GERMANY.

Taranaki Daily News, 28 December 1918, Page 5

GERMANY.

REVOLTING SAILORS. JBHED BY BERLIN OABBISGN. London, Dec. 26. A wet ion of the Berlin garrison has Joined the revolting sailors, and it is beBevtd time is danger of the whole garri•oa going over and leaving the (iovernBHBt without troops. Thaw were a hundred killed, in the MWtf fighting on Tuesday. Eventually th» Government troops captured the Stables, the mutinous sailers surrendering. Armed civilians assisted the Milon.-Atti.-NZ Cable Assoc.

NEW GERMAN REPUBBLIC. fSZ PBOPO3ED CONSTITUTION. ' ' , London, Dec 23. • 'Ad*iees from Berlin stite that Herr Awiss, Secretary of State for the In- ' tutor, aaiiUd by experts in international law, has drafted a Constitution Mtt the aew German Republic. He projrfUc* a Government headed by a President elected by the people. The President's authority >hall be intermediate . -hat of the American President A* the King ol England The President Will nominate his Cabinet, like the United States President. Instead of the old Federal Council, Bsrr Preuss proposes that delegates from the various German States shall constitute a Second Chamber resembling mt United States Senate. The Presi- . and Government will have as much power as is reconcilable with the independence of each individual State, including the control of railways, posts, telegraphs, customs, and army expenditure. fifteen States will make up the new confederation, the area and boundaries ol *hieh will he very different from those now existing.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Auoc.

WE GOVERNMENTS POSITION. BECOMING MORE PEECAKIOUS. ■Sew York, Dec. 26. The Copenhagen correspondent of the Cnited Press aays that, according to a despatch from Berlin, civilirns and trMpi ate joining the revolting sailors, ttd the position of the Government ia trowing more precarious—A us--N.Z. Cable Aisoc.

CATHOLIC CENTRE PARTY.

OPPOSED TO SOCIALISTS. Copenhagen, Dec. 23. Owilg to German Socialists detraml-! lag the abolition of all rights belonging , to the Herr Spain, the leader of th« Catholic Centre party, is calling on •11 adhtnnla of the church to engage in fitting the Socialists. Berlin report* state that Dr. liebVlieeht is goffering from ophthalmia. He it lodged ia the Kaiser's Palace and akqw in <&• Kai»tr'« bed and ust the JUyal toi when the Soviet Congress ■teta.-Anß.-KJZ. Cable Assoc.

THE POSITION IN GERMANY. 200 STA&VATION. New York, Dec. 26The Berlin correspondent of the iJaited Preu says that, although there W» no big dinners in Berlin" on Christmas Day, and some of the poorer people kid not enough food, nobody starved. H» cafes, caterers, and confectioners dbpttyed gaudy sweetmeats, which tasted peculiar, as they did not contain any fcUg&r The streets were crowded Vtfh soldiers, who looked better fed than ttt efrilians.—Aui.-N.Z Cable Assoc.

HEAR SCHEIDEMANN'S VIEWS. STABLE SOCIAL GOVERNMENT POSSIBLE. New York, Dec. 26. The Berlin correspondent of the United Press interviewed Herr Schiede*#nn, who said: "We are all heartily in accord with President Wilson's principles. lam convinced that a stable constitutional Socialist Government in Germany wliT soon be established and be able to deal with the Allies and the United States. Spartidsm is rapidly dying, and all the disorders in Germany will fchorMy disappear.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable AMOC-

BERLIN SOVIET CONGRESS. 6IRONQ ELEMENT. London, Dec. 23. The Berlin Congress of Soviets has re- ' cotved in favor of the disarmament of the counter-revolutionaries, the abolition of all orders and badges of honor in the nobility, and Tccommending the appointment of officers by soldiers. These ' and other decisions of the Congress show that the Bolshevik element is stronger ' than the Berlin Government's dispatches * have hitherto indicated, but the whole of the proceedings of the Congress are apparently chaotic. Nevertheless, it ;s believed that the excellent organisation of the 'Stfheidemann Socialists will secure ' the passage of the proposal for the National Aascmbly.—Renter.' The Berlin Congress has overwhelmtnglj rejected the extremists' proposal to establish an Independent Government of fildien' Councils: The strikes at Essen and elsewhere M* eubstdiag. Only 15,000 extremists are now on strike.—Aus.-NZ. Cable in. At the invitation of the commander •fa Guards regiment of Cuirassiers Herr UeUmecht delivered a speech to the rejtinent in which he strongly urged a. gtaerfl (Socialist world revolution. The 'iavitatios was doe to Liebknecht'« allegation that the Cuirassiers li.nl planned ■ A wtaiw»ro«b>tfcife—Cable