GERMANY.

Taranaki Daily News, 9 December 1918, Page 5

GERMANY.

HOHENZOLLERNS' LEGAL IMMUNITY, WITHDRAWN BY BSUSSIAN GOVERNMENT. 6M.T88 DEMAND INFORMATION. AX TO TSAFSIO ORGANISATION. Received Dee. 8. 5.5 p.m. London, Dec- 7. according to & Berlin telegram, the Prussian Government has formally withdrawn the Hohenzollera family's immulito from the law. A Berlin menage «tate< that Marshal Welt ha*'directed the president of the German Transport Department to proofed to Cologne on December 11 in order to give the Allied '"elegation precise information regarding traffic organisation in .the occupied territories—Aus.-N£. Cable Amoc. and Keufcr.

CROWN PRINCE'S RENUNCIATION, * urfSSATOON CAUSED. «Y DEMAND FOR KAISEE'S EXTRADITION. JUearred Dee. 8, 5.6 pjn. Copeiihigen, Dec. 6. A BerHn message states that a short document bat been published, signed by tie Crown Prince at Wieringen, dated December 1, as follows: "Renouncing the right* to the crowns of Prussia and Germany due to me, owing to the Emperor's abdication or other reasons." Tba Laical Anzaiger states that Hollandmast emphatically decline to extradite the Kaiser to the Allies. The British speeches demanding the IMmt'i extradition caused a great sensatioi in Berlin. JVinr thousand officers and nonwwMwrt officers have resolved to establish a coqis to uphold the Ebert SmtnMt, A "German official note states that Germany-Is verging on famine, and that the ttfwd ration -#ill not exeeed eighty grammes dally after mid-February. The Austrian situation is even more gnye. Visma is without coal, and the railways and street lighting are shortly ceasing. Food supplies will not last beyond Ikeemhjer Sl.—Ana. IvZ. Cable Jmwf* ftflfll Bwitff. BOLSHEVIK ATROCITIES. OUCH MAT OCCOTY GERMAN TOWNB.

Beeerved Dee. 8, 5.5 p.m. Copenhagen, Dec. 6. T paring Allied invasion of Russia, the BoK'.fevika are again murdering civilians and i ndeHng and bpnring houses. Igb* Haidalbßg Workmen's and Soldlttf'' Comrcil is exporting that the Frank will. •ceowr Mannheim, also Heidelberg, owing to a regrettable incident ia which a watchman at MumWain killed three French prisoners.— Ana. MX o*ble Assoc. and Beater. FIGHTING IN BERLIN. £Biotrs boi£HEvik outbreak. Beeerved Dec. 8, 5.5 pjn. Amsterdam, Dec. 6. Gemai frimtier report* state that the Bolshevik outbreak in Beiiin is serious. There Ims ' been street fighting, but there an no details.—Aug. NX Cable Assoc. and Banter. ftEPORT NOT CONFIRMED. .ReeeiTcd <Dae. 1120 p.m. London. Dec. 7. There is no confirmation of the report of the Bolshevik outbreak in Berlin. On the contrary, a Berlin message states that tho Ebert Government has been greatly strengthened by the adhesion of s number of guards from regiments at the front The ex-Kaiser's son Adalbert has telegraphed to Ebert, placing himself at the Government's disposal.—Ans.-NX Cable Assoc. MASS MEETING AT BERLIN. IHBEAT BY BPARTACOS SPEAKERS. .Received Dec. 8, 5.5 p.m. ' Copenhagen, Dec. 7._ A mass meeting was held in Berlin suburbs, wken Spartacus speakers declared thftt if » National Assembly was «nrnn«ss the military would immediately disperse it. —Aus. NX Cable AsIflftatifo" and Beuter.

THE REAL GOVERNMENT. IK OP NATIONAL COUNCIL. rs& OLD REGIME MUST GO. Received Dec. 8, 5.5 p.m. London, Dee. »•, An Enjlißh correspondent in Berlin tan tkat the ml government Gef; many i» in the hinds of the National Council etaetod by the district councils of Workmen and Soldier*, m CTtrr regiment u now represented. ine n«t powerful man in Germany is £nu»t Dwmig, president of the National OwmeO, formerly on the voritaff uid recently eecretaxy of Independent SocialUto. ■ deduct that all pertons aseoeitUdiritii tiie old regime nm*t go. KAttOWAL ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS. Kaoeired Dee. S, 5J5 pja. Anuterdam, D*c. «* Oeswa National Aseembly etaeWd w May IS.—Am. NX ItiKSfal.' . •» .0 ...

RESPONSIBILIT FOR THE WAR, FURTHER EVIDENCE 01* KAISER'S GUILT. Received Dec. 8, S.S p.m. Copenhagen, Dec. 0, A telegram from Berlin states that Herr Eisner, in announcing the forthcoming publication of a series of German Foreign Office documents, declares that the marginal notes reveal the ex* Kaiser's personal responsibility for the war - Ana. N.Z. Cable Assoc. and Reuter. A REPUBLIC DEMANDED. SOLDIERS FI£E ON DEMONStRA. TORS. Received Dec. 8, 11.20 p.m. Copenhagen, Dec. 7. A message from Berlin states that at a meeting of soldiers from the front, the soldiers announced tha* the exeoative committee of the Berlin Soviet has been arrester. A procession thereupon organised a demonstration before the Chancellory. demanding a republic and makln" Herr Ebert the first President. ° E'oert, asked if he would agree thereto, replied that he must first confer with the Government. He denounced the arrest of the committee, and declared that the Government was not responsible, therefore the committee most be released immediately. Subsequently, the demonstrators not dispersing, soldiers turned on a. m&chlaegun and general firing ensue?. Sixteen wen. billed and fifteen wounded.—AusN.Z. Cable A&soo.

TRIAL OF KAISER AND CROWN PRINCE. NOT OPPOSED BY GERMANY. Received Dec- 0,1253 p.m. Paris, Dm. 7. A Zurich correspondent states that the German Government has decided not to oppose tl'c Allies' demand for the extradition of tlie ex-Kaiser and the exCrown Prince for trial before an interAllied Court.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assoc. SOLDIERS' AND WORKERS' COUNCIL XOT RECOGNISED BY BRITISH ADMIRAL. 20 BAGS OF GOLD FOR WILHELM. Received Dec. 9, 12 25 a.m. Amsterdam, Dec. T. The Rhenische Westfaelische Zeitung states that a British squadron under Admiral Browning arrived at Wilhelmshaven oit December 4, and., owing to tog, anchored in Schilling roadstead. Admiral Browning wirelessed, refining to negotiate with the Soldiers' and Workers' Council. The Wester Zeitune states that the President of the Soldiers' Council at Hamburg positively declared that he knew twenty hags of minted gold had been despatched to the Kaiser The elections for the Bavarian Diet will be held on January, 12. All male afid female subjects over 50 are allowed to vote and any male or female Bavarian aped at least 25 can ta elected.—Aus.KX Gable Assoc.