Central Powers

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 1, 25 November 1916, Page 5

Central Powers

» ————— ~ n kh^Bb**- ——— ————— THE NEED OF MEN. Press Association- Copyright, Austra Han and N.Z. Cable Association. Amsterdam, November 23. The German Federal Council lias approved of the Compulsory Labor Bill to which it was expected there vam! : I) > considerable opposition, including the Socialists and Poles. The Government lias arranged tn pass the Bill rapidly through the i?.eichstag during the coming week, which indicates Germany's urgent need of men. KAISER TO EMPEROR. Press Association—Copyright. Published in "The Times." London, November 21. The Kaiser has telegraphed to the Emperor Charles staling that the reign of the late Emperor Francis Joseph will live in history as a period of blessing, "we younger generation regarding the venerable figure as an example of the finest virtues of rulers." The Emperor Charles replied thanking "his dear friend" for his sympathy, and promising a roeklike loyalty to the alliance. EMPEROR'S LAST HOURS. ARRESTS BY THE POLICE. PROCLAMATION PRODUCES DEPRESSION IN ARMY. Press Association—Copyright, Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received 10.40 a.m.) London, November 24. ' The Daily Chronicle's Milan correspondent states : , Vienna messages show, that when the Emperor's condition caused grave anxiety Count Von Koerber was summoned. The Grand Dukes in Vienna sought to induce the Emperor to agree to a coregency. The Emperor on Monday at midday first expressed a presentiment that the end was near, and he sent an urgent summons to the Court Confessor, Rev. Father Eveling, who was closeted with the Emperor for two hours. During the night of Tuesday and the following morning, the state of fever increased and he passed the afternoon in an armchair, tormeirtyd with fever through coughing, and having spells; of delirium,, though'lie insisted on listening to the latest war bulletins. He gave an audience to the ArchDu'kes and prominent statesmen. Through the Papal Nuncio, the Emperor sought and obtained a special telegraphic blessing from the Pope. He relapsed into delirium at six o'clock. Then followed a crisis of tears, and he, died quietly at nine d'clock.

'j police precautions oe'effse, and arrests were made on a large scale in Bohemia and the Italian-speaking provinces of Bosnia-Herzgovina. The Arch-Duke Carl's proclamation to r the troops produced an intense depression among the soldiery. Tlio proclamation Exhorted the Armies to persevere in the struggle lor the salvation of the Imperial Dominions.