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SHIPPING DISASTER AT WOOBUNG.

Only One Foreigner Saved,

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Shanghai, January 8.

The Chi...s Marchants steamer Pcochi, outward bound from Ningpo to Weadhow, sunk on Saturday outside, Woosung as the result of a collision with the Haisfang, inward bound from Fooshow.

The Obiel Engineer, Mr. Scott, was the only foreigner saved. One hundred and fifty Chinees passengers and crew are estimated lost. Many, being fecsan, died after being rescued.

The Heinlong arrived on Saturday night with twenty-seven frosen bodies, including that of the Second Engineer, Mr. Knox.

Second Engineer are missing.

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TUESDAY, JANUARY

1918.

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REUTERS TELEGRAMS,

RUSSIAN PEACE NEGOTIATIONS.

REUTER'S TELEGRAME.

Suggestions Regarding Persis.

London, January A Petrograd message sistes that M. Troisky has sent a Note to Persis cffering to negotiate for the removal of Russian troope from Pereis if Turkey sgrets to do likewise. It is proposed that Paria should communicate with Turkey on the question.

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Other Belligerents Silent.

London, January 7.

·A-SWISS TRAIN BOMBED.

London, January 8, Renter's correspondent at Berne; writing on January 8, saya thar an invisible aviator of unknown ustinusitity bombed a Senas railway train near Lake Neuchatel. There were no casualties, The window of the train and some telegraph wires were destroyed.

A DAY OF INTERCESSION.

London, January 8.

Renter's correspondent at Amsterdam says that the Heads of the Quadruplice Delegations at Brestlitoval have jointly sant, s According to Royal Proclamation, January 6 was observed as a wireless message to the President of the Russian Delegation Day of Intercession at the charabes of all denominations throughout pointing out that the period of ten days allowed for other the land. Hospital and tecining campe held special forms of prayer belligerenta to decide whether they will participate in the pesos and thanksgiving. In several instances the Volunteers attended the

regarding participation has hitherto been received from any other were roluntarily closed all-day long. There were intercession services belligerent.

st some of the cinemam and a message to the Premier was soreaand A Spilt in Germzay.

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THE QUATEMALA BARTHQUAKES.:

London, January 7. Router's our respondent › at Washington - soyu that further earthquakes at Guntur City complete the destruction of the remaining parts of the City and have caused three hundred more desthe

THE SILVER MARKET.

London, January ś. Silver stands as 441. There

market is steady.

Captain Mackie; the mste, Mr. Hetherington; and the Chinese negotiations expired on January 4 and that no declaration churches and military bands sexisted the choirs. The public houses) is a soaroity of offerings and the

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London, January 7. A split between the Ran-German anaaxationists and the more moderate elements in Germsay over the Brestlitavak negotiations in evidenced by a violent attack by the Rheinische Westfaslische

UNIVERSAL APPROVAL OF MR. LLOYD, GEORGE'S SPEECH. Zeitung on Herr von" Kachimann, to whose conduct of the

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-Described as the Most Important State Document of the War.

London, January 7. Commenting on Mr. Lloyd George's specoh, the Daily Mail unya:-We o never offer better terms. Mr. Lloyd George's allusion to Germany's need of raw materiale after the war is reminder that while we command the ses it is possible to harden our price.

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The Daily News anys that the nation can go forward with a clear conscience mad a firm purpose. We have laid down the lines of a clean pesos.

The Daily Bæpress says that Germany finds herself taken asriously and it is a aupreme test of her sincerity.

Mr. Ramsay Macdonald, in a speech at Glasgow, raid that the speech was the expression of the mind of a man who saw all the' problems that would have to be settled when the cloads lifted.

The Daily Chronicle says that the vital goal in the prevention

negotiations is attributee General von Ladendorff's reported intentions to resign. _The_j›urnal doubts whether the Army Command can any longer co-operate with Herr von Kaelbmaan. It declares that " Bennacistions in the Eset" is Herr von Kasihmann's watchword and that renunciations in the West must! follow. Germans must now.sboose between General von Hinden burg and Generel von Ladendorff or Herr von Kuelson and Count Hertling.

London antil Berlin announced that the report was not in accord- General von Ludendorf's resignation ose not heard of in

ance with facts.

ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE.

An Honour for Lady Lugard.

London, January 8,

A forty-six page Gazette contains the names of the resipients

of a future war and the establishment, with that object, of an of various grades of the Order of the British Empire for war exactive League of Mations. The terne triple formals with which services, headed by Dame of the Grand Cross, which has been the speech conclades'may go out to the world as the Empire's conferred upon Queen Alexandra. message. It is endorsed by the sister nations of our great Common- Beren Knights of the Grand Cross, include Sir Arthur Lee, Director of Food Production, and Sir William Flender Wingate, High Commisioner of Egypt.

wealth.

The Timen usys that the speech is the most important State document issued since the declaration of war. To attain a Losgus of Nations we are ready to fight to the death and employ the joliffe. control of raw materiala which is among the most potent weapons of Allied democracies.

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Profound Impression la France.

London, January 7, Beuter's correspondent at Paris says that Mr. Lloyd George peech has profoundly impressed all circles in France, especially Labour. The French press ananimously hail it as the most Important sprech of the head of any Government during the war.

What America Thinks.

Fire Dames of the Grand Cross include Viscountess: Worth-

Sixty-eight Knights Commander include Mr. William Goode, Hon. Secretary to the National Committee of Belgian Belief; Mr. Alexander Gracie, Managing Director of the Fairfield Shipbuilding Company; Mr. John Lloyd, Director-General of Recruiting; Mr. Jones, Managing Director of Beaters; Mr. Charles Stewart, Public James MoKechnie, Managing Director of Vickers; Mr. Roderick Trustee; Major General Lee Stack, Asting Sirdar.

Fourteen Dames Commsader include Lady Lugard, Founder of the War Refugees Committee....

Two bandred and seventy-two Commanders include Miss Stevenson, private secretary to Mr. Lloyd George. There is a long roll of officers and members of the Order.

Colonial Honours Later.

London, January 7,

London, January 7, Henter's correspondent at Washington, telegraphing on January 6, says that cfficial circles generally approve of Mr. Lloyd George's speech for ita moderation and clearness One official sid that the Premier has taken the statements of British, French and Talian political leaders, and even President Wilson's, and developed them more sharply than orginally formalsted. The American Press Colonies in view of the present slowness of communications, it has widely comments on the sperch as a timely and decisive step, clarifying the position of the Eatente Powers, which most be met before say peace-gathering is thinkable,

The Bun says that the statement tells the Teatons equarely that the pesce they desire is attainable without national destruction ar intolerable humiliation,

The New York Times says it is impossible to exaggerate the pledge to stand by the French Demooraoy till death. We can imagino no more appalling blander than the failure to support the French demand for Alsace Lorraine to be restored.

German Criticism of Germany,

London, January 7. Beuter's correspondent at Amsterdam says that Professor Foerster, writing in the Berlin Post, ridicules the German idea that Britain went to war to get rid of Germany's commercial competition, and Americs to secure her foreign investrente. "Britain and America are waging war to remove the war peril from the world Germany's zotual readiness for peace must be manifested more concretely than by general ambiguous déclarations.

Allied Premiers to Confer.

London, January 7. "Beater's correspondent at Paris states that the Allied Premiera will shortly conter in Paris.

What the German Press Says.

London, January 7.

In order to meet the convenience of the Dominions and

been arranged to defer until a later date, probably March-1, the notification of lists of appointments to the Order of the Britials Empire in respect of services in or for the Dominions and Colonies.

ALLIED SHIPPING LOSSES DECREASING.

London, Janasry 7. Beuter's correspondent at Paris says that the Ministry of Marine has published diagrams showing that the loses of Allis mer- chantmen owing to sobmarinism have steadily decreased aines Jaly. The measures taken after the serious crisis, which culminated in April, 1917, so reduced the losses that the situation in December; 1917, was better than in December, 1916. The losses of supply ships were reduced to 14 per cent, and this was especially owing to convoying. The results of the destruction of enemy -abmarines were also encouraging and the losses based on certainties bad steadily increased sipos the end of Beptember, 1916, and ware, doring the last quarter of 1917, nine times greater than daring the corresponding period of 1918. The degrease in the loses by submariniem were due, not to a reduction of flating tonnage, but

to new measures,

QUEBEC'S LOYALTY APPRECIATED.

London, January 7, According to Benter's correspondent at Amsterdam, the His Majesty the King has replied to the message regarding Fousische Zeitung describes Mr. Lloyd George's speech sa the first the participation of the people of Quebec in the tangible British peace offer, bat pesos at the expense of Germany's war, expressing his cordial thanks. His Majesty doen Do "Allies and the return of the Garman Colonice in exchange for the doubt that he may count on the determined participation of the strengthening of the British position in Asia in unacceptable.

people in the war, and fervently jins in their prayer that our The Kecinische Zettang anya that Mr. Lloyd George's tone has righteous cause be crowned at an early date with a victorious-and changed, but the ous Impactalistic aims are wholly maintained.

binding peace. Tas Lokal Anzeiger says the old desire to smash Germsay for ever is apparent, and tas answer will be given by enbmarines and the German troops on the Western Front,"

OPERATIONS NEAR ADEN.

London, January 7.

THE WESTERN FRONT.

London, January 7, Field Morebal Sir Douglas Hoig, in a communique, states :--- There is boilie willery Bring south-east of Messines,

Loudon, January T

A French communique states that there was a most intense

The War Office says it is reported from Aden that a strong re-artillery doel during the night-time on the right bank of the House, connais anos in the direction of Hitam son Jebir resulted in the in the Begonvans and Lee Chambrettes region. Five: enemy destruction of Hatom's defancer: The enemy casualties were severe.aeroplanes were brought down,

GERMANY RECOGNISES FINLAND.

London, January 7, Germany has recognised the Finnish Republic.

EARLIER TELEGRAMS.

MR. LLOYD GeorⱭe's SPEECH.

Warmly Received by the Newspapers.

London, January 7, 1 The newspapers warmly rective Mr. Lloyd George's. statement se a welcome clear and final announcement of Bri- tain's irreducible minimum. The labour leaders like Mr. Themes and Mr. Snowden, in addition to Mr. Henderson, aza unanimous in their approval as bringing peace wonder fully nearer and clearing up misunderstandings. They believe that hardly any of the points could not be settled by a Conference. The "Daily Telegraph” says the speech is at otice a challenge and an invitation, which must be answered. or the nations will draw the irresistible conclusion that Count Hayling and Count Czarnin will not speak out be cause they dare not disclose their real intentions, No passage will excite greater anger in Germany -than that self-determination should be applicable to her lost ocloafely for but few tribal assembling, whether in Africa- or Anstralasia will betray any desire to return beneath the sway of the German taskmaster The Morning Post" says: We shall not achieve peace through weakness, but only strength. Until Germany abandons her poils and makes reparation to France and Belgium, there can be no thoughts of peace. Germany will never abate her last and distrust of the British Empire until defeated.

Congratulations from France.

Paris, January 6.

M. Clemenceau has sent a message to Mr. Lloyd George conveying heartiest congratulations of all Frenchimen on 'lis admirable speech, in which the true facts are so happily assembled.

GERMAN SOCIALISTS AND PEACE.

Amsterdam, Jannsṛy 6. The German Reichstag Socialists, met in Berlin to-day and discussed the difficulties connected with the peace negotiations. It is expected that the conference will urgently request the German Government to notify the Russian Gov- ernment that the former returns to the original peace pro- posals of no annexations, no indemnities, as nobody in Russia will accept the present terms, "Vorwserts" says to-day's meeting is the most important since August 1914. The "Rheinsche Westfälische Gazette," Kruppe organ, hears from Berlin that the peace negotiations may be renew- ed in a neutral capital. Copenhagen, Christiania, and The Hague are mentioned. This indicates a considerable modi- fication of the German Government's attitude

Petrograd, January 6. M, Trotzky starta for Brestlitovsk to-night, accompanied by the Russian peace delegation.

BRITISH AVIATION WORK.

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London, January 6. Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, reporting on aviation. saya: Despite the weather yesterday we dropped ball ton of explosives and fired six thousand machine gun rounds on troops and other targets. We dropped half a ton of bombs last night Ramegnieschin serodrome, obtaining direct hits; also on stations and billete.' We dropped a ton of bombs on Confinos, station and sidings, causing a large explosion and fire. "A further half a ton was dropped on Courcelles station

HONGKONG'S GIFT TO HALIFAX.

London, January 7. The High Commissioner of Canada hää received from the Crown Agents for the Colonies, Hongkong's contribution. "of £10,000 to 'the Halifax Relief Fund The High Commissioner on behalf of the Government of Caneds, expressed the warmest appreciation of the setion of the Hongkong Govern- ment, of which be notifed Bir Robert L. Borden by cable.

ITALY'S BIG ARMY?"

Paris, January 6.4 datin says that ja an interview the Italian Fin- stor stated that 4,320,000 Italians allowing for

rough losses are in Bald.is

PROBLEMS OF THE FUTURE.

London's Conjectures on Lead- Ing Questions After War,

London, Noyember 1.—Tears are some financial problecia connected with the war, with which it might be very interest ing to deat, in the sense of their operation after the "arrival of“ peace. What, for exempla, is to be the final reult upon im proverished Europe of such bags. expanisions «in note viromlation aa have occurred in - Bumin, Germany, and France to say nothing of the growth which has taken place in our own country ? And again, how are these nations; when the after-effects of war Ars feit, also to bear the strain of their enormous debts ?.

Finally if there ** encă # thing s* *finally ***

blems to arise after the w what is so be the system of mate thing international balances when pence arrives, and many of the countries if Europe are so heavi ly indebted to the United States, and whac, moreover, theindebtedn ness must icorence for a time, [owing to the huge demand for raw materials from your country? These are problems, howeTOR, which can only be glanced at for the moment. The nature of their solution will depend largely upon the character of the ending of the war itself. This is true, not only because of the position which a victoricus belligerent Would occupy, scompared with a defeated power, bat beɑsase no much depends on the spirit with. which the "work of financial reconstruction ie began...

Three Kobe "Boys." The Japan Chronide says:--- We have received news of three Kobe boys who are serving their- country. These are the three soos of Mr. F. W.Gotch. Tommie, as he will be known' to soms ready. ere, is now Captain in the. Royal Engineers, and has been about two years in France, bis. special job being mobile searob- lights in conjonction with antis. aircraft batteries, Ger firey bate been until recently a 2ad lisaten- not in the Artillery, working henry bowitzera on the line zene. Arrae. He has now transferred into the Royal Flying Corps and has been sent to England for a course of shres months, training. Balph, the youngest boy, leures... Berkhampeted at Christmas, and is going into the Royal Aviation Service,

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