St. John's Daily Star, 1918-11-30

              The St. John's Daily Star. Newfoundland VOLUME IV. ($3.00 per Annum) SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1918. (PROBS : Fresh Strong Winds; Snow or Rain. No. 265. Austria's Casualties Four Million WILL CLAIM THE THRONE Former Kaiser Reported Contemplating Early Return to Germany From Holland. STILL REGARDS . THRONE AS HIS lONDON, Nov. 29.—The former ; German emperor contemplates an early return to Germany to claim his throne, according to news received in London through a neutral source ol high standing, says Phi -Daily The newspaper adds that the revolution in Germany is being managed' by officers of the German high command with.a view to eventually causing rts collapse and the triumphant return of the former emperor to Berlin. Ie of these officers are in civilian clothes and have been recognised in the streets of Berlin. Many of them are reported to be dressed as workmen. • ■— « — The C.L.B. parade to-morrow afternoon at 2 lo attend the funeral of the late Sergt. Marshall. The. remains are coming by the Prospcro. « mm » ■ The Army In India ie following figures referring to dian army have been given out idkm. Strength of army at the -ak "of the war. 239.561. During the war. 1.161.798 were recruitwhieh were combat- Ihe number i i sent over as 953.37-1. . %051 • re killed, died ci wounds or are g; 59,296 were wounded and ■•.ere taken prisoners. The majority of the casualties were suffered in Mesopotamia. Four Million Casualties Austria-Hungary Had 800,--000 Men Killed in Great War. London, Nov. 29.—Austria-Hun| gary lost four million killed and I wounded during the war, according Ito an Exchange Telegraph despatch j from Copenhagen. Eight hundred thousand men were I killed, including 1 7,000 officers. TAKEN BY SURPRIS Sethmann-Hollwegg Says He Was Ignorant of Ultimatum of 1914 London, Nov. 29.—Former Chancellor yon Bethmann-Hollwegg admits iin a statement that Germany was not surprised at Austria's action regarding Serbia in 1914, but declares he nas not aware of the text of the ultimatum before it was despatched and ; when he saw it he regarded it as too I sharp both in its tone and as to the ! demands made. The former chancellor says he is anxiously awaiting the day when his case may be judged by an impartial governmental tnj bunal. "We will admit our errors," he adds, "but will not allow ourselves to be forced to make untrue confessions. '* WILL DEMAND INDEMNITY | Peru Angry Over Damage Done In \ Riots In Chilean Towns * Lima. Nov. 28.—The cabinet and l '• senate have approved the action of < ! the foreign minister in strongly pro-J 1 tesling against the anti-Peruvian riots I lat Iqu'que. < It is announced that Peru will de- • I mand indemnities for these incidents. < • Tire entente ministers at Lima called j I j separately upon the foreign minister ! yesterday. , ' RIGHT ROYAL WELCOME King George Greeted Enthusiastically by People of the French Capital— , Streets Blocked. t MARSHAL JOFFRE i ALSO CHEERED r DARIS, Nov. 29—After the luncheon * at Versailles today King George v and the princes, accompanied by r President Poincare, the ministers and £ other officials proceeded to the city ( hall. M. Clemenceau, who was | slightly indisposed, was not present. ' All along the route the king was greeted enthusiastically. Arriving in the inner yard of the ' city hall several addressed were made ' welcoming the king to Paris and ( felicitating him on the victory over ' the Teutonic allies. King George, ' speaking in French, thanked the gov- ' ernment and people for their recep- l tion and expressed satisfaction that Paris had suffered so little in the , trials it had undergone. ' After the king had signed the golden book of the city of Paris he left the city hall and returned to the foreign office. Again the populace cheered the monarch enthusiastically. Marshal Joffre also received a warm i reception from the crowds. His car- ! riage was surrounded by cheering throngs and it was necessary for the gendarmes to surround it and make  a passage way so that the marshal c might regain his position in the pro- s cession. Tonight at the British embassy King George gave a dinner in honor of President Poincare. William G. j Sharp, the American ambassador, 1 and Mrs. Sharp, Col. Edward M. i House and Mrs. House and Captain 1 Tardieu, French high commissioner!! in the United States, were among the 1 fifty-eight guests. 1 m* »  HOLY WRIT SOURCE HEROES' EPITAPHS "Their Name Achieveth For Evermore," Says Ecclesiasticus < CARE OF GRAVES Great Cemeteries to be Laid Out With Uniform Headstones and Other Suitable Adornment JONDON, Nov. 29—Rudyard Kip- J ling recently submitted to the imperial war graves commission in suggestion for an inscription for the great warstone which forms the central feature in all cemeteries abroad. He writes: ' "It was necessary to find words of l praise and honor which should be ( both simple, well-known, comprehen- ! sible to all tcmgues and standing as * far as might be outside the flux of ' men and things. After searching and ■ consultation with all ranks and many j races in our armies and navies as J those who had given"their sons, it seemed to mc that no single phrase ' could better that which closes the tribute to 'famous men' in Ecclesiasticus, namely: 'Their name achieveth for evermore.* " The commission approved the re- ' commendation. The imperial war graves commis- \ sion, describing its plans for the maintenance of war cemeteries abroad, proposes the erection of head stones of a uniform design which are to repltce the temporary wooden crosses and headstones. They will be thirty inches high and fifteen inches wide. At the eastern end of the cemetery a great altarstone will be raised with broad steps. Each headstone will bear the badge of the soldier's regiment or other unit in metal across and an inscription bearing his name, rank, regiment, date of death and next of kin will be permitted. A three line inscription will also be allowed.The graves of non-christian soldiers will be treated in accordance with their own religious beliefs. May Be First President Copenhagen, Nov. 28.—Prince Maximilian of Baden, former imperial chancellor, is favored as the first president of the German republic by democratic circles there, according to advices to The' Berlinske Tidende. Daring Sub Destroyed U-Boat Caught in Attempt To Demolish The Pay- Bridge London, Nov. 29.—The Dundee Advertiser publishes details of how the attempt of submarines to blow up the Tay bridge in Scotland was frustrated. An airman observed a large submarine lying on the sandy bottom of the river near Dundee. An alarm was immediately given and numerous mine sweepers and destroyers were soon in the region. The wire ropes of the sweepers struck their mark and a depth charge was immediately lowered. Then a patrol boat dropped a very heavy charge that exploded with tremendous force. Oil and wreckage lose subsequently to the surface and divers afterwards found thirteen of the crew in the wreckage badly mangled and dead, while pieces of bodies were washed up on both sides of the Tay. Two guns and a good part of the wreckage salved are now on exhibition in Dundee. iti *■ ""1 LATEST NEWS OVER CABLES Kaiser Has Influenza. The former German emperor is ill with influenza, according to an Exchange Telegraph despatch from Amsterdam.9 * * * Empress Arrives in Holland. The former empress of Germany arrivedby train Thursday at Maarsbergen, Holland, and went by automobile to Ameringen, where the former emperor is staying, according to a Rotterdam despatch to The Daily Mirror. v * v * Rescind Restrictions. An Ottawa despatch states thae orders in council placing restrictions on the issue of passports and the embarkation of women travelling to the United Kingdom have been rescinded. * * * ¥ 1100 Jews Massacred. Eleven hundred Jews were killed during the recent massacre in Lemburg, according to despatches in the Berlin newspapers transmitted by the Copenhagen correspondent to the Central News. Hundreds of Jews are said to have barricaded themselves in a synagogue which was set afire. Those who attempted to escape from this refuge were fired upon. * * * * Heads Japanese Delegation. Viscount Kato, former Japanese minister of foreign affairs, will head the Japanese delegation to the peace conference at Versailles, according to unofficial advices reaching Washington today from Japan, vice-admiral Isam Takeshita, vice-chief of the Japanese general naval staff will be a member of the delegation. He will be accompanied by his aide captain Kichihuro Komura who was educated ed in Japan in Germany and in Austria.* * * * British Prisoners Return The interdepartmental committee of prisoners of war reports that since the armistice 17,173 officers and other ranks have reached England. Six thousand three hundred and ninetyfive officers and other ranks and 2,--233 civilians are expected immediately.• m. » Kaiser Has Definitely Abdicated Amsterdam, Nov. 30.— William Hohenzollern has definitely renounced all future rights to the crowns of Prussia jand Germany and has released all officials and officers from their oath of fealty, according to the text of a document signed by the former emperor, which is quoted in a telegram received here from Berlin. BRITISH MUSTER OUT FLAN CHARTED '■Details of the biggest dress rehearsal ln~history,'rinrwhlch'"thou-] aa"*ds of British soldiers participated in a trial demobilization, hav«' Jovt been brought over. ~ The English experience is to be made avail* «*>le te our government " " ~ ~ - J -* The scheme was prepared by the British war office" and themin? j istry ef labor., It was rehearsed by troops in camp near London, the' demobilization taking twenty-four hours. It was closely watched by! ;military observers,"including U. S • "cers. for any flaws.- Above is a diagram cf tb# British muster-out plan, which may be adopted, for our ' OWII J6W. '— " -.--* * JUST MAZE OF INTRIGUES IN BRITISH POLITICS NOW Lloyd George Scheming For Support of Bith Liberals and Tories—lrish Situation Just as Tangled As Ever It Was. By T. P. O'CONNOR Special Cable Dispatch (Copyright, 1918, by The St. John's Daily Star) I LONDON, Nov. 30—It would require the pen of a Horace Walpole or a Saint i Simon to describe or analyze the vast network of petrsonal and party intrigue which precedes the general election. The leaders add to the mystery of secret negotiations by addresses at meetings held without reporters, and then allowed to be reported unofficially and, of course, imperfectly. Premier Lloyd George adds further to the mystery by sending private letters to Tories which announce the terms of a secret treaty betweea him and them. Mr. Asquith adds to the mystery by a speech, again at a private meeting, but unofficially and sparely reported, in which he seems to incite the rapprochement between Mr. Lloyd George and himself. This speech was followed by rumors that Mr. Asquith once more contemplated taking refuge with a -fine salary in the easy position of the lord chancellorship, and gossip is added of the approach of a reconciliation. Mrs. Asquith had paid a visit to Mrs. Lloyd George, and if the .more bitter animosities of the ladies could be appeased it was con- | eluded that men , with a greater spirit of compromise, could manage to forget their differences. Different Version Given Another and quite different version of the performances of a strange week is that the slow and patient Asquith had placed the nimble prompter Lloyd George in an ugly difficulty. Mr. Asquith in professing to take seriously Mr. Lloyd George's asservation that both his faithful liberalism and his intention to carry Liberal measures only expressed a personal agreement to this program. But if Lloyd George and Asquith agreed to this program, if both remained equally Liberals, why should their followers be trying to defeat each other in their constituencies? It was not proper, of course, that there should be only one Liberal candidate instead of two. If Mr. Asquith walked into this pretty Lloyd George parlor it would mean only Asquith Liberals would be returned where Liberals are returned at all, for it is only Asquith Liberals who are well chosen by the Liberal machine in their constituencies. If Mr. Lloyd George accepted this program, then Mr. Asquith returning with the Asquith Liberal party, would hold f the rate of Lloyd George in his hands. For some hours there seemed to be a prospect from such manoeuvres of an agreed election with few contests even between the Tories and the Liberals, and none but one or two between the Lloyd George and the ; Asquith Liberals. But these manoeuvres counted without the Unionists, still more without the Laborites. The Unionites have no intention whatever of allowing Mr. Lloyd George to begin a new Parliament with a big Liberal backing, making him independent of them. They will not be bound accordingly to any deal between Mr. Lloyd Georg-s and Mr. Asquith, and where possible they Vill put forward their own candidate to beat either one or both types of Liberals. Complicated Game This possible ironic denouement of a great intrigue is a complicated game, with Lloyd George tryng to exploit the Tories and AsquitS trying to embarrass Lloyd George, and the Tories trying to exploit Lloyd George's present popularity. The result will be a big Tory majority. As a final factor in the situation Labor I has been known for weeks to be irrecon! citable, holding that this election was to be j fought by them in the confident hope not Iso much of winning this time as of paving the way to victory following the election, and really stating the career of the Labor party as one that must ultimately take over the Government of the country. For the moment Mr. Lloyd George has lost on of the three props that kept his ricketty Government in power. The genral assumption is that one or the other of the props must disappear when the -new House of Commons comes into being, when Lloyd George no longer can appeal to the deadly peril of war as reason for keeping him in office. This unstable condition of the English parties offers naturally to Ireland a big opportunity for playing off these parties against each other to the. advantage of Ireland. It remains very questionable whether Ireland will have sense enough to take advantage of this opportunity. '■ The crushing defeat of Germany has for the moment dashed down the spirits of the Sinn Fein and their apprehensions are hidden under louder vauntings than ever. The sane people of Ireland in nearly all sections are disheartened and frightened by the impotence of Ireland owing to these fierce divisions her forces are making, instead of well-meant efforts to produce a conference where united action could be realized. Dillon's Position Mr. Dillon, of course, is quite ready to accept any reasonable proposition, but the •Sinn Feiners are full of hope they can carry most if not all their constituencies and hold out for unconditional surrender on the part of Mr. Dillon. The Sinn Feiners continue still to prattle, parrotlike and with persistence their old shibboleth of an Irish republic, but now without- a revolution, that impossible program being too discredited for repetition. And as the best means for the program, if both remained equally liberal, why should their followers be trying to defeat each other in the constituencies? It was not proper, of course, that there should be only one Liberal candidate in danger. Even with j the deadlier perils of the Sinn Fein which now has its touch of Bolshevism, men who could defeat the whole edifice of folly and pretense lack the energy or courage to take effective action. I am unable, in view of these conditions, to give any confident forecast on what Ireland may do. Up to the present the chief resuh of Sinn Feinism is that Carson and the Orangemen have become more powerful and more defiant than ever; that Carson has behind him now a definite pledge of Lloyd George's support against any home rule that will jgciude Orange Ulster, and the tragedy deepens, that of a nuT'arist ruie on the one side growing and of a darker disorder on the other. I can, however, definitely state the inten. ons of Mr. Dillon and his colleagues. If they can win even a minority of seats, say twenty ot thirty, they will return to the party and continue to struggle with the confidence that the Sinn Fein's impracticable plans are representing a mood and not a policy, which will gradually vanish and dissolve and the old means which got to many victories will once more be adopted. If Ireland, on tbe other band, go Sinn Fein wholesale, it will be Mr. Dillon's duty to leave to the Sinn Feiners the full responsibility of the opportunity to carry out their own program. WAR COST TO DATE $175,000,000,000 Expected to Reach 200,--000,000 By End of This Year. SOME HUGE LOANS Public Debts of Allied Powers Doubled—lnterest on War Borrowings will be $10,000,000,000 WASHINGTON. Nov. 29.—The direct cost of the war for all belligerent nations to last May 1 was reported at about $175,000,000,000 by the federal reserve board bulletin, and it is estimated that the cost will amount to nearly $200,000,000,000 before the end of this year. These calculations were compiled by the board from various sources and, while their accuracy is not vouched for, the board believes the figures are substantially correct. For purely military and naval purposes it is estimated that all belligerents had spent about 13,000,000,--000 to May I, or about three-fourths of the total war cost. The balance represented interest on debt and other indirect war expenses. How the cost mounted as the war grew in proportion from year to year is illustrated by tabulations showing that the mobilisation and the first five months of the war in 1914 cost all belligerents about $10,000,000,000. In 1915 the expenses jumped to $26,000,000,000. In 1916 they increased to $38,000,000,000, and in 1917 they were estimated at 60,--000,000,000. This year expenses have run only a little above the rate last year, About $150,000,000,000 of the total war cost has been raised by-war loans of various nations and comparatively little by taxation. The public debt of the principal entente allies is calculated at approximately 105,--000,000.000. or more than twice asj much as the aggregate debt of the! central powers, set at $45,000,000,- j 000. This does not take into con-: sideration debts incurred since lasl' may. The enormous size of the war costs and debt is illustrated by comparison! with the ante-war debt of the seven! principal belligerents, which did not, exceed $25,000,000,000. The cost cf supporting this debt was onlyi about $1,000,000,000 a year. Hereafter the annual burden to pay interest and sinking fund allowances I will be not less than $10,000,000,-, 000 and probably much more. -—  IS GREAT DANGER TO GERMAN UNITY Entire German Bourgeois Press Denounces Bavarian Premier, Berlin, Nov. 29.—Kurt Eisner is beginning to become a tremendous clanger to Germany, says The Lokal j Anzeiger, in commenting upon the' Bavarian premier in breaking off rela-• tions with the German foreign office. | A similar attitude is taken by thee tire Bougeois press, and even The Socialist Voerwaerts does not believe* that Eisner has "taken the right road to assure the unity of the empire and obtain better peace conditions."The Berlin press in general condemns him as an ostinate, impractical dreamer. It is declared that Eisner was born in Galicia and that there is some doubt about his German citizenship, and this intensifies the opposition to him in some quarters. •• ■ m» ■  LONDON STILL SUPREME British Bankers Continue to Finance Bulk of World Trade New York, Nov. 29.—London is still the financial centre of the world, notwithstanding vast loans made by the United States to various countries of Europe, according to a statement issued yesterday by Leopold Frederick, director of the American smelting and refining company. The bankers of England continue to finance the bulk of the world trade and maintain their supremacy notwithstanding the great financial burden under which the British empire has been laboring. MUST PAY TO THE LIMIT Authors of the Crimes Against Humanity Must Be Punished—Germany- Must Pay. WILL BE WARNING FOR THE FUTURE NEWCASTLE, Nov. 29.-&ermany must pay the cost of the Xvar to the limit of her capacity, premier Lloyd George declared in a speech here today. The submarine piratesl must be punished and whoever devastated the land of another country ought to be made responsible for it. Referring to the culpability of t]re authors of the crimes, Mr. Lloyd George said the government intended' lhat the investigation to be conducted should be a perfectly fair but stern one, and that it should go on to its final reckoning. "I mean to see that the men who did not treat cur men humanely be made responsible."The premier declared that he did not v.ish to pursue a policy of vengeance, but declared "we have got so to act that men in the future who feel tempted to follow the example ot the rulers who plunged the world into war will know what is waiting for them at the end." —■ mm t  TWENTY MILE LINE ENEMY WARSHIPS CAME LIKE SHEEP Mighty Allied Battle Fleet Kept Guard On Either Side. SURRENDER MADE IN DEAD SILENCE Guardians Were Ready for Instant Action, But there Was No Need. EDINBURGH, Nov. 21—(8 p. m.) — (By the Associated Press)—■ Germany as a naval power ceased to exist today, he heart of her mighty fleet—fourteen ships of the line, seven light cruisers and fifty destroyers—surrendered to an armada of British, American and French vessels, the greatest fighting force that ever stood out to sea. The minutely detailed programme of submission laid down by the commander of the British fleet was carried out strictly according to plan. The German warships, strung out in a single column almost twenty miles long, appeared at the rendezvous at the appointed time and were led into the Firth of Forth between twin columns of allied ships which overlapped the Germans at each end. Tonight the enemy craft are anchored in the Firth, under guard as prisoners. i A surrender on such a gigantic scale-has no precedent in naval history. Although the wonderful naval spectacle was the same as a peace time review and evoked little enthusiasm, the haze blotting out the hßrfzon, officers could scarcely credit the evidence of their eyes. It was an event which shattered all naval traditions and ideals. An Inglorious Fate. Men animated by the spirit of Nelson's "England expects every man to do his duty," and by Lawrence's "Don't give up the ship," could not conceive of such an inglorious fate as that to which the great enemy sea force was submitting. The Associated Press correspondent, standing on the deck of an American dreadnought, heard an officer exclaim: "Even the poor old Spaniards, knowing they hadn't a chance, came out of Santiago." But for the most part, both offi- Stands for Free Trade Ex-premier Asquith, in the course, of an election address to his Easl Fife constituents, condemns any tampering with the essentials of fret trade and advocates the prompt introduction of home rule into ireland and the undelayed removal of war restrictions upon personal liberty. ■ mtmi ■ i Prince Max may be first president ~ of the German republic, , (Continued on Page 7)  * mm *  p!iUllilJIII!!l!ilillli!lllll!l!IIUi!lll!ll!illlllll!!!i:illll!lllllllllllllllllllll!l>llliI| ■NEW ARRIVALS I 1 ENGLISH GOODS! 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