GERMANY

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 72, 14 August 1914, Page 5

GERMANY

THROUGH GERMAN EYES. KAISUIt'S BELATED CONSIDERATION. BRINGING IT THE SIEGE GUNS. Received 13. 11.5 p.m. Berlin. August 13 (morning). An ollkial message denies that the Germans lost iO,(;ft(l at Liege, 'but the attual numbers are not given. Tlie message adds that the forts were left intact, as the Kaiser did not wish to,sacrifice life unnecessarily, but the forts will be taken without the loss of a single man when the -siege guns arrive. The statement concluded with the information that tho Belgians were numerioally superior. n6 German trade. coal shipments from england. Times and Sydney Stin Services'. Received 13, 5.5 p.m. London, August 13. Overseas trade with Germany is absolutely at a standstill. Importance attaches to the Admire" statement that permission is now given for coal shipment from Britain to Norway and Italy. A GERMAN PRESS BUREAU. FOR PRO-GERMAN NEWS. Received 13, 0.10 p.m. London, August 13 (morning). Germany has established a Press bureau at Amsterdam to circulate war intelligence favorable to Germany. GERMANY'S FOOD SUPPLIES. GOING THROUGH HOLLAND. Received 13, 8.35 pjn. London, August 13. It is stated tbat Germany is securing food supplies through Holland, Hence nor anxiety not to violate Dutdh territory. If the allies reach Cologne, this avenue will be closed, the only possible food route remaining being a devious route via Italy, Austria or Roumania. GERMAN DIPLOMATIC CONFUSION. Paris, August 12. M. Piehon, in an article in the Petit Journal, argues that Germany's negotiations with Italy, Turkey, Roumania and Bulgaria are a new sign of the confusion of Germany and Austria.