AUSTRO-GERMANY.
~ -GERMAN LOSSES OVER 3,000,000. Jj : POLAND'S FUTURE. FOOD MOTS. ; < August 19, 5.15 ..m. London, August IS. Over three million casualties are now officially admitted by Germany.
'y It is reported from Cologne that the Vi£eiitral lowers have decided not to com'mijf themselves to any statement regard//'jng'the fnture.of. Poland at present, owing to the intricate war situation.
Biotf took place in Sohleswig-Holstein, in consequence of the dealers charging the equivalent of a sovereign each for rabbits. The police, after many people 'had been injured, seized the rabbits, sold them at sis ihiljtngs,' and arrested the dealers.
A crisis has been reached in Germany's '• manufacture of iron crosses, owing to the shortage of silver, of which tliey are partly composed. - The Government ordered silversmiths (to secure the inetal privately. THE Mk. OF BRUTALITY. CINEMA 1 FILM OF AN EXECUTION. EXHIBITED AS A WARNING. . August 19, 5.5 p.m. ;.-' ■■».•'. Berne, August 18. . wireless message states that the Austrian military, with cynical brutality, are exhibitng moving pictures of the execution of Dr. Battisti (a politician of Italian extraction who was captured fighting with the Italians), his ' I*4? being riddled with bullets. The ■■ exhibition i*' intended to strike terror . into the .hearts of malcontents, and demonstrate tie penalty for opposition - to the wax, ..
AN INTERNED GERMAN'S STORY. EXCELLENT TREATMENT BY FRENCH. Received August 20, 6.5 p.m. Zurich, August 20. £ German lawyer, released after internment <for eighteen'months in six different camps In France, aays the con.i ditions were excellent, neither harshness nor unnecessary restrictions being imposed. Especially was this the case at Corsica, where almost eomnlete liberty was enjoyed. CAPTAIN FRYATTS MURDER. . Jffi. ASQUITH'S STATEMENT - . . ' ■ - DERIDED. ''■■:' ;..- ■'.'_,':■.'>■ ' , '■' Berne, August 18. Germany received Mr. Asquith's statement regarding the murder of Captain Fryatt with outbursts of s avage derision. The Strasburger Zeitung states that i| relations are not resumed it will b< ■because Germany has decided to hoy cott the criminal English. ..The Allgemeine Zeitung states that We, and not the British Government, ahall decide when diplomatic relations (ffln be restUned and on what terms. r The Bjtyrischer Kurier declares that Me despise England's threats. They mean nothing. We shall shoot as many Tfryatt'a aft we can catch. The British anger rejoices us intensely. UtADULENT OFFICIALS ARRESTED. Amsterdam, August 18. ■ Arrests ft connection with the Prussitn grain frauds include high officials 'of the Imperial wheat office arid the president" of the wheat office at Tuchel, pinssia, ' • iBCHAPQSTIE OF FRIGHTFULNESS. Received" August 19, 5.5 p.m. '■■; j, Berne,~August 18. ■ CdUntvton Reventlpw, who is regarded as the Archapostle of Frightfulness, demands that Americans and other neutral* who. have been taken prisoner while jfightißg with the Allies, shall be shot or Huanttrily dealt with, as Franee-tireurs. POLISH AUTONOMY
xteceived'August 20, 5.5 p.m. ) Amsterdam. August 19. A 'Berlin telegram states that the 6owrnor.OenergWbf T' w », ha» an-»<HWc*d-«,ibAt AustwUwmany has hfgntt <*• F»K«b. autonomy,.
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