Germany

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIII, Issue 57, 5 November 1915, Page 5

Germany

THE CROWN PRINCE. HUMOR OF ms DEATH. AUTHENTICITY OF REPORT VOUCHED FOR. (Received 8.30 a.m.) Now York, November -I. A message from Turin says : A despatch from Rome to the Gazette del Ropolo declares that the German Crown Prince is dead. The correspondent asserts that an accredited diplomat at the Vatican informed him that the news was received by the Secretary of State to the Papal Nuncio at Vienna, Further details were red used, hut (he correspondent was assured it was authentic. M! LLEONS UNDERFED. WOMAN SOCIALIST LEADER’S HARROWING REPORT. SCARCITY OF MEAT AND FAT. United Press Association. (Received 8.30 a.m.) Amsterdam, November I. .Mrs Holst, a Dutch Socialist leader, who visited Germany, states that the people are suffering terribly. .Millions of civilians are underfed, there being a great scarcity of meat and fat. Hunger rioting occurs in Berlin daily. Women wait the night long at the shops, hoping to buy the smallest quantity of meat, hut thousands return empty-handed and desperate in their misery.

FOOD RIOTS IN BERLIN. London, November I. Berlin has experienced the iirsfc meatless day. All the butchers’ shops were closed and meat dishes "ere absent from the restaurant menus. Some shopping centres were impassable, and there were scenes of rioting, owing to the poorer classes resenting people buying at panic prices. Amsterdam. November 3. The Dries reports that there is no scarcity of food in Germany. the crops are aboundant, especially potatoes.

London, November 4. The Daily Mail’s Christchurch correspondent says that it is ielt in the Dominion that Mr Asquith is unfitted temperamentally to guide Britain through a' great war, bufc it is recognised that the Government must be trusted. The Times says that there will not be an Imperial Defence Conference in the near future. Mr Massey and Sir Joseph Ward are coming at Mr Bouar Law’s invitation, and will be welcomed and their advice sought, as was the case with Sir 11. Borden. The Daily Chronicle defends Mr Asquith from the’ attacks of Lord Northcliffe’s press, and refers to them as the hysterical cavillings of unprincipled fault-finders. The paper adds: Inconsistency pervades the whole of the glib talk of blunders and miscalculations, which is the staple of the Northcliffe press and its pack of disappointed minor politicians, such ag Lord Milner, Lord Beresford, and others who yelp in chorus at their heels. MILITARY CROSS FOR NEW ZEALANDER. London, November 4. The Military Cross has been awarded to Lieutenant William G. Berryman, of the hirst Dragoons, a New Zealander, for conspicuous gallantry on September 20, in carrying out a difficult reconnaisance on foot for a considerable distance, and of great value, at Hill Seventy. He was heavily sniped at throughout.

MUNITIONS SHOPS. 1346 UNDER GOVERNMENT CONTROL. London, November I. Mr Lloyd George, in the House of Commons, said there were now 1346 Government controlled munition shops in Britain. The Government will take over the works at Waltham, Enfield, and Woolwich. He hoped to make a statement shortly of the progress of the work. HSS MAJESTY THE KING. STILL CONFINED TO BED. London, November I. The Lancet is authoritatively inlormed that the King received a severe shock, with much bruising and pain. There is no evidence of visceral lesion or fracture. Although the King is still abed, it is solely from muscular stiffness. The High Commissioner reports:— London, November I <11.50 a.in.) The King had a distrubed night, but is better tin’s morning. He now moves with less discomfort. “BETTER TO-DAY, THANKS!” ( Received 0.10 a.in.) London, November I. A bulletin state's that the King bad a somewhat disturbed night, but is better to-day. He can move with less discomfort.