GERMANY.
TOiOtKMJNEMPLOVED. | MUNICIPAL HELP TO STATE FINANCES. ANTI-AMERICAN PROPAGANDA STOPPED. CASUALTIES TOTAL SIX MILLION. ' Received Dec. 23, 8.40 p.m. London, Dae. 22. Advices from Berlin state that, exclusive of strikers, there are nearly 70,000 unemployed in the city. The German Finance Ministry is considering a proposal to compel all corporations to increase their capital stock onefourth, the increase going to the State Governments.
A new central executive committee has' been completed. Socialist members are largely in the majority, giving Cabinet the support previously lacking. A number of radicals of the Labor type havej been eliminated. I
Coblenz reports state that German propaganda is districts occupied by Americans has been abruptly ended by the establishment of strict censorship over newspapers, theatres and moving-picture theatres.
The Cologne Gazette places the number of German dead in the war at 2,000,000, and the total casualties at over 6,ooo,ooo.—Reuter, via America.
HINDENBURG'S MOVE. DETAILS KEPT SECRET, Received Dec. 23, 11.55 p.m. New York, Dec. 21, The Daily Mail's Copenhagen correspondent says' that the German Govern, ment has accepted Marshal, von Hindenburg's plan to form a People's Guard or National Army It is said that Germany under this plan will be a stronger force than ever. All officers have received instructions to keep the details secret—Keuter SOLF'S SUCCESSOR. Received Dee. 24, 1.30 a.m. Copenhagen, Dec. 21. Count Broohdorff succeeds Dr. Solf.—• Reuter. AMERICAN AVIATORS SHOT. APTEfi SIGNING OF ARMISTICE.
Copenhagen, Dec. 20. According to the newspaper Cnoedenliavn, an English officer affirms that American aviators were shot near StralBund by order of the Soldiers' Council on December 5, despite the armistice, because they went outside the entanglements.—Aus. N.Z. Cable Assoc. THE WAS CASUALTIES. Amsterdam. Dec. 20. Berlin advices state that Germany's war casualties amount to 6,385,000, including 1,600,000 dead and 103,000 missing.—Alls. N.Z. Cable Assoc.
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