GERMANY.

Taranaki Daily News, 4 July 1916, Page 5

GERMANY.

CAUSE OF MOLTKE'S DEATH. A LIEBKNECHT RIOT. Amsterdam July 2. Colonel Oablonsky, the military critic, declares that Moltke died of a* broken heart. His staff work was responsible for the German successes early in the war, but the Kaiser interfered with his plans, causing subsequent iisaster. The Kaiser meanly put the blame on Moltke to save his own reputation. A demonstration in favor of Br. Liebknecht at Berlin ended in a riot. The military wounded ten and arrested ifty. SETTLING WITH BRITAIN. iIORAHT OX THE SITUATION. London, July 2. Colonel Moraht, writing in the Berliner Tagebktt on the general situation, says: "All the belligerents are in a critical position, and our antagonists, like the Germans, have reached the culminating point of their exertions. It jnust be admitted that their warfare is being energetically organised. The Allies have learnt a lesson from us, and their large numbers and possession of the sea, together with their <-reat strength, will enable them to render our ultimate victory difficult. "The British are going forward very systematically and cautiously. They may be supposed to have :olossal quantities of ammunition, because for months past they have been able to transport it across the channel. We canuot get a step nearer peace without a settlement ®f accounts with the British." DR. .LIEBKNECHT'S SENTENCE. Received July 3, 9 p.m. Amsterdam, July 3. A pamphlet has been 'irculated in Germany protesting against the imprisonment of Dr Liebknecht. It says: "Let the assassins condemn Liebknecht, il' they dare. The judgment will awaken the empire in the trenches to such an echo that the authors will lose both their hearing and their sight."