GERMANY'S TROUBLES.

Taihape Daily Times, Issue 220, 4 September 1917, Page 5

GERMANY'S TROUBLES.

GERMANY'S DIFFICULT POSITION. SUCCESS AGAINST RUSSIA ONLY APPARENT. ENEMY ANXIOUS FOTI PEACE. PARIS, September 2. The “Matin” states that despite the apparent successes of the Central Powers against Russia, the enemy is in a most difficult position, as the 1919 class have been sent to the front. The displacement of troops in order to support the Italian front is creating serious gaps in the east, hence Switzerland, is overrun with propagandists on behalf of peac-e; seeking to get in touch with the Allies. STOCKHOLM CONFERENCE. ENEMY SOCIALISTS DEMAND THE MEETING. y ZURICH, September 3. Schcidcmann and Ebert, representing the German Majority Socialists, attended a conference of Socialists of tins Central Powers at Vienna. The meeting demanded that the Stockholm Conference be held without delay and appealed to the Dutch and Scandinavian committee to make arrangements. The meeting recommended that the question of the responsibility of the war should be excluded from the Stockholm deliberations. It urged that Austria should continue her peace efforts and exercise pressure on Germany, Bulgaria and Turkey towards peace.