CROSS CHANNEL FERRY TRAIN.

Taihape Daily Times, 25 November 1918, Page 5

CROSS CHANNEL FERRY TRAIN.

t TERRIBLE EXCESSES IN RUSSIA

A Place in the World’s Gladness.

For Men Who Made it Possible..

BAIUN’S DRAMATIC DEATH.

NATIONALISING BIG ESTATES AND INDUSTRIES. Eeceived 5.55 a.m. AMSTERDAM, Nov. 23. The Workers’ and Soldiers Council at Berlin passed a resolution that all b'ig estates (and industrial concerns must bo declared national property. DUTCH STEAMER MINED , Received 8.55 ,a.m. COPENHAGEN, Nov. 24. The Dutch steamer Johanna was mined near Staaw, and fourteen were killed. The vessel is floating and probably will be salved.

MAOKENSEN ARRIVES AT BERLIN Received 8.55 a.m. COPENHAGEN, Nov. 24 General Mackensen and staff have arrived at Berlin. VALUE OF SURRENDERED SHIPS £50,000,000. | 59 TJ-BOATS COME IN. Received 8.55 a.m. LONDON, November 23. It is estimated *(hat the ships surrendered cost considerably over £50,000,000. The German Navy now has the status of a fifth rate Power. The Allied fleet consisted of over one thousand vessels. i Several Australian military officers were aboard the New Zealand,, while representatives of the New Zealand land forces were aboard the Australia. The boarding parties described the German (attitude as depressed, and there was no attempt to fraternise. The mess decks were very dirty; apparently discipline had ended. Several men of the crew, who wore white armlets, took an officious part in the proceedings. They were apparently numbers of the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Councils. The New Zealand’s boarders report a similar state of affairs on the Derfflinger, which they were looking after. Admiral Beatty sent Admiral Montague Browning to Germany, to supervise the disarming of the remainder of the fleet. 1 It is expected that the inspection of the German ships in the Firth of Forth will take some days. The German crews -will remain in the ships until the ships reach Seapaflow. Fifty nine submarines thus far have surrendered.

Received 9.45 a.m,

BAIiLIN’S DRAMATIC DEATH ALTER SCENE WITH KAISER AND KAISERIN, HIS WARNINGS DISREGARDED. Received 9.40 a.m. LONDON, Nov. 23. The Daily Express ’ Amsterdam correspondent s,tales that B'allin’s suicide was the direct consequence of a dispute with the Kaiser and Kaiserin in October. Ballin protested against Ludendorff dabbling in questions of reconstruction, which was outside the sphere of a general who was plunging Germany into the abyss of defeat. The Kaiser, in the presence of the Kaiserin supported Ludendorff. whereupon Ballin ' warned the Kaiser not to be blinded as to the real situation. Germany could not live unless on decent terms with England. When Ballin hinted at the possibility of a revolution the Kaiserin sprang to her feet and denounced the Hebrew merchants who wanted to supplant the empire’s real master. Ballin-- declined to answer and left the room a broken man* He sent a journalistic friend a record of the conversation, and shot himself in the heart.

SHIPPING.

Received 9.55 a.m

NOBLES AT A DISCOUNT.

278 SENT INTO EXILE

Received noon

Reieived noon,

TRIUMPHAL ENTRY INTO BRUSSELS. BY THE ROYALTY OF BELGIUM. Received’ 9.40 a.m. ■ LONDON, Nov 23. Mr. Percival Phillips, describing Albert’s triumphant entry into Brussels, stated the city evinced overwhelming enthusiasm; cheering resounded daylong, and the crowded streets were impassable. « King Albert was wearing khaki as a field marshal, rode at the head of a brilliant cavalcade, including the Queen, the English prince, Albert, the Crown Prince of Belgium, as well as brilliant groups of officers representing the Allies. The King received an. address of welcome at Parliament House, and watched the march past of the Allied troops.

UNION JACK AND STARS AND STRIPES FLYING.

FIRST TIME IN HISTORY.

NEW YORK, Nov 23

The New York World’s London correspondent says: When the German Fleet surrendered, I, a guest aboard Admiral Rjodmafr’is , (flagship, New York, which was visited by King George, the Prince of Wales, Admirals Sims, Beatty and Rodman, pointed out to King Georgo the Royal ensign flying on the mainmast above the Stars and Stripes for the first time in history. The King said: “Closer relations must be kept up in future between the two navies. We must attach a battle squadron each year to your fleet, and you must return the compliment.” Three cheers were given for the King, which were followed by the National Anthem, the King and the Prince of Wales standing at the salute. 1 !'>

CROSS-CHANNEL FERRY TRAIN SERVICE. SAVED THE SITUATION IN MARCH Received 9.55 a.m. LONDON, Nov 23. It is now permitted to say that the cross-Channel train ferry service was of enormous advantage in forwarding urgent replacements of guns, tanks, etc., during the Germans’ March offensive. Probably it is not an exaggeration to say this alone justified the whole outlay. A regular service was maintained between Richborough and Calais or Dunkirk, and between Southampton and Dieppe. Three twin screw steamers, 363 feet long, sixtyone feet broad, with 10ft draught, and a speed of twelve knots each, provided four lines of rail track, carrying 54 ten-ton waggons. The whole scheme was carried but by military labour.

LONDON, Nov 23. Sailed: Manurewa, for Auckland

AMSTERDAiM, Nov 24,

German newspapers state that no fewer than 278 kings, queens, princes, princesses, dukes, duchesses in Germany abdicated or were dethroned. Bavaria heads the list and sent thirtynine into exile, Prussia thirty-three; Brunswick is lowest on the list with five.

HEADQUARTERS FOR SOVIET.

AMSTERDAM, Nov. 24,

The Hamburg Soviet has taken over the Hamburg-America palace for headquarters.

Received Noon

BELGIAN REPORT. Received noon. LONDON, November 24. A Belgian communique states: Wc reached the Lojtfmcl, Bourplcpold and Diest line. STILL SCRAPPING IN AUSTROhungaby. Received Noon. STOCKHOLM, Nov 24. Frontier fighting in Austria-Hun. gary, Transylvania, Bohemia, and Croatia is assuming serious proportions. There are a number of small savage wars as an outcome of racial hatred in order to determine the future frontiers of new National States. the men who made new WORLD POSSIBLE, ENTITLED TO A SHARE OP ITS GLADNESS.

STATEMENT BY LLOYD GEORGE

LONDON, Nov 23

Mr. Lloyd George, speaking at Wolverhampton, said the men who had fought and made a new world possible were entitled to a full share of its gladness. The first thing to put right was the appalling waste of human material. Slums were not fit homes for men who had won the war, nor nurseries for children who were the future of the Imperial race. Housing the people will be a national undertaking. It was essential to have a more intelligent agricultural policy. The land must be cultivated to its utmost capacity; there must be reclamation of land, afforestation, and better transportation. If the Government were unable to get along because of Parliamentary obstruction he would again appeal to the people.