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THE HONGKONG · DAILY. PRESS, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25TH, 1919.

CIVIL

WAR IN

BAVARIA.

SENSATIONAL

OCCURRENCES

IN

THE DIET.

THE INSIDE STORY OF THE JUTLAND

BATTLE.

THE JUTLAND BATTLE

GERMANY AND RUSSIA. MR. CHURCHILL ON THE "BROTHERHOOD OF ADVERSITY.”

LONDON, February 23rd.

- Mr. Winston Churchill, speaking at a banquet of the English-Speaking Union, held in London, in celebration of George the Washington's birthday, dwelt immense responsibilities of the Latine and Anglo-Saxons, as a consequence of the situation in Germany and Russia.

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FAR EASTERN CABLE NEWS.

[FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.]

NEW CHINESE AIR SERVICE.

COMPANIES' WAR LOSSES. Syren and Shipping. has compiled a Mercantile War Lose Book," which .makes a formidable list. It gives an alphabetical, enumeration of steamshiju PEKINO, February 23rd. dostroyed during the Great War, 1914- General Tengo has been appointed 1918, together with a list of the losses of

the world's principal steamship com Director-General of the new Chincse Airpanies. Amongst the latter list are the

following:- Service, which is avowedly to link up Kaigan and Urga.

It is believed bere that it foreshadows 日 Handley Page

A DETAILED ACCOUNT.

LONDON, February and. A detailed account of the Battle of Jut land, compiled from British official re- cords, finally disposes of the German assertions regarding the number of Ger- mau ships that escaped British gun-fre. 1 states that twelve battleships, five battle-cruisers, and ten light-cruisers were hit, while the battleship Ostfries

He was confident that the Bolshevik another big loan, land was mined. Five destroyers are

The battle-plague in Russin would pass even with-machines known to have been sunk.

out an external remedy, but they must Japan. cruiser Luetzow sustained at least forty. direct hits and was torpedoed twice. Shobe, careful not to allow the brotherhood of adversity to unite Germany and Russia was abandoned and finally sunk by two COPENHAGEN, February 22nd,

in a common hatred of Britain and the i Serious disturbances occurred at Auge-German torpedoes. The casualties of the

United States, He hoped that, after burg on Friday, Cavalry and sailors Luctron were 4,600.

reparation and punishment for crimes BAVARIA PROCLAIMED A SOVIET repeatedly cleared the streets pouring

REPUBLIC.

volleys into the crowds.

UNEMPLOYMENT IN THE

THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS. HOSTILITY TO THE SCHEME IN AMERICAN SENATE.

LATEST CABLES. THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

GERMANY.

COPENHAGEN, February 22nd

DISTURBANCES AT AUGSBURG.

COUNTRY.

A message from Berlin, dated Febru

LONDON, February 22nd, nry 22nd, stales that the Fussische Zei

The Supreme Council for the Supply Yung says that Bavaria was, yesterday of Relief has published a most interest prening, proclaimed a Soviet Republicing report compiled from observations of by the revolutionary Munich Bovial,

a number of British officers, who have which is all-powerful,

been investigating the existing conditions

They visited SENSATIONAL OCCURRENCES IN in Germany.

Berlin, THE BAVARIAN DIET.

Munich, Hamburg, Hanover, Leipzig. Dresden, Magdeburg and Cassel,

BERLIN, February 22nd. Sensational happenings in the Dict tre reported. The man who shot Herr Auer, the Secretary for Home Affairs, subse quently sprang among the Deputies and repeatedly fred at the Ministers' bench. Other shots then rang out from the strangers' gallery, in the course of which, the Minister of Justice, Herr Timm, was hit. Neither Herr Auer nor Herr Timm are expected to survive. MILITARY UNABLE TO COPE WITH

THE SITUATION.

BEBLIN, February 22nd. Complete confusion prevails in Munich where the military Command admits its helplessness to cope with the situation... Sanguinary incidents are expected.

MARTIAL LAW PROCLAIMED IN

MUNICH.

COPENHAGEN, February 22nd.

Labour unrest is diminishing, owing to the firm attitude of Herr Nosko, Defence Minister, whose position has been much strengthened against the Spartacists recently.

Unemployment in Berlin is increasing by 5,000 daily.

The account vividly describes the ter- had been exacted from Germany, a way of rible battering given to the battleship tite would be found for her which would Koenig and the battle-cruiser, Seitz, reconcile her to her changed situation The former was struck fifteen lines in the world. He also hoped that a similar Four of her forward compartments were way would be found for Russia, which flooded as the result of direct bite. The would leave her a friend of Great Britain England and ship settled by her head and listed to and the United States. port, and the starboard compartments Amerios, united with their gallant ally. had to be re-floated to right her. The France, were unassailable. cow, in the forward torpedo tube, wore

INVESTIGATIONS.

imprisoned and only extricated on June THE SUBMARINE OUTRAGES oth, when the Koenig was dry-docked at RESULTS OF THE COMMISSION'S Hamburg. They were kept alive by food being supplied through the voicc pipe. Rear-Admiral Behacke, standing on the fore-bridge, was wounded in the head by a splinter.

are 10 be purchased from

PREMIER'S TRIBUTE TO PRE-

BIDENT WILSON.

ANGLO-SAXON PETROLEUM Co-Arca,

Bullmouth, Bullysses, Conch, Goldmonth, Telens, Trocas.

ANCHOR LINE.California, Tiberia, Perugia,

Cameronin, Transylvania, Tuscania

BROCKLEDANK, T. AND J.-Assyria Fran Maizar, Malakand, Matheran,

BRITISH INDIA LINE.-Berbera, Chil kana, Chilka, Golconda, Islanda, Itinda, Itria, Itonus, Malda, Mantoda, Masho bra, Matiana, Mombasa, Mongara, Nir The Premier, members of the Cabinet, pura, Okhla, Orissa, Rewa Shirala,

Uganda, Unaria, Umballa, Upads..

and their staffs attended the American

Legation this afternoon to hear the final report on the War Work campaign. The Premier delivered a speech in which he paid a tribute to President Wilson.

CANTON NEWS.

[BY OURISHY OF THE “CHƯNG NGÒI SAN PO."]

CANTON, February 24th.

Enemy subjects who resided in Canton DEPORTATION OF ENEMIES.

were sent to Shanghai yesterday. Others who are living in places some distance away from Canton will be sent later on.

THE XUNG YICK LOTTERY.

LONDON, February 21st- Reuter learns that the Commission which was appointed to investigate into AFB Bubmarine atrocities procured sufficient will take place in the office of the Can-

The Scydlite was hit by twenty three shells and one torpedo and was beached

The drawing of the Kung Yick lottery

CANADIAN PACIFIC OCEAN SERVICE. Lake Michigan, Medora, Metagama, Milwaukee, Miniata, Missaaahit, Mont- fort, Mount Temple.

CITY LINE-City of Athens, City of Glasgow, City of Lucknow, City of Paria, City of Winchester.

год,

CLAN LINE-Clan Alpine, Clan Came Clan Campbell, Clan Davidson, Cloo Farqubur, Clan Ferguson, Clan, Forbes, Clan Graham, Clan Graat, Clan Leslie, Clan Macalister, Clan Macoorquodale, Clan Macdougal, Clan Macfarlane, Clan Macleod, Clan Macmillan, Clan Macnab, Clan Macneil, Clan Macpherson, Clan MacTavish, Clan Macvie, Clan Mathia- son, Clan Murray.

COMMONWEALTH AND DOMINION LINE- Port Adelaide, Port Campbell, Port Curtis, Port Hardy, Port Kembla, Port Nicholson.

evidence to convict twenty submarine ton Hankow. Bailway Company to-day. Laertes, Machaon Moyune, Oupack,

Seven com. It is said that 22,000 tickets at $10 each commanders of murder.

The total number of unemployed there in a sinking condition. She was, subse- manders have very bad records and the have been sold, and that 70 per cent. of rister (3,670 t.), Barrister (4,952 t.),

amounts to 200,000; in Hamburg, to 72,000; in Munich, to 32,000; and in Leipzig, to 22,000. This is due to the demobilisation of the army and people employed in munition works, and to the inability to re-start peace industries, owing to the scarcity of raw materials. Unemployment is the most dangerous ele- ment in the present situation.

quently, re-floated and docked.

German battleshipa Of twenty-two engaged, only ten, including the flagship, escaped damage from shell-fire or tor- padoer. A few were soon repaired. Others were laid up for months. All the five battle-cruisers engaged suffered heavily.

The following is a complete record of STAGNATION OF INDUSTRIES. The disappearance of unemployment the forces engaged:— and hunger would dispose of any chance BRITISH-Twenty-four Dreadnoughts, of Bolshevism gaining a looting in ten attached cruisers, eight battle A message from Berlin states that Germany. Throughout Germany, the cruisers, twelve light cruisers, eight martial low has been proclaimed in industries

aro stagnant and · are vessels of the first and second craiser Munich. A Committee of Action has completely shutting down, owing to lack squadrons, six vesecis of the light been formed, including representatives of of coal, while over a million tons of cruiser squadron and seventy-eight de

coal in Westphalia are waiting at the stroyers. pit-mouth for transport • facilities.

GERMAN. Twenty-two battle-sbips, six- Throughout Germany, railway transport seen cruisera and seventy-seven de- has been crippled owing to the enormous quantities of rolling-stock lost since November 18th, while passenger traffic has been reduced to 21 per cent, of the normal.

the Communists and the Soviet.

CIVIL WAR IN BAVARIA,

COPENHAGEN, February 22nd.

A later message states that civil war has broken out. At a given signal (by the ringing of the church bells) a procession of 10,000 workmen, from the suburbe, marched towards the city. Violent firing began and shops were plundered. Hundreds of citizens fled but the Spartacists occupied the terminus and prevented further departures. The Spar- tacists, whose adherents include well- known Anarchists, rushed through the

streets in armoured motor-cars. They

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SHORTAGE · OF FOODSTUFFS, The shortage of staple foodstuffs is compelling the population to live upon rations insufficient to nourish the body.

Mothers and children are particularly affected. Mal-nutrition has increased the arrested the War Minister, Herr Rosa-mortality, diminished the birth-rate, and haupter, who stated that he was wounded caused now disoners. It is believed food stocks will be exhausted na follows:- in the Dict affray.

WHY THE BAVARIAN PREMIER

WAS ABBASSINATED,

BERLIN, February 22nd, Lieutenant Arco Valley (the assassin of the Bavarian Premier) is a member of a prominent and ancient Bavarián family, It is believed that the crime was due to the reactionary motives of the Minister for Social Affairs, Herr Unter Leitner,

who was accompanying Herr von Eisner,

and who was also wounded.

BUSINESS AT A STAND-STILL,

COPENHAGEN, February 22nd

A message from Munich, dated Febru ary 21st, states that all business placco are closed. Tramways have stopped run- ming. The Red Flag wi flown at half-

sobat.

GENERAL STRIKE PROCLAIMED AT ESSEN. COPENHAGEN, February 22nd. At mid-day, everywhere, a general -strike was proclaimed. ;*

GENERAL STRIKE CALLED OFF.

CorEWHAGEN, February 22nd

stroyers.

It is clearly established that, of the vessels actually in action, preponderance of force lay with the enemy,

THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS. HOSTILITY TO THE SCHEME BY AMERICAN SENATORS.

opinion is that their surrender for trial by an Allied Naval Tribunal should be included in the Armistice terms.

FIGHTING BOLSHEVISM. SUCCESSFUL ALLIED OPERATION.

LONDON, February 21st,

A British North Russia official com.

maniqué says:-

The Allice, with very slight casualties, carried out a successful operation in which Segoja, 6 miles southward of Soroka, on the Marman railway, was reached,

the amount roulised will be distributed in prizes.

The 1st prize will be $60,000 the 2nd, $22,000,

THE INTERNAL PEACE CONFERENCE.

The Shanghai Conference was opened The only questions to

on the 20th inst be discussed are those relating to Shensi, Fukien, the National Defence Corps and Parliament. It is, therefore, presumed that the deliberations will be concluded at an early date. So far, however, it is believed that nothing has been decided as the Northern envoys have not the power to approve any suggested policy

ROAD IMPROVEMENTS.

ELBRMAN LINE-Andalusian, Arabian Assiout, Britannia, Bulgaria, Castillian City of Cambridge, City of Khios, Duro Estrellano, Fabian, Flaminian, Lesbian, Lisbon, Mardinian, Palmelia, Tagus

HOLT AND CO., A Achilles, Autolycus, Calchas, Eumerus, Glaucus, Kituck..

Perseus, Phemius, Troilus,

HARISON LINE-Artist; Author, Bar- Candidate, Centurion, Chancellor, Civi- lian, Collegian, Comedian, Commodore, Counsellor, Dictator, Diplomat, Drama tist, Governor, Huntsman, Mardinian, Painella, Tagus (3,840 ), Sculptor (4,874 ), Spectator, Warrior.

EAST ASIATIC CO.-Columbia, Indien.. GLEN LINE. Glenartney, Glengyle, Glenlogan, Glenogle, Glenstrae.

MASSAGERIES MARITIMES DE FRANCE- Annam, Athos, Australien, Bréten, Calé donien, Ernest, Simona, Gange, Karnak, Magellan, Mechanicien, Dontell, Mon- soul. Polynésien, Portugal

NIPPON YUSEN KABUSHIK KAISHA Hirano Maru, Hitachi Maru Miyuzaki

yama Maru, s Maru, Moyari Maru, Toba Mara, Toku-

PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL Arabia, Ballarat, Caledonia, Candia, Macedonia, Maloja, Marmore, Medina, Moldaviss Mooltan, Namur, Pera, Portin, Mongolia, Balette. Simla

PRINCE LINE, LIMITED.-African Prince,

The work of road-making is proceeding арасе. A great part of the Wing Hon The Bolsheviks suffered heavily. Fifty Road, which is the most important one has been completed, and merchants are were killed and eighty taken prisoners. hurriedly building premises on the new Mach material was captured, including sites. Great benefits are expected to fol. Asiatic Prince, Belgian Prince Corsion low the improvements, and although Prince, Eastern Prince, Egyptian Prince, machine-guns, rifles and rolling-stook,

many business men whose offices and French Prince, Highland Prince, Indian shops will have to come down to make Prince, Japanese Prince, Orange Prince, THE RED CROSS SOCIETY.

way for the new strect, are still appeal-Sailor Prince, Saxon Prince, Bolway ing to the authorities to abandon the Prince, Swedish Prince, Trojan Prince, PROPOSED FUTURE EXTENSIVE

Welsh Prince. scheme, little attention is paid to them. ACTIVITIES.

Merio-

PARIS, February 22nd. At a Conference of the Presidents of the Red Cross Societies of the United States, France, Great Britain, Italy and Japan, it was decided to appoint a Com- | mittce to draw up a programme covering a wider field of activity, including ques- tion, appertaining to general hygiene, tuberculosis and also to the welfare and on President Wilson to preserve in un-hygiene of children. The scheme should biassed mind until he discussed the provide the organisation of Aying League of Nations' scheme with the columns ready to proceed to any part of Senate.

the world with doctors, supplies, and

WASHINGTON, February 22nd. In the Senate, the Republican, Mr. Sherman, introduced a resolution calling

Bread-stuffs in April; potatoes in May; fata on March 31st; while the meat The Republican, Mr. Borah, attacked ration can be continued indefinitely if the League as the most radical departure with food, when femine or disease breaks all the milshoowe and breeding-stock were slaughtered.

In certain areas, it is estimated that the exhaustion will occur earlier. Moreover, given normal weather, the coming harvest is expected to yield only half the average pre-war crop. Visiting officers are of opinion that the re-victualling of Ger- many is urgent. The country is living on

A CITY HALL.

ROYAL MAIL-Brecknockshi nethshire, Radnorshire

Byve AND ZONES, ELWWZ Hndoeng,

It is proposed to erect a large building. adjacent to the present Military Govern-Djember, Jacatra. ment offices, to be called the City Hall. It is to be built to commemorate the formation of the Military Government and will possibly be utilised by the people for public meetings,

CANTON LOCAL RED CROSS WORKERS.

FEMALE CHINESE AMBULANCE

SURGEON PARK

The appearance of a young Chinese woman acting as a Bellevue Hospital ambulance surgeon recently created quite A sensation in the streets of New York

woman was Dr. Pang Yuen Theo, Gaughter of Dr. and Mrs. Linghara Tsco, The Canton Local Red Cross Workers Taco, of Nanchang, China, who is

is put- shipped, on Febraury 18th, by kind ting the finishing touches to her medical courtesy of Mesara, Butterfield & Swire education in the United States by a to the President, "British Women's Work

course at Bellevue. Dr. Taco gradu taining the following hospital supplies: Kiukiang, China, and went to Amerion Association," Shanghai, three cases. conated froru boarding school in

47 Bannelette singlete, 13 helpless case

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in 1909 with the first class of Chinese 30 cotton many-tailed bandages, 108 Mission. She first attended North West shirts, 25 flannel many-tailed bandages, girls sent out by the Chinese Educational pillow-cases, 76 ward-clothe, 48 flannel ern University, taking her degree in 1911. T bandages, 15 pairs knitted socks, A three years course in science and a The working headquarters will prob-1 pair knitted knee-caps, 30 handker Fear in medicine followed at the Univer ably be established at Cannes.

chiefs, 3 pairs knitted ward slippers, & sity of Michigan, aftor which Dr. Tseo bed-jackets, shrouds, 20 knitted swabs, completed a three-years course at the

University of Chicago, resciving her doc 19 pneumonis jackets, 44 dysentery pads, tord dokres 15 penumonia jackets, 88 other cloths, beaded milk-jug covers, 1 eye-bandage, 10 shrouds, 45 doz. swabs, 20 many-tailed cotton, bandages, 32 ward cloths, 18 THE CHINESE LABOUR CORPS. 50 assorted roller bandages, oddments of dusters, 3 surgical caps, 4 pairs socke,

the la bidding adieu to the West, wool and material, 1 box sewing mate Chinese Labour Corps have, through an riuls, 2 boxes of beads, 2 bandage rollere, interpreter of their own reco, expressed 5 packets cotton wool, 1 pisce of gauza, gratification at the treatment they ha

since they left their homes in

THE FRENCH PREMIER. CONDITION SATISFACTORY.

from the American policy of avoiding out entanglement: He said that Article ten of the League's constitution makes thọ United States one of the guarantors of territorial integrity. The British E- pire declared that the Icague was the greatest triumph of British diplomacy for three centuries, and that the etheme was taken almost bodily from the con- stitution proposed by General Smute, M. Olemancetu this afternoon. while the League's recognition of the M. Clemenceau sleeps in an armchair

PA218, February 21st, M. Poincaré conversed lengthily with

On our part all who have had

ha merki un vestir Stand upption, and xoting power of the British Dominions at night, as the recumbent position on 1 piece mosquito netting, 25 piece all to with them have generously;

either famine or Bolshevism, or probably gave America's greatest commercial rival the bed causes coughing, His condi- bandaging material, assortment of men's

both, will ensue before the next harvest, if outside help is not forthcoming. There ia no immediate danger of the revival of Germany's military power. Thirty, thou- sand tons of bacon and five thousand tona of condensed milk have been sold to Ġer- many so far by the British Governmnant.

THE GERMAN FLEET.

"SINK IT."

London, February 22nd. The papers state that the British Ad

ve votes to one of the United States. THE PEACE CONFERENCE. «ARMENIA'S CLAIMS.

tion is satisfactory,

PREMIER SPENDS A RESTLESS NIGHT.

PARIE, February 22nd. PARIS, February 21st..

A Bulletin issued this morning states Boghos. Nubar Pasha, the Armenian that M. Clemenceau was rather restless national spokesman, states tidy Armenia's last night. After receiving forty visitors yesterday, he was a little more fatigued claims, which the Pasco Conference is to today.. He is absolutely forbidden to hear shortly, are that the bel of irri speak. His semperature is 98.7; pulse tory across Asia Minor from Belkina to normal, the Georgian frontier comprising the Cilicia and Armenia Filagels, and the Erserum, Bitlis, Van, Diabekir an Armenian national; state, under the Khatpub Newas, should be formed into guarantes of the League of Nations, with A great Power as Mändatory.

The Armenians also ask for Fort Tro-

A message from Essen states that onmiralty will urge on the Peace Confer agreement has been reached between the eave that the surrondered Gorizian fleet Government representativos and the be sunk, and that the Atlantic and Tason Soviet. The general strike, cabled Heligoland forts be razed by Gorman bisond and part of the Vilayet of Trebl

on February 10th, has, consequently, been walled off.

labour at the expense of the German

Govorimant.

of the Cauchaus, naturally, forms, part Kond. The existing Armenian – republie

of the new Blato,

TURKEY.

THE DRAIN ON HER MAN POWER

CONSTANTINOFLE, February Sind. Ometal returns show that the Turkish

war Josses were

Filled

trong 420,000 Wounded, b.: 403,000 Prisoners ins

1,000 · (Continued as fool of mast column.

alothing, books and magazines.

ILL TREATMENT OF PRISONERS-OF-WAR.

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ledged their many morits, au vouch for the work they have done. The hove

in all ways played the game and it is pleasing to record again that the name of this or that

to time in Corpe has Egured from company of the of donations to the Red Cross and ECHO OF THE KUT TRAGEDY.

other war charities. They have done their work wall, and have left a good CONSTANTINOPLE, February 2nd. name behind them, whilst on their return The British made several arrests into. China they will be witnesses for the connection with the ill-treatment of the Entente cause against the enemy propa

ganda in their country. (Bx.) Eut war-prisoners, INCREASE IN RYLEASE OF BPIR TB.

LONDON, February Dist. The Press Bureau states: The Cabinet has decided that the quan- tity of spirits to be released shall be Increased by 50 par poble

THE SILVER HAR VUZE.

betwry, färd. Ths állvár táarket is steady,

· MACAO CARNIVAL, PROGRAMME. Haturday, March 1st, at 7 s.m-Dano

at the Military Club... Bunday

at 3 p.m.- Batë

Bepay, March grit, ab 3 pira

The Masso Club. Fasadh Marall 4th, 66 9 pin Danoo Moment she knead Clubs

We kavo, received a cable from a POUTO“ thre we cannot ends, stating that the Carnival programing kan bom encoelloo