MICHAELIS THE REACTIONARY

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 7, 3 October 1917, Page 5

MICHAELIS THE REACTIONARY

EFFECT OF JUS LATEST SPEECH POLITICAL STORM BREWING / New York, October 1. Mr. Cyril Brown, the American correspondent, writing from Stockholm, says that Dr, Alichaelis'e speech is already interpreted as a reactionary triumph. There is a grave 'prospect of an inuer political storm in Germany.—Aue.-N.Z. Cable Aesn. ANTI-GOVERNMENT RIOT AT JiSSEN. (Ike. October 2, 8.15 p.m.) Amsterdam, October 1. Au , anti-Government demonstration at Essen was the outcome, of Dr. llichaelis'e refusal to stfltn the German, peace terms. The demonstrators were mostly women, who demanded peace, more food, and the return of their menfolk. The police, and military forces quelled (lie disturbance. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.

BELGIUM AND THE PEACE ISSUES EXPECTED DECLARATION FROM GERMANY. (Rec. October 3, 0.55 a.m.) Amsterdam, October 2. The '"Vorwaerts" states that Germany will make a, formal declaration regarding Belgium when the psychological moment arrives, namely, when the question of Belgium ie the only obstacle to peace. According to von Wchlmann's speech, this declaration- may be expected in a fortnight's time.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. THE QUEST FOR MONEY ' ROYALTY AND THE WAR LOAN. , , v (Rec. October S, 0.55 a.m.) ' Amsterdam, October "2. The Kaiserin and all the princes have taken large shares in the Seventh War Loan. The amount of their subsenpJTons has not been disclosed. The German royalties have again offered tha Imperial banks large quantities of jewellery. The Government is arranging to sell private treasure abroad, with a view to improving Germany's financial outlook.— Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. CRISIS IN AUSTRIA GERMAN-CZECH RIVALRY (Bee. October 2, 11.15 p.m.) Paris, October 1. Tne , "Matin's" Zurich correspondent etate3 that a Ministerial crisis is imminent in Austria. The Government has been compelled to enter into negotiations with the Czechs, who have obstinately pressed their claims, while the Germans are conducting an linprecedento dagltation against the Slave and the monarchy.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. PANDEMONIUM JNJffIE REICHSRATH (Rec. October 2, 11.15 p.m.) Rome, October 1. Pandemonium reigned in the Austrian Reichsrath. when the Budget Committee, by 26 votes to 14, refused to approve the. Budget. Horr Wolffgran, representing the German Party, denounced the convocation of Parliament as a supreme error. The Government, he said, ought first to have created a majority worthy of Tts confidence. This was a Parliament of traitors, with Czechs sitting on lue same benches as patriots. At tn'is stage the Czechs created wild uproar.—Aus.-N\Z. Cable Assn.

LOOM OF A GENERAL STRIKE Uiec. October 2, 11.5 p.m.) Amsterdam, October 1. The Austrian Socialists are calling upon the munition workers to declare a general strike, and are receiving a favourable Tcsponse. Many of the strike leaders .have been arrested in Vienna, Prague, and Brunn—Aus.-N.Z. Cable A.6511. ■ .