Germany

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXX, Issue 31, 23 September 1914, Page 5

Germany

THE CONFIDENT GERMAN SELiF-DEFENCE AGAINST THE WICKED ENTENTE. London, September 22. An Englishman who has returned i'om Germany says that Berlin persists in the statement that Germany iu at war purely in self-defence against the "wicked and ambitious entente," who are anxious to crush their strongest rival. Educated Germans confidently expect a land victory, but are prepared for-naval defeat. They assert the impossibility of famine occurring in Germany, owing to the crops being extraordinarily good. Germany claims that the war bonds for 50 millions have been over-subscribed, and the subscriptions to an unlimited loan have reached 63 millions.

THE GERMAN 17-INCH GUN. London. September 21. The German 17-inch siege guns dis charge a projectile weighing 21,000 (Pi pounds, describe a parabola covering 12 miles, rising in height 1200yds, discharge electrically from a considerable distance, the operator not daring to 'remain in the vicinity, the shells ex ploding with deadly gases.

FOREECM TRADE LOST.

DISSATISFACTION IN THE MANU-

FACTURING CENTRES.

(Received 9.0 a.m.) New York, September 22

Cablegrams from German sources indicate widespread disappointment at tlr. course of events, and the people art' becoming discontented, particularly in the manufacturing district'-;, which are realising that Germany's ft reign trade has been lost.