GERMANY

Taranaki Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 16455, 6 June 1919, Page 3

GERMANY

FUTURE OF THE KAISER.

DEMAND FOR HIS RETUR^.

By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright

(Received June 6, 11.10 a.m.)

COPENHAGEN, May 25. The Pan-German organisation has appealed to the people’s representatives at Weimar to secure the return of the Kaiser and Crown Prince to Germany and provide them with a dignified place of resilience. The Independent Socialists, at Wurtembnrg, demanded that the Kaiser be delivered up and brought to trial. The demand was rejected and the Wurtemburg Government called on the Berlin Government to protest against the Allied demand to up German citizens, particularly the Kaiser. —Aus.N.Z. Cable Assn.

PRESS REPORTS. OF THE COUNTER PROPOSALS. (Received June 6, 9.5 a.m.) COPENHAGEN, May 25. The Hamburger Fremdemblatt states that the German counter-proposals include- a demand for the German administration of Rhineland. They are ready to deliver coal from the Ruhr and Saar districts, but decline the plebiscite in 1934. They desire Poland to ’be confined to the demarcation fixed at the armistice and that a plebiscite be taken in other German eastern districts under neutral or American direction ; that Danzig he a free port and Poland he permitted to make its own railway connection with the city. The Mittag Zeitung states that speeches in the Cabinet last week caused considerable indecision among the peace delegates. As the result of conferences with the peace delegates the committee of the National Assembly has been informed of the Government’s changed opinion on the peace question. The newspaper deplores the secrecy.— Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.

MORE TALK FROM LUDENDORFF. ABOUT THE HARSH PEACE TERMS (Received June 6, 9.25 a.m.) NEW YORK, May 25. The Berlin correspondent of the World, interviewed Ludendorff, who said that President Wilson was unable to maintain good faith in his promises to Germany, because he could not make his idealism effective at the Peace Conference. The terms of the peace treaty were so severe that they could not be carried out.

The terms did not allow Get many a sufficient army to maintain internal order. They had not sufficient money with which to import food stuffs. If Upper Silesia and the Saar coal-fields were cut off from Germany it would also mean that unemployment would continually menace Germany. Itjrffukl perhaps be best for GermanyJPT the United States took economic control of the country in order to help them to regain their feet. He regarded the proposals for the surrender and trial of the ex-Kaiser and the military leaders, including himself, as questions within the province of international law. He was prepared to appear before an unprejudiced tribunal of the nations. He did not believe the Kaiser could be held responsible for the acts of war.

A BAD SLUMP

IN GOVERNMENT STOCK,

' COPENHAGEN, June 3. German war loan stock, issued at 98 has dropped to 72. The National Bank is re-buying stock with notes, of which it is issuing an unlimited number.

The banks’ holding of gold now only covers 6.4 of the note issue, and the proportion is decreasing daily. A financial catastrophe is feared.—Aus.N.Z. Cable Assn.