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SWEDEN AND THE WAR.

LORD R. CECIL STATES BRITISH

CASE.

NEED FOR GUARANTEES.

In an interview upon the statements made to the Stockholm correspondent off the Associated Press by the Swedish Prime Minister, Lord Robert Cecil Bays →→

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I notice that the Swedish Prime Minister states that the action of Sweden has been dictated solely by considerations

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 28TH, 1918,

TEACHING THE PEOPLE TO SUPER ZEPPELIN SECRETS.

SAVE.

£50,000,000 LENT TO NATION IN NINE MONTHS,

On September 2nd, 30,070,785 war sov ings certificates had been applied for, and Exchequer Bonds to the amount of £30,000,000.0

These are wonderful figures, They in dicate that within lows than nine months the small investor has provided the over with considerably Government £60,000,000 towards financing the plished is worth the telling,

war.

EYE-WITNESS. ACCOUNT,

[BY H. W. WILSON ]

All the secrets of the mysterious super- Zeppelin are now known to the British BIT services, including the secret of bringing these hugs and delicato gas bags down.

SWEDISH MISSION TO ENGLAND.

OFFICIAL STATEMENT.

The following official announcement was made in Stockholm last month:

The difficulties onnsed by the measures taken by Great Britain in regard to the importation into Sweden of merchandise. So much I can say after a close of great importance must have the result spection of super Zeppelin L 33, which if they continue or increase, of making on September 23rd was forced by our it imperative for Sweden to organizo fire to alight in Eastern Essex, and

å system of distribution based upon con- all the drawings and patterns that they garded as of brat mecessity and in con require. This is the first detailed deformity with the system employed by certain belligerent countries. This system scription of a super-Zeppelin ever

would include not merely the necessaries published by an eye-witness.

of life but also agricultural implements, raw materials for industries, etc. Only in this way can it be hoped to minimize sufficiently the dangers and disadvantages attendant on the last of supplier. Preparatory measures for the introduc tion of such a system have already been taken.

of that kingdom's own recessities and The story of how this has been accom-which has supplied our designers, with clusions as to what goods should be re future welfare, and not by any partisan

The National War Savings Committee reasons, I hope it is not necessary for has Mr. R. M. Kindersley, who is the me to say that we fully appreciate governor of the Hudson Bay Company reasons of this natum. We are fighting and a director of the Bank of England, in this war to vindicate the rights of as its acting chairman. As soon as pos- all nations to develop themselves freely,sible it commenced the work of establish unhindered by the menace of military ing War Saving Associations in all parts nggression. We ask no favours from of the country. The first association was neutrals. But we do ask that they affiliated on April 5th. Since then 659 should not hinder our belligerent rights have been formed with memberships in the life-and-death struggle which we ranging from 50 to 5,000, ond our Allies are waging....

The Prime Minister further states that

he is opposed to any mediation by Sweden at presont, as this might compromiso Germany and arouse the suspicions of the Allies. As for Ger- many, I am not in a position to speak, but for ourselves and Allies I can say that we, who did not wish this war, and entered upon it reluctantly, are determined now we are in it to obtain victory which will ensure a lasting pence, by showing the enemy that wars of aggression will not be allowed to sucored,

Employers in all parts of the country are enthusiastically promoting the antivi ties of the associations, In some cases they are buying large blocks of certih cates, so that when a man begins to con- tribute his pd, a week, interest begins at once instead of waiting 31 weeks.

SECHECY OF PURCHASE.

The externale of the airship, her outer fabrics and gas-bags, were destroy- ed by fire. But all the essentials re main all the elaborate contrivances of murder, all the gear for operating the engines all the tackle for manoeuvring the ship.

The skeleton of the monster is not visible until you draw very close to it.

In view of the hardships on the popu

a strange, spidery affair of delicate lation involved in this kind of system trellis work in silvery metal with no sheen and no tinkle but a sepulchral and in view of the importance of seeking rustle. The girders are of almost incon to get rid of obstacles in the way of ceivable lightness. What looks a procur exportation, whica is of such im digiously bulky portion of the frame portance the Swedish. Government has work can be lifted with one hand. In thought if its duty to make a new effort stead of weighing a hundred-weight it to effect an amelioration of our existing scales a few pounds. The whole strue commercial conditions without, however ture seems like a device from another losing sight of other essential interests. world and another age.

To this end the Government has decided, after pourparlers with the British Government, to open negotiations in delegation. Absolute accord as to the bases of these negotiations prevails in the Council of Ministers, who are in en tiro agreement with the unanimous report on the matter drawn up recently by the Commercial Commission of the State.

The fear has been expressed that men may be deterred from taking up mem bership in the associations on the ground that they do not wish their employers to The know how much they are saving. War Savings Committee have not come The Swedish Prime Minister necross a single instance of this. Indeed. I struct the scene aloft as the vessel (she London through the meang of a special

if their scheme is adopted, no one but the investor himself need know how much he is putting by each week.

How out to say that he is in harmony with the American protest against the black list, but I observe with some sur prise that he makes no allusion to his attitude towards the American protests against the German submarine atrocities. surely a far graver matter for neutrals.

GERMAN BULMARINE POLICY.

The German submarine policy is in one aspect an outrage on the commercial interests of neutral nations, Hundreds of neutral merchant vesels are now lying at the bottom of the sea. Thousands of tons of cargo have been destroyed, and all this without any preterive of judicial inquiry, and often for the flimsiest of

TERSONS.

Yet all this is the smallest part of the evil which has been this wrought. Peaceful citizens of all coun"

tries and of both sexes have been foully murderod the bidding of German militarism. Others have been mutilated. Others have been exposed in upen boats- to the fury of the seas. It is strango that these matters should have been forgotten.

As to the merits of the black list con- troversy, I have explained before that the black list is an attempt to prevent British subjects trading with enemy firms or with firms that trade in the Swedish That the enemy interest. Prime Minister, or any neutral, should elaim to compel British Arms, when their country is engaged in a life-and-death struggle, to help enemy trade, is a claim far which there's no precedent and which cannot be admitted. For the British Go rnment to prevent its own subjects from beiping the enemy vie lates rio rule of law, equity, or morals, and is an elementary precaution, taken in the interests of national safety.

of foar commissioners, who have each a All the organizing work is in the hands district committed to their charge These are Mr. James Parker, M.F., Mr. Mr. J. W. Pratt, M.P., Mr. A. H. Mar shall, M.P., and Mr. Theodore Chambers, who have voluntarily undertaken the work. bey have under them 18 local representatives, and 140 local committees have been formed. Many gentlemen have placed their services at the disposal of the committee ze speakers, and meetings are being held in all the great industrial centres.

The war saving certificates were avail able on February 281d. On the first day 2,204 were applied for. The first associa tion was formed on April 5th, and the following certificates were applied for before that date:

Last 7 days of February Month of March First 3 days in April

Total

....

262,890 1,371,048 158,023

1,790,964

How the number of applications in creased after the associations began to be formed will be appreciated from the following tables:

February 22nd February 29th August 9th

2,204

€6,042 1,020,150

During Augusta holiday month- 12.300,142 certificates were issued. The latest returns are complete up to Sep tember 2nd, and up to that date 30,907,285 certificates had been applied for. O January 10th the Treasury announced that exchequer bonds of £5, 220, 2nd £50 could be obtained. On September 2nd, 943,000 of these had been purchased to

the value of £30,100,000.

At one

BIG CONTRIBUTIONS." Interesting facts have come to the financial house in the City the whole knowledge of the committee. staff, from the manager to the char women have joined the association formed there. At a factory near London 8,483 certificates have been sold

in seven weeks.

Standing by the wreck we can recon- is 660ft, long and 72ft. in diameter, or rather larger in bulk than the Lusitanin) whirled through the air to attack our British women and children at a speed of some 83 miles an hour for nights were ususily chosen when no wind was blowing, and her engines will propel her at that speed in a calm. The work of ward gondola, which was of large size, navigation is carried out from the for- 30ft. or so long. This gondola was made of stout aluminium and in appearance covered in boat, closely resembled a though from the weight of the machinery inside it it would not have Roated:

THE MGRDER KEYBOARD.

It was divided into three compari- ents. In the first was the captain, right in the bows of the ship, looking through non-Bammable celluloid win- dows, which were pierced through the cotton fabric that closed the gondola in above. Conveniently placed for him were two wheels to operate the elevating and horizontal steering rudders, and other wheels controlling the water ballast and the petrol tanks. Before him was a little keyboard with which murder was done. It showed sixty small buttons like the pushes of an electric bell, each of which operated one bomb-dropping Another hook and released a bomb. lever withdrew a shutter which had to be withdrawn before the bomb could fall.

1,440-HORSE POWER,

propellers in all Thus this ship has six and engines of 1,440-.p., as against four propellere and ongites of 540-h.p. in the first naval Zeppelin. The propellers | were connected with the engines by aluminium shafting, which seemed to be of great strength. But a large piece of one shaft broke away from this ship and fell at a distance of three miles. Whe ther it was through damage from gun- Gre is not certain, but the airship showed marks of hits and seemed to have been struck on her petrol tanks.

No observation car for lowering was found, but it is possible that if she carried one it was thrown overboard shortly before she landed, as she made an effort to proceed to sea and did go

soine little distance but before, return- ing and making her landing. The rea son she came down was presumably that the breaking of this shaft and loss of petrol made it impossible for her cross the North Sea. She threw out many objects, including most of her gung R

to

The interior of the airship, as it now

Astern of the captain's cabin in the qe gondola was a little room, IL by 4ft., used by the wireless operator and containing the wireless instruments, which were supplied, with current from is, in a somewhat dismantled-statc, has six dynamos, one attached to each been compared with that of the Crystal engine, thus leaving nothing to chance,

Palace. The comparison is not satis Astern of the wireless room, again, still factory; there is an aorie fairy-like in the same gondola and isolated from effect in the great framework, which has the wireless room by an air-space of visibly sagged down amidships and has about an inch. were one of the six now in places been cut away for closer engines and a dynamo, also two machine-examination. An extraordinary tangle guns of ordinary German libre, on of wires stretches from girder to girder tripod mountings of amazing lightness. and makes it appear as though. gigantic

The engine is still in good working | spiders had been at work. These wires, order. It is of Maybach (Mercedes) which are exquisitely attached to the type and develops 240-h.p. One of the framework, were used to keep it taut, great surprises of this airship is that and can be tightened by a central cable unmediately, behind the forward gondola | which runs from the bow to the stern and driven by its engine is a propeller and has an arrangement for tightening

There of the simplest and most efficient char amidships, underneath the ship, was nothing of the kind in the Zeppelins acter. Possibly the work of making the brought down in France and at Balonika, ship taut can be carried out when she It is one of the distinctive features of is still in the air.

With regard to the commercial meá- sures taken against trade with Germany through Sweden, Great Britain and her to use their naval forces for the purpose Allies are at one in their determination of preventing the import of goods to No one, surely, cau enemy countries. complain of that.

It is impossible for us to permit the unrestricted import of goods to neutral countries by which such neutral countries would become channels of supply to the enemy. At the same. time, we are, and have always been, most anxious to facilitate the import into neutral countries, neluding Sweden, of all goods needed for their hone require runts, allowing for the normal develop ment of their industries, providing that satisfactory guarantees are obtained, either from importers or from some Government body that the goods will not in any form be re-exported to the said to a Daily Chronicle representative length of the keel. On the aluminium spider-webs of wire, a web between each The expenditure of the Government is girder framings the thinnest of plank

ing was laid. Some part of it has sur- now about £1,825.000,000 a year. Of thrived the fire and could be very plainly about £500,000,000 goes abroad. The normal expenditure of the country is about

esemy.

QUARANTEES, REQUIRED.

The

It follows that the unrestricted im port of goods, which would release hoine products of similar nature for expor tation, cannot be agreed to by us. That is, indeed, for all practical purposes the same thing as importing goods through Sweden into Germany, trader profits by the high prices prevail- ing in enemy countries which are caused by the blockade, and at the same time imports goods through the blockade, which are purchased at a lower price. to replace the home produce which is Such a traffic sold to our enemies. cannot be supported on any equitable ground.

The guarantees against re-exportation which his Majesty's Government ask for to safeguard their interests are there

fore:

(2) That there should be a prohibition of export of such goods which is not rendered ineffective by the grant of licences.

the super-Zeppelin. At Watford

At Keighley 69 associations have been formed, and £15,000 raised. The pay ments now amount to over £1,000 a week, which is equal to 6s. 8d. per head of the population of the town. 1,140 new members have joined the asso- ciations there during the past fortnight. At Norwich £16,300 have been subscribed within the past six weeks.

Mr. Kindersley takes great interest in We are the work of the committee. discovering an entirely new

vein,'

£200,000,00, 80 that about £1.100.000,000-extra is being spent at the present time. Of course, all this is not paid in extra wages, but a good deal of it is, and it is here that the value of our

work is shown.

But we are doing something more than finding a handsome sum for the Government; we are inducing people to

save who never saved. before."

We

**CAT-WALK.” · INSIDE.

To pass from this gondola down the ship one had to climb through a kind of trap-door framed in aluminium into the perilously narrow gang was only on. wide that runs the whole

eat-walk,"

seen.

Passing down this cat-walk" inside the walls of thin cotton fabric, greyish white, one reached the compartment con- laining bombs. Here hung the missiles on sixty books, and below theru was the sliding shutter. In the catwalk was another interesting find, a lavatory with Sttings of fairy lightness.

The gas was contained in 24 ballonets. each connected by a valve with a central gas-supply pipe. The ballonets were burnt, but enough of the fabric remains to show that it was of a thin silk or cotton, water-and gas-proofed. They were separated, not, as some have supposed, by sheet aluminium bulkheads, but by pair of ballonets. The gas capacity was of the first naval Zeppelin, and the total 2 million cubic feet, nearly thrice that

weight in the nr 55 Loua, of, which tans was aluminium framing. Of this the weight of bombs would probably le 1 to 2 tons; the petrol tanks could contain 2,000 gallons. A mark on one of them gave the date of the ship. It read red paint:"H 147 16," So that she was apparently completed on July 14th

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Near the centre of the ship, progress ing from bow to stern, were suspended two other gondolas. These hung side by xide, spaced out a little on either beam

YOU CAN DO IT YOURSELF. stocks in the bands of "jobbers," for They are of much smaller size, only 18 was mounted bin. (half-an-inch) Don't shut your eyes and say "Impos ft. long and each contains one Maybach quick-firing gun. A similar platform

If you know any one who suffers, if you the purpose of driving up prices) or, alternatively, by associations of traders 240 hp engine, one dynamo, and one was placed astern, so that in all three sible! Put this new treatment to the

test. The test will tell. It is no sign suffer yourself in the redemtens grip of machine-gun. The engines are fitted within guns were mounted on the top that you must remain skinny and under rheumatism, if your joints are stiff, or

of the ship. They were kept well away interested in separate industries. have, however, always been prepared to ingenious starting gear, which, we were assent to any other plan by whica the told, works exceedingly well Each en- from the ventilators which carried off weight the rest of your life, even if you swollen, your muscles weakened, or your have vainly tried every "fattener you limbs drawn out of shape, if you suffer above principles could be secured. There gine drives a propeller which is stayed escaping gas.

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from headache, neuralgia, sciatica or The tales that between the ballonets and can be little doubt that if a general out at the side of the ship with alumi-

These are circular, the outer cover is a chamber warmed by

This new discovery calls for no diet other bodily tortures, it is within vour nium alloy struts (1) That the quantities imported should arrangement on the above lines, or but to diminish the wind resistance the gas from the engine exhaust do not seem

stants, no detention from business, You power to cure yourself or your friends.

No need to employ expensive remedies be restricted to the known requirements special arrangements for particular com Hun has carefully covered them with

go about as usual, eat what you like. It is to be true, though the exhaust from the of Swedish home consumption. modities, could be arrived at, it would thin three-ply wood in a stream-line engines is led up through the airship and contains no oils, emulsions, nor alcohol.

harmless to the most delicate system, and or hire exorbitant physiciane.

LITTLE'S ORIENTAL BALM have the effect of steadying prices, of casing of astounding lightness and thus kept its interior tolerably warm. Just a concentrated tabloid which can be makes any man or woman his or her own enabling regular importers to obtain efficiency.

The fabric used for the outer cover at taken privately. Your nearest friends" their requirements, of avoiding delays

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It is you astonish them with a visible and rheumatic trouble, neuralgis, headaches, sciation and other bodily pains and webies. speculation which is now rife to the

printed with microscopic type. exceedingly tough, and though thin can pleasing increase of weight. scarcely, bo torn and in difficult to cut.

A bottle should always bo kept at hand. detriment of the people at large.

In conclusion Lord Robert added:-

It resembles a very strong twill.The Thin men never look like real money.

Excessive thinness is very mortifying, ·Bold ́st. 19.144, per bottle."

Agents for Hongkong :— The last and fourth gondols Vas

crew were not as some might have They are pushed aside in the race for Homes. A. B. WATSON & Co., Lim How these objects can best be secured We showed our willingness to arrive at

an agreement by the negotiations we placed astern in the centro line and was expected--chosen for their lightness. BUCCÈSB. Bony women are seldom very

914-10 without injury to genuine neutral trade

They were a mixed assortment, light and is no doubt a problems. We have been entered into with Sweden last year, of large size, about 30ft. long. It con

popular. always anxious for a friendly discussion Begotiations, which, unfortunately, from tained two machine-guns and three en-heavy men, and numbered 22 in all wind bones All men admire fino figures. · Toke no lack of goodwill on our part, did not gines, all of Maybach type and 340-h.p., There was sa object which seems to Bargol and get out of the featherweight result in an agreement. We have been each driving one dynamo and propeller. have been's smoke-producing apparatus, oldes Bwedish traders. We believe that the best plan is for importation to be under and we are ready to consider the matter Two of these propellers were stayed out to enable the airship to make her own

siresh, with every desire to take into on either bearn of the airship; the third clouds

DESK teken and controlled either by a central account the normal requirements of was at the stem, about 2011. in from the association; which would distribute the Sweden, and to make allowances for all end of the ship. A similar propeller was removed for use by our constructors, for Many of the parte have now been goods to regular and reliable importers cases in which he requirements are now observed in the Zeppelin brought down whom, also, the aluminium alloy (wordi (and so prevent the accumulation of greater than before the war owing to by the French at Revigny,

£400 a ton) will be melted down --Daily (Continued at foot of next Column.) the development of ber industries.

(Continued at foot of next Columna.)

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(3) That the importer shall afford effectual guarantees against re-export in any forme

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In the amidships gondolas were neat

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