BEFORE THE ABDICATION.

Taranaki Daily News, 25 November 1918, Page 3

BEFORE THE ABDICATION.

HATRED HOE THE KAISER.

MISERY m GERMANY. ,

London, Nov. 1. The Hague correspondent of The Times saya that a hat was placed on the Kaiser's statue at Duisburg, and a travelling ibag in his hand, while the words, '"A pleasant journey," were pasted underneath the statue, which was then stoned. ,

Travellers report riots and misery in the Rhineland provinces, where there have been serious conflicts" with the police, and demonstrations for Dr.Liebknecht and against the Kaiser. The police charged repeatedly at Oberhausen with drawn swords- The Allied air raids and the dropping of numerous welldirected Tjombs add to the depression.

Crowds constantly assemble in ' the streets, crying for peace, whilst pneumonia is wracking the senii-starved constitions of the people, and filling the morgues. Many, dying unattended, are buried without coffins. Thousands of women and children at Essen paraded the streets, screaming hysterically, "We are starving. "Give us back our husbands and fathers." A fight ensued, four women and two lads being killed, v and many girls injured. Dutch travellers insistently foretell a revolution.

Tho Berlin Tageblatt likens the Kaiser's position' to that of the Attican King Kodros, adding: "But it cannot be guaranteed that the oracle at Washington ■has spoken truly, or that much can be attained by Any sacrifice now that the British and French, are framing their demands."

Dr. Leibknecht's demonstrations on Sunday collected enormous crowds, and there was thunderous cheering. Dr. Liebknecht preached revolution and the overthrow of the people's tormentors, concluding, "Down with tho Hohenzollerns!" - An Amsterdam message states that tho Tages Zeitung reports that Prince Lichnowsky is taking up an important diplomatic position, and that the han on his memoirs has been lifted. The movement for clearing out the old regime grows apace. The Daily Mail, in to-day's leadei, , sitvs: _«Germany stands isolated, and utterly alone. Her armies are not yet broken, but their position of grave exhaustion is obvious. Her man-power is failing, and her materials for war arc «mn« out. The General Staff has declared its inability to hold the front, and the Allies in the West are at last in a position to deliver the fatal blow.' Kodros, King of Attica, was- killed in battle with the Heraclidae, having resolved to perish, as the oracle had declared that the victory would bo with tho side whose leader was killed.