1917-12-24 — Page 6

CHILDREN'S

SEVERAL RANGES OF

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS MONDAY, DECEMBER VITA, 1017

SHOES

WHITE

CANVAS

AND LEATHER SHOES OF BRITISH MANUFACTURE

CHILD'S TAN GLACE STRAP SHOES

WITH HEEL

Size 7 8 9 10 Price 35.00 Pair..

11 12 13 1 Price $5.75 Pair.

BLACK OR TAN GLACE KID

BAB SHOES.

WIDE NATURE FORM FITTINGS,

SPRING HEELS

BROAD WELTS.

6 Price $4.00 Pair.

Size 3

7

8 9 11 12 13

10 Price $4.75 Pair..

1 Price $5.50 Pair.

WHITE CANVAS

BAR SHOES

STYLE AS ABOVE

5 6 Price $3,50 Pair. Price $4.00 Pair. Price $5.50 Pair.

Size 3

4

7 8 9 10

11 12 13 1

WHITEAWAY, LAIDLAW

PUBLIC

CO., LTD.,

20. DES VEUX ROAD, HONGKONG,

[268

THE

WAR

(Continued from page 5)

an Front.

BRITISH FRONT. SEVERAL ENEMY RAIDS.

PRIME MINISTER ANALYSES THE RUSSO GERMAN ARMISTICE.

WAR SITUATION. THE FOOD QUESTION:

LONDON December 20th In the House of Commons, on the motion for the adjournment, Mr. Lloyd George, reviewing the war situation, dealt arst with the food question, and said that two circumstances had recently contributed to the gravity of the position, namely, the failure to get margarine and LONDON, December 21st

batter from Denmark and Holland, Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig re ports The chemy raided a post north and so that the Allied food short east of Hargicourt and also under cover age was greater than anticipated. of the fog captured an advance post to our own resources in order Hence we had considerably to encri the east of Messiness orthost of the supply the Allies. He was sure that

We drove off raiders to Armentieres and to the north of the when Britons realised that any depriva

tion was due to their sharing with their Road.

brave Allies, they would bear it with greater beart and spirit. He was glad to say that, owing to the efforts of the Food Controller, circumstances which ccasioned much anxiety during the last

to

Meninated many casualties.

There south-east of Cambrai and both artilleries were active at Bullecourt, the enemy being increasingly active south-cast of Ypres,

RUSSIAN AFFAIRS.

ARMISTICE BETWEEN UKRAIN JANS AND BOLSHEVIKS.

The second fact responsible for the worsening of the position was the Russian armistice. True, the armistice provided for, the non-movement of troops to the

ODESSA, December 20th. West, but we have hoard of craps of Owing to the Ukrainians ordering the paper before and the country that Bolsheviks to cease interfering in the relies for its security on Germany keep administration of the town, and not allow- ing her promises, either in the spiriting the Bolshevik expedition against the the letter has not profited by expert Don Cossacks to pass through Ukraine. ence (Cheers.) These two factors have there have been three days sanguinary compelled us to make greater sacrifices in fighting between the Ukrainian, and the

Bolsheviks. The leader of the Bol crder to strengthen the armies in the

sheviks was killed and an armistice was. field in the coming year.

arranged

it

Bands of criminals have been pillaging- the shops and houses, but, probably, order vill soon be restored

VARSKA ULTIMATUM.

The pledges given to Labour in 1916 MAN POWER AND LABOUR. ⠀⠀ connection with recruiting were necessary and desirable in the interests" REPLY TO THE MAXIMALIST of the country, but circumstances over which they had, no control necessitated! either the alteration or cancellation of The Ukrainian Republic, replying to the those pledges The Government must call up many men at present protected by the Maximalist ultimatum, demands absolute. conditions of their employment. Before non-intervention in its affairs, the recall troops from the other

—— PETROGRAD - December Sist,

of the Ukraine, the non-interven-·

Field Marshazov LAYER few days had already visibly improved. asking for legislation enabling this Fronte to

there is nothing to report,

FRENCH FRONT,

STRONG ENEMY ATTACK FALS

LONDON, December 21st.

A communiqué says:There is mode rate reciprocal artillery activity on the whole front.WNSTA

A strong enemy attack in Lorraine, pre- coded by a violent bombardment of the trenches north of Reillon, completely

failed.

Tho cremy

left numerous dead. Aeroplanes bombed Dunkirk and Calsir, three persons, being killed sad ten wounded

AUTONOMOUS TCHECO-SLOVAK ARMY IN FRANCE,

Panis, December 1st. A decree croates an autonomous Tcheco- Slovak army in France, the nucleus being the Tebeco-Slovaks serving with French Army

Italian Front,

(THROUGH BEUTER'S AGENCY.}

ITALIAN, FRONT.

ITALIANS RECAPTURE GROUND.

LONDON, December 1st. A wireless Italian official message states:-In the region of the Asolone Front, to the east of the Brenta, we recap tured a considerable portion of the grouud lost on Tuesday,

We dispersed a strong counter attack nt Monte Pertica.

WORKS DEPARTMENT CUTLER PALMER & CO.'S SEVERE ENEMY LOSSES.

NOTIFICATION.

IS HEREBY

on the TT IS HEREBY NOTIFIED that on the

WORKS DEPARTMENT, and before Committee presided by the Director of the Public Works, tenders will be received for the supply and laying of pipes for canalisation of salt water (Extension)

The conditions of the tendering, the Specifications and the Plans of the canaliza. tion open to

to the Fublic at the PUBLIC

Are

Works DEPARTMENT, and in the PoRTUGUESE CONSULATE in Hongkong, where they can be examined all week days

Maono, Public Works Department, 18th

December, 1917.30

RAUL M. DE FARIA B MALA,

Engineer Director.

(1419

"ASAHI BEER.

DAI NIPPON

ASAHI BEUR

GRAND PHYS

SABLE

LAGER BEER

BREWERY CO. TOKYO.

WTER:

SQUARE

BOTTLE WHISKY.

NAPIER JOHNSTONES

SQUARE BOTTLE WHISKY

$30 per case. BOLE AGENTS IN HONGKONG.

-AND SOUTH CHINA.

MITAW BI

FAIHA

し

LANE, CRAWFORD & CO.,

nod from Arz Wins AmoMANTH.

RIDE A

BSA

BICYCLE

*PERFECT IN EVERY PART 2

Mosufactured

throughout, by

The Birminglin Ami Arna Co th

Birmingham, EnR,

Makers of

B.S.A. MOTOR BICYCLES.

₤1014

THERAPION NCI

THERAPION N

THERAPION

LONDON, December 20th An Italian official message statesWe drove back with severe losses in attace the front from Tassen to Col Dell Orso. Sailors repulsed an attack at the Cortel lazzo bridgehead.

GERMAN CLAIMS

shortage of margarine, butter and cheese The tex position was steadily improving, and he hoped that by increased home manufacture the margarine position would also improve. He emphasised that unless there was a fairer distribution of foodstaffs the Government would take over the distribution. -

LONDON, December 218t.

would, next week, lay the whole position before the leaders of the Trade Unions. Generalising on the Ukrainian and Rou

cipation of the Ukrainian Another circumstance impelling the Gomanian South Western Fronts, the parti

the Republic in ernment to make a farther strain on the

peace regotiations and the representation man-power was that they were at present of Ukraine, to the extent of one-third, in The forced to send back to the fighting line the future Federal Government men who had been repeatedly wounded reply also refuses supplies from Ukraine,

which one-third It was unfair and intolerable that such unless cash is SUBMARINE MENACE UNDER men should be sent back while there were must be in Patagong Ma

Commissioners have MANN CONTROLS

men in the country who had never been The Maximalist C Referring to shipping, Mr. Lloyd to the Front. (Cheers.) Undoubtedly, replied insisting that Ukraine challe George said that the margin of log at sch the next few months would be the most sounce its support of General Kaledin

because one great and the Bourgeoisie rebellion, was narrowed, for the losses were decreas trying of the

GENERAL KALEDIN ENTERS ing, building was increasing, and the Power had practically gone out and su

ROSTOFF sinking of submarines was increasing other great Power was not fully in; there

arden would The shipping losses had been lighter by fore, cur burden would be considerable hundreds of thousands of tons than he

THE ENEMIES DIFFICULTIES. The Times Petrograd Correspondent. estimated in August. That was very The enemy, however, also had dificultates that General Kaledin entered Ros largely owing to improvement in the ties. For example, owing to the British toff on December 16th, after six days Navy's methods of keeping the submarine blockade, and German workers had de fighting, in which the Red Guat

Jost 800 under control.

teriorated physically, horce the output Filed and 1,000 wounded. *** Proceeding, Mr. Lloyd George said the of Germany per man had decreased by The Maximalist lenders took refuge on aggregate British shipbuilding in 1917 thirty-three per cent., as compared with the warships which attempted to leave the exceeded the record year of 1913. (Cheers.) the first year of the war, France's losses river, but the cruiser Kolkida stranded The fact that the destruction of German wore undoubtedly, very severe. Italy's and was prevented from reaching the sen submarines had stealily increased in 1917 losses, despite the reverses, were not com- by the Cossack artillery.. was remarkably encouraging, because it parable with this losses of Austria,

FREE GERMANS IN PETROGRAD. showed that the Admiralty and the Ship- Despite our great casualties, the perman-

LONDON December 21st. ping Controller were grappling with the ent lesses of the British Army were not most menacing situation with which we more than one-fourth or one-fifth of the The Daily Chronicle e Petrograd Corres- were confronted in this war.

permanent losses of the Germans pondent states that wagon loads of Ger- The reserve man power of the nations man prisoners virtually free are daily actively allied against Germany was twice arriving at Petrograd, and German soldiers in uniform are met everywhere as great as that of the Central Power in the streets. Undoubtedly, the German and their Allies.

influence is working strongly, and it is believed the Germans were concerned in

the drink riots, which the Soviet declares. to have been the work of the Cadets, in order to immobilise the Soviet troops.

There have been many närents,...

HOPES FOR THIS YEAR NOT

USER REALISED, Dealing with the military situation, the Prime Minister admitted that the hopes formed at the beginning of the year bad not been realised. This was entirely at tributable to the Russian collapse. He emphasised that, despite Bussian activity, the Germans had not quite held their own in the West. On the contrary, they had been beaten in many battles and had secured only une conspicuous success which was attributable to a surprise, which was now the subject of enquiry, The Germans had lost 100,000 prisoners, very valuable ground and hundreds of gung, despite the fact that no dangerous enemy menaced them on the Lastern Front. He did not doubt that if the Losops, December 21st Russians had fulfilled expectations and A German wireles official merenge carried out their allotted part, the pride states:We repulsed repeated counter-of Prussian military power would have attacks against the newly-won lines at been completely humbled. The success. we had gained in 1817 would permanently Monte Pertica.se

The number of prisoners captured be affect the future of the world tween the Brenta and the Piave since MOST NOTABLE EVENTS IN THE December 11th total 270 officers and 8,150

WAR, The captures of Bagdad and Jerusalem LATER added more to the prestige of Britain throughout the world than almost any other event in the war. The capture of Jerusalem had most profoundly im pressed the whole civilised world. A good deal had been said about side-shows But the British Empire owed a good deal to side shows. In recording the events of 1017

history would since first the Russian Revolution, then the entry of America into world politics, and then the conquest of Mesopotamia and Palestine, and the release of the Arab from the domination of the Turk

A further Germana oficial report says The Italians seven times tacked the heights we won westward of Monte Asolone, and three times attacked Monte Pertion They also attacked Monte Sola rolo. All failed -

Μάναι Αctivities,

(THROUGH KEUTER'S AGENCY.] ENEMY SUBMARINES -

DESTROYED.

FRENCH DESTROYERS ACCOUNT FOR TWO.

ATHEN, December 21st. French destroyers have accounted for two shemy submarines between Tranto and Itea

One was sunk with all hand The crew abandoned the other, and the captain, two oficers and 16 men were captured.

General.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

ENEMY'S SUBMARINE

* SUCCESS OF INTER ALLIED, NO COUNCIL

Mr. Lloyd George said that the Inter- Allied Council would deal with the financial econotuie, shipping and other vital questions. Its decisions would affect all potions. This would have à greater effect on international relations than could have been imagined. Up to the present the Council had been a con- picuous success. It had been free of and had helped to remove friction. The various countries had found therein a means for discussing and interchanging Views and helping to reach decisione They were using it freely When the great machinery of this Council, which had already started, and to which Britain France, the United States and Italy had given their best man was developed it would have a great infivever in directing the economic policy of the Governments represented

CAMPAIGNG

DISSATISFIED WITH RESULTS.

LONDON, December 218h Beuter's Agency is authorised to stato GERMANY'S LATE COLONIES. that although it is true tant we are pot

Begarding the German Colonies, the destroying more U-boats than are being Prima Minister said this must be settled built, it is clear from recent attacks en by the International Peace Congress. convoys by surface ships that the enemy The future trusfees of those Colonies must is not satisfied with the results of the consider the sentiments of the people submarine campaign, recognising that it themselves, whether they were anxious to requires assistance.

secure the return of their former masters or entrust themselves to others. The wishes desires and nterests of the peoples of these countries must be the dominant factor in settling their future Governmentace ANGLO-FRENCH ASSISTANCE TO

GERMANY'S ECONOMIC

vealed

FUTURE.

ACUTE PROBLEMS

LOSDON. December Eist. German anxiety regarding Germany's economie fue is being constantly re Lectaring Bremen, Dr. Karstadt, one of the best known speakers of the German Colonial Society, said: Whe our millions of soldiers return from the war they must be provided with bead

But bor

if the raw material is lacking, for ex

example, cotton 1 problem is acute owing to the closer union

and work.

Dr

ILM

ITALY

GREAT BRITAIN'N WAR-AIMS. Referring to yesterday's war-Lims debate, the Prime Minister remarked that sines Russia had entered into separate negotiations, she must be responsible for the protection of her own territory, and that also disposed of any understanding regarding Constantinople,

EXPOUNDING MAXIMALIST VIEWS TO GERMANS.

DON LONDON, December 21st The Morning Post's Petrograd. Corres-

A LONDON, December 21st. dent states that the Russian Staff on the The Daily Neies' Petrograd Correspon Roumanian Front has joined the Ukrain- fans, and that General Tcherdetcheff has

Lloyd George reiterated that we

... LONDON, December 21st. had not entered the way in cader tu - The Daily Mail's Petrograd Correspon- anner a single yard of territory dent states that M. Trotzky has ordered (Cheers.) We had entered the war be the publication of a German newspaper cause we believed that the honour of for distribution in the German trenches, Great Britain was involved, in standing, expounding the Maximalist views, by her word. (Cheers.) The war was the AUSTRO-GERMAN EX-PRISONERS result of the restless arrogance of the COMMAND BOLSHEVIKS. military baste of Prussia, who wore deter mined to force their power on the world. They had planned the war for years; pondent states that in a fight between they were once even prepared to over the Bolsheviks and the Cossacks at throw their own ruler in order to set Tashkent, the former, who were victorious up another zular who was more in sym vero commanded by Austrian and Cer- pathy with their aims They had reman officers who are ex-prisoners. peatedly tried to forco war on Russia, It is believed that a force of ex-prison- who was compelled to purchase peace at ers under their own officers, equalling the price of humiliation. They had tried two Army Corps, is within striking dis to force war on France, who also had to tance of Fetrograda purchase penes at a price that we would not have endured. The character of the

RUSSIAN STAFF IN ROUMANIATM Prussian military caste was exemplified

DAZ JOIN UKRAINIANS. by the Zabern incident. A soldier, if he had a sword, had the right under the German military law to run a civilian through. Let the House translate that into terms of international relations, (Cheers.) Other nations had been civilisa nations before the war and they said: * You have no business in Belgium. Get COPENHAGEN, December 21st. out. The reply was By German military law we have the right to run you through for daring to interfere." That was the temper that made war and There have been numerous arrests, until it was broken there would never be including the ex-Ministers MM. Savin penco in the world, and that is why we koff and Tchernoff. said that victory was an essential con-

RUSSIAN OFFICERS VOLUNTEER dition of peace. It was not because it satisfied some low, vindictive sense in

FOR AMERICAN ARMY. human nature merely to punish, but be-

LONDON, December 21st. cuss wo realised that victory was the Reuter's Correspondent at the Amari- only thing that would give reality to can Headquarters in France reporte, that peace terms. A League of Nations in the officers of the Russian Army in France which Germany was represented by that have volunteered unanimously to serve military caste triumphant would be in the United States Army, hollow farce. (Cheers) The people of

The request is being referred to Wash Germany must be in the League of

ington, Nations. That was why victory itself follow the officers.

It is likely that many of their men will was more important than mere torms. It was because victory alone would give reality to peace terms that the Govern- | CONSCRIPTION REFERENDUM went would at the Trade Unions and

IN AUSTRALIA. the House of Commons for greater powers to enable them to increase the necessary

can. (Loud cheyrs.)

been appointed Generaliasimo of Ukraine.

BOLSHEVIK REGIME TOTTERING.

A private mesingo from Finland oys the Bolshevik régime is shaking; hence the state of siege at Petrograd, -

PARTIAL RETURNS.

MELBOURNE, December 21st. Partial returns of the Referendumi give © a 52,000 majority against Conscription out.

FUTURE OF MESOPOTAMIA AND

AS ARMENIANE what will happen to Mesopotamia and of 856,000, which is a

Mr. Lloyd George emphasised that Armenia must be left to the Peace Cons of which is a quarter of the total ference, but one thing which would never The returns are chiefly from the Anti- happen would be their restoration to the Conscription strongholds Turks.

soldiers vote is not included ADVICE BY ME. ASQUITH

and the

GERMANY'S LAST COLONY,

CAMPAIGN.

LONDON, December 21st. The German Press is adopting inspired attitude that the honours of war with regard to the East African campaign. rest with the Germans

Mr. Asquith, following Mr. Lloyd George, emphasised that shipping and finance were the two most formidable TEUTON PRESS ON LAST AFRICAN The situation had become far more problems a year ago. Now they were menacing owing to two events, during the much more formidable. He hoped that he last few weeks. Firstly, the unexpected the Chancellor of Exchequer, in his decat of Italy and the despatch of next Budget, would make further taxa British and French assistance there at a tion demands There was a feeling, very critical moment; undoubtedly done which bo believed was wholly unwarrant with a celerity which greatly surprised ed, of insecurity regarding loans. He the enemy The British and French aup regarded the State's obligation in this eport was both material and moral. It matter as sacred With regard to ship

had encouraged and bred the Italians, ping, it was for the most vital need of and troops that a few weeks ago were the country, before the needs of the army returning to the panke. The British and sent to use every means to make it clear

och troops, therefore, could cfcim s that we were fighting for security be competed to lover his the and sur erge share in restoring the position liberty and justice in the world thratch Tnet Colony should thus be really ace or the Italian Front (Cheers.) Never free confederation of equal States Anomics must know that the pledges which theless, the Italian defeat made, the The events in Russia showed the nets te ve Bold in Europe will military position more anxious for the for moral accompanying & material camenly do bly previous: Will these pledger British and French war directions and paign. A. League of Nations was the we shall win back the tropical soil we meant a greater drain on the man sroved purpose of this country and the need and intend to have for our future power of Great Britain and Fran

Empire from the very first.–

The Cologne Gazete says There is elsewhere. General How yon, Vorbeck little reason for rejoicing in London and

and We hope that

he should

Stadt declared that completely dispersed over Italy were, and munitions He urged the Govern be time

not satisfy Germany's hunger for

Germany must have

from the

LING rica stretching

Atlantic to Hence Germsay must recover her colonice and

enlarge them. She must also construct emcentis] misvel bases. Dr. Karstadt con- clúded by picturing German submarines operating from Dar-es-Salam as far

econd

our

thereby be made