GERMANY

Taranaki Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 16447, 28 May 1919, Page 3

GERMANY

INCREASING TENDENCY.

TO FAVOUR SIGNING TREATY. HAGUE, May 15. Despite the organised clamour, increasing numbers of people in Germany favour the acceptance of the Treaty. Manufacturers are anxious to ternijnato the stagnation, and the masses fear the re-imposition of the blockade.

Herr Bernstein, voicing moderate opinion, admits that the majority of the Allied ' demands arc reasonable. Germany caused much devastation and committed many blunders, and must pay. The newspaper Freiecht, r.n Independent organ, asserts that the overwhelming majority of the proletariat and many of the bourgeoisie recognise Germany’s responsibility for the war, the denial of which is immoral and stupid. Baron Richthoven, the Democratic leader in the National Assembly, writing in the press, ridicules tho relapse to aggressive patriotism and flag-wag-ging and the ignoring of practical politics. He declares that Paris is justified in laughing at tho pathetic and indig rant protests emanating from men who previously wanted to annex territories without coijsulting the inhabitants. — Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.

ALLIES LAND AT DANZIG. (Received May 28, 9.20 a.m.) LONDON, May 27. British and American marines have landed at Danzig.

APPEALS TO PRESIDENT WILSON.

TO SAVE GERMANY,

(Received May 28, 9.20 a.m.) AMSTERDAM, May 16

Crowds made a demonstration outside the headquarters of the American Mission at Hamburg and speakers fiercely protested against the disastrous peace terms. An officer attached to the mission consented to forward the demands to President Wilson. A Berlin wireless message states that the Provincial Council oT East Prussia appealed to President Wilson to act against the brutal plundering and requested President Wilson to consent to verbal negotiations with the German delegates at Versailles.—Aus.N.Z. Cable Assn.

ANOTHER SCHEME,

TO DELAY. PEACE,

(Received May 28, 9.25 a.m.) BEHLIN, May 16

A newspaper predicts that the Government will arrange a people’s*rofercndnm for the acceptance or refusal of the treaty in the event of the Allies refusing concessions.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.

AN AMERICAS CORRESPONDENT.

ASKS SILLY QUESTIONS,

(Received May 28, 9.25 a.m.) NEW YORK, May 16. The Berlin correspondent of the Now York Times inquired at the War Ministry regarding tho persistent rumours saying that the military authorities had planned resistance against tho Allies if the peace treaty was rejected. Officials denied tho correctness of the rumours, and' also declared that there was no truth in tho reports that German scientists were devising means of infecting a possible invading army with tho germs of a fatal disease. —Ans.-N.Z. Cable Assn.

GREAT HOSTILITY. TO ENTENTE POWERS. (Received Alay 28, 9.10 a.m.) BERLIN, Alay 16. Anti-Entente feeling is so strong that British and American officers have been ordered to wear mufti lest they shoujd incite the, populace. There have been prolonged Government discussions as to propounding counter-proposals based on President AVilson’s 14 points.—Ans.-N.Z. Cable Assn.