St. John's Daily Star, 1918-12-09

              The St. John's Daily Star. Newfoundland VOLUME IV. ($3.00 per Annum) * MONDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1918. (PROBS : E. to S. E. Winds; Partly Fair) No. 272 ALLIES' KINGS TO VISIT U.S.A. NOTABLES TO VISIT THE U.S. Kings of Britain, Belgium and Italy and President i of France Crossing toj America. TO RETURN VISIT OF PRES. WILSON MEW YORK. Dec, 9.—The United States government will have as its guests in the near future King George of England, President Pcin:are of Fiance, King Albert of Belgium, King Victor Emmanuel of Italy and the heads ol any other nations President Wilson may visit during his | visit to Europe. Stephen Laussane. editor of The Paris Matin, declared to-day just before he' sailed for Fiance. M. Laussanne. has been in ihe L'niied States several months on an official mission. "It lias been a diplomatic custom j a time immemorial." Lausanne | said, "thai the head of one govern- ; . rrunt who entertains the head of another. ijpvanUy pays the \isit. lie no official announcement of plans has hern made,"' M. Lausanne I laved. "It was certain President I icare would come to the United within the next year, as his i ~fhcr expires in 1820. No efticirt! announcement of plans willi' made." he added, "until Pjes-j it Wilson hai been in Fiance and tea the capitals of ihe various nations." T „ . 1 Schwab Resigns His Job Washington. Dec. 7—-The resignaoi Gi i\-. M. Schwal*. as director-|c cril of the emergency fleet corpor-'r lion was accepted to-day by Pres- c irlent Wilson in a wireless message I iiom the transport George Washing- t loii lo the WrHt" Flouse. i WERE MERE SKELETONS New Official Report Makes Further Revelations of German Brutality to Prisoners. MANY OF MEN DIED THRU STARVATION lONDON, Dec. B—(Canadian Press Despatch horn Reuters)—Fresh evidence of the ferocious treatment of British prisoners of war captured during the 1918 offensive by the Ger mans is contained in a further report by Justice Younger's committee. j Much sworn evidence is given that prisoners behind the firing line were hall rrarved and overworked, were brutally treated and were forced to sleep shelterless and were unable to change their clothes. A number actlually died of starvation. The report shows that the Germans 'transferred to Ejast Prussia and Merman Poland prisoners who were no longer able to work behind the line on the western front. A message from Hailsburg East Prussia, said the correspondent saw over 200 prisoners arrive m  thcic. There were two trains containing mostly stretcher cases. All were raving ior something to eat. Some of them found iel use which they devoured. Their clothing was torn and they said they had »o proper tood nor medical treatment, they could hardly ever wash and the dirt was thick on their hands and faces. I hey looked like skeletons. » «  A la'e report from Channel states cjdiisliety prospects are very poor at) present, but an improvement, is looked for with better weather. Sufficient bait is obtainable for use. The catch to date is 2970 with only 30 quintals for last week. PICTURE OF SURRENDER OF HUN U-BOATS AT HARWICH I — ■ ■ „ , ■ -r-, , .— „,...,. * —• GERMAN SUBMARIN AT PARKESTON QUAY. GERMANS WHO MANNED SUBMARINES WHEN THEY SURRENDERED IN FOREGROUND. BRITISH OFFICER TALKING WITH SUBMARINE OFFICERS. KAISER MUST FACE A JURY International Tribunal Should Try Former Emperor of Germany For Crimes Committed. GERMANY MUST HAND OVER KAISER pARIS. Dec. 7—The formation of an international jury to try the former Carman emperor is gaining wide support in France, The Matin says. Must Produce Kaiser. Manchester, Dec. 7—(Via Reuters Ottawa Agency)— Sir John Simon, ex-attorney-general, in the course of a speech delivered here, said that the peace terms should include the obligation on Germany's part to produce the Kaiser before an international tribunal. No Payment in Truck London, Dec. 7—(Via Reuters Ottawa Agency)— Speaking at Plymouth, Sir Auckland Geddes, a member or the coalition government, said (((  that whatever else Germany might pay in discharging the cost of the war she must not be allowed to pay in manufactured goods dumped on Great Britain. It were better, he said, to run the risk of Germany failing to pay a part of the cost of the war than to receive her manufactured goods which would crush out British industries and lead to a lowering of wages beyond living limits. Germany could pay with such gold as she has, also with such material as we can wring from her. She'could pay in labor in restoring the damage she wrought in France and Belgium. She will have no colonies when the allies had done with this business. ASK FOR ASSISTANCE Baltic States Appeal to Allies For r Help Against Bolsheviki London, Dec. 7—(British Wireless Service)—The councils of Livonia, Esthonia and Courland have sent an J appeal to the allied and neutral govj einments urging intervention in the 1 Baltic provinces against the invasion j 1 of Russian Bolsheviki forces, accordj ing to a telegram from Copenhagen. ' The. Bolsheviki who have invaded part of the provinces are killing and > burning as they advance. The various ports of the provinces are filled with fugitives in anticipation of the arrival of allied and neutral warship? to protect them. CANADIANS IN GERMANY 51 Troops From the Dominion M Cross the Rhine and Will ' Make Bonn Their Head! quarters. MANY TROOP UNITS ARE REPRESENTED QTTAWA, Dec. B—Canadian forces \ are now on German soil, according to a cable received by the director of j public information from Canadian headquarters in London.. Information received in England, the cable states, indicated that the Canadian cavalry brigade, together with the first and second Canadian divisions, entered Germany and are today close to Bonn, the German Rhine city which i? one of the famous university centres of Germany, situated a few miles from Cologne. Bonn, it is understood, will be the headquarters of the Canadian corps. The Canadian forces now in Germany include the royal Canadian j dragoons, the Fort Garry horse, the Strathcona horse and the royal Can- i  i. - , ——'—. ' adian horse artillery, forming the Canadian cavalry brigade; the first, j second, third, fourth, fifth, seventh, eighth, tenth, thirteenth fourteenth, fifteenth and sixteenth infantry battalion of the first Canadian divisions and the eighteenth, nineteenth, twentieth, twenty-first, twenty-second, twenty-third, twenty-fifth, twenty-sixth, twenty-seyenth, twenty-eighth, twenty-ninth and thirty-first infantry battalions of the second Canadian division. — i «  FROM BULLETS TO BALLOTS IN BRITAIN , ■ 1 By CARL TON McNA UGHL CENTRAL FIGURES IN APPROACHING BRITISH ELECTIONS. 11l VSg = ■ : g ■ r - - - .~.^^r V.—SIR EDWARD CARSON SIR EDWARD CARSON, leader in the British House of Commons, was once called by somebody "the Sherlock Holmes of the EngHsn Bar." The term had reference to his personal appearance rather than to bis mental attributes. It is his tall, spare figure and lean cadaverous face with its intense eyes that suggest Conan Doyle's hero. It is questionable whether Holmes was ever dominated by any single idea so unswervingly as Sir Edward Carson is by his determined opposition to Irish Home Rule. Carson was born in Dublin in 1854, and) was a brilliant member of the Irish bar and Irish Solicitor- General before he entered parliament. He was elected member of the House of Commons for Dublin University in 1892, and was called to the Engliish bar in 1894. His reputation as a barrister in Ireland meant little in England; but Carson's merit as a counsel did not long remain hidden under a bushel. His mastery of biting, incise methods in examination and his almost hypnotic-power of eliciting the in*-, formation he wanted rapidly brought him into prominence in the English courts. Within six years of coming to England he was made Solicitor-1 General, Knight and Privy Councillor.It is interesting to recall that while Solicitor-General Carson succedced Hon. Edward Blake as senior counsel Jor Canada on the Alaska boundary dispute, which resulted in a verdict favorable to the United States by Lord Chief Justice Alverstone. Jn 1906, being free from Government duties, Carson started a private practice, m:d in a few 1 years was receiving an income of between $50,000 and $100,000 a year. Some of the sensational cases in which he figured were the siiit for separation brought by the Duchess of Marlboro' against the Duke, in which Carson was counsel for the former, and the libel action brought by Oscar Wilde against the Marquis of Queensberry, whom Carson defended. Carson was once a Liberal in politics, and a member of the National Liberal CltiD for twenty-eight years. But on the day the first Home Rule bill was introduced he wired from Dublin to have his name removed from the roll of the club. Since then his fight against any attempt to introduce Home Rule has been unremitting. To an interviewer, Carson a short time ago said: "My reason for opposing Home Rule is that I have never been able to understand how separation from Great Britain could be anvtbiner but disastrous both fort SIR EDWARD CARSON SOUTH AFRICAN BOYCOTT Commercial Exchange Demands Exclusion of Enemy Aliens Johannesbflur, Dec. 7 (via Reuters Ottawa Agency)—Ot a special meeting of the Witwaterrand Commercial Exchange, it was resolved to exclude from membership or representation on tie exchange any person or firm of enemy nationality. It was also resolved to urge the government, the chamber of mines and the Witwalerrand municipalities not to purchase goods of enemy origin for at least five years after the Vvar. CROSS WITH LITTLE WILLILE German Papers Angered By His Excuses For His Part In War Munich. Dec. 7 (By the A.P.) — The interview with Frederick William, the former crown prince, obtained by the Associated Press, was published here in part today and has drawn out displays of anger from the local press. "If the former crown prince jeally made such statements he has done his reputation a bad service." says The Neueste Nahrichten. "His belated excuses and attempts to clear himselr make such a disgusting impression that no one wilt need to grieve over his flight to Holland." —« ♦ «  RAILWAY MEN PLEASED Union Officials Delighted With Settle, ment of Hours and Wages London, Dec. 7 (British Wireless Service)—Leaders of railway men in the United Kingdom express satisfaction that the government has agreed to the principle of an eight-hour day and to the appointment of a committee to review wages and other conditions.J. H. Thomas, general secretary of the national union of railway men. declared, that the settlement reached Friday reflected great credit upon the government and showed it had a desire to get over a real difficulty which was a good augury for the future.■ ♦ «  The Muriel Walters has arrived at j Bonne Bay to load codfish and herring for Farquhar and Co. of Halifax. HOW BRITISH MARCHED IN Cologne Gazette Describes Entry of Troops of Allies into German City to Maintain Order. NO HOSTILE DEMONSTRATIONS AMSTERDAM, Dec. B—The Cologne Gazette, in its issue on Friday last, describes the entry of the British into Cologne. A cavalry regiment in marching equipment with bag gage and machine guns approached along the Duernerstrasse while along the streets of the old ramparts marched other troops which assembled in the Aachener Thor. The ' public remained calm and reserved, ' with some exceptions, mainly youths, ' Ihe Gazette asserts. "Involuntarily the mind recalled the picture presented a few days ear-j: Her by our returning troops and the comparisons drawn were truty not unfavorable to our fidd grays. Several detachments of cavahcy moved along the Luxemburgstrasse-, the officers with drawn swords, the men in steel helmet, some with lances, with \ minature red and white flags. US. HONORS GT. BRITAIN "Britain Day" Observed Throughout America — Celebrations in Chief Cities of United States. BRITAIN CABLES APPRECIATION DOSTON, Dec. 7—Capain A.F. B. Carpenter, who commanded the British cruiser Vindictive during the raid upon the German submarine base at Zeezruggee, and the officers and , men of the British cruiser Devonshire now in this port, were the guests of the city today at a celebration honoring Great Britain's part in the war. The British naval men were welcomed by Mayor Peters and a programme of entertainment was carried out. British flags were prominently displayed throughout the city. Britain's Great Effort Atlanta, Ga., Dec 7—The $outh paid tribute today to the part the British empire has played in winning the world war. Mass meetings at which speakers told of the colossal effort of the nation and of individual deeds of bravery performed by her soldiers and sailors marked the formal celebration. Mutual Greetings Augusta, Maine, Dec. 7—Greetings of the British government on Britain's Day were received today in a cablegram from foreign secretary Arthur J. Balfour to Governor Carl Milliken. The message,, dated yesterday, follows : "His Majesty's government is deeply touched by the information that has reached them that it has been , officially decided to celebrate Dec. 7th as Britain's Day throughout the United States, and they desire to express to the governors of the states of the union and to all those associated with them their sincere thanks for this courteous expression of friendship."The celebration which His Majesty's government now gratefully acknowledges is a welcome proof that the same spirit of friendship with which the American and British nations have fought and conquered side by side in the struggle for justice and liberty will continue to unite them n the coming days of peace. 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