Germany

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXV, Issue 300, 17 December 1914, Page 5

Germany

NEWS FROM SOUTH GERMANY.

PRUSSIA’S PRESTIGE WILL PRO"

BABLY DISAPPEAR.

Tuixb and Sydney Sun Shrvioh. (Received 8 a.m.)

London, December 26

A correspondent in South Germany states: “Liege and Namur have been rebuilt and strongly fortified. The important road crossings, railways, and most important buildings in Brussels have been mined, and the authorities only need to press a button to convert them into a heap of ruins. In the south, the Germans are not enthusiastic over the war, but realise they must stick together. The popularity of the Kaiser has lessened. When they recognise the hopelessness of the case the Southern States will be the first to cry for peace. After war the prestige of Prussia will suffer heavily and will probably disappear.” The correspondent is firmly convinced that the German people will fight to a finish, and when finally forced to surrender it won’t be for the want of soldiers, food, or money. The greatest danger lies in ammunition, they being very short of saltpetre.

THE KAISER'S HEALTH.

VOW TO PROCEED TO THE FRONT

Times and Sydney Sun Services. (Received 8 a.m.) London, December 16. Le Temps’ Copenhagen correspondent says that the Kaiser, although his condition is serious, has vowed to quit his bed and proceed to the Western battlefield, despite the supplications of the Kaiserin and the advice of the doctors. i

DEFEATS ADMITTED.

PROTECTING THE ROAD TO BERLIN.

Times and Sydney Sun Service*. (Received 8 a.m.) London, December 16. The Neue Prie Press (Berlin) admits defeats and urges the nation not to despair. The Fremdenblatt (Berlin) asks its readers to believe that the Germans are betraying the interests of Austria in order to protect the road to Berlin.