SUBMARINE CAMPAIGN.

Taihape Daily Times, Issue 220, 19 April 1917, Page 5

SUBMARINE CAMPAIGN.

TO MURDER THE ENVOYS. SUBMARINE'S AIM. NEW YORK, April 17. The newspapers suggest that the submarine visit is connected with an attempt on the lives of Mr Balfour General Joffre, and M. Viviani, whose departure from England was probably known in Germany. ATIiANTIC UNERS TAKEN. NEW YORK, April 17. The British Government has requisitioned eighteen British ships of the Atlantic Transport, Leyland, Dominion and White Star lines.

GERMAN INTERNAL AFFAIRS STRIKES SETTLING DOWN. REDUCTION OF BREAD RATION. Received 5.50. AMSTERDAM, April IS. It is officially stated that work has been resumed in Berlin, except in the metal industries. The non-arrival of Berlin newspapers in Holland is arousing suspicion. The Koelnische Zictimg states the reduction 01 the bread ration has created a more painful impression that any other war* iuieasfeiire. Vorwaerts states the strike emphasises the anxiety concerning food, and demands the realisation of the Kaiser's reforms, which indicates a ioiiging for war. STRIKERS CHEER THE MILITARY. BERNE, April 18.' A wireless says that the general' strike in Berlin, with accompanying or.derly demonstrations, was very carefully organised by the newlyformed Independent Soc/Lalist Party whicih has hitherto been the Socialist minority in the Reichstag. All factories, including munitions are closed. Herr Dedebour and other leaders addressed the strikers outside the factories. Twelve converging procesjsions, the majority consisting of women, old men and boys, marched up Unter de Linden, where t-hey were met by dense crowds of strikers singing labour revolutionary songs and shouting "Give us food." A noteworthy feature was that the strikers cheered the military guards before the palace, and those inside the Srandenbsrger Gate. Ultimately the .demonstrators separated. There was perfect order in the procession.

. 125,030 WORKERS ON STRIKE. LONDON, April 17. ; A Berlin wireless admits that 125,000 workmen took part in the general strike. MORE STRIKES AND RIOTS. GENEVA, April 18. Riots are reported in several German cities, including Bremen and Cologne. Monday's strike in Berlin was imitated at Cologne, Dresden, Karlsruhe, and Saindau. It is rumoured at B'uda Pesth that th e Premier (Count Tisza) has resigned. BERNE, April 18. Latest reports from Germany state that the procession was resumed in Berlin on Monday evening. Stubborn encounters with the polic e resulted in general rioting. Many police and rioters were wounded. The police were often routed, but finally mounted police cleared the streets at midnig'at. A SILLY STORY. LONDON, April 18. According to the "Morning Post's" Berne correspondent, the Gazette do Lausanne says that Germany is preparing a colossal trick for the Entente. She is arranging a pseudo-revolution, in order to excite the Entente's sympathy, and is pretending to introduce democratic liberalism in the hope of creating a delusive peace. The Kaiser was induced to promise radical reform? likely to impress the Entente.