ABOUT THE ENEMY

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVII, Issue 17859, 3 August 1918, Page 9

ABOUT THE ENEMY

SPIRIT OF GERMANY. THE'KAISER'S BOMBAST. LONDON, August 1. The Kaiser's latest message to the German army and navy says:—" It is not the arrival of the Americans and the numerical enemy superiority that will win the victory, but the spirit animating tho German soldiers and sailors. We shall fight on until the enemy's will to destroy us is broken." The Kaiser lauded the submarines' gallant efforts recently to prevent the American forces crossing the Atlantic. ' AN AMERICAN REPLY. WASHINGTON, August 1. Answering the Kaiser's boasts regarding the destructiveness of U-boat warfare, Mr' Josephus Daniels announced that not a single United States or British transport conveying troops to Europe had been sunk.

, GERMAN FOOD SUPPLIES.

AMSTERDAM, August 1. A Berlin telegram states that the flour ration was to be increased on August 1. A meatless week starts on August 19, seven pounds of potatoes being substituted.

TTPHOID IN BULGARIA

LONDON, August 1. Typhoid is raging in Bulgaria, especially in the army. Already there have been thousands of deaths, and the medical service has broken down. Two cases have occurred in the Royal household in Sofia.