Austria

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 188, 18 January 1915, Page 5

Austria

ANTI-WAR DEMONSTRATIONS:. SERIOUS SITUATION IN THE CITIES. FOOD AT FAMINE PRICES. Received 18, 12.5 a.m. Rome, January 17. News telegraphed from the Austrian frontier shows that the situation daily becomes more dangerous. Food is svlling at famine prices, and discontent is Anti-war demonstrations have occurred in all the large centres. Rioters constructed barricades in several towns, and there were conflicts with the police, who made many arrests. THE SPLIT IN THE CABINET. NOT EXPLAINED YET. Times and Sydney Sun Services. London, January 15. The Times, in a leader, says that what the real meaning of Count Berclilold's retirement may he must remain at present a matter of surmise. The change indicates that something lias snapped in the fabric of the dual monarchy, but what exactly has given way, and whether further and deeper ruptures may follow, we have not yet materials to guess. THE POSITION DISCUSSED. Copenhagen, January 15. The Berlin Tageblatt says the resignation of Count Berchtold, who was opposed to reconciliation, is. likely to decrease existing difficulties. Tile Lokal Anzeiger is not sure whether his successor, Baron. Burian, favors a continuance of the alliance. A POSSIBLE EXPLANATION. Received 17, 5.5 p.m. Amsterdam, January 10. The Lokal Anzieger . says Count Berchtold's resignation is due to tension with Count Tiszo, Prime Minister of Hungary, who is the real director of the Dual 'Monarchy's foreign policy.