IN GERMANY.

Press, Volume LI, Issue 15464, 17 December 1915, Page 7

IN GERMANY.

FOOD TROUBLES ■ x UNSOLVED. RIOT IN COLOGNE. ("Times" and "Sydney Sun" Services.) (Iteceivcd December 16th, 0.5 p.m.) LONDON, December 13.' Germany' 6 food troubles are still unsolved. The authorities are contemplating f . liouse-to-houso requisition of foodstuffs from the agricultural classes, and a fine of £500 for any person found hiding food. The Press is complaining of the high prices of pigs and Butter. Thero was a riot in Cologne, where the mounted police charged the women who were protesting against the high prices of food. Twenty-six were injured. A ZEPPELIN EXPLOSION. 1 NEW SHIP LOST. COPENHAGEN. December 13. The destruction of Zeppelin L 22 was due to the accidental explosion oi' a bomb, as the airship, which was of the latest type, and had been in use osilv n_ few weeks, was leaving the shod. Nearly all the crow of forty were kiiied or wounded, and the shed was partlv dcmolished. According to a message from Copenhagen yesterday, it was reported .thr.t a new Zeppelin stationed "at Fuhlesbuttel. near Hamburg, was destroyedby an explosion on November 17th, and that another wa*t destroyed at the end of November at Ditterfeld. in Saxony. HAMBURG ÜBER ALLES. A GERMAN VISION. ("Times" and "Sydney Sun" Service*.! LONDON, December 15. The "Hamburger Frcmdenblatt'' urges that the Orient express, instead ' of running from Berlin to Constantinople, should start from Hamburg, which it would make the greatest com. merci.il city in the world. New canals and railways ought to bo built along the Elbe, tie Wcser. and the Rhine, to facilitate. Cerman trade from the north to the south. One of tho results of the opening of the gate to Bulgaria and Constantinople is that London must abandon Jirr claim to be the ruling centre of the world's trade. DESIRE FOR PEACE. GERMAN NEWSPAPER CONFESSIONS. i"Times" ar.d "Sydney Sun" I LONDON. December ]•">. The "Vossiscbe Zeitung'' fay?: "It I

is true that Gerniar.y ivants peace. She vants her enemies to declare that they arc prepared to negotiate f or peace on the basis of necessity." The "Berliner Tageblatt" says it is not satisfied with Dr. von Bethmann Hollweg's speech, but. it admits that he. has not closed the door asamst peace.