SITUATION MOST SERIOUS.

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SITUATION MOST SERIOUS.

GERMANY READY FOR

EMERGENCIES

BT 'CABJiE—PSESS ASSOCIATION—COPYEIGHT

BERLIN, 7. The Chancellor, in the Reichstag, referring to Silesia, sad" General yon Skeet had been ordered to make the German1 army r§ ady for all eyentualities.. This -brought loud cheers from Junkers and violent protests from Communists. LONDON, May 7. British official circles regard the situation in Silesia as most serious. It has all the elements of a highly organised rising conducted iby military experts. The insurgents are very nu- j merous and well equipped. i BERLIN, May 7.\ Korfantz commands 100,000 men against 15,000 Allied troops. The insurgents are well equipped, including machine guns and artillery captured from the Italians..