GERMANY.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 144850, 30 November 1915, Page 7

GERMANY.

. NEWSPAPERS SUPPRESSED. FOR TALKING OF FAMINE. (Received Nov. 30, 1.35 p.m.) COPENHAGEN, Nov. 29. The German authorities have prohibited several dozen newspapers for referring to the food crisis, but the agitation continues. Herr Harden, in a powerful article in Die Zukunt, concludes: “Wo must confess that the German people is suffering from great want." THE UNITED STATES, GERMAN INTRIGUES. TO COAL THEIR WARSHIPS. (Received Nor. 30, 12.35 p.m.) NEW YORK, Nov. 29. Emil Olsen, master of the steamer TJnitn, bound from .Philadelphia to Cadiz, gave evidence before the Ham-burg-Amerikan investigation that a German supercar£o op hoaati Hie.,

TJnita triad to get him to ooal German warships in the West Indies in September, X 914. Olsen refused, declaring he had cleared for Cadiz and intended to go to Cadiz at all costs. The supercargo tried bribing him with £2OOO, but Olsen declared himself a British citizen and said he would nob coal a German warship if offered a million dollars.

OFFICIAL COOLNESS. TOWARDS MR. FORD’S PICNIC. MR. BRYAN JOINING THE PARTY. (Received Nov. 30, 1.35 p.m.) NEW YORK, Nov. 29. President Wilson’s refusal to bo identified with Mr. Ford’s peace activities induces speculation as to how the Department may apply the section of the Criminal Code, wfiich provides three years' imprisonment where an individual conducts correspondence to defeat national measures. ' Mr. Bryan has announced that ho intends to join the tour. The itinerary of the party is _ incomplete, but includes Christiania, Stockholm and Copenhagen.