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THE BONGKONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, JANUARY 14, 1919.

A WONDER THERE HAS NOT BEEN REVOLUTION.

VIEW OF THE MINISTER FOR

NATIONAL SERVICE.

FOUR YEARS IN CUPBOARD. Į THE SOCIALISTS OF GERMANY

HOW FRENCH PEOPLE SAVED A BRITISH SOLDIER.

PERILS OF THE NEW GOVERNMENT.

If there was a means of registering an The war split the German Social-De- opinion as to who is the happiest womanmocratic party in two, as, indend, it Pour Ministers of the Government

in the world the public would probably attended a luncheon as the guests of the Federation of British Industries at the plump for Birs. Patrick Fowler, who with split the Socialist parties in all the belli. her two young sons, occrpies a tidily-gerent countries. The Majority Social- Connaught Rooms, on October 31st, and kept little cottage in Wharf-street, a little dealt with industrial conditions after the out-of-the-way thoroughfare in the ancient, under the leadership of Scheidemann, Sudekum, David, and Ebert, accepted the war Sir Auckland Geddes, the Minister and royal borough of Devizes.

Natal of

Bervice, described the health

Mrs. Fowler said farewell to her bus Junker contention that Germany wha of the Country 25 bad

and said we had band, a gallant bussar, at Aldershot in more interest in the pedigree stocks 1914, just as the storm of savagery broke fighting a war of defence. They rallied to the Government, supported the war of cattle, sheep, and pigs than we had over Europe, and since then the only in the great pedigree of our stock which communication be has received from his credits in the Reichstag, palliated the was the British nation. Dr. Addison, was a postcard written on the Sold! Minister

of Reconstruction,

followed

and addressed to her at the quarters she excesses in Belgium as necessities of war, the great Hampshire and their leaders have been the constant with a speech in which he referred to the then ecoupied

Lettere she had addressed to qucation of industries after the war being garrison. freed fro:n State control, and pointed to her husband never reached bira, and the and valuable apologists of German policy and German methods It was asserted by the value of an industrial armistice solitary Beld card, a few days after he

arrived in France, is all the tangible the French Sucialists and by English during the

to the Colonies, proof that she has had that he ever landed

She Socialists like Mr. H. M. Byndn.an that ID that grief-stricken country.

Lary

to the Board of Trade, were also including the War Office, but still no aese. and there was a large attend-till, eventually, in March two years ago, present, and ance of members of the federation. the War Department informed her that no trace could be forud of the missing Sir Vincent Caillard, who presided, in proposing "

Our Guests," said the fede soldier, who must therefore be presumed of about ration hoped to help the Government to have fallen in netion on for the national good in the work of August. 20th, 1914.

They (Hear, hear) reconstruction. would like to

transition

and Mr. Wardle,

period.

M

Bewine, Under Be parliamentary Beert inquired of everyone and everywhere, without the support of the Scheidemann

struction.

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Faction the Kaiser would not have dared to provoke war, asid the German Majority have been bitterly denouneed as traitors to the International."

The

The war, however, was apposed from the beginning by the Minority Socialists let by Herr Liebknecht, the son of one of the Jounders of German Social Democracy, Herr Ledebour, and Herr Hanse. Minority has always agreed with the Allied peoples in regarding the war na R deliberate bid for world domination by the Kaiser and the Pan-Germans. voted againet war credits, and many of ite leaders, including Herr Liebknecht, have been imprisoned,

HATE OF RAIBERISM.

in 1914 the Socialist party had over B million paying members. It could, how ever, count on the votes of four times that number of electors. The party was the only political body in Germany tlunt steadily fought autocracy, and it there fore received the clettural support of large sections of Germans who hated Kaiserism but had no enthusiasm for Marxism. This large mugwump support turally From the affected the party's policy. British point of view the German Social Deanocrats have been, as practical politi cians, little more than moderate Radirals. While Berr Bebet lived the party held When he died differences be together. came more obvious, and the war efficted definite cleavage between the right of the party and the left

The death certificate" Was dated to hear what the intention March, 1916, after which the Government of the Government was with reference allowed the full pay for six weeks, and to the control of industry, which they then a widow's pension, with an allow. children believed ought to be relaxed as quickly ance for the two orphaned order that

Still the widow clung to the faint as possible after the war, in the industry of the country might have hope that one day her husband would be found, but that slender hope was scattered that free play which was its life-blood to the four winds in the autumn of the representatives in the Reichstax have

blame year, when she received (Hear, hour.) With regard to

Ation, the whole of the federation re muniention from the soldier's captain cognised that one of its first and great which seemed to establish the question est aims immediately after the war was beyond all doubt; it gave the probable to employ the soldiers and sailors, the date of death, and the spot where he fell truits of whose wonderful courage and as being four miles south of Cambrai. splendid endurance we and the whole This intimation from Captain (afterwarde Col.) Lawson, to whom Patrick Fowler world were now reaping. (Cheera.)

Sir Auckland Geddes, in reply, re

was servant, blanketed everything: there masked that in a short time we should was no doubt in the woman's mind now be faced by those problems which were that she was a widow, and her chillien orphans. And, as though to entirely aummed together in one word-Reco destroy any uncertainty, she received her

One of the very first would

husband's long-service and good conduct be the guaranteeing of the peace which medals from the War Office. He was an had won. The only thing that seemed old soldier, having jointed the Hussars to him to be possible to guarantee the in Dublin in 1896, so that he has now 22 peace of the world was an alliance of years' continuous service to his credit.

The strength of strong free nations.

After these years of agonising unver that alliance would depend upon the sainty, words fail to convey the delirious strength of individual nations and

joy in that little home when the wife therefore we must see that after the was learned that her busband is alive and Britain was strong in all that made & well. The dramatic message reached the nation really strong. Right at the basis distracted wife and mother through the of the strength of the nation must be good offices of Lady Lawson, who lives in the feeling of the mass of the people London. It is difficult to say which has that they were deriving physical and gone through the greatest mental agony weaLal beneft for themselves and their in the last four years the busband, who

citizenship

has suffered enough to unhinge any ordin- children through There had been nothing more illuminatary man's mind, or the wife, who has ing, and no bit of knowledge had been quietly borne these years of indescribable It appears that Fowler was added to the common stock in the last with General Sit Horace Baith Dorrien four years mere pregnant with possible forces when they made their great stand results for good, than our knowledge at Le Cateau in August, 1914. Fowler got cut off in a wood, and was found by a of the great inase of physical incapacity which affected the whole population. He Frenchman in the subquent January in did not know whether they had seen an almost hopeless state from starvation. The gallant Frenchman got him back the results of the vast numbers of medi and exsaminations that had been carried through the German lines to the home out in the last four years. I can assure of his mother-in-law, whom he asked to you, he continued, that there is nothing tend and care for the British soldier. more appalling than the list of some She did so, in spite of the life-and-death thousands of men showing opposite their risk which it was patent she was running names the results of the medical exa sharing what food there was in that little

peasant minations carried out by the recruiting boards Page after page rend

reads "tuber- The risks of detection were very great, culosis. tuberculosis.

tuberculosis," for overhead, in a loft of that two roomed culosis. theh

-one disease after the cottage, German soldiers were billeted. epilepsy-90e

Fowler was concealed in a narrow cup- other, but taberenlosis more frequent board, where he could little more than than all the otters put together. and crouch for days together, whilst at other tuberculosis is disease which can times he lay underneath a mattress which banished Hear, hear) At this mohad been hollowed out in the centre. At ment in this country there are hundreds other times he stood in a deep hole in the of thousands of men between the ages of other cupboard, with a basket, in which 18 and 43 who are dying of a disease were potatoes, over the mouth of the the seal Socialist paper, Parwaerts, ASAHI BEER." that we have the knowledge to prevent, cavity. How his heart must have throb-

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INDUSTRIAL UNREST.

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It would be a grievous mistake to suppose that the Ledeboar Liebknecht Bolstrov ists. The Russian revolutionary section has any affinity with the Russian has always

a sentimental Bakunin was the typical Rny was the Anarchist.

an revolutionary, as Marx typical German. The German Socialist. whatever shade of opinion he affects, is Bismarckian in his love of discipline and hi belici 31 order and obedience.

The German muves happiest in druves. Russian ibinks of liberty as the ability to do exactly what he himself chooses. Bolshorium ha hech denounced in Ger many, tut only by the Schiedemanns, who were prepared even to swallow and defend the Brest-Litovsk treaty, but by the Minority lenders also.

FEW EXTREMISTS

The

There is a small extreme section in Germany, to which the well-known woman revolutionist, Rosa Luxembourg, belonge, which may be sympathetic with Bulshe

visu, but hitherto this faction has been inconsiderable. The German trade unions, have been pro-war from the beginning

Despite the fact that the Majority con- trolled the party organisations and that

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becage AL Government organ, it has been night-times the Germans used to steal growing weaker and the Minority has from the loft und lift" the potatoes been steadily growing stronger during from the very basket over the British the st four years. The membership of Is it reasonable to expect that an suldier's head. It was rarely that be the official party has fallen by nearly natin, of which that which I have just could get exercise-only when the Germans

is partly ex This in Seventy-

Lfive per cent. stated can be said with truth, will show happened to be out of the loft. Then he plaised by the mobilisation, but still more The circu a whole-hearted and unanimous support would stretch himself out by means of aby refections to the Minority. to the State? We have industrial unrest

skipping rope

other and

improvised latin of Voraart, has fallen, while the I do not wonder that there is industrial gymnastics. Until the Allies reached Lociralation of the papers that support ATE

Cateau again those French folks nursed. Lebbour and Liebknecht have risen, wonder that there has not unrest; I only ben à revolution years ago, because tended, and shielded him, whose life they that record of health bespeaks a record undoubtedly saved, and, though their fond of bad bousing, of insufficient food, in supplies were reduced to the narrow limits sufficient light, insufficient air, insuf- of the meal of the Widow of Zarephath ficient sleep, and insuficient recreation they, like her, gave of what there was and

did not run out that reflects in the most dreadful way the barrel of meal

nation. (Hear upon our whole life as her.) The health of this country 15 bad, and before we can

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I is stated that the new German Gourment that came mio power with Her Ebert as Chancellor would contain representatives of the Minority Geman revolution obviously led by the Miority and by the wilder revolutionary spiita.

In Munich, Herr Kurt-Eisner, a liebknecht Socialist who lost his posi He knew per un really the question of control. A sound State we have got to do all we fectly well that it was essential to the tiffon the staff of Forwarts because he can to put that health right. It will take

restoration of our great industries that the war, is at the head of the

prisional Bavarian Gvernment. they should be freed from contral ordera Hburg and Bremen, Herren Hanse and more than a generation, but we can

arliest (Rear hear.) Only if production at the

possible moment, and was carried forward on an enormous investigation which they were making Lidknecha have taken charge. It is the that bas directed, if it has not deale would we be able to meet the cost into supplies would be directed towards

the empire. It is, therefore, at behoved everyone to break with any were advised it was safe the materials ledt possible that the Minority inders

which were now controlled. economic past he had got, and faen the and suppe wished they could see decline to join the Ebert Govern future in the light of the problems of the (Bear, hear.) future. He had a drenan-it might be a an industrial armistice during the trant. They are for an out-and-out clean swep, and Ebert's Government is, there perio

convinced if we should form a could achieve an industrial armistice, not too were.- Express. Centre. or, as had been suggested, during that period there would be an era

hat of Commonwealth party," Anima

Referring again which they had never experienced before ATUITIES FOR OUR FIGHTERS.

of prosperity for British macafacturers appealed to him most. to the health of the country, he said wn unless daring the war. (Laughter.) had taken more interent in the pedigree The demands for machinery and for re- stocks cattle, sheep, and pigs than we

Aloration were prodigious, and there

The following appears in the Daily hnd in the great pedigree of our stock.

would be any customers for Beitiab which was the British uation. If we re-goods. The snxiety which they had was hic, dated 21st November, 1918

Chanter of the Exchequer turned to the old system of partic, we in the transition period

bounces that a

a special gratuity will bo Aupport that he hoped they would should drift. inevitably on to the rocka and instead of finding in

in peace a great them when they proposed exceptional able to the warrant officers, non-com

They

could not hape, nored officers and men of the Army opportunity for strengthening the antion measures.

Royal Air Force. they desire (3 go back a and improving its power for good, we did

The private who has served oversCIA should and disaster. (Hour, bear.) snips of tho methods winch ahackled

of the war and the cost of peace. It freeing from contrai as soon

as ever the

popular rising that has de!

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Dr. Addison also replied, and said the production in the past. In that conneet Eb for the first year, with 10/- first big problem with respect to the tion they were confronted with one of restoration of our basic industries was the most dificult and thorny problems cirurly the liberation and the supply of that had ever confrunted the tried Casontin! TAW materials already

got in our duanier," he added. They must, in hin view, keep their

word to the trade unionista. Ho was arranged with the Shipping Controller, confident that either they nor the programme of shipping directed to members of their federation failed to or to £30. bringing aver a quickly and as soon arroguise that the necessition of the fu- The private with horne forvice only possible any raw materials of which our ture required a vastly different system beises £5, corporals £6, sergenals £8, - Warrant olcera £1, and first- the prat industries are short, and I am glad to than had prevailed in Wardle also res £15. The additions are at the rate tell

tha Ministry

Mr. Hewins and quite manguine

plied, the latter remarking that he hoped Shipping their being able to providin, at quite the time was not far distant when instead short notice, the necessary tong of erpatain unforenoor of Labour and (Cherry) Reforesen had been made to (Continued at fast of next column.}

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