Germany.

Taranaki Daily News, 21 June 1915, Page 5

Germany.

THE KAISER AND PEACE. "MAY COME SOONER THAN EXPECTED." Received June 20. 3.50 p.m. Paris, June 10. Le Matin publishes extracts from a letter from the Kaiser to a Bavarian Court personage, in which the Kaiser insists on the certainty of attaining the, solo v i'jvii of tlie War for which Germany is fighting, namely, peace which will be fruitful for German States. He concludes; ''Such peace may come sooner than expected, Even if it only gives an incomplete, result it will serve -" a pi'i'puration for the future. It could 4 to-morrow if I wished it." be sigma. ■ ijim^h. — " WAR PROGRESS OF THE .. GERMANS' .REPORT OF SUCCESS. Received Juno 21, 12.35 a.m. Amsterdam June 20. A German official report savs: We recaptured Embermenil and destroyed the French fortifications, and retired to our former positions. We attacked the Russian position at Grodok. The. Russians are still holding out .south of the Dneister. Between the marshes and Stryi we .pushed the enemy northward. A PEACE-LOVING ARCHBISHOP. MAY BE TRIED FOR TREASON. Received June 20, 3.50 p.m. Amsterdam, June 10. It is reported in Berlin that the Government is considering whether to prosecute the Cardinal Archbishop of Cologne for treason ii, publishing a special prayer and speech containing phrases to instil into our rulers and nations the thought of peace, and to let the conflict of nations cease. The Government's hesitancy is due to the fear of ol)'endin H Catholics in the Rhine province and in V. esteru Germany, who venerate the Cardinal. ACTIVITY IN MAEIXG GIJXS. Received June 20, 3.30 p.m. Copenhagen, June 19. One hundred and fifteen thousand persons.ar.. employed at Ls.,en, .'specially en big guns of a very long range.