INVESTIGATIONS IN GERMANY.
. ■• v_- . FEAR OF DEFEAT CAUSES TERRIBLE DEPRESSION, (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) (Received October 16, 12.5 p.m.) WASHINGTON, October 15. Herbert Swope, sent by the New York World to investigate the real conditions m Germany, says that the search on entering the country was iiicredibly severe. • Even foiintain pens were emptied. There were no young men m Berlin. The women do all the work. Tlie mental change from certainty of victory to fear of defeat was reflected m terrible depression. Dancing was forbidden. He heard no laughter m the theatres. He was astonished -at the ailpervading and unreasoning hatred of the American Ambassador. TMr Gerard was disliked because he is not violently proGerman. JThe - staple is' fish, but there is a, suspicious absence of. dogs m Berlin. The censorship i_.unbelievably severe. Tlie Berliner Taieblatt was suppressed for a whole week, the cause being unknown. Internal politics have reached an important crisis, lie is convinced that liberalisation of the Government is inevitable. -",''.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 14124, 17 October 1916, Page 3
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