GERMANY

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 172, 29 December 1914, Page 5

GERMANY

WURTEMBEYERS HEAVY LOSSES. Amsterdam, December 27. Tlu; German insurance newspaper Globus state<l that the Wurtemburgers' losses in France to October 15 were H 727 killed, l(j,iil7 wounded, and 3734 missing. [The population of Wurtcmbcrg is 21 millions.] RECOURSE TO GUTTER PRESS METHODS, Amsterdam, December '27. I. be Blatter celebrated Christmas by publishing two pages of a poem entitled, "Hades and Paradise, a Vision of Dimte," fiendishly depicting the torments in hell of Sir Edward Grey, Lord lfa'ldane, Mr Churchill, Lord Fisher, Messrs Lloyd George and Balfour, and Lord Kitchener. The poem is illustrated m an absolutely unprintable way. WIXDING UP GERMAN NERVES. Amsterdam, December 27. Many German newspapers are seeking to allay the uneasiness due to the nonconfirmation of General Hindenberg's alleged great victory, and are now appealing to the public not to show impatience but to prove that the German people possess strong nerves which are able to support temporary reverses and await the final victory. BAVARIAN ARMY HALF GOXE. Times and Sydney Sun Services. Received 28, 5.25 p.m. London, December 28. A Copenhagen report estimates that the Bavarian losses are so heavy that nearly half their army is out, of action. Visitors arriving in Athens from Constantinople state that the authorities are removing the archives.