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THE WAR.

THE HONGKONG "DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY NOVEMBER 22ND, *1918.

GERMAN SUBMARINES HANDED

OVER.

ORIGIN OF THE GERMAN REVOLUTION

EXPLAINED.

REMARKABLE ADMISSIONS BY .“

GERMAN NAVAL CRITIC.

THE BRITISH EMPIRE'S WAR CASUALTIES

LATEST CABLES.

THE ARMISTICE-

GERMAN SUBMARINES

SURRENDERED.

LONDON. November 20th. Rear Admiral Tyrwhitt received the surrender of the first 20 U-boats from his Hagship, 30 miles from Harwich, at about Bunrise on November 20th. The U-boats are going to Harwich in charge of their.

own crews,

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Twenty more submarines will be sur rendered" on November 21st, 20 on. Nov. 2nd and the balance at a later date.

NO WAR ON WOMEN AND CHILDREN.

LONDON, November 20th.

General Sir Henry Rawlinson, in un Order of the Day. dated November 11th, Bays to the Fourth Army, which has been ordered to participate in the occupation of the Rhine-

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I ask you imen from all parts of the Empire, when on German territory, to ahow the world that British soldiers are "not like Germany's soldiers. Do not wage war against women and children; I rely you to sustain the Army's fair

name."

PARLIAMENTARY ADDRESSES TO

THE KING.

LONDON, November 30th.

In the stately chamber adjoining the House of Lords, H.M. the King, this afternoon, met both Houses of Parliament.

REPARATION MUST BE

DEMANDED.

LosDos, November 20th. Reuter's correspondent, in a despatch, states:-

KING ALBERT'S STATE ENTRY INTO ANTWERP.

LONDON, November Sist. King Albert made a state entry into Antwerp on November 19th and was given an evation by large crowds.

There was little sign of damage to the city, or of the suffering of the population

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ARMISTICE DAY."

PARIS, November 18th... A Harsa message says :--- A proposal has been submitted to Clemenceau by a delegation of the Ad- ministrative Committee of the Chamber of Deputies, to make November 11th, the day of the signature of the Armistige, an anaual festival.

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M. Clemenceau suggested that the HANDING OVER OF THE GERMAN festival should be international and not

WARSHIPS.

exclusively French, and that negotiations be opened with the Allied Governments for the institution of a new holiday.

GENERAL PETAIN HONOURED,

LONDON, November 19th.

The Admiralty description of the naval surrender mission shows that the Konigi berg's arrival at the appointed rendervons was considerably delayed owing to her varying the course previously indicated by the British,

One auch variation was in order,, to) make a detour from a German minefield which the British had long since swept up. The sufferings of the released: British

Some anxiety was felt lest the Komige prisoners has caused a great sensation.hery, in the mist, should attempt to enter The barbarities they underwent are com- the Firth of Forth unescorted. pared, with the "Black Hole" of Calcutta Konigsberg dew Vicc-Admiral and other similar historical incidents.

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LONDON, November 19th.

Reuter's Correspondent at Paris says General Petain has been created a Mar- shal of France.

GERMAN BRUTALITY TO PRISONERS.

LONDON, November 15th. Rauter's Correspondent at French Head quarters, continuing his necouns of the manner in which the Germans had treated British prisoners, who are now straggling to the British lines, says it would be Meurer's flag at the tbpmast, the German dificult to over-state" the misery of these esign at the peak, and the white flag at poor Britons, whose only fault was The newspapers demand that the Allies the main.

that they were Britons. **Swine } and take steps to prevent the Germans from After the Konigsberg had nachored off" dog ""were the current manner in which sending off prisoners who are starving and Lachkeith at eventide on November 15th, they were addressed in the prison camps, naked, and have suggested that promin-a motor-launch eruised in the neighbour and kicks and blows with rifle butts were ent German people should be demanded hood to prevent communication with the their daily portion. as hostages. The names of the Com-shore. mandants and officers of the camps con- cerned should be peremptorily demanded It is pointed out that the incident

acutely raises the question of who is now responsible for the government of Ger-

many.

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has not abdicated after all, and says that The Daily News asks whether the Kaiser if such crimes continue the Armistice would be gravely imperilled, as civilised States cannot tolerate savages on

their

borders.

WHEN BRUSSELS WAS FREED.

BRUSSELS, November 17th... The last of the Germans is leaving the city, to-day....

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Our men tell of comrades dropping from hunger and dysentery and being beaten with rifles until they got up and

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A NAVAL BATTLE THAT DID NOT FIGHTING IN NORTH RUSSIA.

COME OFF.

BOLSHEVIK ATTACKS REPULSED. LONDON, November 19th: The statement by Sir Eric Geddes, catled on October 9th, regarding the Ger

man Fleet refusing battle with the British Fleet, is confirmed by the Forwaerts in the course of a historic review of the origin of the Revalution.

The journal says that the pan-Germans planned a great final` naval battle in which Germany was to sacrifics her last ship and 50.000 men.

The Fleet actually received orders to put to sea on Getober 28th. The sailors were told it was for maneuvres, but they intercepted farewell letters From officers to relatives which showed that they were going to battle. The result W23 that, the Fleet mutinied. started the Revolution.

General.

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LATEST CABLES. {THROUGA KEUTER'S AGENCY.] THE EMPIRE'S WAR CASUALTIES.

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TOTAL OF 360.000 KILLED,

LONDON, November 19th. MacPherson

In the House of Commons, Mr. Ian

British Empire's military casualties agnounced that the

were 3,050,000, of which 360,000 were

killed.

BRITAIN'S MILITARY

CASUALTIES.

In the House of Commons, Me. Ian MacPherson announced, that the British

ARCHANOEL November 14th. (Delayed), The Associated Press reports that re- bewed Bolshevik attacks on American and British positions at Taigasondring were repulsed.

Our artillery heaped up piles of enemy dead.

Our aircraft scored several hits on enemy gunboats on which naval guns from Petrograd had been mounted.

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ment says that the Bolsheviks, on Nuveni A British North Russia oficial state

ber 11th, after bombarding, from river boats on the Dvina, attacked our front

and Bank. The Anglo-American intan- try drove them back with very heavy enemy losses, the Canadian Field Artil lery materially assisting:

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The attack was renewed the next day and again repulsed With heavy losses. BRITISH NAVAL DARING. THE DECOY SHIP AT WORK.

LONDON, November 20th. The Admiralty has published some very thrilling accounts of some of the most notable actions between British decoy ships and enemy uboarines.

One of the most noteworthy accounts

Campbell, V.C., D.S.O., who was one is that of Commander Gordon'

of those "

mystery men who gained the Victoria Cross. His name had been pre- viously made public from time to time as. gaining very rapid promotions and an unusual number of awards for heroism. commanding ... Farberongh, which Laptain Campbell was in Maren, 1914, was disguised as a collier, when, after following month he secured a scound. crusing throughout the winter 19 2 decoy," he got his first submarine. The Then in February, 1917, Capt. Camp bell was commanding the when it Was torpedoed. The Chief Engineer, although the engine room waa fast Hooding, very gallantly remained at his post. The submarine was then seen

merged and it steamed past the starboard 200 yards off, watching through her peris- cope. The submarine was partly sub-

The Conference hegan in the evening and was resumed at noon on November 18th. Admiral Beatty was assisted by went on and died from over work; of Admiral Madden, second in Command of men who were refused admission to hos-military casualties in all war theatres the Grand Fleet, while Vice-Admiral pital, being carried out dead from huts, Force, but including the Dominion and op to November 10th, excluding the Air Tyrwhitt participated at certain stages while German sentinels stood by laugh-Indian trueps, totalled 3,050,000, of which Vice Admiral von Meurer was panied by a Staff of four offipers.

accoming; of men with acute dysentery crawling 142.534 were officers and 2,000,000 were

out at night for relief, and dying on the taken for granted that the results of the sentry.

A communiqué states that it may be groand, under the eyes of an indifferent 690,828 mep

The killed totalled 32878 officers and

Conference satisfied Admiral Beatty's

The total casualties for France was 32,800 officers and 527,000 men were killed. 126,700 officers and 2,503.000 men, of which requirements.

In the Dardanelles, the figures were ide

THE FRENCH CONTINGENT.

PARIS, November 19th.

A Bavaa message says: The French contingent attached to the They exploded, at noon, the waggons, Grand Fleet, when the surrendered Ger- depots, and munitions at three stations man surface ships were escorted to the simultaneously, shaking the city and port of internment, has arrived at Rosyth, wrecking numerous bouses.

in the Firth of Forth. It consists of the The explosions continued in the after-armoured cruiser Amiral Aube, and two noon and at night."

destroyers, the Enseigne and the Henry

The casualties are not known; a num and representatives of the Dominions, ber of dead have been extricated from the India, and other parts of the Empire, and debrią, "delivered a historical speech-(which will

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The last of the Germans left Brussels) be cabled officially) in reply to Addresses | from both Houses, congratulating His between four and seven in the morning.

Majesty on

Armistice.

Mayon, FRENCH ADVANCE TO THE RHINE CONTINUES.

Lorvos, November 20th.

A French communiqué, states:— The advance continues, with marked

the conclusion of the The city awoke to find the walls placard-

ed with a proclamation by the acting demonstrations of joy by the populations. Burgomaster, M. Lemoner, announcing

The material abandoned by the enemy is The proceedings were severely simple that the city had been purified, and ex-increasing, also the number of liberated The Peers, headed by the Lord Chen-horting the citizens warmly to welcome prisoners. cellor, with his macs, entered the chamber in a procession, followed immediately by members of the House of Commons, head- ed by the Speaker, with his mace.

Meanwhile, the Representatives of the Dominions and India seated themselves on either side of the Royal gallery, close to the raised dais where chairs had been placed for Their Majesties and other Royalties.

the Allied troops.

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OCCUPATION OF ANTWERP AND BRUSSELS.

LONDON, November 19th.

A Belgian communiqué states:-

The occupation of Antwerp is com

Crowds collected and made their way to the Grande Place, where M. Lemoner: and the Aldermen, preceded by trumpe- ters, appeared at the Hotel-de-Ville, where the Belgian standard was hoisted.'

Belgian and Allied flags appeared as if sion of the outer forts. Troops have also by magic everywhere. The shops were occupied Malines, Eppeghem and Vil- decorated.

The correspondent adds that the im-

men.

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perative need of the moment is to bring 5.000 oficers and 115,000 men, of which and returned to the port side of the honie to Herr Ebert, Herr Scheidemana

and other Socialists that Great Britain. has the power to exact retribution for all this devilry.

CHINESE PEACE DELEGATES.

LONDON, November 16th. Reuter's Correspondent at Peking states hsiang, has been nominated head of the that the Foreign Minister, Lien Cheng- Chinese Delegation to the Fence Con- ference. The appointment is considered

1,500 officer; and 34,000 10un were swers

In Saloaika the casualty figures potania 4,300 officers and 99,000 men; in 1,200 officers and 20,000 men; in Meso- Egypt 3,600 officers and 34,000 men; and in East Africa 300 officers and 17,000 men. THE GERMAN NAVY MYTH

EXPLODED.

BEMARKABLE ADMISSIONS BY GERMAN CRITIC..

the hidden gunpoires leapt to the

which withheld its fire until the.. Then gun's crews

feet. shell beheaded the submarine captşin. and opened a very deadly fire. The first

The Admiralty regard this action as the supreme test of naval discipline. The watch, remained at their posts until the Chief Engineer, with the engineer on the rising water drave them the cylinders They then retained concealed upon while the gun's crews lay concealed motionless for half an hour, during which time the ship was sinking.

and military critic, in a sensational it sighted a submarine on the horizon

COPENHAGEN, November 19th.

H.M.8. Dunraven, in the role of an Captain Persius, the well known naval armed merchant steamer, was commanded by Capt. Campbell in August, 1917, when unhappy

article in the Berliner Tageblatt, die The Dunraven assumed a zig-zag course, Owing to Japanese opposition, apparties bluff and lies which induced the yards, then rose to the surface and opened closes that it was only the naval authorion which the submarine closed up to 5,000 ently, Dr. Morrison is not included in the Germans to hope that their Fleet would be re, w

able, in a second Jutland Battle, to beat the merchant vessel's

which the unraven returned with Delegation.

the British

gun. Simultan The project was inherently impossible cously, reducing Eer speed, the Dunrecen owing to the great inferiority of the Ger let the enemy overtake her, and sent out man Fleet. The German losses in the

wireless message for the submarine's Jutland. Battlo were

benefit

Help, enormous. Only

come quickly, a sub- favourable weather and good leadership arine is chasing and shelling me." prevented the destruction of the whole Dunraven, which was on fire fore and aft, When the shells fell thick and fast, the Navy.

FRANCO-BELGIAN POSTAL

RELATIONS.

PARIS, November 19th,

A Havas message says:- Postal relations have been established between France and the whole of Belgium for all ordinary and registered corres poddence and will soon be established for

instred letters.

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pleted, our troops to-day taking posses THE GERMAN REVOLUTION. 83 submarines were built, of which te were submerged. Twenty minutes. later, a

THE REICHSTAG. ABOLISHED?

AMSTERDAM, November 20th.

of

con.

was urged on all sides to concentrate oned the ship. Meanwhile, the submarine After that Battle, Admiral von Tirpitz stopped, and the "panic party abandon the construction of submarines, but he closed up to 400 yards, but as she was obstinately continued the building of partly obscured by smoke, Capt. Campbell battleships. materials necessitated the disarming of with a gan's crew lying immediately over- Ultimately, scarcity of reserved his fire, in spite of the knowledge that the aft magazine must soon explode, 23 large ships, including a new cruiser,

order to obtain material for sub-head. A heavy explosion aft soon occur marines. At the beginning of 1918 all the red, blowing up the gun and its crew, and German battleships constructed from 1897 accidentally starting fire gongs at the to 1906 had been destroyed.

other guns, upon which one gun opened Continning, he states that daring 1917 fire, and the submarine taking fright, destroyed.

torpedo struck the Dunraven abaft the Germany possessed in April, 1917, 128 engine room and an additional submarines, in October, 1917, 148, in party" left the ship, leaving her appar panic February, 1018, 130 and in June, 1918, 112 ently abandoned

During the last months of the war it

After this, for 50 minutes the sub- was very difficult to get submarine grews marine was inspected through a peris- as the seamen thoroughly distrusted the cope while all the while boxes An official statement from Berlin says Captain Persius makes the remarkable tinuously and the poop was blazing

submarine BK & weapon.

cordite and....chells exploded that the Cabinet has notified the Reich-statement that every thinking man is of furiously stag that it can no longer re-assemble opinion that the seamen FRENCH TAKE POSSESSION OF The Eevolution has abolished it, with mutinying on November 5th, when order next rose to the surface astern, where no zendered an a handful of officers and men lay con- Captain Campbell, with invaluable service to their country by cealed during this time. The submarine Kaiserdom and the Federal Council. ed to come out and meet the British navy, guns could bear on ber, and shelled the MORE DISASTERS IN CANADA while the submarine was passing, sub- Duntaven for 20 minutes. Bubsequently,

GREAT DAMAGE CAUSED BY

merged, the Dunraven fired two torpedoes missing her by inches. The Dunraven. sank the following day, with her colours fying. The crew was picked up by tor- peda bosta ordeals and the very gallant exploits of The instances recited are typical of the the large number of British

#decoys Quizzo, November 20th. whose actions oftener than- A food tide swept up the St. Lawrence fatally for the U-boats between Quebec and the three Rivers. The Lieut. Commander Sanders, V.C. who,

not ended last night, causing immense destruction to Another heroic instance concerns H.M.S. shipping and in villages and towns Prize, a 200 ton schooner commanded by village of Ratiscan was partly submerged with his gallant crew after successful and is now on fré

nctions, finally paid the supreme penalty in sa engagement with a number of sub marinca.

When M. Lemoner took an vorbe oath that he would never forget, the Ger- Brussels, the capital, has now been com- The moment the Royal Party, which man atrocities, the crowd sang the Bel-pletely occupied amid the included Queen Alexandra, Princess Mary gian and Allied anthems, and then went enthusiasm.

greatest and the Prince of Wales, appeared, the in a procession, headed by the flage of whole assembly rose.

the 1830 Revolution, to Martyrs' Squere, where M. Lemoner spoke, recalling the sacrifices of the heroes of 1830.

The Lord Chancellor and the Speaker presented the Addresses. Then the King, who was wearing a frock-coat, rend the Subsequently, the Communal Council reply in a strong and resoluto voice met at the Hotel-de-Ville and ceremoni- After this, the Royal party left without ously welcomed the Bargemaster amidst

popular rejoicings.

PRESIDENT WILSON'S STAY IN FRANCE.

further ceremony, and the Peers and mem- bers of the House of Commons returned to their respective Houses,

The Premier was unable to be present owing to illness.

Mr. Asquith and Mr. Bonar, Law walk ed side by side behind the Speaker.

WASHINGTON, November 20th. President Wilson contemplates remain ing in France until the major portion of the work of the Pence Conference is completed.

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He is especially interested in the point concerning the freedom of the seas. ENTHUSIASM AT METZ.

The Dominion and Indian representa tives present included Sir Robert Borden, "the Rt. Hon. Joseph Cook, Sir G. E. Foster, Bir A. E. Kemp, Mr, W. M

BRUSSEL, November 17th. Hughes, General J. Smuts, Rt. Hon.

Reuter's correspondent at Nancy states W. P. Schreiner, Major-General Northey, that the population of Metz over-turned Lieut.-Colonel F. H. Creswell, Biry 8. the statues of Emperors William the Montagu, Lord Islington, Members of the First and Frederick, and Prince Fro Council of India and Indian editors. derick Charlo

METZ

PARIS, November 19th.

A Havas message says:— The French Army, General Petain com- manding, will take possession of Metz to-day.

The retirement of the defeated Germans is accompanied by scenes of joy...

Generale Castelnau and Mangin, Com manding the Tenth Army Corps, will lead their troops into the capital of Lorraine. General Maud Hoy has been appointed Military Governor of Metz, and General Bourgeois Governor of Strasbourg.

KING ALBERT TO VISIT PARIS,

PARIB, November 19th.

The Government intended to convoke the National Assembly as speedily as possible.

Hatirax, November 20th. A severe storm swept over Nova Scotia last week and caused widespread shipping damage.

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SOVIET ACTION IN BERLIN.

COPENHAGEN, November 20th. The Boviet at Berlin has passed a resolution against the summoning of the Constituent Assembly and demanding the summoning of a general Workmen's and Soldiers' Congress to decide the future of Germany.

DALE CELORDON, November 20th. GENERAL VON

HINDENBURG. The Times correspondent at Constan A Havaa message says:-.

AMSTERDAM, November 26th. tinople states that the Grand Virier, King Albert of Belgium, replying to a The Soviet at Cassel, proclaiming the has formed a more pro-Entente Govern Izzet Pasha, has resigned. Tewik Pasha message from President Poincaré, says Lact that it is protecting General voment, with Naby Bey as Foreign Minis that he accepts with great pleasure the Hindenburg, says he belongs to the President's invitation to pay a visit to German nation, to which he had never

Paris.

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stood nearer.

TURKISH POLITICS. TEWFIK PASHA FORMS ANOTHER GOVERNMENT.

ter;

Enver Bey and Talaat Bey left aboard a German destroyer. The former will probably go towards the Caucarus and the latter to Odema.

ESTIMATES OF COST OF WAR

SOME DAZZLING. FIGURES.

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the cost of the war, to all the belligerents

WASHINGTON, November 20th,

up to the end of 1918 at £40,000,000,000, The Federal Reserve Board estimates

£20,000,000,000, and the indebtedness of the Central Powers at £90,000,000,000. the indebtedness of the Entente Allies at

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