NEWS FROM GERMANY.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXV, Issue 16737, 18 December 1914, Page 8

NEWS FROM GERMANY.

' THE ENEMY IN BELGIUM. PREPARING FOR LONG RESISTANCE A FIGHT TO A FINISH. “ Times ” and Sydney “ Sun ” Services. LONDON, December 16. A correspondent writing from the south of Germany states that Liege and Namur have been rebuilt and strongly fortified. Important road crossings, railways and the most important buildings in Brussels have been mined, and it is only necessary to press a button to convert all into a heap of ruins. South Germans, ho adds, are enthusiastic regarding the war, but they realise that they must stick together. Tho popularity of the Kaiser is not now so great. When it is recognised how hopeless is the case, tho Southern States will be the first to cry for peace. After the war the prestige of Prussia will suffer heavily, and wul probably disappear. Tlie correspondent is firmly convinced that the German people will fight to a finish, and when they are filially forced to surrender it will not be for want of soldiers, food or money.

The greatest danger lies in the want of ammunition, saltpetre being very short.

THE KAISER’S ILLNESS

PARIS, December 16. The Copenhagen correspondent of the “ Temps ” says that the Kaiser, although his condition is serious, has vowed his intention to quit his bed and proceed to the western battlefield, despite the supplications of. the Kaieerein and the advice of the doctors. UNDRILLED LANDSTURM CALLED UP. “ Times ” and Sydney V Sun ” Services. (Received December 17, 5.45 p.m.) LONDON, December 16.

Dutch sources report that Berlin is calling up undrilled Landsturm of ages from thirty-nine to forty-five.