THE EUROPEAN CLOUD

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 65, 7 September 1911, Page 5

THE EUROPEAN CLOUD

THE KIEL REVIEW. A GREAT SPECTACLE. A WORKERS' MANIFESTO. By Cable —Press Association—Copyright Received fi, 10.50 p.m. Berlin, September fi. The Kaiser reviewed ninety-nine ships at Kiel, ill addition to submarines and torpedo boats. The Navy League has organised many excursions to Kiel, where the warships are effectively grouped and anchored in single file, extending nine miles. As the Royal yacht Hohejizollern, witli the Kaiser, followed by the battleship Deutsehlnnd, and many excursion steamera, steamed down the line, each warship firing a salute of 33 guns. The spectacle was magnificent, and the crews, in white jumpers, stood at attention, presenting a smart and workmanlike appearance; Crowds of spectators were impressed with Germany's' strength. At the conclusion of the review, the Kaiser boarded the Deutsehland and watched the tactical manoeuvres of the big craft. A manifesto has been issued by the committee of the Workmen's Congress, 1 representing a million and a-quarter members of the Christian and patriotic unions, expressing a hope that peace will be preserved. It denounces the antipatriotic attempt of the Social Democrats to seize Germany's critical position to prepare a social revolution. It declares the Social Democrats'' advocacy of a political general strike in the event of warlike complications is calculated to arouse an impression of Germany's resistance. In that case she would 'be enfeebled and would incite foreign countries to forcibly prevent peaceful development of Germany and her world trade

RUN ON SAVINGS BANK. WHAT THE PAPERS SAY. BRITISH ASSURANCES DISBELIEVED BOURSE RECOVERING. Reseived 7, 1.2 a.m. Berlin, September fi. Senseless stories about Moroccan negotiations caused a run on the Stettin Savings Bank.

Two and a-lialf million marks were withdrawn, from the Steetin Savings Bank.

The public believe that in the event of mobilisation, the Savings Bank deposits can be commandeered. The North German Gazette says the Franco-German negotiations may now be expected to proceed more smoothly. The Lokal Anzeiger declares the Moroccan business to be purely plutocratic. France is pushed on bv greedy speculators and capitalists'. The pacification of Morocco is similar to the "beer war" waged by England. and must be regarded as a purely commercial and capitalistic undertaking. The paper urged that if France obtained full satisfaction politically, German statesmen must minutely examine the safeguards to commercial interests in future, ensuring for Germany complete freedom in trade. .

The Cologne Gazette holds there will be no war if Fiance realises that a march to Fez through Berlin would be too dangerous. Nobody in Germany thinks ill of France for wanting to pocket Morocco, as Tunis and Egypt have been pocketed. German feeling towards Britain is different, adds the journal. Few believe British assurances that Britain does not intend injuring Germany. The intentions of British diplomacy ar« too obvious. FEELING IN FRANCE. , AGAL\ST PROLONGING NEGOTIATIONS. Received 7. 12.:50 a.m. Paris, September 0. There is a strong feeling against allowing negotiations with Germany to lag indefinitely. THE GERMANS AT ACADIR. Tangier, September 5. Germans ailirm that the German warships will remain at Agadir till Messrs Manncsmanns have secured all the mining interests at Sus. SPANISH ADVANCE DEFERRED. Madrid. Sept-ember 5. The intended occupation of Tfni has been deferred.