THE DUAL MONARCHY.

Taihape Daily Times, Issue 219, 9 January 1917, Page 6

THE DUAL MONARCHY.

' HUNGARY CLEARING OUT GBR- | MANS. BUDA-PESTH, Jan. 5. There is a general belief that Count Tisza's fall is inevitable. King Charles la s decided to make a clearance of all j the predecessors of confidential states- , m en, who are so involved with the Ger- ! m an s as to endanger the independence , of the monarchy. The King desir.es to ; xule constitutionally, with the co-opera- , lion of Parliament and the sympathy of the people. IMPORTANT DISMISSALS. LONDON, Jan. 5. Latest dismissals in Austria include Baron Maccio, Principal- Departmental Chief of the Foreign Office, and Count Fbrgagh, the second chief, to whoso macMnations the war was chiefly due. •Another, significant move ia the unmuzzling of Austrian Socialists, who are now permitted to even demand the evacuation of Allied territories in the West and South. A NEW POLITICAL CRISIS. COPENHAGEN, Jan 5. A Yienna telegram states that the Lokal Anzciger says there is practically a new political crisis in Austria, owing to the Government's refusal to fulfil the late Emperor's promise and give home rule to Galicia. Sylvester, President of the Austrian Parliament/ has resigned, an,d .'there have been numerous changes in important administrative offices. Kololxen, President of the Food Department, lias been dismissed, and Baron Maccio and Count Forgagh (two Under-Secre-taries of Foreign Affairs) have resigned.