Central Powers

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 81, 2 November 1916, Page 5

Central Powers

PROGRESS OF DEMOCRACY. PARLIAMENTARY® ALTERATIONS DEMANDED. ON LINES OF BRITISH PROCEDURE. Press Association —Copyright. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received 9.-10 a.m.) New York, November 1. Despatches from Berlin state that tlie agitation for democratising the Reichstag is rapidly growing. There are indications that the Kaiser’s recent Berlin conferences were due to the sudden growth of Democracy, with the possibilities of overwhelming militarism. It is a remarkable fact that the Germans desire a change in the Reichstag to a resemblance of the British Parliamentary scheme. The latest demands include "Undersecretaries to sit in the Reichstag ami answer interpellations. It is regarded in Berlin as the most important domestic movement in Germany of recent years. MINISTRY OF MUNITIONS. COUNTERING THE ALLIES’ EFFORTS. Press Association—Copyright, Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received 9 a.m.) London, November 1. The Daily Chronicle’s Amsterdam correspondent states that the creation of a German Ministry of Munitions under Major-General Greener, who has a reputation as a railway transport organiser, indicates the seriousness with which the military regard the Allies’ efforts. AUSTRIA’S MAH POWER. LAI'JDSTURMERS OF 45 TO 50 CALLED UP. (Received 9 a.m.) Zurich, November 1. The Austrian Landsturmers aged 45 to 50 have been called up. The War Minister announced that none capable of service at the front would be in anywise excused.