A NATIONAL ARMY.

Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16403, 24 December 1918, Page 7

A NATIONAL ARMY.

THE REVOLUTION IN GERMANY. EXTREMISTS' DEMANDS. (By Cable.—Press AMociation.—Copyright) (Australian and N.&. Cable Association.! NEW YORK, December 20. Mr Doscli-Fleurot says: Unless tho returning troops completely change in a few days it is unlikely that they will support those troops who demand the removal of all officers from authority, the .elevation of the Soldiers' Council, to supreme power, and also the removal of Hindenburg and his staff. _ The Workmen and Soldiers' Council is m no humour to receive them. A NATIONAL ARMY. "A STRONGER FORCE THAN EVER." (Received December 23rd. 11.55 p.m.) LONDON, December 21. The "Daily Mail's" Copenhagen correspondent says that the Gorman Government has accepted Hindenburg's plan to form a People's Guard or National Army. It is said that Germany, under this plan, will be a stronger force than over. All the officers have received instructions to keep the details secret. UNEMPLOYED IN BERLIN. CENTRAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE APPOINTED. AMERICANS ESTABLISH A CENSORSHIP. ("Renter's Telegram*.) (Received December 23rd, 10.30 p.m.) BERLIN, December 20. Exclusive of strikers, there are nearly 70,000 unemployed in tho city. The German Finance Ministry is considering a proposal to compel corporations to increase their capital and stock, one-fourtli of the increase going to the State. The Government's new Central Executive Committee has been completed. The Socialist members are largely in tho majority, giving tho Cabinet the support previously lacking. A number of Radicals of the Labour type have been eliminated.

Coblenz reports state that German propaganda in the districts occupied by Americans has been abruptly ended by the establishment of strict censorship over newspapers, theatres, and picture theatres.

GUARDS REGIMENT'S DECISION. BERNE, December 18. The Guards Regiment at Berlin proclaimed that they would no longer recognise tho authority of the Workers' and Soldiers' Councils. It is predicted that this will radically improve the chaotic situation in Germany. . THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY. (Reuter's Telegram*.)' COPENHAGEN, December 20. The Polish Government has decreed an election for the National Assembly on January 26th. Tho decrce applies to the eastern provinces of Prussia. The German Press strongly protosts, alleging that tho Poles desire to annex German territories. GERMANY RUINED. ' A CAPITALIST'S VIEWS! ' (Australian nnd X.Z. Cable Association^ LONDON, December 20. The Berlin, correspondent of the "Daily Express'' statos that Dr. W. Rathcnau. the head of the German General Electric Company; the largest employer in Germany, intefrviowed, said that Germany was ruined industrially, economically and politically for generations. Lie belioved that the German people were only guilty of believing what was told them. Dr. Rathcnau declared that- only half of Germany's population could live on the country's products, while the other half was dependent on industries for which matemis must bo bought and paid for by what the Germans sell. There would be a great tide of emigration to South America, the Far East, and Russia, resulting in the Balkanisation of Europe. Germany's disappearance from a position of importance would be the most dangerous fact in history, and sooner or later the Eastern Powers would on Western civilisation. (Received December 24th, 1.30 a.m.) COPENHAGEN, December 21. Count Brochdorff succeeds Dr. Solf.

HINDENBURG'S PLAN.

FOCH AND HAIG COMPARED.