GERMANY.

Taranaki Daily News, 15 March 1919, Page 5

GERMANY.

A MOTLEY ARMY. I FIENDS AND CUT-THROATS. Received March 14, 5.5 pm. London, March 13. Mr. Tower writes that in the latest fighting the Spartacists armed criminals, I>arj;lars, footpads, homicidal irianiacs and a hundred thousand army deserters, who were hilling in Berlin and the forest*. When prisoners wore taken they were compelled to climb r&rti in twenties anl shot as they were mounting them, the Mies being driven off. Female Spartacists shot twenty with their own hand. —United Service. POLICE HEADQUARTERS CAPTURED. SPARTACISTS MURDER DEFENDERS Received March 14. 11.30 p.m. Amsterdam, March 11. The Spartacists. after capturing the ix>lk!e fceftdqnarte/s in Berlin, murdered seventy defenders. Only six escaped.— Aui. and NZ Cable Assoc. SPARTACISTS DESPERATE INDISCRIMINATE BOMBING. Received March 14, 11 p.m. Berlin, March 12. The Spartacists, driven to desperation by a losing fight, are now attacking civilian* and Government forces alike. Spartacan bombing planes are indiscriminately showering bombs over the city, and Spartacist plundering parties •re robbing the section of the city they control, especially the suburbs of Lichtenbnrg.—Ana. and N.Z. Cable Assoc.

PROFITEERING RIFE.

ILLICIT DEALERS BUYING UP FOOD

The Hague, 1 larch 11. The burgomaster of Indon, a Rhenish town, states that Gerpiany will be able to sustain herself till the harvest if secret dealing and profiteering is mercilessly suppressed. He describes thousands of illicit dealers as swarming to -tlie agricultural districts and carrying off great quantities of meat, butter, potatoes _ and fruits. This disgusting spectacle of law-breaking is mainly responsible for the revolutionary outbreaks.—Reuter.

SPARTACIST DEFEATS. IN BAVARIA AND BERLIN London, March 13. The German Government forces have captured Lichtenberg and are overcoming the Spartacißts in eastern Berlin-Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. STARVING EUROPE. FOOD SUPPLIES ESSENTIAL

Paris, March 11. Definite plans have already been made to provide credits to enable Germany to be re-victualled for sis weeks. This *iU pave the way for Germany to create further credits. Undoubtedly eastern_ Europe is starving and there is great suffering' among women and children.

Nothing could be worse from our point •f riew than having anarchy in Germany. The Germans will not listen to Bolshevik arguments if they are fed. Soma sort of ordered Government in Germany is necessary to secure peace as well a to provide a bulwark against Russian diarchy. Food is a better form of resistance haa anyarmed force could provide. The Jennansare already contrasting the beter conditions in the occupied territory !han those obtaining in Berlin and else(There:—Aus.;u.2. Cable Assn.

THE EX-KAISER COMPLAINING.

Berne, March 11. The ex-Kaiser lias complained against lis residence in Holland. The climate lisftgrees with him and he desires to N> to the Riviera or to Egvpt.— Ails.N.Z. Cable Assn.

SMOKING OUT THE SPARTACISTS.

Received March 14, 5.5 p.m. I Berlin, March 13. v Government troops are successfully usJns surplus fumes to smoke out the Spartacists from their principal HroDg-Injds.—-Atis -N Z. Cable Assn. :