Germany

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXV, Issue 34, 11 February 1915, Page 5

Germany

GERMAN DIET.

SOCIALIST MAJORITY FAVOR THE WAR. United Press Association. (Received 9.20 a.m.) Amsterdam, February 10. The Socialist Conference in Berlin, by sixty-five votes to twenty-six, declared against Dr. Liebknecht’s antiwar attitude.

CHILDREN’S SELF-DENIAL. ISSUE OF BREAD TICKETS IMMINENT. United Press Association. (Received 10 a.m.) Berlin, February 10. The issue of bread tickets is imminent. The authorities are inducing the school children to renounce sausages and meat for dinner and to take to school only a few slices of bread. The head boys in some schools are supervising the self-denying ordinal) co.

VARIOUS OPINIONS.

Amsterdam, February 10

Dr. Yon Lentz, Minister of Finance, in submitting the Budget to tne Prussian Diet, said: “Nevov was a peaceful people more outrageously attacked than the Germans. The fleet, however, had taken good care to prevent England from attacking our coastline. The political economy of the country is thoroughly able to cope with the financial situation for a long time to come, and England must not starve us into a disgraceful peace.” Max Hirsch, a Socialist, declared that his party would refuse to support the Government policy, and said the people demanded the termination of the war.

Herr Heydebrand, a Conservative, voicing the views of the other parties, said the unity of the people remained as at the beginning of the

Herr Liebknecht interjected: “You have no right to speak for the people,” causing commotion. The Budget was remitted to a committee.

THE SHORTAGE OF METAL.

Geneva, February 10.

At a meeting of metallurgists at Dusseldorf it was stated that the lack of metals was daily becoming more serious. It was suggested that all bronze monuments of royalties and others, wherewith Germany abounds, should be melted.

PUNISHING ENGLAND.

London, February 10,

The German papers’ favorite argument in support of submarine raids is that England deserves any punishment because she is coolly employing all her strength in throttling Germany.

PEOPLE DISSATISFIED WITH THE

STATE FOOD SUPPLY.

Times and Sydney Sun Seevioe. (Received 8 a.m.) London, February 10. Copenhagen declares there is plenty of evidence that tremendous difficulties are being experienced in Germany in connection with the Stateorganised food supply, and that dissatisfaction is widespread.