St. John's Daily Star, 1921-03-10

              The St. John's Daily Star ■ Our Average Daily Circulation, September 9181 3tf£uifaaittdlmt<& THE WE A 7 HER Probs- -Friday, West Wmds; Fair, Colder. VOL. VII. ■ -■- ■- Price: One Cent THURSDAY, MARCH 10, 1921. ($3.00 per Annum.) No. 56 1000 PERISH WHEN CHINESE STEAMER HONGMOH IS WRECKED * Alts Quiet In Allied Zone Of Occupation, Germany j». * A Hies Will Impose Further Penalties On Germans ** THOUSAND PERISHO IN WRECK Details Received of Fearful Loss of Life Attendant' of Loss of the Chinese Steamship Hong Moh. SHIP SANK ALMOST IMMEDIATELY I Ship Had Almost No Life- j boats At All and Had No Wireless With Which to Call for Help. AMOY, China, Mar. 9—' Details of the disaster! to the steamer Hong- Moh,, which was wrecked onj Lamock Island, off the J Port of Swatow, March 3, \vrre received here today. The vessel struck the rocks, and sank immediately.There were a few life boats on board and no wireless.The steamer, which was a coolie carrier mid bwnwil from Singapore for Amoy,. had twelve hundred souls aboard. Capt. Holmes, Lim Pengi Siong, a millionaire of Singapore, and a thousand passengers were drowned. —  Portia at Fortune; will remain there until fog clears. CROWN FORCES TOLD TQ HEED THE CURFEW Liable To Be Shot if On Streets of Dublin After Ten O'clock, Sinn Feb Notices Say Mar. 10—Notices estab- I lishing the curfew for crown I forces and announcing that any soldier seen on the street after ten 'o'clock at night was liable to be shot I were posted here yesteeday. The noitices were signed "Irish Republican j Army." Houses Are Destroyed Carrick-on-Shannon, Ireland, Mar. 19—Number of private houses and other buildings were destroyed by !fire on explosives here tonight. The i incendiarism was carried out by armed men, presumably in reprisal for a recent ambuscade. ■ ■ IS NOT IN POWER i OF GOVERNMENT i ■ . ■ Only American Congress Has Right to Put Thru Amendments to Prohibition Law WASHINGTON, Mar. 9—The United States government is without authority to prohibit or limit the manufacture and sale of liquors, wines or beer for non-beverage purposes, according to an opinion by the attorney general made public today. The opinion expressed states that be no limitation on the juse of liquors exceprTtrlal! piesuibul jby congress in limiting the sale of ! spirituous liquors to one pint for ten days. The question of limitation thus, the opinion said, is left to the good faith of the physician. Weather across country to-day is S. W. winds, strong, dull. Thermometer 3a to 45. ; ■ ■ --^[ - - ■ ■ ■ ■ i i *"*' t ENVOY TO BRITAIN? , RAILWAYMEN FACE WAGE REDUCTIONS 1 Virtually Every Large Railway in the United States is Out to Reduce Expenses ! £HICAGO, Mar. 9—lnformation received at the local headquarters of the railway labor department of l the American Federation of Labor : indicates that virtually every large paring to put wage reductions info effect! for all their employees, B. M. Jewell, chairman of the committee, , said in discussing the proposed reduction announced by the Pennsylvania; lines. An official of the Association of Western Railway Executives, who de' clmed to be quoted, said Jewell's statements probably was true and that further wage reduction announcements might be expected at any time. «  GEORGE HARVEY , George Harvey of Deal, N. J., editor and publisher of Harvey's Weekly, is prominently mentioned as the next ambassador to Great Britain. His offices are in New York.  SIMONS CENSURED BY BERLIN NEWSPAPERS — Was Unauthorized to Make Late Offer To Allies And Must Resign. gERLIN, March 10— German government is issuing ia> white book on the London conference. Both Pan-German and moderate newspapers concur in the statement that Dr. Simons' latest offer to the Allies "was unauthorized and de•clare he will be obliged to resign as foreign secretary.. » m •  READY BY SATURDAY Sealing Patrol Plane May Start By Week-End The necessary parts for the sealing plane which arrived by the Sable I. yesterday "morning were forwarded to Botwood by a special train at 1.30 The train is due at Botwood at noon today and it is expected the plane will be in flying condition by Saturday. TRAIN NOTES Rotary clearing the Bay de Verde Branch railway was between Salmon Pond and Broad Cove this morning. I The Topsails will very likely be cleared to<lay as there are only six more miles yet to clear. A local express went out at 1 p.m. to-day, going right through to Port aux Basques. , •Carbonear train arrived 2.45 p.m. Messrs. Crosbie & Co. received a message this morning stating that the schooner John W. Miller arrived at Trepassey and Captain F. C Duder reports all well. Austria Mast Fulfil Treaty Obligations Vienna, March 9—Formal notice that it would be required to fulfil the j livestock provisions of the Treaty of St. Germain, involving the delivery to Italy, Jugo-Slavia and Rumania ojF twenty thousand head of cattle, was .served on the Austrian government by the reparations commission) toofty» ANNEXATION NO PART OF SCHEME AAA, LC JL A VJAX\J LA A A^t»liit'l* C to France OF THE FRENCI - 'France's Premier Reiterate Pledges Given To This Effect lONDON, Mar. 9—David Lloy George, British prime ministe in the supreme council today, alluc ing to French newspaper commer on the occupation of additional Gei man territory, asked the brent premier for assurances that annexe tion was not contemplated. French comment indicated the b< lief that the institution of a custom barrier was likely to lead to com plete separation between the occupiei territories and the rest of German) Former Premier Clemenceau's re pudiation of permanent occupatioi was brought into the discussion. Lloyd George said that, 'though he had absolute confidence in M. Briand and the good sense of the majority of Frenchmen, and although he had Premiers Clemenceau and Millerand, who had fought hard agoinst the annexation policy, he would welcome a new and definite assurance from M. Briand that France contemplated neither annexation nor even autonomy of the Rhindand. M. Briand emphatically denied tit any such feeling existed "even the back of the minds" of reonsible French statesmen. Not c out of every hundred Frenchmen, he asserted, dreamed of such a thing. Lloyd George expressed safisfaction at this announcement. ASKS WORLD WORKERS TO FIGHT COMMUNISTS Soviet Officials Are Ready to Leav< Kronstadt—Trotsky Arrests Esthonian Legation. LONDON, March 10—The Krons tadt government has issued s proclamation to the workers of th< world to begin a fight against th< Communists according to a Helsing for despatch. Reports from Petro grad say the Soviet officials an ready to leave at any moment an< that war minister Trotsky has orde ed die arrest of the Esthonian lege tion. ■—■ — *  BIG CUT IN ESTIMATES. Britain Cub Civil Service Bi! Down By £145,000,000. • London, March 9—The House o Commons yesterday began a kee debate on the decontrol of coal, th labor party vehemently opposing th bill. The civil service estimates wer cut one hundred and forty-five mil lion sterling as compared with las year. — Workers Join Soviet. London, March 9—Workers ir Soviet Russia are unanimously in dignant over the rising at Kronstadi says a wireless from Moscow ant are beginning to be allowed to fighj against anti-Soviet forces. The do spatch says friction is beginning tc be noticeable among the mutineers • o ■ Communications Cat London; Mar. 9—Communication between Russia and Serbia have beet cut for more than a fortnight, sayi an official wireless message fron Moscow today. The break is ascrib ed to the work of social revolutioniries.i^i—-— Bolshevik Uprising. Batum, March 9—A Bolshevik up rising has broken out here. Thou sands of persons, in addition to th allied missions and members of th» Georgian Government, are leaving The Bolsheviks hold the railroa< from Kulais to Batum. - 11 LEARNING TO-BE HUSBANDS Here's your chance, girls! Men at Pennsylvania State College are fe'-iarning. at their own jequest, to cook and bake. Yes, and to "do the dishes," too! NOT THE SLIGHTEST UNTOWARD INCIDENT Twenty-Four Hours Pass Since Allied Occupation of German Towns and Operations Have ■ i %itttu ffnTftetffl^,y^!J0llt ny Friction of Allied Forces in Germany. NO SIGN OF DISSATISFACTION TO BE SEEN IN ANY QUARTERS Socialists in Various Towns Delighted Because Arrival of Allied Troops Has Relieved Them of Tyranny of the State Police. Belgian Forces Occupy Hamborn, Near Duisburg, Without Incident. gUSSELDORF, Mar. 9—Twentyfour hours have passed since the | allied troops marched into the new i zone of occupation. Not the slight-j est untoward incident has occurred and General Degoutte, in command! of the occupation, has returned td Mayence. "One could almost say our arrival is the fulfillment of a long-cherished hope," commented a high allied officer today. "The workers, who might be expected to give trouble, show no signs of dissatisfaction. Socialist leaders say the army has promised! to respect their organization. That is all they ask. tt the army rids them of the hated 'Veen devils," as the state police are colled, they promise to live on the best of terms with .it." . ~ . At Duisfoourg and Ruhort, a cer[ tain ferment is apparent. Walls are I plastered with placards headed with i the red flag. The soldiers had occasionally to disperse sullen-featured 'roups, but it seems merely a passing ;pasm of ill-humor, for the factories ire working full blast, while the other ecnons of the population appear to eel relief. The occuipation assures the mainenance of that order so dear to the Herman heart, while General Deroutte's proclamation, promising a >etter food supply, has made an exclient imperssion. Belgians at Hamborn Berlin, Mar. 9—The Belgians have xxupied Hamborn, north of Duis>urg, and the coaling port of Thiset works. The occupation was without incident. Must Surrender Arms Dusseldorf, Mar. 9—General Dv gette's proclamation of a state o iiege ordered the surrender of al inns within twelve hours and pro libited strikes or sabotage. Th< German authorities and police are t< ict under the supervision of thi illies. Street traffic will not b< lindered unless disturbances arise. MADRID CITY AROUSED OVER PREMIER'S DEATH t I All Trace of Aassassins is Lost in I All Trace of Assassin is /Lost in Shooting. MADRID, Mar. 9—City was horrified last night when it became ( known that Eduardo Dato, Premier c and mkiister of marine, had been t assassinated. c AH trace of men who killed the premier was lost fn the excitement 1] following the shooting. Count De l Bugalla will act as premier temporarily.ITALIANS WOULD CHIP IN. Minister Wants Representative On i Inter-Allied Commissi© n. t London, March 9—From French c sources Reuters Limited learns that i Count Sforza, Italian Foreign Minis- i ' tcr, has telegraphed to Rome re- c ' questing that an Italian representai tive be included in the inter-allied (high commission in Rhine territory. Italy, thus far, is not represented, f as Italian troops are not participat- i: 'ink in the occupation. ii DOZEN FARM FIRES NEAR LIVERPOOL icendiarism is Alleged as Cause oi Outbreaks Which Resulted in Big Damage IVERPOOL, March 9—About i 1 dozen farm fires last evening ir wide circle around Liverpool or oth sides of the Mersey were ascribi to incendiaries. The farms set on fire were siruatec i Walton, Norton, Childwall, Waveree, Gutacre and three at Crosby. There was also an outbreak a ootle. Mexican Assassination. El Paso, Texas, March 10—Col Ltigel Mxaiola, chief clerk in * th< epartment of the interior of Mexico hief of staff under former provis mal President De La Huerta, wa ssassinated in Mexico City Mon ay, according to a despatch. 1— 1— Greek Freighter Ashore New York, March 9—The Greek eight steamer Paralos, from Barry, ashore on Virginia Beach, accordig to a wireless received here. FURTHER PENALTIES DISCUSSED BY ALLIES Allies Supreme Council Meets at London To| Consider Application of Other Penalties to Germany For Non-Fulfilment of Reparations Obligations "Urdor Treaty. GERMANS CONTINUE TO PROTEST ACTION TAKEN BY ALLIED POWERS i -  ! Occupied Towns Remain Quiet and No Hostile Displays Have Been Made Anywhere. Reichstag Not Bothering Any With Extraordinary Situation— German Ambassador Leaves Paris. I  f ONDON, March 9—The Allied supreme council met at the official residence of Lloyd George in Downing Street this afternoon to consid- | er the application of penalties to Germany for non-fulfilment of her i reparations obligations. The council took note of the fact ' that the German towns of Dusseldorf, | Duisburg and Ruhurt had been oc- I cupied Tuesday without incident, ana compared notes regarding ac-1 tion to be taken on the second pen- , alty, namely, the imposition by each j allied country of such Jax or Ger- ! •nan imports as it may deem fitting.State of Siege. Duesseldorf, March 9—Allied sol-1 diers patrolled the city last night; the population accepting the presence of troops with seeming apathy. General Degoutte, French Commander, ordered all theatres and j concerts to dose early but promised the order might be modified shortly. A state ol seige was declared. French Reinforcements. Paris, March 9—A detachment of one hundred bluejackets as reinforcements for the French Thine flotilla left Paris last night by the Cologne express. Another hundred leave to-day. German Protests. Berlin, March 9—The protests of < Dr. Simons, German foreign minister to the supreme council at Lon don, were emphatically endorsed by Chancellor Felirenbach before the i Reichstag yesterday. Announcing the return of the j delegates to Berlin the chancellor I said "This violation of law and jus j (ice cannot be defended on any judi- j cial grounds." Ambassador Leaves. j, Paris, March 9—Dr. Wilhelm j Mayer, German ambassador, left j Paris for Berlin this morning. j< "Sympathize With Germany. Vienna, March 9—Sympathy for jermany in the developments vhich followed the breaking off of negotiations in London are expres;ed by newspapers here. Berlin Apathetic. Berlin, March public of Berlin outwardly gives no indication )f resentment at occupation of addiional territory by Allied forces. Its ronduct was conspicuously in keepng with the moderation displayed )y editorial writers. Curiosity was the chief symptom jf the situation. The Reichstag also las refused to get excited and has settled down to consideration of the regular-calender, after listening to :hancellor Fehrenbach's statement :onceming the breaking off at London (of negotiations and voting lown the motion by radicals to have Lhe London deliberatk % 3 discussed n plenary session. To-morrow the Reichstag will ake recess to permit the committee )n foreign relations to hold an cxc ;utive session with Dr. Simons, for Mgn minister, who is expected in Berlin \to-night. fThe foreign minster already is being sharply attack ;d in a section of the nationalist iress for failing to make a strong protest against the accusation of var guilt. He is known however to iave the solid backing of the cabnet..No Appeal to League. Geneva, March 9—The league of lations has received no appeal from jermany against the application of Ulied penalties. ■ » ■  British Freighter Wrecked Kennebec Port, Maine, Mar. 9— he British freighter Wanby crashed n the rocks at Walker's Point, off his port, in a heavy fog today. It > thought she can't be saved. The aptain and crew are safe. RUSS REVOLUTIONARIES NOW HOLD PETROGRAD Soviet Troops Meet With Heavy Losses as They Are Driven From the City by Anti-Bolshe Forces—Several Fortresses in Neighborhood of Petrograd Have Also Surrendered I MACHINE GUNS FIGURE IN BATTLES IN STREETS LONDON, Mar. 9—A despatch to The London Times from Riga, dated Wednesday, says that all Bolshevik leaders in Petrograd escaped by motor car following the capture by the revolutionaries this morning, of the entire city with the exception of Nicolai and Finland railroad stations. Soviet troops suffered heavy losses at Krasnoya Selo, southeast of Petrograd, and at Gatchina, thirty miles to the southwest. Krasnoya Gorkak and Oraniebaum fortresses have surrendered. The red army has retreated twenty vests. Severe Fighting Copenhagen, March 9—Petrograd is reported to lie in the hands of the revolutionary forces which for several days have been fighting 80l shevik troops near there says a Hel singfors despatch. The revolutionary forces were vie lorious the despatch declares after a terrific bombardment of Petrograd from the neighboring forts followed by machine gun battles in ehe streets. The news of the Russian situation today was conflicting with latest Hel singfors despatches reporting the Soviet government forces had recaptured the, fortresses of Krasnoya Corko and Systerbak this morning and were training guns on Kronstadt. Proclaim Independence Warsaw, Mar. 9—The White Ruthenians have proclaimed theii independence from Russia, according to a Minsk report received here today. 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