ENEMY'S FOOD PROBLEM.

Evening Star, Issue 16910, 6 December 1918, Page 3

ENEMY'S FOOD PROBLEM.

HOLLAND REFUSES EXPRISONERS. BERLIN'S SERIOUS PLIGHT. GOVERNMENT DISSENSIONS. Keuter*3 Telegrams. AMSTERDAM, December 4. The Netherlands Government refused to admit 1,5G0,01.G war prisoners from Germany, and turned them back from the frontiers. The incident is regarded seriously in Berlin, because, of the necessity of feeding such a host. The food situation in. Berlin is rapidly becoming more serious. The price of meat has- advanced 66 marks dues Friday. Thousands or legless mhl armless war cripples are seen on the outskirts of the city, bat they are not allowed to enter, evidently for fear that their pitiful appearance would inftarno the populace. Differences amongst members have caused, the resignation of the Cabinet. HINDENBURG'B DEMOBILISATION SCHEME. BAVARIANS WANT HIS ARREST. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association and .Renter. AMSTERDAM, December 4. Marshal You Hindenbunr h-ais issu-ed. a prodaruation to the troops, appealing for patien.ee a little longer. He announces that the preliminaries for land settlement aa a big scale have been, beyon, and will be expedited. The sheme provides for building hundreds of thousands of houses . upon cheaply-acquired land with funds at Jow rates for fanners and gardeiers, and jdmsl3jrl\- "bniicLius; bouses iix sub■urbs for town workers, including those in Beder.ta.ry employments. "COPENHAGEN. December 4. Tho Soviet at Leipzig has decided that the army headquarters shall be dissolved and Yon Hindenburg arrested. In the Second Chamber it was proposed by a Revolutionary Socialist (M. Wynkoop) that the question of the ex-Kaiser should be decided immediately, because it might endanger the importation of foodstuffs. The proposal was negatived by 50 votes to 4.

SOLDIERS AND BOLSHEVISM AMSTERDAM, Decemebr 4. The ' Rhenisch Westfaahsehe Zeitung ' reports that tte ex-Kaiser's faithful soldiers twice hauled down the red Hag from the Stadhouse at Kreuznaeh (west of Mayence) and burnt- it, amidst the cheers oi the crowd, who applauded pro-Kaiser speeches. In order to avoid bloodshed the Workers and Soldiers' Council resolved provisionally not again to hoist the red fla?' A meeting of delegates of the field armiea resolved to support the Government against Counter-revolutionary attempts. TREATMENT OF PRISOIIERS. Auitr&lißa and N.Z. Cable Association and Beater. AMSTERDAM, December 4. Berlin advices state that Herr Erzberger is opening a Wax Prisoners Commission to investigate the allegations of cruelty. Ho has promised the ruthless punishment of those convicted of ill-treating prisoners. THE EX-KAISER, ALLIES DEMAND EXTRADITION. Australian and N.Z Cable Association and Banter. LONDOX, December 4. A definite announcement has been made by Mr Bonar Law that the Allies have decided to demand the ex-Kaiser'b surrender for trial They are only awaiting Mr Wilson's confirmation. fe'imneimi -v *lr Law states that Gerii He also promised that i - out of Britain. ' ndt the recent Inter--1 uussed the ijuestion of , . . dition lengtnily. The l r • unanimous, and the 1 i • satires expressed very I Officers have- advised ;. i > i- caae for extradition.