Central Powers

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 78, 30 October 1916, Page 5

Central Powers

THE WAR CREDIT VOTE. Press Association—Copyright, Austra. lian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received 8.50' a.m.) Amsterdam, October 29. In the Reichstag, Count von Roedern, Minister of Finance, in moving a credit vote of six hundred million sterling, said the war credit hitherto passed amounted to two thousand six hundred millions. The fifth war loan amounted to 526 million, with' about four million subscribers. The total expenditure of all bellingerents was estimated at twelve thousand five hundred millions, of which one-third fell to Germany and her Allies. The vote was passed despite opposition from the Democratic Labour Union. THE AUSTRIAN PARLIAMENT. AGITATION FOR EARLY MEETING. Press Association—Copyright, Ays/--""-lian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received 9.35 a.m.) New York, October 29. There is a strong agitation in Vienna for an early meeting of Parliament in order to discuss the largo war expenditure, the supply and distribution of food, and, possibly, the peace prospects. NEW AUSTRIAN CABINET. Press Association—Copyright, Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. Vienna, October 29. Official.—The Finance Minister, Stonkoerber, lias been asked to form a Cabinet.