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EARLIER TELEGRAMS.

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St. Johns, May, 15. * Great crowds witnessed the departure of Hawter from Mount Pearl six miles west of the city, and thousands were assembled at the Qui di Vidi, the Martinsyde ground. The weather was favourable-cold, clear, sunny and cloudless. Hawker made a most satisfactory beginning. He frst Bew Bastwards over the city and past the Qui di Vidi signalling "Farewell" to Raynham, then flying at an altitude of two thousand feet he crossed the encircling range of Dills and flew out over the Atlantic.

St. John's May 19.

Early on Monday nothing had been heard of Hawker since the start.

London, May 19

The At Ministry's weather report on the night of the 18th was that conditions were still unfavourable for a direct trans-Atlantic fight, there being much low cloud with strong winds and mista

It is reported that Hawker was four hundred miles of the Irish coast at our post meridian.

Hawker was reported one hundred and fifty miles of Ireland at four in, the afternoon.

At ninethirty in the evening the fate of Hawker was shrouded in mystery Flying circles do not place.much re- liance on the reports that he was near Ireland. The mystery was heightened by a wireless received at Limerick at 7.20 stating that Hawker was four hundred miles west of Ireland and firing well: Mrs. Hawker waited at Brooklands until nine in the evening when she left in a rather anxious frame of mind.

The Admiralty announce that Hawker's machine came down forty miles from Loophead at the mouth of the Shannon- and was picked up. The fate of the airmen is not clear.

London, May 15. Lloyd's representative at Horta reparts that the crew of N. C. 7 have been brought in. X. C. I sunk at sea. 120 miles. of Flores.

Loadon, May 19. American Nával Headquarters in London learn that the crew of X. C.21 are safe aboard the Asperican warship Columbia. The locality is not mentioned.

New York, May 19.

The crew, of N,, C. I was picked up by the 2.5. Ionia after tossing on a sea damaged plane for Sve hours. The men were fatigued and seasick and the plane was almost a total wreck. They do not participate Corfher. Commander Bellinger stated that he was the last to cet away from Trepasser. He was gabled by, smoke, searchlights, starshells And destroyers and met ne treable until he encountered fog at 11.10 on Saturday morning when he alighted on the “

water.

Lieut. Commander A. C. Read of X. C. & now at Hot to relates in the Evening News" the story of his journ, The seaplane few, over icebergs accompanied by dark but with a starry firmament and later the moon came is became bumpy and the machine climbed from, out. T

feet. Each destroyer was successively located

800 to 1% at first be The course position of the with dawn at 5. was traversed im. disappeared and al pass spinning" indicas

tarshells which were visible forty miles distant. ras frequently corrected according to the destroyers and all worries had disappeared 1.5. Bat fog was encountered at S which *re-encountered at 9.45 when the sun sense of direction was lost. The com- da step bank and Lt. Com. Read ble nose dive. The sun fortunately I was regained and the course was The 1 upper layers of clouds.

feet. A light rain was met at the outline of the rocks along was forty-five miles of the

had visions of a post reappeared. an ever kee laid between the fog a altitude was raised to 3.2. 11.10. Suddenly at 11.27. I save Flores Island. The aplas calculated position. Destrope the first seen singe destroyer 16. ing destroyer 2 was missed and Pantadelgada was abandoned.

was espied, this being Owing to the fog thicken! the idea of landing, at

THE SRIPPING POSITION"--

London, May 19.

In the House of Commons in the course of a statement on the Ministry of Shipping estimates 3. Leslie Wilson said the polier was to lease shippics from control the earliest possible after attention had been given to demobilisation and repatriation. By the end of July all Australians, Canadians and New Zealanders available for repatriation would have left Britain. The policy in releasing abips was to return tonnage as soon as possible to the routes wherefrom it was withdrawn. By May 6, 240 standard" ships amounting to a million tons had been completed. In August 1914 the total world's ocean-going steamers was a tonnage of forty millions, whereof Britain owned IS millions, whereas at the beginning of 1913 the figures were 361 millions and 154 millions respectively.

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GERMAN OBJECTION TO PEACE TERMS.

St. Germain, May 19. Credentials between the Austrian delegation and the InterAllied Commission were made this afternoon. The formalities lasted but five minutes.

Paris, Mar 19.

Count Rantzau, Herr Landsberg and Herr Giesberts have returned scompanied by General Von Hecht, a military expert, Herr Wassermann, a director of the Beichsbank and forty others including a number of additional military and naval experts.

Berlin, May 19.

Count Rantzau has handed to M. Clemenceau a note "pretesting against the article in the Peace Treaty prövid. ing expulsión of German missions from Allied territones.

Paris, May 19 The Council of Four has discussed the question of Turkey.

Berlin, May 15

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In the Peace Committee the Minister of Economics exhaustively reviewed the economic effects of the treaty upon Germany. He alleged that the Allied demands as regards coal would leave a defcit of fifty per cent, for home, re- quirements, spelling the collapse of German economic life. The surrender of the seaworthy fishing fleet mean unemploy ment for 64,000 seamen and the stoppage of interest on pay. ments in war loans would be robbery from the small investors and bring Germany on the verge of an abyss owing to disturbances.

A procession of Germans from abroad marched through the Wilhelm Strasse and presented Herr Ebert and Herr Scheidemann a protest against the peace terms. Herr Ebert in a speech said "We will never sign a peace of endare- ment. the product of our enemies revengeful hysteria. Foreign countries whichi know German industry and probity won't permit the proscription of Germans abroad whom this treaty hits the hardest of all. Herr Scheidemann addressing another demonstration of German-Austrians and Germans in front of the Imperial Chancellery said the Entente's attempt to prevent the anion of Germany and German- Austria would never succeed." for the call of kinship was too strong. Tyrol was as dear to Germany as any of the menaced regions in the old Empire.

The "Allgemeine Zeitang" publishes an article by the delegate Geisherts who returned from Versailles resterday which says. "No Government can sign this treaty with conviction that it can be carried out. Germans workers who are accustomed to fighting won't submit to a yoke of slavery.

Herr Noske in a statement said it was impossible for any Government to free any people to observe the peace terms which would mean the ruin of every individual. The only possible solution is a League of Nations for enmmon work based on mutual interest. The "Temps" correspondent predicts & Government crisis.

Berlin, Mar 19. "

A statement from as authoritative quarter emphatically. declares that no responsible person dreams of undertaking a fresh armed struggle. while is nothing further from the mind of the Chief of the Gezera! Staff than working out ang mabilising plans. The "Tageblatt says Count Montgelas and Professor Delbrueck have gone to Versailles to participate in the deliberations as regards the commission on war guilt,

Copenhagen. May 19. According to "Tormaerts" in a speech the Socialist leader Bernstein declared that the extraordinarily hard peace terms were not dicated solely by passion and hatred but. were justiñed by the mistrust of German policy. He said the break with the past could have been carried out more couricingly. He criticised the choice of Count Brockdorf Rantzau and admitted that the devastations were due to Germany's fault and, the fulfilment of the demands thereanent only makes good what Germany commandeered. He deprecated the present violent speeches and asked why the people were not told. The Alsace Lorraine Diet and also many towns and Workmens Associations had resolved for the revolution and in favour of reunion France. He urged they should not rekindle afcésh the spirit of the fourth of August.

Copenhagen." May 20

A German semi-oficial telegram from Versailles states that & Conference at Spa between Herr Derynbare, Count Rantzau, Herr Wiseel and Herr Suedekum and the economic and "financial experts completely agreed that the draft Peace Treaty was unacceptable but Germany will make every effort to find a practicable basis for peace which takes account of their enemies' justifiable demands and is capable of being borne and carried out by the Germans.

Berlin, May 20.

The "Tageblatt" states that the peace counter-proposals were secretly discussed at a secret session of the Peace Committee of the National Asembly whereafter they were sent to Versailes and will probably be presented on May 22.

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STRIKE AT PORT SAID.

Port Said, May 15.

The employes of the Canal Company, struck work on the 13th for an increase of pay and a reduction of hours. A sympathetic general strike was declared yesterday by all trades directly and indirectly concerned in the Canal trac Lloyd's representative at Port Said states that the coal heavers and engineers, including the Canal Company's haré struck causing a detention of steamers.

STEAMER MINED.

Stockholm, May 20 The steamer Lake Placid from Baltimore was mined off Gothenburg and sank in five minutes. The crew of thirty- Beven is sale.

THE FIUME QUESTION.

Paris, May 19.

The Adriatic problem is nearing a solution along the Eines of the internationalisation of Piume. -

PROPOSED DOMINION GUARDS.

London, May 189...

In the House of Commons Captain. Guest replying to Brittain stated that the matter of forming a regiment of Guards consisting of Dominion troops was being carefully ounsidered but no sistement was yet possible.

AMERICA AND PEACE

Washington, May 18 Congress is convened for the 19th for most momentous sittings in view of the question of the ratification of the Peace Treaty and the acceptance of the League Covenant. Interest centres ou the attitude of the Republican majority and a historic contest in the Senate is expected. It is believed the republicans have been studying methods of separating the League from the Peace Treaty with a view to the early ratification of the latter and further discussion of the former. A group of Bepiblican senators have bow- ever announced that they will not permit the League to become a party matter and will vote independently on it, which is significant in view of the Republicans" narrow majority in the Senate.

PUBLICATION OF PEACE TERMS.

London, May 19.

In the House of Commons replying to Mr. MacMaster's request for the publication of the peace terms in fall Mr. Bonar Law stated that the heads of the big European Four for undisclosable reasons considered, this undesirable. A similar was course being adopted in Allied Parliaments. The decision equally applied to the financial clauses relating to, reparation. The heads of Government"would reconsider the subject after May 2.

MORE POISON GÁS.

London, May. 19.

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