AUSTRO-GERMANY.
REVOLT OF GERMANS. BELGIANS RUSH THE DUTCH j Amsterdam, Aug. 30. Belgians, armed with rifles and revolvers, rushed the electrified wire at the barrier on the Dutch frontier in the night-time. They cut the wire, while others replied to the Are of the German sentries. All escaped. Thirty thousand men at Krupp's revolted and were sent to the front. Six hundred of the Life Guards at Munich refused to proceed to the front and locked themselves in barracks, but eventually surrendered. Two German regiments in Russia refused to. proceed to the western front; 130 were shot. It is rumored in Berlin that Count von Hertling is retiring in favor of Dr. Solf, Secretary for the Colonics, and formerly Governor of Samoa.—Aus. N.Z. Cable Assoc. GERMANY'S AWAKENING. London, Sept. 1. The Evening Standard publishes a series of German telegrams of a pessimistic and conciliatory nature, showing that Germany is beginning to realise that she under-estimated the determination of the Allies. A loading factor is the growing fear that the colonies will never be returned. JCven Captain Porsius shares this opinion.—Aus. N.Z. Cable Absoc. 1 PAN-GERMANS SUBDUED. Amsterdam, Sept. 1. The Frankfurter Zeitung draws attention to the change in the Pan-Germans, who no longer rage, but silently consider the situation. Germany sees the hope of Dr. Solf leading the peace party. The paper adds that it hopes Germany's ill fortunes have removed the scales from the eyes of the annexationists. The great mass' of Germans have long ; been convinced that peace must be a compromise ot conciliation, —Times. . THE RHINE DEFENCES. Amsterdam, Aug. 31. The German finthorities are employing thousands of 17-year-old boys from "West Hanover and the Rhine provinces, also Belgians, in the construction of defensive works along the Rhine.—Aus. N.Z. Cable Assoc. UNEASINESS IN GERMANY. Berne, Aug. 31. Uneasiness is spreading in.Germany, even in Government circles. The Augsburger Post Zeitung states that the German losses are much more serious than those of England, which can rely on her colonial forces. A peace renunciation would be preferable to the continuation of the war for a single year/ It is evident that Germany must make concessions if she wants the war finished, before the whole of European culture is annihilated. Captain von Hielwatter, writing in the T.okal Anzeigcr, states: "We must have underestimated the enemy's determination. We never thought that England and her allies, after 18 months of submarine war, would be so little disposed for peace. We believed they could not stick it so long."—Aus. N.Z. Cable Assoc.
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Taranaki Daily News, 3 September 1918, Page 5
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