GERMANY.

Taranaki Daily News, 18 February 1919, Page 5

GERMANY.

TERRIBLE CONDITION OF } RUSSIANS. 1 WANDERING AND STARVING. P Received Feb. 18, 12.45 a.m. The Hague, Feb. 16. The terrible condition of the Russian jrlscmers wandering and starving in Germany is one of the tragedies of the war. The total starving and sick is estimated f< It from 5000 to BCOO. n Slany British officers, after four T rears' internment in Germany, are re- p Aiming to England in order to co-operate w ior the relief of the Russians.—Aus. N.Z. . Sable Assoc. b ii tl MORE GERSIAN ARROGANCE. s l o: DESIRE FOR A STRONG ARSIY. n p: London, Feb. 15. ~t*t Ebert states that the delegates SI > the Peace Conference will include Her- al »n David, Rantzau, and Schucking. They 3i .xpect to take' a lively part and not ai submit tamely to dictation. Their pro- si rramme includes an international agree- pi ment protecting workmen, and compul- fi sory arbitration between peoples where iirect negotiation fails. p Copenhagen, Feb. 15. ai Propaganda in favor of the restoration pi jf a strong army is now in full blast w in Germany regardless of the Allied „, *iews. Military writers have emerged ■■• from their temporary eclipse and arc ] r busily re-planning the structure of the a army, applying some democratic veneer, (| but the old conceptions of strict discipline and sacrifice are retained. . a( Colonel Gadke says that the attitude ' t] of the Allies does not guarantee a last- n ing peace, and does not exclude the idea *•. of revanche. Germany must be able to mobilise her whole manhood. He suggests a new system of physical training lor youths, instilling greater personality and "initiative. America has proved that with the right material an effective army can be produced almost by stamping; n on the ground.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable, jissn. j V London, Feb. 15. I Additional appointments to the German I' Cabinet are: Herr Schieffer, Deputy- s Premier and Minister of Finance; Pro- b fessor Paeuss, Minister of the Interior; C Herr Gesberts, Postmaster-General; Herr Schmidt, Slinister of Foodstuffs; Herr Wissel, Minister of Economics; Herr Beit, Minister cf the Colonies. Ministers without portfolio: Herren Erzberger, Gotheim and David.—Times. j Herr Scheidemann, interviewed, said the elections prove that Germany warm- • ly supported the League of Nations. The result of an oppressive peace would be to spread Bolshevism in Europe. Germany would prefer world chaos to a y painful sacrificial death. There were t limits beyond which Germany would not go. 'lt might b>3 necessary to quit the r conference table, not in order to take j up arms again, because that was impos- j sible, but to throw the responsibility on the enemy. s Herr Scheidemann said it caused him „ painful regret that Germany's position j t had nowhere been properly estimated.-j Nobody, he said, protested against the robbery of the German colonies after t Germany had laid down her arms, trust- T ing in President Wilson and the opinion \ of the world.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. ] Herr Rantzau, speaking in the Nation- j al Assembly, sa'd that Germany had y determined unreservedly to assist in the formation and development of the League of Nations, but lie feared her partnership was still recarded with grave mistrust and the League programme now being evolved in Paris WJ3 primarily intended to prevent Germany continuing a bellicose policy, to which she was nevertheless utterly disinclined. She must seek to remove distrust, and one way to that end was the reduction of arma ments, subject to the necessity of maintaining order at home and the security of her frontiers. Herr Ebert, interviewed at Rotterdam, ■aid that, in the event of the Entente i enforcing its destructive decision, Ger- 1 many would not sign the peace treaty. ' Herr Ebert added, regarding the join- t ing up of German-speaking Austria, that the German Government had shown feservej taking into consideration the Entente's attitude, but now the Entente created Alsace-Lorraine as France's State preiperty that waa no longer necessary. — Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.