GENERAL CABLES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 29, 31 December 1917, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

Press Association—Copyright, Austra j hau and N.Z. Cable Association | (Received 12.45 p.m). j London, December 30. j The Daily Chronicle’s Petrograd [correspondent says; The Gorman | terms moan the restoration of the Mains quo, coupled with the BerlinBagdad scheme, and a practical victory for Germany, but the Allies can-J i not abandon Russia and leave her to j conclude a separate humiliating peace [and become Germany’s slave, as it would bo a shortsighted policy. Even now, we have a great opportunity in Russia. Enormous issues are at stake, and sober judgment must not ho obscured by passion and prejudice.

The Daily Chronicle's Milan correspondent {rives a lull account of tlu ,: great air raid on Treviso. Twentyfive bombing machines, supported byfifty chasers, swooped and began throwing bombs on the hangars, mat bine-gunning the airmen on the ground from a height of 150 feet. Forty big bombs were thrown. The Italian airmen mounted and tire enemy fled, but when nearing the Piave four British naval aeroplanes barred the way, and with the Italians pressing in the rear, the enemy were forced into many thrilling fights, eleven enemies being downed. At Rugby football, a team representing the New Zealand comraanc: depit scored 25 points against Bath’s 5. Newport scored fifteen against New Zealand’s five. Zurich, December 3tr. Eighty-four British officers anil 455 men have been released from Germany for internment in Switzerland. The Germans are sending hundreds of Allied prisoners to Stuttgart camp, and the camp has been placed within the rtir-raid danger zone. Washington, December 30. Official advices from Rome state that the Germans are. transporting Italian art treasures from public and private buildings and churches to Berlin. London, December 30. The Orient Company’s offices and stores at Tilbury wore burnt, the damage amounting to £IO,OOO. The workshops were saved. The Central News states that Mr Lloyd George, discussing the war aims with the Labour conference’s executive, explained that the conference's ‘proposals could only be discussed by the whole of the Allies. He emphasised the Allies’ agreement that peace was impossible while militarists ruled Germany. The whole resources of the Allies and America

wore being concentrated for crushing Prussian Militarism. Stockholm, December 30i Mr Huysmans states that the Socialists everywhere are. trying to influence Russia against a separate peace, fearing that it will re-act on the peace movements in other Allied countries. Amsterdam, December 3!). Maestricht Newspaper reports that all passenger goods and traffic on the Belgian railways has been suspended since 15th, the entire rolling stock having beep requisitioned for transporting troops to the' West front, which is proceeding with redoubled intensity. Pan-German papers declare that the peace terms have annihilated three and a-hnlf years of German victories, and they express the hope that the Entente will reject them. A Brest Litnvsk message states that the delegates have reached an agreement releasing war prisoners, and interned civilians. Copenhagen, December 30. The Finnish republic has dispatched a delegation to Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Germany, France, England, and America for the purpose of securing official recognition of the Republic. Stockholm, December 30. • Official:—King Gnstavus cordially received the Finnish delegation, hut expressed his inability to act until the relations between Finland and Russia were clearer.