GERMANY

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 163, 16 December 1914, Page 5

GERMANY

CONFERENCE OF NATIONS. NORWAY, DENMARK, AND SWEDEN. Received 10, 12.15 a.m. Stockholm, December 15. At King Gustaf's instance, the Kings of Sweden, Denmark and Norway will meet at Malmo on the 18th, to discuss plans to restrict and diminish economic difficulties arising out of the war. THE KAISER AND AUSTRIA. RELATIONS NONE TOO PLEASANT. Received 15, 8.45 p.m. Paris, December 15. There are various versions of the Kaiser's recent mysterious interview with the Austrian Emperor, Franz Josef, at Vienna, altjo Count Tisza's visit to the 'Kaiser. They agree/ in showing that there are • dissensions between tho two monnrclis. It is reported that the Kaiser lirgetf Hungary, to make concessions 1o the trnns-Sylvanian Roumanians to prevent Roumanian intervention. THE KAISER'S ILLNESS. MORE FAVORABLE REPORT. VON MOLTKE IN DISGRACE. GERMAN BARRACKS DESTROYED NEAR KIEL. ~ Berne, December 14. Newspapers state that Herr von Bethman-Hollweg's son has been badly wounded and is a prisoner at Petrokan. . A telegram from Munich states that it been decided to operate on the Kaiser's throat when the feverish conditions abate. The Crown Prince's recall to Berlin is confirmed. Times and Sydney Sun Services. London, December 14. The Kaiser's physician assured an American correspondent that there were no grounds for alarming reports. His patient Would be able to "return to the field in ten days. London, December 14. German newspapers show that, though the press is strictly prohibited from criticising the acts or the Government, there is much displeasure at the sudden change of military leadership. It is stated that General von Moltke was politely side-tracked and the supreme command given to General von Falkenheyn. The Tageblatt states that the latter was appointed temporary Chief of Staff on October 25, therefore he has held the leadership since the fall of Antwerp, since when lie has b<./n uniting all the functions which in 1870 were divided between Generals von Moltke and von Room It is stated that the Kaiser -opposed General von Moltke's proposal to concentrate on the Verdun-Toul line, because of the possibility of a hostile enveloping movement 'breaking the wedge which von Moltke proposed to advance upon Paris. Copenhagen, December 14. I It is reported that the great Goltorp Barracks, near Kiel, have been destroyed. The cause is kept secret. i .1