GERMANY WITHIN.

Hokitika Guardian, 16 December 1918, Page 3

GERMANY WITHIN.

1 A MIX UP. [AUSTRALIAN & N.Z. CABLE ABSOCIATIO & REUTER.] s (Received This Day at 8.45 a.m.) t BERNE, Dec. 14. s Fehrenbaek, the President, i& sum i moiling the Reichstag to meet at Frank 1 furt. General Hindcnburg has pronus. i c d to send troops to guard the Assombf ) v Government threatened to indict ’ for treason all deputies answering the - summons. THE ONLY GOVERNMENT. (Received This Day at 8-4 o a M V, AMSTERDAM, Dec. 14. . Eehrenbach’s letter to the Deputies , convoking the Reichstag, states the reports from the Entente countries show they do not acknowledge the present tGoAernincn'L Only the Reichstag is entitled to contribute a legal Government. FIRE IN ZEPPELIN FACTORY. (Received This Day at 8.45 a.m.) AMSTERDAM Decebmer 14. A fire at Friodrichshav.cn partly destroyed a zeppelin factory causing enormous damage. HAMBURG FEELING. [LONDON TIMES SERVICE— COPYRIGHT] (Received this day at 9.25 a.m.) HAGUE December 14. The “Times’’ correspondent writes — The Anti-British feeling in Hamburg and Bremen is far stronger than at. Berlin. Shipping interests bitterly discuss the loss of the-fleet which paralyses the trade of Hamburg. The harbour is half deserted and the streets are a dismal spectacle. The fears ot an extremist outbreak arc everywhere visible in both towns. Bremen is deeply disturbed and anti-Royalist children ging a satirical version of tho Christmas Anthem, which runs “Kaiser’s done has to flee, Angus’s out to cadge for togs, Willy’s turning table legs. EX-EMPRESS ILL. rAUSTRALIAN & N-Z. CABLE ASSOCIATE & REUTER.] AMSTERDAM, Dec 15. Berlin papers report the ex-Empress is again seriously ill, suffering from mental breakdown. EBERT’S FEAR. (Received this day at 10.15 a.m.) LONDON, Dec. 14. The “Dailv Express” Berlin correspondent interviewed Herr Ebert who said the problem of a political development was inseparable from tlie food question. Wo bad inherited a political economic breakdown and the chances of our pulling through were stated over favourably especially in 1918 in order to bfu u enemy. Supplies quoted in statistics frequently existed only on paper. Tlie surrender of trucks and locomotives and lack of coal made difficult the transport, and had brought such conditions that the Government cannot indefinitely maintain order. .Government were bound to depend too largely upon the political intelligence of former enemies. What would the position be it Berlin became the centre of Bolshevik power. We would welcome “an invasion which would organise politics and increase the food supply. the~reichstag. LONDON December 14. Advices from Berlin state tlio President of the Reichstag informed the Deputies that they would be summoned. The Reichstag will meet but lie reserves tlie right to fix the place and time.