AUSTRO-GERMANY.

Taranaki Daily News, 17 October 1916, Page 5

AUSTRO-GERMANY.

BARBAROUS USE OF

CRIMINALS.

KAISER FEARS NAPOLEON'S FATE,

London, Oct. 15. Mr. Curtin states that Germany is Rending criminals tc the front, chained to machine-guns. They are given a ehanee to fight for their lives in the most dangerous spots. The Kaiser is still wonderfully popular, and gets a great reception everywhere. His personal entourage lias spread statements that he is strongly opposed to the frightfulness of submarines and Zeppelins, hut it is well known that the Kaiser is seriously alarmed at the threat that he will be deported, like ivapoleon iu the event of defeat REAL CONDITIONS IN GERMANY. AMERICAN' COBRESPCX'DEXTS STORY Washington, Oct. 13. Mr. -Herbert Swope, sent by the Xcw York World to investigate the real conditions in Germany, says that the search on entering the country was incredibly severe, even fountain pens were emptied. There are no young men in Berlin, and women do all the work. The mental change from certainty of victory to fear of defeat is reflected in the terrible depression. Dancing is forbidden, and he heard no laughter in the theatres. He was astounded at the all-pervading and unreasoning hatred of the„American Ambassador. Mr. Gerard is disliked because he is not violently pro-German. The staple food is fish, but there is a suspicious absence of dogs in Berlin. The censorship is unbelievably severe. The Berliner Tngeblatt was suppressed for a whole week, the cause being unknown. Internal politics have reached an important crisis, and Mr. Swope com eeived that the liberalisation jf the Government was inevitable. J 1