THE AWAKENING

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3079, 9 May 1917, Page 7

THE AWAKENING

GREAT REVULSION OF FEELING IN GERMANYFOOD RESERVES ALMOST EXHAUSTED (Rec. May 8, 11.55 p.m.). London, May 8. ' The "Morning Post's" correspondent at Berne states' that uncensored. news" from Germany pictures the-.internal situation as becoming worse'every day. The reserves of food are almost exhausted. Only soldiers at the front aro receiving full rations. Revolutionary ideas are making extraordinary progress. Even the great industrialists and merchants, especially in the northern towns, are becoming converted to Socialism, believing that if Germany maintains her present institutions tho' markets of • the world will he closed against her. The idea of a federated Germany released from Prussian domination is being discussed by moderate men, who would have regarded such, ideas as chimerical . two months ago. Efforts are being made to familiapee the public with the idea of peace without annexations or indemnities.The public is slowly realising ruthless submarine warfare is- being prosecuted in the interests of the Hohenzollerns.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.

PROTEST AGAINST PIR-ATE- ".,.'. WARFARE. Amsterdam, May 7. Herr Colin, in tho Jleiehstag, vigorously attacked tho Government for compelling the soldiers to subscribe to the war loan. Ho protested against "ermany's methods or warfare, including the use of. submarines and the air raids on London. Improved food conditions were impossible during the war period. The people were hungering for Tjolitical equality. The Speaker (Dr. Kaempf) called ; Herr Colin to order -when he declared that the Government .was responsible for the -war.—Aus.-N.Z. Cablo Assn.:'; ATTEMPT ON THE KAISER'S LIFE THREE SHOTS FIRED. (Rec. Maj. 9,. 1.40 a.m.) Rome, May 8. The "Coniere dlltalia" states that three shots were fired at, the' Kaiser while he was motoring to Berlin. Two struck his car. The perpetrator was arrested.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. CHANCELLOR CLOSELY WATCHED "EMPIRE BEGINNING TO CRACK." (Rec. May 9, 1.40 a.m.) ''.- New York, May 7.-.-The "New York ■ Times' " London correspondent states that information from ,a trustworthy source shows that a! momentous political crisis is developing in Germany. Herr von BethmannHollweg's position is being watched with growing suspicion by the Junkers and Conservatives, who are preparing bitterly to attack him. • ■ - The same journal's Paris correspondent quotes the "Gazette de Lausanne": — "The internal rumblings in Germany suggest that the Empire is beginning to crack. -_ Big fissures, although at present invisible, are develop-ing."—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.