Germany

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXV, Issue 37, 15 February 1915, Page 5

Germany

POLISH SITUATION STUPIFIES THE KAISER. Times and Sydney Sun Service. (Received 8 a.m.) London, February 13. Copenhagen asserts that the German situation in Poland stupified the Kaiser.

BANKERS’ SECRET CONFERENCE

Times and Sydney Sun Service. (Received 8 a.m.) London, February 13. Bankers summoned a secret conference in Berlin respecting the new war loan of 250 millions. KAISER’S HOPE FOR PEACE.

Times and Sydney Sun Service. (Received 8 a m ) London, February 13. A Zurich correspondent asserts that the Kaiser hopes to approach Russia and conclude peace, believing that a German coterie sufficiently influential in Petrograd will assist him. SHORTAGE OF BREAD.

fUnited Press Association.! London, February 14

Copenhagen reports that 3100 bakeries have been closed in Berlin, and that customers at restaurants bUng their own bread; also that invitations to dinner 1 parties contain the request: “Please bring your bread!”

VICTORY IN EAST PRUSSIA.

Amsterdam, February 14

A German official message claims io have captured 2000 Russians, twenty cannon, and thirty machine g"ns in the Mazurian Lakes district, but over what period is not specified. There were general rejoicings in Berlin for the victory in East Prussia. A day’s holiday was given the schools. GERMAN NEWSPAPER ANGRY WITH AMERICA. (Received 9 a.m.) London, February 14. Tiro Frankfurter Zeitung says:— “President Wilson’s Note to England does not deserve to be called a protest. President Wilson has one recipe for England and another for Germany. A country which supplies our enemies with munitions of war and then prays for peace* warns us vainly.” GENERAL. Amsterdam, February 14. General Eychorn commands the German operations in East Prussia. The Kaiser and General Yon Hmdenburg are conferring at Insterburg. German official reports state that the hostile air raids on the coast did deplorable damage to civilians and rheir property, but that the military loss was unimportant. Berlin, February 14.

Professor Goldstein has issued a glowing tribute relative to his reception by the British Association of Australasia. The welcome, he says, could not have been more cordial. The Vorwaerts protests against certain schoolmasters compelling the children to learn the “Hymn of Hate.” In some cases the verses directed against Russia and France have been deleted, and stronger new ones aga’.nst England substituted.