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THE WAR.

IMPERIAL

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, JANUARY 27TH, 1917.

WAR COUNCIL.

MR LLOYD GEORGE EXPLAINS THE OBJECTS.

STRENGTHENING

General

PEACE

ALLIES' SEA POWER.

LATEST CABLES.

(TENOUGH ARUTER'S AGENOT.]

AUSTRIA-HUNGARY AND PEACE.

PREPARED TO CONTINUE NEGOTIATIONS.

AMSTERDAM, January 26th.

PARLEY.

IMPERIAL WAR COUNCIL. VIEWS OF MR. LLOYD GEORGE.

NEW EPOCH IN HISTORY OF THE EXPIRS,

LONDON, January 28th.

Mr. Lloyd George, in an important in- terview on the subject of the forthcoming Imperial War Council, with the London

correspondent of the Australian United Cable Service, said:-"I do not wish to

In the Hungarian Parliament Count] interfere in any way with the afsirs of Tisza, President of the Council, referring a great self-governing Dominion, but we to President Wilson's speech, said he took the stop of urgently inviting the sympathetically greeted every effort to Dominions' Premiers to London despite restore peace, therefore he was inclined the fact that it might cause much incon- to continue the exchange of views onvenience focally, because we desired their peace with the United States, but the advice and assistance in coming to deci- Entente wir aims, which meant the die-sioas about the conduct of the war and integration of Austria-Hungary and the the negotiations for peace. As Austra Ottoman Empire, won irreconcilable to his knows, I am no lingo. My record President Wilson's alma. He asserted "that Hungary honourd the principle of nationalities, Indeed, the free develop- ment of the nations in southeastern Europe could only be completely realis- ablo by the existence of the domination of Austro-Hungary. Therefore, they completely in agreement with

чего President Wilson.

contains no journeyings into flamboyant Imperialism, yet I regard this Council as marking the beginning of a new opoch in the history of the Empire. The war has changed us; heaven knows, it has taught us more than we yet understand. It has opened a new age for us, and we want to go into that age together with our fellows Overseas, just as we have some through the darkness together and shed our blood and treasure together." Lloyd George's mind, the first duty of the Council will be to consider the imme diate task of winning the war. The Empire War Council, he said, be said, will deal with all general questions affecting the war Prime Ministers or their representatives will be temporary members of the War Cabinet, and o exercise economie and military compul-propose to arrange that matters of first- sion againt any other power, as outlined rate importance should be considered at in President Wilson's speech.

CAUTIOUS HOLLAND:

THE HAGUE, January 28th. The Forsign Minister has expressed the opinion that it would be an unwise policy for the Fetherlands to bind self to

REGULATING EXCHANGE).

The interviewer-What about after Franco-Belgian Front,

the wart

EANEST CABLES.

{THBOUGH AWOYEE'S AUKNOX-]

'BRITISH ACTIVITY,

SUCCESSFUL RAID.

LONDON, January 28th, Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig porte-We made a accesful raid at noon in the neighbourhood of Hullach. Many of the enemy were killed, some vero taken prisoners, and a dug-out was destroyed. We had four slightly

Mr. Lloyd George:-If you mean by that constitutional reconstruation, I can only ssy it is too soon to talk about after the war, but I can only say this: things can never be the same after the war as they were bofore it. Five democracies, all parts of one Empire, manot shed their blood with a heroism and a dis- regard of the cost which have been beyond all praise, without leaving memories of comradeship and great accomplishment which will never die. Of this 1 am cer- tain, the peoples of the Empire will have found a unity in the war such as never existed before unity not only in his tory, but of purpose. What practical change in Imperial organisation that

We drove off two raiding parties last will nican, I will not venture to predict. night eastward of Fanquissart. A third That it will involve some change is cer-party reached our trenches castward of, tain. I believe that all the statesmen of the Old Country and the Dominions who have spoken about it are unanimous on that point. The forthcoming War Council, however, cannot deal with the fundamental post-war problems, but : it may afford some insight into the form

they may take.

Then you are sanguine about the future of the Empire? the interviewer

wounded.

Ypres, but was immediately driven out, and our position was re-established. ⠀

There has been much werial activity. Anti-aircraft guns brought down an enemy machine, and in the course of air- fights four others were destroyed and three were driven down in a damaged condition. Three of ours are missing.

In reply, Mr. Lloyd George said:If we see the war through, I certainly am. You don't suppose the great combination of peoples who make up the Empire can have stood steadfastly together with their Allies in order to discredit and over- throw the most brutal and inhuman machine for the destruction of human liberties the world has ever seen, and friendship? We stand at this moment not have discovered new ground for

the world has seen since the French Re on the verge of the greatest liberation volution. Do you tell me that peoples who have stood together and staked liter ally everything in order to bring that struggle in Upper Alsace. liberation about are not going to ind afterwards on an equal basis? I am some way of perpetunting that unity certain that they will. Further, there will be much for them to do, Pence terms will be only a beginning, After they are satisfactorily arranged, we shall have to set to work to build up that ordered freedom and fraternity which is the only security for human peace and progress and which militarism has de over and is it not certain that nations which have borne the beat and burden of the day in overthrowing that militarian will take a leading share in made possible by their sacrifice? If we endure to the end, I have small fears for the future, and not the least important of the foundations for the work we shall have to do together in that future, will be this War Council of British peoples.

SUCCESSFUL FRENCH

BOMBARDMENTS.

PARIS, January 20th, A··communiqué says:-German or

of Luneville and Harlan's Willertopf ganisations and batteries in the region

have been destructively bombarded. There has been a fairly lively artillery

EARLIER CABLES.

GERMAN COUP DE MAIN FAILS.

PARIS, January 28th.

THE NORTH SEA FIGHT.

GERMAN FLEET « SURROUNDED

AND DAZZLED.”

LONDON, January 25th.

FOUR DAYS IN THE ARMY. EXPERIENCES OF A HONG KONG VOLUNTEER,

To have been sent home to England

Ca

Detail of the North Sea fight are still from Hongkong by the Government for confced to Dutch sources. They agree the purpose of joining up, to be in the that the German fleet was surrounded Army proper for four days, and subṣo- and dazzled by the British searchlights. quently to be sent back to Hongkong' It fought bravely, but the rapidity and

"wounded" is an experience which accuracy of the British fire were irresis-

bas fallen to few in the present tible

war, but this is what happened to E. L. S. Alves, who returned to Hongkong. It is not known whether the Germans

from England by the B. Malti were proceeding to Wilhelmshaven or

Thursday. Alves is wearing the badga were intending to raid the Channel, but of the King's Royal Rifes on a red back. they were undoubtedly caught unawares ground, indicating that he has been by the British, who were in the right discharged "wounded," and he is now place at the right time, and who out-only able to walk with the aid of a stick. manentred and routed the enemy in and a securely strapped left leg. This waters which the latter claim to control. was not brought about by a Xun ballet; It is estimated now that the Germans Alves wishes it had been, for, acwrding have lost 30 or 40 torpedo-boats in such to him, "it is worth while being wound- ed by a Bun bullet if one can only get to the frant." He himself, though very

the start. keen to go to France, was doomed from

sations.

Experta ars of the opinion that the hammering will prove salutary and pre- vent much use of Zeebrugge for some time.

On the day war broke out Alves, who was then in Hongkong, joined the local A German official wireless message Volunteers (engineer section) and at once seys: The Fo received a direct hit on put in for active service, but his offers the bridge, and Captain Max Schultz, were declined on account of his height;

ning of the war, was killed, with two feet. He applied on several subsequent commanding the flotilla since the begin-he is only a very few inches over five

officer and a few others. The steering occasions and eventually, on November gear was damaged, causing the host to 24th, 1915, bo left Hongkong on the P.

unmolested.

collide with another ship. The F69 was and O. Najoya, and arrived in England seriously damaged and ran to Ymaiden on January 18th, 1916. Hore, through the good ofices of Mr. M. W. Slado, a The ship previously rammed by the former Hongkong barrister, Alves |ained the King's Royal Rifles, and commenced F69 continued to participate in the fight, training at Sheerness. He had been ramming and seriously damaging in uniform for only four days when he English destroyer, which a German sero-sprained an ankle while doing duty in de main, after a heavy bombardment plane subsequently reported as sinking. trench, and this eventually resulted in three kilometres south-east of Berry-au-The German vessel escaped at a reduced his being sent

A communiqué says:-A German coup

back to Hongkong

Bac, failed. The enemy left many dead. speed, and reached a German point" wounded." He was placed in hospital, Two enemy aeroplanes were brought d'appui, A third ship encountered but the ankle !! swelled like a football," numerous enemy destroyers and, attack-

It was obvious, however, that, in Mbuilding that new Earth which they have down, including Lieutenant Guynemer's ing, immediately sant large destroyer sad no-one seemed to know what was

series of special meetings. Nothing affecting the Dominions, the conduct of the war, or negotiations for peace will be excluded from its purview. There will, of course, be domestic questions which each part of the Empire must LORDON, January 26th settle for itself; questions such as recruit An Order-in-Conncil renders compul-ng in the United Kingdom, or Home legislation. Buch domestic matters will be our only reservation, but we propos that everything else, so to speak, shalt be on the table."

sory the sale of or loan to the Treasury of foreign securities required to regulate exchange. Hitherto these transactions have been voluntary.

PRICE OF COAL

PARIS, January 28th Coal is 108. per hundredweight.

Will discussions include such matters As the fate of the German Colonies?" the Premier was asked.

PRACE PARLEY: VARYING VIEWS.

Amsterdam, January 24th. The Austrian Press agrees in the main with President Wilson's contentions, especially with reference to the free com of the seas," It points out that peace without victory is oppond to the Entente's demanda,

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AMERICAN SENATE AND THE PRESIDENT,

WASHINGTON, January 25th.) the Senate, proposing the setting aside A motion by Senator Cummings, in of a week for a discussion on President Wilson's speech, which he described as "the most important ever made by President of the United States was shelved.

Mr. Lloyd George replied:That is ane obrious question, but there are many questions of equal moment. All the dif cult problems connected with the making

Senator Stone, Chairman of the For of peace, as was stated in the Governoign Relations Committee, asid it was ment's invitation, will be thrashed out. impossible for the Senate to take official The war policy of the Empire will be action du the speech and, a debate would clearly defined, and of great importance be merely a waste of time. Is what I may call the preparation for LABOUR AND THE GOVERN-posse. That will involve, not only demo-

MENT:

EARLIER CIBLES. ·

bilisation, but such after-tho-war ques tious as the migration of our people to other parts of the Empire, the settlement of our soldiers on the land, commerce and industry.

pondent.

LONDON, January 24th. The annual Conference of the Labour

"You hare not hesitated to depart Party, held at Manchester, overwhelm-from precedent," remarked the corres ingly endorsed the Labourites' joining the Government. COLLIERS TO BE CALLED UP.

LONDON, January 24th.

It is stated that the collieries have been notilled of the calling up of certain classes of miners for military service, including those who have entered the mines since the war, Bome surface workers, officials, and also thou eligible for service who are habitual time-losera JAPAN'S BUDGET.

RECORD FOREIGN TRADE.

LONDON, January 25th, The Japanese Budget has been intre duced in the Diet. It provide for the application of eight million to the foreign market from the Sinking Fund, the issue of nearly fourteen millions in domestis Ioans, and a million and a half as a supplementary naval b

Last year was a record in foreign trade, the exports totalling 18 million and the imports 75 millions sterling.

JAPANESE PARLIAMENT

DISSOLVED.

Tokyo, January 26th. The Emperor has dissolved. Parliament.

Senator Weeks complained of the Pre- sidert using the Senate as a megaphone,

Senater Sherman described the ad- dross as a stump speech.

Senater Lodge ridiculed the idea of settling foreign wars by a Senate resolu- tion.

PRESS COMMENT.

twenty-seventh.

Naval Activities.

LATEST CABLES. {THROUGH BRUTER'S AGENOR; ]

·THE CAPTURED RAIDER. DECORATED "HEROES."-

LONDON, January 20th.

A telegram from Pernambuco says that the captured St. Theodore was sent on raiding expedition on December 28th, 1916. Many of the officers on board the German raider wore Iron Crosses for service on the Hocice.

When the Mount Temple was sank the cargo of horses awam towards the reider, but were shot from the deck by the officers

and crew.

ALLIED NAVAL CONFERENCE. DISCUSSION ON NAVAL POLICY 'IN MEDITERRANEAN.

by torpedo at close range. Sho reached really the matter. In tura Alves was sent port in safety.

The British Admiralty reiterates that the only British casualty was a destroyer, which was torpedoed and sunk, as cabled previously.

· CONFERENCE OF NAVAL CHIEFS.

THE ALLIES' SEA POWER. -

to six hospitals, Sheerness, Broadway, Fort Pitt, the "Drill Hall," the V.A.D. hospital (trood) and Croydon, bit the damaged limb never regained its normal condition, and, in the end Alver was placed on the "permanently wounded”. list, and was sent back to Hongkong by the Malta, very much eggrieved that he An important conference of naval bad been unable to attain his great and Italy, began at the Admiralty on X-rays were applied six times to the chiefs, representing England, Franco desire, active service in France The Tuesday and was concluded yesterday. The attendance included the French and damaged ankle, and on une occasion Bir Italian Ministers of Marine,

Frederick Treeves, when visiting the bos- PARIS, January 25th." The Allied Naval War Council in pital, examined it, but Alves was in- London reached a complete understand-formed that he might be able to walk ing, and there is every reason to hope about as usual in three years' time, and that it will result in the strengthening of the Allies' sea power.

LONDON, January 25tz

The Balkans.

LATEST CABLES.

(THROUGH REVÏER'S AGENCY.]

CALM IN ROUMANIA.

LONDON, January 26th. The Times' correspondent at Jassy states that intense cold has practically stopped military operations.

LONDON, January 25th. The Admiralty announces that during the last few days a conference has taken place at the Admiralty between the

EARLIER CABLES, British, French and Italian Admiralties, at which was discussed naval policy in

Great the Mediterranean.

Britain's GREECE TO SALUTE ALLIES”: delegates were:Sir Edward Carson, Bir

FLAGS. LONDON, January 25th. John Jellicoe, and Commodore Halsey Commentaries on President Wilson's (Chief of Staff) and Vice Admiral Oliver. speech continue to be unfavourable. The France was represented by Minister of Marine and Rear Admiral Lacaze, Chief German Press repudiates it.

The Korniche Volkazeitung says: of Staff Vice Admiral Dehon, Rear We flatly refuse his peace without vio-Admiral Fatin (Naval Attache in Lon and Rear-Admiral Delostende. tory. Moreover, his suggestion regard-don),

bis injury was diagnosed as " dropped foot." In a few weeks' time Alves will receive the "discharged medal,” issued recently by order of the King, he having been recommended for the menuento by the Colonel of his regiment. His pension. will be 14s per week.

While in the various hospitali the

Hongkong Volunteer met many wounded "Tommies" and he says their spirit was wonderful to Fold. Though many of.

the cases must have been suffering much pam they laughed and joked just as if nothing was the matter, and they ATHENS, January 25th were all very keen on getting back to The ceremonial of saluting the Allies' the scene, of action again. Buck is the “ flags, in accordance with the ultimatam demand, will take place on the 27th izst. spirit of the British "Tommy." Alves The Allied Ministers, the Admiral, the also met two Hongkong men while train-

"We certainly have not," said the Premier, "bus in these days we cannot hesitate because we are breaking preced! ente. The Empire has thrown itself heart and soul into the war, and we should be failing in our duty if we did not take every possible step to see that ang Poland is intolerable. We can only Italy was represented by Vice Admiral; Commander-in-Chief and representativesling with tho K.B.R. One was H, K

Corse (Sub-chief of Staff), Rear-Admiral of the Allied Navies will attend say, Hands off !!!

Marzolo (Narai Attach in London),

GREEK REGRET. ⠀

Holmes, a former Hongkong solicitor, The Spanish Press considers the speech and Captain Divillarey! There were also

LONDON, January 25th. who is a Corporal, sed is now at the too idealistic, and regards its aims asin attendance Bignor Dallolio, Italian unrealisable.

Minister of Munitions, M. De Joly, Reuter states that the Greek Govern-front, and the other was Warre (former The Italian Press thinks that Presid-French Director of Shipping, and Signor ment has handed the Allies a Note, formly with Gilman & Co.) who, at the time ent Wilson's ideals are only logically Ancona, Italian Under-Secretary of ally expressing regret for the events of Alves met him, was suffering from a realisable by victory for the nations Transports, together with naval and December 1st and 2nd. fighting to prevent the triumph of viol-civilian experts,

its leaders get together from time to time. You do not suppose that we think that the Overseas nations can raise and place in the Beld armies containing an enormous proportion of their best ma food and not want to have a say, and road say, in determining the use to which they are to be put. That seems to

an impossible and undemocratic pre-ance. position. That is why one of the first

of the new Government was to ask The Overseas Fremiers to come over, not to an informal Imperial Conference, but to sit in za Executive Cabinet of the Empire. That is why we arranged for representatives of India, which has ren- dered invaluable service to our common cause, to be present also,”

The correspondent asked:-This in plies that the Conference should meet as soon as posible t

The Canadian Press resents President Wilson's request that the Allies shall make a dishonouring peace, and advises him to consult American history and to romeraber the spirit of Lincoln,

MR. ROOSEVELT'S VIEWS.

NEW YORK, January 24th

Mr. Lloyd George indicated proposals which, in the opinion of the Britian Government, would tend to closer co- ordination and more effective unity of action of the Allied forces in the Mediterranean,

The results of the conderemos have been. entirely satisfactory. The decisions are important, aliecting, besides naval opera-

Russian Front.

LATEST CABLES. (THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

GERMAN REPORT.

LONDON, January 25th A wireless German official report tions, the use of shipping and control of states: We have progressed on both trade routes, and other cognate problems. banks of the Aa.

BARIIER CABLES.

RUSSIAN SUBMARINE

ACTIVITY.

LONDON, January 25th

Mr. Rossevelt describes President Wilson's speech as "a grandiloquent promise, made with the object of conveal. ing the Administration's pitiful igno Mr. Lloyd George replied:--Certainly, miny and shirking.” Mr. Hrosevelt says The war is not won yet, and we want that it is ridiculous and inaingers to to concert our efforts so that we may mouth about righteousness, unless the part our maximam strength at the criti-Government is prepared to take up an Further, we are most emphatic position regarding the deporta moment. marions that, during the last and most tions from France and Belgjum and the A Russian official message says:-One ying pham of the war, the British Em submarine murders, and to bring peace of our submarines san four schooners in pire may present to the world an abso- and justics to Mexico,

the Bosphorus, and drye ashore three Intely united front. Up to the present, The American provincial press isotherm, the British Government has shouldered generally puzzled at the speech, and re- the responsibility for the policy of the minds Dr. Wilson that the United States war practically alone. It now wishes to lacks the sea and land power necemery know that in its measures for prossent- to enforce its will. ing the war to a finish, and in its nego- | The German-American newspapers are tiations for peace, it will be carrying slated at the President's utterance. out a policy agreed upon by the repre- which, they declare, follows the line of sentatives of the whole Empire sitting in the recent statements of German sintesi | planary council together.

men.

SINKINGS.

BARLIER JABLES.

GERMAN CLAIMS.

badly wounded leg. Mr. M. W. Blade, who is doing much good work with the Red Cross Society, takes a great interest in the men who come from Hongkong. He was frequent visiter to Alves when he was in hospital, and also saw to it that he had everything he required, in addi- tion to a sub of 10s per week, which, says Alves," came in very useful when I was allowed out." All the mes from

overseas are accorded a great reception by Londoners and others. My badge on its red background was the passport to all sorts of favour," added Alves. “The London people know the meaning of all the badges, etc, and even ladies often gave up their costs for me when LONDON, January 28th. they spotted my badge when travel- A wireless German official message ling in a crowded bus or the under- They look after a 5578:-We attacked on a ten kilometres ground railway. front on both sides of the Aa River. We wounded Tommy in a manner, which took 1,714 prisoners and thirteen machine cannot but help to make things easier for the poor chape; and some of them are very badly battered, I can assure you."

Bus

RUSSIAN VIEW..

A wireless Bussisa official menage says: After

Though only able to walk with the violent fighting, we die, Lompos January 24th. lodged and threw back the enemy to the aid of a stout stick, Alyss says he is The following steamers have been east of the Tirni svamp.:

still willing to do something for his ank-Tremeadowe (British). Beinunga We adopted the cffensive south-east of country and thinks that employment (Norwegian), and the Klampenborg the As River.

| might be found for him on the search- Dankas

The Germans adopted a counter-offen lights, or something of that asture-IF A boatload of the crow of the Tre- save and throw us back one-third of a the local authorities will only “look meadow is missing.

:mile.

over my gammy arkle."