SOCIALISTS ROASTED.

Taranaki Daily News, 12 October 1917, Page 5

SOCIALISTS ROASTED.

DEMAND FOR THEIR TRIAL, ■ 'Router Service. Received Oct. 11, 5.10 p.m. London, Oct. in. Three deputies. Dit-tman, llanse. and Von Tliorr, denied that their proposals were revolutionary. They declared they had a perfect right to speak to sailors regarding their conditions. The Conservatives urge that these deputies should be tried for high treason. Dr. Michaelis admitted that some of the sailors had committed regrettable crimes. They possessed tickets bind in? 1 them to support the Independent Socialists' principles, find earned ou pro :aganda. aboard the warships. He declared the Independent -Socialists were now outside the pale whereto a German ollieiI al must belong.

A SERIOUS SYMPTOM.

A "RATHER SERIOUS FIRE." - Received Oct. 11, S p.m. > London, Oct. 10. Admiral Sir Cyprian Bridge considers the German naval sedition a serious symptom. He Relieves revolution may come. This amount of smoke means rather a serious fire. PAN-GERMANS IN THE SADDLE SOCIALISTS IN HOPELESS MINORITY Received Oct. 12, 1.15 a.m. Loudon, Oct. 11.

The Daily Chronicle's Amsterdam correspondent says that Admiral von Capelle's declaration luu caused a split in the democratic bloc, leaving the Government the decided masters of the situation when a political crisis threatened great trouble. As a result of the debate ,Dr. Michaelis is now firmer in the saddle than ever. The Pan-Germans scored a great success, and loudly applaud the Chancellor for the firm handling of the situation..

On a vote of want of confidence in the (rgverament a close debate rallied many of the malcontents to the Government, leading the Socialists in a hopeless min'ority. ( ,

Though the revelations will probably Infuse new bitterness into the political struggle, the net result is that the PanGermans for some time to come will have complete command of the German foreign policy. " A GLORIOUS INHERITANCE." GERMANY WILL NEVER GIVE UP ALSACE-LORRAINE Renter Service. Received Oct.'ll, 'lO p.m. Amsterdam, Oct. 10. Speaking in the Reichstag, Herr Kuehlmann declared there was oniy one answer to the question, Can Germany in any form make concessions regarding AlsaceLorraine? "The answer is. No; never so long as a. single German can hold a gun. The integrity of the territory has been handed down to us as a glorious inheritance by our forefathers, and can never be the object of negotiation or concession." "HIGH POLITICAL MISSION." CONNECTED WITH PEACE Received Oct. 11, 8 p.m. Amsterdam, Oct. 10. Herr Kuhlmann is going to Vienna, Budapest, Sofia, and Constantinople on a high political „piission connected with peace. 1 Rome, Oct. 10. It is reported that Hindenburg has declined to accompany the Kaiser to the Balkans owing to the situation in Flanders. . n

I A GERMAN PEACE, • CHANCELLOR'S .VIEWS J A-*-' Amsterdam, Oct. 10. Dr. Michaclis 'broadly stated the peace which Germany was fighting for, namely, free development on the Continent and overseas. She must strive to prevent an economic offensive succeeding the present armed offensive against her. She must have markets abroad, hence her ships must be allowed freely to enter the world's ports. If her enemies refused such a peace Germany cannot end the war and the submarines must continue their work. GERMAN OFFICIAL MESSAGE. ;; Received Oct, >li, 10 p.m. London, Oct. 'lO. Wireless German official: The attacks yesterday morning were a prelude to a battle on a twenty-kilometre front between Bixschoote and Gheluvelt, and lasted far into the night. Our enemies repeatedly assaulted, six times at some i points. The enemy captured fifteen hundred metres of ground in the neighborhood of Draaback, Mang'hlaere, Veldlioek and Poelcapelle. We firmly held our lines from Poelcapelle to southward of Gheluvelt.

The Bulgarians repulsed the Englfch south-westWard of Lake Doiran.