Germany

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIV, Issue 75, 4 March 1916, Page 5

Germany

GERMANS AND AUSTRJAMS. GROWING IRRITATION. AUSTRIANS DISILLUSIONED. RELEASED PRISONERS-OF-WAR. [United Press Association.] (Received 8.40 a.m.) London. March 3. Major Aspland, who returned from Serbia via Vienna, says there is growing irritation between the Austrians and Germans. The latter have requisitioned nearly all the food and live stock in Serbia, leaving the Austrians to garrison the country. The latter do not conceal their disgust at the Germans' overbearing conduct, and are fast becoming disillusioned. Many of the officers declared they would welcome peace. Major Aspland remarks that there is a strong contrast between Austrian courtesy and German brutality. En route German officers jeered at the Austrians who were assisting "the English swine." The American Ambassador at Vienna told Major Aspland that the Austrian War Minister said the Government wished to behave generously to the Britsih. Major Aspland admits chat his release'with ten others was a pure act of grace. A WAVE OF DEPRESSION. London, .March 2. Messages from Germany state that a wave of depression is sweeping over Germany. The Frankfurter Zeitung refers to the changing nature of the combat and the need for repose. The damaged condition of the roads is due to snowstorms. BREAD OR PEACE!" Copenhagen, March 2. Travellers from Berlin report that ten thousand women recently gathered in t he Untor den Linden and marched to the Palace, shouting -Bread or Peace!" The police scattered the mob. „_»-«■ ~