GERMANY.

Taranaki Daily News, 28 May 1919, Page 5

GERMANY.

STERN REALITIES.

GERMAN AWAKENING. Received May 27, 5*5 s.rtt. Hague, May 15. Despite the organised clamor, increasing numbers of people in Germany favor the acceptance of the Treaty. Manufacturers are anxious to terminate the stagnation, and the masses fear the Imposition of the blockade. Herr Bernstein, voicing moderate opinion, admits that the majority of the Allied demands are reasonable. Germany caused much devastation and committed many blunders, and must pay. The newspaper Freiecht, an Independent organ, asserts: that the overwhelming majority of the proletariat and many of the bourgeoisie recognise Germany's responsibility for the war, the denial of which is immoral and stupid. . Baroa Richthoven, the Democratic leader in the National Ase.embly, writing in the press, ridicules the relapse to aggressive patriotism and flag-wagging and the ignoring of practical politics. He declares that Paris is jnttified in laughing at the i pathetic and indignant protests emanating from men who previously wanted to annex territories without consulting the inhabitants.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable iAssa. PmUO OPINION CHANSGSESG.

SKffiONC} OF TREATY FAVORED. Copenhagen, May 15. Public opinion in Germany, especially amongst merchants and business men, Is swinging round and favoring the signing of the treaty as the only method of terminating the commercial and industrial stagnation.—Aus. N.Z. Cable Assoc. Londpn, May 15. The Geneva correspondent of the Daily Chronicle writes that declarations by German statesmen show they will sign the treaty with rage and vengeance in their hearts and will strive to render the obligations illusory. It is now revealed from an unimpeachable source that the Cabinet Council in Berlin is rebelling' against the disposition of the Soar Valley, and has secretly decided to provoke a revolution in Belgium, where labor difficulties are considerable, and thereby endanger the British armies of occupation, which will then be almost isolated between a hostile Germany and the Bolsheviks of Belgium. It is calculated that the movement will spread through Luxemburg and the Saar district, creating general anarchy and forcing the Allies to evacuate the entire region.—Aus. N-Z. Cable Assoc. WHY GERMAN SUBMARINES FAILED STATEMENT BY LORD JELHOOE.

Adelaide, May 27,

. Lord Jellicoe, speaking at a Parliamentary luncheon in his honor, after detailing the difficulties in dealing with the German submarine menace and the great work accomplished by the British navy and the mercantile marine, said there had been very serious anxiety in the early days* a« to what the result would be. He did not hesitate to say that if the German submarines had been manned by Britishers not a British ship would have been left afloat. It was an extraordinarily easv and the way the Germans failed over it showed a want of initiative and dash which, to bis surprise, the German fleet showed throughout,the war. There was never much anxiety regardin? the Germans' surface fleet, but individual raiders were difficult to tackle. If the Germaao had liked they could have sent out hundreds. Thank soodness they failed to realise how easy it was. The lesson learned during the war was simple: it was to be ready. We no doubt had lons years ,of neacp before us, but he would not trust the destinies of the Empire to anybody but the British Navy, backed bv the assistance of the trreat overseas dominions.—'Aus. N.Z Cable Assoc.