GERMANY

Taranaki Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 144777, 6 September 1915, Page 3

GERMANY

SHORTAGE OF MEN APPARENT. PARIS, Sept. 4. Official.—A German officer states that the enemy casualties latterly have greatly increased.’ They reached on June 1 43,972, and on July 16 52,041. Germany is now making a return of men from 46 to SO years of age. There are indications that she is preoccupied with the difficult question of effectives after twelve months’ war, and her prodigality in the waste of human life. The only men at her disposal, according to the Journal de Geneva, are the 1917 class, less those who have volunteered. DR. DERNBURG’S HINTS. HOW TO MAKE GERMANY LOVED. AMSTERDAM, Sept. 4. Dr. Dernburg has been elected president of the German Economic League for Central and South America. He said that if the war lasts long Germany will bo obliged to find new outlets for her. commerce, since the recapture of her lost ground would be difficult. Germany had few friends among the neutrals, because they did not understand their souls. The Germans must learn to understand foreigners, and introduce German achievements with greater discretion. ANOTHER GERMAN BLUFF. ALLEGED SUPPLIES QF COTTON. TIMES ANn SYDNEY SDN SERVICES. (Received Sept. 6, 8,0 a.m.) LONDON, Sept. 6. A German wireless states that the declaring of cotton as contraband of war is of no military importance. Germany has a sufficient supply to last the army for years. Now she is not using lint or raw cotton for explosives, but is using cotton rags instead. FAILURE OF FOOD PILLS. PARIS, Sepf. 5. A German company formed to manufacture food pills for soldiers, .each equal- to a meal, has gone bankrupt after spending several millions of Government money. PEACE PROPOSALS DENIED. SINCE MEETING WITH REBUFF. (Received Sept. 6, 11.30 a.m.) COPENHAGEN, Sept. 5. German newspapers publish a denial of all peace-proposals to America.