INTERNAL TROUBLES IN AUSTRIA

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3054, 16 April 1917, Page 5

INTERNAL TROUBLES IN AUSTRIA

WILD SCENE IN HUNGARIAN PARLIAMENT . r FAMINE AND ..DISEASE IN GALICIA (Rec. April 14, 9.10 p.m. ) ' . Copenhagen, April 13. The Hungarian. Parliament has been prorogued in disorder. The • Opposition, in a stormy scene,, demanded' direct suffrage, and prevented the President opening the proceedings. The President thrice suspended the sittings, and thereupgn Count Tisza (the Premier) read a Royal rescript proroguing the House.y ' ■ : A violent scene followed.—Aus.-N.Z-Cable Assn. > . '. FREE FIGHTS ON THE FLOOR OF. THE HOUSE. (Reo. April 15, 5.5 p.m.) • Berne, April 14. ' A wireless message states that theHungarian Chamber has been prorogued indefinitely.! The Oppositionists threw ink-stands and books at the Cabinet Ministers, and several free fights took place on the floor of the House.— Aiis.-N.Z. Cable Assn. ■ DANGEROUS FERMENT ; -' .BURGOMASTER 'OF VIENNA OPENLY ASKS FOR PEACE. ' (Rec, Xpril 18, 0.5 a.m.) — ■ ••''•'. Berne, April 15. The prorogation of the Hungarian Parliament .caused" anti-Government demonstrations in Budapest. Tho four Opposition leaders have sent a jointj. Note to the Emperor Carl, - pointing out that the popular .discontent may result in dangerous consequences. The burgomaster of Vienna, speak-, ing. at the City Cquncil, amid applause, said that the Government and the people were at one in their desire for peace. He personally pleaded for a conference with the belligerents, "as spon as our enemies recognised our rights. AW proffer the hand of peace."—Aus.-N.2i. Cable Assn. . . FAMINE-STRICKEN GALICIA . EPIDEMIC OF "HUNGER- • TYPHUS," V N (Roo. April 15, 5.5.p.m.) % . Geneva, April ! 14. Famine is raging in that portion of Galicia which is becuped b.vthe Austrians. 'An epidemic called' "hungertyphus" is raging,, "causing terrible mortality. Interments are carried out at night, and mourning is prohibited. —Aus.-N.ZI Cable Assn. AUSTRIA'S NEW. WAR MINISTER, i (R«c. 'April 15, 5.5 p.m.) Amsterdam, April 14. ■ General Stemstntten has been appointed Austrian Minister for War.— Reuter. ■ THE. KING AND HIS AIRMEN ROYAL COMPLIMENT TO THE FLYING CORPS. (Rec. April 15, 5.5 p.m.) London, April 14. The Press Bureau states: His Majesty the King will become Colonel-in-Chief of the Royal Flying Corps as a mark of a<l mi ration for tho services of both the Army and Naval wings since the 'beginning of the war.—Aus,-N.Z. 'Cable Assn.-Reuter. '