GERMANY
ARMY HAS CEASED TO EXIST. QUESTION OP ALLIED OCCUPATION. * GERMANY READY FOR TRADE. Received March 21, 7.35 p.m. Paris, March IC. Mr. Murdoch writes: British intelligence that has just been received from Germany states that the army as a fighting force has ceased to exist. Jt is immobile through transport organisation having disappeared, and discipline has gone; but there is always the possibility of Scheidemann throwing up his hands and saying: '-Occupy the country." This would mean the overthrow of the Scheidemann Government,- and uprisings j and insurgents form serious troubles." J The Allies seem to agree that a march to Berlin would be easy, because the Germans in the occupied districts have proved a docile and manageable people. It is agreed that a. high percentage of Germans would welcome Allied occupation, involving the Allies in a fight with the Bolsheviks. A strong impression, however, prevails that Germany, after sham arguments and hysterics, would gobble any terms offered. She is ready to re-start her orld trade; her factories are filled, and her organisation perfected, and the people are in a mood to weep with relief when actual peace comes, and food, clothing, and decency arrive again—United Service.
TWO CURIOUS INCIDENTS. . IN BERLIN STREETS. Received March 21,11.15 p.m. London, March 20. The Sunday Express correspondent in Berlin says two curious incidents marked the fighting in the streets. Grenades used by the Government troops did not explode and cartridges were found to be full of sand. Both were manufactured by Spartacist workmen at Spandau. Secondly, when a number of Government horses were shot down, and while bullets were whizzing overhead, the people emerged from their houses and hacked the horses for food. In some instances they did not wait till the animals were dead—Aus. N.Z. Cable Assoc.
GOVERNMENT RUTHLESSNESS. REVULSION OF FEELING CAUSED. London. March 13. The Rotterdam correspondent of the Daily Telegraph states that, although Herr Noske has been victorious in the pitched battles, there is much desultory rifle fire in Berlin at night time, and occasional shells from Spartacist artillery. Over six hundred dead are lying in the morgue and hospitals, and many Spartacist victims have been buried secretly. There is a strong revulsion of feeling against the ruthlessness of the Government troops and their summary executions, especially in the Liehtenber'e suburb, where Bcores of innocent men and children were killed. The Berliners believe that the extremists are gaining strength throughout the country, and will engineer another outbreak. It is significant that the trade unions and co-operative societies are dismissing the Majority Socialists. The Government is passing a Bill forbidding traffic in Russian money and securities, hoping thus to prevent the Spartaeists obtaining Russian financial support.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. AIR RAID DAMAGE IN GERMANY, Received March 21, 11.25 p.m. London, March 19. An official announcement in Berlin states that during the war the Allied air raids caused damage amounting to £l,l73,ooo.—Reuter.
LUXEMBURG'S INDEPENDENCE. Paris, March 20. The Luxemburg Parliament passed a resolution affirming the people's unshakable will to maintain their independence. —Aus,-N.Z. Cable Assn.
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