SYDNEY SUN MESSAGES

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue LXVIII, 3 December 1914, Page 8

SYDNEY SUN MESSAGES

AN ARMY AIRWOMAN. j THE CROWN PRINCE INTER- j VIEWED. I .■-'■.■.- ---• "TELL THAT TO FATHER." 'END OF GERMAN OFFENSIVE IN POLAND. A VISIT TO KIEL. THE ENEMY OF EUROPEAN PEACE. (Received Dec. 2 3 8.30 p.m.) LONDON, Dec. 2. „, Princess Shaklougkaya has obtained a commission in the Russian aviation corps. She learned aviation in Germany.

The American correspondent who interviewed the Croyra Prince at his ; headquarters in the field describes him as a, sober, earnest, serious and thoughtful young man with a deep sense of his {responsibility. The Prince characterised the war as a •wanton sacrifice of life in a struggle which seemed to have little sense or reason. He declared Germany ivas left no choice in the matter.. From the lowest to the highest the people of Germany knew they were fighting for their existence. The Prince added:— *'You will never bo able to convince the German people that this war was. not engineered wholly for the purpose of crushing Germany. There is no war party, and German militarism is merely a phrase with which Engr land is endeavoring to scare and arouse the world against us." When told of the report that the Russians had nearly captured the Kaiser in the vicinity of Warsaw the Prince laughed V lieartily, and said "Tell that to Farther;; he will enjoy it. It is simply ! incredible what English papers print about me, and also about our side of ?rar. Fancy their thinking me capable : «f stealing and permitting my soldiers jjto loot French homes.' 3 3 The Paris press says that the battle of Lodz clearly marks the end cf jaijthe desperate Geiman offensive movein Poland, and will compel /them to adjust themselves in an en- § *irely defensive attitude on their fronY. tier | A correspondent of the Associaied t Press was allowed to visit Kiel, and ' Bays he is permitted to tell the world tbat Germany is rapidly enlarging her -submarine fleet, and now claims to tave more than Britain. Amongst ©ther protections from aircraft ma-' ■chine guns are posted on the roofs cf iigh buildings. The German sailors feel little bitterness against the British navy, but desire to match their' strength against a worthy opponent. The Times in a leader says the Yel--S&w Book shows Germany throughout! as the enemy of European peace, and •determined to finish with France and fasten a quarrel on Russia in order to I pursue her inordinate ambitions, reck- j less of all but the "law of the strong- j «sfc. /