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OUR LONDON LETTER, THE DEATHLESS DEEDS OF THE OLD REGULAR ARMY. [FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT]

LONDON, October 29th This week brings us round to the an niversary of the day upon which the First Battle of Ypres reached its climax.

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 19ra, 1927.

THE LABOUR PARTY.

The Labour

correspondent of the Daily Telegraph wrote on October 8th-

The Labour Party intends to make a bold bid for supremacy in the next House of Commons. It has decided to put forward at least 300 candidates for industrial constituencies in England, Scotland, and Wales at the next general

AMERICA'S NEED OF TONNAGES SIX MILLIONS REQUIRED

ANNUALLY

The United Press of America publishes the following interview with Viscount Northcliffe

THE AFRICAN COLONIES. DENMARK'S DIFFICULTIES. CUTLER PALMER & CO'S

WHAT IS TO BE THEIR FUTURE 1

PUBLIC OPINION AND THE BLOCKADE.

The Copenhagen correspondent of the Times writes:

-- At the beginning of the war: & peoplɔ

a date that will live for all time in the election. This momentous political Northcliffe said, is the official statement is one who by hie life work know sympathies only existed in a small part

scheme was thus unassumingly announced by the Executive of the party:

In view of the situation which must

ananis of the British Empire. The present is too crowded with events for us to per- ceive in its true proportions the import unce of that immortal fight of our old follow the coming into operation of the Regular Armly against enormous odds; Representation of the People Bill, it is but something of its significance is the opinion of many of the Labour already beginning to dawn upon the movement that the Executive should make public. Soveral articles and letters the necessary arrangements to enable have appeared in the papers during the fast few days calling attention to the subject. By common consent," says the Times, in an admirable leader," the supremo moment, the hour when destiny bung in the balance, was between, 2 and 3 o'clock in the afternoon of October 31st, in the area then held by Sir Douglas Haig and the First Corps".

ordered the Worcesters, who, be it fotod, were not under his commund, to retake Übeluvell. The Division rallied, and

The most urgent news that has crossed the Atlantic since I arrived in this coun try at the beginning of June, Viscount

by Sir Joseph Maclay, the British Con- troller of Shipping, to the effect that unless the United States faces the ship ping problem and constructa 6,00,000 tons of shipping annually, the military efforts of the United States will be crippled from the start

Africa, especially Tropical Africa, better than most people, and has accustomed himself to think out African problem from the native's view-point, principally but also from the same basis of European interests and particularly British in

terests-in Africa.

BY SIR H E TORNITON ]

That way lies madness wrote to me. the other day & prominent official of the Aborigines Protection Society (in refer ence to schemes for an international more pro-Entente ha the Danes as a government" of Tropical Africa). He whole could hardy be found. German of the Army and in very limited commer- cial circles which did their main business with Denmark's southern neighbour. To these must be added an insignificant haqd of authors who had their books published in Germany. Oficial Socialism also held without any influence whatever and the porn view But the authors were official Socialists have not managed to make the workmen love the Germans....

While feelings towards Germany have This is the solemn warning of Sir African developments are now known

Europe, America, and Asia Africa have rubbed the Labour movement to take full advan-Joseph himself. It has passed the Cen to be a matter of supreme concern to not changed, and German war methods in certain facts which tage of the position. After a full consor. Bet sido all German boss whether we realise it or not is the richest formerly were perhaps not realized by the Danish public At large, sentiments ns sideration of the whole position, it was Put away from you the idea that Groat portion of the earth's surface in minetal

reason for this in unanimously agreed that a committee, Britain, who is increasing her qwn food and vegetable products, in natural for regards the Allies have

iron, in gold, in tin, in monazite, in the insidious campaign of the journal consisting of Messrs. W. F. Purdy production, can be starved out. The tilisers, in foodstaffs, in oils, in magnetic during the war ve perceptibly altered M.P., G.J. writing on the wall should arouse every diamonde, in copper. It might further Socialdemokraten, which has succeeded Ramsay

by most productive of all the continents in popular with its ordinary readers Wardle, M.P, R, Wake, Sidney Webb, thinking American to the greatest prob become, under proper management, the so far as to make England rather un- England ติ the only obstacle to peace. W. C. Robinson, and Arthur Henderer the world has ever faced the traps useful forms of livestock; might produce telling them over and over again that son, M.P., should consider and prepare port across 3,000 miles of water of the the best horses, the best eattle, the bar But also outside labour circles a certain new American Army which already buffaloes, the best goats and sheep, the

28 making itself felt, and the best camels, the best poultry, and its

blockade a scheme of reorganization and report as

amounts, to more than a million men; its littoral and lakes the best fuhh is cannon, shells, locomotives, railway track, munition plants, aeroplanes, ob- servation balloons, hospitals, convoys, doctora, nurses, a

machine guns, butchers, baker, shoemakers, men of every trade, railroad engineers, interpreters, organ horses, mules, fodder, bookkeepers, com- picts celebars, and telegraph consisten

Now Sir Joseph Maclay, as British Shipping Controller, plainly says that unless 3,000,000 tons of shipping is built in the United States yearly you will not be able to transport those vital needs.

MacDonald,

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at the Ente Putably the

Now, no scusible Dane objects to the The complete utilisation for the needs of all the world of African resources and blockade itself, which is understood to inherent wealth can only be achieved by a necessary and very effective weapon in close partnership between black, white, the hands of the Ales and it is also

difficulties

alties are created by the promiscuous and yellow; between the negro and the generally admitted that the greater freedom of the scas have never EBYptian and Abyssinian, the Eul and about t Ainetico-Liberian, the over-anoressing mode may impression here, and copecially

not do so at present when the array of Portuguese, French, British, render all imports from Western Earopo Dutch, Italian and Italian half-caster and America most precarious; any corr and hybrids; and the white races of Asia Africa is not going to be a wholly sailors, and the Allied blockade mensures. Europe, and the industrious natives of methods, endangering, the lives of Danish

Black" or brown, yellow or intercepting imports would be

between

although the line was in constant danger ganization of wainen. This work is 10 You ask me if I agree with Sir Joseph white" continent; its destiny, like that here by everybody except pcos

The exact place was about Gheluvelt, where the line of the First Divi.early as possible.

This is the modest way in which sion was broken and the Division

Labour has launched the most ambitious fell back. The Germang got into the hero which has yet been framed for town, and for a space it seemed that the securing predominant power in the whole line must give WAY

But Brigadier House of Commons Mr. Arthur Hen derson having retired from the Wav General Charles Fitz Clarence, killed Cabinet, with its exacting claims, haizers, and distributors of stures, clothing, negroid, the Arab and Herber, the submarine war. The German theories | shortly-fafterwards (let his name be hon-agreed to devote the whole of the the ouret før over!) saw the danger and energy to propaganda work in with operatora, running into thousands. country in its support. The Executive has decided upon two developments, from which great results are looked for The party has already entered upon an elaborate scheme for the political or-

be done in industrial constituencies I do not profess to have any of the techni couple of weeks it was never again through the Women's Trade Union cal knowledge of shipping of the hard pierced." Un that fateful afternoon, Loague, the Women's Co-operative headed Scotsman who was chosen by Mr. Guild, and other similar organizations, Lloyd George for a task that is much says the Times, the British Empire, we and women organizers are to he employed more difficult, then even that of Food Cen: in greater perit than it even been be fore or since." Had the Germans got in these constituencies in organizing and troller--the control of shipping which is

THE COLOURED MAN through they would have reached the tucating in labour politics the millions being sunk more rapidly than it is being

Gone for ever is the possibility of poris along the French coast, threatened of women who will be added to the constructed, and Paris again, mad dominated the Channel electoral fell under the Representation time when the demand for shipping.

of the People Bill The Executive of the owing to the transport needs of the establishing that-possibly well meaning with their submarines. The whole course Labour Party looks for a big accessica of United States Army, is incrcusing dailytyranny known as the Congo Regime,

maintain that nothing that bas I of the war would have been altered. Parliamentary strength from the women's

alters my conviction that the so much sighed after by certain captaine happened vote, which in the electoral sense is a combined shipyards of the Allies and French or American. The coloured man of industry-English, Irish, Dutch, THANKS OF PARLIAMENT.

unknown quantity. They are not going

their combined Navies must make to leave anything to chance so far as superhuman effort to overcome the losses has been working cut his redemption in

CO-OPERATIVE MOVEMENT the new voters are concerned, and the growing demand as to Atlantic the present war. By & vast majority he hna-thrown his interest owers, realising transport today.

for

If we were an emotional people no

doute fashion the anniversary hang of doubt we should even now, mark in some

THE LUCK OF THE WEATHER

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But

of t

mark

MISLEADING FIGURES.

waver in

of Asia, and the Americas perchance also wranglers. A solid block of the public

will never Australasia-is to be an area of racial still so decidedly sympathize with the compromises, in which mankind of all Entrate that they wil shades of complexion can work together attributing the responsibility for their in fair and peaceful partnership.

the scale of the Entente

that, faulty as may have been British, French; Belgian, Italian or Portuguese the colonial work of these Power of Western as him in the long run. Under the nations control of such Baropean Powers baris far more likely to achieve in time a protect ing nationality of his own than if the whole of tropical Africa were managed hyan International Board of Admin tration, t

to Germany, but, the man in the street, who feels the pinch of the dearth, can easily be made to believe that, at any rate, part of the misfortunes azd due to the Entente's blockade.

- CANNOT BE ́STARVED."

Ee

Fortunately, Denmark cannot decidedly better than in Sweden, and actually starved. Conditions here are though the wisdom of individual measures may of course, be disputed, the Govern ment has done everything to increase the production of foodstuffs and regulate and ration the consumption. The imports of feeding stuffs, however, will necessarily result, and has in fact result ed, in a wholesale killing of. livestock, which means destruction on a

Marge scale the real capital of Danish, agriculture. When a farmer is in sich a he positively deplores the birth of every

because he does not know how to feed you may argue as much as you like about the blockade's being necessary in order to bring the war to the close (which he also desires), but he will still feel that the interception of his feeding stuffs is unjust and cruel to his animals.

be

It is becoming proverbial that every | Any party programme which may be pately guarded 20 or 30 and Bel-aibility for wrong-doing under such uncultural

the Danes could

present

First Battle of Ypres, But nothing the kind happens, or is likely to happen Then a determined effort will be made antil such time as victory decisively secure will support both in money. The whole system of publishing the crowns our aims To-day in Parlia and other ways from the co-operative figures of submarine singkings administration of his lands in time past ment eloquent tributes were paid to the movement Under the Labour Party Allies is misleading, and I have protested Army that constitution against ever since it adopted. hordes in their first wild rush on Paris always be eligible for membership, but do not believe that any substantial pro and thereby saved Europe and civilisa tion. Mr. Lloyd George, who moved the theor of these societies has become marine deprecations, stopping sub mercial rather than political, and up to thanks of Parliament to those heroic the present their active support has been Last week we were told oficially that soldiers, is not usually good at a net negligible. It is believed that recent the sinkings by submarine of British speech, more especially as on this occ events will cause the co-operative socis ships were the lightest since the policy of sion when there is a certain amount of solemnity attaching to the subject; but ties to adopt a more vigorous political ruthlessness commenced. Within a few policy. Certainly no effort will be hours the cables fashed news that the

In such a disastrous turn of events we he reso to the full height of the theme spared to scare support from co-opera sinkings of French ships over the same should soon perceive that German in

The argument that the feeding stuffe and moved his bearers to an extrators both in money and voter, The period were the heaviest yet recorded trigues would recommence. Germany ordinary degree with his wonderful elc- Executive bus further decided that the In other words, it is probable that part told sooner or later be represented in imported to Denmark will go in another form as agricultural products to Gers quence. Among those who listened were Reorganization: Committee shall draft a

the submarine force of Germany that

this international government, and in we senitors of the United States, now

many has never had any great weight is fighting the greatest naval battle i party programme, Hilberto the annual the world off the south coast of Ireland she would seek by mischief-making, by here, the explanation being, that Danish on a Visit to Europe on a mission con-

conference of the party has turned down nected with the war, and they heard proposals for a party programme to was sent to the French coast to stop the bribery, by adroit use of her national exports to Germany will not cease, even the Prime Minister with the most eager which all members and candidates would arrival of urgent necessities from Ame education (so superior at the present time if all American and British imports are and wrapt attention. Mr. Asquith also have to subscribe In pre-war days there rica for your daily growing Army to the national education in things stopped; a surplus of the livestock which spoke with, as usual, classic precision of was a sharp division of opinion on such

Remember that the Army that is prin- African of the British, French, Portuin this case must necessarily be killed will phrase and choice of diction; but he is cold, and never reaches the heart or fresquestions as armaments, the members and cipally menaced by the policy of operat- guess, or Italian peoples) to gain the always go that way, and in the

candidates for dockyard towns holding coff the coast of France is the American Virtual control of this international circumstances the imagination, which is pre-eminently entirely different views on these matters Army. The British Army is supplied management of Africa. Believed of direct possibly break off commercial relations the gift of the little Welshman.

want of absolutely necessary badly in from the pacifist section. Those differ from Great Britain to an increasing ex responsibility, the weary statesmen and with Germany because they would then

tent as to mat, material, and munitions, departmental officials of the other Powers Articles; such as coal and ance of opinion are unlikely to be re

iron, which can across the Channel

ade would disclaim any national respon

now only be procured in return for conciled during the period of the war.

The French

produce. That responsible Amies are at home on their own International Board; and at last weight Danish quarters are not keen on increas big buth by cur troops is attended by framed will have to be submitted to and soil. The giant supplies for your boys see a gigantic revolt of all the coloured ing their trade with Germany was weather which makes operations extreme approved by the annual conference of the have to travel nearly 3,000 miles and peoples against any white man interfer when the part of Danish ly difficult and retards progress. By party, which will be held in Nottingham across the very track

exporta destined some inscrutable deerce of Fate it rains in January. Until a decision has been lessness. Of danger 01 submarine ruth ence with Africa at all, for England was stored during the first to netual transports But while I repudiate, with the energy weeks of the indiscriminate Submarino. in torrents every time that it is ar given by the conference no effective there is probably little. Not one Cana- ranged to go over the top," as the action of any kind can be taken by the dian soldier has yet been lost at sea, out born of an intimate knowledge of Atrich, war in February and not sent elsewhere.

While it is true that, for the reasons soldiers call leaving the trenches for an Executive.

of 100,000 boys that have gone from any attempt to coalesce, the Governments attack

An important question which will Canada to France. Submarine attacks of ita tropical belt into one international whore mentioned, a certain despondency

in administration (carrying in it the seeds and dissatisfaction bas

set in, it arice as soon as the propaganda cam-

on fast ships are rarely success

a thousand international quarrels and he wrong to exaggerate the depth of af

Fuch The Danes are still paign of Mr. Henderson begins is the these days of zigzagging, possibility of and big guns. But the world's shipping disputes) cordially endorse Mr. J. I. feeling room continuing the political is sinking so fast and the demands Los Harris proposal for the setting up after for the Entente, but their sympathies are stated that the scheme will come as a tonnage, owing to your need for trans the war some sort of permanent inter- 4 Brent less active and more reserved portation, so rapidly increasing that the national conference, with its seat and its

The general opinion is that great shock to the other political parties.)

small

been unfairly hit by material concessions shell that ploughs up the ground leaves & other political parties in self-defence to tramp steamer trespective of its speed: semblage of colonial experts shall enden the blockade. As any

vour to bring about a aniversal system as regards the

kade

are help that is immediately filled with engage in similar political organization

AN AMERICAN FROBLEM

of administration, complete free trade

probably very unlikely, the Entente will have to put up water, and as a result of the incessant

I admit the comparative success of the throughout the tropical belt for all law with a certain amount of coolness and bombardments by both sides the whole

convoy system: I admit the bravery and abiding nations, fairly uniform import scepticism among the majority of the country is rent and torn up, and churn

ingenuity of the British and American ad expert duties, weights and measures, Danish public formerly more pronounced ed into a quagmire of mud. When in

captains of the destroyers I admit the the exclusion of distilled alcohol from pro-Ally; this

will.

however, not addition to this normal condition of the regard as inevitable after the war. soil the surface is swamped under heavy meet this closing up of the ranks of worth of some of Edison's ingenious native consumption, regulations for the such people from cursing round the right devices. There yet reluaine the serious extirpation of all diseases, a bureau for way in any important emergency, and the rain the general conditions are simply Labour employers are taking concerted statement by the greatest authority on or ding statistics of all useful kinds same undoubtedly

holds go spite

with the men somehow notion on their own account. An agree

in Great Britain shipping in appalling. But our

that the

of ment has been made between the larger United States, requires 500,000 men to le famines and foul weather, on forestry the assiduous influence

on diseases, en plagues and blights, on greater part of the workmen, manage to wade and stagger and

of official must struggle through the morass; and ale sociations in retain of entualities trise engaged in shipbuilding that you, and forest fres, on big game--its value

At heart the Danish faithful to their old predilections to bring forward the guns and supplies if and when certain

build three times more.

in spite of present dificulties, bat you of all kinds required in an advance, the The great interests represented include have ever built in one year, and five or and its dangers. latter service calling for qualities of

cannot possibly expect the ordinary reau

All things considered it is marvellous that any movement on a large scale is possible in wet weather. Towards the const, where Sir Douglas Haig is steadily biting deeper and deeper into the defen- sive system of the enemy water is always

at

than

proved

found six feet below the surface. Every This is true in the sense of forcing the supplies have to be put on any kind of bureau in let us say, Lisbon, which as were at the beginning of the

and platform propaganda.

To

the National Employers Federation the six times what you have previously ac- UNITED STATES HEPRESENTED

A well

quiet and silent heroism that has never Engineering and Shipbuilding Federacomplished in on like time. The advice of such a conference woy7to relish privations, even if in the end yet been adequately described Industries. Among other things a Par- and in Great Britain, but are you getting carry enormous weight with the European they may further his own well-being.

tion, and the Federation of British aware of the progress being

herc

Throughout the war the luck of the liamentary Committee has been formed the six million tons a year that our Con Governments internationally entrusted weather has been against us. We just to watch legislation and the general troller of Shipping stated to be the with the management of Tropical Africa missed victory on Gallipoli by a fog trend of affairs at Westminister minimum necessary to make successful They would be almost constrained by should likewise be a participant in this permanent Board of Advice on things which suddenly descended at a critical monient; the first advanco on Baghdad But it may be that, as some think, what he truly described as your greatest public opinion to adopt it. At the same

military efforts)

thne, Britain, Belgium, France, Italy, African. And it would be tactful to nek was hampered by torrential rains and trade will boom for years following upon

The problem is almost entirely Ame Spain, Portugal would be severally re Brazil to delegate representatives. floods; the German navy escaped disaster peace, and that therefore there will be no

01 the food sponsible towards the national conscience And Germany1 It she to be estranged

Grand Fleet came up to the support of thing: Belgium and a great portion of supplies from this country k Bo education and exploitation of the terrino say in the future development of the at the Battle of Jutland, when the widespread industrial trouble. For one rican problem. The stoppaat Bri and world opinion for the well-being, the from such & Conference? Is shy to have

tain would be trying but not

shipping is concerned dave are fories under their control; they would be richest of the Continents because her Admiral Beatty, by a tea mist under Dorthern France will have to be re-built far na Iti vital that had in zimnlated by the honour, the profit, the colinies therein may have become which the enemy got away; and all unit that on the resources of the cheerfully

United Kingdom will be required. The France and through the fighting of the last few rkets of the world will again he open-hand with the hit of the splendid exulation which would arise from succes ustly forfeit That question depends

CAPITAL AND LABODEGA

tonnage to

into your

months around Ypres bad weather hased for trade unhampered war, and young men now constantly dogged the footsteps of the this alone will be an immense stimulis mente must rise an army of Au British Armies.to production. Again, given ise, direc shipbuilders. Men who build ships in tion by the Government thero no cer Great Britain regard themselves and tain ronson why the clash of armies rightly, as performing equal service with The Labour Party are carrying out and should be followed by labour strife at the men who face death in the trenches extensive scheme of re-organisation with home in this country A regard this Let me urge, and urge you agate, that the object of obtaining a larger measure we must Wait and send in the the creased sinkrusses brench ships are of control in political affairs, and also meantime peither Capital nor Labour sign heart that what is aimed at by the with a view of presenting a solid front are taking sny risks or leaving things to Germans is the ruin of your effort to sup to Capital in the struggle which so many chanco so far as the organisation of their ply your own mea with everything, they

(Continued at foot of nest Column,) 2.Kespective forces in concerned ——HB need in France.

ful administration do the best they entirely on the German people. If they could by Africa

can be brought to realise the true silos The United States, of course, should be | tion in regard to the war, if they propose represented on such a conference, shortly equitable terms of peace with an America must have a great say in Future equitable reparation for the cruelly to the development of Africa, and it wronged regions now in German occupa to satisfy diplomatic punctilios, Americs then I have little doubt that she and b should possess some territorial interest in Austro-Hungarian ally may be necorded the Dark Continent, then the United their due representation at Lisbo States might turn its shadowy pro- wherever else praised Europe decideritle tensorate Liberia into a reality. Holland permanent. Conference on things-African

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