THE RIOTS IN GERMANY

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3053, 14 April 1917, Page 9

THE RIOTS IN GERMANY

. RENEWED. OUTBREAKS TENSION LIKELY TO, INCREASE , Amsterdam, April 12. Reports from, the Dutch frontier state that there has been renewed rioting at Barmen and Elberfeld. Shops were damaged, and the town hall windows smashed. ' . . . The "Vorwaerts" states. that new regulations will come into operation on April 15, reducing the bread ration, and thus causing increasing tension. It urges patience till the harvest conies in.—Aus.-N.Z. Cablo Assn. UNREST IN AUSTRIA. PUBLIC ANGER OVER THE CORRUPTION CHARGES.' Amsterdam, April"l 2. The disclosures at the third trial qf Dr. Kranz are oausing popular unrest;also indignation and discontent.in financial circles; When the Hungarian Parliament reassembles it will discuss the trial, and also suffrage reform. The'■.' "Vossische Zeitung's" correspondent at Vienna states that Ausf&a's political atmosphere, created by past absolutism, needs a thorough cleansing. General von Schleyer has been appointed interim War Minister for Austria, succeeding M. Krobatkin, who resigned. y ■ [Dr. Kranz has already been heavily fined for corruption and peculation, of army stores. Public confidence has been.shaken also by the arrest ofjye Prague bankers on a charge of treason. Prince Odescalchi committed suicide in order to avoid prosecution on charges' of corruption. General Scblover was previously in charge of' a section 'at the Ministry of War.] BULGARS READY FOR RSVOLT. j (Rcc. April 13, 10.15 p.m.) London, April 12. The "Daily Telegraph's" correspond- ! ent at Athens reports: "Enormous crowds paraded tho streets of Sofia. ! Bulgars, carrying a real skull _ and crossbones, denouueed King Ferdinand, Germany,, and the war. The military often fired, causing!many casualties.— Aus.-N.Z. Cablo Assn.