GERMANY

Taranaki Daily News, 9 May 1919, Page 7

GERMANY

| HINDENBURG'S RESIGNATION. I MASKS GERMAN ACTIVITIES. London, May 4. Information received in Paris throws ft curious light on Hindenburg's reported resignation. The Field Marshal visited various towns and reviewed the troops in Silesia, exhorting theni to defend Germany, which was jn danger. It is believed that Hindenburg contemplated an offensive against the Polish troops. The railway yards are working at full pressure, and the ammunition factories producing vast quantities of rifles, machine-guns and bomb-throwers It is suspected that the activities are not merely intended to fight Bolshev-Germany—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.

THE FIGHTING AT MUNICH. Copenhagen, May !>. Communists at Munich resisted the last stage of the attack with extreme bitterness. The attackers cleared house after house with the bayonet. Many Women fought alongside the Red troops. A Berlin wireless message states that it is not yet possible to identify all the murdered hostages, owing to the terrible mutilations. Many are minus their heads. One corpse is supposed to be that of Countess Westarp.—Reuter. CONSIDERATION OF PEACE TERMS. London, May 5. Herr Schiedemann informed the Peace Committee of the Berlin Assembly that it was impossible for the committee to begin the detailed discission of the terms until the treaty had been translated, about Thursday'.— Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. MURDERED BY SPARTACISTS. Berlin, May ?>. The hostages reported to have been shot in Munich by the Spartacists include Prince Albreoht of Thurn-Taxis, Prince von Wiede, Privy Councillor Dorberlein, and Professor Stuck.