WHAT THE ENEMY IS THINKING

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 207, 21 May 1918, Page 5

WHAT THE ENEMY IS THINKING

COUNT HERTLING'S QUEST FOR "A PLACE IN THE SUN" THE NEW AUSTRO-GERMAN PACT ( Amsterdam, May 19. Count Hertling. the German Imperial Chancellor, in an interview with tho Berlin correspondent of the Budapest newspaper "Az Est," said ho reioiced that the German-Hungarian comradeship in arms had obtained tetter protection for Hungary's' frontiers, and other guarantees ajrainst a Rumanian attack. Ho dwelt on tlio beneficial effects nf the new Austro-Germau Alliance, which was not aggressive, but was designed to secure "our place in tho sun." He added smilingly, "If the world is ovw unitrd in an international Lensuo of Peace, Germany will unhesitatingly and joyfully ioin. Unfortunately tho present conditions give the Binailest hopo for that. Our desire is to win and preserve peace. Wo are now fighting for our • existence and tho peace which, we long for. I am optimistic enough to 'believe that we shall have peace this ywir, 'although tho Entente statesmen still talk of omening tho Central Powers. It might have been thonprht that the attacks on Llovil George which, afer all, indicate a strengthening of tho peace idea, would have created a better basis for peaco; but this is not the nase. Nevertheless, wo are firmly confident that further events in the West will brirs nearer the sDCedy end 0° tho war."—Reuter.

UNITY OF COMMAND PROVISION?. OF MTT.ITARY CONVENTION. ' Berne, Stay 19. An official message froni\ Budapest states:—"Tho Germnn-Austro-Hungnrian Military Convention provides ,for tho unification of the command of tho two armies in troops, reserves, and armaments." —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. GERMAN MUTINY eN~THS EASTERN ■. FRONT SEVERAL DISAFFECTED BEGIUENTS. Moscow, May 19. A mutiny broke out amonz German reeimonts in Wosenberg, Esthonia. Several officers wero killed. Tho Gorman High Command 6ent trustworthy troops and arrested two hundred of the niutinenrs. Ten wero immediately shot. Another mutiny broke out in a German regiment nt DvinsL—Reuter, SIX THRONESJNJHE MARKET EAGER RUSH OF GERMAN CLAIMANTS. London, May 19. The "Vorwaerte" states that tho various German Courts are most excited rogarding tho opportunities of obtaining a throne In tlio East. Agents are journeying in all directions on behalf of competing claimants. As at most tjboro are six thrones to distribute, and the German dynasties number twenty-two, the "Vorwaerts" suggests the filling of the thrones with Turkish princes, otherwise German -unity will be imperilled.— Reuter. A DOLEFUL NOTE GERMAN AGRARIAN SEES RUIN AHEAD. (Rec. May 20, 8.20 p.m.)

Amsterdam, May 19. The Bavarian agrarian leador, Dr. ITeim, addressing .the Farmers' Leafirue at Munich, enid that cattle and other stock had been decimated, i>nd the soil exhausted. Jt would be an act of selfdeception to bclievo that pro-war conditions would ever return. Rebuilding would take decades. Germany would be unable to export goods, which would bo needed at homo. The salvation lay between Free-trade and compulsory State control— Router.

A SECRET_CIRCULAR ARMED FORCE ?OR UKRAINE SUPPLIES. (Roc. May 20, 8.20 p.m.) Moscow, May 19. 'J'lin Bolshevik Press Buroau has published a secret circular which the Gorman Government addressed to ail newspapers in Germany, and which elates: "Tho Gorman Commissioners havo convinced themselves that tho dearth of supplies of cereals in the Ukraine is owing to insufficient- sowings last year, and to tho action of -tho email owners in eocretiug supplies. Tho peasants in tho lit-' rnine were nearly' nil armed ngainst the Germane. Possibly greater supplies would 1)0 discovered with a further advance of tho Germans, and bettor results may bo obtained by armed force, but in any case tho liope for an improvement of Germany's food supplies is exceedingly problematical."—Renter.