SITUATION IN GERMANY

Taihape Daily Times, 27 December 1918, Page 5

SITUATION IN GERMANY

REVOLT OF SAILORS'f T ' r . SANGUINARY STREET FIGHTING. i REPATRIATING ALLIED PRISONERS Russian Prisoners’ Awful Conditions —• Bolsheviks Increasing Army.

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LONDON, Dee. 26. i Advices from Berlin state that Dr. B'reuss, Secretary of State for the Interior, assisted by experts on international law, has drafted a constituion for the new German Republic. It proposes a Government, headed by a President, elected by the people. The President’s authority shall be intermediate between that of the American President and the English King. The President nominates" the Cabinet like the United States. Instead of the old Federal Council Preuss proposes that delegates from the various German States shall constitute a Second Chamber,' resembling the United States Senate. Presidents and Governments will have as much power as is reconcilable with the independence of each individual state, including control j?f railways, post and telegraphs, and the army. It is expected that fifteen states will make up the new Confederation, whereof the area and boundaries are very different from those now existing. GEEMANNY TO PAT. : LONDON, December 25. The London Chamber of Commerce in its annual report, urges that Germany be compelled to make full reparation in ships, coal, .minerals, and money, compensating the l Allies for cargoes sunk, <and compensating the relatives of murdered seamen and passengers. It also urges that enemy vosels be not allowed at sea until reparation 1 is completed; also that no coaling stations owned or controlled by Germans be permitted in future in British or Allied posts or possessions.

RESTORING DEVASTATED FRANCE. LONDON, Dcember 25. German prisoners are refilling the trenches and shell-holes in devastated France, and preparing the land for cultivation. AN EVANGELIST DEAD. Received 11.30 a.m. # NEW YORK, Dec. 26. v Obituary: Chapman, the well-known evangelist. PAES' FUNERAL. LISBON, Dec. 26. Paes* funeral was imposing, the chief feature being the universal character of the mourning. Thousands of poor women, orphaned children, and hundreds of representative workers followed the coffin, MORE PIPEFUL OUTLOOK IN GERMANY. Received 10.30 a.m. NEW YORK, Dec| 26. The United Press correspondent Interviewed Scheidemann, who said: "We are heartily in accord with Wilson’s principles. I am convinced stable constitutional Socialist government in Germany will soon be established, able to deal with the Allies and the United States. Spartism is rapidly dying, and all disorders in Germany will shortly have disap* peared. >' The correspondent says although there were not big dinners In Berlin on Christinas Day, and some of the people had pot enough food, nobody starved. Cafes, caterers, and confectioners displayed gaudy sweetmeats, which tasted peculiar, not containing any sugar. The streets were crowded. The soldiers looked better fed than |he civilians.

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President Wilson, in replying to an address of welcome, said: We have come through, serious times together;, therefore we regard ach qijier in hew lights, as comrades and asso ciates arriving within reach of a common purpose and common understanding. We have the deepest gratification in matching our minds with the minds of those, proposing to 'do the best they can for the settlement of the great struggle. MISSING STEAMER TURNS UP. Received 8.50 a.m. NEW YORK, Dec. 26 The steamer Hry»o Hilda has arrived at Oig*. Hay ;i r ior all hop** had been given up. It was believed the steamer had 033 i sunk by a aruo in September, tw> clays out from New York: A boat was found and portion of the davits, evidently the result of an explosion. Although wireless was aboard no report had been received. JELLICOE’S OVERSEAS VISIT Received 8.50 iam.. LONDON, December 26 Discussing Admiral Jellicoe’s visit to overseas the Times says the whole problem of the dominion of navies is altered owung to the disappearance of the German Navy. The visit is necessary in order; that the closest touch be maintained between the Dominions arid ;the regarding future naval dispositions. Prior to the war it was no secret that the Dominion’s towards the Admiralty ■were lax and inclined to friction.

POST WAR RECONSTRUCTION Received 10.30 a.m. LONDON, December 26 The Government Committee on the provision of financial facilities for post war trade reports that the first step to repair the wastage of capital due to the war. lies in increased production and actual saving. The Committee recommends the earliest cessation of State borrowing and the restoration of an effective gold standard, thereby Imposing restrictions on the creation of additional credit. The Committee urges the Government to declare its future policy regarding tariffs, rationing of raw materials and the disposal of national factories and surplus stores to enable manufacturers to prepare future plans. The Committee also suggests that a portion of the new issues of industrial shares be reserved for workers in such industries.