GERMANY.

Taranaki Daily News, 3 April 1919, Page 5

GERMANY.

STRIKES INCREASING. ' NO ALLIED FOOD FOR STRIKERS. Received April 3, 1.15 a.m. London, April 2. Strikes are increasingly prevalent in Rhenish Westphalia. Martial law has been proclaimed over a wide area, including Stuttgart. There was some bloodshed during the Frankfort food riots. The German Government, has forbidden 'the distribution oil Allied food to strikers.—Aus. N.Z. Cable As^oc. MUCH FIGHTING AND BLOODSHED. Received April 3, 12.5 a.ro._ London, April 1. The general strike riots in Berlin are spreading to the provinces. The military were called out, and there was much fighting and bloodshed.—Aus. N.Z. Cable Assoc.

"LORD MAKE US FREE.- • HYMNS AND OATHS. London, March 20. Mr. Tower writes that the alleged Hungarian alliance with the Bolsheviks resulted in an immediate reactionary agitation, in Berlin. Numerous meetings of protest against the peace terms and cession of territory have been held. These were engineered by former wellknown militarists, who reappeared like mushrooms. The National Union of German officers paraded the streets with the. Imperial colors flying and bands playing Kaiser hymns. The parade halted at Bismarck's statue and swore a ceremonial nath of allegiance to the frontiers he formed. Simultaneously Luiendorff appeared. The crowds cheered and then swarmed round the statue and joined the officers, the band playing the National Hymn, and concluding with the dramatic chant, "Lord make us free."

The Ministerialist Schoffer addressed the gathering, swearing dramatically that the Government would not surrender an inch of territory east or west.— Times.

A SEVEN AND A HALF HOURS DAY. Received April 2, 10.35 p.m. Amsterdam, March 20. It is reported that the German Government has expressed its willingness to institute a working day of seven and a, half hours, —Aus. N.Z. Cable Assoc.