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THE
WAR.
(Continued from page 5.)
General
EARLIER CABLES
(THROUGH HEUTER'S AGENCY.]
THE VOTE OF CREDIT.
LONDON, December 13th.
Chancellor of the Exchequer's speech
published yesterday-
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 15TH, 1917.
THE ARRAIGNMENT OF CAILLAUX
PARIS, December 13th. The letter of the Military Governor of Paris arraigning M Caillanx says that mumerous letters to him were discovered at the residences of Bolo and others now in custody. They show thist Caillaux continued to cor- respond with Bolo after the latter had
A HUNDRED YEARS AGO.
DR. CH. FIRTH'S LECTURE ON
THE NAPOLEONIC WAR.
Mr HA L. Fisher, Minister of Education, presided at the Creighton Memorial Lecture at King's College ro cently, when Dr. O. H. Firth, Regius
Tersity of Oxford, spoke on “ Englaud Professor of Modern History at the Uni-
during the Napoleonic War an historical
The following is supplementary to the been charged with treason: Caillaux sup parallel. There was a large audience. ported Almeyreda, of the notorious
Professor Firth said that the events, Bonnel Rouge newspaper, congratulating incidents, and speeches of the last three him on his anti-British articles. Caillaux went to Rome in November, 1916, with years had recalled to his mind repeatedly a false passport, and met Cavallini, who the resemblances, and the differences ba is now in custody. Caillaux entered refa tween the present war and the Napoleonic Three of the latter have since beet ar the past comfort for the present. In 1802 tions with well-known Germanophiles war. He thought that we could derive from rested In his conversations at Home,
we concluded a precarious pence In even in
the
presence of important.
per sonages, Caillaur declared that France1803 we were in a better position, both for could not continue
NO MOVEMENTS OF CONQUEST.
Mr. Bonar Law said our movements in Mesopotamia and Palestine were by Bo We had means movements of conquest. Our position in Egypt to defend. From
a purely military point of view very spring of 1012e the war beyond the attack and defence, than we were in 1753.
uvust
serious.
then
had recovered from the initial mistakession of an, Alliance after the war period of the struggle, but it was notion
to
Russia.
our force at Salonika it was absolutelyidered the question of expelling i
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when he would resume out in 1800 we to longer had any Allies.
Our former and sign peace. Therefore, often the bost defence lay in attack, jai
The Frenches were
neutral. Italy
had been destroyed and prepare to make a separate the result has shown. (Cheers.) He peace with Germany. Callaux said that in 1803 and 1804
owing
to the miscalcula had no doubt one of the most credit. Germany would grant Italy and France Lions of Napoleon, the danger of inva
sion was not natonishing advantages, as Russia and the danger in 1805, when Napoleon, aimed: (18
It became s able chapters in the history of the war
would pay all their war expendi ture. Sorbin and Rouniania would disap becoming master of the Channel but that would be the way in which this country The Governor, in commenting, says
they deserved.
also passed. On the other hand. 8th Ber
war on land wer
wont steadily against no. apparently,
years 1807 to 1819 were the Caillaux's idea was the
oritical made in Mesopotamia nad by rated by France, Geritain, and Riesia dicated rather doubt oucorning the cap. TO THOSE WITH
able that contemporary utterances in-
IMPORTANT NOTICE brilliant operations which had resulted against Great
whom Sa
Saillaux referred as
of our rulers than any fear of the terred as our real enemy. In those days there was no Ports in the capture of Jerusalem. But for enemies.
WEAK, FALLING, DULL, The
Governor says that Caillaux's pro truce and no Ministry enjoyed the full Proconfidence of the country. Carping arcated
on in Italy, a sensation
which
LIFELESS HAIR. criticisms and him.
pessimistic prophecies were certain that the Germans would have The British and Russian Ambassadors Continually heard in both Houses of Par been in complete possession of Greece warned their Governments,
liament and as regularly reproduced by and the whole Balkan Peninsula, and
Napoleon in Le Moniteur,
would have regarded that as one of the greatest successes of the war. There were many rumours that the Germans might attack Salonika. If they did we were not unalive to the situation. We had a united Grecce on our side, and Greek troops were in training to co operate with our forces. Hu ventured to prophesy that if an attack were made the result would not be the return of Con- stantine triumphantly to Greece
THE EVENTS AT CAMBRAI.
were
revealed justify suspicions that Cailloux The Governor concludes:-The facts worked for the destruction of the Alli aces of France during military opera tions, and thus seconded the progress of the enemy's arms.
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Of the revenue derived from, taxation to day three-quarters was obtained by direct taxation, but a hundred years ngo it was the reverse. Again, during the Napoleonic war we had to import less than three weeks' wheat supply, and at
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RECOGNITION OF " ANZACS" present we had to import 40 weeks' wheat Szpply. Napoleon's object in establish-
variation Ja LONDON, December 13thing his Continental blockade was not to - In the Hour of Commons, replying starve us, but to prevent us from oblain- to Mr. Leslie Wilson, Mr. MacPherson ing money to carry on the war by closing stated that the question of the Imperial our markets. Authoritics awarding a modal or decora tion to the Auznes who bad partici fervor extremes of good and evil in that In conclusion, Dr. Firth said there were
being pated at:
gympathetic
wer than we had experienced so far, in considered.
this. We had fought for just over threa In reply to a
suggestion that general service medal should be awarded to years Our ancestors did not lay down troops who had participated at Gallipoli the effort that they made we should not their arms for 21 years. If we equalled in order to avoid discrimination between be doing badly the "Anzacs" and the Imperial troops, Mr. MacPherson said that all theso, relevant considerations were at present being on sidered.
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FRENCH SHIPPING.
thanks to the lecturer, said that in the Mr. Fisher, in moving the vote of time of Pitt the peril was far more acata than it had been in this was except in the first weeks when the superb achieve- ment of Lord French, which had never been adequately recognized, saved us, Yet, the repose of English society ther was far more profound than it Was day and that inspite of tho additional fact that, while to-day
Mr. Bonar Law, replying to the various speeches on the Yote of Credit, said the various kinds of remoure
at Cambrai regarding events grently exaggerated. These were due to the exaggerated hopes with which the initial success was received. Regarding the German counter-attacks, the smallest over and none under 1,000 tons. Three wealth was more equally distributed, and
of which, from the point of view of numbers, was on a part of the front where the enemy broke through owing to surprise. The other two attacks by large forces were repelled with great enemy loss. The Cabinet immediately instruct- ed Field Marshal Sir Douglas Hnig to fully report on the happenings.
FULL ENQUIRY TO BE HELD. The House should not entertain the ides that the Government would retain a Bolcher of any position if it were satis fied he was incapable, but the Govern- mout must be largely guided by our military experts. A full enquiry would
be held and the proper action taken.
Веед LONDON, December 13th. For the week ending December 8th the French arrivals were 843, and the sail ings 907. Of the sinkings one vessel was Tessela were unsuccessfully attacked. NEW CABINET FOR PORTUGAL
LISBON, December 13th
A Cabinet has been constituted with General Paes as Premier, Foreign Minis ter and War Minister, and the Deputy, Senhor Barboza, as Minister of Colonies.
the
SPAIN YIELDS TO POPULAR DEMAND
MADRID, December 13th. The Government has decided to yield to the popular demand for a dissolution of the Cortes and the granting of an amnesty to political offenders.
THE ITALIAN CHAMBER
Rous, December 13th- The Government motion for a secret The Government did not desire to pre session of the Chamber, which the judge the question, Accidents of this Government made a question of confid- kind were inevitable in war; even a surences, was passed by 274 votes to 65, prise on a misty morning might happen, for which no blame, would be attachable to anyone!
The Vote of Credit was agreed to.
AN ALL-BRITISH OIL CO.
LONDON, December 13th.
In the House of Commons, Sir J. D. Recs asked-Are the Government con- sidering the desirability of forming an All-British Oil Company, free of all foreign interest and foreign control, for dealing with the development of oilfields outside the British Isles, particularly in British colonies and dependencies, and in Allied countries?
Sir Albert Stanley replied that the whole question is being considered.
GERMANY AND
MATERIAL.
RAW
Amsterdam, December 14th. General Scheuch, Chief of the German War Board, in an interview, stated that several war materialy discovered in war time were so successful that they would remain in use after the war an ad- ditional advantage being their low price, This especially applied to paper and nettle products, nitrates from the air, and synthetic rubber.
AMERICA AND THE WAR.
INTERNMENT OF AUSTRO HUNGARIANS.
THE COTTON QUESTION.
to
WAS
the working classes were more prosperous. than ever before, the reverse was the caso in the time of Pitt, when the conditions were well-
calculated to drive the people revolution. For every member of Parliament who, in the days of adequately instructed in the A.B.Co
Pitt politics, there were 20 now, In one respect there had been little change the temper of the Prussian people was the samo then as it is now. In 1813 a Prus- | sian writer advocated the destruction of Reims Cathedral It had been reserved to the Prussians of to-day to give effect to the suggestion.
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