THE BELGIANS IN GERMANY.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume VIII, Issue 313, 6 December 1918, Page 6

THE BELGIANS IN GERMANY.

PROGRESS OF THE INVASION. (Received 6, 1.50 p.m.) London. December 5. A Belgian communique reports : Our cavalry has occupied Neuss am! Odenkire'.en. Amsterdam, Dect ’iibcr 5. , A communique says:—The B - gia-n general line is Bei’ncastal-Mal-born-O zenhausen, — A. and N.Z. and Reuter. THE ALLIED NATIONS. LASTING FBIENDSHIP. (Received 6. 1.10 p.m.) Washington, December 5. General Pershing in reviewing the activities of tie American armies in France, says : As a result of the British and American mil tary relations it has ben impresed upon Lhe Americans .’but the t : cs of language and of blood bring the British and Americans together completely and insepa'-ablv. He says the effort made by the Allied armies staff to assist -he Americans was f.li greater r.i an could ha’ e been expec ted. Genera] Pershing also declare s that the relations growing out of Franco-American association assures 4he permanent friendship of the two nations. THE WILSONIAN FEACE. ELIMINATES BRITISH SEA POWER. (Received 6, 2.5' p.m.) New York. Doe. 5. The United Pross correcpordent aboard the President’s ship, reports there is every indication :hat th;* President will de dare Dr the reduction of arm aments on land and sc-., and that no one sea Power can be supreme-. —(A. N.Z? “ THE UNSCRUPULOUS.’’ STILL GOD S INSTRUMENT.

(Received 6. 2."<) p.m.) . London, Dec. 5. A n'OEF-ace from the Hague states 1 that the Kaiser preceded his abdication by document writ--1 ten at Ameron.een, on the 20th of j November, dcclnrinsr be was unable I to eomnrrbfnd his rrcsent situation. I H- remnrdc ki’nse’f ‘rt.’ll a- God’s jn- ! strument, and thinks God is sending I him trials for hidden beneficent real sens. RESERVING HIS DEFENCE. A German general, acting .as an orderly at Amerormen. brought the following messaat? direc’ from the Kaiser, who. on Tuesday, was inclined to make a public statement, but to-dav ebrnged mind:—”l am a private citizen.” said th-* Kaiser. “and while in Hcl’erd will not m:a.l<° p n y stnfon-'nt rbitprey for publicat’on.. ” H? : “Ym’ mrs' ful’y realize n-v posilmn. I am tb’matcred p n all with criminal charges, v.-h’ch. it’ in'Toghr. I must fa-e. Tbo”c- c - r- T m-st'm-serve my stiD-men 1 ’ tint- I ’he chn'T-tos p'-c rrtr-il’v I rouebt. I plsn cw’ certain lovaEv jo the Cm--’ n rTl ->.ont. and cannot make a dec- j laratmn which might compromise j tUe citbc’s.” j THE ITDiTDRIC KRUGFR v-jp- . The correspondent asked th' for-, mpr Emperor whether he would con- ■ firm the Crown Prince s assertion m [ regard to the Krimer ’eiegra-n. The! general brought back the folk win-.: i answer: "The Cwwn Prncv A abn - ‘ lutely correct :n his facte. The tele- ’ gram was already written and la’.l I before me for signature. I refused ■ to sign it for three days, and finally ‘

' did so under pressure of German diplomats and my noli leal advisers, 'who advanced ii.any reasons for ; aending the dispatch. Of course, having signed it, 1 take full respon1 sbiiity.”—(Reuter, v*a America.)