Ominous News.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3343, 22 November 1919, Page 5

Ominous News.

GERMAN»Y’S DAY OF RECKONING. ‘ BUSILY ORGANISING AN ARMY. ARROGANCE OF GERMAN ' ' OFFICERS. _ ' 'b ‘ Received 9.55 a.m. LONDON, Nov. 20. Commenting on the Berlin‘ correspondentfs messages, the Times says theTinforma'tiou, attested by many independent observers, shows there are now 700,000 German soldiers unIder arms. It is authoritively known |Noske is busily organising special {military guards in all cities, ostensibly lfor protection against Spartacists, but ztotallng 300.000 formidable, thorouhgly disciplined and equipped force, all recruited from the non-Commissioned ranks of the Imperial army. The present German spirit is shown by the German Government's attempts to prevent the Allied officers wearing uniform while in Berlin, combined with hostile demonstrations and ‘insults. from‘ German officers, ‘Who are openly boasting that the day of reckoning is coming. Information recently received in London suggests the German military party is deliberately preparing for armed action against the Allies. Noske is consciously acting as a warming pan for nionarchical and militarist restoration. The majority of the officers belongrto the Hohen-' zollern ‘Association, and are aiming at restoration. The organisation is flourishing-» unchecked by Noske, who‘ recently took repressive measures? against the Military Republican Asso-3 ciatiori‘, which includes a small minor-i ity of Officers. - ‘ 1

A Referring to Lloyd Gem-ge’s recent refcreixcé in the House of Cnnirnons to the German menace in the Balkans, the Times says it understands Von den Goltz’s forces in the Baltic are niérely the nucleus of a.*’much- larger force sc-cretlyn organiseed in" tlic interior a.waitipg ‘the commands of 't'hé Military Pafiity. . '

'-,I'H_E_I:ImDENBUIwr DEMO’NST’v.R,A- .. TION. C ‘ v ENGINEE'RED~" BY MI-LITARISTS. A SLUMBERING VOLCANO.‘ ‘ Received 9.45 a.m.— V L ?'Noiv..sl9;i Tile Times’ Berlin correspondent stresses the importance of the Hinden. burg demonstrations, Which have seized the popular imagination, particularly of young soldiers, s‘tudents,’and the rising generation.‘ The movénient was skilfully framed by professional and scholastic c'.—lst~es, ofiicers,_ and '’’'the Monarclll<t Party‘. ’Ther'e-is plenty of combustible mmtei-ia] -ready to take fireiat any time. The only question is whether the Wire-pullers consider jfhe present movement ’ appropriate for action. In any case‘ events may precipitate a_ crisfs.