GERMANY’S TROUBLES.

Taihape Daily Times, Issue 220, 3 August 1917, Page 5

GERMANY’S TROUBLES.

THE KAISER STILL TALKS OF VICTORY. HIS WAR-ANNIVERSARY PROCLAMATIONS. COPENHAGEN, August 1. The Kaiser, in a proclamation to the German people, says: After three years of hard fighting, we are resolutely determined to prosecute our righteous war of defence to a successful termination; The enemy shall never have German territory whereto he is stretching out. his hands. Wc are not frightened by new nations continuing to enter the war against us. Our enemies wish to see us weak and powerless at their feet, but they shall not prevail. They disdained, our. peace words. They did know how Germany could fight They have slandered Germans the world over, but they cannot extinguish German glory. Germany will stand immovable, victorious and intrepid, and will meet possible further hard trials with a grave mein and full of faith. If the enemy wishes to prolong the war, his sufferings will be heavier than out’s. We must tirelessly toil and fight, but Germans may rest assured that German blood and zeal are not being gambled with for the empty shodow of ambition or schemes of conquest, but in defence of a s’trong and free nation, wherein their children may live securely.

In a second proclamation to the army and navy, and colonial troops, the Kaiser says: The third year of the war has ended. Our adversaries have increased, but their prospects of victory are no better. You crushed Roumania last year, and the Russian empire again trembles under your strokes. Both these states have sacrificed themselves for others, and now bleed to death. You have braved the enemy’s assaults in Macedonia In the mighty shambles of the West you remain masters. Your lines are firm, protecting the dear ones at home against the terrors and devastation of war. The navy has achieved good results and threatened the enemy’s sea command and very existence. Far from home a little band is defending a German colony against many times superior forces. We and our allies also be victorious in 1917_ Ours is the will to final victory. Th e war is still being forced upon us. Wc will fight for our existence in the future with a firm resolution and courage. With our growing problem our strength grows. It is invincible and will be victorious. The Lord God will he with us in the field. PARIS CONFERENCE. MR. HENDERSON CRITICISED. LONDON, August 2. In the House of Commons, Viscount Duncannon moved the adjournment of the House in order to draw attention to the War Cabinet’s conduct in permitting Mr. Henderson to go to Paris accompanied by a pacifist member of the House of Commons, on business not connected with Mr. Henderson’s duties as a member of the War Cabinet. Viscount Duncannon said the Government’s granting of passports was tantamount to assenting to a mission which was prejudicial to the country’s interests. The critical state of the war demanded that the Government should prohibit Englishmen from going to Stockholm to meet Germans. Mr. Henderson ought to either retract or resign.

MR. HENDERSON’S RESIGNATION RUMOURED.

LONDON, August 2

The motion was tallied out. It was rumoured in the lobbies during the evening that Mr. Henderson had resigned from the War Cabinet and withdrawn from the Government.