Gormany.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 252, 3 April 1915, Page 5

Gormany.

I A DISASTER CONCLi&WV,

i .COTTON AND FOOD j . SHORT.

CROWN PRINCE'S SCAPSGIOAtf

London, March :"I

A lUii-trnl corregpondeut writes that' very lit tin of the great defeat of the Ocnn.'iu- army »n the ilarno is'kno.vn to the'jjeopk', owing to the censor-'.lp The former spirit of .boastfulne ;s its toned down* yet there are 110 untoward signs thatf- rttmfidejfcre is shaken. A c»tton famine' is> approaching. The mi:U are working' but the ncscrv-'s I are not cxMistwl. Ifanv firms, lacking cotton, l !(tV0' closed, but there is little manufacture of war uifttefMlsj- fife production ol which has doubled' and- trebled, absorbing all non-eombaitiliits: They arc pai.l ft a low rate anil- work' lot long hours, hut do not compltiin, lieoaJusn they consider they are woi'K-itig:towa-nfs the finai •victory of 'fiermartj-'.. Giily fey intenso care and economy cilfii thd' flour supply last till next harvest;- At the Lubeck shipbuilding yards they a'r'6' oofi'cftntrating on the construction" of sulmmrinefl. which, a naval officer "states, will show many improvements. TliV rifcWisst ami best type has not yet\bcen"> utilised.

- The Figaro vouches for thft story that the Kaiser was dining at!' a,". hotel n. Luxembourg in August \vh< : tl'' ai' certain general arrived. The Kaiser, : 'in"a frantic j r ?? c » upbraided >.iim for iisfel&iffV autrt-, ficmg thousands of his 'besrt soldiers irr capturing Longwy, which was; defended! by only a few battalions. TKii'gtTOm went livid and exclaimed: "Tfie SdMiers' close formation was by the ''reftefated' orders of your scamp of a son,''wlY'o"WaS' at a safe distance." The gene'r&p b<Wod; withdrew, and blow out his hramiT on the pavement. A week later a postcard Bearing the Crown Prince's portrait \foS l selling throughout Germany, ins'tfitM! "The Victor of Longwy.''

A TILT AT BRITAIN'S WORKERS.

| Received April 2, 5.5 p.m. i ■ Loudon, April I.' I Tlie Cologne Gazette, referring to Inn-' jor troubles, says the people of England would be glad if the English workers would show one-tenth of the enthusiasm and readiness to make sacrifices wjiieh is a insitter of course for German wovk«BSi.

HEALTH OF GERMAN TROOPS.

A SATISFACTORY REPORT.

i Received April 2, 5.5 p.m. i London, April 1. | A*!! 1 official report on the health of Gor<nmn troops says tbey have borne spli-n----drdlv tlie strain of the winter campaign. With tlie exception of a few cases of ,typluis and cholera in the east, tlfere liaw beert no epidemic of diseases, tHisr excellent result being dac paii'ily t> inocnlstion, the use of portable filters, ample supply of bathing :u--commodiiti'oiT, and the disinfection of ChHh'iiig;

i A COSTLY ALLY. ' i - Received 1 April 2, 5.5 p.m. ' , London, April 1. ; Copenhagen reports that Germany has jilready advanced Turkey forty millions sterling.- ! General"(Ter ftoltz is endeavoring to (irrange an additional twenty-five millions, otherwise Turkey is threatemnu [that she may be e-«npelled to make peace with' iler assailants on any terms.