SULLEN DISCONTENT IN GERMANY
ARMY GETTING WAR-WEARY. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright ("Times" and Sydney "Sun" Services.) London, January 13. A neutral correspondent, writing in the Amsterdam "Telegraaf," gives his impressions of a visit to Germany. Everywhere he was struck with the number of wounded soldiers. . The Red Cross flag is prominent in all towns and villages. There is almost an entire absence of middle-aged men, and woinon, children, and old men aite carrvmg out the field work. There is a total absence of gol3. The prevailing temper of the people is no longer jubilant, but tending to the pessimistic. From conversations _ with wounded' soldiers, it is unquestionable that they had had more than enough. There is a total absence of enthusiasm. A Swiss Socialist newspaper states that the German workers are most indignant at tho new taxes, six hundred million marks having been indirectly passed on to them. Twenty thousand German deserters are domiciled in Switzerland. An agitation has commenced for their internment, as they are regarded as danger- j ous characters.
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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2671, 18 January 1916, Page 5
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171SULLEN DISCONTENT IN GERMANY Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2671, 18 January 1916, Page 5
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