GERMANY.

Taranaki Daily News, 11 December 1918, Page 5

GERMANY.

GERMAN WILL BE RUINED. IP PEACE BASED ON AEIHSTICE TERMS. " ~ OPINION OF HERR HARDEN. London, Dec. 9. The Daily Express correspondent interviewed Herr Harden, who gave a laughable picture of th? Kaiser strutting lip and down the decks of a warship at Kiel, revelling in the booming of guns and the cheers of the sailors. The fleet was the Kaiser's plaything. Be was never happier than when posing in the limelight. It did not matter what the pose, whether as a great warrior, horseman, or as a sailor. The Kaiser lifts missed his vocation;" he should have managed » cabaret or been a touring showman. "You know what I suffered because of the Kaiser. Impression* abroad regding the Kaiser are false." rlerr rden added that foreigners saw only the facade, not the interior. The Kaiser, owing to bis physical infirmities, could not dress himself, and could not eat without a special gold implement, a combined knife and fork. Htrr Harden said he knew Germany must be defeated even before America's entry. When America declared war he fought with the German censors to tell Hie people the truth. Herr Harden ptessed the authorities to accept President Wilson's fourteen paints, knowin? they -wonld never get better terms. He concluded: "The armistice terms are very hard. If peace is based on those terms Germany will be ruined. There are millions of sincere Germans. The Allies should sot treat us as militarists, bat as men."—Aits. N.Z. Cable A#o6» FIGHTING IN feERLIN.

GCNB TURNED ON THE CROWDS. . fitceived Dec. 10, 8.30 p.m. Amsterdam, Dec. !). When the Berlin demonstrators were proceeding to the Invaliden Strafe they found tWops Mocking their {>ath. Tlie Mtti&a warned them back and at first they, obeyed; hat the crowds flocking from eidA streets nrged the infers forward. The troops fired and scores fell. Othelfi, In panic, jumped through shop windows. Machine-guns fired continuous)? fortwo minutes.—Aus. X.Z. Cable Attoc. and Renter. 1 Received Dec. 10, 8.30 p.m. • . New York, Dec. !). ConflUed messages continue to arrive from Berlin, indicating that Dr. Liebknechfa followers are endeavoring to foment a revolution. The general indications, however, show that the Spartacus group will be unable to overthrow the present Government. KLkging continues in Berlin. The Spartacna group are well supplied with auuliiße-gniu, and are fighting the Government troops at isolated points. It is reported that the Russian Bolsheviks are arriving in Berlin to assist revolt.—Aug. Cable Assoc.

EXTREMISTS' PLOT. iV vVEETBEBOW REPUBLICANS. Received Dee ITT, lio p.m ~ Copenhagen, Dec. 9. JAdvioes from Berlin state it Is evident that the riots were links of a well-organ-ta4 attempt OB tin pert of the extremists to overthrow the Government. The Sfutacua group concentrated in the city their best organisers from the whole MM try. The Government, however, had luge form in readiness. The Republican Guard now occupy thelnvalideti Strasse, many railway stations, tiw University, and other notable quarters. ■ Berne, Dec- 9. The Spartaraa mo»ement continues to fepread'fa Berlin. The Beichstag huildfnire are reported to have been captured after Woody rioting. Ten thousand Kepnftiran guardsmen are in the city to quell the rioting. Bolshevik orijanioOTiTTrom Russia are arriving to lead the Spartacua moveppnt—Ans.'K7. Cable Assoc. A BLOODY ENCOUNTER. aETWEM REPCBLTOASS AND XETE®m-G TROOPS. Received Copenhagen, Dec. 9. The Weser Zeitung reports a bloody Inconnter occurred in ffrunswick between ' the Bed Guards and the famous Black flnssars returning iron the front- The latter fired upon the municipal deputation of welcome. The Red Guards re- j plied. The infuriated populace dragged tni officers from their horses and force; them to march in the pfocession.—ReuMr. American troops are being sent forward hurriedly by trains to Coblenz. yhexs Bolshevism is rampant. SOHLESWIG -HOLSTE W. Received Dec. 10. 7.55 p.m London. IVe. 9. 'A Hambnrs memse states that a rejmMic of Schleswig-Holstein witnin the German Empire is about To fce_pro<§ahm>d: It is authoritatively denied -th*t_worthern Sehleswic Vi* been c<>ded to nurii, which at prewnl 1* not wrepared . to come to an agreement with German*-, and will leave the settlement to the' ?«•ee Coiiferenf®. —Rwiter.