GERMANY

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 156, 27 November 1914, Page 5

GERMANY

THE FATE OF THE FATHERLAND. "MUST VANQUISH, OR VANISH." GERMANS FEAR ATTACK FROM THE SEA. LAND DEFENCES STRENGTHENED. Timej and Sydney Sun' Services. London, November 25. The (Lokal Aiwicger announces that Cerman and (Austrian armies have established winter headquarters in Franco, Flanders, Calicia, 'Poland, and Prussia. I The Kaiser lias issued an exhortation still promising his troops ultimate victory. x Count Hcrtling, President of the Bavarian Ministry, interviewed in Naples, said the true enemy of Gcrniany was England. Her hand was guiding the present, terrible tragedv. Germany had either to vanquish or vanish. \ Copenhagen, November 25. The Germans aro feverishly fortifying Dannowerk fortress, nnd making ' entrenchments north of Kiel Canal, fearing the Allies will land troops in Sehleswig. AH "the German islands in the North Sea are surrounded with entanglements, and are strongly fortified. The Germans are also constructing fortifications on the shores of Holstein, and on the western side of the Elbe. , The Hague, November 25. The Kaiser has notified all German diplomatic agents in enemy countries that they may consider themselves free to choose another career. A MILLION AND A nALF GERMANS LOST. Times and Sydney Sun Services. Received 20, 5.45 p.m. Copenhagen, November 25. On the basis of official lists the es-' tinnttes of German losses to date give the numbers at about one and a half millions.