GERMANS FEAR THE FUTURE

Sun (Christchurch), Volume II, Issue 568, 4 December 1915, Page 9

GERMANS FEAR THE FUTURE

HAMBURG-AMERIKA LINE OFFICIALS FOUND GUILTY IN ' CONSPIRACY CASE To-day's cables announce that Austrian, German, and Bulgarian forces have entered Monastir. Grim details are to hand of the last stand of the gallant Serbians and the hardships suffered in the retreat towards Albania. Officials of the Hamburg-Amerika Line have been found guilty of conspiracy against the United States in the sensational trial just concluded. .Fierce artillery actions are reported from the Dardanelles, British cruisers supporting the land batteries. The Austrians are reported to have suffered terrible losses on the Italian front. According to recent statements, German despondency is growing. Fears for the future have been expressed by one of the leading journals. A wounded German frankly admits the superiority of the British artillery on the west front, and a report from Petrograd indicates the ability of the Russians to break the German line when the moment arrives for a general offensive.