GERMANY WITHIN.

Hokitika Guardian, 6 November 1918, Page 1

GERMANY WITHIN.

TAUSTRALIAN cfc N.Z. GABLE ASSOCIATION] HINDENBURG EULOGISES ARAIY. AIM ST KK DAM, November 4. •General Hindonburg implying to an expression of confidence iroin tile army said ; Our honour and our future are now at stake. A\ o sliall be invincible if we remain united. For fifty months our army has been unbroken and has protected the soil of the Fatherland. ! If our people continue to stand strong, self-sacrificing, and and resolute behind our army, then they can stand against all the enemy onslaughts. LUDIvNDOFFF’S FAILURE. AMSTERDAM, November 4. f The Rotterdam “Courant’s” Berlin jj i correspondent attributes the tailure of Ludendorff’s great offensive to the tenacity of the British soldiers who refused to be panicked by any defeat, and likewise to the sun froid of Marshal Foch in sparing his reserves to the utmost. The correspondent adds that he is able for special reasons to confirm that the resistance of the British on March 27th near Arras caused the fail- j urc of the German campaign. LONDON November 4. A Berlin message states that meetings of all parties of the Reichstag have been convened for Monday and I uesdav. to decide the fate of the Dynasty. DOUri/AR CARTOONS. AMSTERDAM. November 4. Cartoons depicting the Kaiser in civilian clothes, with a handbag waif ing for a train in a Berlin street and showing Hindonburg and Lndendorff, raged in prison, have had a widespread sale in Germany despite the arrest «1 the vendors. j RIOTS AT cologne. j r LONDON TIMES —copvrichtl i■ L ' AMSTERDAM November 4. I Riots have occurred at Cologne. Crowds, with crow-bars, attempted to break into the military gaol, in which ; hero were six mutineers who were to b; ! shot. The firing squad refused to fire ! a nd the soldiers who were ordered i against the mobs refused to shoot. Td- , timatelv the mutineers’ sentences were , commuted. PANIC CONTINUES. AMSTERDAM, Nov. 4. Thp Vice-President of the German j Reich Rank lias warned the public that the continuation of the financial panic will lead to the cessation of the country’s economic life. The output of notes as currency has trebled in Germany. There is now 27, 500,000,000,000 marks worth of paper money in circulation.