GERMANY

Taranaki Daily News, 26 March 1919, Page 5

GERMANY

SPARTACIST STRIKES, A FEESH AGITATION, Received March 25, 5.5 p.m. Vienna, March 24. The development in Hungary has caused a deep impression in Germany. It is hoped the arrival of food, which has begun, will maintain quiet. The Spartacists have opened a fresh agitation'by strikes at Lubeck and riots in Stettin. A general strike is threatened ul Breslau. —Aua. £?.£. tattle Assoc. COALITION OF LIBERALS. NEGOTIATIONS FAIL. Received March 2a, 5.5 p.m. , London, March 19. The joint committee, aiming at unit-i ing Coalition and Non-Coalition Liberals, disagreed. The Non-Coalitionists insisted upon maintaining their identity. Negotiations have been broken off. —Aus.N.Z. Cable Assn. , .

LENIN'S ADVICE TO ESTABLISH SECRET REPUBLIC. Received March 25, 5.5 p.m. Piftis, March 24. Lenin wirelessed the Berlin Bolsheviks urging them to establish a So-viet Republic in Germany.—Reuter. MINERS' SIX-HOURS DAY. Received March 25, 9.15 p.m. London, March 24, German miners in the Ruhr valley are agitating for a six-hours day. Germany is opening negotiations with the Russian Bolsheviks.—Ausi N.Z. Cable Assoc. FACTORIES BUSY. London, March 19. German factories are working at high pressure, particularly on non-perishable goods. Capitalists prefer to put their money into goods rather than into a bank, where balances are easily seizable by the Communist Government.—Aus. N.Z. Cable Assoc. EBERT'S BRAVADO. Berlin, March 24. Hevr Ebert has announced that Germany will never sign a peace treaty giving up Dantzig and Upper Silesia. USING GERMAN SHIPS. London, March 23. A Basle telegram states that the German Government has reached an agreement with the Seamen's League, and the Patricia and Cleveland, belonging to the Hamburg Line, will immediately convey troops from France to America. —Aus. N.Z. Cable Assoc. -