Neutral Nations

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 238, 17 March 1915, Page 5

Neutral Nations

AMERICA. IIUGI3 AMMUNITION COXTIiACTS. (rieiiMAxy \\iijij apologise. , vt , London, March 13. ■New \ork states that the Dummt lowder Company is spending a million »to ling "1 additional plant to cope with tlus Allies demands for ammunition. Washington believes that Uerlin will piomptly apologise for the sinking ol' till- \\ illiain l-'rye and promise amends othenvisc the whole German complaint l^'L ,int: : in IS off German foodstuffs will lie upset. Count Hernstorff upholds tli e captain of the I nnz Eitel, declaring that he ac(e,l ill accordance with the Declaration ot l.ondon. The crew of the Fn|e were delained on board the I'rinz Eitel on the ground that they were Germans liable to service. Admiral Howies, formerly instructor in tii,. Unite,) States Navy, predicts that Germany will hj,. victorious. She is well supplied with food, war materials and men, and the Allies are probably' now ready to quit. The chance of a successful invasion of England cannot he lightly dismissed.

ITALY. STRONG GERMAN INFLUENCE. London, March 15. The Tiines' Rome correspondent says the situation is desperately complicated. 1 übiic opinion is divided between the blessings of peace weighed against the laurels and spoils of war. Germany has made a deep impression on the Italian mind. It has incessantly advertised . (ionium organisation, thoroughness, inventiveness and persistence, and given rs • to an almost superstitious belief and exaggerated respect for German prowess. WANTS A SLICE OP TURKEY. WAR URGED AT ANY COST. AUSTRIA OFFERS A BIG PRICE. Received March 17, 1.15 a.m. Rome, March 10. l.c Message™ says that the Allies have planned a military expedition to take Constantinople, and asks: Does this arrangement exclude Italy entirely, or almost, from the partition of Turkey whien will be the basis of arrangement ,iu .the Eastern Mediterranean? This would be a grave declaration for Italy, whose policy lacks the promptness necessary for great achievements. | I.e Corriere d'Jtalia advises war at liny cost, and remarks: Mobilisation is intended as a defence of Italian interests against Austria's attempts to prevent Italy maintaining tho position she is entitled to in the surrounding Ravage, the Italian Socialist organ, declares that Austria is prepared to code Trentino and Trieste and the hinterland of Italy in return for a continuance of neutrality. M. Maeterlinck is on a mission to Ttalv. lie announces that the Belgians henceforth will have the fullest sympathy of the Italians. DENMARK. "GOD PUNISH ENGLAND!" Received March 10, 10. sp.m. Copenhagen, March 1(1. Ihe Government refuses to forward letters inscribed "God punish England." The Danish law prohibits letters containing blasphemous matter. GREECE. TURKEY WIT.L BUY HER NEUTRALITY. M. VEXIZELOS URGES WAR. Received March 17, 1.1 a.m. , Athens, .March 10. The newspaper Enibros declares that .1 urkey has renewed her offer to renounce in favour of Greece her claim to all islands in the Aegean Sea occupied by tlie Greeks if Greece will maintain neutrality. -M. \ enizelos has published a statement appealing to the new Government to abandon its neutrality. He urges that the present in, offers Greece the chance to quadruple itself. If the .Ministry embraces the. opportunity M. Venizclos guarantees the support* of a majority in. Parliament. .