German Plot Discovered.

Taihape Daily Times, 3 December 1918, Page 5

German Plot Discovered.

&. TO RESTORE THE KAISER. \ ENGINEERED BY MACKENSEN. MANY ARRESTS IN BERLIN. Bolsheviks Organising, for Spring Campaign. Under German and Magyar Leaders.

TOCH ISSUES A WARNING. .

TO INH-A.IBTAN'I‘S OF OCCUPIED PROVINCES. Received 9.5 a.m. ‘ . PARIS, December 1. General Foch has issued a. proclamation to the inhabitants of the occupied territory in Rhenish Prussiia. olljollllllg' strict obedience and warning the people against hostile acts, with penalty of court martial. roan Ann c:Lr.lms:Ncr.AU vrsrr ' ENGLAND. . RECEIVED WITH GREAT ENTEUSIASM. . A Received 9.5 a.m. I 3 . LONDON, December 1. I Despite the discouraging Weather unprecedented crowds welcomed iGe~n~i‘ eral Foch and M. Clemenceau, the; French Premier. Unpanalleled enthus-‘ iasm was displayed. Prominent English statesmen and naval and military men awaited the visitors at Charing Cross, when they were received by a; gward of honour. ' ‘I v ' THE ‘PACIFIC ISLANDS. 1' Received 9.55 a.m. ' _ LONDON, Dec. 2. "Mr. 'Walter Long, speaking at ‘Bristol, stated the only solution of the Pacific Islands questionfirwould be their inclusion in the Empire. ’ THE KING IN FRANCE. VFRANCO-BRITISH BONDS UN- ‘ BREAKABLE. ~ _. - ‘ s ' Received 9.-55 a.m. ‘ LONDON, December 2. ' The King, in thanking President Poincare for Fl'ance’s welcome, said he regarded it as/an appreciation of z the Empire ’s effort in 3. common cause. Henceforth the bonds were un--breakable. President Poincare replied that France would be as faithful to the I alliance in peace as in war. . 40 BRITISH DIVISIONS TO _E'.N‘I'ER GERMANY. Received 9.55 a.m. ' * LONDON, Dec. 2. . Forty British d'ivi-sions pro: ready ‘ to enter Germany. ' 200 U‘-BOATS LOST. Received 9.55 a.m. LONDON, December 2. ‘Germany lost 200 sub-marines prior to the signing of the armistice. MACKIBNSEN’S ARMY INTERNED Received 9.5 a.m. LONDON, December 2. , Hungary has interned Mackensen’s army. ~------I---I---——'-I:—- ‘ THREATENED STRIKES IN ’ ENGLAND Received 9.55 a.m. LONDON, December _2 The railway engineers threaten an early strike for an eight hour day. The cotton spinners have given notice of a strike on the 7th for increased wages. ‘ - GERMAN Drseonens STOLEN . . BULLION. ' . Received 9.55 a.m. »LONDON, December -2. Germany has handed to the Allies twelve millions sterling filched from Belgium, Russia and Roumania. \ ALIIED ARMY ENr‘§?2s GERMANY ' I Rec.eivnedi9.lo a.m. . » NEW YORK, Dec I - General Dickman’s army has entered’. Germany along the Saar River. ,

CRIMINALS MUST- PAY. MR. LLOYD GEORGE EXPLAINS ALLIES' ATTITUDE. LONDON, Dec 1. In a speech at Newcastle, Mr. Lloyd George said he intended to see that the persons who inhumanly treated our' prisoners were held responsible. He did not wish to pursue a policy of vengeance after the war, but we must now make an example of the rulers who plunged the world into war. It was intended to make fair but stern investigation into the authorship of the war, and it must be pursued to the final reckoning. Submarine piracy must be punished, also those responsible for devastations. Regarding the responsibility for the invasion of Belgium, some of the : greatest jurists unanimously advised the Government that the Kaiser was guilty of an indictable offence for which he ought to be held responsible. MONTENEGRIN KING DEPOSED. Received 9.10 a.m. NEW YORK, Dec 2. The Montenegrin Skupschtina has \deposed King Nicholas. (Nicholas is 77 years of age, and ascended the throne in 1860. The Montenegrins belong to the. Servian branch of the Slav race.) BRITISH ARMY CROSSES INTO GERMANY. Received Noon. LONDON, Dec 2. Sir Douglas Haig reports that the advanced troops of the Second Army, commanded by General Sir H.'Plumer, crossed the German border between Beho and Eupen. and reached the general line Bengruiland, Bellingen, ! and Mountjoie. ! THE KING DECORATES FOCH. Re'eeived Noon. LONDON, Dec 2. The King has decorated General Foch with the Order of Merit. CHILE—PERU. CHILIANS ENTHUSIASTIC. NEW YORK, Dec 1. Despatches from Santiago say that a great patriotic demonstration was held and resofutions carried demanding that the Chilean Government incorporate Tacna and Arica in Chile and increase the army and navy. - EIGHT U-BOATS SURRENDER. Received noon. LONDON, December 2. Eight submarines surrendered to Rear-Admiral Tyrwhit't to-day. BELGIAN ROYALTY ENTERS LIEGE. Received noon. LONDON, Dec. 2. A Belgian communique states that the Royal family entered Liege- at the head of the troops that defended the town in 1914. A Belgian cavalry brigade "entered Aex le Chapelle at the request of the German authorities. AMERICAN ARMY IN GERMANY Received noon. LONDON, December 2. An American communique reports that the Third American Army crossed the German frontier and reached the general line Alfesterg, Winterschild, Muelbach, Treveß and Saarburg.