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THE WAR.

THE HONGKONG DAILY

AMERICA BREAKS WITH GERMANY:

DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS SEVERED.

HISTORIC SITTING OF CONGRESS:

باشه

IMPRESSIVE PROCEEDINGS.

ATTITUDE OF OTHER NEUTRAL NATIONS.

General

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CRISIS. THE AMERICAN

AMERICAN ABASSADOR RECALLED FROM BERLIN

WASHINGTON, February 3rd. Count Bernstorff has been handed his

passports.

Mr. Gerard American Ambassador at Berlin, has been recalled.

President Wilson's decision was reach ed after conference with members of the Cabinet and the Senate, which convinced the President that the country was solid, in favour of a rupture of relations.

RELATIONS COMPLETELY

INTERRUTTED

WASHINGTON February ard. Mr. Gerard, the American Ambassador at Borlin, has been instructed to close the Embassy and all the Consulates, thus completely interrupting relations.

Spain takes charge of American in- terests,

AN AMERICAN DEMAND.

WASHINGTON, February ard. America has demandeur kopmax the immediate release of the Americans

aptured by the Atlantic raider.

PROMPT MILITARY AND FINANCIAL STEPS

WASHINGTON, February 3rd. President Wilson's step came as a thunderclap in Washington,

PRESS

GERMAN OFFER TO HOLLAND.

AMSTERDAM, February jard The Handelsblad states that Germany. offered to Holland, for the Fitching route, the same concesions as she offered to the United States for passenger steamers not carrying contraband:

Negotiations between Germany and Hollood in regard to the regular Dutelt services to the Dutch Colonies are possi

ble

NAVAL EXPERT'S PREDICTION PARIS, February 3rd.

MONDAY FEBRUARY 5TH.

CONSPIRACY TO MURDER.

THE PREMIER AND MRA

HENDERSON M.P.

LONDON, February 3rd-

An extraordinary story was told by

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PRUDENT PRECAUTIONS.

LONDON, February 4th. Extraordinary precautions will bo Auken af My Lloyd George's meetings

WAR AND POPULATION.

A PROBLEM OF THE NEAR FUTURE.

In other than economic directions thoro

at Carnarvon. No women, with very will be a very interesting competition be the Attorney General, who is prosecuting, few exceptions, will be admitted only tween the nations at the end of the war. at the resumption of the hearing at local electors will receive tickets on the Trade is important, but even more impor

strictest guarantees. Derby of the charge, brought ... against three women and one man of conspiring Franco-Belgian Front,

to murder Mr. Lloyd George and Mr. Arthur Henderson

The Attorney-General said the inten t100 was to murder the Prime Minister

These were sent

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BRITISH ACTIVITIES.

LOSSES

M. Lauboeuf, the distinguished naval and M. Henderson by mean, of poison ENEMY SUSTAINS CONSIDERABLE authority and submarine designer, de contained in phials President declared it impossible to clares that Germany cannot carry out from douthampton to Derby and handed A by Mrs. Wheeldon (mathor of the other believe that Germany would disregard her blockade. He predicts that in the her obligations and destroy American next few weeks many German submarites ships and lives

will disappeared after that the situation will be the same as it was be fore February

The members of Congress rose and cheored at the conclusion of the address

and remained standing while the Pre- sident left the Chamber

THE ATTITUDE OF OTHER NEUTRALS.

WASHINGTON, February 4th. President Wilson, in the course of his speech in the Congresa, took it for granted that all the other rentral countries will follow the example of the United States

in severing diplomatic relations with

Gormany,

AMERICAN VICTIM.

Londos, February 3rd.

The American steamer Housatome has been sunk,

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THE SUBMARINE MENACE.

AMERICA SEVERS DIPLOMATIO

RELATIONS

BUSINESS AS USUAL WITH

FRENCH SHIPPERS.

PARIS, February 3rd Several Freuch shipowners announce that their sailings will continue without

interruption

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TRENCHANT SPEECH AT

CARNARVON

ب القوات

LONDON, February 3rd. Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, in a female prisoners) to a Government agent communtque, says: We drove off raid- who had obtained her confidence. It was ng parties on the east of Bouchaycanes Our darts at Mr. in the neighbourhood of Arras, proposed to shoot FLloyd George at Walton Heath,

artiller" caused the retiring enemy to Continuing the Attorney General said.

suffer considerable losses. the prisoners were desperate, dangerous people, shelterers of fugitives from the Army, and doing their best to injure Britain in the war. Mrs Wheeldon's son, William was a conscientions objectotrade at present under arrest. The male pri soner, Mason, was an expert in poison

The Attorney Genera! then described

fant than trade is men.The primary problem for both parties to the present conflict will be, which can ríost speedily repair the ravages of the war on their human stock,vt

The urgency of the question becomes more apparent as we realice that the only, sure way of coniquoring Germany is by

the primitive argument of laughter. There is going to be no shorl cut to vic tory. We are not likely to see any specta cular broaking through which will sud- denly open the way to the Rhine and porosa. Changes in the line there will be, but we can only rely on winning the day by placing more men in the held than Germany and wearing her down by killing

at least unit for auit,

That process will leave Europa depleted of men by millions on both sides, The result will be an enormous incrence in the surplusage of women. Tens customary of

husbande hundhousands will have lost

of thoygande will have losh potential · Husbands. If the conversional

standards are maintained, that means

We improved our positions on the Beaumont-Hamel ridge, and entered the enemy's lines on the south of Armen-that not only will the birthrate be dimin ished owing to the greater economic dif tieres, capturing a few prisoners.

culties of the near future, but that it will be diminished also through the smaller proportion of marriages. Both the family and the community will be less

In the course of air fights two German ASAN aeroplanes were destroyed and two driven down damaged. Three of ours are missing.

FRENCH FRONT.

DOWN

MR. LLOYD GEORGE'S APPEAL how two Government agents obtained the consdenco of Mrs. Wheeldon, by one representing himself as a fugitive from GERMAN AEROPLANES BROUGHT the Army and a member of the Inde pendent World Workers... · Organization, He Telstedtonversations regarding phiale of poison, including the subtlest vegetable poison, curare, which he alleged Mrs. Wheeldon obtained from Mason,

THE GERMAN "BLOCKADE.” A CHANNEL ALLOWED FOR

LONDON, February 3rd.. Mr. Lloyd George, addressing 5,000 of his constituents at Carnarvon, pleaded for a fair trial for the new Government which had already, inter alia, saved hundreds of thousands of tons of shipping and arranged for the construction of hundreds and thousands of new tonnage.

He especially eulogised the Munitions America has severed diplomatic rela Department, saying: "When the time tiong with Germany.

comes the supply of shot and shell and gung of all calibres will be ample, there will even be a surplus for our Alliesland, allowing neutrals & channel of 20

(Cheers.)

LONDON, February 3rd.

6.10 p.m.

THREE POSSIBILITIES:

WASHINGTON, February ord.

1.35 p.m. Official circles are convinced that the

break with Germany is only a matter of

time.

NEUTRALS

LONDON, February 4th.

German official statement announces

an alteration of the blockade of Eng-

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kilometers west of the Danish coast, be On the British and German danger THE BALKANS MUDDLE. 2008 The present muddled the Balkans was Fifteen Senators discussed with the due to improvidenes, hesitation and lack| President three possibilities: (1) An im of imagination, and the Allies were medinin break, (2) Delay until an overt jointly to blame. The Balkanu, however, the issue of 8500,000,000 in Treasury act has been committed; (3) Send Gor was the only theatre causing anxiety

notra

A Bill was promptly introduced in the House of Representatives authorising

Complete military precautions have been taken to stamp out possible pro German rioting,

All the prominent Members of Parlic ment have announced that they support

President Wilson,

NEW YORK BEFLAGGED.

NEW YORK, February 3rd. The banks and offices are deflagged... Crowds rushed to buy the newspapers,

and fought for approach to the bulletia

boards,

INTENSE EXCITEMENT IN. MONTREAL

MONTREAL February 3rd. The most intense excitement prevails

here.

The streets are packed with crowds, eheering President Wilson

HISTORIC SITTING OF CONGRESS.

WASHINGTON, February 4th. President Wilson, nt a historic sitting of Congress this afternoon, explained the reasons for bis decision.

many a final warning. The majority (Cheers); were of opinion that any other course than the first would be regarded by the world as an act of cowardice. Thet indications, however, are that the second course will be adopted

AMERICA AFLAME WITH

ANGER

NEW YORK, February 3rd.

2.10 p.m.

THE GERMAN GOTH

BIG RUSSIAN FIRE DESTRUCTIVE OUTBREAK AT

ARCHANGEL...

LONDON, February 3rd.

A Russian communique announces that an explosion was followed by a fire on a wharf at Archangel on January 26th, depots were

Germeny a latest non policy showed the Goth revealed in all his nakedness, even to the most indulgent neutral The Ger- Various buildings aud man offer to allow America to send one damaged and 44 persons were injured, steamer weekly to England was involen ineluding three officers and 99 soldiers. almost amounting to insanity. But we It is leared that 30 were killed

Everything is now restored and work would overcome the submarine Wonace

The whole country is aflame with anger by grit, energy and courage, (Cheors)ing as sun. at the German Note, surpassing that The nation must support the Govern prevailing at the time of the sinking of ment's efforts with money, labour, land the Lusitania,

and sacrifice. (Cheers).

The newspapers, - with hardly an ex ception, demaud that Germany's insult

PRUSSIA'S BAAT A FALSE GOD. There could not be peace without v

KAISER AS PEACE-MAKER. SUGGESTED AWARD OF NOBEL PEACE PRIZE.

AMSTERDAM, February 4th: The Stambul University proposes that

be thrown back in her face. Even the tory. (Choers). We must demonstrate the Kaiser should be awarded the Nobel mildest pacifist organs only deprecate that Prussia's Baal was a false god—| Peace Prize rashness and urge waiting until the first that it could not protect itself, let alone concrete ease of atrocity occurs,

the German people. Peace would come The temporary closing of New York in 1917 if Germany was made to know harbour was followed by a ♬ your of an that by holdag out till 1018 she would attempt by the Germans to scuttle the be worse off, not better intorsod liners in order to prevent their

seizure.

It 18 understood that Germany has from 309 to 500 submarines; they will be

ALLIES RESOURCES MUST BE

ORGANISED.

The Allies must organise all their

His utterances were londly cheered, especially when he declared that he divided into sections for blockading par resources. The Empire can and will

would ask Congress to provide means to safeguard American life and property,

IMPRESSIVE PROCEEDINGS,

poser,

The Germans at Washington boast that not a single ship will escape.

WASHINGTON, February 1 FRENCH ATTITUDE CALM AND

There was an unusual attendance of diplomate in the Congress, including practically all the South Americans, to hear President Wilson;

The gravity of the occanon was pa phasised by the presence of the Justices of the Supreme Court Members of the Cabinet, and high officials.

WITHOUT FEAR"

PARIS, February 3rd,

do more than it is doing at present, » We must utilise far more than previously the Empire's great resources

With the

objec of seeing what can be done in that direction first, the Imperial Cabine would commence its sittings in a few

PARIS, February 4th. An official communique says:-There has been intermittent cannonade at

various points,

Two German seroplanes were feed in our lines

Naval Activities,

prolific. In that dilemma, common to all the great European nations, what man aures will be taken to

on to remody the deple tion

WILL GERMANY ADOPT BIGAMY T We must remember that of the principal combatants France has of late years been the least prolia Groat Britain (apart from the Colonies) came next, and then Germany and Russia in order. Germany will probably lose twice as many men da any of the opposing nations, so that with her the problem will be the most pressing, especially as her total population is less than that of either Russia or the British Empire. She also stands to lose a great- da ar number of her inhabitants in

inevitable rush of emigration to America after the war. Bo for hor the question is One of life or death and she has the ad- vartage of a patient aid well-drilled population.

who are necustomed to obey. the word command in the home as well as it the field. It may be counted ponit in her favour in the race that she has a lower ethical standards as shown in her statistics of crime and morality. than any of the Allies and that, in any case her ethical standards have always been subi

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SINKINGS.

LONDON, January 4t

The steamers Trevean, Dundee, (Bri tish) and Euphrates (Belgian), and six British small crate have been wank,

The Balkans,

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MORTOR CARS.

LONDON, February 4th.

A Russing official wireless message says:After violent gun fire the Ger mans attacked eastward of the Kalncem high road and succeeded in pushing back

our troops on our right fank

Our counter-attack restored our posi- tions with the assistance of armoured motor cars, which approached up to the

first line

SOFIA BUMOUR.

A FALKENHAYN ATTACK ON

SALONIKA,

ATHENS, February 4th.

́ ́ It is reported in Sofia, that General Falkenhayn 18 presiding over a way council discussing the expediency of attacking Salonika,

BRITISH WAR LOAN MORE BIG SUBSCRIPTIONS.

LONDON, February 3rd. Sir John Ellerman and the Ellerman The Near East. Lines have taken £2,150,000, and the Liverpool Cotton Association $200,000, in the War Loan

THE LATE LORD CROMER.

GREATEST FIGURE IN RECENT

EGYPTIAN HISTORY."

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(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.] MESOPOTAMIAN CAMPAIGN. CONTINUED BRITISH ADVANCE.

LONDON, February 3rd. An official report from Mesopotamia statesWe advanced 300 yards on the night of the 29th and 20th January on the right bank of the Tigris, cast of the Junction of the Tigris and the Hai; also from 200 to 300 yards west of the Tigris Hai junction, and 800 yards in front Our casualtics were slight

subject to the national convenience.“ It is, therefore, no surprise to find that voices have already been raised among her professors in favour of bigamy as a means of meeting tho national emergency.

But the USB FOR BABIES

there is a powerful deterrent to the adoption of bigamy-for -polygamy of any kind as a national policy in Europe in the twentieth century. Many author ties have

which led ways held that the motives to the establishment of mono- gamy were not so much social and moral as economic that intact, the onemuifas system survived because it wa Germany will not have so many rich men left at the close of the war that they can afford to keep harem in the national interest. We should, therefore, expect a policy of national bigamy to be accom-- panied by such a sliding scale of bonuses and remissions of taxte as to make it, 28 We Bay worth while a from the stand- point of the individual. If Germany retains in peace the unscrupuloueness of her war methods, we may even find a na

tion in her desperate straits offering rewards for babies without inquiry an to parentage or antecedents. The female population of Germany will not f course, be appreciably diminished by the hardships of war, so that, if the usual moral standards of civilised nations are thrown overboard with the same case with which she has abandoned all the decen- os of civilised warfare, there is no physical reason why the birthrnte should nob continue at nearly its normal height.

What solution Ave ourselver shall find to a tremendous difficulty it would be premature to guess. But the fact remains that one cannot look forward with

equanimity to so huge and unprecedented a disproportion between the number of the two sexes of marriageable ac”, – Two things may be forescent with some cera tainty that there will be a greatly in creased and probably State-aided emigre- tion o

of women to the Dominions and, second, that the unmarried man will be looked upon, accially and politicale. with increasing disfavour. Within the next decade husbands will be es urgently required and almost impressed recruits are to day. -Erening Standuril

FLYING BUT DEAD,

AIR WONDER IN FIGHT WITH

BOLCKE

CABO, February 4th The death of Lord Cromer has created a profound impression hero The news papers eulogise him as the greatest figura in recent Egyptian history. Flags were flown at half mast every large stocks and grain, and captured on Germany DOMINIONS AND DISPOSAL OF

In the Senate the Minister of Marine weeks. (Cheers) declared that the Germans were unables

to worach the past frightfulus ?

We shall remain calm and without

GERMAN TERRITORY

It was unthinkable that thegreat

fest, he said. During the last eleven months 51,000,000 tons of shipping came German Territories can be disposed of to France Less than a half per cent after the war without consulting the was Enbmarined."

an

Dominions, since they bad shed their

where

AMERICAN IMMIGRATION. BILL RE PASSED BY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES;

On President Wilson entering the House

there was cheering and hand-clapping,

WASHINGTON, February 3rd. ENERGETIC, MEASURES BY THE

blood in acquiring them. It was un- The House of Representatives has ded by tenze allence when the

ALLIES President, with face set, without the

thinkable ther this question should be agair pussed the Immigration Bill (which PARIS, February 3rd. Buggestion of smile, bowed and began

settled without the Dominions sharing the President recently vetoed, objecting A naval expect states that at the recent to read his address slowly and clearly Naval Conference in London the new

the responsibility of considering the to the literacy test). A burst of applause greeted his Annbubce submarinism was foreseen and energetic Issue, as part of the settlement” of the The literacy test consists of the ability ment of the severance of relationa" ~ with

menaires adopted, assuring the relative great world-problem following the world of immigrants to read and write their Germsey, and was repewed when the security of France aziti Great Britain. war. (Cheers).

Jown zuguste

Our cavalry raid on Wednesday secured

Captain Bölcke, the German Birman who was killed at the end of October described an amazing occurrence in the air in a letter which is publishe in the book of his Feld Reports just issued in

Thursday the penultimate line of enemy. He describes an encounter between trenches cast of the Higris Hal junction English and Germán air squadrons near on the right bank of the Hai

We repulsed a counter attack and took 160 prisoners

We attacked and captured trenches west of the Tigris-Hai junction and kill, ed a large number of the enemy

We were subsequently, compelled to relinquish a portion of the ground gain

day

alry throughout the latter operations accessfully operated west ward of Kutel Amara

Our

Bon Sept. 27th-My-antagonist, by says, tried to get away, but I stuck to him apparently, firing all the time. at point blank rangel. But I couldn't help admiring his endurance.

rust have settled him long ago, but round and round bo kept on flying, as sell is ever I was loo stomach I said to self.

The fellows dead long ago, but the plane keeps on the level because he's got rubber bands keeping the steering gear right So few close in and there I saw the g Telegrams received on Saturday and lishman lightly toppled aver to the on Sunday morning and published an aside sitting at his wheel stone dead."

Estra on Sunday all be found on

pane 6

ha, number of the machine, says, Bolcke was 7.425