AUSTRO-GERMANY.

Taranaki Daily News, 12 August 1916, Page 5

AUSTRO-GERMANY.

A SNUB TO THE KAISER. LIMITATION OF HINIJENBTTRO'S COMMAND. Berne, August 10. Thj Kaiser, co-operating • with tin Hungarian Government, arranged Field Marsha' Hindenburg's appointment am Austria assented, but such was the ar rogance of the German rejoicings and re Sections on the Austrian generals, tha agitated and embittered negotiations re suited in the limitation of von Hinden burg's former command and the addi tion only of Prince Leopold's, von Lin singen's and Ermoll's armies. His com mand thus extends from the Baltic t Tarnopol, and the Archduke Charles ha lit en appiinted to command the re mainder from Tarnopol to Roumania, in eluding the armies of Generals Bothmei Koevess, and Pflanzer. The rearrange ment is regarded as a snub for tb Kaiser and reveals the Austro-Germa: rivalry, ZEPPELIN CARGO SHIPS. > ' DEFENCE OF FARM CROPS. ' * Berne, August 10. Germany is iiopelul of impressing net trals and announces that two gian cargo-carrying Zeppelins will begin trad ing with neutrals in September. German commanders: iiave issued eor fidential instructions to farmers for tl,i defence of their crops from the fir bombs of Anglo-French aviators. The give warning that crop-destroying ai squadrons are being formed. CONSTRUCTION FEVERISHLY • ' PUSHED. Received August 11, 5.5 p.m. Washington. August 10. Unofficial advices state that a transAtlantic Zeppelin is nearing completion on Lake Constance. It will be 787 feet long, with a carrying capacity of SS.OfIO pounds. The work of construction is being feverishly carried on day and night. HUNGARIAN PEACE AGITATION ENCOURAGED BY GOVERNMENT. Received August 11, 5.5 p.m. London, August 10. It is reported that Austro-Hungarian Socialists, secretly encouraged by the Government, are agitating for a separate peace.

ESTIMATE OF HARVEST Received August 11, 10.30 p.m. London, August 11. Germany's harvest of barley and oats is officially estimated at 3% million tons, an increase on 1315.