GERMANY

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 92, 14 September 1914, Page 5

GERMANY

AVAR LORD AT THE FRONT, j KAISER WORX AND HAGGARD. ■ Received 12, 7 p.m. Paris, September 12. ' German news received in New York' says tlie Kaiser was at the front. Ho drove in a motor to rising ground. Although he had slept undisturbed by the roar of cannon, he looked worn and haggard. Alighting from the car, he mountted a horse, accepting the assistance of an orderly. He chatted fpr a few mmutes with the staff rather dispiritedly, and then moved to a spot where he watched the operations with Held glasses for two hours. He said nothing, but . dismounted and returned in his motorcar at top speed to the German rear, where he ig surrounded by guards, who never leave him night or day. FAILURE MAIXLY DUE TO BRITISH. ZEAL AND EFFICIENCY A SURPRISE Received 13, 5.5 p.m. " New York, September 12. The Litest Berlin advices show that amazement has been created in Germany , at the unexpected military efficiency of Great Lntain .and the zeal of her overseas Dominions. Germany is now beginning to recognise that the composition of the expeditionary force, its efficient transport, striking power, and dogged determination are chiefly responsible''for Germany's failure to quickly smash France and return in time to deal with Russia. -', THE WAR'S ENORMOUS DRAIN. ' ARMIES OF UNEMPLOYED. \ " Received 13, Co p.m. Copenhagen, September 12. Belgian advices state that Germany's direct war expenses are 30- million Rcichsmarks, and the economic loss 45 millions daily. Prince Joachim's right leg was totally smashed.

The Vorvvaerta says there is an imraensc number of unemployed in Germany, and it is impossible to help this army of starving people, who are a greater danger than a German 'military defeat. SOME FAULTS IN GERMAN ELANS. DUE TO OVER-CONFIDENCE. Received 13, 5.5 p.m. London, September 12. .'A correspondent emphasises several features wherein the Germans have failed to make good, notably their fail-, ure to estimate the difficulty of transporting big guns, and leaving their com-, munications thinly protected in the de-. sire' to lling every available man upon ' the Anglo-French fc/ces. . ■ . ANXIETY. FN BEBLTN. PUBLIC CAN NO LONGER BF, FOOLED London, September 11. ' A private letter ficm Berlin in England states that Berlin people are beginning to realise that there is a pros'* pect of defeat. It lias leaked out that the official information is untrue, and there is anxiety respecting the Russiafl advance. . ' '

"AT LAST—THE DAY!" , "" EXTRACTS FROM A DIARY. London, September "11. The following from a captured German officer's diary:— July 20.-At last "The Day." .We are ready, let him come who, may. The world race is destined to be German. August 2. —We arc at Madamoiselle Belgium's door. Will she open or must we burst in?

August 5. —Our losses to-day at Liege' were frightful. Never mind, it's all allowed for. Besides,-, the fallen are only Polish beginners, spilling whose blood will spread the war lust at home, a necessary factor. Wait until we put ou* experts on to these deluded people. (Theprophecy caine, true two days later.) Asgust 11—Now for the English, whtf* , ane used to fighting farmers. To-niglit ■ * William has given us beautiful advice: "You think daily of your Emperor; . don't forget your God." His Majesty should remember that in thinking of him we think'of God, for is not ho tha Almiglity's"iustrument in this glorious r light for right. August 12.—This clearly will be an' ~ - artillery war; as wc foresaw, the infaa-. try counts for nothing. x REPORTED DEATH OF PRINCE& , Ostend, iSc-ptemper 12. It is reported that Prince FrcderioU William and Prinoe Adalbert of Prussia, the Kaißcr's sons, and JPrince Carl o£ ' Wurtcmberg, died in the hospital at Brussels. j

BRITISH SOLDIERS AS PRISONERS* well Treated. "S , - London, September 11. The Cologne Gazette says that a thousand English soldiers, prisoners at the Doubcruz military exercise ground at Berlin, are wcli treated. The Gazctto opposes the offic « being allowed to pity, tennis, saying they would be better occupied in thinking of. the-sins of their country wliich placed- Germany at war, PUBLIC FED WITH FALSE NEWS. ■ . -~~ •■ S\ Stockholm, September 11. Letters from Berlin state that crowds outside the newspaper offices are devouring the bulletins reporting the capturaU <\ of a Russian army corps, the number* . -. being 30,000 to 00,000, and even 90,000. ]

BAD TREATMENT OP PRISONERS.) Amsterdam, September 11. ' The Vorwaerts says that the war pris-r oners are now being treated badly «* Germany. It cites the case of a malenurse who wasilogged for making a will, for a dying Frenchman, and a fatal at-; tack on a Belgian clergyman, who wa* awompanvinsr the war prisoners at the camp in Saxony, on the ground that he incited a oividan attack on Germans in Belgium. The Vorwaerts asks whether the troops have not been instructed to afford proper protection to war prisoners. KAISER'S SON WOUNDED. Amsterdam, September .IY/ ', It is officially announced at Berlra that Joachim, the Kaiser's son, am* swing as aide-de-camp, was in tho fifj iug lu»e,.aßd was wrondwl by a «*»E8» tmHei is the tMgk. ,*J