Austria

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 175, 2 January 1915, Page 5

Austria

I TRAINLOADS OE HORRORS. INDESCRIBABLE PLIGHT OF WOUNDED. AUSTRIA'S UNPREBAREDNESS PROVED. Received 1, 5.5 p.m. Venice, December 31. One thousand wounded have arrived at Meran from Galioia in an indescribable condition, almost reduced to skeletons. They journeyed for five days in goods trucks, without warmth, almost without food, and without medical attention, They endeavored to bind up eacli other's wounds. Their suffering was aggravated by the intense cold and insufficient clothing. The majority of the wounds are gangrenous, and wholesale computations will be necessary. MISPLACED CONFIDENCE. THE EMPEROR'S MESSAGE, Received 1, 7.5 p.m. Vienna, December 81. Emperor Francis Joseph sent a message to the army and navy that he was confident thai) their proved warlike spirit would enable them to emerge with honor from any trial, however severe. ANTI-WAR DEMONSTRATIONS. HARSH TREATMENT. London, December 31. Berne, reports that riots and anti-war demonstrations have occurred in six Austro-Hungarian provinces. The police at Vienna dispersed a mob, and" wounded thirty, several of the arresteds being court-martiallcd. Eighty-seven -men and eighteen women were arrested at-Sera-jevo on a charge of sedition. Several State employees were executed for spying on behalf of Servians, i^