GERMANY'S DESPERATE PLIGHT

North Otago Times, Volume CIV, Issue 13693, 7 October 1916, Page 5

GERMANY'S DESPERATE PLIGHT

GRAND SEA FLEET 'MUST' COME OUT. SERIOUS SHORTAGE OF PETROL REPORTED, (United Service.) , LONDON, October 5. The Kolnische. Zeitung declares that the German- Fleet . contemplates .'.another battle. The Admiral -of the' Fleet-writes' that his,-Fleet expects -...500n* to meet ;! the, sea tyrant,•ahd disingenuously adds: "God help us," (Renter's Telegrams.) , AMSTERDAM, October 5, * . The.- ISerTTiier-- Tngeblatt dwells on'the growing difficulties _ arising from the shortage of petrol. Since Rumania's entry into ' : tho war, the Gorman Government has restricted ilie supplies for lighting purposes, iind is considering the utilising of more daylight'by (he abolition of J In; workers' midday inierval. ("The Times" Service,) ' LONDON, October 5, Austria-Hungary is issuing a fifth, war loan. FUTILE ATTEMPT'TO'STRAFE'ENGLAND, SUBMARINES THAT NEVER RETURN. (Australian and New Zealaud Cable Association,) ;•,:;• NEW YORK, Octobers. '■" The London .correspondent of-the New' York World 'cables. that.the Germans last week sent-all their available submarines - to the English Channel with the object of making good the German boasts that they were, able to close the Channel. The British Navy has boon quick to deal with the now menace, ..although the Channel may seem-to have been closed to passenger ' traffic for a few days. The Germans have now learned that they cannot send submarines to English waters with any more impunity than they can serid Zeppelins to London. „_ \ MR LLOYD GEORGE'S "KNOCK-OUT" INTERVIEW. ..'. AMERICANS SCORN CROWN PRINCE'S APPEAL. v. ("The Times" Service.) , LONDON, October 5. 1 The New York correspondent of The Times states that the German Crown Prince's tearful attempt to enlist American Sympathies has utterly failed to produce a single emotion excepting scorn; This result must undoubtedly be attributed to Mr Lloyd George's admirably.-timed interview. Since the I beginning of the war no utterance of a British Cabinet Minister i has received greater sympathy. Lv y.oOsT v OF ■■ LIVING IN GERMANY. STAGGERING INCREASES REPORTED. . ("The Times" Service.) '■; ' LONDON, October 5. The German Statistical Department has published figures showing that compared with April, 1906, the price of fish in. April, 1916, had increased 390 per cent., potatoes 236 per cent., and eggs 248 per cent.