GERMANY

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 68, 10 August 1914, Page 8

GERMANY

THE KAISER'S APPEAL. "RECKLESS ASSAULT OF ObH ENEMIES." Received 9, 5.5 p.m. Berlin. August 8. The Kaiser has called up all Germans capable of bearing arms. The order says: "We have to defend our most saered possessions against the reckless assault of our enemies on all sides. i am confident that the ancient warlike spirit still which in the past has been the dread and terror of our enemies. Remember our glorious past! God will help us!" KAISER'S HUMOR. HOW GERMAN SOLDIERS ARE BLINDED. KEPT IN IGNORANCE OF EVENTS. Received 10, 12.5 a.m. Berlin. August 8. The Kaiser has issued another proclamation, wherein he states: —"In the midst of perfect peace an enemy surprises us. Therefore, to arms! To be or not to be—that is the question of our empire—to be or not to be, the German Power and the German existence. We will resist to the last breatih. Man and horse shall fight out against a world of enemies."

" ALL IS SORROW!" ALLEGED UNPOPULARITY OF THE WAR. AMONG THE GERMAN PEOPLE. Received 9, 5.5 p.m. (Paris, August S. A Dutchman expelled from Cologne states that in German all is sorrow, anxiety and lethargy. Women and children weep, and men are depressed. Nowhere are flags displayed. The soldiers march without singing. All men from eighteen years to fifty have been called out, and children are gathering the 'harvest. A GERMAN VIEW. WHAT BRITAIN SOUGHT TO IMPOSE. GERMANY REFUSED—THEN WAR. Received 1), 5.5 p.m. Washington, August 8. Daniel von Ilainhausen, head of the German Embassy at Washington during ITerr Bernstoff's absence, asserts that Sir Edward Grey tried to impose on Germany, before she attacked Liege, eon'ditions which, had they been accepted, would 'have caused the inactivity of the entire German fleet. Great Britain's declaration was not wholly caused by the invasion of Belgium, but by Britain's reI fusal to entertain Germany's terms.

Great "Britain, lie says, imposed the following conditions on Germany: Not to attack any part of the north coast of France; German troops not to pass through Belgian territory: the German navv not to attack Russia in the Baltic. I Terr Ilainhausen asserted that agreement to these conditions would 'have neutralised the entire naval forces. of Germany. French army officers in mo-tor-cars infringed the Belgian neutrality before the Germans, while Belgium itself had promised to open Antwerp harbor and allow the landing of British troops. Under these circumstances Germany refused Great Britain's demands. CROWN PRINCE ATTACKED. AND SERIOUSLY WOI'S'DED. Received i), 5..") p.m. London, August 7. The Standard publishes a report from a reliable source that a man of unknown nationality attacked and seriously wounded the Crown Prince of Germany. Ilis assailant escaped. AMBASSADORIAL COURTESIES. Received 9, 5.5 p.m. Berlin, August 7 (morning). A high official in the Foreign Office larewellcd Sir W. E. Goschen, the British Ambassador. The Kaiser sent an aide-de-camp to Sir W. E. Goschen to apologise for the host-ili! demonstration before the Embassy. Count Lichnowslcy has telegraphed to the British Government thanking thou for their great courtesy. GERMAN OVERSEAS COLONY TAKEN. Received 9, 5.5 p.m. London, August 8 (afternoon). It is officially reported that the Gold Coast troops seized Lome. Germans surrendered a large area in South Togoland. DANISH PRINCE UNDER ARREST. Received 9, 5.5 p.m. Copenhagen, August 7. Prince Aage was arrested us a spy on the. German frontier, but was released on diplomatic representations being made to Berlin. AUSTRIAN'S AS FRENCH SRIES. Received !), 5.5 p.m. Paris, August i. The Germans continue to shoot Austrians suspected of giving information to the French.