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THE WAR.
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS," TUKSDAY, DECEMBER 3RD, 1915.
ANGLO-FRENCH ALLIANCE:
PRESIDENT POINCARE'S SPEECH: "WE ARE FOR
EVER UNITED."
BRITISH PREMIER ON PEACE TERMS: *SUBMARINE PIRATES AND THOSE RESPONSIBLE MUST BE PUNISHED"
EARLIER CABLES. [TEROWOH REUTER'S AGENCY.] BRITISH MAJESTIES
PARIS
WELCOME,
IN
AN ENTHUSIASTIC OFFICIAL"
PRESIDENT POINCARE'S STIRRING SPEECH,
Pixis, November 29th. President Poincare, replying to King's speech, after reviewing the fruit Less Anglo-French effort to prevent the
THE PEACE THAT MUST COME.
BRITISH PREMIER ON THE TERMS.
LONDON, November 29th Mr. Lloyd George, speaking at New- castle ON the occasion of the com- ferment on him of the freedom of the City, said that peace must be stern- ly just. After
peace, the Germans.. domiciled in the United Kingdom would never again be allowed to betray this country. We should proceed upon
THE BELGIAN PARLIAMENT. AN OVERLOADED AND
RETURN TO ITS PROFER HOWE
Lasbos, November. 29th, The Belgian Parliament has gone to Bramels from Havre.
LATEST CABLES. A MILLIONAIRE'S ESTATE. THE LATE MR. DUNCAN MACKINNON,
LONDON, December 2nd. The late Mr Duncan Mackinton, formerly Chairman of the British India
UNWIELDY PARLIAMENT. A PLEA FOR DEVOLUTION IN GREAT BRITAIN.
LAST NIGHT'S NAVAL, POA
CONCERT.
IN AID OF CHARITY. An enjoyable concert was held at the We are fighting for the principle that Naval Canteen last night in aid of the public opinion shall control public Trafalgar Fund of the Seaman's and affairs. The method of applying that Marines Orphans Homes, There was a principle to the governance of whole 4p-crowded house, those present including tions was first realised in this country. H.E. the Officer Administering the Gov- In England was lit the candle from which ernment. Commodore and Mrs. Gurner, beacons of freedom have been kindled and a number of military and naval throughout the world. The English officers. initiated the practice of governing them-
the old principle regarding indemnities Steam Navigation Company, has left selves: And yet, in the years which pre- Mr. Brock sang "The Skipper's Wooing."
that the lower pays Germany must estate to the value of £1,791,000. pay the cost of the war to the limit of i
its capacity. This would not be permitted
EARLIER CABLES.
ceded this war, their actual conditions of life in their home-country compared unfavourably with those in the oversea
The concert opened with an orchestral selection by a naval band. following which Mr. Hannibal, who was to have supplied next item, was unavoidably absent. Atrio Serenade" Young (piano) ass R. Young (violin), by Mias V. and Professor Gonzales (cello), was one
the
PARIS, November 30th, outbreak of war said: "It was then that to be punished for the crimes of the The Operative Cotton-Spinners' Amal feeling that in many respects they were public with two violin solos.
The city of Paris gave an official wel Dome to His Majesty the King and his two 6003.
They were received at the Hotel de Ville with brilliant ceremony. The King in a short speech, expressed his pleasure at the warmth of the recep tion.
When driving to the various func- tions, the King was greeted by a crowd as enthusiastic and numerous as on the pre- vious day.
This morning the King left Paris to visit the Armies and scenes of the recent victories.
At dinner, at the British Embassy, the King conferred on Marshal Foch the Order of Merit, saying it was the highest Order which it was in his power to confer on the great Commander of the Allied armies.
KING'S PLEASANT SPEECH.
LONDON, November 20th. Speaking at a luncheon in the Hotel de Ville in Paris, HM the King ex- pressed his pleasure at re-visiting Paris. He paid a tribute to the unshakeable
confidence of the Parisians in those .critical "and; dangerous hours which, with the intrepid courage of the glorious soldiers of France, powerfully contribut ed to the victory of the Allies.
His Majesty said he rejoiced to see how little Paris had suffered from i trials. The affectionate cordiality ü the welcome which the Parisians ha" "given him again assured him of the warm sentiments of the French nation towards him and his people.
The King concluded by expressing his most fervent wishes for the prosperity and happiness of the Parisians, whom Be was delighted to call his friends,
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gamition has voted by 10,139 to 194 in favour of striking during the second week of December for a 40 per cent. advance on current wages.
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a history, so rich in magnificent wat. He meant to see that the men who pages, that Great Britain added an in-treated our prisoners inhumanely should comparable chapter, not only of a naval be mande responsible. This country would and military glory, but of a moral go to the court with a clean conscience. strength, and human greatness.
There was no stain on her records. She realised immediately that hostilities would be long and would demand of the British Empire à gradual formation of a powerful army, and the creation of enormous. quantities of material.
Chanson
Mrs.
theby letting Germany dump cheap goods BRITISH COTTON WORKERS. Dominions and in the United States. So of the best items on the programme. into the United Kingdom. Continuing ANOTHER STRIKE THREATENED. Bays the Round Table in an article on hey were insistently encored and con the Premier asked if nobody was going!
the Bettor Government of the Caited tributed a familiar Bacarolle by Offenbach, Kingdom. LONDON, November 30th.
AFT Canavan, in a lady's costume, next DOCETUL BLESSINGS OF FREEDOM, More disquieting still, it says, was the Kennett made her bow to the Hongkong
Jang Just as the sun goes down. worse than those of peoples whose rulers Louis XIII. openly denied the doctrine of popular
Chanson and Parane Comperun
and blessings of freedom bring either
Kreisler. What spiritual life could the was extremely good, but
Her technique
her the would have been
item millions in these Islands who were under had her violin.
Letter appreciated fed, under-clothed and under-housed, ale pain, however, that she is a very been more resonant. The vote of the Card-roomers' Amal to the
gorged with an averbund: accomplished violinist, and is a distinct gamation also shows a large majority in work had not been remodelled to fit vast
ance of material things? The social frame acquisition to local musical talent. The favour of a strike for a similar advance.to satisfy juster conceptions of the duty ber, and proved himself a pianist of no
and far-reaching changes in life, nor yet of the two.
was the more appealing item Mr. Kennett accompanied The employers have offered an advance owed by each to all Whole classes were mean merit of 10 per cent. on pre-war wages.
living in a state which offended an have provided a song was absent owing Mrs. Jennings, who was to awakening public conscience...
to indispositiou. The first part of the THE INFLUENZA SCOURGE The blame for these evils could not be Partida,"
programme closed with the song "La. located or assigned to any one man er
in Spanish, by Mr. E. G. FIFTY THOUSAND DEATHS" IN
Anderson body of men. No candid person believed good baritone, and was encored taree He possesses an unusually that the prevalent evils could be cured time and in response to the third encore, SOUTH AFRICA
without invoking the aid, guidance and he sang the well-known" Trumpeter." CAPE TOWN, November 29th.
Authority of the State. 'The defects of After another. selection by the social fabric were such as nothing band, Mr. Robert Sutherland kept the authoritatively estimated that short of corporated action could redress, house in roars of laughter for some there were 50,000 deaths due to influenza Yet no one lelt that adequate action wus minutes with Some Stunte
in sight or indeed that the Government involved the imitation of a lady's voice. Yong that in South Africa during the recent epide the principle of self-government were he said, some 10 years ago. A song by
in motion. The
people arst dedicated to tion of a sleight-of-hand performance of, signally failing to do justice between class and class, or to prove themselves by Miss Vivienne Young, who was accom- Mr. Brock came next. The Toë Dance masters of their own fate.
Mi: Lloyd George said he did not wish to pursue any policy of vengeance when the war was over; but we must so act. now,
that men, who in the future might feel tempted to follow the example of those rulers, who plunged the world into
The enormous nature of the task had not frightened her in the least. She had, will know what is awaiting them called to the work of war all her
at the end of it. Whoever devastated Dominions and Colonies, and from, one another's land ought to be responsible end of the world to the other the cry
for it and should be punished for damage of love was the reply.
inflicted. If no one was going to bể
It
LOOK TO THE ROOTS.
a naval
He did not know of a finer spectacle made responsible for war, all be conlabong Europeans and coloured people of this country was capable of setting it As an excore De gave an excellent imita-
than of peoples stattered all over the face of the earth rising at the same moment, with the same spirit, in order to fly to the Mother-country's aid.
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What noble recompense has the spirit of liberty, which has always inspired the administration of the British Empire, received in this universal fidelity Enlarged by all these contingents the armies of Great Britain have, during the whole war, gained in experience and improved their tactics in warfare and paved the way by more striking successes
for that marvellous series of victories which compelled the enemy to solicit an Armistice."
A PERMANENT ANGLO-FRENCH
ALLIANCE!
LONDON, November 29th. Most Paris newspapers regard the speeches of H.M. the King and President Poincare as foreshadowing
a permanent Anglo-French alliance.
The King this morning received, at the British Em Bassy, a number of British soldiers on leave. PARIS, November 29th.
His Majesty lunched at the Foreign Ministry.
WE ARE FOR EVER UNITED.”
A Havas message may- With unmeasured warmth of feeling
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The King and President Poincare
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THE SILVER MARKET.
LONDON, November 30th. The silver, market is quiet. `
aay was there is one justice for the poor wretched criminal, and another for Kings and Emperors. (Renewed cheers.): The submarine pirates must be punished. Mr. Lloyd George said that the lares tigation of all these crimes shall be per fectly fair. We must see that the action FAR EASTERN CABLE we now take will be just, fearless, and relentless, and show such criminals that war shall never be repeated in the world's history,
GERMANY'S FUGITIVE:
ROYALTIES.
EX-KAISERIN ARRIVES IN
HOLLAND.
AMSTERDAM, November 9th The ex-Kaiserin has arrived at Maare bergen, near Utrecht, en route to join. the ex-Kaiser.
DEMAND FOR ALLIED ACTION. LONDON, November 30th.
NEWS.
iFROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT:] GERMANS BEING INTERNED AT
LAST
Priso, December 1st.
The Chinese Government has suddenly commenced the internment of Germans of
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a big scale. Twenty large Temples on the Western Bills near Peking are being fitted out for their reception.
Dazing the last few days prominent Germans have been interned, and others will be interred as fast as the Temples are equipped. Women and children are.
Good
their flowers and leaves
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very
government is in trath no sub-anied by the naval band, was perform- stitute for self-government. Yet institused in that young lady's usual graceful tions purporting to be free must style. Miss Gladys Brock then rendered be judged by something more than A Birtaday Song" and showed that
Where the she has fruits of justice and good living fail, it Mr. Canavan
promising voice. is time to look to the roots.
Wag responsible The chances another comic song which way well for are that the real sop of public control received. A. P. M, is ceasing to flow.
Lewis two Indian love songs, his powerful .. Long baritone being heard to advantage. Misses Ruby and Rosebud Young
FOR THE FIRST TIME.
of life are distriknd the necessaries cello solo Simple. Aveu "
the
Izowient
CANTON
wag much
NEWS.
[BY COURTESY OF THE “ SAN. PO.").
CHUNG NGOI
THE PRESIDENT AND THE EX-PREMIER,
CANTON, December 2nd.
For the moment war hasstrangely abated some of the evils which afflicted were much applauded for the elegant this country. Its borrors have awakened manner, in which they danced the the public conscience. For the first time horn-pipe and the sand-jig. Mr. Allen's in the history of ence to social justice. A wholesale con talent which it is hoped, will not be lost with me refer-enjoyed. The Concert revealed some new sumption of capital is producing a fun-sight of in future cetertainments, 2010 Pros We are for t a people
to div
divide and devour our secd But this aggravate the difcutieiet plenty will dangers which will follow the peace for reform, for 'wide and far-reaching
The p
Feed adjustments in the law and machinery than before the war. of governments, will be tenfold greater done will be infinitely heavier, and whe- The work to be
be able to effect these changes becomes ther the power of public opinion will a question more urgent than ever.
So far the answer given to the question
HOLLAND'S ATTITUDE RESENTED. issue a mandate. But the question wha Tochuns in Peking are endeavouring to
of extending the franchise, of ing the number of people qualified to the Anlu Society and the warlike Allied resentment to the Dutch is re-ment can give effect to their mandates, Bhih-chans pie Tuan Chiqui in he ther the existing machinery of govern- put the ex-Premier Han flected here by the "Allies bringing pres dates are really required has scarcely been aident shall allow them; (1) to re- or even raise the points upon which man- Tuchuns have demanded that the Pre- sure to bear on the President to cancel, asked and has certainly as yet received organise their armies; (2) to raise money at the last moment, neatral Ministers'
nq answer. And yet the question is, no
for military expenditure; (3) to elect the on Friday night.
tarily.
THE GREAT QUESTION.
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Following upon the statement that the President and the ex-Premier are at variance, comes a telegraphic message
The French papers are unanimous in accompanying their male relatives volui has been the old and well worn from Peking stating that the members of urging that immediate, action be taken by the Allies, and that the Kaiser be handed over by Holland,
According to the Daily News, the Kaiser is contemplating an early return to Germany.
new one.
the French nation, represented by Paris attended a reception at the Town Hall It is suggested that, as a temporary invitations to the Presidential banquet observers have been noting the fact that Cabinet; (5) to protect the new Senate:
welcomed the King of England and his two soldier sons.
The King came to congratulatë “the President of the Republic on the end of the war, "the great victories, and the strangle-bold of the invincible Navy.
The full signifiences of the visit was found in the exchange of the tosets at the State banquet. President Poincare, in an eloquent speech, declared that an alliance such as that between France and -England must, continue for human progress. "Together we have suffered, together we have fought,
together we bave vanquished. We are for ever united."
in the afternoon, and a banquet held at the British Embassy in the enening.
After "visiting British troops, His Majesty and the Princes are going to Brussels to visit their Belgian Majestics.
MARSHAL FOCH TO VISIT
LONDON.
Complying with the desire of the British Government, M. Olemences will be accompanied to London by Marshal
Foch
ARRIVAL OF ALLIED REPRE- SENTATIVES.
LONDON, November 30th
M. Clemenceau and Marshal Foch The King's reply dwelt on the same arrive in London on Bunday afternoon." theme. The war had created a union of Bignor Orlando and Col. House will hearts and an identity of interests be accompany them. Their arrival is to be tween France and England which must the occasion of a ceremonious welcome. constantly grow closer, contributing to The Allied Chiefs are going to London to the consolidation of peace and the take part in the preliminary peace con-
progress of civilisation. To-day's mili- tary function was not to anticipate the great day, when the chiefs of all the Allied nations are to ride through a triumphal arch amid their troops. Victory was to found a future League of Peace.
The French newspapers point out that
versations.
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THE FRENCH 'NAVY.
SEVEN THOUSAND MEN TO BE RELEASED.
PARIN, November 30th The French Minister of Marine has
measure, the Kaiser and Crown Princes should be sent into Allied territory pend- ing a final decision as to their inte.
TROUBLOUS · GERMANY, BADEN PROGRESSIVES" APPEAL
COPENHAGEN, November 28th.
A telegram from Karlsruhe states that the Baden Progressive Party has appeal
For the last forty years thoughtful Vice-President; (4) to form a NAW Parliament was becoming less and less It is said that the President ha refas- The attitude of Holland's representa- time by a population which was growing that anyone opposing the pede pro- able to meet the demands made upon itsed these demands and has announced in size, and still more in the intricacy posals will be treated as an outlaw." of its organisation
tive respecting German affairs in China, as revealed by the publication of a Chinese White Book today, is provoking this
action.
[BY-COURTESY OF THE "CHENG ̈NGOI
ed to the Badeners to Irto themselves RAILWAY DISPUTE AT TIENTSIN. from Bolshevik Berlin's Dictatorship"
The appeal greets the Wuerttember gers, the Austrians and the Hessians brothers and joint enemies of Prussian militarism and Berlin anarchy, FEELING BETWEEN
NORTH AND
SOUTH GERMANY. The Bavarian authorities have arrested a German courier en route to Berlin from Austria, and seized his documents. The incident has accentuated the conflict between. North and South Germany. REPATRIATION OF GERMANS SOUTH AFRICAN FEELING.
JOHIKALEBURU (delayed). Viscount Cave's statements in the House of Lords on November 20th and
PERING, December 2nd.
there has been troubles between the rail- A message from Tientsin states that
way police and a foreign Inspector of the Tientsin Bailway Company. The police destroyed 67 cars, and one of their number was shot by the Inspector. Rail way traffic is suspended
THE JAPANESE LOAN. It aid that Her Shih-chang has signed the agreement lor, the ten million dollar loan from Japan,
THE KAISER AND THE PSALMS.
When inciting the men at Krupp's to give him a vote of confidence and to fight to the last ditch, the Kaiser quoted, the 23rd Verse of the 65th Fealm:
THE GERMANS IN SHAMHEN.
AN OVERLOADED EXECUTIVE. about one, government to every 2,500,000 the German Consulate the British Con-
In Germany there is, in round numbers,
Following the discovery of the plot in souls in Switzerland one to overy sul has proposed this all the Germans in 170,000 in the United States one to every any part of Shameen shall be ordered to 2,000,000; in Canada, one to every 800,000; clear out. The British Consul has coo in Australia, one to every 100,000; insulted his Home Government on the mat South Africa me-to- every 1,200,000 in ter and has notified the Civil Governor. the United Kingdom 45,000,000 people The Civil Governor has referred the re are served
by single executive and quest to the Minister of Foreign Affairs legislature which have also to control the of the Military Government, external affairs of a quarter of mankind. which cannot develop the power required opened to day and excange bureaux were democracy has but one obsolete dynamo
The vast unrealised force of British THE CHINA BANK.
The China Bank in Canton was re- great volume of that power goes roaring money changer's shops, by its administrative machinery. A established in the Bank" and in "the down the rapids, magnificent, but useless, STRIKE AVERTED. because unharnessed.
ENOUGH TO MAN FIVE PARLIAMESTS.
It is reported that the staff of the needs of the British Isles because those go on strike, if they were not paid, have Parliam,at is unable to deal with the Telegraph Company, who had decided to needs, are too many and various! No now been given two months salary one casembly could possibly consider and The amounts still outstanding will be decide all the questions calling for deci paid shortly. The threatened strike, nor hours in the day. But the House of sion in so vast and complicated a society. therefore, has been averted, There are not enough days in the year Commons is further handicapped by itsWhen our Government has done its beat
„A GREAT QUESTION... enormous size, which is partly due to to win this war and to save the liberties the
fast that there is only one body in of the world, the question will still re- bers ait in the present house, which to represent any interest too wide main why it did so little to prevent the for a bounty council to handle, 70 mom war How was it that public opinion
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ouse falled, next will contain no less than 707in Europe which led to this war, or to a number sufficient to man one central take measures to neutralise their growth t 'utterly to grasp the conditions and lour provincial assemblies.
one of those bodies would be more scope of this article, but one at least the And There are several reasons beyond the eficient than the House of Commons, if for that the time, of Parliament was so of manageable size.
The srowing difficulty of pas is largely responsible for the tendency of measures needed for efficient government awful experience, external affairs mast quate discussion of external affairs was of passing, the cut of the
question. In the light of this British politics to decline from the plane add will exercise a primary claim on the
and more and more from the standpoint Government is busy with the fences, the gue. In recent years proposals have been reform, the arrenes in this field will ac from being able to grapple with social less and less considered on their merits cumulate more rapidy than ever. While. of mere sentiment
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thistles which choke this unweeded garden will ripen End shed new seed
21st regarding the repatriation of Gan cast thy burden upon the Lord, only because each of them would then be absorbed in domestic affairs that an ade.
mans has evoked keen interest.
done an
and He shall nourish theo nad shall not ruffor the rigirtoons to full for ever. ing delegate meetings, a London Breman Petween answering calls and attend has conned his Prayer Book, and writes
than butter, having war in his heart: his quote the preceding verse, which runs
"The words of his mouth were softor words were smooth than oil, and yet be they very swords.
the world safe for Democracy. Thon- decided to release men in the Navy over several thousanda, should be repatriated to point out that the Kaiser forgot to of statesmanship to that of the demagoe of Parliament after the waz. Bơ
tands of Parisians lining the route of King George's triumphal proccasion were blissfully content.
40 years of age, or fathers of four child rem, making 7,000 available for the mer
cantile mari
It is strongly felt that the Germans
If Australia and Canada eject the interned in Bouth Africs, numbering
Germans it is felt that South Africa
must follow snit
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