GERMANY.

Taranaki Daily News, 2 January 1919, Page 6

GERMANY.

, FIGHTING At POSEN, 1 1 v POLES IN COMHANDj ,Rcc. Dec. 31, 10.15 p.m. Copenhagen, Dec. 30. Accounts of the fighting' at Posen ittato that German officers, after firing their revolvers, stopped a motor carrying an American flag, and threw the flag on the ground. The J'olish guards drove oil' the Gamans, after fighting lasting till midnight. It is reported that thirty-eight women and children and about a hundred men were killed.

Poles now control the public buildings, having dismissed the Workmen and Soldiers Councils, disarming the returning troops as they arrived, but there has been some resistance and severe fighting.

The British mission protested against the disorder- General Schimclpfeing declared he had no control of the soldiers, and added that he could not permit the enemy's flags in Prussia. German newspapers state that the Ebert Government his not fallen. The Spartacus group has threatened to overthrow it- The Government may be removed to anqther city, leaving Berlin in the hands of the Spartacusites.— Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.

GERMANS AND THE INDEMNITIES. Berlin, Dec. 29. Hcrr Erzeberger lias issued a statement that-Germany, the United States and the Allies have settled the question of indemnities. The German delegates signed tho armistice on condition that there should be restrictions on the amount of indemnities, war damages, and war costs to be home bj' each nation. Unless otherwise stipulated, Germany would be obliged to indemnify the districts she occupied-in France and Belgium and to pay for all losses inflicted on the civilian population. —Aus.N.Z. Cable Assoc.

FALL OF EBE'RT'S CABINET. Amsterdam, Dec- 29, The Kreuz Zeitung announces the fall of Herr Ebert's Cabinet, and that Dr Liebknecht and Herren and Eiehorn are forming a Government.— Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn, ALLIED OCCUPATION SOUGHT. New York, Dec. "29. A United Press Berlin telegram says that tho Police Prefect, Eighorn, declared that American and British correspondents might be arrested in order to force an Allied occupation,—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.

PAYING FOR ARMY OF OCCUPATION Rec. Dec- 31, 10.30 p.m. New York, Dec. 30. ' The German Government has handed over fifty-four million marks for the expenses of the American army of occupation. The latter has furnished estimates ot twenty-five millions marks for January.

PILLAGING AT FRANKFORT. Amsterdam, Dec. 30. Pillaging on a large scale continues in Frankfort. The authorities are powerless. The troops refuse to fire upon the rioters. —Times. Copenhagen, Dec. 30. The Polish committees conferring at Posen propose to form a republic with Paderewski as first president. THE "RED VORWARTS." The Hague, Dec. 30. The Vorwarts appeared on Friday titled "The Red Vorwarts," stating it was m the hands of the revolutionary workers and navy.