CRISIS IN GERMANY.

Evening Star, Issue 16847, 24 September 1918, Page 6

CRISIS IN GERMANY.

DOUBTS ABOUT KAISERDOM. DEMOCRATIC MUTTER3NGS. LONDON, September 22. Tho ‘ Daily Chronicle’s ’ Amsterdam correspondent states that a German political crisis is developing, owing to recognition by important sections of public opinion that the Entente people’s distrust of tho Kaiser has made their Governments unlikely to respond to any peace overtures emanating from him. Many political conferences are proceeding daily. Tlie ‘ Daily Telegraph’s ’ Rotterdam correspondent states that tho reassembly of the Reichstag is being awaited in Germany with the tensest expectation. The position can fairly bo described thus i The Government do not know how they are to govern ; while the politicians in power do uot know what policy to pursue. Certainly Germany’s rulers are trying to stave off final disaster by convincing the army and the people that demoralisation must cease, and that a National Government must be established with one policy—namely, to save the Fatherland from destruction. Von Behucke’s appointment to the Admiralty amounts to a confession that rnthJessness in submarining has failed. Von Behucko always opposed the application of ruthlessnesa to neutrals, and apparently ho considers it would be suicidal to invito fresh complications with neutrals. PRUSSIAN-BAVARIAN FEUD. ZURICH, September 23. (Received September 24, at 9.30 a.m.) Swiss Socialist newspapers report serious differences between the South German politicians and the Prussian dictators. The ‘ Schiveiz Demokrate ’ reports that an enraged Bavarian commander attempted to attack Hindenburg,' and that German deserters say that the Bavarian Crown Prince Rupprecht unsuccessfully tried to shoot Hindenburg. DEAD PEACE OFFERS. WELLINGTON, September 22. The weekly summary of the war states that it is not yet known how deeply the German Government were implicated in the issue of the Austrian Note, bat they certainly know tho gist of it, if not the text. Tho German offer of peace to Belgium as outlined in the Press is wholly improbable. Such stipulations and ‘bargainings us were suggested would be an unwarranted interference in tho internal affairs of another Sovereign State, and, though the Gormans themselves have established the principle of repatriation by demanding 500 millions compensation for Germans injured by Russians in tho war, Germany has now herself refused any reparation for the ruin wrought by Germans in Belgium. PAN-SLAV MOVEMENT. WASHINGTON, September 23. (Received September 24, at 9.30 a.m.) The Ozecho-Slovaks, the Jugo-Slavs, and tho Poles held a conference hero, and agreed on behalf of the oppressed nations i.u Austria-Hungary to submit to President Wilson a plan whereby a new central body shall be formed for the protection of their interests against the furtherance of German aims. Tho immediate object is to suppress German propaganda in the United Stales aiming at the creation of a split amongst the Poles. THE MILITARY GROSS. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association and Reuter. LONDON, September 23. (Received September 24, at 1 p.m.) The Military Cross has been awarded to the following New Zealanders.; —Captain H. W. Kennedy, Lieutenants M. M‘Uon- I aid, H. T. Marshall, J. A. Roy, M. A. I Stedman (Rifle Bngade); Captain J. R. 1 Leys, Lieutenant N H. Harper (Infantry); j Lieutenants E. R. Black, P. G. Doherty, | A. S. Herbert (Mounted Rifles); A. G. ! Crawford (Camel Corps); 0. Harris (Ma-, chine Gunners); and Chaplains At. MulUueux and 0. B. Seton. i