GERMANY

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 80, 28 August 1914, Page 5

GERMANY

GERMANY'S I'UXS. ■ GIVE RUSSIA PLENTY OF ROPE. BUT DEAL DEATH-BLOW TO ' FRANCE AND ENGLAND. A PROGRAMME WITH POSSIBILITIES. MARCH TO PARIS STILL DREAMED OF. Received 27, 7.20 p.m. London,, August 27. The Dutch Press, on the.strength of i German sources of information, declares | that Germany's plan appears to be to I abandon temporarily east and west | Prussia to the Russians, withdrawing I slowly west to the river Oder, where there will be the main defences before Berlin. The object of this move is to afford time for the German armies operating against France" to deal a deathblow to the British and French forces, and then march to Paris. The distance between Mons and Paris is only a quarter of the distance between Insterburg and Berlin. A NATURAL HOPE. Received 28, 12.55 a.m. Rotterdam, August 27. Travellers states that Germany is very nervous of Italy's attitude, and expresses the hope that she will keep neutral. WAR'S AVORK-A-DAY GAR)B. NO POMP OR SPLENDOR NOW. Times and Sydney Sun Services. London, August 26. A German army order enjoins that no decorations be worn in battle, and that all parts of the uniform and equipment which flash in the sun be removed. BRUTAL GERMANS. FURTHER ATROCITIES REPORTED. SHOOTING DOWN WOMEN IN POLAND. . London, August 29. The 'Telegraph's Warsaw corresdenfc states that the Germans fined the town of Kaliscib, on the Polish border, £SOOO and shot six of the foremost inhabitants who were detained as 'hostages, on a trivial accusation. The,' also bombarded the town during a German fireworks display in the Town Hall, and many buildings were burnt. St. Petersburg, August 20. The wife of Sokolva, the treasurer at Kalis/. (Poland), states that the Germans shot lier husband because be destroyed half-a-million roubles' worth of paper money. They also shot a police several-officials. The Germans jokingly requested the inhabitants to stand in a row, and shot them and bombarded the town with Tii-'nne-guns, killing several ■.■•■•m.-n. "!"■■<■ whereabouts of the officials '"'•' > v .>.;;ied by a gang of spies, some dressed as women. DEATH OF A PRINCE. Copenhagen, 'August 28. The IBovl'nAoflVial news agency states that Prince Frederick of Saxe-Meiningcn was killed by a shell at Namur on Aug- | list 23. ■ I THE GERMAN FORCES AGAINST ] RUSSIA. | New York. August 26. Count Bernstoff announced that tflie | German forces against Russia consisted of about 800.000 men, or 12 German' armv corps and eight Austrian corps.