WITH THE ENEMY.

Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16153, 6 March 1918, Page 7

WITH THE ENEMY.

AUSTRIA'S PLIGHT BANKRUPT OF FOOD. (By Cable.—Press Association.—CopjrrigWt (United Service.) BERNE, March 4. The Burgomaster of Vienna, addressing tho municipality's officials, said:— Thp word "bankruptcy" might be ■writton on the door of the Austrian Food Department. Vienna again is obliged to ask Berlin's assistance. The. Governmont has utterly failed to realise tho desperate situation. Unless ■wheat from the Ukraine is sooh obtained, Austria will bo incapable of holding out. PROPAGANDA IN SWITZERLAND. (Australian and N.Z. Cablo Association.) j (Received March sth. 8.10 p.m.) BERNE, Mardh 4. Newspapers are drawing attention M ) a remarkable instance of German pro--0 paganda, whereby many officers of tho n Swiss army have beeh the recipients of L . a series of pamphlets Tipholding German g military discipline, and tho virtues of " German militarism for emulation in ,r other countries, inasmuch as they cmif body all the manly qualities most ad)t mirable in soldiers and civilians, n All the pamphlets were printed in tho >*' "North Gorman Gazette" office. il ESPIONAGE. i- — !" ARRESTS IN FRANCE. a a PARIS, March 4. i- In connexion with tho 'espionage af •- ro.sts one of thosir involved is Tremblez, o foimerlv Ro.'.onbrns's confidential ,1 sujent at I'aris. Ho is tho owner of f o luxurious chateau in Brittany. IIL i- mistrcMs h Snzy Dephy, an actress i- who is the wife of a man named Guil - lain. Tho latter was also one of thl •- gang. The "Petit Parisien" states thai: Tremblez told a friend that his y i-v-.vi.-i.s affairs earned him £100,000. e Th« authorities Fcarched the nremistvs, and. disclosed that ho was communicatitig with the Germans. They s suspected that German submarines n wcr? obtaining, or attempting to oh- * n tnin. supplies from the coast of Britn tnti.v. They <-ot a tray, which rosult- >, ed in the arrests, o ',! TRIAL IN BELGIUM. a p (AiMtraliun ami X.Z. Cnblo Asscciation.t *» 'Received March nth, 1.25 a.m.) " • • AMSTERDAM, March o. s As a result of « great espionage trial ,r in Antwerp of 03 prisoners, eight were li sr-stonm! to death*.