GERMAN CRISIS

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 62, 7 December 1918, Page 7

GERMAN CRISIS

CONFUSED POLITICAL CURRENT TROOPS SUPPORT THE EBERT GOVERNMENT London, December 1. Amid the confused and dubious political current in Germany one fact is now certain, the returning troops almost unanimously support tho Ebert GoTerunient and approve tho immediate calling up of tho National Assembly. The men from the West front appear to favour order at all costs, and recoil from tie idea of seeing peaceful native (owns arid villages torn by revolution'with a prospect of the indefinite prolongation of the ferment. It is feared that Dr. Lio.bknccht may lead a Bolshevik outbreak .in Berlin. .There is'reason to believe that, he has secret stores of arms—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.-Ttenter. REVOLUTIONISTS DEFEATED BY OFFICERS. Amsterdam, December 0. Serious fighting has occurred at Krenzmich. where German officers defeated the Revolutionists. The victors cheered the Kaiser—Aus.N.Z. Cable Assn. "serious riotsTt cologne (Rec. December 7, 1.15 a.m.) Copenhagen, December i. There were serious riots at Cologne on December 2. A mob plundered the shops and attempted to raid the food depot, but retreated when faced with machm'eguns. There we're conflicts between the mob and the police throughout the night. A number of casualties are reported.— Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.-Eeuter. i FIGHTING IN WESTPHALIAN TOWNS • (Rec. December, 7, 1.15 a.m.) Amsterdam, December 4. There has been sharp fighting in several Westphalia n towns between returning soldiers and the local Soviets' troops. Thousands of' miners at Haium struck and hoisted red flags on public buildings. There have been similar demonstrations at Wanne. .Soldiers hauled down the flags and dispersed the deraon-strators.-Aus.-N.Z. CasJe Assn.-Reuter. CAMPAIGN AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT INSTITUTED BY SPAETACUS GROUP. ' Berlin, December 5. Dr. Liebknecht and the Spartacus group of Socialists have instituted .a vigorous campaign against Herr Ebert the Chancellor and his colleagues whom they accuse of having induced the mortal enemy of German revolution—namely, International Capitalism as represented by President Wilson—to make the delivery of food conditional on. th» mnintenancb of order—AusNN.Z. Cable Assn.-Rcuter. ■ A shamlamine - ADEQUATE FOOD IN GERMANY. / Washington, December I. Germany's attempt to create a sham famine and stir, up a feeling* of leniency in Allied countries is exposed by semiofficial dfplomatic advices, "which reveal that there is adequate, though limited, food in Germany. Cereals are plentiful enough to permit increasing tho daily bread ration to 500 grammes, while sv.gav stocks exceed the'needs'of peace.time. Potatoes are plentiful. The. food administration officials ridicule Germahy's attempt to stampede' the Allies into sending abundant supplies gf food lo Germany, which . boasted of its ability to feed itself for another. year. Bavaria hns more'cattle than she'had in peace lime—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn: • AUSTRIA frPJRE POLICY l ' WITH .GERMANY. . ~..(Rec.' De'cember G, 7.10 p.m.) • .. ■'...' i. An .English newspaper- correspondent interviewed'Herr Bauur, Foreign Minis-I ter, who said that documents in the Foreign Office proved, that Austro-Hungarian statesmen foresaw the ..dissolution of the Empire, and hoped to forestall it by crushing Serbia's rising power. Ho added that Austria's only, future policy was in union with Germany. He hoped that the Peaco Conference would assent to this.-Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.-Reuter.