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BRITAIN'S FINANCES.
WILL FURTHER TAXATION BE ESSENTIALT
LONDON, October 1st. Parliament reassembles to-morrow. The Members intend to press the Government to give an opportunity for the immediate discussion of national frances, which sub ject is at present engrossing, general attention.
Lord Buckmaster moves, in the House of Lords. that further taxation is essen tial la viaw of the gravity of the duancial position.
at a finance meeting of the Cabinet, which is considering retrenchment in public Departments
Capt. Worthington Evans states that the pensions estimates have exccéded, bundreds of thousands and will probably cost £105,000,000 this year.
Mr. Winston Churchill states that the economic position of the Empire is sound and strong, but the finances are woefully deranged. though superior to any except
Americas. All minds should be turned. to the financial problem.
· THE ® HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY OCTOBER 24TH, "1918.
WORLD'S COTTON
CONFERENCE.
SUME IMPORTANT DECISIONS.
NEW ORLEANS, October 17th.
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BOLSHEVISTS CLAIM÷RECAPTURE
OF OREL
THE WAR ON BOLSHEVISM. THE GERMAN OF TO-DAY wherever he was. I have seen him dur IS THE GERMAN OF YESTERDAY. MR HUGHES ON THE PROBLEMS OF THE FUTURE.
CAUSE OF INDUSTRIAL UNREST. Over 3,000
LONDON, October 21st.
The Cotton Conference has adopted the A message from Moscow claims thắt the American proposal that the Congress Bolshevists have recaptured. Orel, and place at the disposal of the War Finance that they have defeated to regiment com Corporation $1,000,000,000 for the purmanded by General Mawontoff Dear pose of stabilising foreign exchange. Veronesh, also a sum autcient to Brnace the ex- pertation of at least 1,000,000 bales of cotton
The Conference rejected the growers' recommendation condemning the sale of cotton on call and gambling in cotton, but adopted recommendations opposing the Government fixing of cotton prices and the embarge of cotton in peace-time, and demanding that the selling price of cotton should allow a fair profit.
Sir Herbert Dixon was elected Presi"|
held in England in 1991
**TRAFALGAR DAY," PATRIOTIC CELEBRATION AT «
HOME,
LONDON, October 21st.
Trafalgar Day."
On the occasion of the base of the Nelson column in Tra falgar Square was decorated with wreaths. from numerous warships and naval bases, also from the Dominions" High Commis-
NORTH WEST ARMY NEARING
PETROGRAD
HELSINGFORS, October 20th- The North-West Army, yesterday, occu pied. Pulkova, ten miles south of Petro
grad.
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Majesty's Theatre on August 25th, when persons crowded: Her Perth officially welcomed Mr. Hughes, Sir Joseph Cook, and Mr. Watt.
SPECIAL POLICE MEDAL, CONDITIONS OF ISSUE.
ing the war and alter the war "march down the streets of London as it be own? if it were his own estate. Wherever he London Gazette of September 5th, noti ed it-laughter)-go through Paris" as A Royal Proclamation published in the
was he was not to be mistaken as a Bod that, in consideration of the faith- citizen of any other country but Australia.ful and devoted service rendered by
is honoured. Men speak of the deeds of desirous of distinguishing such service by Wherever men speak of heroism and members of the Special Constabulary deeds of bravery the name of Australia during the war, and whereas we are the Aumes and of those who followed some mark of our Royal favour, and alen them so faithfully along the path of of providing a means of recognising cons
rendered in the future by members of any We rejoice that the Austra-tinued and efficient service which any be
TRCBLAMS, TO BE FACED.
Mr. Hughes, who was received with a heroism. storm of cheers and with "He's a jolly lians have played their part nobly and good fellow," returned thanks for the well. cordial welcome extended to him. After come. s
The war is over and peace bas. recalling the dangers from which the
Special Constabulary Reserve hereafter constituted." his Majesty has instituted Empire had emerged trumphant, he said:
We have won this war. We must pay
a new medal, to be, known as the Special We have to-day victory. We have paid the price. We can't hope to be the same Constabulary Medal recently
The decoration a great price for it.
When I say" we
as we were before the war. The war
Will be in silver, with the Royal effigy on have paid a great price, I mean Some
shook the whole world to its very founda. the obverse, and on the reserve an appro- of us have paid a great price. But all tions. Everything is in a state of unpriate design or inscription, and bearing have reaped a great reward. All have rest. New problems crop up and every on the rim the name of the person to been saved from a nameless and dreadful day presents some new phase of them whom the medal is awarded. It is ur-
General Vladimiroff, who escaped from Petrograd, has been ap pointed Governor General, in anticipa tion of the fall of the capital,
There was a heavy artillery duel yes
of Krasnajazorka. Afterwards, great fre and explosions were observed, ".
EARLIER CABLES.
SIEGE
LONDON, October 20tbe The War Office, in a communiqué, states that the garrison at Petrograd is re ported to be preparing for a siege oners. Lady Fremantle placed a special Machine guns are being posted on the wreath on the tomb of Nelson at St. I house tops. Extra supplies of food are Paul's.
coming it.
WAR AGAINST WAR.
But wo
Bas we have been saved from all that, God has been very good to us. Char sol dured, they have suffered, and now they dier have fought for us, they have en elimbed out of the dark and slimy pit come back to us triumphant, We have
We are
Shall have served in a special con- stabulary reserve for not less thag nieg years, and shall have (a) taken an ap- proved course of training in police duty; (b) voluntarily performed such actual police duty as may be required by the chict oficer of police in accordance with any general regulations made by the rieme Secretary; (c) been annually, cer- tified as efficient by the chief officer of police..
Mr. Lloyd George, yesterday, presided dent of the next Conference which will beterday between the Fleet and the fortress fate, for where Germany stands to-day Some problems that are age-old have dained that the medal shall only be award-
there we should have stood.
become more acute. All these things have led to those who satisfy the following coo should have stood slaves beneath the lash | to be faced, The whole world is in a ditions. of the slave master. The German ideal, state of industrial unrest. We are like Shall have served as a special con- had it been impressed upon us, and their great ocean which has been torn by the stable without pay during the war for government, had we been destined to in-fury of a storm. The storm has passed not less than three years, and shall dur- PETROGRAD PREPARING FOR Adure it, would have robbed us of all the away, but the waters are still wildlying that period have performed not less
joy of life. This fair city of Perth, this agitated. We are like men who have re- than 150 police duties; or glorious Australia of ours, this latest, covered from some frightful malary. the breast of whose citizens there burns, not normal, nor likely to be ao soon. this youngest of young Commonwealths, in Our body is full of humours. as a bright fire, the love of liberty, we of the Prussian junker. should have been but pawns in the hands Much time will elapse before Australia can settle down as she was before the war. I hope that she will never be quite the same Australia. When we went into the war Australia was 2 young Common wealth hardly conscious of her own exist ence, and certainly not proud of her apart and I hope shall always be a part own. greatness. We were part and are
of the Great British Empire. This wat has, owing to the valour of smiling plains that now lie stretched soldiers, enabled us to take our place
war has been banished, for if by the Conference, who sat there on put before the people of the whole world,
The because, if we can ever be banishes, then warst the family of nations.
has now recognised us as a nation. devices of man, it has been decreed there equality with those of every other nation our representatives, at the Pence shall be no more war, it has fulfilled
absolute purpose, for it was a war not only of right against might, of our race against down in his heart the Australian mendation by the Home Secretary, to
Deep the German race, but it was
has confidence in himself and in against force, a war of civilisation
bis country. These are the essentials of the against anarchy and disorder.
citizenship that is going to build War of liberty against natocracy, against
a nation such as this will be, for there up
of you and me and ours those in that vile conspiracy, that was is a great future before this country if batched in Germany for the destruction hold the country and develop it.
we comport ourselves Ettingly. We must shoulders, and we agt bear them. There and crushing burdens on our are obligations in regard to the men who have returned, and we must discharge them to the uttermost farthing. Whoever goes short they must not
A Baskir division," which rushed up from the interior for the defence of
Enormous debt was the main cause of the rise in prices, therefore a substantial
Dean Inge preached a meñorial sermon diminution of debt must be the first step at St. Martin's-in-the-Fields. He,, de towards the improvement of the purchas-clared that, in spite of the disquieting Petrograd, has been practically destroy-} ing power of money. The first object of symptoms, there was no proof that we led at Krasnoescie. the Government was to reduce expendi-were a decadent nation, but our best ele- türe. This was impossible in 1910 butments, must unite and organise, for we were confronted with a hard struggle
must be achieved in 1820.
MORGAN'S RAISING A BRITISH - LOAN..
re-takea Krasnoesele and Catchitia, and The Bolsheviks claim that they have
are driving back General Judenitch's army. These statements are not confirm
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20 roats,
Some scoffed at patriotism, but "what would the scoffers give us instead? New York, October 21st. Dean Inge remarked that the present Mears, Morgan & Co. announce the day popular culture had issue of a $250,000,000 British lorn, the One of the most needful things. ia proceeds to be used to take up $135,000,000 national education was the inclusion of worth of 5 per cent. British notes-fall-intelligent teaching of English history. ing due on November 1st.
The remainder will be available "for
·Britain's requirements here.
The flotation is expected to stabilise Exchange considerably.
TURKEY.
YOUNG TURKS' POWER GROWING.
LONDON, October 21st.
A Greek official statement asserts that the situation in the interior of Turkey in daily getting worse.
The new Cabinet, controlled by the pro- German, Young Turk Committee, seems determined to resist the decisions of the Peace Conference as far as possible, and continues its efforts to exterminate all
Christians,
BRITAIN'S GREATEST
INDUSTRY." PREMIER'S, ADDRESS TO AGRICULTURISTS.
LONDON, October 21st.
The latest telegrains confirm that Bolshevik deputation at Gatchina, on
grad if the city was guaranteed against October 17th, offered to surrender Petro
bombardment. The reply to this offer is pot stated.
THE IRRESISTIBLE VOLUNTEER ADVANCE...
the bank, over the top, climbing the heights, and moving at last into the green
its
We
bad
of earth.
A WAX
It was a
tipon
It has been said by some, even in this country and in England, where Germany bas still many friends, that after all Ger many was no more guilty than
1 believe, as Me country.
live other that Ger many plotted deliberately for this LONDON, October 20th-
WAI; The War Office states that South assassination of the Archduke and the that there was not due thing, from the Russian communiqué explains that the Archduchess down to that dark day Bolshevists' occupation of Kieff was but which Germany let slip the dogs of war. been plotted and planned October 13th Subsequently the Voinn (Applause.) The Kaiser is to be tried. sion, they unexpectedly attacked L
and deliberately teers, reinforced, cleared the whole city. They are to bring him up not for a crime, excepting. the western and north-western but
some
offence
against international law.
am not a vindictive man, and suburps, where fighting was preceding October 17th.
INDUSTRIAL UNREST-
We
Addressing a meeting of agriculturista temporary. Reinforced by a new Divi that has net devised by Germany. one of those who fought beneath, and car-
in London. Mr. Lloyd George outlined the Government's policy as regards agri-
culture.
the greatest industry in the country. The He emphasised that agriculture was
Government wanted to restore its pre- vious prosperity.
We produced, before the war, two-fifths
but for
Westwards of the Ehoper River, the Cossacks, who continue to advance round the Bolshevist Division, have taken 5,000. prisoners and 27 guns. comprising Lettisk, and Chinese regtheir
South-west of Orel, 10,000 enemy troops, nation
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70,000,000 German many now.
(Checra-) governments
of the foodstuffs and imported threements, advancing to attack, were envelop. They have wiped out the name of Hohen-
Of all these problems, perhaps the greatest is that of industrial unrest. It is not now. It has been here ever since
ried the banner of, Labour, I was one of I can remember. For 3 years I was
those who was not satisfied. I never am stifed, and I hope thas I never shall be
satisfied. None whatever.
Provided that in the case of a man who has served both in the special cun- stabulary during the war and in a special constabulary reserve, one year of service during the war (with not less than fifty police duties in such year) shall be periods in the same proportion. reckoned as equivalent to three years' efficient service in the reserve, and less
The medal will be awarded on "a recome whom the names will be submitted by the appropriate Chief Officer of Police. It ia to be worn on the left breast suspended from a riband of an inch and three- eighth in width, of which the central part (one-third of the whole) will be " have three longituding: stripes of equal red while the remaining parts will each width, the central stripe being black and the other two white. In the case of those. to whore the medal is awarded for ser- vice daring the war, a bar or clasp is to be attached to the riband, bearing the words, "The Great War, 1914-1918." Crime or disgraceful conduct on the part of any person to whom the medal has been awarded will lead to its forfeiture,
NEED FOR POPULATION.
fifths. During the war we prodated. Ealf the force was entirely destroyed zollern and put in that of Ebert. They the community regards the other half as which people will come from all quarters
three-fifths and imported two-fifths.
He urged the vital necessity of restor
and the remainder fled.
Thus, it appears that the Bolshevik attempts to recover ground lost in the past month failed with severe losses, pad,,,
vists have been unable to stem the Volun- teer advance.
of
A rupture between the Sultan and then the 4,500.000 acres of land which had in spite of reinforcements the Hulsbe Get contin. As he was, bo i ever fallen to the lot of man. Through broadly the policy, I think to which wo
Young Turks, who wish to replace him bygone out of cultivation since 1870. The Prince Mehmet Selim, is apparently im. cultivator naturally asked for security and it was essential to give him a guar antee covering a suficient number of years to justify the farmer breaking up his land.
minent.
LETTLAND'S STRUGGLE.
GERMAN ATTACKS REPULSED.
COPENHAGEN, October 20tr.
A telegram from Riga states that the Lett Premier announced that a German attack on Ustavinsk fortress, on Satur. day night, was repulsed,
Several attacks near, Friedrichstadt, 35 "miles from Riga, were likewise repulsed The British and French Fleets continue to support the Letts, thus inspiriting the population.
AVIATION.
FIRST ATTEMPT FOR THE AUSTRALIAN PRIZE.
LONDON, October 21st. The Australian airman, Captain G, C. Matthews, started from Hounslow this morning on his fight to Australia for the. Australian Government's prize of £10,000.
MINING DISASTER NEAR PENZANCE.
BIG CASUALTY LIST.
LONDON. October 21st, "Owing to the collapse of a winding engine, it is reported that at least 40 mizers were killed and many injured in the Levant Mine Dear Benrance
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a
I would not put upon the shoulders of who are not as no quarrel with country, in which a hundred millions There are five millions of people in this The Kaiser Lay have been the figure nut going to criticise the men--the tool's paradise.
MAD
the iniquity of
a great nation. head; he may be guilty.
could live easily. We must not live in a He is guilty;
men on strike. I am not going to say one which" five millions can hold a country of There is no way by but be is no more guilty than the
word about them. I am only going to this sort unless we develop its resources comprised the say that the problem, that confront Aus have changed tralia cannot be surmounted on the basis
to attract a sufficienty of people of our of class warfare. We are not going to
cwn sort and race to hold it agarast all deal properly with there things if half then we must make this country one to comers. Our first duty is to our own, and hase put aside their emperors, who ruled enemies. We are citizens of a great Com wherever our race has taken up its abode, and reigned unchallenged, and a
manmonwealth. We are co-beirs of a great of the people rules in their stead.
But
o that we may develop its resources, say the German of today is the heritage the greatest and fairest that has and give to every man a chance. This is out the world we read of strikes and all stand committed. I do not believe in during this generation At least. In his heart there is still
ramours of strike, and discontent. Some a dead level of quality that one man is a burning passion for empire, and if by of these things are inherent in the nature good ay another. But everybody must some stroke of fate his arm could be re of man, and will last our time. Others have an equal chance, and we are not stored once mere and the broken award are the aftermath of war. This country going to have this country monopolised placed in his hand, he would plunge it is no worse than any other in this res
for the benefit of the few. and destroy you and me and every day shows some new strike. I ask
We, the LONDON, October 20th.
of us as he did in 1915. T am under no illusion
There is no The result of the Russbolme by-election What I thought of them then I think before the war. One of the things whick regard to the Germans. why industrial unrest is greater now than 10.
hort cut, to greatness or to safety. There of them now. They
are some men in this country who are now. is fostering industrial unrest, no friend in have no Capt. J. H. Thorpe (Coalition U.)...8,384 me. (Applause.) There are some who
creates it, and is one of the greatest ago, called L.W.W. men and red raggera, nay called Bolsheviks who were, a few years. Dr Dunstan (Labour) 6,412
would treat with the Germans, would
causes of it. it profiteering (Cheers,) who would lend the credulous to believa Mr. W. Pringle (Liberal) 3.933 with them by the hand that is dropping rife. In America it is rife. All over the where they have not sown, that there is would In England and in France profiteering is that in some way or other they can reap is stained with every crime it is possible world it in rife. But it must be stop for mankind to design and
pert But I am not one of those. I shall not
perpetrate T shall not say how it is to be dealt do them an injustice. I shall not treat with any more than I will say how we them, as far as I have power, as they are going to deal with Bolshevism. would have treated us. The world is both these things must stop. We cannot those who tell you there is are either fools wide. Let them keep their place and we will keep ours. (Applause)
THE HOUSE OF COMMONS
RESULT OF THE RUSSHOLME BY-ELECTION.
is as follows:--
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Capt. Crewdson (National Party) 815
CONSCRIPTION AT HOME, TO BE ABOLISHED IN APRIL
civiliantil as ever into the bosom of pect. Is England, Franoc, and America people of Australia, mast work hand in
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THE BOYS or AUSTRALIA.
that
hand for our own salvation
some way of living without work. There
wages and good times in this country it is not.. (Cheers.) If we are to have
is to be the result of wholesome work.
But There is no other means of salvation, and
have in a community this sort of free men and women to whom liberty has been shoulders of the people to rule and fool or knaves, who wish to climb on the given by the valour and heroism of our them. soldiers, men who are attempting to force their opinions down our throats willy. nilly. There is a way to govern this
column of route, when Amiens was country, and that is under the Constitu
TOLERANCE AND LIBERTY.
There are some who say that all is well
of the world has there been enacted such in Rassia. Well, never in the history
Moreover, the farmer must be protected when land is sold over his head. There fore, it was proposed that his, tenancy should be secured. On the other hand, there must be a guarantee that the farmer would do his best to get maximum pro- duction, The Government was determin- is and would secure credit for alleviat ed to put agriculture upon a satisfactory
TONDON, October 20th. Mr. Winston Churchill, in a letter to creased technical instruction, and the factory that conscription will be abolish- ing railage and transport costs, for in- the Dundee Liberals, says that the build- ing of the Volunteer Army is so satin-
At the darkest hour when defeat seem- promotion of labour-saving devices. ed in April, possibly earlier.
ed staring us in the face, when the legions REDUCTION IN HOURS PROPOSED.
Over 3,750,000 have already been de
of Germany were marching triumphantly mobilised, and an
In additional 500,000 LONDON, October 21st will be released by December...
sight, 2nd
the gateway of Paris wide tion. Every man and woman is equal The Central and Associated Chambers.
boys of Australia, of whom before the ballot box. Let them choose sorrows as have marked the rule of Lenin it was said by the friends of Germany their rulers, and, let those salers rule is no talk of kings and rulers. The people CAPITAL AND LABOUR.
and Trotskv. But in this country there of Agriculture passed a resolution warn-
at the beginning of the war, by those (Cheers) Let them make noch laws as the choose their own, and it is our pride ing the Government that a reduction in
LORD LEVERHULME'S REMARK-.
stalwart defenders of A Australia, We people approve, and if they don't all and privilege to have any law we like and ABLE VIEWS.
and when the Germans approve they must respect the hours of agricultural labourers would
them; what can 100,000 men say they will disregard, the law and in this country, and, above all, we must Bet when ruler we please. We must have tolerance tion and increase the cost of living, as seriously limit home-grown food produc
Lospon, October 20th: well a diminish employment on the land. peech at the Authors Club, declared opinion on this question is worth s snap from the tyranny of the Kaiser or Czar. that but for clutch by force the reins of government Lord Leverhulme, in a remarkable plause.) And I say that, not that my thing which in its essence does not differ we should not be here to-day (Ap- we must deal with the danger as with a
must have liberty. (Cheers.) When the THE CAULFIELD CUP.
war waged I was for the war. No one that the surcese of the nation depended of the singer, but because the facts speak (Cheera). We shall have no Bolshevism in
ever had any misapprehension as to what upon the payment of high wages. Our louder than words. Wherever the tide
side I was on. I never believed in the WON BY LUCKNOW.
handicap in competition with the United of battle ran strongest, wherever the Lury this country, for the people have in their red raggers. I am not a Bolshevist, Btates was the low rats of bur wages.
wan hottest, there were the Australians we have any profiteering (Cheers.) We believe in the rulers by the ballet box. I
hands their own destiny. Neither shail am simply a man of the people MELBOURNE, October 21st.
He declared that the recent unrest wae (Cheers)
lieve in government of the rishple..
I be- The Caulfield Cup result was as fol. perfectly natural, demonstrating that the
When the full story of this war comes must all sacrifice something for the coun- believe in constitutional order, I beliers British workman was ambitiolis, which to be written, and the Homerio struggle try. Patriotism..does not consist merely in the abolition of strikes. I believed in Lacknow
was fortunate, because its absence would around Villers Bretonneux comes to be in getting a platform and waving a Night Watch
apell disaster.
set out in Australis with all their drama fag and blowing a trumpet, and then put these things, when I was a Labourist. Crome
fe was confident that the ultimate the incidents portrayed, there is not one ting your hand in your pocket with 40 Labour. I never led them into a strike, Twenty borsen raz. Lucknow won by advent of the worker on the Directorate shall be glad and proud that you call If we face these difficulties in the right but I let them out of it. I don't een-
of you, not even the most indifferent, but or 50 per cent. profit..
During the years and year when I led balf a neck, the betting being 9 to 2
That won't do. would be the means of achieving the yourself an Australian, and so a fellow spirit, if we are determined that we will she them; they are there stewing in greatest imaginable industrial progres, citizen of those men who fought for Audest with these probleme as sensible law no ill-will on my part, for they are doing
When the workers could share the restralia, on that day who fought
their own juice, (Laughter.)' There is day in
to constitutional means and I am their And an enemy in me, but let them keep Iriend. Let them take some other CORINEL and I am not. (Cboers)
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THE SILVER MARKET.
LONDON, October 17th. The silver market is quiet.
LONDON, October 18th The silver market is steady.
will wait come we will
say
learned that by increased production and stances the most discouraging and cheapened cost they could beat all compressing, and we maintained during
and do justice to our soldiers and our selves We shall be able to make good, petition and increase wagen English whole war that even, enlm, and confident and for the fallbenefits of victory. industrie would be second to none. front that marked the Australian soldier
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