GERMANY.

Taranaki Daily News, 14 December 1918, Page 5

GERMANY.

HOMAGE TO MILITARISM. WELCOME TO RETURNING SOLDQSBS. 6TBOKG MILITARY SUPPORT FOE GOVERNMENT. .. London, Dec. 11. St Botteidam sayst We Bever were sack crowds "Berlin as yeiUrday to welcome the «®W For one day at least Berlin's «ttuiarjr atmosphere returned, and the P*6p'*_paJdhomage to militarism. The Flag was at the Russian Em- ® wwwds at the Brandenburg gate **• *° Jf® <&** the troops liaing the ••JtotouM to keep a passage, and a BflffHpli of the troops who were return■*a w S w -*«w«»4 to •M«t The so-calted toMPRCks struggled onward amid fast, PMWjr ud flower*. The new *.«- 6o»rd* led the yrjty. Members ~ Governnroit occupied an inpos* fef grandstand The men looked fit, J* ft* horses were worn. Crowas at and balconies showered *oA. cigarettes on them.—Aus. X.* CaMe Assoc. Copenhagen, Dee. 11. Tilt so&mil entry into Berlin yester&*y of lasge formations of the Prussian Guana was an important political •vtot, because it meant strong military topport for the -Government. RopreMtltiVM of the- Guards took the oath fmhiting-abiotate loyalty to the Governjarnt. The Independent Socialists vainly exbtttotth* troops to disarm. The SparMi are nut alarmed at the new turn of events. The troop*, who included a speciallyMtnri tettolion ef all the. German TtoCS, ware received at the Braodenfate by Empire and City officials. 9IW railway stations, squares, and •HmV plates vera lavishly decorated Tte German Finance Minister, in a •pou.li, complained thit money was belif on unnecessary State atoMMMBt A new tax Bill'will be tMkpaiieei immediately, with retroH?wllijl ,dftet to IMI-Ass. N.Z. Cable WELCOMED AS CONQUERORS. Manuuum gkrman troops. ' ' lUeeived Dee. 13; 7-30 pjn. '- " l Copenhagen, Dee. 12. At 6» returning troops entered Ber--84 tte beads played patriotic songs and Mi » singte revolutionary tune. The aiaMukau ml welcomed the troops •a eoSftMTOBs and decorated with iMNn. ■ , fcrt Burt, In a «peech, (aid they re'WMml fciti. heads erect, nnconquered. Ike building op of a new and stronger Germany" depended on them. A MKgaaat, replying, repudiated Dr. IMtamftU-Ana. NX Cable Assoc. ULTIMATUM TO GOVERNMENT £X Alio® POWERS. Copenhagen, Dec. 12. Advibee from Berlin state that the Aktento intends fending an ultimatum to tte .Omrenroit to dissolve all the Sevfcta,' and b meantime withholding aappflcs of foodstuffs and reserving the ,IM to penetrate deeper into Germany. ' fun Bwrt eloquently welcomed the Mtaslnf troops aitd appealed to them to Mist to preserve the federal system. i4Mi ;KX Gride Assoc. SOVIETS AND BOLSHEVIKS. *0 AIOCG»mCW FOB BEHLDT TROOP& UHLAKS AND SOVIET. Berlin, Dee. 18. Ae Lokal Anreiger states that the Of tbs fieviats has withdrawn its invitation to a Bolshevist delegation, as toe troops on the eastern front refMedtlMß apanage through the GerBaa Bast. The eaweathre has decided to deprive the troops in Berlin of amataaKka.—Ana. NX Cable Assoc. -Amsterdam, Dec. 11. A msssigs from Berlin states that Mwlleiwnlohe was amongst the 25 peraoiu arrested in connection with the arrat of toe Soviet executive. The Soviet at Chemnitz attempted to titers the Uhlans, who fired with ma-chine-guns on the crowd, which fled. Tie unlaao took prisoner a number of persons and members of the Soviet, w&oel tfcey thrashed. The members of tte Sovist eelled on the infantry to attack toe Uhlans, but the latter disarmed them.—Ana. NX Cable Assoc. GERMANY'S COLLAPSE. fBIGHTENED By ALLIES' DETERMINATION. London, Nov. 22. Gtrmaa soldiers state that the "coldblooded detenniaation" of the Allies to continue Ae war till 1930 frightened tbe aimv .and sapped its morale. Tils was the principal iactor in finishing the war, not the food difficulties, wfcUk wen gwatly exaggerated. BBITIBH WARSHIPS AT DANZIG. Amsterdam, Dee. 12. Tie British enters Centaur awl Covntrv have arrived at Daniig from Libau. A general strike has broken eat at liben.—Aus. NX Cable Assoc. VBE RUBBIAN DELEGATION. Received Dee. 18, ISO pvt. London, Dec. 12. Mrieta from Berlin Btate that Cabiaat hu aatt,lt wireless message to aakinjr kot to send * delegation ' l« Berfin fer a conference next #eek twseaaa of the prcssat tUaatics to Gw-