German Reply to Entente

Taihape Daily Times, 25 January 1918, Page 5

German Reply to Entente

TO BE DELIVERED TO-MORROW.

THE FATE OF THE WORLD

IN BALANCE,

Received 5.45.

AMSTERDAM, January 24.

Dr. Hertling's speech to-morrow in the Reichstag in reply to President Wilson and Lloyd George is awaited with growing interest in Germany. - Hertling and Kuhlmann had a further audience with the Kaiser. Kuhlmann received the Reichstag leaders and informed them of the course of the Russian negotiations. The Frankfurter Zeitung urges Hertling to clearly state the Government's intentions regarding Belgium with a view of counteracting the effect of the Entente declarations. The Mannheim Volkstimnie demands a similar declaration, adding that 'the Entente statesmen arc cleverly usiifg the weakness of German policy. "We admit," it continues, "the Central Powers cannot any longer evade the announcement of their aims."

Vorwacrts,. commenting on the Austrian situation, declares: Wo are walking on the edge of a precipice. Germany must disavow annexations, otherwise she is in danger of losing Austria.

Vorwacrts lias now been suspended for three days for its frank comments.