GERMAN TRUCULENCE INCREASING

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 113, 6 February 1919, Page 5

GERMAN TRUCULENCE INCREASING

PRUSSIAN MILITARISM REINSTATED NEWSPAPER EFFORTS TO DISCREDIT ALLIES ( , By Telegraph—Press Association-Copyright London, February 3. Correspondents in Berlin state that Germany is becoming increasingly truculent. The Government has resisted tho demand of the Soviet Councils regarding army control, and have reinvested the )-. .lAsian military system with authority. Tim newspapers are full of descriptions of the Government troops marching to Bremen, where the Snartaeusians have fortified the public buildings, shipyards, and railways tracks. The' Spartacus nowspaper is doubtful of the result, and warns its supporters to spare no effort. The troops are determined to force the Sp.artacusio.ns to disarm, bub aregiving them plenty of time to surrender peacefully. Meanwhile the newspapers print everything possible to discredit the Allies, including stories of battles between American and British troops and of unrest in the French Army. Many quarters are hopeful that quarrels at the Pence Conference will destroy the prospects of a world peace.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.

THE INDUSTRIAL CHAOS DRASTIC LEGISLATION INEVITABLE. ' Amsterdam, February 3. Germany is still discussing measures to cope with the industrial chaos. Newspapers hint that forced labour and drastic legislation are inevitable irt order to end the continually recurrent strikes. Tens of thousands are unemployed.— Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. CRITICAL FINANCIAL POSITION PESSIMISTIC STATEMENT BY VON' GWYNNER. New York, February 4. The Berlin correspondent o* tho "Chicago News" interviewed Herr von Gwynner, tho president of tho Deutsche Bank, who is a proposed candidate for the Presidency of Germany. Ho said: "The German finances hang by a thread. The war was frightful, but this is worse. Every) day 800 people die of starvation. The infant mortality since the armistice has reached 50 per cent. jTho Prussian railroads have gone; wo can't transport coal; we can't get fish from Scandinavia. Germany is holding together by faith in AVilson. Tho Spartacusiaa movement is gaining a foothold among the people, and .unless tho blockade is lifted plundering and pillaging will start. Socialism will reduce Germany to a puerile and pathetio nation.'—Aus.-N.Z. Cablo Assn.

SPARTACISTS AT BREMEN

DETERMINED TO RESIST THE • TROOPS.

(Rec. February 5, 7.20 p.m.) London, February 3. The '•'Daily Express" states that the 'Spartacists at Bremen are atill determined to resist. They are receiving help from Brcuierhaven, Hamburg, and Cuxhaven. The Government ultimatum is due to expire on February 3, and the troops are pointing naval guns at 13remt'ii. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.

RIOTS FEARED IN SEVERAL TOWNS,

Copenhagen, February 3., There are indications, that the Spartacus aggression will culminate in outbreaks on Thursday, when tho National Assembly meets at Weimar. Large bodies of troops are assembling to keep.order. Riots are feared in sevoral provincial towns.

It was rumoured that tho Spartacusians would on Sunday attempt a new coup d'etat in Berlin. Government troops lined the streets and mounted machineguns on the public buildings, but there were no disturbances—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. . '

A PRO-KAISER MOVEMENT

OBGANISING POPULAR SENTIMENT.

London, February 3. Tho Coblenz correspondent o£ .the United Press states that the American military secret service lias unearthed, a plot to organise sentiment in favour of the ex-Kaiser. A number of supporters of the old regime have been discovered circulating petitions stating that the German people is behind the /ex-Kaiser. Many people have signed the petitions. The movement is apparently widespread, and probably originated in Berlin.-Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.

ASSOCIATION TO PROTECT WILHELM.

Copenhagen, February 3. An association has been formed in Berlin for the protection of the life' and liberty of the ex-Kaiser. Von Hindenburg, speaking at a dinner to celebrate the ex-Kaiser's birthday, said: "We would be cowards and traitors if we were ashamed to confess that .we still regard the Kaiser with love, gratitude, and veneration."—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.

' CROWN PRINCE SEEKING DIVORCE

London, February 3. Berlin reports state that the ex-Crown Prince has instructed his lawyers to institute proceedings for the dissolution of his mavriage.-Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. WOMEN IN THeIatToNAL ASSEMBLY Amsterdam, February 3. Thirty-six women were elected to the German National Assembly. Eighteen of them are Majority Socialists, three are Independent Socialists, and live are De-mocrats.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. THE MURDEROFLIEBKNECHT STORY OF AN ATTEMPTED ESCAPE DENIED. London, February 3. • The Berlin correspondent of tho "Daily News" quotes an eye-witness of the murder of Liebknecht, who states that the story of the attempted escape is a sheer falsehood. An officer of the Guards joined Liebknecht's military escort at tho hotel door, and returned fifteen minutes later and said, "Liebknccht has been beaten to death with the butt-ends of 'lilies." Rosa Luxemburg was -also beaten down at the hotel entrance by tho soldiers and officers, and not by the enraged crowd—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.