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THE WAR.

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, DECEMBER

The Balkans,

Naval Activities.

BRITAIN'S NEW GOVERNMENT.

MR. LLOYD GEORGE AND LABOUR.

ROUMANIAN ARMY INTACT.

GERMANY AND HER "STRONG AND UNCONQUERED ENEMIES."

General.

THE FOOD PROBLEM.

LATEST CABLES. [THROUGH REUTER'S AGENOT.]

THE POLITICAL CRISIS.

FORMING A GOVERNMENT.

LONDON, December 8th. Mr. Herbert Samual bas refused the invitation of Mr. Lloyd George to join this Government.

It is thought that either. Lord Derby Or Viscount Milner will go to the War Office, more probably the former; that Mr. Balfour will go to the Colonial Ofice, Mr. Bonar Law to the Admiralty,

Sir Edward Carson, without a portfolio, will devote himself to the War Com- nittee while the Hon. Mr. E. S. Montagu will remain in the munitions department.

The only occupants of the Treasury Bench were the Liberal and Unionist. Whips. No ex-Minister was present, while both Six Edward Carson and Mr. Win- aton Churchill were absent from the Front Opposition Bench,

LATEST UABLES. (THROUGH ESUTER'S AQEMON.]. ROUMANIAN ARMY INTACT.

·BUKHAREST GUNS SAVED.

PETROGRAD, December ath All the guns of the forts at Bukharest havo been saved. The Roumanian army is intact and retired in the most orderly

manner.

9TH, 1916.

LATEST GABLES.

{THROUGH BAUTER'S AGENCY.] SINKING OF THE " ARABIA,"

A GERMAN WRIGGLE.

WASHINGTON, December 8th. A German Note replying to the United States, referring to the sinking of the Arabia on November 6th says that the submarine mistook her for a British transport. Other indications thereof wore that the submarine commander

ROUMANIAN REMNANTS. LONDON, December 8th. The Division which surrendered at Altertained that large batches of Chinese ie the remnant of the Roumanian rear-

and other coloured persons, nationally guard from Orsova, which has been fight costumed, were aboard, whom he consider. ing for three wocka,

ed to be workman-soldiers such no were being used behind the enemy front. He HAW GO WOMEN or children shoard. Appends are offered if Germany is antis- fod that a mistake was made..

KAISER AND BUKHAREST.

"THAT TREACHEROUS ENEMY

ROUMANIA."

AMSTERDAM, December 8th, The Kaiser has telegraphed to General Mackensen thanking him for "the ever memorable capture of the capital of that

Mr. Galland moved the adjournment, and the members, laughing and cheering, went into the Lobby to discus, the situn. I treacherous enenly Roumania." tion.

LABOUR CO-OPERATION.

LONDON, December 7th,

It is officially announced that the Labour Party has decided, by a majority. to participate in the new Government, and it has also passed a resolution ex- pressing the earnest hope that the Govern ment will endeavour to settle the Irish question.

CABINET FORMING.

LONDON, December 7th.

EARLIER CABLES,

THE GREEK SITUATION.

ALLIES DECLARE A BLOCKADE.

LONDON, December 7th.

It is rumoured in the marine inaur: anco market that Creek steamers in ports anywhere in the world controlled by the Allies will not be allowed to leave.

PARIS, December 7th.

It is officially announced that a block- ade of Greece begins to-morrow.

ATHENS, December 7th.

It is understood that Mr. Henderson

The formation of & Cabinet by Mr.FRIGHTFUL ROYALIST EXCESSES, will be given a mat on the War Council, Lloyd George is progressing most satis- and Mr. Barnes an important post infactorily, though there, is no likelihood the Cabinet, and that three or four miner of a submission of the list to His Majesty posts will be filled by Labour members.

the King to-night. The fact that there will be a Labour pivot in the Government has aroused expecta tions of the nationalization of the rail- ways, shipping and mines,

MR ASQUITH TO CO-OPERATE. It is authoritatively stated that Mr. Asquith and his colleagues will fully co- operate with the Clovernment, as also will Mr. Bonar Law.......

CONGRATULATIONS FOR MR. LLOYD GEORGE.

...

Mr. Lloyd George has received many congratulations, including congratula tions from the Australian Premiers, Mr. Hughes and Mr. Holman.

THE NEW PREMIER.

LONDON, December 7th.. The Court Circular states that Mr. Lloyd George had an audience of His Maesty the King, and accepted the Premiership.

LATEST CABLES.

GERMANY WARNED, is OUR ENEMIES ARE STILL STRONG AND UNCONQUERED."

AMSTERDAM, December 8th. The Vorwuerts deprecates the bell ring ing and the beflagging which took place when the fall of Bukharest was announc NEW LABOUR DEPARTMENT TO BE ed. It says that the victory over. Rou-

CREATED,

It is reported that Mr. Lloyd George told the Labour Members that there will

Be a real Labour Minister presiding over a new Labour Department which will take over, inter alia, the whole fabour work of the Board of trade under the Muni- tions Act, and also the Government con- trol of shipping and coal mining for the

duration of the war,

member

mania is a defensive victory, and that

- Information from Volo shows that the Royalists have been indulging in fright- ful excesses at Larissa, where they pillag ed shops. They behaved similiarly at Trikala, where French officers have been imprisoned,

A serious situation will possibly deve Jop, the American Government previously holding that such mistakes were not tolerable.

MORE MEN,

UNSKILLED WORKERS TO BE

CALLED UP.

LONDON, December 7th. It is officially announced that the Admiralty, the Ministry of Munitions and the Army Council have agreed to secure the early calling to the colours, up to the age of thirty-one, of all fit semi-skilled and unskilled workers whose release from controlled and Government establishments will not interfere with the output of munitions.

GOVERNING INDIA.

ELECTED MEMBERS OF THE

VICEROY'S COUNCIL.

LONDON, December 6th. Writing to the Times with reference to a leaflet circulated to members of Par- linment by Sir William Wedderburn, Chairman of the Indian Parliamentary Committee, on the subject of the Menic randum concerning elected members of the Viceroy's Council, Lord Sydenham says the proposed changes would transfer all power into the hands of a fraction of the population smaller than over wielded it in countries with representative sys tems. The argument appears to be that Amsterdam, December 7th. because Indian soldiers. lad fought The latest German opinion is that the gallantly they must be handed over to super-submarine Bremen was lost in At-Government controlled by lawyers, which lantic storms. Directors of the owning the martial races of India would most

EARLIER CABLES.

GERMAN SUPER-SUBMARINE

LOST.

END OF THE “BREMEN.”

Company refuse information on matter.

the detest.

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THE NATIONAL MISSION. CLOSE OF THE MEN'S MEETINGS.

The last of the series of meetings for men, in connection with the above Mission was held in the old Chamber of Commercy

Room. There was again a large attend-

10.

Dishup Norris, the missioner, delivered an address on the question " why anould aten iray At the outset be dealt with some question, waten sad beca handed

Une was on the Church'a position on divore. The Bishop said the reply hing- |ed upon a doùutru, point-the meaning of our Lord's words on the subject, which wero dinerently recorded in two gospels.. The Churen had always been in doubt about it, and the wisest way was to err on | the sate side-to act on the side of strist

ness rather than on the side ot sinckness in the matter of refusing or administer ing' the sacraments to divorced persons.

There was another question on gamX~*` bing, the writer hinting that he (tho Bishop) had not come down as hurd un it as a said. He had come down un it is hard as a could. He was net in savour of any sort of gambling. His de gamuting when they played their games finition et gambling was that it was

for the lure of the money. They might Play for high stakes for the sake of the excitement to be gained, but they would generally find that they were more annoy ed at losing a game with a high stake than losing a ganm with a low stake. There was no doubt e danger of the love of the money creeping in. If they would take his advice they would play for love of the game if they could; if they could not, then play for really low points, give their winnings away and pay their losses, and then there would be no danger of gambling in any sense of the word.

Another questio he had received asked 19 him whether the Church or the individual of Christianity and what plan of action was to blame for the apparent failure. the Church had to offer for future action.

His answer to that was that as regards the alleged appareat failure of Carie- Lord Sydenham points out that sins tinuity both were to blame--the Church because she did not ask tho people to the transfer of the Government of Indisplay the proper game, and the people

SINKINGS.

to the Crown, problems of Indian ad because, sometimes, when the Church did LONDON, December 7th.

offer the proper game, they did not du The Greek steamer Pofo and

ministration had been viewed only from their best to play it. the

·He could not Spanish steamer Urbiturte have been

tho standpoint of the interests and ad-swer the last part of the question, but he would say this that if one of the vancement towards nationhood of the results of this National Mission was not. sunk.

heterogenous millions committed to our

a vigorous movement for Church reform, a movement to make religion & more. charge.

real and genuine thing, he would be movement the laymen of the Church must greatly disappointed. In that reform

take their share, which was something their backs on the Church and leaving it. mora.than throwing brickbats, or turning

Franco-Helgian Front.

EARLIER CABLES,

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENox.)

FRENCH COUP DE MAIN.

PARIS, December 7th.

REIGN OF TERROR AT ATHENS.

LONDON, December 7th. According to a telegram from the Frothing to report except a coup de main visional Government at Salonika, re-

A communiqué states:-There is no-

fuges state that terror reigns at Athena, to the cast of Metzeral, in which we took

Ten thousand inhabitants have fled to

prisoners.

Kerathini, while others are taking re- SHELLING ON BRITISH FRONT. fage in the Piraeus.

Hundreds of Venizelists, including many prominent personages, have been maltreated and imprisoned.

ALLIES OCCUPY THE PIRAEUS. ATHENS, Decomber 7th. The latest news is that the Allies en- "our enemies are still strong and tirely occupy the Piraeus and are rein- unconquered and ne confident of ulti-forced by contingents of Cretans. mate victory." Hence Stuermer had The Royalist have cut the telegraphs been replaced by Trepoff, and Mr. and telephones from the Piraeus Asquith had yielded to the stronger Atheng

man We must still shout if we desire

peace."

The theinch Westfurlische Zeitung also warns the people that the war will last a long time, and says that the Minis-

The Pensions' Minister wil be a labour terial changes in Russia and England Imran a victory for the party which is

determined on war to the knife.

CIVILIAN COMPULSION IN GERMANY.

KING THANKS MR. ASQUITH. The Morning Post states that Mr. Asquith has received a letter from the King thanking him for h's great services, and offering him a Peerage and the order of the Carter.

Mr. Asquith has declined..

EARLIER CABLES,

GERMAN VIEWS,

AMSTERDAM, December 7th,

In discussing Mr. Asquith's resigna- tion, the Kolnische Falkszeitung re marks:--" If the strong men of England now come into power, this will only please us for hope of a decision will cino all the earlier.""

Amsterdam, December 8th. The Kaiser has ratified the Civilian Compulsion Bill, which thus comes into force.

CONFIDENCE IN FRENCH GOVERNMENT.

THE COMMON CAUSE.

PARIS, December 8th.

FALL OF BUKHAREST.

DUTCH VIEW,

AMSTERDAM, December 7th.

to

LONDON, Decembe 8th.

Lord Sydenham concludes by saying that all lovers of India must hope that sober reflection will suggest to the signa tories of the memorial that they are He had yet another question which he anticipating by many years what car if he approved of the special Sanday was afraid he could not answer. It asked

be given if the country is to be pre service for golfers. He had given his served from anarchy; and says that self he could not give the time to discuss it views on that question twice already, and government does not mean government again. He was grateful to the questiones by themselves and the section of English omitted to notice, namely, that those who for pointing one one thing that, he had educated Indians which alone they replayed on Sunday should be considerate

present.

of their Chinese servants in the amount. of extra work they gave them on Sunday. as a result. He quite agreed with that.

seven days in the week, but that was no reason why taey should not give them ES. little work on Sundays no possible.

General Sir Douglas Hsig reports con THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT. The Chinese were accustomed to work siderable reciprocal shelling in the vicinity of the Thiepval ridge,,

PARIS, December 7th." Prior to a vote of confidence, nineteen *Orders of the Day" were read. Briand explained that in view of the

in dealing with this question, which M.was the subject down for treatment, the Bishop said men should pray because the man who believes in God must want to enter into cunimunion and union with

A GERMAN CLAIM.

AMSTERDAM, December 7th. A Berlin official message claims the espture of the summit of Hill 304, to the explanation given at the secret Session, God, and prayer was the means of attain-

west of the Meuse.

ARTILLERY STRUGGLE.

FARIS, December 8th. An official message says:-On the left bank of the Meuse, there was a lively. artillery struggle in the region of Hill

204.

The Telegrant states that the fall of General. Bukharest will have the smallest influence on the general course of events, as the Western Front is still the decisive theatre.

ROUMANIAN. PRISONERS.

GERMAN CLAIMS.

AMSTERDAM, December 7th.

A Berlin-official message claims the capture of 9,200 more prisoners in Hou

mania.

SERBIAN POSITIONS

ATTACKED.

PARIS, Deceraber 8th. The vote of confidence approves the An official message states:-The enemy Government's resolution to concentrate is bombarding positions round Monastir. on the general conduct of the war, and A fresh counter-attack on the Serbian the economic reorganisation of the coun-positions on the northern slopes of Sokol try ander limited control, and relies on succeeded in carrying a portion of a

Allies, making, with redoubled energy common sacrifices and efforts which are

-EABLIER CABLES

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

·ITALY AND A SEPARATE- PEACE.

OUTSPOKEN STATEMENT BY

PREMIER

Bous, December 7th.

it was essential that the Government ing that end. Prayer was a deliberato should only accept the Order of the Day, act of our whole being to make real to ourselves the reality or tiqd, it was a noting its declarations pu the reorganisa-kind of experiment for two finding of tion of the high command, and action in of that experiment ocing successful-first, God, and two things stood in the way this direction of the war, as an expression the Chamber's confidence. The Chamber rejected by 390 votes to 117 8. motion of no confidence.

of

SPANISH STEAMER

FOUNDERS.

LAS PALMAS, December 8th.. The Spanish steamer Pionono founder- od in a storm. Thirty-nine members of the crew are missing.

sin; and second, self. If God was a holy God the sauter could not get ntó touca with him. They must get rid of sin before they could get into touch with God. They would never get into touch with God as long as they were in wilful: sin, but when they turned for a moment from it then they could begin to get to touch with God. That was how so my of their prayers were of no use at all- because they had not turned from some wilful sin before approaching him. As to the influence of self in the matter of prayer, they had to remember that none. In the physical world we could not lift of them could be independent of the rest,

up our hand without it acting and re- acting on the whole universe, and if that was so in the physical world it must be the same in the spiritual world. If they

they wore hindering the possibility of it by trying to get talone, because there were all their fellow-men, made in God's image, acting and re-acting on us. Many of them regarded prayer as simply asking for something for themselves and them- selves only. They would not get into touch with God in that way. The speaker dealt with various other aspects of prayer. and said that Christ had furnished them with a model of what a prayer should be in the Lord's Prayer.”

Replying in the Chamber to a Socialist WAR PROFITS FOR FRENCH wanted to get into touch with God

pacifist resolution, the Premier proposed a postponement of the discussion for six. monthe," because the Chamber could not

vate in favoar of a premature and an- certain pesce, and it will be necessary to avoid even a shadow of a suspicion that Italy, who does not desire a separate

peace, is not heart and soul with the Allies." He added: "It is only by victory that we can secure peace."

ORPHANS.

AN AMERICAN'S RESOLVE. 3.

A war-profit chest, atrendy bulging with $2,000,000, is to be sent to France for the orphans and families made destitute by the great war.

The owner of the chest is Mr. W. A Clark, Jr., son of former Benator W. A. Clark

The donation, it is said, represents Mr. The Premier's proposal was accepted by Clark's total profits from the sale of war materials and receipts from investcuts in war bonds of the governments engaged in the Earopean struggle.

The Cologne Gazette sees in Mr. Lloyd the Government, în conjunction with the recently-captured height. To the south

of Seres, the British cleared up a Turkish 293 votes to 47. trench and brought back prisoners. Italian Front.

George the man of the hour, and says that so long da the England of Lloyd George is unconquered, England will remain unconquered. RECORD PARLIAMENT SITTING.

LONDON, December 7th. The House of Commons met and ad- journed till the 12th inst. The sitting was the shortest on record.

Although it was zunounced that the sitting would be formal, the House was crowded.

indispensable to complete victory.

A subsequent Secret Session of the Chamber passed a vote of confidence in the Government by 344 votes to 180. BRITAIN'S FOOD PRODUCTION. MOBILISING GARDENERS.

LONDON, December 8th,

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(THROUGH REUTZE'S AUKNOT.]

ITALIAN AIRMEN ACTIVE.

Bows, December 7th An official message states.-Wo repulsed two successive attacks on the Carso, Our seroplanos bombed aviation sheds at Prosecco, and Bloating hangars

It is foreshadowed that there will be a mobilisation of all the gardeners in the country to train and supervise unskilled labour for increased food production. Trieste.

at

BRITISH TRADE.

LONDON, December 7th, The British trade returns show that during the past month the increases in exports tutalled £6,649,088 and in imports E17,300,232, as compared with November of last year.

AN ERROR.

Loxon, December 7. The statement that Commander Locker Lampson is wounded is erroneous,

By one close friend Mr. Clark is quot d as saying** This war terrible want no profit on account of it,”

Mrs. Clark who has taken a deep in terest in the work of assisting the un- forlupates, and the condition of those who remain in the broken homes of Europe, has opened her private purse.

According to present, plans, the fund will not go to France until peace is declared and the roll called of the widowed and fatherless

His Excellency thế Öfficer Administer- ing the Government, the Hon. Mr. Claud Severn, briefly addressed the meeting, Ho said that as this was the last of those meetings be thought and he was sure they would all agree with him that the opportunity should be taken of expressing their very cordial thanks to Bishop Norris for the able addresses he had given them on the very difficult subjects he had had to treat. (Applause)

The vote of thanks was heartily accord- ed.

The meeting closed with the benediction:

We regret that, by an unfortunate error, in our report of Bishop Norris's address to men on Thursday evening we attributed to the rt, rey, gentleman the It is understood that a fund will be statement that, in regard to immorality, established which will be handled unter mon- followed" their own consciences. the supervision of the American Ambas What he said was that they dulled " sador to Frauce.-Cableneus-American. their own consciences