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THE WAR.

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20TH 1917.

TERMS OF RUSSO-GERMAN

ARMISTICE.

INTERCOURSE PERMISSIBLE.

CANADA ENDORSES CONSCRIPTION.

VATICAN AND TURKEY'S ALLIES,

Franco-Belgian Bront.

LATEST UABLES.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENOT.]

BRITISH FRONT.

QUIET

Field-Marshal Bir Douglas

LONDON, December 18th,

Haig

states there is nothing to report. Naval Activities.

EARLIER CABLES. (THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.] THE ATTACK ON TRAWLERS

THE INQUEST,

LONDON, December 18th.

At the inquest held at a North-Eastern port on three of the crew of one of the

trawlers mentioned by Dr. Macnamara

The Times Bays that much more

LATEST UA DZES,

"FOR VALOUR.”

DEEDS OF EXTRAORDINARY

HEROISM

LONDOS, December 18th.

The Gazette contains the tames of nine

new recipients of the Victoria Cross, four of whom wore killed. The heroes include two Canadians and one Austra

lian. The deeds recorded, në usual, thow. extraordinary heroism; indeed, the awards are mostly for several distinct acts of such heroism. The following examples are typical

Major ALEXANDER LAFONE, late Yeo munty. For seven hours in semi-dark

CHINESE TELEGRAMS.

[EX COURTESY OF THE GHUNG NGOI

CHINESE TROOPS FOR EUROPE

PERINO, December 19th,

A Cabinet meeting has decided that Tuan Chi-jui (the ex-Premier) shall be placed in command of Chinese troops for Europe,

CANTON NEWS, [UY COURTESY OF THE “ CHOHO KHÔI BAN POLI

CANTON, December 19th.

NORTHERN RAID ON SWATOW-

A message from Shanghai states that the Peking Government, has sent about

YERES THREE YEARS AGO.

THE DAY OF OUR FATE

- A German historian has just been told by the Kaiser to write his third bistory

MISTRESS COUSIN SAM

BY ALICE J. WHITMORE]

I read the other lay an amusing instance which may be taken as typical

of the Marne in accordance with the of what is happening to many American 2 young views of the all Highest, since the first women. It was the case of

Fin version excited the wrath of Falkenhayn woman, obviously of the highest caste i and the sound that of Van Moltke, each New York society, a girl of wealth and of whom has been using hard words leisure who had probably never done against the other on the point of the veracity of the information which Was provided for the volumes.

single thing with her hands except to get them manicured and massaged.

She was in soldier's uniform, and she Major A Corbett-Smith courts no had dismissed her car with its footninu denial from contemporary nuthority nor and chauffeur at the door of the quarters from future nanalist in his picturesque of the National League for Women's record of The Marae and After." He Service. There an older woman in leaves the apportionment of credit of the similing uniform thus ecccsted her. battle, which turned the tide of the Allies Lieutenant Your face in fortunes and the discussion of the powdered and your breath smells of triumphant tactics of the

documents face and rinse out your mouth, We

His "pur..

who

Comment on the

explanation is required than of the raid ness he held a position against heavy 10 gunboats from the Northern ports to which are not yet those cigarettes. Go upstairs and wash off your of November 16th, because the wireless, shelling and cavalry charges. Ultimately, Fukien. Large bodies of Northerners pose is to Small British Armyping our battalion and one of the first

apparently, was not destroyed, and the attack was made at noon. We would be glad to know if sufficient use is made of aircraft scouting."

General.

LATEST CABLES. {THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY. J TEXT OF RUSSO-GERMAN

ARMISTICE,

LONDON December 18th. The text of the Armistice has been pub- lished in Vienna. It extends from noon of December 17th to noon January 14th, and applies to the Russian and Turkish

all his men except three were hit He ordered those who could walk to move slightly to the air. Then he contine

the most heroic resistance When finally surrounded and charged by the enemy

were also landed in Fukien n few days ago, and it is said that Swatow will sain be attacked by the Northerners

with naval assistance.

GENERAL LUNG.

played by the

vivid

picture of the part can't have that kind of silliness disgrac Marae Battle, in the subsequent advance luxury cheerfully obeyed was to get down orders which this pampored child of to the Aisne und in the inove to Flanders, beneath a motor car and oil the cogel and he does it admirably in the course of course our best bred British women

DEL

issued from

of this volume which is the house of Cassell, have done the same sort of thing from For the word "go" but we must remember ment when the e At this moment, when ebemy is pres- ing through new phases of defeat

before that we are an older nation Ypres whe

where the Old Army sa gloriously. In consequence we do not stand so he stepped into the open and continued telegram to the authorities of the twoped him three years ago to the month, greatly in-fear of losing caste, and the

to fight, until mortally wounded, thus carrying out his orders to hold the post- tion at all costs.

Second Lieut. CLEMENT ROBERTSON, Tank Corps. Knowing the risk of missing his way, he led his men on foot over ground heavily ploughed up by shellfire in face of heavy shelling, machine-gunning and ride firing towards the objective, although

General Lung Chai-kwong has sent a

Kwongs demanding the cancellation of the declaration of independence.

Lung also stated that he will lead an army to inspect various places, and has asked the authorities not to misunder stand his action. THE TUCHUN

sunder

The Tuchun, Mok Wing-son, has order,

Corbett's remarkable account of the first badly pampered than bor British cousin it is of absorbing interest to read Major pampered New Yorker is often more defence of the British bastion. It was in the same position. This war is going

of the vic defence which

to break down caste and rebuke luxury tons of today.

among American women as it has done already to some extent with his

your

The activities of the American women are too numerous to describe in detail, it there is the great Woman's Committen

y in the womentous of the United States Council of National

it you

of it

Defence, headed by Dr. Anna Howard

When the enemy purpose to turn every available guns of an overwhelming strength upon the handful of men who dazed to oppose his will, there happened an event as dramatic and

the significance must first

I carefully in mind all that Show On the official registration card drops to Yeung Kong to prevent General Lung's soldiers from coming into desperate battle against odds and then enrol themselves for national service of that a field battery of six various descriptions, from transport ser in the House of Commons in yesterday's on these fronts will not be strengthened

Tuchun will go to Kwang to consult guns,

or sharing. the needs of the moment of caring for children. The Trohunship will be temporarily Then learn that on this day, the order & home with widow it children, bot message, the skipper, in testifying, said or transferred unless the transfers were

with General Luk upon military affairs. day, was even then firing all too little for humbler but not less important service handed to the Civil Governor, Li Yew was issued that every field gun in the of which are officially tabulated among that the trawler, which was unarmed, was already begun at the time of signature.

hom Corporal WILLIAM CLAMP, late York

Torce must be placed on a daily allowance the wider activities N fishing with five other trawlers. When he

The treaty prescribes conditions for

of ten shells only! In other words, a Rifle brigades are being formed in the ALSACE STRIPPED.

battery was allowed each fraternisation, Bhires. When the advance was checked

O shells day

to Home Defence Clubs, for the American development of heard gunfire, he went on deck and saw the

sufficient, by intense machine gun fire from concrete PEOPLE REMOVED AND PROPERTY fire when 700 was not sur

women realises, ns we have realised, that between permissible

1- THE

THE SHELL RATION three destroyers which were stationary two Intercourse 19

she must be prepared to depend upon blockhouses and suipers in ruined build-

What the gunners said and what the herself for protection should occasion at and sunset hundred yards

certain

infantry thought I guess. distant firing their sunrise

than 25ngs, Clamp dashed forward with two

theatre in Asia. The troops at present he must bave known his action would the Province. It is reported that the undors on an average 700 shells per vice in the air or on the sca down to the

hardest. Ho alone was unwounded. The places, where pot more

assistance.

The Armistice applies to Naval and

destroyers steamed off without offering persons unarmed may assemble simul- British taneously and exchange newspapers and Subsequently destroyer came up and rescued the letters. The sale of goods is permitted. survivors.

THE DESTROYED CONVOY:

VESSEL CUT IN TWO.

LONDON, December 18th.

At the inquent held at a North Eastern

He

almost inevitably cost him his life. was killed after reaching the first objee

tive.

en against the largest blockhouse. His companions were nicely out, which be immediately collected more bombs and, calling upon other men to follow him, he again rushed for

two

CONFISCATED.

The food question

tion is being tackled with

being systematically stripped, not only of the motheat the to the President's challenge: We are

Aerial forces, the Black Sea and the ward. He was the first to reach the the war the two provinces may consist eighteen-pounders in France, and the life We find the prevailing spirit voiced

Baltic.

morchantmenby Attacks on warships will cease as far as possible. The Russian Government undertakes to

το

The

sport on five Bwedes belonging to a Swedish guarantee that the naval forces of the whom he brought back under benvy firetary ago who succeeded in escaping into decasion (itse of Sir John Franch's ton gives us the chance to scrap the

blockhouse, and he killed many of its ccompants. He then entered and brought out, & machine-gun, and twenty prisoners, from snipers. He again went forward, encouraging and cheering his men, and succeeded in rushing several snipers posts. He was finally killed by a sniper His courage and self-sacrifice were magnificent, relieving what undoubtedly Was a very eritical situation,

stçamer torpedoed at four o'clock in the tente in these waters will behave morning on the 12th inst, while in the similarly to the Russians. Seven Armis

to the survivors said that a tice Commissions will meet at Rigs, torpedo cut their vessel in two Sixteen Dvinak, Breatlitovsk, Berdichev, Kolosz of the crew of twenty were killed or miss- var, Focsani and Odeas to carry out the

convoy,

ing. All their honts were smashed. The survivors remained on board for four

hours till they were rescued by a British destroyer, Tho two halves of the versel were towed in with the bodies,

THE CASUALTIES,

·Biz Eric Geddes, in continning his announcement in the House of Commons: yesterday, stated:-

The entire crew of twelve of one of the trawlers were saved in their own boat

details.

An additional clause provides for the early military withdrawal from Persis, "according to the principle of freedom and independence of a neutral Persia."

ELECTIONS IN CANADA.

TRIUMPH FOR UNION GOVERNMENT.

EARLIER CABLES.

CONSUMERS COUNCIL

ESTABLISHED.

LONDON, December 17th!

that

Mr. Henry Wood, special correspondent But I would so heave you to unite arise, protection of the United Press of America, with the high moral courage of the Commander-in-energy and eliciency, and in a spirit that French armies, writes: Chief who, upon the urgent representa- upon A fast as German thoroughness can tion of the Q.M.G. (Sir William Robert leaves no doubt as to the result. The

dared to

Buch

an order at one leaders of American society bave replied accomplish it, Alsace and Lorraine are

moments of the of their native population, but of all To put the world's history

on the job, Mr. President and they matter Very briefly, “there

are setting the fashion of simplicity and native-owned industries, capital, an property, in order that with the end of were no more shells for the howitzers and economy in every department of domestic reserve at love was practically exhausted in the confession of a well-known society of empty virgin territory open to Ger

It is probably no exaggeration to any lady who declares that the well-to-do man colonization,

that had we gone on firing at the old rate American has especially been staggering With the outbreak of the war, Ger- for many's first problem in the two provinces for another fortnight we should have had under the complexities of daily life.

fire altogether

This imperative demand for simplifica was that of the male inhabitants of milito cease fire

I may venture the comment) Allied or neutral countries. A total of scoms on a par with the one already noted non-cssentials Anyone who knows the 10,000 have succeeded in thus avoiding when he dared to extend his line still elaborate table display common in Amerion will understand this, va service in the Gernian army. The police farther north instead of supporting the prominent lady of Louisiana gives arrested every one whose name was on battered 7th Division. By seving the in a phrase the spirit which obtains gen- their black lists-journalists, former order about the shells be was soldiers in the French army, politicians, ap at least something of a reserve to be crally among the women when she and will members of French societies; in fact, used when any battery was faced with We women of Louisiana' must and will every due known to have, or suspected of some supreme crisis. Though the price find a substitute for wheat flour."

very henvy, the situation was The same theroughness and method is having sympathies for-France. Those waved. Had no not dared to pay the price to be observed in Red Cross Diganivation arrested were confined in a body in the fortress of Ehrenbreitstein. Many are and to place once again his perfect trust which includes every possible form of in his Indomitable Infantry дид cavelry service, not forgetting that valuable still there, and others have been dispersed and interned in various German cities who shall say what the end might have branch of dietetics which perhaps in this country we do not sufficiently emphasise. Simultancoval Germany erented & new been and it is well that the world should

The woman in America who signs tho crime for the inhabitants of the two pro hear of this for surely it throws another Hoover Plodge--which is the national vinces that of entertaining sentiments and a still stronger light upon the food pledge is entitled to wear a special bostile to Germany. Special courts heroism of the Arst Seven Divisions: uniform, fetching affair of blue cham- martial were instituted to try these cases, during those fateful days. And will the bray with collar and cuffs of white pique and arreste, trials, and condemnations German Staff ever dare to tell the Ger

and a cap of white lawn decorated with In the House of Commons, Mr. Clynes have followed ever since. Up to date man people how their armies could not the badge which is worn also on the arm. representing the Food Controller. these special courts martial have imposed break through even then I think not. There are at least four separate uniforms

All down the line the battle swayed over 4,000 years of imprisonment, The announced the establishment of a Con-prisons at Colmar, Mulhouse, Strasburg, this way and that," writes Major Corbett for Red Cross work-all very smart, and sumers' Council at the Food Ministry, Metz, and other cities are so filled with Smith when he gets to grips with the quite different from each other. These Here is a are respectively for the Supply Corps, with representatives of all the working jocularly refer to each prison as au

the victims that the German militarygrent crisis in the battle.

general in command of two companies the Clerical Corps, the Refreshment classes, including women.

cf infantry bere

Corps and the Motor Corps, a corporal acting Hotel de France.

commander battery of two Of course the American woman has the No pretext has ever been overlooked a The Council wilf protect the interests for evacuating the general population or is a junior subaltern lead tremendous advantage of being able to

activities are exactly on the of a hundred of consumers as regards prices and other into Germany. Villages near the front a talion al in desperate charge profit by our experience, and many of gr near the theatre of contemplated in is in, Here are cooke, grooms, ours with the added results of our com military actions are being constantly officers servants from a Gunner battery Lined experience. There are gifts for the evacuated. When mills, factories, and lining up with picks and shovels, branches man at the front. There is social effort other industries are forced to close down of trees, ar bare fists Why in Heaven's of all kinds, notably the work of the all workmen are immediately sent to name! To hold up and repulse half on YWU.A. and the work done by similar mills and factories in the in-advancing brigade individual households in offering hos

fat God of terior of Germany. The net result is that the population is now almost as this in this was ever a battle like itality to soldiers, What are known a to pass ther's Camps are being organised by, club women, and it these camps there Out of 65 seats in Quebec, the Governing the disczmament of the Maximalis,urkey human understanding You hear of one will be motherly women to teach the boys

badly dispersed ns are the Armenians in The slaughter of it all

During the

part of the war all dingle British company so surrounded the mills and factories were submitted to the energy that the Germans did not even of the new army to sew on buttons, to a requisition of the most rigorous nature know it was there in the midst of them, td their sucks and clothes and to prime necessity were taken. Later alios, accounting for more than 500 of the

five minutes annihilating & German hatta information

The New York University in its Sum copper, was requisitioned, then the belts,

strength And still the enemy pour their mer School held during July and Auguster and finally all the machinery itself.

enemy pour concentrated on the special kind of train- masses into the battle,

ing needed to prepare women to take the PROPERTY WORTH £800,000,000, Owing to the presence of old French From two to three o'clock on

to three o'clock on the third places of men releazed for the Front, and a families in the two provinces and of mar day the suspense was unbearable. It was in every direction Mistress Cousin Sam

ringes of inhabitants of Alsace and Lor the most

John

self an ally thoroughly worthy of the in aid in Mone, Sir is owned in all or in part by French You may picture those two men,

cture those two men, the great cause to which she is dedicated. People The Strasburg Test estimates the Field Marshal and the General standing value of French property in Alsace and quietly by the great map spread on the

*We thought,” said a German officer, Lorraine at £200,000,000. Besides this an table of the battered chateau “ you sue the immante amount of capital is invested in Staff going quietly about their work, and that you had four Army Corps against

if the strain textile factories and glass, pottery, gas, I

telling you must needs shorty thonist men is the loss which Rour December 18th.

close into the eyes to

to detect

Forty and other industries. An open campaign

done. Not they say the British suffered. Of the communicating with the Bishops in belli-

may® any unit be gerent countries, stating that the Vatican On March 4th 1917, the German Gov is the breach is made there can be victory for our arms there can surely bo

That it was a victory, and 2 into another.

decisive corner of the line. |****

assisting the

The rencoast and Turks in an attempt to French-owned concerns or branch houses.

object the failed reconquer Jerusalein.

The great weaving factories of Charles lost to us

the crisis was The British determined to OBITUARY

Mieg & Cat Mulbouse, the salt indus safely passed. "But thos

passed. But the cots of it in human scheme they succeeded. How the enemy tries of Dicuze, and the glass and crystal lives and suffering had been a terrible. Izzled. though massing,

Bower of Britain's chivalry. defenders such overwhelming

OTTAWA, December 18th. The casualties on the Peleur were one Sir Robert Borden's Union Govern officer and three men killed and two seriment, which went to the country for ously wounded.

endorsement on the Conscription Act, bas been triumphantly re-elected.

The information regarding, the sur vivors of the Partridge is incomplete, but the British Naval Attaché in Holland has telegraphed that it is reported from Kiel that three officers and 21 men belong- ing to the Partridge and 26 men belong- ing to the brawlers had been brought there, and that ten were wounded.

PRESS COMMENT.

The returns give the Government 128 food problems and, the Opposition 87, with results pot yet received 20.

EARLIER CABLES.

OTTAWA, December 18th,

RUSSIAN AFFAIRS.

UKRAINIAN SEIZURE.

PETROGRAD, December 18th.

A telegram from Kieff states that dur

O

S

of

ment carried only three, namely, in the units the Ukrainian troops seized 72 guns The Dally Telegraph says that the English-speaking districts in Montreal. 360 machine-guns and 5,000,000 cart At first only the stocks and material of And you hear of those few men within whom the boys may go for advice and

The maritime provinos are divided al- most evenly. Ontario and the western provinos, strongly supported the Govern-

ridges.

UKRAINIANS IGNORE GOLERN MENT

destruction of the convoy further demon strates the urgency of the man-power problem, a problem not entirely for the Army, but for the Navy, which is handi- meet. Toronto and York county voted capped by an insufficiency of destroyers for the Government by sweeping majori- declaration refusing to recognise theraine with French citizens, & great hattle fritical moment in the whole is making good. She is proving kur

shortage of labour and steel.

The Ukrainian Dict has issued

ment's majority will be increased when ment of the whole Russian Republic.

The Daily News says that the two the oversen soldiers vote is counted, as POPE CONDEMNS TURKEY'S

Incidente are calculated to convert the it will doubtless reverse the result in disquiet regarding the capacity of the several constituencies where the opport

Admiralty into positive anxiety.

tion candidates at present have small The Daily Juil asks why the finding majorities of the court martial into the last North Sen affair has not bean published

The Daily Chronicle points to the

magnificent work of the Fleet in many

ALLIES:

The Messagero states that the Pope is has been begun for seizing all these pro There is nothing more withdrawn and ↑ Germana täere, fell përhaps 250,000.

even

thrust

no

Sir Wilfrid Laurier was defeated at will condemn any Christian country erament decreed the liquidation of repair murales fashievermans Tet out to

Ottawa, but was overwhelmingly elected in Quebec East.

All the Ministers were re-elected, except waters and to the small number of dis, two representing Quebec constituencies,

asters, but says a serious feature is the

painful reflection cast upon the adminis trative efficiency of the Grand Fleet, and demands that a court of inquiry be appointed by the Admiralty from the outside, and nut by the Commander in Chief,

AMERICA AND LIQUOR PROHIBITION.

MRS. GARRETT ANDERSON,

LONDON December 18tha The death is announced of Mrs. Garrett

woman mayor.

works of Baccarat were thus liquidated, Yeomen: had perished, cannot say A list has just been published of 250 other The Old Regular Army had fought its

fast

And it

Major Corbett Smit

know

the concerns passing into German hands. ber

the last, the greatest of all-

ledgo concerns that will be disposed of similat-

eat batt Anderson, while the latest wat te not

urted in the German Fress is that of a ever-gent forth her son,

Xpros a name em the famous Wendel Steel Mills, one of Of the 7th Division, Jess than on pages of history the largest in the world month before there had sailed from Eng of the gigantic

According to reliable information that land 400 hora. Forty-four returned. Certaan Army Dupe reaches France by way of Switzerland Their men had numbered 12,000 Taare Lord Selborne who Alsace, and Lorraine stand stripped to were left 2,326 day to the very bone

WASHINGTON, December 18th- The House of Representatives has adopted the Prohibition Resolution by 225

Totes to 198

THE SILVER MARKET.

LONDON, December 17th.

In the silver market there is nothing

doing.

(Continued at foot of nezt Column.)

that the 31 October

day of our fate and not cal Empire but of the whole world”

that

th

ngth, wo

ittle