been found war against Germany; and they must

privats property Buffer the consequences: Being die impossible to restore order merely by satisfied, some of the Chinese defensive measures. It was the duty of

OTTAWA, March 28th. truders as well as allows went to every patriotic Egyptian to do his atmost in order that the measures he was forced Berlin and complained to the Danish to take might achieve the desired result In the House of Commons, the men Minister, who had taken charge of at the earliest possible moment, and with bers, by 105 to 53 endorsed the Gover Chinese affairs ates the departure of the minimum of suffering. He concluded, ment's decision against the re-enactment the Chinese Minister, but were told with this solemn warning: Intond to of the Daylight Saving Bill. A confund they could lodge a complaint in do my duty; it is for you to do your position is inevitable, te all the railways infond advancing the time by one hour. Shanghai when they were repatriat

OTTAWA, March 30th ed. During the journey to Berlin the Chinese were told that it was England and not Germany who wanted to dominate the world, but they knew better.

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The Biebop of Oxford, has resigned, rural districts continue to use standard preaching and speaking.

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