GERMANY

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 167, 21 December 1914, Page 8

GERMANY

GERMANS GETTING SCARED. PREPARING FOR ALLIED ADVANCE. Amsterdam, December 18 I tJ}" foar that ]il 'tain in- i tends to land troops at Zeebrugge, » 0 \ twenty thousand are manning the tren- i ches on the dunes between Osteud and \ the Dutch frontier. The trenches are ' supported by a number of batterioß. Many Belgian refugees are escaping to Holland, fearing the consequences of an Allied advance. THE KAISER'S ILLNESS. Times nnd Sydney Sun Serrices, London, December 18. 'A report states that the Kaiser is suffering from a malignant sore throat and Ins entourage are gravely anxious. A SHORT LIVED ECSTASY. DEPRESSION IN BERLIN. Received 20, 5.5 p.m. , Amsterdam, December 19. Germany s frenzied joy over an all. •«- od v.ctory has beer, partlv .solved by th, arrival ot Ceriuan newspapers, which pause and ask why there are no names or baltlelields i,r lists of captures. Jt is evident that the people have fixed on a communique s vague reference to eer.am decisive operations without troubi"g about 1 urliier details. There brill" "o pounds for this ecstasy, a set m, deepening ~,to profound deprej- ■ ion o-.er the I'alklands defeat and tl.e 'Servian Victory at Belgrade. FRESH CASUALTY LISTS. . A REGIMENT DECIMATED. Received 21, 12.10 a.m. ' Amsterdam, December 19. I he four last German lists allow 82,801 casualties, including 100Q a singlo Wur temburg regiment. A Saxon regiment August 00 at Bc ' tkslat ' rL '' in Recent lists include 30,000 wuualtie* i H the Yscr fighthing, AftGRY WITH AMERICA. Received 21, 12.10 a.m. n Amsterdam, December 20. „ttJ i r rman llews papcrs increasingly attack I America. This is interpreted as < recognition that Bernstcrff's and Dernburgh s mission has proved a failure. THE KAISER'S ILLNESS. ' Received 21, 12.10 a.m. rp . . Amsterdam, December 20. ■Uiq Kaiser continues to exhibit great nervous depression. The Kaiscrin is op posing his return to the front FRANCE ...