GERMANY'S TROUBLES.

Taihape Daily Times, 7 January 1918, Page 5

GERMANY'S TROUBLES.

CRISIS IN GERMANY. FOLLOWING FAILURE OF CONGRESS. COPENHAGEN, January 4 Messages from Germany indicate that an internal crisis resulted from the rupture of the Brest Litovsk negoiations. The Kaiser hastily summoned a Crown Council at Bellevuc Castle on Wednesday, Generals Hindenburg and Ludendorff, participating in the discussion on peace negotiations. Meanwhile a stormy meeting was taking place between" Baron von Kuhlmann and the party leaders, which lasted seven hours. The leaders criticisctl Kuhlmann's policy. Herr Scheidemann, representing the Socialists, demanded that the Reichstag meet at the earliest possible moment to enable the people to control the peace negotiations.

It is anticipated that to-day's meeting of the Reichstag's main committee will lead to the summoning of the Rdich'stag. The "Germania" expressing the official view, is convinced that a compromise can be made with the Bolsheviks. It suggests the retention of the present legislation in occupied provinces with extensive on a wider basis where necessary.

Pctrograd advices report that the chairman of the Russian Peace Delegation is optimistic regarding the future of the negotiations. He believes that Germany will make further negotiations. If the Allies will not participate in \the /Cionfcrcnce /Russia will conduct the negotiations on the scale of a general peace.

GERMANY'S NEW LINE. LONDON, January 4. The "Frankfurter Zeitung-'s" Berlin correspondent says that the Crown Council subjected the results of the Brest Litovsk negotiations to severe criticism, whereupon new lines for German representatives were settled by the Kaiser, Von Hindenburg and Count Von Hertling. GERMAN SOLDIERS REVOLT AT KOVNO. WEST FRONT HAS NO ATTRACTIONS FOR THEM. Received 9 a.m # LONDON, Jan 6. A wireless Russian official message states that German deserters state that as a consequence of drafting ai! soldiers under 35 for the Western front in contravention of the armistice desertions are numerous. Twentyfive thousand at East Kovno revolted and entrenched with rifles and ma-chine-guns. The authorities are powerless, and are trying to cut o"ff food supplies.