Germany

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXV, Issue 9, 12 January 1915, Page 5

Germany

IMPRISONED FOR LIFE. KAISER DUBBED A RASCAL. United Pbebb Association. (Received 8.15 a.m.) Amsterdam, January 11. The Telegraaf states that General Fife and Lieutenant Gillie, who were with the Belgians at Liege, have been imprisoned for life for assisting 350 Belgians'to reach Holland and join the French army ; also, for making maps of the German position at Meuse. During the hearing Fife called the Kaiser a rascal. GENERAL HINDENBERCANDTHE GIRLS HE LEFT BEHIND HIM.

(Received 8.0 a.m.) , London, January 11.

German newspapers have asked girls not to write any more letters of admiration to General Hindenburg. They point out that the campaign occupies Ids time and thoughts, and ho has no leisure to read their most beautiful literary essays The rising generation is aware that the whole German people regard him with love, gratitude and confidence. THE KAISER AND THE TROOPS. (Received 8 a.m.) London, January 11. The Kaiser, during his stay in the West, encouraged the troops by sending them beer. He interviewed the cooks and tasted all kinds of cookery, expressing delight at the delicious nourishment everywhere, and advertising the war bread as superior to white. NEUTRAL’S VIEW OF THE LEADING FIGURES. (Received 8.15 a.m.) London, January 11. The Daily Mail says that a neutral who was constantly in Berlin and is now in London, declared that the generals definitely barred the Kaiser from interfering in the strategy of the campaign. General Hindenberg is described as the leader of a movement to muzzle the War Lord, and he made non-in-terference a condition of his retaining command in the East. The Chancellor, Herr von Bethmann Hollweg, is accused of an unpardonable blunder in admitting in the that the invasion of Belgium was a violation of international law. General Yon Kluck’s Paris fiasco is attributed to the Bavarians Crown Prince failing to arrive in time with his army. General. Von Moltke was dismissed for allowing the British to escape from Antwerp.

ENEMY’S PROGRESS REPORT. (Received 11.25 a.m.) Amsterdam, January 12. A German communique states: The French attack at La Boisalle failed. The French occupied a small portion of our foremost trenches north of Soissons but further efforts failed. We recaptured a trench at Perthes. Slow progress is being made in Poland, west of the Vistula, owing to the weather. GREAT SCARCITY OF COPPER. (Received 12.10 p.m.) Copenhagen, January 11. Thousands of motors are running from Belgium to Germany, carrying copper fittings, which is being melted in the gun factories. If necessary, Germany will break down her own electrical appliances.