GERMANY.

Taranaki Daily News, 12 August 1919, Page 5

GERMANY.

BROKEN IN BODY AND SPfISIT. •WORKERS IN NEED OF FOOD. ,By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyr'ght. London, Aug. 9, l 'Aiiite Paper reports that Dr. Ernest. Stailijig and tha agriculturalists who were gent to Germany declare that the country is broken in body and spirit, owing to semi-starvation during the war, and that a long time will be required to restore efficiency. They add that if the Allies supply working capital to restart the German machine! they will acquire a measure of control obtainable in no other way and the certainty of a steady contribution to the expenses and damages of the war. The urgent needs are food for the workers, concentrated feeding stuffs and manures for agriculture, and raw materials, chiefly cotton, wool, flax, leather, iron ore and certain other ores. For food, fat in the form of meat, oil, and Feeds is immediately necessary.—Aus. N.Z. Cable Assoc. • FOOD RIOTS IN SAXONY. TROOPS MACHINE-GUNNED. Received Aug. 11, 8.5 p.m. London, Aug. 10. 'During food riots at Chemnitz (in Saxony) 80 soldiers and 10 civilians were killed. The rioters machine-gunned the troops while they were detraining,—Aus. N.Z. Cable Assoc. (Chemnitz, called the Manchester of Germany, oh account of its manufacture of cottons, woollens, silks, hosiery, etc., has a population of nearly 2 50,(W0. j > SMUGGLING COURT JEWELS. DARING ATTEMPT' FAILS. Received Aug. 11, 7.30 p.m. Stockholm, Aug. 10. A German seaplane dropped two packets on the seashore near Malmos, whicli a German man and woman picked up. The coastguards arrested them and confiscated the packages, which contained valuable jewels and foreign bonds. The prisoners state that Prince Weid was aboard the seaplane and arranged, the smuggling. The property belongs to the royal family of Saxony.-—Aus. N.Z. Cable Assoc. AFGHANISTAN. A HEAVY PENALTY. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Simla, Aug. 8. r The confiscation of the arrears of the late Ameer's subsidy means a heavy penalty on Afghanistan. Habibullah customarily left large sums in the hands of the Indian Government. The arrears, reckoned in rupees, run into eight figures. Britain's stiff refusal to make a treaty regulating permanent relations is deliberately intended to indicate that Afghanistan is regarded as a minor State and she must produce guarantees of anxiety to regain our friendship.— Times. \ PEACE TREATY RATIFICATION BY BELGIUM. Received Aug 11, 5.5 p.m. By Telegraph.—Press Assn. —Copyright. Brussels, Aug. 8. The Chamber unanimously ratified the peace treaty—Renter.