GERMANY’S TROUBLES.

Taihape Daily Times, 12 July 1918, Page 5

GERMANY’S TROUBLES.

KUHLMANN’S SUCCESSOR, LONDON,' July 10. The' Daily Chronicle says that Von Hintze is perhaps the most notorious intriguer in the German diplomatic service. His behaviour in China was once so scandalous that he was recalled. He was in Mexico on the outbreak of war, and posed as an Englishman, and succeeded in returning to Germay via England. He was rc-appointed to China in 1915. Apparently there is some hitch regarding Kuhlmann ’s successor. A later official Berlin message ’ says Von Hintze is mentioned, but final decision has not yet been made. german naval worries. LONDON, July "10. Colonel Repiugton, referring to"the German newspaper uneasiness regarding the new British minefields, says: It would appear that they are interfering with enemy plans, making overseas expeditions to England, which always were a serious gamble, even more uninviting. He expects that some ambiguous naval plans, including tbe Austrian navy, are in the wind. The difficulty of reaching the Mediterranean through the Straits of the Otranto and obtaining exit of the Dardanelles must be harassing the souls of German sailors.