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GERMAN WAR AIMS THE DOMINION OF THE WORLD. BY LOVAT FRASER.]

Although there is a hitch in the

TRESS SATURDAY, MARCH 16TH, 1918

THE

HONGKONG DAITE

TONNAGE PROBLEM CAUSE OF FOOD

AGE.

"WHAT BRITAIN STANDS

Britam

FOR

FRY ARCHIBALD

There is a widespread misconception as to the shipping position. ... It has been stated in several quarters that this coun-

THE LATE GEN GROSSETTI.

A ELEND OF HEROISM AND HUMOUR

The name of General Grossetti, who has just died recently in Paris, of an illness contracted in Macedonia, recalls one of the most critical and heroic episodes of

they have served an unexpectedly useful citizen who seeks to prevent &hbour try built in the past year 1,900,000 tons, the Battle of the Marne. A few months

It is absurd to suggest. mans are still aiming at the domination in the of the world.

What is more alarming is that at pre- sent the enemy are drawing perceptibly nearer the attainment of their object The moral of the Brest Litovak gathering is that unless we defeat Germany in the fold in a decisive manner the sacrifices of the Western Allies in this war may have been made in vain.

tain the war

EDT

The

and the

the

TRADE UNIONISTS MESSAGE TO TRENCH WORKERS, m occupies,

and has occupied peace negotiations at Brest Litovsk, from the beginning, the position of the thief steal

that

Britain stands purpose They have proved that the Goring the goods of the citizen's

people of Bri almost equalling the record output of ago (says The Daily Telegraph's Corree d reluctantly and in 1913, and the First Lord of the Admiralty pondent) I heard General Fock himself, This declaration appears in a statement has been quoted, innocarately, as it will on the very spot at La Fore Champon addressed by

by the

Federation of N General Trade Unions in Great Britain, he be shown, in support of that statement, noise, relate that episode. It was on any misunderstand. Beptember 8th, 1914, and it was indeed workmen affiliated to the Confédération It is important that any Générale du Travail, the central organing should be recoved, because the funds touch and go. The Prussian Guard bed broken through the French line, but Foch ization of trade unionism in France.

Britain's entry into the confict," the mental cause of the shortage of food and saw his chance of turning the tables on manifesto states, was determined by the queuca outside the provision shops is the enemy if he had the roon. Many of

and not l by warlike

troops were hors de combat, but he Germany's action, ambitions. Hating war appreciating not mismanagement or profiteering, but it trusted in two divisions

the 42nd Division. fully

the misery and wastefulnces of war, shortage of ships. If it is represented

He called upon and frequently attending international that we have turned out in 1917, a large Moroccan Divisiga chances to promote peaceful reistion: vonveniences which we gesnering

between the peoples of different inconveniences we For Champ countries, the wise

yet

British Government sen, and food that does not come into has admitted that she drew the sword and the bank compelled to take its stand whereas the truth is that we live by the anniversary of the Mame last year,

slood to maintain treaty obliga the country cannot be distributed. On tions to. Belgium and moral obligations the one hand, the supply is short for want

France

In 1914 three courses were of ships and, on the sther, the demand urder to gain control of great territories and to subject many millions of hapless obviously open to British statesmen they is larger owing to the fact that the work folk to permanent slavery could engineer a rapprochement with ing classes reached a higher level of Wo are approaching a very subtle that each and thinne mi her, the spoils comfort in the first three years of war danger, of the nature of which the Ger such an alliance might wring

spend about £200,000,000 more than in mens are well aware. It is not going to the rest of Europe; they could ignore than ever before. Having the wages to treaty obligations and leave Belgium and be easy to make the nation, understant Srance, and Russin to their fate, or the 1913-they wish to translate their money that the enemy can afford to relinquish

cient supply and hence the shops cannot most of their gains in the West and still could follow the honourable course and into terms of food there is an insuff btain in the East such spoils as would join with Belgium, France Russia, ml meet the claims made upon them. ultimately leave us in peril as great se Serbin in resisting, the attempt ever. not going to be a light task them to vassalage.

After stating that as the responsibility to demonstrate that it is as important to fight for a free Poland and an uncen for the beginning of the war resta with as it is for a fren Germany, so does the responsibility for quere Courtland Belgium; that if the Germana make imits

It is imperative that the British public should clear the disclosures at Brest

issues raised by

Litovsk. For the first ime Compelled many naked and unashamed

to state a portion of her war aims sho

plunged the world into deadly strife in

to

...any

to

reduce

mense veiled conquests in the East. we Germanance, the document deals with war which has withdrawn probably about

tho

every

both.

zaved

pennowBituation at La

Mondemont. It

explain the Battle of Mondemont, the that won the Battle of the Marne episode which was one of the chief factors and Division was that commanded General Grossetti Afterwards Grosetti commanded a division on the Yeer, and played & crucial part in that battle for afterwards he commanded in Champagne Calais in November and December, 1914. and nib at Verdun, and then was sent Grossetti, who was a Parisian, had to the French army in Serbine M Farisian humour. He seemed to justify

He

to

greater part of Western Kussia, which turned against her tho moral feelings of succeeding years had made the maintenld have been very serious for Lord ix largoly inhabited by peoples who are neutral nution outside the alliance had continued during the war with our chair for the Rosetti called for a

not

tro Russians. They propose that the

of Poland, of Lithuania, And Livonin shall decide for

portions on

Slits and of

themselves whether they shall

under

dom

German control or remain attached to the State of Russia. Note specially the expression it

in the German terms

Prussian

the

сал

portions of Esthonin and external on A have paid for the omission to sustain our

is what Britain atands for: the

This 18 It means that all the shores of the Gullright of the invaded territories to restora of Rigs and the western portion of the right

Lion and liberty; the right and the power thez naval

erin of the world, neling in a combination

eBay

to Germany. You shall not:1 STEM; You shal]

Gulf of Finland, in

including Gernina such as outlined by President port of Reval would bec

become means that the Baltic would German lake, and

And

his name by being very stout. On the MAN POWER AND BEA-POWER.

Yser his stoutness and his humour stood There is a decrease in the world's food him in good stand. This is the story told of him. His men were wavering. # Good

said General Grossetti, but if resources, the inevitable consequence of in

of met claims respecting the freedom 200,000,000 persong from productive you retire what will become

much too fat to go on I must sit of the seas.

industry, but there is food for us if we down. Bo a cump-stool was brought shall still have lost the war, and that

Germany haa Bought

to create pre

could get it. In any circumstances, e him, and he sat down in the middle of we leave an undefeated Germany to judico against Britain by constantly should have been forced to economise, but the street under German shell are and batten on the prostrate peoples of lastern reiterated but vaguely expressed, de there would have been no such shortage groaned about his embonpoint, which

Pr Europe and Middle Asia, she will renew

clarations

Soldiers retreating. Man game of the sword at the sens Germany, he freedom of the as we are now experiencing if we had vented him moving are you going, my the old mad

during the last three the ships to bring us supplies from over passed him t first opportuny liar to the vent has shown by:

very names

her

practices how sens, and if our Allies were not in much children?" Grossetti called out, still volved aro

tish small is her respect for the formula she the same condition of weakness, causing sitting on his camp stool amid the burst public. How can they care about the

circulates

Her demand for future of Lithuania and Livonia and of the sens is the last for the freedom them to rely increasingly on us. In every ing shells. "Look here, you can't leave Allied country the food conditions are your is too fat and blown bonis and distant Karan and still She has not been satisfied with

to Follow

The men stoppes, sur mee distant Bokhara? Yet the effort must to made, for the fate of the waring ports; she has closed whole teas and governed by the shipping shortage,es Bapa looked at the fat general on the

Our situation has been exposed in camp-stood, shouted, Vive le Générall may depend upon a right understanding endangered all ses routes. Not satished

attacking and sinking the merchant series of oficial statements which indicate and went back fight. After that of the intentions revealed at Brest.

of belligerent countries, she has the errors in policy which have bern Grossetti received a visit from a staff offi- Litovsk

Attacted and sink the ships of every commited

cer of Lord French and, still sitting on neutral

and her attacks have country,

camp stool, entertainct the officer. The retreat of the Grosetti division The Germans are now in possession of been carried out with a ferocity that has 1-If the Governments of 1914 and his

the seafarers of

belligerent and ance of our sea power the Arst considera

of tion, as they should have done, and we French's troops

staff officer, asked the Central Powers. That is why in

lim to sit down, and then said, with the Britain most people believe that the free shipbuilding on its pre-war level, we shells still bursting around him tour of the seas can only be insured by and 3,000,00 tons, to the good, in spite my came 1 Grossetti, and that, true to should to-day bave been between 2,000,000 *** Please report to Marshal French that The only thing that Britain, with the of the losses sustained owing to raiders, my name, I am too fat to retire."

Beaks to destroy is the mines, and submarines That admission the Grossetti division did not retire, and

For by the First Lord indicates the price, we helped to win the battles of the Yser.

are now realising, everything dependell now in the Army had been at their sea carrying power, en which, as we Army, Navy, nation, and the whole; Allied cave

asks in shipyards and e engine shops the present year; (b) if the 40,000 during labourers sont to France in the early age of the war, and only partially returned to this side of the Channel, and Allied Powers very small scale In 1913 we built Already declared her independence and the need for concentration on efforts to 1,820,000 tons; in 1914, 1.731,087 tons; in providing sufficient steel for ships as well has sought to enter into relations with destins not Germany, but the militarism 1916, 688,000 tons in 1816 538,000 tones munitions we should have no such

troubles as confront us, which holds even German democracy tinned, and the more determined the in In other words, the longer the war con- the Germans

subjection. Nor is this all, The Germans say that If there was any probability Sof the Russian Army must first demobilise, securing peace by immerhate negotiation enemy's attack on our shipping, the Less Improblem is dis which is a rather empty request, for as the General Federation would not hesi a fighting force it has already ceased to tate to advise negotiations Its whole 3By the end of 1918 we had exhausted is one of efforts to promote to a great extent the ship market, and troops must remain in the occupied ter ritory until the inhabitants have declared absence of inny

communication and consequently the only considerable "the will of the people What sort of vote

Governments of the Central offset to the sinkings has since been four is likely to be taken with armed Germans

Pot of the presence of the im on output. As to that, which haust standing over the ballot-boxes and equot-

of the democracies of the Central has been made in the year which has just ing the votes No wonder that even

the Powers, the free democracies must con closed. On November 1st Sir Eric Geddes amiable Mr. Trotzky professes his

future security is assured.

tonnage for the first nine months of 1917 ambitions the Germans are aiming at

is 123 per cent, higher than in the conres complete economic subjection of Russia.

ponding period of last year. In his this It is to end that they have

incited

later speech be indicated that better pro- Lenin and Trotsky, and their desperate associatce, to destroy Russian institutions

gress was made in October and November and

to undermine the

thon in the earlier months, Couse whole fabric of the State. To this end also they are secretly “Against England" is the heading of quently, since in 1916 we produced urging the Bolshevists to set up guillo a timely article by Signor Ciccetti, a 538,000 (which is the Prime Minister's tines in order to murder such men of member of the Chamber of Deputies, in figures), in 1917, on Sir Eric Geddes intellect, as are likely to resist the spread the sedggero. The article contains an showing, the tonnage of new ships was of German influence The western pro

Germany's never-ending approximately 1,100,000, or 1,200,000, or exposition of vinces, which already hold, are only attempts to divide the Allies and of the rather more than a half of what it was

the ultimately extend spreading a beginning.

dream of Greater spea

effort to that end consisting of the in 1913 the record year under peace con Germany which

of calumnies against England. ditions, when there was no pressure on across the Russian plains and across

the British Army was small and workmen and no Government control. Siberia to the shores of the Pacific. It only in

in the making the calumny was that sounds like madness; but think of what England would

ERTON OF POLICY. they have accomplished already

It

the Russians

It

would be shut up in Kronstadt means RA

not burn and ravage

outrage

ahall

2-According to Earl Curzon, we were able to balance our losses of tonnage down to the end of 1916 by purchases, brüding,

that the German fing would fly at points is far these reasons that the Gene and confiscation of enemy tonnage, though employed for many months past, had been within easy reach of Petrograd and thatal Federation of Trade the Russian capital would rapidly become Germanised Note also that Finland has on the democracies of Unions urges our new construction in 1916 was on if foresight had been exhibited in

in

we built

BELIPH AND RATIONING,

When the man power

exist. They also insist that Germanial peace by negotiation, but in the had no more enemy vessels to take over, Minister has said, be those of the engine

Hot

from

Side by side with these in the struggle until their present and stated that the output of merchant and battle-cruisers, of which we have

to the

GERMAN SLANDERS AGAINST

ENGLAND.

fight to

to the last drop

cussed there is a tendency to debate it in terms of soldiers, but, in fact, the first requirements to be met must, as the Prime

shops and shipyards, and if those demands are not satisfied we cannot win the war. The first element for the gaining of victory is not military power, or even naval power, sa represented in battleships

enough, but economic power, without which both Army and Navy must shrivel up. A nation short of food cannot fight, and an island people of 45,000,000, inhabiting a highly industrialised coun- try of about the size of Norway (popula- tion two and a half millions), can obtain food and raw material for civil, Navy, and Army needs only by means of ships. Lord Rhondda recently remarked. confirming statements repeatedly made in these columns, he is not really the Food Controller, for that Minister is the Shipping Controller working in associa tion with the Controller of the Navy, responsible for merchant ship construc tion

of French blood now that British 4. In November the Admiralty admit Compulsory rationing ennsequently in The aspirations thus set forth only power has developed, it is that England had that we were not between 2,000,000 not a radical care, but a palliative of represent one half, the German aims in will use that power after the war to and 3,000,000 tons to the good, which doubtful wisdom, since what is gluttony the East. They have an even more suffocate all

ompetition, and the mach

the seas is would have been our position if ordinary for one man may be almost starvation for gigantia plan, Heftly concealed

to support the calumny regard had been paid to our dependence another. The only solution of the food

from

view at Brest-Litovsk, by which they hợp phí ti himself is convinced on shipping, but 2,500,000 tons to the bad, problem is to be found in well-manned

to prout further by the collapse of Russia.

in Russia as in Mabommedans are showing &

Bigor

It is not often realised that there are that England is now sharing all her recounting only large ships, that is, vessels shipyards and engine shops, and if the twice as many Turkish-speakies boice, for common 1,00 and the not

The Russian cause, but this has not been brought home is in regard to smaller ships, of which that solution the additional men put in break off and to form small inden dent

to suficiently to the politically less well. 273 have been destroyed since the the Army might as profitably be blowing among the Italians. It is inauguration of the sink-at-sight policy, soap-bubbles, since without plenty of Russia and espe States. In Europeaptrict of Kaza y necessary that it should be under has not been revealed. In that connectonnage we cannot maintain armies now, when would-be neutralists, tion it should be remembered that our abroad or look forward to the American cially in the great the Mahommedans associate themselves socing the uselessness of open opposition merchant navy on the outbreak of war amy entering the field in strength. with Rusdan Republicanism In the Cau to the war, cloak under a pretence of could be roughly divided into two sections And that raises a final consideration. It casus and in some of the Central Asian loyalty their attempts to saboter it and about half being small ships and half is sometimes remarked that there is a States, particularly in Bokhara, they are and the most convenient method of doing ocean-going vessels of 1,600 fons and over great shipbuilding programme on the more inclined to turn towards the Turks. this in the circulation of calumnies The latter comprised the ships on which ather side of the Atlantic. That is true,

The obsequious Turkish tools of Berlin against England.

stay we relied to bring in food and raw though progress has been slow Let it have long been waiting for this oppor

material, and to take out manufactured also be remembered, however, that every tunity They have inaugurated.

goods. The enemy realised our weakness, American soldier transported to France represents a continuous service of about three tons of shipping, for even a soldier needs. food as well as munitions. If that figure be multiplied by the number, of American troopy expected to be in France

"the

Pen-Turanian movement based on finitely more formidable than was over and struck at our lines of communica a series of sham theories which suggest presented by the old apprehension of the tion. Let it be remembered that half our that all the people sprainaren

the tongues Russians on the Oxus. posto a sea-going vessels are engaged in sentin collectively known

war work, and the rest are available for akin. They propose by this movement to here you have, I think, the essence of our civil needs. Thus it is from 30 to 25 link together under

Turkish leadership

the problem raised by the Pan-Germanic per cent, of our merchant ships that the in the spring any tendency to look to string of Turanian States, stretching pans in the Enat These huge losses have to be subtracted, for naval and the United States for the solution of our the Bosphorts into the heart of German schemes must he shattered, for military needs must be satisfied. **** shipping problem will be checked. In Asia. The propaganda is purely Turkish at présent, but at the bank of the scheme the success would give Germany the Tho food troubles which are now our 1914 when the United States mercantile lies the vision of Germany over all mastery of the world, and would involvering are the results of errors of polio in marine, apart from the ships on the Grest The Pan-Turanian movement can only

nly the downfall of Western civilisation the past We set out to see an arthy Lakes, was 2,500,000 tone, the Americans

is only way that is to succeed by a

backing, but in these matters Turkish me on Gen hold our own until Cermans be without paying regard to the noeasily of built 200,000 tons of shipping which is

decisively defeated in the field. That

maintaining our sea powerThe mari index to that country's prowar man aims Persit and Germany and the only way to ARVE RUSSIA, in spite of time country has become a great military resources, Even in war-time miraclesdo

There

drawn, towards such a solid block of the aims not forth by Mr. H. G. WA Mahommedan States stretching athwart When the German Army is overthro the Old World, and we should be con

Eastern question in in battle then, but not till hen, will

German people turn upon their master and rend them in twain

fronted with a new F

(Continued at foot of nest

zi Cbrunn.)

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