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TELEGRAMS,

[Roster's Service to The "Telegraph."}

EARLIER TELEGRAMS.

PRESIDENT WILSON'S SPEECH.

German Press Comment.

Amslerdem, January 24. The "Cologne Gazette" states it cannot see how the world will be brought nearer peace by President Wilson's speech unless America attempts to practice what be preacher.

The "Rheinische Westfaelische Zeitung" states that peace without victory means that the Central Powers will bo deprived of their gains. It contends that access to the sea for every great nation means that Germany must retain Belgium "What the Dardanelles means to Russia the English Channel means to Germany."

Mr. Boner Law's Views.

Lradon, January 24. Mr. Bonar Law, Chancellor of the Exchequer, speak- ing at Bristol and replying to President Wilson's speech, declared: 13

The Germans so-called peace offer has received from the Allies the only possible reply. We believe that the essence of this conflict is a question which is as old as Time, namely, the difference between right and wrong. We know that this is a war. naked aggression, and that the crimes which have accompanied the conduct of the war, and which bare been unknown in the world for centuries, are small com- pared with the initial crime of plunging the World into war by cold-blooded calculation, because those responsible thought it would pay."

Our aim incided wih President. Wilson's effort 15 secure the present and future pence of the World. It would not be right to regard President Wilson's efort to induce the Senate to take the necessary steps in regard to a League of Pence as altogether Utopian, but the subject was not an abstract question for the future, but a question of life or death now.

Proceeding, Mr. Bonar Law dwelt on past efforts to render war impossible, or at least to mitigate its horrors, and showed how Germany had in wholesale manner violated her Convention pledges in this regard. Not a Xeatral Power had been able to stop that, and no Neutral, indeed, and protested. So we must take other means to secure the future peace of the World.

Wo rejected the German negotiations' offer because peace now would mean peace based on German victory and leave the military machine unbroken with a halo of euccides rounding it. The controllers of that maching would again prepare for war, choosing a convenient time to begin,

What President Wilson was longing for, we were fight- ing for, and our men folk were risking their lives for-. and we mean to secure it.

THE "HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, JANUARY 26, 1917.10

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The K.0.0. team will be:-J. P. Robinson, J. V. Braga, E. J. Edwarda, J. H. Mead, A. O. BrawD, L. J. Blackburn, W. L. Wesser, |A. A. Birnie, W. T. Elson, W, Kay, J. C. Fletcher and H. Overy.

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SPANISH MAJOR IN. TROUBLE.

Madrid, January 24.

Major Francison, a member of the Spanish General Staff, is to be court-martialled for a speech at a dinner given by the German colony a Barcelona. He attacked

the Allies and toasted the triumph of the Central Powers.

THE NAVAL FIGHT.

Yauideo, January 24. Survivors of the German V69 say that a flotilla of eleven Tegels left a German port at 1 o'clock on Monday afternoon. At 3 o'clock yesterday morning they discovered the British abeam at long range. The latter opened fire. The British marksmanship was most accurate, and V63 was soon hit. She escaped marvellously, for she was faced by two British squadrons of from four to six big ships each. There must have been treachery, because every precaution had been taken to avoid an encounter. As the steering gear and compass ware destroyed, the vessel steered by the stars with her #crews, making the mouth of the Ems; but she sighted four. British destroyers off Ymuiden, so she made for Ymuiden. The main action was fought thirty miles off Zeebrugge. The V68 escaped owing to being the rearguard of the flotilla. Survivors did not know the fate of the other vessels: but they must have suffered badly.

MAN-POWER AND AGRICULTURE.

London, January 24. Lord Derby and Mr. Prothero, President of the Board of Agriculture, state that the urgent military situa tion requires, the taking of men under twenty-five from even an industry so essential as agriculture. On the other hand, agriculture asks to be allowed to retain all its skilled labour. The conflicting claims are only reconcilable if the soldier and the farmer each yields sometiring. Instead of the 60,000 offered by the tribunals as unessential, only 30,000 will be called up without the War Cabinet's sanction. The military authories had arranged for the substitutes to, in- clude a proportion skilled in the management of horses, also the return from the colours of men accustomed to the steam cultivator, and to send other men to assist in plough- ing and sowing, assuring a volume of labour exceeding that of the past eight months.

THE WESTERN FRONT.

London, January 25,

A French communiquo states:---Destructivə artillery fr ing was carried out against the enemy in the region of Moulinsson St, Ourent north-east of Hill 304,

There was an appréciably violent artillery struggle in the sector of Ceurieres Wood.

TRAWLERS SUNK BY SUBMARINE,

London, January 24.

Three Fleetwood trawlers have been sunk by the gunfire of a German: submarine. The crewa were lan fed after, bang several hours. in small hoste, scantily, ·lad and ip Etterly cold:weather.

ATTEMPT ON SPANISH PREMIER.

Madrid, January 24,

An attempt was made on the life of the Premier, Besbor Rou anones, while teavalling from Revilla towards Madrid. The ozprose ran over two sloepers placed on the rail, For- tanabely, the attempt failed,

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