AUSTRO-GERMANY.

Taranaki Daily News, 21 November 1916, Page 5

AUSTRO-GERMANY.

~ SUPER-HATE CAMPAIGN, ' 'AGAINST BRITAIN. JLERGY EXCEL THEMSELVES. \ United Service. Received Nov. 20, 5.30 p.m. London, Nov. 19. . 'A distinguished neutral says tfTat the : German churches are most venomous against Britain, particularly the missionj aries from British possessions. The • wliale Church and Navy League are : keeping up a violent hate campaign by : leaflets, sermons, Sunday school hymns, ; newspaper articles, kinemas, eastern day : sermons and prayers. They are all extraordinarily blood--thirsty, advocating increased frightful- ' ncss on the sea and in the air. Many collections are devoted to the Zeppelin Fund. lhe whole clerical campaign is apparently inspired by the Government, which aends the clergymen a copiou; "we-.'kly bndget of hate propaganda material, which is used in sermons and pastoral visits, ,

ON THE ANCRE. A GERMAN .VERSION, ■ Received Nov. 20, 10 p.m. . London, Nov. 20. The German official statement menitious the appearance of English cavalry '•r the Ancre in conjunction with continued and more violent firing. It alloges that the succeeding attack failed, except at a few points, and admits the Germans were pressed back south-east cf Serre and Grandcourt and at a few points southward. It acknowledges the fvocuation of Monastir, and claims . progress against the Roumanians. ■v...