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MARCHING ORDERS.

INCIDENT BEFORE THE KAISER'S

FLIGHT.

London, Nov. 2. The correspondent of the Times at The Hague says tiiiat a hat was placed on the Kaiser's statue at Duisburg, and a travelling bag in his hand, while the words, "A pleasant journey," were pasted undemea-tk the statute, which was then stoned.

Travallers report Tiots and misery in tibe Rhineland provinces, where there 'have been serioufs conflicts with the police, and demonstrations for Dr Liebknecht and against the Kaiser. The police charged repeatedly at Oberhauson with drawn swords. The Allied air raids and thed ropipng ofn nmerous well-directed bombs add to tlae depression.

Crowds constantly 1 assemble in the streets, crying for peace, whilst pneumonia is wracking the semi-starved constitutions 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 bloody fight ensued, four women and two lads being killed, and many girls injured. The Berliner 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 mudh can be attained by any sacrifice now

that the British and French are framing their demands."

Dr. Liebknecht's demonstrations on Sunday collected enormous crowds, and there, was thunderous cheering. Dr Liebknedht preached revolution and the overthrow of the people's tormentors, concluding, "Down with the Hohenzollems!"

An Amsterdam message states that the Tageszeiiung reports that Prince Liclinov.sky is taking up an important diplomatic position, and that the ban on lliis memoirs has been lifted. The movement for clearing out the old re-

gime grows apace. The Daily Mail, in to-day's leader, says: "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 are giving 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." Vorwarts, writing of the rumors that the Kaiser and the Crown Prince intend to abdicate, says that nothing will stifle the thunderous demands of the people, "When will he go?" Max Harden, editor of Die Zukunft, says I?aat the helmsman who was not on deck in the hour of need, has made himself unnecessary. [Kodrons, King of Attica.w as killed in battle with the Heraclidac, having resolved to perish, as the oracle had declared that Ifce victory would be with the side whose lender was killed.]

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Taranaki Daily News, 29 November 1918, Page 6

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439

MARCHING ORDERS. Taranaki Daily News, 29 November 1918, Page 6

MARCHING ORDERS. Taranaki Daily News, 29 November 1918, Page 6

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