THE REICHSTAG.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLIX, Issue 285, 2 December 1915, Page 5

THE REICHSTAG.

PRESIDENT'S OPENING AD-

DRESS

SPEAKING TO THE GALLERY

"PROUD ENGLAND TROUBLED.''

(Received Dec. 1, 10.45 p.m.) AMSTERDAM, Dec. 1. The Reichstag: has opened. The President, in his address, said: "The enemy have failed to break through in the West. The Austrians hold the eastern positions in an iron grip. Tiie feats of arms in the Balkans have been carried through with splendid and unsurpassed sureness, /enabling "us to avenge Serajevo and Serbia's intrigues. Assisted by Bulgaria we ha-w crowned our victory. The Serbian nnny is absolutely defeated. , The Turks have held up their old limitation, insulting in the failure of the Dardanelles enterprise. Proud England is troubled about the key tc her Eastern snpreTnac7v.

"All our" oTiemies recognise that we are invinoihle on the battlefield, therefore thpy eagerly cling to the Tiope. to destroy -as economically and conquer us .by hunger. "We have corn and potatoes in abundance. It may tie that thero is some scarcity in other things, yet ;!k> hardships caused to the majority of the poorer population will be sv.nn minted by the organisation of the provision market.

"We. nnawcifilly and economically

Tiave every report to contemplate the future wit 1: determination and unshaken confidence."