GERMANY.

Taranaki Daily News, 20 December 1918, Page 5

GERMANY.

INCREASING DISORDER aUDQHmt OK BIG Rpat.P BXPECTEa « . . _ London, Dec. 17. Hepms from Be Hague state that ibe situation at Hamburg L> steadilv ffT? y Ih « Bt«ugtU of Liab*wav» partisans has hitherto been due to the ruthle&meas of their deterraina-an-vthin S to B*'n tat theii numbers are betMipf fewer dtily. Disturbance* constantly occur. An •ye-wltnew who W returned to The * fijlit in which the machine- ■ gaat were posted at the converging potato of streets and fired with deadly cffict. Eight were killed and 40 wounded. majority of the people, including •fltne bourgeois parties, are & to. the, pitch at which der® 1 * resistance by the anti-extremists 1* inevitable; -then slaughter on a big tetle may be expected.—Aus. N.Z. Cable /—Of Afo APPEAL FOR UNITY. JKGRY demonstration by EXTREMISTS. London, Dec. IT Afrfocft from Berlin state that the Imperial Congress of Soviets has opened ia the Pruuian Diet building. Herr Ebert and other member* of the Government were present. Herr Ebert appealed fbr unity and declared that the Govemwoold be regulated by the Soviets tM National Assembly met. He Soviet, by a large majority, decided to exclude Dr Liebknecht and Bob* Luxemburg. Liebkne&t's folloWm aade an angry demonstration outtU* the building; and threatened to overttltw the National Assembly.—Aus.

A GERMAN BURLESQUE. SCHOOL CHILDREN'S DEMANDS. CLAMOR FOR REMOVING EBEKT AND SCHEIDEMANN. Received Dee. 19, 7.45 p.m. London, Dec. 17. Bttlm advices state that hundreds of boys and girl» paraded to the Reichstag building, where the Soldiers' and Workmen's Congress was proceeding, and de- ' Banded, inter alia, votes for those who rflched the age of eighteen, the abolition of cotporal punishment in schools, participation by children in the administratlonof the Government and schools. The prpcesiioncrs carried red flags and iiKendiixy placards. A boy speaker trained the executive of the terrible ' consequence* of foiling to grant the oettands. The chairman of the executive declared his eympathy with their demands. At a later demonstration in the Refc&stag square, youthful orators demoded the removal of Ebert anl fclwMinniili. They also condemned the CMvening of the National Assembly A meteage via The Hague states that the Boviet has sent an ultimatum to the Government demanding the resignation «f Ebert and Scheidemann.—Beater.

REPORTED FOOD SHORTAGE. London, Dec. 17. Bertfai advices state that it is officially estimated that food storks will lie exhausted is February. This is prohably OWr-pesgimistic, but tbe authorities M ailtlflwting food noM freely than the stocks justify. Batter eoate 30 ' Mrkl *pound, and chocolate 38 marks. Industrial troubles are increasing owbtg to lack of raw material. Tbe coal . ftdnen refuse to work more man six konrt. The laboring classes are irritable. Many factories continue to turn ont ttselesa war products in order to keep tbe workers employed. The emptown are powerless, at the authority of the factories remains with the Worker*' Council, fro employer is allowed to dot* a department or reduce his output The workmen are generally anMd and include troopa ready lor street' fighting. Ko .successful effort has yet been made to absorb the millions of •workers returning from tbe army.—Aus. &Z. Cable Assoc. •WORKERS' HUGE DEMANDS. Amsterdam, Dec. 17. As an example of Bolshevism in Ger- . man industry, the existence of the two ' great Siemens firms near Spandau u threatened- by the workers' demands, aggregating an extra six millions sterling yearly Tbe workmen have been locked out.—Aiis. N.Z. Cable Assoc. - RETURNING SOLDIERS WELCOMED London, Dec. 18. The Btriin"correspondent of the Daily Express states that scenes of enthusiasm marked the return of the troops. "- Te* thousand den arrive daily. Herr ' Xtert addressed them from a rostrtm oppoait* tiw Embassy. The crowd* cheered the soldiers, who wore laurel wreaths. Berlin baa gone dancing mad, and " etowda are filline the cabarets and V»t*tag wiß«.-Au S . N.Z. OMtAooe