1918-01-25 — Page 9

REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.

EARLIER TELEGRAMS.

GERMAN DESIONS ON INDIA AND CANADA.

Landon, January 23.

The "Times" correspondent at New York states that the American newspapers publish extracts from a brochure the author of which is said to be August Thyssen, relative of the well-known German millionaire ironmaster. The German Government suppressed the brochure, but a copy recently reached America.

Herr Thyssen affirms that before the war a large number of business men and commercial men were bribed to support the Hohenzollern war policy. For example, he was promised a free grant of 30,000 acres in Australia and a three per cent loan of £150,000 from the Deatschebank to develop his business in Australia. Other firms were promised special trading facilities in India, which was to be conquered by Germany by the end of 1915, A syndicate of twelve great. firms with capital of £90,000,000, half of which was to be found by the German Government, was formed to exploit Canada. These promises were definitely made by Beth- mann Hollweg and confirmed by the Kaiser, who addressed large private gatherings of business men in Berlin, Munich and Cassel in 1912 and 1913. In the course of a most flowery speech at one of these meetings the Kaiser declared."We. shall not merely occupy India, we shall conquer it, and the vaat revenues that the British allow to be taken by the In- dian princes will after our conquest flow in a golden stream into the Fatherland. In all the richest lands of the earth the German flag will fly over every other flag."

What really happened, however, was that in December 1818 Bethmann Hollweg asked seventy-eight German busi ness men to guarantee a subscription of £200,000,000 to the next War Loan. Herr Thyssen was personally asked to guarantee a subscription of £200,000 He declined, and, as the result, lost his War Office contract and his business was practically confiscated.

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The German Foreign Trade Department last March cir cularised exporting firms advising them to employ agents abroad who could pass themselves off as French or British because "German agents and travellers will probably for some time after the war hava difficulty in doing business, not only in enemy, but in neutral countries,

Herr Thyssen comments "that this means that Germans will be loathed and hated outside their own country. "We have been fooled into supporting a war from which the ut- moet we can hope to gain is to emerge therefrom without national bankruptcy."

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RUSSIAN AFFAIRS,

Internal Dissension in Ukraine.

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Petrograd, January 23. There is acute internal dissension in Ukraine. The "Ukrainian Secretariat of the People" has issued a mari- festo secusing the Rada of strengthening the Bourgeois regime by supporting General Kaledin It appeals to the army and the reasents to oppose the Rada.

Another Marilesto

Paris, January 23. A Petrograd telegram states that the Executive of the All-Russian Peasants'

manifesto Council has issued strongly condemning the shouting down of the pro-Constitc- ent "autocracy" under the guise of Socialism, devouring the liberty of the Russians.

Futile Peace Negotiation.

London, January 23. Reater's correspondent at Petrograd, telegraphing on January 2, slates: The official summing up of the Brestlií- tovsk pourparlers says that Herr Kuehlmann came caletilat- "ing that as Russia-was-desirous of peace the Russian dele-. gatce would help to conceal from the people the real meaning of the German peace programme; but the Russian delegates secured a written statement of the true German Imperialist programme, which it communicated to the peoples yearning for an honest peace. Russia under revolu tion may not be in a position to repudiate the annexationists, but it refuses to cover up the brutal andexationist preten sions with the figleaf of democracy." The significance of the pourparlers. is that they stripped from German Imper ialism the clonks borrowed from the Democratie wardrobe and exposed the cruel reality of the German aima, involving the occupation of almost all the occupied territories. The announcement concludes "Nothing more can be expected. from, these -pourparlers,”

GERMANY REPLY TO THE ALLIES.

London, January 23.

The long deferred reply by Count Hertling to Mr. Lloyd George and President Wilson is expected to-morrow" and is awaited with the deepest interest. There is every symptom latterly that Von Hindenburg and the reactionaries have triumphed over the Moderates. Hopes of democratising Prussia have faded and franchise reform is practically shely- ed. However, Count Hertling is said to enjoy the unabated confidence of the Kaiser and he will probably elucidate the general situation when be addresses the Reichstag.

THE AUSTRIAN STRIKES.

Worse Than at First Reported.

London, January 23.

Later reports show that the strike in Austria, which is now reported to be ended, was even bigger than was earlier indicated. The Vienne correspondent of the "Vossische Zeitung" states that it commenced at the Daimler motor works at Wienerneustadt and spread like wildfire from the factory and from town to town By Thursday the great munition works, foundries and iron works near Vienna were at a standstill. A hundred thousand demonstrated, but there were no songs and no banners, only threats, grumbles and demands. Then the city tradespeople joined in. The power behind the movement was not the Social Democrats, but a small party of Maximalists. Masses of strikers paraded the street calling not for bread but for peace. The "Tage blat's" Vienna correspondent states that the strike spread beyond Lower Austria to Stria, Bohemia and Maravia. The trams and trains were stopped at Graz, Prague and Brunn

"Vorwaerts" Suppressed.

Amsterdam, January 23. "Vorwaerts" has been suppressed, owing to its out spoken comment' on the Austrian situation,

The article for which "Vorwaerts" was suppressed em- pharised the solidarity of the German frolatorial with Aus trian Labour in the latest fierce struggle, It said: "It is nelf evident that events in Austria must have a deep reaction in Germany. As the fruit of the pan-German propaganda we are menaced not merely with the wecking of the teaco negotiations with-Bassia, but with complete world political isolation. This danger can only be averted of the Germin Government resolutely ranges itself beside its Austrian ally. If it gets otherwise then Germany will be excluded from the Jasting relations of friendship established between Russin and Apstria, with the result that we shall not gain a single friced by peace but lose our Inst neighbour and frion3.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, JANUARY 25, 1918.

REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.

THE THREATENED usRMAN OFFENSIVE.

London, January 28, Reuter's correspóndert at Headquarters, discussing the threatened impending German offensive" says it is taken for granted that the utmost the most violent onslaught against shy part of our front can hope to attain would be to push us back a little. Any prospect of breaking through is negli gible and scarcely worth discussing. We, meanwhile, aro preparing ghastly hospitality for the enemy if he attempta to attack,

GERMAN ALARM REGARDING TONNAGE.

Amsterdam, January 23.

The "Frankfurter Zeitung" is alarmed at the prospect of the Entente securing additional neutral tonnage and de clares that such cargo space is in a certain sense the decisive factor of the war. It threatens neutrals thus helping the

• Entente that Germany will fight their vessels with redoubl- ed vigour."

THE BOMBING OF THE COEBEN.

London. January 23,

A Turkish official message, by wireless, states: In a clever attack the, Gochen and Breslan and destroyers destroyed two monitors, a transport ship, a signal station and numerous munition depots The Breslau was mined and sunk

A German official riesange states that the Gocben is only lightly grounded.

The Admiralty reports: Our aircraft made further day and night attacks on the Goeben and secured two hits with heavy bombs. They also bombed a tug alongside. Heavy anti-aircraft gunfire was encountered, but all our machines returned. Our attacks continue.

OUR DAILY WAR BILL.

London, January 23.

In the House of Commons. Mr. Bonar Law said that the daily average national expenditure for the seven weeks ended January, 19 was £7,500,000, exceeding the estimate by £1,150,000 daily..

AN ANGLICAN CONTROVERSY.

London, January 23,

The confirmation of the election of Dean Hensley Henson (Durban) as Bishop Designate of Hereford has passed off without incident. The appointment has given rise to a keen controversy among Churchmen, owing to his supposed views on certain Christian dogmas The Bishop of Oxford-unavailingly requested the Archbishop of Canterbury to refuse the con- secration. The Bishop of London absented himself from the confirmation but thirty-three out of thirty-eight bishops congratulated Dean Henson.

ENEMY SUBMARINES ENGAGED.

Madrid, January 23.

The Governor of the Canary Islands reports an engage- ment between a British war vessel and two submarines on January 17th. of Ferro. On the following day the Spanish gendarmes found two German sailors, who stated that they belonged to U boats 294 and 295, and who refused to state -the fate of their submarines

GENERAL FALKENHAYN Disgusted.

Washington, January 23.

Oficial despatches state that 160.000 Turks, belonging to General Falkenhayn's reorganised army deserted in three days during a recent journey from Constantinople to Pales-^ tine whereupon General Falkenhayn abandoned the Pales- tine front and returned disgusted, to Constantinople.

BRITISH SHIPPING RETURNS.

London. January 23, The Admiralty reports that the arrivals for the week Six vessels of over totalled 2.255 and the sailings 2,912. 1,600 tons and two under that. tonnage were sunk. Six were unsuccessfully attacked."

VESSEL MINED IN THE MERSEY.

London. January 23,

In the House of Commons, Mr. Houston asked regarding the sinking of a vessel at the mouth of the Mersey on Dec- ember 28th. with the loss of 41 out of 43 lives, including 19 pilots and a number of apprentices,

Mr. Macnamara replied that the vessel struck & mine.

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North Chinas..

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690

Malabous

$34

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