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THE HONGKONG : DAILY

"THE TREATY MUST BE

UPHELD":

NO CHANGE AFFECTING THE PRINCIPLES IS POSSIBLE":

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GERMANY'S FINAL REPLY BY JUNE 18TH.

BRITAIN TO

PUNISH MURDERERS OF ARMENIANS.

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GENERAL KOLTCHAK'S REPLY TO THE ALLIED NOTE.

MR.

WINSTON CHURCHILL'S REVIEW OF

THE PRESENT SITUATION.

LATEST CABLES. (THROUGH RECTER'S AGENCY.]

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GERMAN PEACE TERMS.

DETAILS OF APPLICATION MIGHT BE ALTERED.

PARIS, June 46.

A Havas message says --

"The Allies are not inclined to modify the German Treaty. The details of ap plication might be altered, but no change affecting the principles is possible.

M. Clemenceau is opposed to changer in the principles, although it is believed

PRESIDENT WILSON'S FOURTEEN POINTS.

PARIS, June 6th, According to Le Vatin,

President Wilson, after examining, in detail, the declared: German counter-proposals,

Our Treaty violates none of my prin- ciples I should not hesitate to confem it if I thought otherwise, and try to retrieve the error, but the Treaty which

PRESE, SATURDAY, JUNE 14TH. 1919.

THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. PRESENT SITUATION REVIEWED.

LONDON, Jane 6th.`

BRITISH CASUALTIES IN RUSSIA.

Sing the Armistice, the British casual- six all parts of Russia were: Killed, 13 others and 118 men, wounded, 14. pificar nad 198 men; and, missing. 70

officersand 96 men.

In the House of Commons, on the motion for the Whitsun adjournment, Sir Donald

that Heidiculed the idea Maclean opened the debate on the present

such

A number situation as regards the peace terms, also

of " casualties in on the question of British and Allied

seven months represented operations respective military operations in Bussis likely drain away British energies or resour, and commit us to vast overseas Apart from the unavoidable action in the Archangel and Murmansk regions, he journ into the heart of Russia. contended that it was a huge mistake to (Cheers continue with the present undefined policy of intervention there.

Obvicly, our operations were more in the rate of police work than real war fare.

MUITIONS SUPPLIED TO NTI-BOLSHEVISTS

AUSTRALIAN PEACE

* DELEGATION.

→ TO RETURN HOME SHORTLY.

LONDON, June 8th ̈

Mr. W. M. Hughes, the Premier of the Australian Commonwealth Government, in a speech to Australian soldiers, said that he intended to leave for Australia by the end of June.

It is understood that all arrangements have been made for the departure of the Australian Delegation.

RUMANIA.

SATISFACTORY ECONOMIC AND

"MILITARY SITUATION,

PARIS, June 8th. Reuter learns there is general continued

After wing that the cost of the opera-improvement in the economic situation in Ramania. Steamers are regularly sailing between England and Rumania, and loco motives and railway material are being despatched. The military situation is" excellent.

THE BLOCKADE OF GERMANY. He liked to asked whether, the import of food into Germany was unrestricted.

Mr. Cecil Harmsworth, interrupting, said that very large quantities of food tions in jussia largely arose in connee were being sent there by the Supremation withhe European war, Mr. Chur Economic Council. Any country might chill stat that the production value of send food there, and could receive goods the manijns supplied to General Kelt from Germany. Allied countries were chak andieneral Deniken probably did however, at present forbidden to trade

not excee 220,000,000, but the disposal with Germany in certain commodities, but value in sequence of the termination the import of food was not limited, of the warns much less. Arrangements except to the extent of Germany's capar had been te for payment by a possible

future Ragn Government. city to pay.

Sir Donald Maclean, concluding, boped the blockade would be removed as speedily as possible-

ALLIEPOLICY IN RUSSIA Mr. Churi deprecated the exaggerat.

ARMENIAN - ATROCITIES. TURKISH CRIMINALS TO BE PUNISHED BY BRITAIN.

MALTA, June 3rd.

Sixty-six. Turkish prisoners arrived here to-day "under a strong military

TREES AS RADIO TOWERS

DURING WAR. IMPORTANT WIRELESS

DISCOVERY.

EVERY ACORN A RECEIVER??

Discovery that every tree is a potential wireless tower was announced recently by Major-General Squier, chief, signal. officer of the U.S.A. Army, revealing the" story of how, while hostilities were on with a string of stations using tree tops ashore and afloat, the American army"

na antenna, rend messages from ships at sea and the principal radio stations.

General Squier made his disclosure in a paper road before, the Physical Society of America, meeting at the United States Bureau of Standards Afterwards he took the scientists out into the woods near the Bureau and demonstrated a portable ments in development of the discovery field laboratory erected there for experi

He showed how Nature's wireless tower ferably cucalyptus, with a small wire was nothing more than a tall, tree, pre- netting spread below and an insulated the op wire hanging from a spike driven near

The paper, which discussed the pheno menon in technical detail, described how the General began experiments in 1804 with a view to using growing trees as antenna, his attention having been at tracted to the subject by the discovery during army maneuvres at camp Atas- cadero, California. that telegraph and telephone buzzers, inoperative with ordi nary grounding because of the dry season and unusual character of the soil, became operative when connected with the truzi or roots of a treat

Like the underground wireless develop

ed talk ab pouring out blood and escort. The greatest reticence is being ed for the navy by James H. Rogers, the

we bave drawn up,is entirely in accord PEACE NEGOTIATIONS APPROACH money or fue Russian expeditions, observed regarding their names, but it is tree top radio has been used with parfect

with my Fourteen Points."

2.

ING A CLIMAX.

Mr. Winston Churchill, replying to Sir Donald Maclean and other speakers invited the House to extend its generous

Everything he had been definitely decided on policy toward Russia.

The operats were being carried out,

known that they comprise practically all the Ministers of the old regime who were responsible for the Armenian massacres,

gues

has been used successfully for tradamia results so far only in receiving, but disc sion over short distances. Radio tele- phonie messages have been "zdcoived through trees, transmitted by them into

wire system.

be will consent to some modification of been called to Mr. McNeill's question, and clear confidence to the representatives on Brit policy, but on Allied deportations and other crimes and intri. Washington and there transferred to the

details in the method of carrying out cer tain provisions.

The French realize that their credit will be immeasurably strengthened in foreign markets if it is known that, under the Peace Treaty, Germany will Ray, France 125 milliard fraces in the next ten years. just as Germany's finan cial position will be relieved if foreign bankers knew the Germans liabilities.

THE COUNTER-PROPOSALS.

PARIS, June 8th.

A large number of new Commissions are examining the German counter proposals,

A DENIAL BY THE PREMIER

LONDON, June 8th. The Prime Minister's attention has cabled yesterday. He authorites a denial of the British nation in Paris The that he had any communication of the orgotiations were approaching that climar natura indicated with Mr. Ramsay Mac which always arrived just before the donald or Mr. Arthur Henderson; or that settlement was reached any pressure by persons with political or financial influence had been brought to bear on him to modify the Peace Terms in a manner favourable to Germany.

AMERICAN SENATE WANTS THE TREATY.

WASHINGTON, June. 8th. The Senate has passed a resolution re- questing the State Department to furnish the Senate with a copy of the text of the German Tresty,

The Senate has ordered an investiga The strongest protest concerns Upper tion as to how certain copies of the draft reached New York, as some Senators have alleged.

Silesia..

The Germans allege their inability to carry out the reparation clauses if they lose the Silesian Wines as well as "the Saar mines..

The Germans also emphasize that they should be given a mandate for their prin- cipal Colonies.

BRITAIN'S FOREIGN TRADE ANOTHER COMMITTEE TO BË

APPOINTED.

Losnox. June 6th.

He submitted that the question of the publication of any peace negotiations and documents should be left entirely in the hands of the representatives-who were endeavouring to reach the goal of a speedy

peace.

WINDING UP AFFAIRS IN NORTH RUSSIA.

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As regards Russia, we were endeavour ing to wind up our affairs in North Russia, which, we hoped, would become self-supporting before the end of the enm- mer. Then we would be enabled to come away baving honourably discharged our duty to those people.

BRITISH TROOPS IN THE CAUCASUS. Our troops in the Caucasus were baa- They dreds of miles from the enemy. would be stationed there until it had been

would be, in connection with the general peace settlement. SYMBOL OF BRITISH SYMPATHY

"IN SIBERIA

Policy, in conction with the other

watching the atters. (Chears). Powers, all whom were constantly

THE AURALIAN NAVY.

IMPERIGOVERNMENT'S GEROSITY.

LoxDos, June 6th

THE "OAKS."....

WON BY

BAYUDA."

LONDON, June 6th. The Oaks resulted as follows:--

Bayuda (J. Childs)

Roseway (Donoghue). Maple Durham (Huime).

The Govern has handed over the destroyers A Swordsman, Tattoe, Stalwart, Swend Taemania to Aus-length tralia

The Anzue isquadron leader. The others are destry of the latest type.

The terms onch these wore handed over have Lot disclosed. The Aus tralian Navy man and maintain them.

BOLLVISM. GENERAL KOFAK'S REPLY TO THILIES.

PARIs, June 8th. General Koltcheply to the Allied

tions as regards thes' insistence on

Aszen main, satisfactor; he makes reservs

the convocation onstituent". bly and the recog of the indepez- dence of the news formed out of Tsars-Russia wit approval of the

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器

3,

Ten ran. Won by 11 lengths, half a dividing second and third.

THE BETTING... The betting was as follows:-

Bayuda

100 to

Roseway

Maple Durham

25, I

"6: to 4

3,, I

The place betting was as follows:-

Bayuda

Maple Durham

CRICKET AT HOME AUSTRALIANS BEAT THE M.C.C.

LONDON, June 8th

At Cords, the Australians beat the

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THE SILVER MARKET

LONDON, June 6th. The silver market is quiet.

Lord. Curzon informed the Association decided what the future of the Caucasus Note has been. rel. It is, in the M.O.C. by ten wickets.. THE UPPER SILESIAN FRONTIER.of the Chambers of Commerce that he is * Committee to discuss the PARIS, June 6th.appointing According to French diplomatic circles, present means of protecting British trad

ing interests abroad. the general line on the Upper Silesian frontier will not be changed, but, several rectifications will be made affecting some villages containing a few thousand in- habitants. A special Commission, is examining the question.

THE BAAR VALLEY. As regards the Saar Valley and the occupation of the left bank of the Rhine, there will be no alteration in the original clauses of the draft Treaty.

TOTAL INDEMNITY MAY BE FIXED.

The Council of Four, may perhaps fix, but only approximately, the total amount of indemnity to be demanded from Ger many under the head of "Reparations." NO DIFFERENCE OF VIEWS.

AMONG THE ALLIES. The discussion during the last two days

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The Committee will discuss the means whereby solidarity of British interests may be maintained.

It is understood that all questions of the basis on which British Chambers of Commerce shall be established in foreign countries will be considered,

INDIA AND SELF- GOVERNMENT.

REFORM BILL PASSES ITS SECOND 'READING.

We had only two battalions in Siberia who were lundreds of miles from the fighting. They were stationed at Om Allies the seat of the Government, as a symbol of British sympathy.

BRITISH TANESOUTH RUSSIA.

box, June 6th.

He referred to his recent warning: The War Office aces that British against the basing of exaggerated hopes tanks have been ja in South Russia on General Koltchak'e advance. The with very effective recent considerable set-back in the south- ern sector of the advance had become more pronounced, but he pointed cut that, on a wide front, thinly held, the lines must sway backward and forward.

GENERAL KOLTCHAK MAY NOT REACH MOSCOW.

LONDON, June 6th. In the House of Commons, the Rt. Hon. EE. Montagu, moving the second read- ing of the Government of India Bill, said that the best way of overcoming suggestions that General Koltchak would difficulties of caste and education was by reach the gates of Moscow shortly. He was hundreds of miles distant, and it was representative institutions, This measure

BOLSHEVIST TE ARMY DEFE

ExAB, May 20th.

kyod.

EARLIER CABLES.

FIGHTING IN NORTHERN INDIA.

GENERAL IMPROVEMENT IN

SITUATION.

SIMIA, June 9th. The village of Badhber, south of Peshawar, was suspected of harbouring bad characters, Lad was surrounded by our cavalry. Several arrests were made.

Afghan troops are still active on the Faiwar Border.

"Nadir Khan has reached Matun with

"From the moment an agora. is planted in fertile soil," said General Sanier, it becomes a detector" and "* receivan" of electro-magnetic waves, and the marvellous properties of this receiver through Agencies at present entirely unknown to us, are such as to vitalise the acorn and to produce in time the giant cak. In the Dower of multiplying plant cells, it may, indeed be called an incomparable

amplifier.

From this angle of view, we may con sider that trees have been pieces of elec trical apparatus from their beginning and with their manifold chains of living cells. are absorbere. conductors radiators of the long electro magnetic waves as used in the radio art

and

For our present purpose we may consider, therefore, a growing tres an a highly organised piece of living-earth to be used in the same manner as we now use the earth as a universal conductor for telephony and telegraphy and other electrical purposes."

BOLSHEVISM AND ITS CRAZY- GOSPEL..

LENIN ON "REVOLUTION AND THE STATE.".

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BY KAS. CECIL CHISTLETON.]"

WARSAW: The translation into Polish of Lenin's Bevolution and the State" has created A considerable sensation in Warsaw. It has not yet appeared in English, and I am glad to have this opportunity of setting forth the basis of Bolshevis laid down by its, creator.

"The book is an amusing one. Lenin begins with an attack not on capitalism and capitalists, but on present-day Socialista, on the ground that they have betrayed the cause by secking-to-increase the power of the State instead of working to demolish it. The accusation in supremely unexpected. He overturns. in fact, the whole doctrine of Socialism s preached in England and Germany. He accuses Mr. Sidney Webb and the Fabiang of having fostered a bastard form of Socialism." and denounces the German and the English Social Democrats for having hindered the class-war hy bol- stering up the institution of the State created to maintain the artificial, divi- Rons of property."

destroy all aggregations of wealth and Victory in the class-war, he save, will

production to the people.

In the upper reacthe Saz River. General Ulatest act for the left column of the Bolt Tenth Army, Mr. Churchill deprecated the newspaper consisting of a diving a brigade of ↑ Afghan troops and tribesmen. He in-hand over the means and instruments of

infantry, and a diof cavalry.

division prisoner,"atured a score trayed them. General Clateai took hole infantry cited the rise of Afghans and then he The lashkars at Derajat are reported of guns, many machis and all the supply trains,

miles north of Tank, was attacked by

has shown that no difference of views was transitionary, but if they passed it not expected the gates would he reached at FRENCH LABUROUBLES to be dispersing, but Azil, a post 15 the whole world-Asiaequally with: axista among the Allies, who are unani and modified it till it became a great all. We had furnished no men, but only ASSUMING VAST IRTIONS IN Bhittannis and Mahsuds.

mously of the opinion that the terms of the Treaty must be upheld.

FIVE DAYS TO ACCEPT THE "TREATY

It is hoped that the reply to the German -counter-proposals will be handed to the

Delegation on June 13th The Germans- will be given a minimum of three, and a maximum of five, days to announce their acceptance or non-acceptanes." 47

A PROTEST FROM POLAND."

PAS, June 6th. M. Paderewski has protested to the

statute, they would launch India on the road to responsible self-government.

The Bill passed its second reading. unanimously and will be referred to a select joint Committee from both Houses THE METROPOLITAN POLICE GOVERNMENT DETERMINED ON

·FIRM - MEASURES.

LONDON, June eth." In the House of Commons, MrZE Bhortt, who asserted that the Police Union had broken, agreement entered the into in August, and was associated an extremist had

Koltchak's operations. munitions and equipment, for General FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO OMBX GOVERNMENT,

Mr. Churchill defended the financial support being given to the Omsk Govern ment, as an obligation of honour, seeing that to called it into existence, and for our aid, at a necessary moment.

BRITAIN NOT INVOLVED IN "POLISH OPERATIONS

June 4th.

The strike" situati France is assuming vast proport Paris. The sub-way workers, andito-bus and tram-cat employer aping work,

A Havar memage

thus paralyzing traff

suburbe

The situation at Zhob has improved. but gangs of tribesmen are still about, and the locality remains unsettled.

WITHDRAWAL OF AFGHAN

TROOPS."

of Jimrad.

To support State ownership of rail. ways, State control of industry, work for. State interference or direction, is to be tray the class-war, whose end is to create free community of people who will own Europo. New York or Cape Town. The State, says Lenin, always prevents the expression of the people's will. It is machinery set up for that purpose by the bourgeois to exploit the workers; only by its destruction can the people rule That destruction is the aim and end of the class-war as originally defined."

And now Lenin insists that for the State to own the wealth of the country is to make that country bond, not free that the class-war aims at the shattering of all social government

-It is quite obvious from a study of Revolution and State that the work.

The Afghans, who dispersed to a near-by The Prefecture of stimates the village, are reported to be returning, in

Secretaries of the Thions insist number of strikers, but the small partică to. Jalalabad. that 250,000 would be correct com outlaws and other bad characters having eat of his doctrine, appalling in its

Bince air raids have ceased, the Afridi putation of the strike city and established themselves at Kajubi, grim simplicity, necessitating the most viditeten te revolting cruelty, the most barbarous sets, affects him no more than the demons stration of a propostion in geometry, The class war, as he wages it has passed the frontiers of Russia. He calmly conten plates the inclusion of the whole world in the struggle blog

NEGOTIATIONS EDING

s

SATISFACERA

June 8th

They made some minor raids in the Peshawar District. -

The withdrawal of Afghan troops from hamber of Councilors Paiwar has commenced, presumably on main calm, as the striations are proceeding in a very shion

COAL MINES DISIETTLED.

ne 6th The coal lines dispse depart mants of, Nord and Pass has been settled.

Our Tochi column is continuing it

We were not involved in the Polish operations, except that, if they prospered, stated that the Gor- our withdrawal from North Baseis would Council of Four against any changes in ernment Pancited that the be facilitated, and we should not have have appealed, to the ion to re receipt of orders to censo fighting

could not continus present state of things

Government would set up stata to enter into elaborate operations to body under which every poliosman safeguard the civil populations, interest According to the Echo de Paris, certain

entitled to his grievance to Broadly speaking, the numbers of anggestions made by Mr. Lloyd George the line on taller to take the member of

the Force would be called from the Police British troops in Biberia and North regarding the frontier of Upper Silesia Union. The men insisting on remaining

would cents to be policemen,

Busia equalled the United States' forces may perhaps be adopted.

the Bilezian settlement.

punitive measures on offending War villages.

A special column reached Jandals on June 9th unopposed mo

The garrison is well and only sustained a few camalties. They severely punished the enemy with rifle and gunfire.

At this point the volume rids The author explains that It is more import- ant to work for the revolution tha write about it? He leaves untouche question of how the revolutionari to obtain supplies during period wholesale destruction.