THE ARMISTICE

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 81, 31 December 1918, Page 5

THE ARMISTICE

ADMIRAL BROWNING'S REPORT IMPRESSIONS AT KIEL London, December 27. Admiral Browning's Naval Mission found that, the Germans had employed most of the interned British merchantmen upon war duties, and the vessels will require much alteration before they are again fit for their original purposes. Hamburg is a dead port. The Mission inspected the Cyclop, a submarine cruiser capable of lifting five hundred tons, and also the Moewe, which has row reverted to merchant uses. The destroyer which captured Captain Bryntt's steamer Brusiiols carried two buoys taken from tho Brussels as souvenirs. The conditions at Jijcl were deplorable, and discipline jioii-existent. The Mission in one case refused to proceed with tho inspection until the crew left the ship. Admiral Browning refused to deal with tho Workmen's and Soldiers' Council, though obviously they had complete control of tho situation. The German Commission at Kiel included S'teinbrinck, a submarine commander, who claimed to .have sunk 200,000 tons of British shipping. The Mission was treated everywhere ivith marked respect by the officials, and the Workmen's and Soldiers' Councils, who smoothed the way everywhere. ■Naval officers acted with dignity, but their sense of humiliation was only, too apparent The men, however, were unashamed. Tho Mission clo-:ely examined all the surface and submarine warships, naval aircraft, and merchantmen.—Aus.N.Z. Cable Assn.

FOOD SUPPLIES FOR THE ENEMY PLAN SUBMITTED BY PRESIDENT WILSON. London, December 2n. I The "Express" learns that President. Wilson 'has submitted to the Allies a ' jian fn feed (lie Central 'lations. Tim •plan includes the utilisation of German and Austrian tonnage—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. MR. HOOVER'S FORCIBLE REPLY "TELL THEM TO GO TO nELL!" Washington, December 2S. Mr. Hoover's wire to the Director of the Belgian Belief Commission, regardiiiff von dor Lnneken and Dr. Heidi's request for conference, said: "You can describe livo and a half years of arrogance towards ourselves and of cruelty towards tlie Belgians in any language yon choose. Tell the pair personally to go to liell with my compliments If I do have 1.0 deal with Germans it. won't be v.-ith that pair."—Aiis.-N.Z. Cable Assn. SUPPLIES FROM SWITZERLAND. I Nriw York, December 29. The New York "Times" Washington correspondent states that the Swiss Gov-1

eminent has begun, the shipment of foodstuffs to Vienna for the relief of tho civil population. These provisions will be replaced in Switzerland by tho United States Government.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. FRENCH WOMEfToNTHE ARMISTICE GERMANS SHOULD HAVE BEEN THRASHED IX BATTLE. New York, December 29. Mrs. Gertrude Atherlon, the novelist, cubling from Paris, says that French women, resent tho granting of tho armistice to Germany. They feel that the German armies should have been humbled and defeated in the field—Aus-NX Cable Assn. GERMAN RESTORATION OF LOOT 240 MILLIONS'IvORTH SO FAR. Paris, December 29. Germany's restoration of loot includes the handing over of 5500 gold bars, marked with the Russian Eagle, weighing 75,500 ■ kilogrammes (about 75 tons) and also six thousand cases of securities, valued' at 120 millions sterling, stolen from the hanks in Lille, Roubaix, and Turcoing. The value of the restitutions so far is over 2-10 millions sterling.—Aus.NX Cable Assn. GERMAN EMBASSY EXPELLED FROM CONSTANTINOPLE UNDER PRESSUReTy THE ALLIES. London, December 28. It is understood that the departure of the German Ambassador froii Constantinople was due to pressure 'by the Entente Powers.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. THE. EX-KAISER ATTEMPT ON HIS LIFE New York, December 2!). The Amsterdam correspondent of the New York "Evening Telegram" states that, according to the Berlin "Vorwaerts," an attendant at Amerongon attempted to kill the Kaiser He fired four shots, but none was effective.—Aus.NX Cable Assn.