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PRESENT LEADERS OF RUSSIA.

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS MONDAY, JANUARI 21m 1018.

OIL PRODUCTS FROM COAL WHAT GERMANY'S CHEMISTS ARE

ACCOMPLISHING.

LENIN AND TROTZKY.

Germany hus, for some time past been Nikolai Lenin, the directing power behind the most recent outbreak in Rus making oil products out of different sorts the of coal, motor spirit, lamp-oil, lubricat gia which raised him almost to throne, the leader of the Bolshevik more-ing and fuel oils, and paraffin wax from ment is described ne quiet, reserved, and this source have been produced-not His chief lieutenant in the always cheaply, but so as to be of great studious. present crisis, Leon Trotzky is apparently service to a country whose overseas sup his opposilo in temperament, carefully

eut off by the British Fleet, (anys groomed, even in the workingman's Plies of petroleum had been completely

Financier)

tire that he affects smiling and debonair, in the face of a situation affecting be late of nations.

Lepin has been denounced by moderate

Efforts towards a similar utilisation of our own coal resources have been made

MAJOR REDMOND'S GRAVE, TOUCHING CEREMONY IN A

BELGIAN GARDEN. PA The body of Major William Redmond,

for a great ideal in the battle of who gave his life for Ireland's sake and Wytschnete on June 7th this year, lies in

INDUSTRIAL FERMENT. ___ A NEGLECTED CAUSE.

BY CITIZEN

War Act, that Labour disputes must be referred to and dealt with by the Ministry of Labour, and in particular by its principal department that of the Chief Industial Commissioner.

The want of coordination between ELOS, AND THE WAY OUTS

NOTICE

NY EUROPEAN, Non-Asatio or Indian Adoring to leave the Colony should apply in person at the CENTRAL POLICID: closely-related Government departments The chaos that now reigns supreme is

only too well known to thoes concerned, tron beween the hours of 9. to 1 FM

produce is well-known to be a grave defect in our Neither employers nor employed, know and a paurbo & Pat daily, dla administrative machinery. Nowhere is where oxacily to go to state their cast and Appleant will be required, be prod

find a proper settlement. A clever trade Passports or identification the grounds of a Belgium convent, not this more evident than in the departaments in official will select the tribunal or persons with certain: preoptions who there came to his grave a deputation Concerned with the sears of Labour 1 the department which will pravo most | remainen the Colony for more than 7 days his countrymen to lay wreaths of honour to a heritage from the later days of the accommodating and where he thinks heure required to Begister themselves under

far from the battlefields and recently

and love upon it, while on each side stood Irish soldiers, Catholics and Protestants, who had known him and fought with him, It was a little ceremony on the outskirts

inst Government, but the difficulties have increased owing to the creation of new Ministers, controllers, and separate labour departments The Trade Union

will obtain what his men want. The troubles aic ust allayed by the multipl: cation of tribunals, Mr. Henderson in terfered in the aircraft industry and forced a settlement, the bad effects of which have hampered the industry to this day. Mr. Hodge practically overrode an Government an urgent demand for the where the boiler-makers on the Mersey were concerned, ad his action led to under one authority. So far the Govern overlapping of authorities and the in

liberals as the evil genius of the Rus. since the outbreak of war, and Sir George of war which touched all those a Congress has recently pressed upon the ward of, the Committee on Production,.

sian revolution and a paid agent of Ger- Beilby, in the report published this week

or emotion than comca, to

with more.

ON OF PERSONS the REGISTRATION ORDINANCE 1816

Forma of Registration giving the par culars required may be obtained at the GPO, and as all Police Stations,

The Penalty for non compllanos is a fine

(58 not exceeding $50

mony. He was the acknowledged leader indicates the lines on which research is over the grave of a gallant man who fell organisation of all labour departmentshree strikes and endless inquiries. » The STRAITS MERCHANT SERVICE of the Maximalist uprising in July, after taking place Of these, the provision of in action, though that is always dement has done nothing. The matter malefficiency in the Shipyard Labour Depart.

which he went into biding. He was reol fuel for the Navy is most striking, But the grave of this man,

Major Willie

not be negleted. Through prolonged ment are a by-word in trade union Bingapore, are HONORARY AGENTS ported to have been in Sweden, Switzer especially as Sir Georg says that the Redmond as he was always called, was delay in facing the position, the Govern- to deal with the recent demand of the of the IMPERIAL MERORANT SERVICE

land and Finland, but wherever he mat aged to find cover he was in constant communication with Trotzky and other One account has it Bolehevik leaders.

The that his real name is Zederblum. New York Times has a different story. It says of him:

LIFE OF LENIN

Admiralty is prepared to take all the oil fuel that can be produced from British coalit

spiritual reminder of the fine faith with which he was called to the heart of

GUILD ISPENSARY Buildings, Raffles Placs, circles The Coal Controller has tried. of the surface men for the same amount, Mombem are parolled and all Members are miners for a 25 per cent increase, and, Grm where subscription and received, now by proceeding without any attempt at coin porta

There is more in this statement than reland in days of great danger and can has passed beyond their control, with re and has hampered every other settlement welcomed az Visitors - "during their stay

ment may find that the labour situation

for the future of the country, you fict and tragedy, and these soldiers Balts disastrous in the present and also standing guard on each side of his grave, The sources of the present evil state on ono side men of the South and West of things are mainly twofold-the ex- puses and the multiplication of depart and on the other men of Ulster, com ploitation of labour for political pur rades in arms in many battles, symbolisedments for dealing with troubles in the that faith in the union and brotherhood world of labour. It would be difficult to of confusion, and annoyance in the nation's industrial life, Labour politicians of the Irish people for which Redmandy which of these is the greater cause offered up his life

have not been slow to take advantage of the complex industrial situation created by the war to ruise themselves into pro

of last year as starting a "department minence. It will be remembered that Mr. Henderson advertised himself in October labour adviser of the Government; he age and invented the ten thus healy

WOULD SHARE TRE RISK.

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THE Elenmahip,

moets the oye of the uninitiated. It will be plain, upon a moment's consideration, that oil faci suitable for use in the war- ships of the Grand Fleet, for instanca, in their northerly station this winter, must be of such a kind that it will not turn solul, or almost so, in the bitter cold. Lenin, like most of the prominent Now, all oil fucks are not of this kind; had to use an alias in and special appliances, requiring steam His real heat, have to be used in the case of some Russian agitators,

oils to keep them liquid enough for in- his revolutionary activity.

Не тая name is Vladimir Ulyanoff. Born of a noble familly, at Sibirsk, onstant use. Even shale oil, got in Scot the Volga, about 1870. An older brother land and used to a considerable extent is was execated for complicity in a plot to inel in the Navy, is not altogether satis Alexander 11 shortly to factory in this respect and there are kill Empor fore that ruler was actually assassinated certain other fuel oils which behave in

1881. Lenin became prominent in the such a way in severe cold that the less touching off of the thines which were the with a future. He came forward as the dustrial affaire makes immediate action Connignés él Cargo are hereby notified: in nineties as a leader of the radion said about then the better sig Irish soldiers and beard how Major

On the other hand, the oil fuel let the Social-Democrats, who insist on th

of the Marxian could be got from some sors of Bush Redmond had fallen at the head of his literal application

nationalis theories, as against the the peasants and their actual condition and from this point of view is desirable that day, and it was our best victory up which was entertained by the Socialist is naval fuel. Recent investigations con rovolutionists, the party of Kerensky ducted under Sir George Beilby have flushed with success, but even thon they povoluto noted book. In The Develop shown that suitable coal, low in grade for wore suddened by the thought that Wille

more

the

I was glad to be there (says Mr. Philip Gibbs) for in the Battle of Wytschnete, after the great bombardment and the

The Minntry of Munitions is the worst. of all these agencies which intervene in created a large number of posts, filled by industrial disputes. The last Minister officers, designated chief inspecting otheers, with other officials under them, interests of the Ministry of Munitions, with welfare and the like objects. They primarily supposed to deal with the

have, under the patronage of the Minis try, perpetually interfered, and continue to interfere in disputes, and have

PRINSES JULIANA" The cost-increasing complexity of in saving arrived from SAN FRANCISCO, created maddies of an almost incredible character by the Government imperative. The way all Goods are being landed as their passed at the recent meeting of the Trade Wharf and Godown Co., Tata, whenes and/or out is simple, and has already been ink into the hasardoar sadfor extra hasardata Union Congress. There must be one, and from the wharvas delivery may be obtalard. **

No Claim will be admitted after the Goods only one, recognised authority to deal

meil on subject to rent a KO AN Ministry of Labour was created in should be the Chief Industrial Commis-maining nadavernd after Similarly, Mr. Hodge when the with industrial disputes. The authority ave left the Godawar, and all Goods trial Commissioner should have behind Labour circles inviting them to bring Minister of Labour. The Chief Indus him the full weight of the Government's their disputes to him before the troubles manifesto was to discredit existing Gov-authority, and the support of all the came to a bead. The intention of the crament machinery for settling disputes, Government departments Political out. and to gain political, prestige for the side into ference in the settlement of dis-

tic view, with greater attention paid con remains liquid at low temperatur men, The Irish losses were not. heavy stages and invented the iden that he was dicated in the resolution unanimeusly Todowas of the Hodgkong and Kowloon

to that time, and the Irish troops were

supplying

along-felt want.” JUSTICE IN LABOUR

AFFAIRS, ⠀⠀ MAN

ordinary use, can be treated so as to wield Redmond was among those who had fallen December of 1016, issued a manifesto to sioner subject to a final reference to the "ti Claims against the Steam

should be mentioned that, whatever hap.

"It was hard luck, raid man after man. “He needn't have come over the ment of Capitalism in Russia this oil fuel in abundance; in fact, this

He Was clcoted to the second Du commercial discovery is likely to rank top with us. They asked him to stay after the revolution of 1905, but wis when the facts are known, as one of the bond, but he would come with us and often done before, when the reaction/ most fruitful made since the war began share the risk of its pelled to go into exile, a thing he had

To avoid all misunderstanding it At the beginning of the pre triumphed. As in Krakov and was is

The memory of that Irish Gentleman tered as an in Zimmerwald, in Switzerland, where satisfactory natur. for a long time to officers, sono lore of the Irish Brigade Henderson, was to create still further sectional department agrume the powers. y released and allowed to proceed to supply of oil fuel, of excellent quality and Belgian Convent. A number of French effect of his action, like that of Mr variably proved an evil Nor should any in which Major Redmond served and Com Russian revolutionists was coine, and that from present sources of army, the general of the Irish Brigade unrest in the labour world vested in the Chief Industrial Commis

supply

officers in the staffs of the Irish and Both these politicians have failed to Ulster Divisions, were grouped round the allay industrial unrest, or to create any already established,AN

grave, and the guard of honour was sense of confidence in their capacity to. After the revolution the Provisional Government of Russia entered into i

formed by men of the Royal Irish Begi do so Labour politicians, like most hand; and, therefore, cannot be expected agreement with Germany by

ment from Major Redmond's battalion, politicians, cannot but play for their own to hold the balance steady and even he Russian revolutioniste

and by the Inniskillings.

tween rival claumants in the industrial world. The workers fully recognise that to steur justice they must have im Anally to some person or persons who belong to neither side in the disputes which arise

were allowed to return through Germany in return for the release of German civi finne in Russia. Lenin horded the party which returned by this route, and social programme, which he has been ud Wer eince was drawn up as

reached P

but the French Government refused to allow his doctrines to be spread after Russian troops arrived in France, and lie moved on to Spain. ning

Trotzky, however, could not be sup- wherever he landed he pressed. They might expel him and deport him,

A GATHERING OF NUNS.

one department, even the supreme tri- signer. It is obviously impossible for bunal, to deal successfully with a case for settlement after it has been mishandled national strain more work line to bo by another If in the present time of thrown on the Chief Commissioner's de partment, the remedy is to be found ine giving him a larger staff, not in handing over his peculiar functions to other or

yocation through for the same radicalism and They have tended the grave in their partiality, and must be able to appeal less competent authorities.

just

be 10th, askman's and Soldiers' Spain found him" #91*

on

inquire into Labour unreat constitut. The futile Industrial Committees to ed another move to manipulate labour for political ends. The Prime Minister advised the Commissioners to do their port was urgently needed Naturally, work within three weeks, since their re the Commissioners were only able to skim the surface of the subject. They were and accuracy had to give way to super- ficiality The conclusions of such an investigation cannot pretend to be either thorough, ur, indeed, just

Among the soldiers was a little gather ing of nung belonging to the convent propage of

garden graciously, not only for Ireland's in vigorous journalistie

hard to

Osake, but because they knew as a god uf and such a serious menace to her peaco the Council of

hid forced the resignation

quiet that it was finally necessary to friend the officer whore dead body Deputies Muniukoff, and at once began to preach and

Times Reclare that he battle. He used at one time to visit the The ve the writer in immediate peace and general confiscation Shanghai him out of the country and was brought to their place after the

At first the Government seems to have

Tcheidze said that awoke to find himself on board a steamer convent, and on the walls of its refectory derstimated hin

revolution would absorb him, round for Cuba While this did not they have painted the Irish Harp and the prohibit did not: there was little greatly disturb his equanimity, he found Bed Hend of Ulster side by side, because Hia gay spirit, and his simple faith, But soon his newspaper, the the field for his talents limited. In of the union of the Irish fighting men. difference Prods, featuring violent attacks on Eng fact:--

influential, and Cuba was too small a country for and bis ime Irish courtesy made Major land and France, became

was now Trotzky's energies. Ht sailed at once Redmond well beloved within these walls, hased on the theory that

Certainly at arst reached out January 14th, 1917. Trotzky the guns were firing with dull distant make him a martyr.

was general disapprobation of his was welcomed not only by the most hammer strokes, there was a silence in there

he began radical faction of Russian Socialists, but the garden when the wreath of honour, extreme vins, but become the wn by the German Socialiste, too Lenders and a bunch of heather plucked by Mrs. to gain e radical pacifists, despite the of radicalism on the East Side and in Redmond from her husband's garden in constantly reiterated charges that he was Harlem contributed furniture for the Wexford, and same roots of shamrock A peace plan house, where he established himself in the which grew on Vinegarhill, were laid of his, advanced in a speech, was public Bronx, and it anused considerable feeling upon the grave by the Mayor of Wexford, ly denounced as given verbatim in a wire among them when he eventually left town and the High Sheriff of Dublin and Dr. in such haste that none of the contribu James Ashe, They had come from Ire and no satisfactory denial was ever made tors were notified, and the furniture was land on this mission on behalf of Jess message of Prince Leopold Bavaria,

left to take care of itself in the empty Memorial Committee, which includes men of Brussilad's accusation.

house for a considerable time

and women of all political parties and of the Catholic and Protestant faiths, who are united in their reverence of this ginnt countryman,

the tolerance of the Governost would from Havana for Now York, which he Ho now while across the Ypres salient reporting against time, and completeness

tre of the

in the pay

and

of Germany,

Neverthless, he gained in power. Sented in the palace which had formerly belong- ed to the dancer Kshesinskay, the fay ourite of Nicholas, protected by the First Machine Gun Regiment, which was con- stantly loyal, be resisted all attempts to oust him until failure in the July rising drove him into temporary hiding, which he appears to have plotted the new

outbreak,

LIFE OF FOOTLEY

To give an illustration. Accusations were made against a Government depart ment of undue delay in arranging the settlement of disputes Careful inquiry whether these accusations were true was needed, but no opportunity was given to the departments to state the real facts and get the charge. Even though some of the Commissioners must have known that the charge was unwarranted, it was the causes of Labour unrest." Corn- simply recorded in the report as one of

ment is unnecessary,

While here he wrote many articles for the Forwarts, the Jewish Socialist paper, and was for a considerable sime the prin

VAITH HE DIED BOK cipal editor of Nory Mir, organ of the Russian Socialists.

Speaking to the soldiers about him, Dr.MULTIPLICATION OF TRIBUNALS, ✨ come under the ban of the Post-office Der partment and has been refused mailing Ashe who is, a Protestant working for privileges for its extreme pacifist at the political union of Ireland, reminded fuds, but at that time a majority of the them how Major Redmond had fallen Board of Managers were not in favour of Trottky's propaganda for immediate while gloriously leading his men to vic real head of the Maximalist revolt, is peace, and, according to men who knew tory He was over 50 when he volun

Trotzky, who by many is considered the well-known in New York, where he work, he was eventually asked to resign, teered, and, though in the last battle, he He was in active relation with both could have stayed behind, bo preferred and the men who loved him. In the bour ed as a reporter for 812 a week in an German and Busina Socialists and to go over the top with the men he loved exile in Amerion, after having been American opinion is divided as to whe- of his country a difficulty he believed that East Side newspaper during his brief driven out of Germany, France, Switzer ther or not he has been an agent of Gert Irishmen were to come together it was

Like Lenin, he uses y since the outbreak of the revolu land and Spain. an is, his real name being: Leber tid. In view, however, of the fact that to be by fighting tide by side against the

A writer in The Times Lenin was necused by Kerensky of being Braunstein

in German pay, and that Trotzky is ap

as a vizier of Leain, the BAYS:--

parently acting as 1 He was born in a town in the Russian presumption that he is in German pay Government of Kherson near the Black has been increased by recent events Ben. He became an extreme Socialist, is said that just before he left last March German Socialist group at a hall in and being gifted with a forceful literary style, won distinction and prominence Harlem gave a dinner to him, not the among the revolutionary leaders before first time he had been so honoured by the end of the nineteenth century, radicals of that nationality in New York

In

Quite as detrimental to the interests of Labour is the recent multiplication of authorities to which disputes can be brought. At present we have in the Ship- yard Labour Department Sir Lynden Macassey offering to settle disputes che Controller of shipping by means of his sphere of interest the Coal, Con- committees tries to play the same role in troller, also with a coramittes, claims the name authority in his section of the Labour world; the Board of Trade a

and for that faith he died.

hands over railway troubles from time to common enemy and not with one another, tempts to deal with railway dieputes, and While Dr. Ashe was speaking I watched time to the Railway Executive, another the Irish soldiers who listened to him, committee; the Food Controller has re- mad saw how moved they were, and how cently been negotiating with the bakers something changed in the look of their in London; the Ministry of Munitions, eyes when he spoke of the men whom through one or other of its newly-crested Redmond loved and who Joyed him and untrained officials assumes the same Then the speaker turned to them, first functions. Besides all these there is the to one side, and than to the other, to Chief Industrial Commissioner Bir Trotsky sailed from

from New York for the Royal Fish and the Thriskillings, and George Alkwith, the appointed agent of the revolution of 1905 Tworzy the Scandinavian port, on March 7th, but sad how i id it was to set his country the Government for dealing with indus lished a book which practically set tky as the limit for the Russian revol was taken off the ship at Halifax by the mon from the North and South united in trial disputes, who alone amongst all these this comradeship by which they would officials has proved himself by years of h authorities, who knew tion then apparently on its way to a fav ourable issue. He demanded the up. There were loud and vigor, protists win the war together, and by which they sucess to possess the tact the experience,

from American radicals at this of social

would guide Ireland together, tinking the peculiar genius, and the senses of Brst Russia Provi of plication the full programme ism, not only in Rusia but everywhere, and eventually and until this was accomplished revolusional Government, apparently anaware big differences, putting self-interests en justice for handling such delicate situa tion must never rest The collapse of at that time of the strength and bender one side and with me confidence in the uns. To him in the long run the final the movement in the following year seut cics of the Bolsheviki, was induced to one God above them striving to do all appeal has to be made when, through in- him to Siberia, but after several years aek for his release The British there to bring peace, justice and happiness to competence or muddle, the other sell- he was released, resumed his revolation upon permitted him to go on his way, their dear country. That was the message appointed authorities fail to come to an given to him to deal with intricate ques ary activity, and was compelled to go "Upon his arrival at Petrograd he of Major William Redmond, whose body arrangement with the parties concerned joined the radical faction, which was lev in the grave there, but whose faith and by that time no reasonable chance is

tions as they should be dealt with. abroad.

At the beginning of the war he was in busy denouncing America and the Allies still lived Berlin, but the radical tebenings of his and scheming to overthrow the Provi. The officers and the men and the nuns writings that were too much for the Bersional Government and bring about im vont out of the garden leaving the Were there no legally established ma- Trotzky has denied that Rowers, and there was no other sound chinery for dealing with disputes, such a

and says that lin Government, which had no taste for mediate peace

guns: but the words that were spoken,well moaning atttempt to meet the com- Socialla programmes, except in foreign he is for a separate penos, parts. He was compelled to go to Suit if the Germans refure to revolt against there but the sullen noise of the distent chaotic situation might be explained as a zerland, but here, too, he found the thier Government and to fraternice

ciliation Act and under the Munitions of mosphere chilly. After a time he landed the Russians the letter must defend the and the meaning of this little song by a plex industrial situation of the present in Faris and edited a newspaper there, revolution. But the fraternising out soldier's grave may travel across the hour. But it has been definitely airl be begun by the Russians wherever po Elamish fields, to the heart of Ireland down under the terms of the old Con

and touch the spirit of her people, (('ontinued at foot of next Column-)

British

sible

his record.

with

It is well that the general public should while there is no need for alarm if the know what the present situation is, and, Government act promptly and intelli. gently, no apology need be made, fare bringing these matters before the en- lightened judgment of the hation-- Dusty Telegraph.

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