AFTER THE WAR.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XLVIII, Issue 13628, 7 December 1918, Page 5

AFTER THE WAR.

LB* Electbio Telegraph—Copyighet.] Pee Peess Association. POLES AND THE PEACE CONFERENCE. (A. and N.Z. Cable Assn. and Re.uter.) Received December 7, at 1.53 a.m. LONDON, December 5. The Government has intimated that they favor Polish representation at the Peace Conference, where Polish interests are involved. THE ARMIES OF OCCUPATION. (A. and N.Z. Cable Assn. and Reuters.) Received December 6 .at 10.5 p.m. AMSTERDAM December 4. The French armistice deleuato at Spa has demanded 98 million marks for the first month'? maintenance of the Anglo-French armies of occupation. GERMAN RESTITUTION. (A. and N.Z. Cable Assn. and Reuters.) Received December 7. at 1.15 a.m. LONDON, Dec-ember 5. An earlier message should read: The Germans have restored three hundred million franca, not pounds sterling. MARCH TOWARDS RHINE. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn.) Received December 6. at 10.5 p.m. LONDON, December 5. \ British official report states: Yesf . we resumed the m.irch towards .libine, and reached the 'ine Kror.enburg, Schleden, and Duren. KERENSKY ON THE GERMAN SITUATION. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn.) Received December 7. at 9 a.m. NEW" YORK, December 6. The United Press' London correspondent interviewed M. Kerensky. who said: "I believe the German revolution, though started under circumstances similar to the Russian revolution, will be able to avert Bolshevism. Germany probably has turbulent days ahead, bub I do not believe she will be subjected to a supreme tragedy like Russia. I believe the German revolution to be sincere. Ido not desire to return to Russia save as a private citizen." BOLSHEVISM IN FRANCE. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn.) Received December 7. at 10.5 a.m. PARIS. December 5. The Minister of Justice announces that martial law in France must continue owing to the-recrudescence of the Bolshevik propaganda in certain districts. HUGE MERCHANT SHIPPING LOSS (Australian and N.Z. Cable Assa.) Received December 7. at 10.'5 a.m. LONDON, December 5. It is officially stated that the world's total loss in merchant tonnage from the beginning of the war to the end of October, bv enemy action and marine risk, was 15,.530,786" gross tons. THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS. (Reuters Telegrams.) Received December 7. at 10.5 a.m. LONDON, December 5. A message via America states that Lord Robt. Cecil has accepted the Government's invitation to take charge of the British section of the Peace Congress to deal with the question of a League of Nations. EXPLOSION IN MUNITION WORKS. '(Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn.) Received December 6, at 5.5 p.m. NEW YORK, December 5. At Paterson t New Jersey, ten were killed and thirty-five injured by an. explosion in the "Dupont works. The priming house was destroyed. BARRING INFECTIOUS DISEASES. (A. andl N.Z. Cable Assn. and Reuter.) Received December 6, at 7.10 p.m. CAPETOWN, December 4. The Union Government has cabled to its High- Commissioner that in granting permits to British ex-soldiers and sailors to come to South Africa regard must be had to the exclusion of persons suffering from tuberculosis and other infectious diseases. BELGIANS ADVANCING. (A. and N.Z. Cable Assn. and Reuter.) Received December 6, at 5.5 _ p.m. _ LONDON, December oA Belgian communique reports: Our cavalry have occupied Neuss and Odenkirchn. . . , An Amsterdam communique states: The Belgian general line is Berncastle. Malborn and Otzenhausen. Received December 7. at 10.10 a.m. LONDON. Decen-b-3r 6. \ Belsdan communique states. Our adrancv pm-.rds have occupu-d Munchengladbache, Gielenkirghen ana Heimsberg, and our infantry has reached Hcngen and Morsbacn. 1 WILD RUMOES. (X • and N.Z. Cable Assn. and Reuter.l RecJved December 7.. at 9.30 a.m. LONDON, December 6. A-wax correspondent state*: Althoughthe. first stage of the inarch Germanv has been completed unEd incident, the «.r is niU ot rumors of a collision between tho U-r----man and Allied troops. There are circumstantial stories or fighting "l oiw Tjlace or another, and it is impossible, to learn whether there is any trinh in them, but their prevalence indicate* how the air on both sides of the f ron " tier is charged with electricity, and hZ necessary it- is to go cautiously. The German countryside looks beautful and prosperous. The people seem contented and well nourished. Cernainlv. the food in large Ais 'lk Chapelle is on an infinitely more Generous scale than anything in BdSum. and it is doubtful whether London or Pans could be Evervwhere the Boches are outwardly courteous, and are obeying the sigmd orders. The Belgian Commandant has framed his orders on lir.-es slim ar the German proclamation. is restricting the local populations liberty. __ BELGIAN ROYALTIES IN PARL>- (\ a nd N.Z. Cable Assn. and Reuter.) Tlie Belgian Royalties have nrrned. LEAGUE OF NATIONS. (A. and N.Z. Cable Assn. P.eiUer.) Received D*sceinbtr *. 1 • Keceivea IO NDOX. December 6. British League ot Nations .lcuoii. NO ASQUITHIANS. (A. and N.Z. Cable Assn. Reiner. Received December •. at 10.10 a.m. LONDON. December 6. It is noteworthy that there is not a single Asquithian among the candidates. WHAT WE ESCAPED. <A. and N.Z. Cable Assn. Received December 7. at 10.10 a.m. LONDON. December 6. Sir Frederick Smith, Liverpool, said it was now gobble to revealtbat during the d ? F u Anril all preparations had been made to islands the ottered remains of the British forces if , Germans succeeded in driving a between the British and French rc - If the British tad been crushed Mr Lloyd George on -with the British and warships while a single vessel flew the British flagTO PROVE 'i'H P: KAISER'S GUILT. (A. and N.Z. Cable Assn. and Reuters.) .Received December 7. at 10.15 a.m. AMSTERDAM, Deoember 6. The Essen 'ABgemeine Zeitung Bays: 'An examination of the. Kaiser's private correspondence has begun at the Royal Castles with a view to -publishing the portions essential for the establishment of bia guflt in beginning the war.