GERMANY

Taranaki Daily News, 8 February 1916, Page 5

GERMANY

THE LOST ZEPPELINS JA2K3ER IN GERMANY. Amsterdam, February 6. There is a storm of indignation in Germany over the King Stephen's action in connection with the foundered Zeppelin, ami the Press are comparing £tr {o the Baralong.

THE PRESS EXCITED. LOOKING FOR TROUBLE. Amsterdam, Feb. 6. The German press is excited over the situation with America, and mostly demand an unyielding attitude, declaring tinjj Germany will cliug to the submarine weapon, come what may. The Lokal Anzeiger says: "It seems \o be a question of bending or breaking; \tf a break comes, it will not be us, but Aaerie»j that will break."

BLUFF AND BLUSTER. V \?V GERMAN UNDER-SECRETARY. ■•'•-'• . Sew York, Feb. 6. Herr Zimmerman, Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, interviewed'in Berlin by a correspondent of the Associated Press, said that while hoping the new formula ju6t submitted with regard to the Lusitania incident would afford a solution, admitted the gravity of the situation, and contended that Germany had reached the extreme limit of concession. She .would never concede the illegality of the submarine campaign. He continued: "We had thought the wsue settled and the Lusitania question arranged. We had agreed to pay an indeittnity, when America advanced new and unacceptable demands. You. must not push your demands too far, and you must not attempt >to humiliate Germany. ft> is Impossible to admit tjie sinking of tne Lusitania was illegal or to forego the submarine weapon." He emphasised that if the United States desired to drive matters to a breach, Germany was unable to go further, and a breach, with all its lament»We consequences, must come.

GERMAN BOURSE ALARMED. . ■ Amsterdam, Feb. «. The Bourse in Bcvli,, is i n a panickv state, owing to the dangers of the American situation. MOTES FROM THE TIMES. . THE AMERICAN NOTE. ■' Times and Sydney Sun Services. London, Feb. 8. The Hamburger Naehriehen says that Mr. Lansing's code of rules for submarines considers only merchant ships and non-combatants, carefully protecting old men tottering to their graves •with gout, and women, not considering the brave men of the submarines, who are the most valuable part of the human race. The German press prophesies better German-American relations after Colonel House's return. / THE FRIENDS OF LIBERTY. The Cologne Gazette theorises on war lawyers versus kings. It says that the beloved European kings are defending tho freedom of Europe against the Anglo-French lawyer class, which is the «urse of civilisation. ..-. THE KAISER'S HEALTH. j,e Matin's correspondent in Germany saw the Kaiser after his illness leaving Berlin for Sofia. Enormous crowds eried "Hoeh der Kaiser." His hair was white, his face pale and thin, his features drawn, his eyes dim, and his high cheek bones angular and hard. The correspondent bought the official booklet, explaining that the Kaiser is not ill., but raentallj upset owing to the war. It also grieves him to find that Kings and Princes he had regarded as friends have abandoned and turned against him.