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HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, JANUARY 28TH, 1919.

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THE IRISH REPUBLIC. PREMIER AND MINISTERS

REPUBLIC

PREMIER AND MINISTERS APPOINTED.

ALLIES ATTITUDE TOWARDS RUSSIA:

BOLSHEVIK AGITATORS ARRESTED AT WARSAW.

FEDERATION OF REPUBLICS IN GERMANY.

MONARCHY IN PORTUGAL:

EX-KING MANOEL WILLING TO ACCEPT THE CROWN

LATEST CABLES. THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.] THE PEACE CONFERENCE

ALLIES DEFINE ATTITUDE TOWARDS RUSSIA.

Luspos, January 22nd.

A Peace Conference rummunique says that the representatives of the five treat Powers bave approved President Wilson's proposal, which emphasises that the solo detire of the Associated Governments is to help the Russians, and t to interfere with their internal conces3-TEN.

The communique reiterates Trendliness, Tot emity, towards Russia and declares that their wish 18 to alleviate the present conditions and to assist in the restoration of order.

The Associated Cavernnatis abreserved dy recognise the revolution and proclaim that it is not their intention to counten Buce counter revolutionary bodies.

the impossibility They Europe and the world being at while peace does not exist in Russia.

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APPOINTED.

LONDON, January 23rd,

The Sinn Fein Parliament, held a

Premier and four Ministers.

TROUBLOUS GERMANY. FEDERATION OF REPUBLICS ANNOUNCED.

Loxon, January 22nd.

It has been announced in Berlin that Secret Bossion yesterday and appointed a Germany will be divided into a Fodera tion of eight Republics, hended by Greater Berlin, with a population of 10,000,000.

The others will be Prussia, Silesia, Brandenburg, Lower Saxony, Westphalis, Hesse and Rhineland,

Their names have not been disclosed.

SINN FEIN OUTRAGE.

TWO CONSTABLES SHOT IN TIPPERARY.

LONDON, January 22nd. Two constables, escorting a cart con taining gelignite in Tipperary, were shot dend by masked men who leaped from a The main strength which such a body

hands up. They fener and shouted should possess was sufficient internation.

fired on the constables, stripped their ally guaranteed power to be able to pre-

and bodies, took their rites and ammunition, vent surprise declarations of war, compel disputants to accept delay in drove off in the eart and disappeared, order that a peaceful solution might be propounded.

Referring to the constitution of the Council of the League, he considered that it should comprise the representatives of the great nations, not the diplomaus, but influential members of each Government sitting regularly.

POLAND

SUPREME WAR COUNCIL'S DECISION.

LONDON, Janu■y 2nd, A communiqué from Paris dated Jan ary 22nd, states that the Supreme War

No treaties should be passed unless con Council has considered the Polish ques tion. Having consulted Marshal Foch, forming with the League rules.

the Council has decided to send two dole- gates, one military, and the other civil, to Poland, immediately

AN INTERNATIONAL AGENCY NECESSARY.

LONDON, January 23rd. Lord Robert Cecil pointed out that certain International Organisations al- rady existed, for example, the Posts and Telegraphe and the pre-war Danube Com- mission, the Rhine Convention and even

the International Labour Organisation. 11 could be easily seen that certain water- ways and towns would henceforth have to be internationally controlled or free access to inland states guaranteed, Cer- tain nations would be strongly interested The most in a free access to Salonika.

The Assperated Powers recognise accept it as their duty therefore to serve Russia in this great matter as generously. and unselfishly, as thoughtfully, and un

dis V' every important case was the Dardanelles and grudgingly, as they would other friend and ally, and they are ready Bosphorous. The examples of a neces- to render this service in a way that issary international agency led naturally most acceptable to Russia In this spirit to a new international organisation whose and with this purpose they invite every object would be the welfare of the nations

exercising, of the world. organised group HOM

to exercise, authority

or

attempting

or military control in Siberia, or within the pre-war boundaries of European

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RUSSIAN SUPPORT.

PARIS, January 23rd. The Russian Ambassadors now in Paris

Russia, except Finland, to send three have conferred with M. Sazonoff regard. presentatives for each such group ting the decision of the Supreme Council | Prince's Island in the Sea of Marmora, to send a Commission to Priner's Island where they will be met by representatives to meet the Russian parties. They decid- ed to urge their friende in Russia to sup- of the Associated Powers, provided

in the mantimne proefaimed port the Conference plan. among the parties invited, and provided BRITISH AND FRENCH OPINION,

LONDON, January 23rd. that all armed forces went against the

While the Allied Conference's decision people or territory outside pre war Euro-

Russia or Finland or anywhere regarding Russia is welcomed in Great pean where autonomacus netion is contemplated Britain as raising the whole problem to a lofty plane and as a noble example of under President Wilson's 14 points, are

the Conference's impartiality, there is in the meanwhile withdrawn.

some doubt expressed as to whether the The object of the aforementioned re- presentatives meeting is ascertain plan will not antagonise the various Russian wishes and arrive at an under- anti-Bolshevik governments of Russia. standing by which Russia will work out

to

A BRITISH NOTE.

AMSTERDAM, January 22nd.

ENGINEERING AND SHIP-

BUILDING.

ROYAL AIR FORCE.

LORD WEIR'S TRIBUTE.

In opening an exhibition of onemy HE the Agricultural Ball,

BRITISH LABOUR DISPUTES. The Ministry of Labour is calling atton-aircraft, tion to the difficulties that have arisen in connection with the forty-seven hours agreement in the engineering and ship building trades. It has arranged Con- ferences between the Employers' Federa tion and Trade's Unions with a view to, settlement.

BRITISH KAILWAYMEN The Federal State of German-Austria AN EIGHT HOUR DAY ARRANGED.

will also be established.

THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS. AMSTERDAM, January 22nd. The following are further results of the German elections, as far as were known to the afternoon of January 218 :-

Christian National Peoples' Party, 67. seats; German Peoples' Party 14; German Democrats, 58 Majority Socialists, 132 Independent. Socialista. 22.

ELECTION RETURNS.

AMSTERDAM, January 23rd. A telegram from Berlin states that ro turas until last night were: -German Nationals, 33: Christians, 80: German

Peoples, 22: German Democrats, 24 Majority Socialists, 160; Independent Socialists, 23.

Herr Radek has reappeared.

EXAGGERATED REPORTS OF BOLSHEVIK INVASION.

AMSTERDAM, January 23mi

Thy

of that reports

armries

millions of Bolshevists were marching on A Berlio message states that a British Ge matry are exaggerated. No more than Note of January 8th requested the Ger-

50,000 Bolshevists troops have crossed the man Government to refrain from the pro-line, Riga-Dvinsk and Vilna vocation of the Poles in East Prussia, West Prussia, Posen, and Siksia and pointed out that the Peace Conference in deciding the future of the castern fronti- ors would be influenced by the German capacity to govern districts of mixed populations.

The German Government replied, de- it had done everything claring that possible to redress the Polish grievances

sures to restore order.

MONARCHY IN

LONDON, January 22nd

It is understood that the Railway Executive Committee bas arranged to establish an eight hour day for railway men, commencing from February 18.

AERIAL

DEVELOPMENT.

AUSTRALIA TAKING ACTION.

'ington, rerently, Lord Weir, Sretary of State for the Air, said that our thoughts were no longer concentrated on the crashing of aeroplanes, but on the erash d Empires, driven down out of control by the unprecedented and vio- At torious efforts of the Allied armies. the outbreak of war France and Germany

had a considerable lead over Gl. Britain both in military aviation and in the anduskrial field which was the foundation of the technical strength of an air force. To-day the Royal Air Force of the British Empire was regarded as supreme in every. branch of air, warfare. (Cheers.) It had finished strength, with ample resources in hand, the two main supports of an avia- tion service-training and material- MELBOURNE, January 2nd.

being in such a position as would have The Commonwealth Government has assured an increasing degree of supre- sanctioned the formation of a Company macy over all other air forces during

next year

As un auxiliary to the armies 1 eurvey an aerial route between Aus

it had farmstred an ofherent aviation tralia and the East.

service to carry out those requirements which the war lnd proved were necessary for the sucess of military operations Bat it had also devised and developed new functions which experivace had shown to be invaluable 16 the Army Dealing in detail with various branches of the work of the force, he remarked upon the value of the services rendered in observation for the artilers, and said that this was so ficiently cried out that in one month, As R captured German order proved, 13 per cent of the total German artillery As to the bombing way but can of action.

NEED FOR BRITISH SUPREMACY.

LONDON. January 22nd.

At an Impial Air Fleet banquet, given to celebrate the British Empire war victory, at which Genera] Birdwood, Mr Richard Turner, and High fomme sioners Perley and Thomas Mackenric were present, the Under Secretary of the Air Service, General Seely, dwelt on the part that British airmanship had con tributed towards winning the war.

He said: "Britain must reign supreme in the air, in order to secure the peace of the world. We must have one great air

Reet to help forward air traffic of the future. Plans have been made in the

must elaborate detail for the establish-

ment of great imperial air routes." PORTUGAL.

EN KING MANOEL'S WILLING.

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LONDON, January 22nd. A statement on behalf of ex-King Maneset, published in the Drily Chronicle, says that the assassination of Dr. S. Pacs created a new situation reducing

and accusing the Poles of provoking the the country into chaos. Germans. Referring especially to the Hence ex-King Manoel did not expect actions of M. Paderewski, Colonel Wade his apporters to be bound by the wish in Posen, says that an upheaval in that] be expressed to them on the outbreak of province forced him to take military mea the war to refrain from movement in his favour. He was in no way privy to the present movement, but he knows that certain leaders have cofidence in it.

As regards himself, he is absolutely at If they call the service of his people. him, he is prepared to go immediately.

ORDER IN LISBON.

A REPORT DENIED.

WALSAW, January 23rd. It transpires that the recent report of the attempted assassination of M.

Paderewski is useless,

GERMAN TROOPS ON T

LISBON, January 20th.

It is ufficially stated that the city in

The situation in Poland is difficult. It is reported that German forces are being seat to Poland to fight the Poles; quiet. also that 30,000 Ukrainians are assisting.

Austro-German airmen attacked the Poles in Lemberg and cut off the city's light and walÆT

BOLSHEVIST AGITATORS

ARRESTED.

WARSAW, January 23rd.

The Cabinet has taken energetic mea- sures to maintain order in the country.

The troops of sailors and Police in Lis bon support the Government.

A strict blockade of Oporto has been

ordered.

THE REPUBLIC YET?

The Paderewski Government has ar-

LISBON, January 21st. French newspapers generally condemn rested numerous Bolshevist agitators and

An official message states that only Extremist paper which

three Divisions of the army, namely her own purposes, and happy co-operative the decision as far as it applies to the Bol-suspended an

glorified Herr Lichknicht and Ross of Oporto, Braga and Visen, support the Luxemburg.

Monarchists. The remaining seventeen Divisions are faithful to the Republic.

relations between Russia and the other sheviks.

world peoples will be established.

A prompt reply is requested.

A MISSION TO POLAND.

It is

stated that the Allies will facilitate the

PAR18, January 23rd. It has been indubitably established A communiqué states that the Powers that the Rus-German Bolsheviste sup- representatives' journey across the Black fave decided to send a Commission, con- plied huge funds to the Polish Extremiste. -Sea, and expect that all parties will give sisting of

representatives, similar facilities to the representatives, civilian and one military, to Prince's) who are expected at the appointed place on February 16th.

THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS. The communiqué adds that the Plenary Conference, un January 28th, will discuss the League of Nations on the basis of Mr. Lloyd George's proposals.

COUNCIL OR LEAGUE.

PARIS, January 2nd.

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lsland to rent the Russian envoys,

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A similar mission will go to Danzig to meet the Poles.

TO-DAY'S PLENARY SESSION. The public plenary session of the Con- forence will be held on January 25th and will discuss the League of Nations.

FIGHTING BOLSHEVISM

CAPTURE OF ORENBURG REPORTED.

LONDON, January 23rd. Router learns that the Holsheviks are reported to have captured Orenburg. If

Mr. Lloyd George submits a proposal it is correct this is unfortunate ne

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THE BALKANS.

JUST BEFORE THE TURKISH ARMISTICE.

He did not see any reason why, within the life time of nearly all of us, men should not have great air routes to all purts of the Empire.

NEW ZEALAND. CASUALTIES DURING THE WAR.

LONDON, January 22nd.

of communications and back areas, the increase in the weight of bomba dropped was remarkable, for whereas in 1917. it, was 1,000 tona, it ruse in the last six months to over 5,000 tons. (Cheers.)

DEPTRUCTION OF ESRMY MACHINES. Sine January 1st, 1918, on the British portion of the Western Front alone, 2,967 encny machine had been destroyed and 1,33% driven down out of control. The cost is u had been 1,500 machines missing, which included losses of all kinds, and did not represent fighting teses only. For all the armies in the various theatres of war a similar degree uf service had been provided, with resulta junily good, and there was little doubt. that it was largely due to the work car ried out by the Air Foran that our victory in Palestine was rendered a sweeping [and complete.

Speaking of the service in connection with the Navy, Lord Weir said the cha- The Times' correspondent at Wellingtonracter of the work had been more of a states that New Zealand's casualties in defensive nature, but it had been nope the the war were 57,932, including 16,500 less valuable, and had been efficiently Reconnaissances had been performed. conducted by flying boats penetrating from the consts of England into the Bight. itself. and had been carried out from. killed and only 45 taken prisoner.

ships of the line themselves, for the prob len of Blying an aeroplane off a ship's deck no longer presented any difficulty... The whole Air Force had certainly 'con- tributed largely to the maintenance of the bulldog grip of the blockade and to the stow elimination of the U-boat peril,

THE TURKISH RAILWAYS. TAKEN OVER BY ANGLO-FRENCH

TROOPS.

CONSTANTINOPLE, January 23rd, The Anglo-French troops have taken over the administration of the Turkish railwaye, including the Bagdad railway.

RAIN IN EGYPT. BUSINESS PARALYSED.

CAIRO, January 18th. Egypt has had a deluge of rain environs of Cairo have been converted into lakes. Hundreds of Arab dwelling houses collapsed. Business is paralysed. The loss of life has been amall.

THE" KING OF THE SAHBA." AMERICAN JURY FREES WIFE.

Referring to the work of the Independ- ent Air Force, which, apart from Russia. was the only force of the Allies which had regularly operated in Germany itself, ha remarked that it had been criticised as a dispersion of effort. He agreed, but whose effort had been dispersed ? Nop Gt. Britain's, but the enemy's. (Cheers) The

Nothing in the war had caused such a diversion of German man-power and effort as the moral and, destructive in- Auence of the bombing of German indus trial targets. It was no exaggeration to say that in no direction had the Garman effort in the air not been surpassed by our own people. The Royal Air Force had. been criticised for not atandardising ita types. A great dent of standardisation bad actually been carried out, but standardisation, before a proper stage of development had been reached, represent actually fell, and in this lay one of the Madame Le Bandy for the murder of hered a great danger into which the Germana basband, the so-called "King of the reasons for the superiority of our exist

ing types.

MINEOLA (Texas), January 18th. The Grand Jury refused to indict

Bahara."

NATIONAL WAR BONDS. RECORD SUBSCRIPTIONS.

The possibilities of commercial avia- tion in the future--even in the near future: are no doubt great." Lord Weir added "but I think a word of caution is neces sary against the forecasts of those who predict a far-reaching and successfal development in the years immediately following the war. The limitations imposed great, and can only

LONDON, January 22nd. The subscriptions to the National War Bonds issue which closed on January by weather are still 18th, exceeded sixteen bundred millions sterling.

ARMENIANS. ARREST OF TURKISH GENERAL.

AtRgns, January 23rd. A message from Contantinoplo states

eonsisting of a few short clauses of the increases the difficulties of the Russian on September 18th and 19th, suffering and that Kinmil. Pasha, Commanding the the State may be enabled to lend its sup

general torma, then President Wilson and Siberian army and threatens the

British force in Transcaspia

: Lord Robert Cecil, the bead of the submits a plan drafted after conversations League of Nations' section of the British with M. Leon Bourgeois, Lord Robert Delegation, conversing with British jour Cooil and General Bmuts, all of whom

will probably speak.

Finally, a special League of Nations' nalista, considered that the world had not yat rouched a stage at which an absolutely Committee will be appointed to study the

question thoroughly." rigid system for the preservation of inter- national pence could be organised. Even an international tribunal, with absolutely binding powers, was at prosent unwork .ablo.

Ho foresaw the creation of n Council, in which, es in Inbour disputes, influencs and conciliation would be the pence makers.

THE PAYMENT OF INDEMNITY.

PARIS, January 23rd. The Pence Conference will appoint an: Indonition Committed to determine the amount of damage the Germans have done, the amount of indemnition payable by Germany, and to define a possible method of payment.

BIR D. HAIG LEAVES FOR PARIS.

PARIB, January 23rd. Bir Douglas Haig and Mr. Winston Churchill have left for Paris.

The main Dolabevik foroo will now be able to advance along the railway to the south-east from Orenburg.

FINLAND.

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FRONTIER PILLAGED BY RUSBIANS.

BroKHOLM, January 90th.

A telegram from Helsingfors states that the Ruminn Red Guards are attacking and pilleging the Finnish frontier,

OBITUARY.

be overcome by developments in the science of navigation and meteorology, which have still to come. It is my belief LONDON, January 22nd,

that in these developments the Etate must The Gazette contains a despatch from MASSACRE OF GREEKS AND continue to play the part of a generous parent to the industry. I am to have the General Miine describing the important

advantage within a few days of meeting the representatives of the Society of part the British played in the offensive

British Aircraft Constructors, and I hope of last September against the Bulgariaus

that by discussion and agreement with between Lake Doiran and the Vardar.

them methods may be devised by which The British fought sanguinary battles

port to the industry in any difficult time a which may be coming, in order that its lussoB in inflicting severo

assaults, Third Army, has been arrested on

charge of massering Greeky and Armen-existing superiority and efficiency may he maintained. (Cheers.) One thing at dominating elaborately fortified heights, fans,

least I can promise is that all the exist and the ridge at Grand Couronne.

ing restrictions on those who desire to apply themselves energetically to the development of comercial aviation will quickly removed. The general joy at LONDON, January 23rd. the glorious and now achieves has, in the Mr. William Hibberdine, one of the case of the Royal Air Force and the in- Administrative Heads of the Eastern dustry, boon slightly tempered by regrets Telegraph Company, who had been in the that certain ambitious enterprises have employ of the Company for nearly 50 not been undertaken. Machipon tivitet youre, diod suddenly at his office to-day for extreme range work must now be de

* devoted to more peaceful onds, and m from heart failure,

early opportunity will be taken by the Royal Air Force to demonstrate to the world, by means of long voyages from the homeland to distant parts of the Empire the latest and most outstanding example) of our designers' ability, and to show the many remarkable developments that hard bean, uchieved." (Cheers.).

These battles served their object~to pin down the Bulgarian reserves so that they would not be available to oppose the great-

attack which Franco-Berbisn

burst through and led to the utter defeat of the

onemy.

The despatch incidentally mentions that when nowa of the Armistice with Turkey wan received Clonoral Milno was actual)- on the River Maritze, ready to occupy Adrianople while the first Hellenic Corps was boholened between Kavallo and Drama, and roady to participate in a Honoral Advance on Constantinople.

MR. WILLIAM HIBBERDINE.

[Mr. Hibberdine was only recently created a Commander of the Most Distla guished Order of the British Empire.] THE SILVER` MARKET.

London, January and The silver machat du best,