THEY CANNOT WIN

New Zealand Times, Volume XLIII, Issue 9999, 17 June 1918, Page 5

THEY CANNOT WIN

GERMANS, KNOW DEFEAT CERTAIN By Telegraph— Press Association—efopyrlgbt Australian anti N.Z. Cable Association. NEW YORK, June 14. The “Now York Herald’s” Paris correspondent has secured documentary proof that the German lcadcr s know they cannot win the war, oven if they tako Paris and Bordeaux. Tho moral is weakening, and the health of tho people is alarming the physicians, who recently had a conference at Heidelberg and protested that tho starvation conditions would lead to Germany’s doom. Tho people arc under-nourished, and tho inlauule mortality is 68 per cent. A British air raid on Cologne, Karlsruhe. and Mannheim caused a panic. The lines of reiugeo s were miles long. The realisation of tho extent of America’s shipping output is finally dissipating Germany’s hopes of victory. PRESS ABOUT THE FUTURE. WASHINGTON, June 14, Official dispatches from France.saj that the German press is pessimistic about the situation in the United States. The newspapers say that President Wilson hopes to crush the German elements iu the United States, and will succeed. All the German schools have been closed and tho German newspapers suppressed. After the war German commerce world be unable to enter the United States. Steamship companies would not be allowed to have docks or shipyards. It would bo the end of German transAtlantio commerce. Germany’s European victory was in a measure balanced by tho losses in America. AN AMBITIOUS DREAM THAT WILL NOT COMB TRUE. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association WASHINGTON. Juuo 14. Mr Gerard, ex-American Ambassador to Berlin, in a speech, said: ‘.‘Before I left Berlin I learned that Germany’s aim was to seize tho British Navy, man it with Germans, and come to tho United States and force America to pay the cost of the war. “Every German business man knows that defeat meau s financial ruin, and is now realising tho hopelessness of securing an indemnity.” ENEMY FLEETM4V FIGHT Australian and N.Z. Cabla Association. NEW YORK, June 14. The “New York -Times,” discussing the possibility of tho German Fleer coming out. says that Germany may send out her navy, not anticipating victory, but hoping to weaken the British Fleet; but England, with the assistance of the American Fleet, could count on a decisive victory. Germany has probably pushed on new construction, hut would bo at a paralysing disadvantage compared with the-Allies’ first-line battleships. GERMAN PRISON GAMPS Graphic description by re* TURNED SOLDIER. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright SYDNEY, June 15. , Private Lord has returned after nine months’ imprisonment in Germany. With 200 other wounded Australians, bo was placed iu a so-called hospital, whore the Australians were shockingly 'treated. Fully twenty died for want of proper- treatment, and seven from starvation. Tho rations were totally inadequate, and mostly unfit for consumption. They consist of half a pound of bread daily, soup, pickled cabbages, turnips, and mangels. The only eatable soup was black, pea-soup. •The diet was reduced twice weekly, and but for the Rod Cross parcels they could not have kept alive. AMERICAN CONFIDENCE STILL UNSHAKEN. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. WASHINGTON, Juuo 14. Commenting ou von Stein’s boast that tho Allies’ armies are beaten, Mr N. D. Baker says that that i s von Stein’s opinion, but the opinion of General Foch, which is vastly more important, has not yet been heard. The American. people’s confidence in General Fooh remains unshaken. BRUTALITY OF HUN SAVAGE ATTACK ON NEUTRAL FISHERMEN. Australian and N.Z. Cablo Association AMSTERDAM, June 14. The crew of tho fishing boat Helena (which was sunk hy a submarine) has arrived at Ymnidon. They are indignant at the . German brutality. The submarine fired without warning, and continued shelling whilo the men were launching a boat. One shell killed three while in tho boat. Tho submarine disappeared, leaving the fishermen struggling for life. They wore 12 hours in a leaking boat. When tho survivors and tho mutilated dead wore landed, an angry crowd made a demonstration outside tho ho tel where a Gorman airman was stay< ing. HOSTELS FOR W'RRIORS ACTION BY VICTORIA SPORTING CLUB. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received Juno 16, u.G p.m.) LONDON, Juno 14. Tho Victoria Sporting Club is opening a fund to provide hostels in London and tho provinces tor soldiers ;uid sailors whilo being taught useful occupations. Sporting clubs have already provided largo sums on several occasions.