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THURSDAY,

DECEMBER

1918.

EARLIER TELEGRAMS.

THE ALLIED. OCCUPATION.

REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.

THE INTER-ALLIED CONFERENCE:

Question of Ex-Kaiser's Future Considered,

London, Desember 2. There were extraordinary scenes of enthusiasm st Whitehall on the occasion of the Inter Allied Conference at 10 Downing Street st eleven o'clock. Enormous crowds surrounded Marshal Foch's. motor car and cheered Marshal Foch and Mr. Lloyd George and sang the Marseillaise. -

The Conference preliminarily discussed the date and procedure of the Peace Conference, also questions soccerning the carrying out of the Armistice and also the position of the ex-Kaiser.

Besides the French and Italian representatives, the Premier, Mr. Bonar Law, Mr. Balfour, Sir Henry Wiles and Lieut. Col. Sif Msurice Bankay were present.

EXPLOSIVE COMPANIES.

A Big British Combine.

London, December. 2.

The Treasury has sanctioned the amalgamation of 29 British Explosives Companies into the Explosives Trade, Ltd, with a capital of £18,000,000.

The British South African Explosives and the Australian Explosives Chemical Company are among the smalgamators.

GERMAN DEMOBILISATION.

Hladenburg's Appeal to the Army.

London, December 2.

Marabal Hindenburg argently appeals to the men of the Army to remain at their posts. He promises demobilisation as early sa possible except for the 1895 to 1899 Olasses.

THE OLD ORDER AT BERLIN.

Revolutionaries Not la Power..

Amsterdam, December 2.

A message from Berlin states that at a meeting of the delegates of the Soviets of Bavaria, the Premier, Herr Eisner, asid that the old Government machinery was still working at "Berlin. The Bevolutionary Government had no power. The Bavariana maat help themselves. Bavaris would ask at the Peace Conference that all the Armice be abolished and the police troops be charged with the maintenance of law and order.

UNION OF MONTENEGRO AND SERBIA.

Under King, Peter.

Prague, December 2.

The Montenegria Skuptoheis has decided to depose King "Nicholas and his Boues sad to unite Montenegro and Serbis under

King Peter,

ness

EARLIER

TELEGRAM.

BRAVE AIRMAN OFFICERS.

London, Dec. 1.

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The "Gazette" says that Victoria Crosses have been awarded to the following officers of the Royal Air Force, in recognition, of bravery of the highest possible "order- Captain William George Barker, D.5.0, with bar, with two bars. On the morning of the 27th Oct Captain Barker shot down an enemy two-seater over Foret-de-Mor- mal Simultaneously, a Fokker biplane attacked him and he was wounded in the right thigh but managed to shoot down the enemy afire. He then found himself in the midat of a large formation of Fokkers who attacked him from all directions. He was again severely wounded in the left thigh but drove down two of the enemy. He then lost conscious- and his machine fell out of control, Ox recovering be found" himself again being heavily at- tacked by a large formation. He singled out a machine," deliberately charged and drove it dawn in flames. Hi left elbow was shattered in this fight and he again fainted On recovering he found he was still being attacked, but despite more severe wounds be dived at the nearest machine and shot it down in flames. Greatly exhausted he dived, out of the fight to regain the British lines, but met another formation which attempted to cut him off, but after a hard 5ght he broke up the formation and reached the British Hines, where he crashed on landing. Altogether Capt Barker destroyed fifty enemy machines. Lieutenant A. W. Bean- champ Protor D.8.0., M.C, with bar, D..., has conquered Afty-four toes, destroying twenty-two enemy machines and sixteen enemy kite balloons and driving down, sixteen His work-in enemy aircraft completely out of control attacking enemy troops on the ground and in reconnaissance was of almost unsurpassed brilliancy.

`EXPULSION OF GERMANS."

Loudon, Dec. 2

The Attorney General, Sir P. E. Smith, speaking at Bournemouth, said the Government is determined to expel from Britain every German.

ALLIED SQUADRON OFF "SEBASTOPOL

London, Nov. 30,

The Admiralty announces that the Allied squadron in the Black Bes thehored off Sebastopol on Nov. 28.--Russian ships in the handy of the Germans were surrendered to the Bed Naval Representatives, and also some German sub-

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British Troops in Germany.

London Dec. 1. Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig reports: The advanced troops of the Second Army, commanded by General Plummer, have crossed the German frontier between Beho and Expen They have advanced towards the Rhine and have reached the general line from Burgreuland to Bullingen and Mons. Joia.

The Populace Warned.

Paris, Dec. L

Marshal Foch has issued a proclamation to the inhabi. tants of the occupied territory of Rhenish Prussia enjoining the strictest obedience and warning the people against hostile acts the penalty being trial by court martial

American's over the Border.

London, Dec. 1..

An American communique says the Third American- army has crossed the German frontier and reached the gen- eral line of Alfersteg, Winterscheid, Muelbach, Treves and Baarborg.

GERMAN AFFAIRS.

A Ban Against the Kaiser.

Amsterdam, Dec. 1 The German Government has forbidden the Kaiser and Kaiserin to return.

A South German Republic.

Amsterdam, Dec. 2

Herr Scheidemann in an article in the "Torwaerts" on the danger of the disruption of the Empire, which be dye is increasing daily, says there has been a conference with the French Command at Strassburg with a view to the creation of a South German Republic. The Executive of the Berlin Soviets has resolved to welcome a Russian Bolshevist delegation to the Soviet Congress in Berlin on the 18th Dec.

Administrative Confusion.

London, Dec.

A message from Berlin says Herr Ebert admits that the Independent Socialists are conspiring to overthrow the Government. The German press says that utter administra tire confusion reigns and accuses the Government of having squandered sight' hundred million marks in three weeks.

Strikes in Berlin,

Stockholm, Dec, 2 Strikes have broken out in Berlin in favour of the socialisation of industry.

THE VISITS TO LONDON.

London, Dec 1 Despite discouraging weather, unprecedented crowds welcomed Marshal Foch, M. Clemencezu and others. Cn- paralleled enthusiasm wes- displayed. The most prominent "English statesmen and naval and military men awaited the visitors at Charing Croes where a guard bonour was pre- sent. The band of the Grenadiers played the "Marseillaise," and the guests were visibly impressed by the warmth of the welcome.

The "Manchester Guardian' kaya it is generally under-* stood that the primary object of the visit of M. Clemenceau and Signor Orlando to London is the question of dealing. with the ex-heiser.

TROUBLE IN POLAND.

Beroc, Dec. 2.

The Polish Press Bureau, admits that forty Jews and a dozen Christians were killed in recent disorders at Lemberg and says the perpetrators were hundreds of released crimin- als assisted by deserters. It adds that fifty of these bandits were shot and fifteen hundred imprisoned, of whom less than half were Poles.

The Jewish Socialist Labour Confederation bas urgently appealed to the Socialists and Labourines of the Entente and United States to urge their Governments to immediately militarily intervene in the pogroms in Poland and Galicia.

ROYAL MOVEMENTS.“

London, Dec. 2

Beater's correspondent at the British front says the King and Princes arrived at Arras on 20th Nov. and pro- ceeded to Douai and Valenciennes. They slept overnight at Sebourge...

A Belgiaa communique says: The Royal Family entered Liege at the head of troops who defended the town iz 1914. A Belgian cavalry brigade has entered'Aix-la-Chapelle at the request of the German authorities.

A SOUTH SLAV STÁTE.

London, Dec. 2.

A Belgrade telegram announces the creation of a new South Slay State. Delegations of all the South Slav territories who have hitherto been ruled by Austria-Hungary, met at Neustad and proclaimed union with Serbia and Montenegro under the Kara-George Dynasty,

IRISH POLITICAL AGREEMENT.,

London, Dec.

The Nationalist and Sinn Fein Conference has decided

to divide six Ulster electorates equally, the candidature-of- three others being submitted to arbitration.

MORE U-BOATS SURRENDER.

London, Des ines zurrendered to Admiral Tyrv

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"LADY": "MISSIONARY'S.” EXPERIENCE.

Roughly Handled by Japanese Soldiers.

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arms and dragged them half, way] up my back. They proceeded to bind me very firmly with a rope, pewing it rvand my neck in such a way that the weight of my arms

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“COMRADES OF THE

GREAT WAR,

dragging on it made breathing Wise Direction of Discharged

difficult. After I had been bound the soldiers struck me repeatedly The following statement by about the bead and face with lady missionary is forwarded to their hands. One of them pointed the Changhai Mireury by H. M. to a gun and saked me if I had Consulate at Changahua :—-

a

Soldiers,

A meeting in support of the

Com organisation known as fades of the Great War,** was hold Manchester Town Hall recently, in the Lord Mayor'e Parlour attia. The movement has in Manchester membership of nearly six thousand,' with effoss and clab rooms in Oxford Street,

any about me, I presume he Owing to the publication meant bomba. I answered in the without my knowledge and negative but my word was no against my wishes of details taken and I was searched. After purporting to be authentic of my wards they matched me across recent encounter with three couple of fields to the barracks, Japanese soldiers I baye been on the way subjecting me to a se obliged mach against my inclius cond scaron. As the barrackel was tion to give the correct version to made the centre of s gaping explained that the object of the the public. With the publication crowd. While standing bound

Captain E B B Towse, V.U.,

That feeling must not be allowed to die after the waN.

of this statement 1 should be in the hall awaiting the arrival of movement was to help in every greatly obliged if the matter the superior officer. I was struck way the discharged soldier. The might be allowed to drop, as the scross the face with great foreshole work originsted in and publicity already given it has by two soldiers who had not seen depended upon the feeling of comradeship which had grown been extremely distasteful to ma. the circumstances of my arrest.

The following are the facts :- I had the marks of their blows on all our fronts in this war. On the afternoon of 2nd October for several days. about 6 o'clock I went for a walk, When the offer appeared he is could be maintained all anaccompanied After about half ordered me to be unbound and the other objects of the an hour I struck the South Min- brought into his room. He asked movement would be taken in the charis Railway line at a point me to be seated, offated me stride. The clabe, which were probably about a mile and a half oigarettes and bad tea brought me to be established all over the south west of Changehan Station, by an orderly. I sat down but United Kingdom and the other There was a well kept footpath on did not partake of the profered parts of the Empire, wars to be either side of the line and I refreshments. This man could not merely social centres, but decided to return home that way speak no English and very littla as I bad done before on two or Chinese, so he merely saked could fad help in obtaining places where discharged soldiers three occasions within the set a question or two on irrele employment, in secating pensions year without lat or hindrance. I vant subjects. He was quite and other benefits, and in main- had gone probably about three courteous. Presently he went taining their general welfare. He quarters of a mile and was just away and after some time appear appealed to the public not only about to leave the railway tracked with sny another cfficer, who on the ground ci gratitude but by a path leading south towards seked me in Chinese what I had because the organisation of my home when I saw three been doing on the railway and if discharged soldiers – in this Japanese soldiers, fully armed, I did not know that I was tres movement would tend to prevent approaobing from the direction passing. I answered that I was friction in the country after tås of Changchun station. I went anware of any regulations on the war. The movement, he said, forward without misgiving sad subject and expressed regret st

I was prepared to amalgamète with was about to pass when one of having sewittingly broken them, any aarooration which did not go them put himself in my way, at the same time giving my in for party politics, whình ng pashed me back with his hand opinion of the conduct of the capted all rank and which and indiosted in a truculent way soldiers. He replied somewhat confined itesif to men discharged that I could not go forward. It traoolently that whether I knew from the services, so that no did not occur to me that the men of the regulations or not was no civilian could get in and try to were in the exeroïse of their dutý; affair of theirs. "After make a party political job out of I thought they were merely taking further delay I

expressed it. advantage of the foot that I was the desire to be allowed to go

Captain Donald Simson, who slone and at their meicy to bully homs at once as by this time it has been organising the more me and show their authority, was about half past esven. I was

ment in New Zealand,: Canada, Conet quently I, at first, refused to told to have patience, that a Australis, and South Africs, s go back, explaining as well as I genderme would presently come well as in this country, in asking could to men who knew no English to escort me to the Police Station the public for help, said the and very little Chinese, that I was He appeared about half an hour organisation must be regarded just about to leave the line by sister and I went with him. I was insurance against fature road a little farther on-which I kept sitting in the hall of the trouble. This kind of association pointed out and that I had gone building for perhaps twenty in a comradeship which took so this way several times before micutes and was then ushered

trigners.

On the motion of Major Gregs seconded by Colonel Clapham, a resolution was passed pledging assistance to the movement,

Colonel Castes presided ora the meeting.

without question. The leader of into the presence of's gentleman account of cless divisions, would the party, however, merely shout who described himse 1 in English help, he thought, to stop indust ed something unintelligible and as Captain of Gendarmes. Be the men under wise direction and rial disputes, it would bring again pushed me back roughly motioned me to a chair where I with his hand. He asked and I sat for ten minutes or so while he save them from the influence of agitators and “hot sir” speeches, told him I was an Englishwoman, talked through the telephone. Something of the kind wa sad I tried to make him under Presently be geve me paper on needed, because the discharg tind that if he need violence, as which to write my name, address, ed soldiers of this country be seemed inclined to de, he age and occupation, and then were drifting into s state of die would regret it. By this time it requested me to walk to content which was being fanned wee sundown and, while it as the Consulate (a distance of about and inflamed by political in still quite light enough not a mile)with my escort, which I only to see the soldiers die did. I mat for a short time there tinetly but to distinguish the in the outer ball where there were Mission House a mile or two number of men talking, after distant, I saw it would be which a young man sppeared and anwise to delay any longer and introduced himself se the Vios agreed to go back the way I had Consul. After a few remarks on come. I turned to do so, where the anject of the Japanese Na иров ons of the two remaining tional Holiday, which he had soldiers planted himself in the been celebrating that day, and way and threatened to use his gas other irrelevant matters, he too if I attempted to paen. There who asked for my name, age, address, sa embankment on either side and etc., although it was evident that e goldier on this path bahind and he already know them, and then before me. I protested that I alluded to the "Unfortunate must be allowed to go one way or sosident,” which had occurred the other and was thereupon between me and want the struck with some force on the "Japanese offeurs.” Fthereupon side of the head by the soldier in gays him my version of the story front. I was so angry that I raised to which he listened quite politely my walking stick and struck the and intelligently. At the nlose of man fall in the face. At that all the narrative he remarked that he of great excitement, three fell upon me. Snatching my could not properly investigate the parties consisting of walking stick one of them broke case until he had heard the and various mem it in two and bost me about the soldiers side of the story, and school and hospit head with it while the other two volunteered the opinion that the by some Chinese police had

unfortunate aceident" osme organised by my colles about through the soldiers and I had twins soound the not understanding

our home in the ten me but without

| laid to with their handa. They

ESTE MOƉA BOTære besting throw me down into a difah, kh dragged me by the hair and ed out quantities of it.. my hairoom he with the their blows into am which I found in

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