Germany. On the Sea.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 305, 3 June 1915, Page 5

Germany.

On the Sea.

"VAST LUNATIC ASYLUM." A BELGIAN VIEW OF GERMANY. ALL THE STAGES OF LUNACY Received June 2, 8.35 p.m. London, June 2. Dr. Charles Ssuolea, a Belgian publicist lecturing in America, said that betore the Allies obtain victory not only must the military machine be overcome, 'but also the tremendous moral and driving force of fanaticism behind the machine. He had come to the conclusion that the whole of the German people were politically insane, and that the country was a vast lunatic asylum. This was not a metaphor or epigram, but a medical fact. Germany began with vicious pride and expressed delirium at her own greatness, and spread the doctrine that her people were a super-raee. The next stage was when the Germans thought Britain was conspiring against them, and that brought the delusion of persecution. The third stage was the delirium of violence, which was now seen in a most horrible form. There were already signs of the fourth stage, depression and melancholia, and the last stage would be suicidal mania. After turning in impudent rage against civilisation, before many months. Germany will turn against herself, and the end will be a civil revolution and internecine strife. PRIZE COURT DECISIONS. Received June 3, 12.40 a.m. London, June 2. The Prize Court at Hamburg has declared the Zaanstroom a lawful prize. Upwards of half the cargo is contraband. The Batavier has been released. PROTEST FROM SOCIALISTS. WAS PEACE REFUSED? Received June 2, .10 p.m. London, June 2. A Berne report states that a manifesto from German Socialists, circulated widely among the German working 'classes, accuses Austria of causing- the war and complains of the ignorance in 'which the Anstrians arc kept. It also denounces the German war policy as the work of Imperialist secret diplomats, who are arch enemies of the Germans. It is asserted that peace was possible in March, but the greedy Imperials refused to accept the chance?. FOR HOME CONSUMPTION ONLY. A STOUY TO ■CIiKI-Jll TIIK I'KiYLM X. (Times and Sydney Sun Services.) London, June 1. German newspapers publish a fictitious 'interview with a Canadian, who complains of the treatment by the British. He declares the Germans are better sol'dicrs than the English, who regard the Canadians as half-way between the cole.r'ed troops and themselves. They always send the colored troops first under fire, and they send the Canadians where hell is hottest. The English only advance when the Canadians have shed blood. An English officer is reported as saying j'that the Senegalese wer.- more cattle, I'who were driven in front with a riding ■whip. The newspapers assert that inanv | English prisoners make an unfavorable ■ impression, being mostly faetorv bands 1 1' out of work, who were induced to enlist | owing to the bitter need and were led into battle after three weeks' Irainir.g.

GERMANY'S SUBMARINE WARFARE. MAY HAVE TO SUSPEND IT. (Times and Sydney] Sun Services.) Received June 2, 7 p.m. London, June 1. The Times naval correspondent, commenting on the German 'blockade, says it is still operating, but with few successes, due to the inability of the submarines to continue their earlier achievcments, and not to a desire; to suspend attacks in order to placate America. British anti-submarine measures will increase in effectiveness in time and Iby experience, but Germany may possibly find it expedient and necessary to announce a suspension of its policy. Germany is unquestionably briskly building submarines. PRINCESS IRENE DISASTER. AN INTERESTING THEORY. Received June 2, 8.35 p.m. London, June 2. Mr. F. T. Jane, a naval expert, suggests the Princess Irene was blown up by a. German wireless device, and points out that the Bulwark was Mown to atoms in the same -place, which is a curious coincidence. lie shows that Italian experiments have proved it possible to explode a properly attuned charge by wireless. A VESSEL SEIZED. Received June 2, 11.45 p.m. Copenhagen, June 2. The Swedish steamer Pan, with a cargo of rifles, ostensibly for Bulgaria, was seized by a German torpedo boat oil' Falster-80., The Bulgarian Legation at Berlin gave the Danish Government a guarantee that the vessel would saii direct to Dcdeagntch. The vessel, instead of going north, sneaked towards the Baltic, where it met a German torpedo boat. VESSELS SUNK BY MINES. Received June 2, 11.45 p.m. London, June 2. The Russian barque Montrosa was Bunk by a mine in the North Sea. The crew were saved. The trawler Condor was sunk by a mine off Scarborough . The crew of nine are regarded as drowned. A LUSITANIA EC-U. (Times and Sydney Sun Services.) Received June 2, 7 p.m. London, June 1. English insurance offices have alreadypaid £IOO,OOO on 350 Lusitania victims, and many more are expected. Toronto reports deny that Canadian ■soldiers were on iboard the Lusitania.

NEUTRAL STEAMER SUNK. The Portuguese steamer Cyane was torpedoed off Ushant. The crew were saved.