Germany.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXX, Issue 51, 3 June 1916, Page 5

Germany.

HINPSNBERC, THE IDOL. THE KAISER'S THANKS. \ DISTRIBUTION OF IRON CROSSES. [UmTin PRRst Amooiation.) (Received 9.5 a.m.) Amsterdam, June 2. The Kaiser, who is on the Eastern front, responding to General Hindenburg's fervent welcome said: I thank you for your great achievement in 1915—your quiet brave perseverance in the winter and in the hot fighting of the autumn offensive. The enemy against whom you are fighting is in superior numbers, but this is nothing new to us. The Great King has given u s a splendid example. Providence willed it again. It i s a good thing too, because we are obliged to brace ourselves for very special deeds and efforts. My armies will endure victoriously, and by God's help, we will win an honorable peace such as wo desire. .

"To you, dear Field-Marshal, Providence allotted- the great task of freeing the east of Prussia from the enemy and carrying our arms far into Russia. The Fatherland will always remember that achievement. The name of Hindenburg is already of legendary fame." The Kaiser at Mitau distributed Iron Crosses. SOCIALISTS VOTE AGAINST T HE BUDGET. (Received 9.5 a.m.) Amsterdam, Juno 2. The Socialist Party in the Reichstag resolved to vote against the Budget. REPORTED PEACE INTRIGUES.

London, June 1

An Amsterdam message says that Herr von Bethmann-Hollweg is visit ing the South German States in order to prepare peace terms. Hague pacifists suggest the possibility of Germany offering part of Alsace-Lorraine as the basis of peace in order to embroil the Allies and shake the French determination for a completed victory. CIVIL CENSORSHIP DEMANDED (Amsterdam, June 1. An animated anti-militarist debate in the Reichstag passed a resolution adopting and demanding that* a nonmilitary matter should be submitted to only civil censorship, and demanding the" introduction of a bill guaranteeing that civil right would not be encroached by the military.