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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER

28,

1917.

三拜禮 號八廿月一十英港香

REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.

SIR JOHN SIMON.

GOVERNMENT ·

NEW LABOUR-PARTY.

IGNORANCE.

EARLIER TELEGRAMS,

The Recovery of Liberty After The Wat.

Development of Dyestuff Industry Retarded,

300 Candidates at next General

Election..." La

November 28, 1917,

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REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.

THE NEW BRITISH BATTLEFIELD.

German Resistance Stiffaring.

London, Novembar 27. Beater's correspondent at the British Headquarters, telegraphing on November 28, saya :--The German resistance south-west of Cambrai hau stiffened to a point at which our progress is necessarily a matter of hard fighting. The enemy received a staggering blow and be now had time to recover somewhat from the first effects of it. His communications here are good and he can concentrate reinforcementa fairly rapidly. We have won positions of supreme value and the Germine are bound at least to desperately endeavour to exact a larger toll of casualties for our retention of the gains. The outstanding feature of the past week is that the vaunted invincibility of the Hindenburg system of defences has been easily arusbed through, and henceforth the "Germine will be unable to say that any part of their laborious lines of resistance are safe. This ia a fest of enormous importance at a time when it is a serious matter for the enemy to have mors of his reserves tied down." Moreover, it is unlikely that the Germans in Flanders are feeling very confident.

German.Lies.

London, November 27. Beuter's correspondant at Paris states that the newspapers are A now permitted to publish the enemy communiques in extenso. semi-official commentator, dealing with yesterday's German com. manique, myn the contents show the habitaal bad faith of the German Staff. As an example, it speaks of tumerone British attacka as being "repulsed with heavy losses," aberess the truth is that these operations are mostly invented in order that the Germans may gein easy credit. It similarly states that a French attack betweez Samogneux and Anglemont failed, which is also untrue,

A Freach Success.

Loudon, November 27.

~ A French communiqas states :—We surried out a successful local operation last evening north of Bill 344, on the right bank of the Mease, and reduced an enemy strong point, fally completing the gains obtained on the 25th intland,

An American Tribute.

London, November 27. According to Renter's correspondent at Washington, the War Secretary's weekly war review pays a high tribute to the British scocesser," saying "the eitastion is dominated by the spectacular sacoses of the British threst towards Cambrai by adopting new tactical methods, daringly conceived. Bilish strategy has won more ground than either of the belligerents have gained in the same time on the Western Front,"

British Repulse Counter-Attack.

London, November 27, Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig raporte:We repulsed another counter-attack against the north-east corner of Baarlon Wood. The weather is wet and stormy.

WHY GERMANY MUST BE BEATEN.

Spirited War Speech by Lord Robert Cecili

London, November 27.

Lord Robert Cecil, sperking at Norwich, said that where Germany was conserned the epirit which existed in that country was that no law of morality nor religion could prevent them from committing any orime, however hideous, provided it thought to

be in the interests of Germany. That was the spirit which we had to fight, and there could be no safety for us until Germany was finally beaten. Some people believed thatthe German people had a deaire for peace. One teat of that was whether they were willing to reators Belgium and indemnify Belgium for the outrages thereon. The Germana had been challenged to answer that se a rest of their peace sincerity, but no reply bed been received from the German Government. None, therefore, could doubt that the spirit of the German Government to-day was precisely what it was when they raabed Europe into war. Unless that spirit was changed, we should be criminals if we thought that any lasting pesos could ba made with a Power of that kind. The first of our war aims is sod must be victory.

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ON THE ITALIAN FRONT.

British Forces Eager to Fight.

Landor, November 27. Beuter's correspondent at the Italian Headquarters, writing on Nov. 20, describes the magnificent spectacle of the British troops marching in Italy comprising ciralty, artillery and infantry, extending along the roads for miles, with all other branches of the army following. The infantry have been marching steadily for days, making sixteen miles. a day. The artillery is squipped with a great number of guns and accompanied by endless lines of lorries, carta, pontoons and other accessories of a complete army.

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In the evening of the same day the correspondent writes: The enemy is rigorously pressing at three points. Firat at Tomba Mountain and Monfeners, the latter being a spur of Tomba. The crest has fallen, but the heroic defence has rendered the situation stationary. Tomba and Monieners supplementary defences are being prepared which will minimise the loss if Tomba and Mon- febera fall, although a considerable advance here night force the Piars. The second point of attack is San Martine on the Brents and the third point is the Asiago Pistean, especially Mount Meleta, where the enemy has maintained" steady pressure among the snows for a fortnight. Thanks however to the grim determination of the Italian infantry, the enemy's attempts have been defeated, The British forces are eager to get into the fight and the Austro Germas may soon be unpleasantly surprised.

AMERICA AND GERMANY'S ALLIES.

Washington, November £7.

In connection with the declaration of war against Aus tria, Turkey and Bulgaris favoured by Mr. Stove, the chair- man of the Foreign Committee of the Senate, there are. indications that the meeting of Congress on December 3, will be met by a vigorous demand for war against the allies of Germany, Mr. Stone added: I understand some, if not a large number of Austrian troops may now be, or soon will be, actually fighting on the western front.

THE WESTERN FRONT.

London, Norenber 27.

Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig reports: There Esa bez no further infantry action on the southern battle frost, Wa Look a few prisoners in patrul encounters. On the Ypres front there is considerable hostile artillery fire castward and north-eastward of Ypres, particularly at Passchendaele. A Freach communique states: There have been fairly violent artillery actions in Belgium and north of Chemin- des-Dames. Our artillery dispersed enemy assemblages north of the positions captured yesterday on the right bank of the Meise The artillery duel in this sector continues most vigorously.

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THE RUSSIAN SITUATION.

Petrograd, November 27. M. Lenin bas dissolved the Army Committees which support the delegates of the Socialist parties who have been The Maximalists reprosched for opposing, fraternisation.

Kieff, Nijni- claim the control of Petrograd, Moscow, Novgorod, Karhoff, Odes, Samara, Kazan, Reval, Rostoff and other important tons.

THE LATE SIR STARR JAMESON;

London, November 27.

The King has sent a message of condolence to Mr. Middleton Jameson, brother of the late Sir L. Starr Jame- son in which he says that the people will with bin deplore the loss of one who rendered such great service to the Empire.

GERMAN WAR LOAN CANVASS.

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Sir John Simon spoke at a con- ference of Liberale at Haddersfield recently on "The Revery of Liberty at Home.”

He said that the polation of all the problems of reconstruction after the war esentially depended apon the victory of the Allied cause. The longer the wir went on the more clearly was it seen that a future of peace and liberty, not

The Labour Party is about to

ambition the most

Profor Pope, addreming alakoch meeting of teachers at the Regent scheme which has yet been pro- Street Polytechnic, London, said, Jected for securing" for Labour that Germany prepared for war the predominat power in the by the establishment of a huge House of Commons. It is hoped chemical industry, which was built at the next general election to

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about the coal-tar industry, bare at least 300 candidaton and then exporting a very large pledged to the Labour party and Mr. Arthur proportion of the world's require its programme. ments of coal-tar colours and Henderson, secretary of the party, pharmaceutical and photographic freed from the exacting claims of only for our own country but for products. That en Goes was the War Cabinet, bes-undertaken the world, depended upon the ahiered in spite of the fact that to devote the whole of his time overthrow of the creed and the this country at one time possessed and energy to the work of pro- system which we were fighting the whole of the heavy chemical pegands in the country in favoar It was dificult to discasa recon-industry of the world.

of this scheme. atraction after the war when

Alluding to the establishment There are two developments. every thought was occentrated of the Department for Scientific from which much is expected. on the omnis of the present strug and Industrial Research, with an It is proposed through the gle, but nevertheless recontractendowment of $1,000,000, he Women's Trade Union League, ion must be planned sow. There said: The question we want the Women's Co-operative Guild, would be no time if we only be awered is, why that expenditure and other similar organisations, gan diecassions after the war was was not made twenty years ago, effectively to organise the millions over. Moreover, it was swar

st a time when it would have been of women voters who will be add-

for peace," a Mr. Asquith said, undoubtedly successful in pre ed to the electoral roll under and if they did not keep the goal venting the horrors of the last the Representation of the People before their eyes they lost sight three years? (Applause.) We have Bill The Labour party is of that which justified and red in the pest from the ex looking for a big sucession of sanctified every sacrifice.

clusively British method of making Parliamentry strength from the The history of the last three the specialist entirely abserviens women's vote, bat in the electoral years proved that democracy to the administrator, the adminis sense it is an unkowo quantity, could wage effective war in stor being generally chosen and they are not going to leara good cause, but it would only do because he is available, becanee anything to chenca, Women so if it surrendered for the he is politically acceptable, and organisers are to be appointed, time nach of the privilege because he knows nothing what and everything done to educate and tradition of individual and ever about the satject which is the new women voters in Labour constitutional liberty, both in to be administered-(laughter politics. Then there is to be a social sad commercial life, in and hear, hear"), and is there real effort made to secure full order to turn itself into a fighting fere not likely to be prejudiced support, both in money and in machine. This meant that the by any previous convictions. other ways, for, the co-operative return to civil lifa was call for That process of appointing some movement, effort and resolution asevero and

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who knows nothing to A more difficult task which is sustained as the war itlf. Voices expervise the work of someone imposed upon this Committes is were not wanting which openly who does koow how to do the job the formulation of a party pro- derided the conditions ander seems to have been at the bottom gramme. Hitherto the party bus which we used to enjoy the liberty of a great many of car misfortunes always turned down proposals for of peace. There was always in the past:

of brave men had died for it..

s party programme to which can-

danger in fighting a disease that Even in 1915 the Gorezament didates would be expected to sab- somebody would catch the inspplied this same method for the scribe. This time the proposal fection. But one of the real purpose of re-establishing the is to come from the Executive leasons of the war was that we coal tar industry in this country.and not from any afflisted body. had never cared enough for liberty An organisation was established Whether the Executive will meet we had never lived for it within which all the people in control with greater anocees remains to the deration with which thousands ware men who know nothing b.soon, because any programme whatever about ahemistry or will have to be approved by the Di-cassing some special inter-science, and, naturally enough, sonual Conference at Nottingham ferences with constitutional liberty the Government organisation has in January before it can become which the war had imposed, Sir proved not only a great failure, the programme of the party. John Simon said that the Defence but has had the farther effect of It has been definitely decided of the Resim Acts and the end- inhibiting the re-establishment of to pat at least 300 candidates in the electoral field in England, less regulations made under them the coal tar industry.

Professor Armstrong, who Bootland and Walee. This in m were an absolute contradiation of ell "that they przed in presided, in a brief speech at considerably higher number than times of resoe as democratic the close of Professor Pope's in any presiona oonist, and as legialation, bat by no other address, asid: The present they will be concentrated upon method was it possible, in the position of obemistry in our the great industrial urbanosaires sudden stress of a war like this, country is deplorable, owing to bat few constituencies of this and character will be without a ignorance to secure prompt adoption of the Government conditions upon which successful indifference. We have all but Labour candidate. It is obvious war depended. The great thing lost the chance of recovering car that with so large a proportion of to remember wse that these reshare of the dyestuff and organic candidata there is no possibility gulations though justified so an chemical industrias, owing of an arrangement with any other emergency, could never become firstly, to the lack of men of real political organisation similar to the model of good government, intelligence and commanding pre-that which obtained in the give to the Empire the money that and must all be swept away when senos within the industry-these contest of 1906. it needs for the prosecution of the peace was secured. In the same have been filobed from it, by way he thought the regulations the law and other careets to which "After the enemy has rejected of industry necessitated by war literary proficiency provides an with soorn our offer of peace, we had satisfied moet business menentry, secondly, because of the Manner of Appeal by the Berlin have no choice however mach we that commerce was better left to profound ignorance and indifer may long for peser, of continuing commercial enterprise than to eace of the politician to the the confl ct or not. No one, official direction. The restriction requirements of the sitastion. herefore, must fail to bring the apon free publication would be Our Board of Trade has advisadly mer peeded to asiry on the absolutely intolerable in tims of and of set purpose, it would seem, As described by s notral war. Every shilling helps. Your pesor, and it was not a bad siga put all scientific advice aside, mousy is converted into manit- that there should be plenty of and has taken measures which fione, guns, and submarines. Your grumbling about the censorship, have not only proved a failure, arged but has astmally retarded the Finally, Bir Jebn helps your brothers at the front, and it protecte your homes that the recovery of liberty development of the dyestuff in from the borrors of war, such as at home after the war would dustry, I will go farther, and East Praia experienced in so make the teak of Parliament assert that the Government esem terrible a manner at the beginn-more important shap ever, to be bent on handing as back, ing of the war, before aur Hin. This was the justificating for body and soul, into the hande of deborg drove the Russian hordes carrying the Franchise Bill in the Germans, in so far se the time of war, They could not higher interests of chemistry are from German soil."

A shorter and more effective afford, in tsokling the reconstruct-concerned. Their latest sot, the appeal rans a follow- ion of national life, to dispense appointment of an engineering chemist, not a single repre- "Babecribe to the seventh w The new war loan must be with any part of the help apor contractor to control the mano sentative of our English academia loan! After three years' successfalaccasfal otherwise we shall which the nation had relied in facture of dyestuffe, is alone interests is upon the committer souflict the struggle for cu encourage England to continus carrying on the war. Becau aufficient to prove my point, and yet we are constantly told the Again, only two days xeo, we that in fatare, industry and existence has now reached it the straggle 1 I ban be sacossful atraction did not mea climax. In the same way that our for there is money enough in reproduction of oar old institu.were told that the inner of science must be associated.

The administration of the grait- wonderful army presente in un- the giantry. It will be annoseful tions, with all their faulte sad Reconstruction medical man breakable front to the fos, mastif each man acte as if every imperfections. It meant applying-has-appointed committee Government grant for research wo at home bear the hard daties thing depended on him alone.", what was the greatest of the to advise him so to the has been placed in literary hand‹, Every half year, a cartain lessons of the warmthe lesson procedure. which should be and the result in we have much The Cotton Spinners. Amalgamation has decided to tender which this long war has leid spon notices If the Westers' Federation does not concede an advance of us, with determination, with the proportion of the bonds are to be that so morifios and no effort adopted for dealing with this talk but no evidence of real ga- thirly per cent. Fifty-thousand card room workers and fifty full knowledge of all that is draws for redemption at 110, the wars.too greas to make a reality portion of iba chemical trades deestanding of the probinina to

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of freedom.

after the war, Not a single English' bo doult wit thousand spinnsta aie affected.

Referring to the operatione in France, Lord Robert said that during the last two years there bad never been a battle between. British troopa and Germane in which the Germans had not been forced to give ground. "I cannot question or doubt the conviction. that I know is held by those who are most able to judge the Commanders of car armies in France that they only sek a fair field and to favour and they are quite sure that we can beat the Germans svery time. We bave practically acquired every one of the German | Colonies, and our victories in Palestine surely give the Germana cause to think. Then there is Mesopotamia. Wherever we look we may at any rate say that the Germans do not occupy one square inch of British territory. Regarding the blockade, I know it has ita eritice, but I venture to ssy, with a sense of my responsibility,

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that there has been no achievement of its kind in the whole of the correspondent to London, the world's history equalling our blockade." We have accomplished the most rigid blockade ever established, and I rightly maintain that press propaganda for the seventh we have never infringed the principles of International Law which Germen war loan "bas been more subdued than usual, the result we went to war to defend.”

partly of paper scarcity, partly perhaps, of the impassibility of outdoing the shrill violence of the last war loan campaign. The following is a translation of a typic official appeal:-

FRENCH EX-MINISTER'S TRIAL.

London, November 27. Beater's correspondent at Paris says the Committee of the "Chamber has decided to send M. Malvy, former Minister of Interior, for trial. It is anofficially alleged that M. Malvy, while Minister of Interior, informed the enemy of all military and diplomatic projects, especially of the sttack on the Chemin des Dames, and also provoked or encouraged mating in the Army.

COTTON SPINNERS' DEMANDS.

London, November 27.

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