GERMANY

Taranaki Daily News, 4 December 1915, Page 5

GERMANY

IN THE REICHSTAG. SOCIALISTS MAKING TROUBLE. London, Dee. 2. "It appears," says the special correspondent of the Daily Telegraph, "that trouble awaits the Reichstag, and is rapidly crystallising. The Social Democratic Party has given notice of an interpellation: 'Will the 'lmperial Chancellor make a statement of the conditions under which he would be inclined to enter on peace negotiations?"' The correspondent adds: "This is no mere formality. The Social Democrats are in a determined mood, Being impelled by the suffering of the industrial classes owing to the shortage of food."

GERMAN TRADE IN THE NEAR EAST, Amsterdam, Dec. 2. 'A debate in the Bavarian Landtag showed that the economic situation has excited German hopes to monopolise the trade with the Near East. EVERYBODY WANTS .PEACE. A PAPER'S AFFIRMATION. Received Dec. 3,11.10 p.m. Copenhagen, Dec. 3. The Vossiche Zeitung says that everybody in Germany desires peace, and the Chancellor should surely not miss the opportunity of giving an assurance thereon.

HARD HIT. THE ECONOMIC PRESSURE. - Received Dec. 3, 8.40 p.m. London, Dec. 3. The Berliner Tageblatt has an interesting survey on the business of the limited companies which reveals that many factories which are turning out machinery are not paying dividends, and except three the electricity and gas companies have paid reduced dividends. Shipping and hotels are profitless, the cement and alkali factories are losing heavily, and the textile industry has been hard hit.

GERMAN EXPERT VIEW. SITUATION CRITICAL. Times and Sydney Sun Services. London, Dec. 2. The Lokal Anzieger declares that Germany is always ready to discuss peace, tut the Allies prefer to redouble their efforts. The Reichstag is not impressed by such utterances by General Falkenhayn's mouthpieces. The Reichstag does not appear rebellious, but the situation is critical.

General Moraht, in the Tageblatt, says it is not to be expected that the Serbs will lie down. An Italian expedition to co-ordinate the remains of the Serb army in Albania is likely. There are no claims that Germany has given the Serbs a decisive Wow. General Moraht adds: "Who would not prefer Paris to the present position on the West front, or a Sedan in Poland instead of the Russian retreat? Our allies have not been failures, but jve are surrounded by active enemies."