GERMANY PLUNGED IN DEEP GLOOM

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2252, 11 September 1914, Page 5

GERMANY PLUNGED IN DEEP GLOOM

\ KAISER WORN AND HAGGARD INDIGNATION AMONG MASSES GROWING DAILY, (Reo. September 11, 1.25 a.m.) New YorU, September 10. Messages from Germany state that all Germany is in the deepest mourning, and the- only news published consists of enormous lists of casualties. A sentiment is abroad that the great Military Staff has been badly deceived. Indignation among the masses is growing daily, and nothing but a titanic victory will restore public confidence and rehabilitate the reputation, of tho Kaiser's military and political advisers. The country recognises that the Kaiser's invasion plans have been badly muddled, and that the rapidity of the Russian advance and the efficiency of the British Fleet in destroying German trade were ignored. _ The newspapers are forbidden to mention the paralysis of German industiies or the successes of the Allies. : . ■ . . The Kaiser is described as looking worn and haggard. There is great disappointment that the practical war tests show the possibilities of tho Zeppelins as a destructive force to be greatly exaggerated by tho clique which profited by their construction. Many Germans, believed the United States would seize Canada, and also that Japan would side, with Germany. I . ■ ' . (Reg. September 11, 1.25 a.m.)London, September 10, morning. Germany is suffering severely from a shortage of cotton,' and insufficient meat for tho military exigencies. She is attempting to purchase American and Egyptian cotton .through neutrals.