PEACE QUESTION
DEMONSTRATIONS IN BERLIN. ' "THE GAME IS UP.'" By Telegraph—Press Association— Copyright Pub'itfbed in 'The Times." (Received Ootober 22. 1.35 "a.m. THE HAGUE. October "21. For fourteen successive nights there have been peace demonstrations in Enter de Linden. Public moral collapsed on the seventh niszht. after which tho surrender of Alsace-Lorraine w ; as accepted as inevitable, though the people are agreed that it would,be.better to. fight to the last man. than to. give up Rhineland and Westphalia to Belgium. Reports of a lew en masse led to general meetings of protest, especially in factories, and demands that the;Kaiser abdicate or be excelled are heard continuity mouast the. workers. Periodiclly someone raises the cry in the streets. "Long- live the German repub. lie!" Tho cry is always taken ni> and echoted. The munition workers' wages were suddenly raised from 15 to' 50 per ccnt.__ ~... ~.,, , (Received October 22: 12.35 a.m.) LONDON. October 21. The Berne correspondent, of. "The Times" warns the.. Allies, ,a,gai.nst exaggerating the importance of internal convulsions, but agrees that the German people recognise that tho game is up and wish peace at any price. (Received Octoher 22. 12.35 a.m.) PARIS. October 21. President Wilson's reply to Austria is regarded as a final biowto«thc dual monarchy. "• ; CAUSE OF DELAY IN GERMANY'S REPLY. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association (Received October 22, 1.35 a.m.) AMSTERDAM. October 21. According to a'Berlin message the delay in the German reply is' due to the necessity for considering "tho Entente's alleged increasing pressure upon HoL land.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XLIII, Issue 10107, 22 October 1918, Page 6
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251PEACE QUESTION New Zealand Times, Volume XLIII, Issue 10107, 22 October 1918, Page 6
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