GERMANY STILL IN STATE OF CHAOS.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume VI, Issue 1578, 5 March 1919, Page 7

GERMANY STILL IN STATE OF CHAOS.

socialist Proclamation causes anxiety. (A. & N.Z.) (Rec. March 5, 11.50 a.m.) AMSTERDAM, March 3. Telegrams from Berlin state that conditions remain chaotio and critical. The newspaper strike continues, and "Vorwaerts" (the Socialist organ) is the only paper publishing. The Socialists have distributed by airplane throughout Germany 3,000,000 copies of a proclamation urging the workers to oppose the terrorism of the minority. The proclamation and the threat of officials and business people to instigate a counter-strike have made a deep impression upon the workers, who hoped that a general strike would be avoided. There has been serious street fighting between the Government troops and the workers at Leipzig, which is threatened with famine. ALLIES WILL SUPPLY FOOD WHEN PEACE SIGNED* (A. & N.Z.) (Rec. March 5, 11.50 a.m.) LONDON, March 4. It is noteworthy that, during the passage ef Mr Winston Churchill's Army Estimates, in a speech pleading for a speedy peace, he said that Germany was starving and was dangerously near to the collapse of her social and national life, under pressure of hunger and malnutrition. Mr Churchill added:— To delay peace indefinitely will be to run the risk of having nobody to settle with, and another great part of the world will sink into Bolshevism and Anarchy. Once Germany signs the peace terms, food and raw material can be imported immediately. It is repugnant to us to use the weapon of starvation a moment longer than necessary to secure just terms. NEW REGIMENT OF GUARDS SUGGESTED. TO BE FORMED FROM MEN FROM DOMINIONS. (A. & N.Z.) (Rec, March 5, 10.55 a.m.) LONDON, March 3. The "Daily Graphic" suggests the formation of a regiment of Dominions Guards, which would happily round off the establishment of Household Troops. Sufficient men should be forthcoming from the war-tried Canadians, Anzacs, and South Africans. A WARNING TO THE SMALL NATIONS. ANNEXATION POLICY MAY LEAD TO TROUBLE. (A. & N.Z.) , (Rec. March 5, 9.55 a.m.) LONDON, March i. Mr Lloyd George, at a Welsh Sinner, said that the position of little nations at the Paris Conference was an outstanding feature, but it was necessary to caution them of this danger, namely, that little nations emulated the faults of great empires. There was a tendency amongst little nations to expand beyond the limits of their race, and to annex territories not their own. This was a most fatal error, FATE OF UNDER-WATER PIRATE CRAFT. TWENTY-FIVE SUBMARINES SENT TO SCRAP-HEAP. (A. & N.Z.) (Rec. March S, 9.55 a.m.) LONDON, March 3. The Government has sold to a London buyer 25 German submarines for serapping. GERMANY MUST PAY HUGE INDEMNITY. ALLIES' DEMANDS TOTAL £30,000,000,000. (A. & N.Z.) (Aec. March 5, 9.55 a.m.) LONDON, March 4. The Paris correspondent of the "Morning Post" learns that it is proposed to demand from Germany £600,000,000 yearly for 50 years. It is estimated this will leave Germany £280,000,000 yearly for internal needs. The indemnity imposed on France by Prussia in 1871 was five milliards of francs (£200,000,000). By moans of a marvellous effort on behalf of the people of France, extending even to those in the humblest walks of life, the indemnity was paid in a little under two years—which by no means pleasod the German war lords. An overnight cable message stated:—The Reparation Committee estimates that the Central Powers must pay the Allies £24,000,000,000, the payment being extended over a period of 30 years, including £1,000,000,000 immediately in gold and foreign securities, merchandise, and ships. WAR BILL OF BELLIGERENT NATIONS. (A. & N.Z.) (Rec. March 5, 10 a.m.) WASHINGTON, March 4. Mr Newton D. Baker (Secretary of War) has stated that the war costs of all the belligerents totalled $195,000,000,000 (nearly £40,000,000,000), not including the damages caused by devastation.