NEW GOVERNMENT’S DIFFICULTIES

Taihape Daily Times, 16 December 1918, Page 5

NEW GOVERNMENT’S DIFFICULTIES

FOOD SUPPLY AND TRANSPORT. Received 9.15 a.m. LONDON, Dec. 14. Tile Daily Expire:*? Berlin correspondent interviewed Ebert who said iiv' problem of non!leal development was inseparable from the tool question. We inherited a political and economic breakdown. The chances of our pulling through were stated ovc-r----favourably especially in .1918, in order to bluff the enemy. The supplies quoted in statistics frcqientV existed only on paper. The surrender of trucks, locomotives ami lack of coal made it difficult tc transput, and brought such conditions that the Government cannot j guarantee the food supply; therefore we cannot indefiajSSiV rua'intain 'Order. The Government is bound to depend largely upon the political intelligence of former enemies. What would be the position if (Berlin became la centre of the Bolsheviks’ power? We would welcome an invasion, which would organise politics and increase the food supply. J

BITTER ANTI-BRITISH PEELING | " IN HAMBURG AND BREMEN Received 9.5 a.in. THE HAGUE, Dec. 14 | The Times ’ correspondent writes that anti-British feeling in Hamburg ' and Bremen is far stronger than at 1 Berlin. Shipping interests bitterly 1 discuss the loss of the fleet and j paralysis of trade. Hamburg harbour I is half deserted, and the streets are 1 a dismal spectacle. Fears of ex- ! trcmist outbreaks arc everywhere j visible in both towns. Bremen is i deeply disturbed. Anti-Royalist chil- ! dren sing a saterical version of the | Christmas Anthem, which runs:— l The Kaiser’s done, has to flee; | Augusta’s out to cadge for eggs; j Willy’s turning table logs. UNDER THE ALLIED HEEL. LONDON, Dec. 14. I Sir Douglas Haig has issued a proclamation which has been posted throughout the British Army zone, warning the inhabitants against violence towards any member of the army, mishandling army stores, or doing damage to public works, under penalty of death or other punishment. Very severe penalties will be inflicted on persons hiding German soldiers or civilians disobeying Sir Douglas Haig’s orders, or failing to disclose means of communication with the enemy. AMSTERDAM, Dec. 14. All interned British merchantmen in German ports are to be assembled and manned by German crews, who j will take them to British ports. | AN ULTIMATUM TO' GERMANY. t - AMSTERDAM, Dec. 14. The “Berliner Tageblatt” says: The Entente is preparing an ultimatum to Germany, giving the country the choice of immediately establishing a Government which really speaks for the country occupied by Entente troops.