Germany

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXV, Issue 305, 23 December 1914, Page 5

Germany

THE KAISER’S HEALTH.

UNDEMONSTRABLE DEPARTURE TO THE FRONT.

Times and Sydney Sun Services. (Received 8 a.m.) • London, December 22. It i? reported in Holland that although the Kaiser said he felt completely recovered, his medical advisers strongly opposed his departure from Berlin, but the army chiefs insisted he must spend Christmas with the troops at the front in order to impress and encourage them, and the Kaiser yielded against the strongest solicitations of the doctors; As he left Berlin, he looked very pale and ill, and appeared to have aged. He departed in absolute silence, there being no demonstration of any kind. * »

■‘DOWN WITH THE WAR!”

"GIVE US BACK OUR FATHERS AND SONS!” /

Times and Sydney Sun Sbbvioeb. (Received 8 a.m.)

Travellers from Berlin state, that grave disorders bi'oke out when the last list of casualties was published, and an immense crowd yelled: “Down with the war I Give us back our fathers and sons!” A regiment of the Landwehr was ordered to disperse the crowd but they refused, and the police charged with drawn swords.

GERMAN SHORTAGE OF PETROL.

Tuna and Sydney Bun Bbbviom. (Received 8 a.m.) London, December 22. Petrol supplies in Germany are running short. A commander in Hamburg stated that it would be necessary to limit the use, otherwise Germany would be placed in a dangerous position, and he advised the substitution of alcohol.

CONQUERED BELGIUM.

ASSEMBLY CONVOKED UNDER THREAT OF PUNISHMENT.

United Press Association. (Received 9.55 a.m.) Paris, December 22

A Brussels telegram received via Berlin states that the German military and civil authorities are convoking a Provincial Assembly over the whole of conquered Belgium. Nine provinces, under a threat of severe punishment, have been ordered to send representatives to Brussels on Saturday. The Assembly will be asked to raise a war contribution of 480 million francs. GERMANS WRECKED iN NERVE URGED TO RETURN TO FRONT. (Received 9.55 a.m.) Rotterdam, December 22. The Berlin correspondent of the Niemve Rotterdamskhe Courant says there are 3000 German officers in Berlin wrecked in nerve and unable to return to the front. The Kaiser recently addressed one thousand of them and urged them to pull themselves together, as they were urgently required.