KEY TO GERMANY'S SALVATION

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 70, 17 December 1918, Page 5

KEY TO GERMANY'S SALVATION

HERREBERT STRESSES THE FOOD CRISIS

MENACE OF BOLSHEVISM

By Telegraph-Press Asßociation-CopyricM London, December 15. The correspondent of the "Daily Express" in Berlin interviewed Horr Ebert, who said tlmt the problem of political development was inseparable from the food rtuestion. The Government bad inherited political and economic breakdown, and tho chances of its pulling .through were stated too favourably, especially the idea that it would succeed in 1919. In order to bluiT the enemy, tho ' supplies quoted in statistics frequently I existed only 011 papc-r. The surrender | of trucks and locomotives, the lack of. coal, and the difficulty of transport had I brought about such conditions (hat the j Government could not guarantee tlifc food : supply. Therefore it could not indefinite-1 ly maintain order. The Government was 1 bound 1o depend largely upon the politiI cal intelligence of its former enemies. What, ho askod. would be the position if Berlin became u centre of Bolshevik power? The Government would'welcome ''an invasion" which would organise Germany's politics and increase the food sup-ply—Ans.-N.Z. Cable Assn.

ALLIES AND THE SOVIETS • STATEMENT BY MARSHAL FOCH. Amstordam, December 15. Berlin newspapers assert that Marshal Foch told the Kreuznach Soviet, which requested facilities for the delegates of the occupied regions to go to the Berlin Congress of Soviets, that llic Allies did not recognise the Soviets.—Ans.-N.Z. Cable Assn. BOLSHEVISM NAKEDjiND UNASHAMED WHAT THE KPAKTACCSIANS WANT, (ltec. December 16, 7.15 p.m.) Amsterdam, December 15. Advices from Berlin state that {he Spartacus Party's programme includes:— The disarmament of all non-proletariat forces. The formation of a workers' militia and Red Guards. The abolition of all officers and "noncoms. The replacement of all authorities under the former regime by representatives of the Soviets. The abolition of nil Parliaments and councils, and- the election of a central council, which will elect and control an executive council. 1 . The cancellation of all public debts above a fixed amount of subscription. The expropriation of all landed estates, banks, coal mines, and large factories. The confiscation of all fortunes above a fixed amount.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.Reuter.

ANTI-BRITISH FEELING AT GERMAN PORTS London, December 15. . The Hague correspondent of "The Times" states that tho anti-British feeling in Hamburg and Bremen is fai' stronger than in Berlin. The shipping interests bitterly discuss the loss of tho fleet and the paralysis of trade. Hamburg harbour is half deserted,, and the streets present a dismal spectacle. Fears of an extremist outbreak are everywhere visible in both towns.—"The Times.".

CONVENTION OF THE REICHSTAG NO DATE FIXED. London, December 15. Advices from . Berlin state that the President of tho Reichstag has informed the Deputies that lie has summoned the Reichstag to meet, but he reserves the right to fix tho place and the time.— Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. . GOVERNMENT'S THREAT. Berne, December 14. Herr Fehrenbach. the President, is summoning the Heichstng to meet at Frankfort. Von Hiudenbwrg has promised to send troops to guard the Assembly. The Republican Government has threatened to indict for treason all Deputies who answer the sum.nons.—Aus.N.Z. Cable Assn. NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS. (Rec. December IG, 11.25 p.m.) Washington, December I<l. A United Press message from Berlin reports that tho National Assembly elections will be hold on January 8— Aus.N.Z. Cable Assn. VENEER OF CULTURE VANISHES FRIGHTFUL DECLINE 3N MORAL SENSE.

(Rec. December IC, 8.15 p.m.) London, December 14. The '"Times" Berlin correspondent states that the revolution, following on the sufferings of war, has brought a frightful 1 decline in the public moral sense in Berlin. Licentious women are mixing with the returning troops, and there is an extraordinarily widespread traffic in stolen goods. Corruption is general. Everyone is tc hoard money to secure himself during jhc impending catastrophe.-, "My stay in Germany," he writes, ''filled me with profound dismny at the weikness of the bonds which'hold civilisation together. Everyone has firearms under his cloak, and it is unsafe, to venture cut. in tho streets at night. Many families have machine-guns. Berlin resembles a city with two hostile armies—Liebknecht's and Ebert's. Despite ITerr Eisner's warnings, Munich has demanded the establishment of a revolutionary tribunal, the deposition of Ebert, and full power for the Soviets—Renter (via America).

"COUNT HOHENZOLLERN" HIS STABLES AND WARDROBE. London, December 15. ■The Kaiser's stables have been confiscated. They include several thousand horses, which'he claimed'as his personal property, though the Stato bad purchased them. An inventory of.tho Kaiser's wardrobe ineindes 598 Gorman and foreign military uniforms.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.

EX-KAIRERIN AGAIN ILL. Amsterdam, December 15. Berlin papers report that the Empress is again seriously ill, owing to a mental breakdown.—Aus.-N.Z. Gable Assn.