Germany

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVII, Issue 44, 22 June 1915, Page 5

Germany

KAISER WILHELM 11, HIS FALL FROM POPULARITY. I • ' / THE CROWN PRINCE'S ESCAPADES. Times and Stdnet Sun Service. (Received 8.0 a.m.) London. June 21. A neutral traveller who has returned front Germany describes the Kaiser’s early fall from popularity. He says it is whispered that the failure to advance to Paris was due to the Kaiser’s interference, the General Staff compelling Von Holtke to resign. The Kaiser’s portrait at the cinema shows is not received with the same applause as those of other prominent men in the war. People regarded the Kaiser as too inexpert to meddle with military matters. The Crown Prince, as victor of Longwy, was immensely popular. The Kaiser quickly changed his tactics. He vanished from the scene and made no more speeches, but quietly announced that he would no longer interfere in the war. His whereabouts is a secret, but ho is constantly flitting to different theatres. Until the figure of the Emperor became occult and mysterious he was seen everywhere. At one time he became the symbol of the unity of the people, but is now regarded as exercising the true functions of a modern sovereign, having assumed Imperial dignity ahd paving the way to what the Germans proudly believe to be their destiny.

Gossip about the Crown Prince’s escapades in France and elsewhere is readily believed, his behaviour being regarded as inconsistent with the dignity of his position. He is held mainly responsible for the defeat at the Marne. He appears to be deliberately inviting criticism, as he was absent from the baptism of bis only daughter. Grenade-throwing is the latest sport in Germany, having been included in the programme at the Hamburg athletic carnival.

THE KAISER AT CRODEK. WITNESS OF THE BATTLE. (Received 1.50 p.m.) Amsterdam, June 21. Official. —The Kaiser was present at the battle of Grodek. THE HUNGARIAN HARVEST. United Pbem Association. "■"Zurich, Jthie 21. The Hungarian Government has sequestrated the new grain harvest, and has established a monopoly regulating the entire corn trade. The embargo will last till August, 1916, and the public will receive n monthly alien - ance.

MORE YOUNG GERMANS. Rotterdam, June 21. It is understood Germany is calling out a further forty thousand young men. They are first-class material, and are mostly railway workers. NEW SHIPS SINCE AUGUST. London, June 21. A German naval officer asserts Germany has built two battleships of 26,000 tons, with a speed of 25 knots and carrying 15in. guns, since Augqst; besides 48 submarines, including twelve of 800 tons, with a speed of fifteen knots submerged, and twenty knots on the surface. FOREIGNERS IN UNIVERSITIES Times and Sydney Sun Service. London, June 20. A Berlin professor advocates the exclusion of foreigners from the universities. He says reprisals would be harmless', because foreign countries do not possess anything good for Germans. The Rhodes scholarship is of no value except to enable a German student to get shot and to spend a laigo income.