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GERMANY.

CAN GERMANY BE CRUSHED? SPEEDY RESPONSE EXPECTED. HER INITIATIVE HAS PASSED. Washington, July 11. A despatch to the New York World from its Berlin correspondent, von Wiegand, says that Germany is in a vice-like grip, the pressure of which is likely to increase on all fronts. The question is whether the Allies, with 670 millions, can crush the 115 millions of the Central Powers. It will be answered during the next few weeks. For the first time in the war the military initiative has passed from Germany, who is fighting on the defensive almost everywhere, even in the west. At Lutsk, General Linsingen's counter-offen-sive has slowed down. Only at Verdun is the Crown Prince keeping up the slow pressure. The Austrians may not be able to hold the Russians until the Carpathians are reached. FEAR OF DEFEAT. GERMANY'S COLLAPSE POSSIBLE. ADMISSIONS FROM WITHIN. Received July 12, 5.5 p.m. New York, July 11. Von Wiegand's despatch, cabled today, is regarded in America as the first open indication of fear of defeat in Germany. The paragraphs praising the German troops are interpreted as a significant admission of disquietude, suggesting that von Wiegand believes a German collapse possible and wishes to say so between the lines, thus escaping the censor's vigilance. He says that the thin, anaemic lines of General Hindenburg, Prince Leopold, and Generals Linsingcn and Bothmer are straggling against almost overwhelming odds, often four or five to one, and fresh Russian armies, equipped with ammunition from Japan and America, are beating against those thin lines with the ceaselessness of the sea, and in a manner that cannot be otherwise than discouraging to the stoutest hearts. "Germany," he continues, "is practically without news from her own side. In no great battle of equal proportions during the war have the German military authorities given so little information. Undoubtedly there i» great suspense in Germany." PEACE TERMS AND TERRITORY. A SIGNIFICANT ARTICLE. (Reuter Service.) Received July 12, 10.15 p.m. London, July 12. The fact that the semi-official North German Gazette is attacking the German newspapers which are demanding territorial acquistions is most significant, as showing the extent whereto Germany, under the pressure of events, has moderated her ambitions. The Gazette reminds tiie people that Prince Bismark did not value peace settlements on terms of acquiring territory. ANNEXATION OF TERRITORY. CARRYING OUT BISMARCK'S THEORY. Received July 13, 12.20 a.m. London, July 12. According to an official statement in the North German Gazette, Jlerr von Betlimann-Hollu'eg abandons his PanGerman scheme of annexing Belgium and Northern France, inferring that, as Bismarck, the grand master of statesmanship declares, in considering the value of peace, the terms can be only considered in the light of how they could further the unity of the Empire. THE LIEBKNECHT UPHEAVAL. MUNITION WORKERS STRIKE. Berne, July 12. Five thousand munition makers in Brunswick have struck as a protest against Dr Liebknecht's sentence. The Social and Democratic Executive Council has also protested at the infliction of penal servitude. The protest is the weightier in view of the leaders wellknown disapproval of -Übknecat» feithocif M amUHta.

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Taranaki Daily News, 13 July 1916, Page 4

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GERMANY. Taranaki Daily News, 13 July 1916, Page 4

GERMANY. Taranaki Daily News, 13 July 1916, Page 4

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