GERMANY

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 193, 23 January 1915, Page 5

GERMANY

ALLIES' AEROPLANES AT ESSEN. TO BOMBARD KRUPFS. Received 23, 12.10 a.m. Rotterdam, January 22. The Niewe Rotterdamsche Courant says tite Allies' aeroplanes on Wednesday visited Essen, and attempted to bomb Krnpp'e. They destroyed some houses, and caused other damage, which houses, and caused other damage, the extent of which is not known. ' _____ GERMANY'S HAUL OF PRISONERS. EXCEEDS SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND * Times and Sydney Sun Services. Received 22, 5.40 pjn. London, January 22. A Berlin official message claims that the Germans have captured over 600,000 : prisoners. KAISER'S INFLUENCE WITH AUSTRIA. CONFERENCE WITH THE NEW FOREIGN MINISTER. ! Times and Sydney Sun Services. ' Received 22, 5.40 p.m. London, January 22. Baron Burian, Austrian Foreign Minister, is due at Berlin on Saturday to confer with Herr von Jagow (German Foreign Minister). The Austrian heir-apparent arrives simultaneously at the German head- , quarters to confer with the Kaiser. ! CHOLERA CASE. 3 Copenhagen, January 21. . An official message from Vienna states that a soldier from the northern front is suffering from Asiatic cholera. WAR MINISTER RESIGNS. (Amsterdam, January 21. 'An official message from Berlin announces that General von Falkenhayn has resigned the portfolio of war, General von Hohenborn succeeding him. l ; _