GERMANS REALISE SITUATION.

Taihape Daily Times, Issue 219, 15 January 1917, Page 5

GERMANS REALISE SITUATION.

LONDON, Jan. 13. German newspapers recognise that the Allies' reply means a struggle to the bitter end. The Lokal Anzeiger describes the not e as arrogant, impudent an* lying. It ha s rendered Germany service by strengthening the will to gain victory. i The "Tagcblatt" regards the Allies' demands as mad and frantic. GERARD'S INDISCRETION. Received 1-1.25. WASHINGTON, Jan. 14. American officials are surprised at Ambassador Gerard's speech, if it is correctly reported. The incident may create a difficult situation, and lead to a statement of President Wilson's at- | titude regarding submarining. FUTURE OF GERMAN COLONIES. LONDON, Jan 14. Mr. Garvin, writing in the Observer, commenting on the silence of the Allies in their reply on the subject of the German colonies, says South Africa, Australia and New Zealand are free communities, each with their own Monroe doctrine. They will never allow the German menace reappear in their neighbourhood. As regards other German colonies, much depends on the.regime which may exist in Germany itself and the value of the guarantees for future peace. He ridicules the German demand of a great African Empire, but suggests the creation in the Ottoman Empire and Africa of an international domain, open equally to Germany and all countries.