St. John's Daily Star, 1919-04-16

              The St. John's Daily Star Newfoundland VOLUME V. ($3.00 per Annum) <^^*i WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16» 1919. (PROBS: N.-N. W. Winds; Cold and Clearing) No. 87. MANY CITIES OF INDIA ARE SCENE OF SERIOUS DISTURBANCES BOLSHEVIK AND ALLIED FORCES AT GRIPS IN NORTH RUSSIA CANADA GETS HIGH PRAISE Her War Accomplishments Have Made Her Great World Power, Says Geddes. HAS FULL STATURE OF NATIONHOOD JONDON, April 15.—(Via Reuters—At a luncheon at the Savoy Hotel tendered Mr. Lloyd Harris, chairman ol the Canadian trade commission, and his colleagues, at which Sir George Perley presided, Sir Auckland Geddes, minister of national service, in proposing a toast to the returning Canadian divisions said that ail knew how gallantly, nobly and successfully the Canadian divisions played their allotted part in the decisive campaign which ended the war against Germany. Their record was one of which any nation might be proud. Ir it had no other claim to pride, id Sir Auckland Geddes, no longer (found herself a subordinate partner! in the British Empire, but one of the great world powers, one of the greart nations which had been proved on the battlefields of Europe. Sir Aukland paid special tribute to the record of the Canadian corps in the last hundred days, and the marvelous manner in which they smashed the D/ocourt-Queaht switch line, one of the remarkable feats of the war. He recalled that one of the most dramatic moments of the war was when the Canadians entered Mojans about November 11. The minister emphasised how Can ada during the war had blossomed forth and the way her internal resourcesresources had stood the strain put upon them. In proposing the toast he coupled with it the names of General Brustd and Sir Edward Kemp. PASSAGES FOR VITAL WORKERS Men of Utmost Industrial Value Tied Up By Lack of Ships. London, April 15—(Reuter's Ottawa Agency)—ln the house of commons today R. Clough, member for Keighley, drew attention to the very large number of men whom, he said, were urgently needed in all parts of the world to fill up posts they gave up temporarily in order to come home and fight and who were unable to return owing to the failure of the authorities to provide the promised tin0,,. A. D. H. Ramsay Steel-Maitreplied that the government was well aware of the importance and urgency of the matter. The overseas trade department, in co-operation with the ministry of shipping and the war office, was making every effort to secure passages for these men as speedily as possible. Poles Return Home. Paris, April 15.—General Joseph Haller, the commander of the three Polish divisions in France, which are to be transported to Poland through Germany, left Paris today for Mayence. He will accompany the first contingent of the Polish troops to X Germany to Warsaw. Appeal for Calmness, ro, April 14.—The council of ministers today issued a proclamation urging the population to calmness and asking officials and strikers to resume work "now that Egyptians have been allowed to proceed abroad and a mm X constituted determined to deilself entirely to services of the N. RUSSIAN CAMPAIGN Six Hundred Canadians With Allied Troops, All Men With Arctic Experience. * ARE UP AGAINST MANY DIFFICULTIES JONDON. April 15—About six hundred Canadian troops, Reutcr's learns, are serving with the present force in Northern Russia. The detachment, which consists of headquarters, artillery and two batteries, in all about five hundred men% with administrative staff and a number of officers and men experienced in Rrctic conditions arrived in Russia last September. The batteries are serving on the Archangel front where they have participated in nearly all the operations that have taken place against the Bolsheviks. Their first engagement was at Seletskaua on October 6th, 1918, when the enemy attacked in force and the Canadians bore their full share of the fighting. Another attack was made on October 19th, when the guns of the batteries were outraged and we were compelled to withdraw. On the 11 th of October, when the Bolsheviks attacked in force on the left bank of the river Dvina, advancing on the front, flank and rear sections of the Canadian artillery the Canadians did great execution of the enemy at point blank range. In all the operations the conduct Jof the Canadian batteries, fighting under great climatic difficulties, have been deserving of the highest praise, and General Iroriside has on several occasions especially emphasized their !h efficiency and great gallantry in ion. Undoubtedly the Canadians jely contributed to our success in Tie Canadians on the Murmansk it, under Colonel D.5.0., ude many old Klondyke men and all of the detachment officers and non-commissioned officers alike, have had many years* experience in Canada of the hardships of life in the Arctic climate and were therefore eminently fitted to instruct the other troops who were naturally unused to such climatic conditions and it is chiefly for these instructional purposes that General Maynard has been using the Canadians under his command. The dog teams are under their charge and special compounds have been built in which the Huskies,' as these Eskimo dogs are called, live when off the trail. LAND SETTLEMENT. of Army. London, April 15—(Via Reuters) —In the house of commons today the second reading was given to the land settlement bill. The purpose of the measure is to give eect ffto the govmeasure is to give effect to the gov| for former soldiers who will have priority together with women who have been on the land for six months full time. Twenty thousand acres have already been purchased, and provision is made in the bill for loans to assist Ssettler* in the stocking of their lings. ■ * ■  Has Right to Raise Taxes. retoria, April 15—(Via Reuters Ottawa Agency)—ln the test case brought by the Transvaal Provincial administration against the new Hodderfontein Gold Mining Co., the Supreme Court has decided that the province of the Union as well as the Union government is entitled to tax the mining industry. Ko Investigate Timber Limits, ndon, April 15—(Via Reuters) fames Bell, British timber conr, will shortly visit Canada to tigate the timber possibilities c Dominion. Sir James has had frequent conferences with Mr. Lloyd Harris of the Canadian trade commission on the question of timber invports from Canada. Bolshevik Retreat. London, April 14—A ten mile retreat in Murmansk is admitted by the Russian Soviet government in a wireless messajze today. WARSHIPS BRING CANADIANS HOME Special Facilities Placed at Disposal of Canada by Admiralty. London, April 15—(Via Reuters Ottawa Agency)—ln the house of commons Mr. Archibald Hurd asked will the secretary for war arrange that Canadian troops now awaiting repatriation be sent home upon British warships in view of the scarcity of merchantmen. Mr. Wilson replied that the admiralty had agreed to place a certain number of warships at the disposal of authorities for the repatriation of troops. The difficult question of manning was being discussed between the admiralty and 'the ministry of shipping. Anyhow, no difficulty was now being experienced in providing sufficient tonnage for the repatriation of Canadians in accordance with the program of the Canadian military authorities.• mm • FLIGHT IS STILL DELAYED Bad Weather Prevents Aviator Wood Making Start Limerick, April 15—Heavy squalls of wind, rain and hail this evening damped the expectations of the people of Limerick that Major Wood would arrive here in his airplane from Eastchurch, to prepare for an attempt to cross the Atlantic. Unless the Weather conditions improve j soon. Wood will lose the advantage of the full moon. The prospect to-night is that the unsettled weather conditions will continue for some time. Petrol is here awaiting Wood, but it wil Inot be sent out to the aviation ground, from which he is expected to start, until he arrives. GRANTS NO PRIVILEGES Chamber of Deputies Can't Get Inside Information, Clemenceau Says Paris, April 15—Premier Clemenceau has made it known that he will not grant a request to communicate to the chamber of deputies alone, in formation on .pending questions in which the country as a whole is as greatly interested as the deputies. The premier made his views public in a letter he addressed to deputy Andre Lobey, when the newspapers announced that the deputy intended to introduce in the chamber a request for a caucus. AMERICANS WED TURKS ES. Sailors Take Unto Themelves Turkish Wives . S. gunboat Scorpion was at Constantinople from the 1917 until last November. In that time 18 members of the crew of 56 men met and fell in love with Turkish women whom they married. When their shipmates recently returned to the United States the 18 benedicts decided to remain in the native land of their spouses. One of the Yankee seamen, a man of | 66 stated that he wanted to marry a! "beautiful Turkish girl about 201 CANADA GAINS TRADE Market in Belgium.  London, April 15.—Reuters learns that a Rumanian steamship has left Liverpool for Montreal to load goods supplied by Canada to Rumania under the recently-signed agreement. Mr. Lloyd Harris, chairman of the Canadian trade mission, leaves for Paris Wednesday where he intends to investigate Belgian requirements, with a view to ascertaining what Canada would be able to supply and thus help in the work of restoration. Canada will be represented at a large exhibition of British manufacturers which is to be held at Athens French in Sentiment Berne, April 15—If a referendum were to be held to-day in Alsace and Loraine an immense majority of the! people would vote in favor of thej joining with France, declares Edourd, Bernstein, the old German social dem I ocrat leader and a member of the German peace delegation, in an article in The Neus Weiner Journal of Vienna. Alsace Lorraine, he adds, could not be an autonomous state because it would then be the scene I of endless political and economic in-, » ♦ »  ANGLO-BRITISH TUNNEL TO CROSS CHANNEL i Plans for a tunnel 32 miles long between France and England to cost a billion dollars or more art so far perfected that construction can start at once. It will take five years to complete the tunnel. British and French governments are said to be ejjtfre accord en the project. No preference in ratef (s to be given any country. i.- curve or tunnel at British coast line to approach several miles back of Dover. Section of interior of tube showing electric trains. 2. Dip in tunnel which may be flooded in time of war. 3. Greatest water depth, 180 feet. 4. Thickhess of chalk above tunnel, 100 feet. 5. Entrance to cross* tube connecting tunnels, on© ©very 200 yards. ONLY TWO UNTRACED Casement Brigade London, April 15—(Via Reuters Ottawa Agency)— During the question hour in the house of commons today, Rt. Hon. Winston Churchill, minister of war, stated that he was informed there wers only two British prisoners of war who were sick and could not be traced, remaining in Germany. Mr. Churchill also stated that recent events had necessitated a temporary suspension of demobilization in both Egypt and India. In reply lo a further question the minister of war said, that 33 men of the Casement brigade, besides the two who figured in the trial of Sir Roger Casement for high treason, had i been repatriated. The government, ihe added, was now considering their case. "RED"FORCES NOW IN CHINA General Semenoff Reports That They Have Fled Across Amur River AVOID CAPTURE Belief in Omsk Bolshevism Fast Collapsing in Old Russia IRKUTSK, Siberia. — (Delayed.)— General Semenoffs staff at Chita reports the transference of Bolshevist activities from the trans-Amur into Chinese territory. Isolated bands surviving the overthrow and execution of the Bolshevist leader, Mukhin, crossed the Amur into Manchuria to avoid capture by the Japanese troops. Information from various sources indicates the intention of the Bolshevists to concentrate their efforts on stimulating Bolshevism among Chinese populations on the frontiers of Manchuria and Mongolia. For this reason General Semenoff possibly may be entrusted with the task of assuring the safety of these re» instead of going to the front. 50,000 Men Return. c wave of returning prisoners of from Germany has apparently spent itself. During my last journey to Omsk I met hordes of these miserables, and about 50,000 passed through the front line eager to return to their villages. All related their terrible experiences in European Russia, with complete breakdowns of railways and absence of food in cities. Only Russians could survive hunger, cold and fatigue in such in- X forms, the unanimous conviction ot formed national leaders that Bolshevism is fast collapsing in European Russia. They confidently look forward to a sweeping victory jn the Ural front. The only dark spot on the horizon is the difficulty )f providing food and economic assistance to towns and provinces reeased from the Bolshevists. The allies should be to utilize the Black, Baltic and White I seas this summer to send supplies, j|i RESTRICTION OF ALIENS Immigration of Such Folk For Year After War Prohibited. London, April 15.—The house of commons today passed the second reading of the aliens' restriction bill which maintains for one year after the war all power of controlling aliens. Already the experience of the war had proved the necessity of an elastic system dealing with this matter through orders in council. The immigration of all aliens practically ceased under the present law, it was pointed out during the discussion, and the bill was simply a continuation of that law. —i m ■ Greek Trade Commission. London, April 15—(Via Reuters Agency, Ottawa)—Reuter"s learns in connection with Canadian trade developments in Europe that a Greek commercial mission is leaving Athens at an early date for Canada to ascertain the extent to which Canadian industries can supply Greek requirements and to arrange preliminaries for placing Greek orders in Canada. 1 iO »  Military Situation Satisfactory Washington], April 15—Brigadier General W. P. Richardson, the new commander of the American forces in North Russia, has reported the military situation as satisfactory in his first official despatch since landing on the Murmansk coast. The message is dated April or about two weeks after the mutinous conduct of company 1,339 th infantry, which refused to go to the front from Archangel. It is assumed that a satisfactory military situation means that proper discipline prevails among the American troops generally. ■ m> «  BOLSHEVIKS ADVANCE Russian Soviet Troops Make Gains in I Ukrainia. London, April 15.—Russian soviet troops after heavy fighting have compelled the Russians to begin general retreat into Besserabia from the line of Kumentz-Modilev, along the Dneister Podolia, a Russian wireless message says. Farther north in Western Ukrania, the message adds, the troops of General Petlura have been driven from the line of Kamenetz—Proskurov- Shopiotove. COMMUNISTS HOLD MUNICH Government Troops, However, Assail Force of Bolshes. Berlin, April 15.—Munich again is completely in the hands of the communists, according to The Tageblatt, but troops loyal to the government have received reinforcements and are using artillery against the communist stronghold in the Central Railway Station. Street fighting in the Bavarian capital is increasing. Many civilians have been killed or wounded. Reinforcements for the loyal troops are being hurriedf to Munich from various parts of Bavaria. » » The s.s. Portia arrived at St. Joseph's at 7 last evening and is still there delayed by the storm. : [ SUPPLIES DISTRIBUTED. Great Efforts of Allies to Relieve Want in Europe. Paris, April 15—The Supreme economic council has decided that Belgium may be represented thereon, in order to deal with the many questions affecting that country. The council has received the report of the director general of relief measures effected by the United States, showing that 388,000 tons of supplies to value of $111,280000 have been distributed. The council considered measures to increase supplies and shipping during the current months. The serious deficiency in coal in Italy today lea the economic council to appoint a committee to devise means for an immediate increase of the supply. - — —~ — m m — ■■— WIPED OUT BOLSHEVIKS. Soviet Post on Archangel Front is Destroyed. London, April 15—On the Archangel front south of Selatako on April 10, a detachment of the Russian national army raided a Bolshevik post, virtually wiped out the garrison of sixty men and captured two machine guns, an officii statement from the British War Orate says. Only six men out of ihe garrison of the post succeeded in escaping. The Russian casualties were two killed and five wounded. . m. • Betting on Flight London, April 15.—With the knowledge that Hawker has been] waiting for weather for the last twoj days to start the trans-Atlantic flight, interest in the venture has jumped to fever heat, people talk of little else save chances of flight and bets are being freely made. Odds of five to one obtained against Hawker's chances and eight to one against Raynham. MANY RIOTS THRU INDIA Disorderly Gatherings At Many Cities Accompanied by Murders and by Damage to Property* ORDER HAS NOW lONDON, Aril 15—(Via Reuters) * —A special to Reuters from Bombay says that although the observance of humiliation day throughout India did not lead to serious disturbances, Gandhi, the leader, addressed a meeting of Mohammedans at Bombay at which inflammatory language was employed regarding events in Egypt. The crowd then developed rowdiness. i A meeting of unprecedented magnitude at French Bridge was exhorted by Gandhi to refrain from vio-; lence. The viceroy of India reports officially that on the 13th inst Gandhi was forbidden to go to Delhi, Punjab, where the position was serious, he< having threatened to break certain, laws. Gandhi disobeyed this order and was sent back to Bombay. Serious riots broke out at Armitsar following the removal of Kichlu and Satyapal, two agitators. Two banks and the town hall were burned.. Three bank managers were burned to death and five Europeans were killed during the rioting. Nine rioters were killed anw twenty-one injured. Order has now been restored. Disturbaaces also occurred at Lahore and Ahmedad. Two government buildings were burned down in the latter city. Conditions in Bombay are still in a very disturbed condition. Several persons were injured in the rioting which occurred there on the 12th. The temper of the mob was bad, though the return of Gandhi on the whole had a tranquilizing effect. PREPARING PROGRAMME. Procedure After Arrival of Germans at Versailles Worked Out. Paris, April 15—Precise details of} what is to be done on the arrival ofj the German delegates at Versailles on April 25 are being worked out* Preliminary to their arrival a plenary session of the peace conference* is to be held at the foreign office! for determination of the final coursa to be pursued by the allies before! entering into relations with the Ger« man plenipotentiaries. 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