AMERICA.

Taihape Daily Times, Issue 220, 17 July 1917, Page 5

AMERICA.

I.W.W. TROUBLES FOMENTED BY GERMANY, Received 10.40. NEW YORK, July 16. It is reported by the New York Sun’s Washington correspondent that the Government is convinced that the I.W.W. agitation is part of Germany’s propaganda. The arrest of a German formerly aide to Von Paapen is expected soon in connection with the I.W.W. troubles. GERMAN PROPAGANDA IN AMERICA. MILLIONS BEING SPENT. Received 9.15. WASHINGTON, July 16. The State Department has learned that millions of German gold is being used in propaganda in the United States. Several newspapers have been subsidised. It is also asserted that propaganda is not absent from diplomatic circles. GERMANY’S INTERNAL TROUBLES. HOODWINKING THE DEMOCRACY THE PARSER'S DEEP GAME. DISCUSSED BY GERMAN PRESS Received 8.45. LONDON, July 16. The Daily Telegraph’s Rotterdam correspondent says a study of the German newspapers reveals the deep game the Kaiser and junker party are playing with a view to hood-winking the democracy. It bears the title “Parliamentarism,” and those demanding a complete reform of the system of Government are told it will be granted for the Ministry, certain members thereof are to be chosen from the' Reichstag. This was offered instead of a demand for a Ministry responsible to the totally different thing, but the reformers, headed by the Tageblatt, swiftly pricked the bubble. The Tageblatt bitterly complains that Michaelis was appointed without Parliament being consulted.

Vorwaerts declares nd Social Democrat will accept a seat on the so-call-ed Parliamentary Government without any more responsibility than before. HOLLWEG’S UNENVIABLE POSITION. DESERTED BY THE KAISER. THE KAISER’S CONVICTION—THE WAR IS LOST. Received 8.45. PARIS, July 16. Le Temps states the majority of the Germans are desirous of peace and rid themselves of Hollweg as the author of the war. The remainder, determined on conquests, drove him out, suspecting he had abandoned all hope of annexations, while the Kaiser deserted him in order to save himseif. Many newspapers argue that the Kaiser is convinced that Germany has lost the war, and wishes to saddle on his son the responsibility of extricating the dynasty and country from its present worsening plight. HOLLWEG'.S RESPONSIBILITY.

FOR ANTI-GERMAN PEELING IN ENGLAND. Received 8.45. AMSTERDAM, July 16. Hollweg’s opponents in the press describe him as a good administrator, but no statesman. The Vossiche Zeitung argues that the growth of England’s anti-German policy synchronised with Hollweg’s tenure of office.