GERMANY

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 207, 9 February 1915, Page 5

GERMANY

MORE WORK FOR ZEPPELINS. ANOTHER, RAID PLANNED. SOLDIERS MUST BE CONSERVED. KA'ISER GOES TO POLAND. Times and Sydney Sun Services. London, February 7. Rotterdam reports that the Kaiser and Count Zeppelin had a, long interview and planned an energetic air raid, especially against the British fleet and transports. A cafe, at Hamburg largely frequented by dirigible officers has been deserted since, Wednesday. It is surmised thr.t a big air raid is being planned. Copenhagen, February 7. It is rumoured in Berlin, that the Kaiser after his visit to the western front, ordered the commanders to abstain from sacrificing too many men in operations of secondary importance. One consequence of this order is that Germans begin to believe, the. German troops 1 in the west are numerically inferior to the enemy. Berlin, February 7. 1 Official.—The Kaiser has gone to ihe eastern fighting line, via, Czenstochowa. He telegraphed congratulations to tlu; Germans on the storming of the heights at Craonnc. Amsterdam, February 7. Germany has announced that the Government soi/.iiro| £ r aiu supplies is not for the State nor the army, but solely to ensure proper distribution among the civilians. J New York, February 7. The King of Bavaria, in a n interview ivith a representative of Wildman's j Magazine, said the war was forced upon I (..ermany and she would go through until she had secured an incontestable victory and peace conditions worthy of the nation and commensurate with its sacrifcos. ihc 'ica'.t i«d soul of the whole country was in the fight. He added em-! phatically that Germany would fight to her last drop of blood. BERLfN AND VIENNA COMPARED. Times and Sydney Sun Services. Received 8, (1.30 p.m. London, February 8. A neutral from Berlin says the difference between Berlin and Vienna is vjrv marked. The war has made life i n ! Vienna livelier, owing to the streams of wealthy Galician refugees lavishly spending. Museums and universities have been transformed into hospitals. Compared with Berlin there is less talk of spies, less talk of war, less bitterness against England. He had heard Berlin described as all optimism and seriousness, and Vienna as all pessimism and | gaiety. The Viennese do not take a ' happy issue of the war for granted as tlie Berliners do, but they still have great confidence in their powerful ally.