ALLIES IN GERMANY.

Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16397, 17 December 1918, Page 7

ALLIES IN GERMANY.

CONDITIONS TO BE OBSERVED.

LAWLESSNESS IN BERLIN.

PEACE CONFERENCE QUESTIONS.

THE REVOLUTION IN GERMANY. THE REICHSTAG SUMMONED. GOVERNMENT THREATENS DEPUTIES. (By Cable. —Preaß Association.— Copyright., (Australian and KJ6. Cable Association.) (Keutcr's Telegrams.) BERNE, December 14. Herr Fehronbach. the President, is summoning tho Reichstag to meet a Frankfort. Von Hindenburg has promised to send troops to guard tho Assembly. Tho Government has threatened to indict for treason all deputies answering tho summons. AMSTERDAM, December 14. Herr Fehrenbach's letter to deputies convoking the Reichstag states that reports from the Entente countries show that they do not acknowledge the present Government. Only the Reiciistag is entitled to constitute iv legal Government. _^~T , . 4 LONDON, Decembor 14. Advices from Berlin stato that the President of the Reichstag has informed deputies that they will bo summoned to a session. The Reichstag will meet, but reserves the right to lix the place and time.

STATEMENT BY THE CHANCELLOR

(Australian and N.Z. Ca.blo Association.) LONDON, December 14. I Tho "3>aily Expiess'' Berlin correspondent interviewed Herr Ebert, who said: Tho problem of political development is inseparable from tho food question. "We inherited a political and economic breakdown. The chances or our milling through were stated overfavourablv, especially in 1918, in order to bluff t»ie enemy. Tho supplies quoted in statistics frequently existed only on paper. Tho surrender of trucks and locomotives and the lack of coal have made transport difficult, and have brought sucn conditions that tho Government cannot guarantee the food supply. Therefore we cannot indefinitely maintain ordor. The Government is bound to depend largoly upon the political intelligence of its former enemies. What would be the position if Berlin becamo tho centre of Bol'shevik power? We should welcome invasion, which would organise politics and increase the food supply.

CONDITIONS IN HAMBURG AND BREMEN. ("The Times.") THE HAGUE, December 14. •Tho Times" correspondent writes: Auti-British feeling in Hamburg and Bremen is far stronger than at Berlin. The shipping interests bitterly discuss the loss of the fleet and the paralysis of the trade of Hamburg harbour. The half-deserted streets are a dismal spectacle and fears of extremist outbreaks are everywhere visible in both towns. Bremen is deeply disturbed. Antiroyalist children aro singing a satirical version of a, Christmas anthem, which runs:— " The , Kaiser's done and has to flee, Augusta's out to cadge for eggs: Willy's turning table legs." THE USE OF COLOURED TROOPS. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) LONDON, December 14. The German Government has protested against the French Government using ooloured troops in the occupation of tho Palatinate. FIRE AT ZEPPELIN FACTORY. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) (Keuter'e Telegrams.) AMSTERDAM, December 14. A fire at Frierlrich'shafen partly destroyed a Zeppelin factory and caused enormous damage. THE SPARTACUS PARTY'S PROGRAMME. . (Australian and N.Z. Coblo Association.) (Received December 16th, 7.45 p.m.) AMSTERDAM, December 10. Berlin advices state that the Spartacus party's programme includes the disarmament of all non-proletariat forces, the formation of workers' militia and Red Guards, the abolition of all officers and non-commissioned officers, the replacement of all authorities under the former regime by representatives of Soviets, the abolition of all Parliaments and Councils, the election of a Central Council, which will elect and control the Executive Council, the cancellation of all public debts above a fixed amount of subscription, the expropriation of all landed estates, banks, coal mines, and large factories, and the confiscation of all fortunes above a fixed amount. MORAL DECLINE IN BERLIN. "TIMES" CORRESPONDENT'S APPALLING DESCRIPTION. (Renter, via Ameriaa.) (Received December 16th, 8.45 p.m.) LONDON, December 14.

"The Times" Berlin correspondent states: —"The revolution, following the sufferings of the war, has brought a frightful decline in the moral sense in Berlin. Licentious women are mixing with returning troops, there is an extraordinarily widespread traffic in stolen goods, and corruption is general. Everyone is eager to hoard money and securo himself during" the impending catastrophe. My stay in Germany filled me with profound dismay at the weakness of the bonds holding civilisation together. Everyone has firearms nnder his cloak, and it is unsafe to venture into the streets at night. Many families have machine-guns. Berlin resembles a city with two hostile armies, Liebknecht's and Ebert's.

Despite Herr Eisner's warnings, th» people of Munich demanded the establishment of :i revolutionary tribunal, tho deposition of Ebert, and full power for the Soviets." NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Aiaociation.) (Received December 16th, 11.25 p.m.) NEW YOItK, December 14. A United Press Association messago from Berlin reports that tho National Assembly elections will be held on January Bth.