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TELEGRAMS.

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THE GREEK CRISIS,

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MR. LLOYD GEORGE AND PEACE,

OUTSPOKEN BEPLY TO german noTE.

BRITAIN SUSPICIOUS OF GERMANY'S MOTIVES,

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· Deostuber 19, 4 30 1.0. A record attendance is expected at to-day's memorable meating

of the House of Commons.

Mr. Arquith will probably be present, and Mr. Lloyd George, who was working yesterday, in likely to speak for two hours, - His

An impossibië Situation.

December 19, 4:30 a.m. Benter's correspondent at Athens, wiring on December 18, says the situation is uncertain,

The Entente diplomats are exchanging viswa regarding the second Note.

The Press now describes the situation se impossible, and urges the Government to take vigorous mesenres to terminste it.

The New Ultimatum Ready,

December 19, 6.25 p.m.

Reater learna that the draft of the new ultimatum to Gress

reference to the German pesos offering will be the first official is settled, and that is presentation is imminent. angonnoemens on the Note, which was presented to the Forsigu Ollós yesterday.

Francs Receivas the Peace Note.

December 19, 4.30 s.m. Bester's sorrespondent at Paris, says that the American Ambassador handed the Foreign Offor the German Pesos Note, which is indentical to Dr. Fou Bethmann Hollweg's statement in the Beichstag, consisting of a general proposal, with no concrete. conditions.

Mr. LLOYD George's speɛCH.

December 19, 7.15 p.m.. In the course of a speech in the House of Commons, Mr. Lloyd George, the Prime Minister, mid he appeared before the House with the most terrible responsibility that could fall on the shoulders of any living manas the chief adviser of the Crown in the most gigantic war in which the country had ever engaged, a war apon the events of which its destiny depends.. "It is," declared the Prime Minister, "the greatest war ever waged, and ita burdens are the heaviest ever cast upon this or any other country, while the imenes are the gravest which have ever attached to any conflict in which humanity has been involved.

The responsibilities of the new Government have been suddenly accentuated by the declaration of the German Chancellor, The statement made by the latter in the Reichstag has been followed

ON THE WESTERN FRONT.

French Heavily Bomb Enemy Points.

̈December 19, 4,00 p.m..

A French communique says:--The snemy has bombarded the region of Louvement and Chambrettes.

Two enemy aeroplanes were brought down at Verdun, and our sir squadrons heavily bombed the railway stations af Dan-sur- („Mense and Montmedy, and bivonacs et ÁRINUM.

Huge Enemy Losses on the Somme,

December 19, 4.40 p.m.

It is stated that an independent estimate by the British General Suff of the German losses on the Bomme, substantially coincides with the French unofficial estimate 890,000.

THE PLOT AGAINSŤ POLAND,

Fraudulent Promise of Independence,

Petrograd, Nov. 12.-Nothing

by a Note presented to as by the United States without comment. more important, nothing more

and of our own shortcomings. |

solation within

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CAPT. BLAIKIE.

Not to Share Capt. Fryatt's Fate.

December 19, 4.40 p.m. m

$36 PER ANNUY,

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BOXING.

Flyweight Championship.

Loodan, December 18,

In the House of Commons, Mr. Bonar Law announced that Germany had given so securaroe that Captain Blaikin would not share the fate of Captain Fryatt, as the German Admirzity considers that the Usledonia was an armed cruiser and that Captain Blaikie world's flyweight championship Wilde was only doing his duty in attempting to rem the subenarios.

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CANADA'S MUNITION FACTORIES.

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December 18, 7.25 p.m. Reuter's correspondent

Ottawa

Canada has 600 munition works, and is spending thereon two and a half times the normal yearly expenditure of the

Dominica.

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WARRANT FOR ARREST OF M. VENIZELOS,

December 18, 9.20 p.m. Reuter's correspondent at Athen says A has been issued for the arrest of M. Venizelos for alleged high treason.

THE MAGELLAN TÖRPEDOED.

warrant

December 18, 10.10 p.m. According to Beuter's Amsterdam correspondent, ♫ Berlin mosage reports the torpedoing of the troop. ship Magellan (6,000 tons), with 1,000 aboard.

A Marseilles telegram states that everyone aboard the Magellan was rescued.

ideal, not merely a detail in the But if there is no King, zo re- general process of liberating the galar Constitution, no Govern small nations: it is an essential ment, who is to mobilise the army for the Germans ? Then, where is element of victory, and a pɔrsist- ent effort to End a solution will the independence? help us to win the victory.

In this respect we have been

declared that the course of events |

solution in the German sense. It

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fallen on the Polish political

LORD MAYOR'S SHOW.

Captured Aeroplane Wins

Loudest Cheers.

Bright sunshine and a blas eky-happy omen-marked Lord go through the City to the Law

the

Courts, on November 9.

Those who remember tumultuous cheers, which were

Battalion which formed part of the Lord Mayor's Show of 1914–

corded the London Scottish

growd.

In the boxing match for the

knocked out Zulu Kid, of America, in the eleventh round.

British Heavyweight Championship.

London, December 18. :

A twenty round contest took place at the National Sporting Club for th heavyweight championship of Britain between Staff Sergeant Wells and Sergeant Major Voyles.

In the first round Voylse was sent down three times, taking the count up to sight. In the second round be was again sent down thrive, taking the count up to seven and nine. He was hardly able to raise himself and the referee intervened, declaring Wells the winner.

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DON'T FORGET.

TO-DAY.

Victoria Theatro--9.15 p.m. Bijou Theatre-9.15 pm. New Hong kong Cinematograph -9.15 9.23.

TO-MORROW.

Government House.-Lectura by Capt. Pelliot; 5.15 p.m.

Victoria Thesite-0.15 p.m. Bijou Theatre-9.10 p.n. Now Hongkong | Cinewata- . graph.-9.15 p.m.

at

Baturday, December 23. "Kismet."-Final Performance

the Theatre Bayal; 9.p.m.

Tuesday, vesember 28. Hongkong Winter "Bisley."

The object of the lectures will GRABBLE

No thinking Pole can vesept the pretence for one minute. Yet forme and fictionemsy be establish- The spawer will be given by the Government in full accord illuminating, has happened this lax and dilatory, and our neged that will delade the unwary Mayor Sir William Dann's pro- with our brave Allies. Naturally there has been an interchange of satama than the German pro-gence be enabled the German

and give opportunities to the views, not upon the Note, because it has only recently arrived, but clamation of the independence of to make an impudent attempt to upon the speech which propelled it, and inasmuch as the Note Russian Poland. It lights up in confuse the issues and so guin aasorapalous. And it may even

time. The result for the Coalition

be that conscientious and itself is practically only a reproduction, or certainly a paraphrase, a flush the Germsa situation, and

sible men will feel impelled to of that speech, the subject matter of the Note itself has been and it is a sharp reminder to the may be wholesome if it a take office under the new regime discussed formally.

Allies that the time has come to more determined ffort to deâne

provisionally, and externally **I am very glad to be able to state that we have each make very clear the aims of the war. Drwisely and concretely the aims identify themselves with German

Bat it mast be re- separately and independently arrived at identical conclusions. I On the part of the German of the war. was very glad that the first answer was given by France and Rossis, this must be said: Once and for pested that the enemy proclams plans, in order to prevent still for they have unquestionably the right to give the first answer to all it in their confession of defest, tions are a relaciant. exposure of greater harm being done, so se just after the affair of Messines- martial procession, the public de- such an invitation. The enemy is still on their soil. Their This is the fundamental fact that Germsa weakness. The announce save what remains of the wreck. noted that though this was also a

MAITERS MUSICAL' sacrifices have been greater. That snewer has siready been must be borne in mind amid all ment of the independence of Not in all the hard course published, and on behalf of the Government, I gira clear and all discussion of Polish suffering® i to conceal a desperate attempt to leader than this. And it may be thusiasm of an average English| Rusian Poland hardly pretends of the war has a heavier trial monstrations approximated more

to the sober and controlled en-Lectures by Mr. Desman Fullar. definite support to it,”

Mr. Donman Fatler will give E Any man," continued Mr. Lloyd George, "or any set of men The Germans did not want to drag together a few thousand

All along the way, from East-invited, in "Hasical Apprssia- series of loosaros, so which all are who wantonly, or without sufficient cause, prolonged a terrible con nadertake the solution of the embittered men to fill the deplest that the German object is to com promise the Polee, to embarrase fict like this would have on bia soul a crime that oceans could not Polish problem. They know ed ranke of the Central Armies. their chances of securing just cheap to Whitehall, there were tion" on Monday, January 6, 15, cleanse. On the other hand, it is equally true that any man or set of ¦ perfectly well that. there A year ago Bathmann-Hollweg treatment at the hands of the dense crowds of interested men 22, and 29, at 100 Helena May men who, from a sense of wearinesscrdespair, abandoned the struggle wa without achieving the highest purpose for which we entered it, would their power that would not place had compelled the Central Powers | Allion, at the Peace Conference and Women and of hugely, de-\ Lantituse. A collection will be to take up and solve the Polish Just na much sa to get soldiers, lighted children. Most of the made at the conclusion of asah have been guilty of the most costly act of poltroonary ever them in s false, not to say a perpetrated by sny sisteemer. I should like to quote the very ridiculous, position. They have question in their own interests. To this side of the question the cheering was reserved for the Learare on behalf of the Fund for

Allios should give close attention, Chelsos voterans in couple of Bind Sailors and Soldiers. "We accepted this war for an object, and a world obj-ot, and the war for a year, hoping to erade in Vienna and Warsaw the problem solvas to be misled by the Germaning to the full, and for the be to enable thos well known words of Abraham Lincoln under similar conditions: bean dallying with the question at despite long and intricate and not for a minate allow them carriages, who enjoyed their out.

consultations between Barlin, will end when that objrat is attained under God. I hope it will superable difficulties by Toile persistently refused to yield any ticing a large number of the in Union Jack flying shove the and appreciation of good manic, device, & plan that aims at en- captured German seroplane with to obtain deeper knowledge zever end until that time.'

promises and confessedly futile "Are we likely," continued the Prime Minister, "to achieve negotiations,

habitants of Russian Poland to Eagle.

particularly of the type loss that object by sccepting the German Chancellor's invitation? What Pramis cannot give Poland her was only when steady pressure on

an Epecial constables were of im-beard. The oumposions player invitation of Germany; proclaiming herself victorious without any was based on the destruction of the Verdan enterprise, the advance

(January 8) will be Ballade an F. knowledge of the proposals ate proposes to make, is to put our Polish independence. The con of the Italians on Trieste and the to Russia and is capable of work of keeping the route. beads into a noose with the rope-ends in Germany's hands. This stant factor in the growth of

Men long past military" sgă în | minor (Osapin), Prelude and chook in Romania had closed being interpreted by country is not altogether without experience in these matters. This Pramaian power has been apprae. every hope of a miraculous escape ignorant as a transfer of allegi. their Volunteer khaki-grey, and Fugae in G. sharp minor (Bb), is not the first time we have fought a great military despotism sion of Poland, From the time from defeat that the Germans Ace to our enemy must be cher-small boys in Soout uniform Sphinx (Ogril Scott) <vershadowing Europe, and it will not be the first time we have of the Tentonic order

As the inst Lecture, Mr. Failar resolved on that pitiful pretence acterised su simply diabolical, marched along with very military down helped to overthrow military despotism. We can recall one of the to

of a colation that has now been and its real nature should be bearing, andwiched between will deal with paces suggea.ed to the partition Germanı

thoroughly demonstrated in all deirchments representing every him by the audience. gravest of these despotawhen he had a parpose to serva in ware unrelaxing in their proclaimed to the world.

part of the Empire, Man of the by kind permission of . E working his nefarious schemes, bis favourite device was to appear efforts to build ap State in the It may be imagined with what The plan is a German plan. Australian Light Horse rode on Sir Henry May, Mr. Dooman Fal- in the guise of an angel of pesce, He asaally appeared under basins of the Vistala and the mingled feelings the Poles of The feeble attempts of Austria to magnificent horses of sombreler witt give a piano recital fa the Those conditions when he wished for time to assimilate his conquests Oder. Tast State is Prassis, and War-aw read General To secure a broader solution have grey, Canadians, New Zslanders, bail-room at Government House or to reorganise his forces for fresh conqusete, or, secondly, when during the nineteenth century Boweler's posters on Saturday collapsed before the combined South Africsas, infantry and at the end of January, and at each his subjects showed symptoms of fatigue and war weariness, The Prussis, by means of ruthless op morning: Independence, a King, opposition of Promisos who re- cavalry of the Regular Army, of the four lecture, he will refer appeal was always made in the same of humanity, and he demanded pression of the Pales of Posen, Constitution magic words that fused to surrender Posen and Territoriale, marines in white to sad speak of the principal an end to bloodshed, at which he professed himself to be horrified, and by restless intrigass in Bue leaped into activity hopes numb- Hangarison who feared an in-pith helmets, cadets, sirmen, works he will play at that recital. but for which he himself was mainly responsible. Oarsecsators were sia and Austris, has taken the ed by inanition, Was the Barocco areas of the Slav element and the yeomanry, all were there to give asken in ence and bitterly they and Europe rus it, for the time was utmost pains to guard against Polsoco by the big Vistula bridge etablishment of Trislism in token of the military and naval devoted to reorganising his formes fora deadlier attack than ever upon the resuscitation of Polish power. once more to be the home of the Austria, Austria, whore com-airength of these lands.

which has travelled over a thou abe liberties of Europe. Examples of that kind canse mu to regard Junkeriam and Polish inde Polish Court? Were eighteenth-paratively generous treatment Bebind a contingent of the sand miles in England, Scotland, abin Note with a considerable measure of reminiscent disquietude.pendence are absolutely incom-century splendours to be revived of Galicia has caured Galician Royal Flying Corps came a British and France. Binind osme three

patible. Prussing The above masage is incomplete. In the event of the cont an end the day that the White Eagle onge more to fly has here, too, bowed the neck to our, its planes detached and gull- stoked hearty cheers as men and militariem in the park of Poniatowski? Was Poles to hope for independence, seroplane harnessed to a motor captured German guns, which cluding sections arriving in time, they will appear on, sa Poland Extra.-Ed, H. K. T.)

in reunited and over the long captive city? Was Germany, and the result of hared by a second car, and then the horses of our own Ardilary down tree. Unleen Germany cesses Polish Dist, elected by Polow, betrayal is the revolt of the Polish German aeroplane, which was them through the Oity strain. to be the Germany we know, un to work cut all the implications Legion and the ignominious fail- captured by the B.F.O. in France.

Bir W. Dann took the custom- | lom Germany throws off the dom-[of Polish freedom 7

ure of Austrian orientation an Brilliant points of colour stand-157 oath in the Lord. Ohiaf ination of that naste that began The words were there, bat represented by the Cracow Naing out from the khaki wars the Justion's Comet, Lord Bonding the war and that dictates the nothing was said of the date of tional Committes.

mounted Guards' Bend in orim- making a congratulatory speech,

are the proposis? There are nons. To enter a con's'ence on the independence, because Prassis the Somme, the final collapes of ke up daring the wat

attitude formally disloyal mense value to the polics in the and expisined at the first lestare

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THE PRICE OF WHEAT.

whels conduct of the war inside their realisation. The ons definite The Germans on expect no son and gold. A detachment of In the Central Hall, of the the Central Powers, she is incap-stajament was that there was to seriona inozems of military Boy Scouts was headed by a Supreme Court: 850⋅ womeded December 19, 4.40 p.m. able of Ending a molution of the be'k Polish army, which was to strength as a consequence of this small boy in kilte leading moldinen and, asilora - ware an In the House of Commons, Mr. Winfrey (Parliamentary Polish problem. We are fighting by reorniled at onse and dovetail, pisos of folitical impostare, The 3 bulldog, A Trek party teised to log ang mama Borstary to the Board of Agric:lturs) sanounced that the Govern. Paumian militarism, and for n: od ints the armies of the Cadirai Allan might take encouragement of the Lord Mayor **** Dea ment intended to guarantee a fixel price for wheat in the menson she liberation of re-united Poland Powers. But who is to be the from the svest, and ought, sim, (City de London) Boostr jeg an 1916-17.

is not merely a humanitarian! King and what the Constitution 1. do inks warning ----

followed