AUSTRO-GERMANY.

Taranaki Daily News, 2 September 1916, Page 5

AUSTRO-GERMANY.

HINDENBURG'S APPOINTMENT. A SOP TO THE PEOPLIi HE NEEDS WATCHING. KAISER'S SALVE FOR FALKENHAYN. London, August 31. Mr. Wile, formerly Berlin correspondent of the Daily 'Mail, writes that General von Falkenhayn goes because the Huns are in a panic. Field-Marshal Hinclc-nhurfi-'s appointment is an indisputable confession of disaster and impending rout. General von Falkenhayn was a pillar of the war party which forced the war, therefore it is significant that the Kaiser ha; deserted the General Staff for the populace, a 3 represented by the people's idol. The quarrelling in the German High Command was notorious. Falkenhayn and Hindenburg ferociously warred for the Kaiser's favor. Falkenhayn enjoyed uninterrupted personal contact with the Kaiser and his influence wn s predominant, whilst Hindenburg. chafed. Hindenburg has whined incessantly for reinforcements to enable him to

breaJt through the Russians since the conquest of Poland. Matters reached a climax .11 June when the howling of popular Napoleons was so insistent that the Kaiser and Falenhayn went cast and after this Hindenburg's influence was fastened on the Kaiser. Colonel Repington states that all Germany will acclaim Field-Marshal Hindenburg's appointment as an admission of the failure of General von Falkenhayn's strategy since Verdun. At the Somme, Falkenhayn has not shown elasticity. He leaves Hindenburg most unfavorable conditions or several fronts. Hindenburg needs watching. While the Russo-Roumanians devastate the plains of Hungary, Hindenburg will probably try a great movement from Kovel or. using his superior railways, ttfike elsewhere. The German armies are still of good strength and good heart and the reserves sufficient for a strong offensive. We must expect Hindenburg to strike a desperate blow; that is his character. The new broom will attempt a clean sweep. Amsterdam, August 31. The Kaiser has written to General Falkenhayn that he does not wish to oppose the latter's desire to be relieved of office. He confers on him the Imperial Order and assures him that his salary will be continued till he is reemployed. » HINDENBURG THE DELIVERER! i Amsterdam, August 31. The population of Berlin hails Hindenburg as a deliverer. The city is beflagged and the hero's portrait is shown in the windows garlanded and illumin-. ated. MORE GERMAN TROUBLE? The Hague, August 31. Five hundred munitions workers are striking at Chelnitz (? Chemnitz —a town 51 miles s.s.e. of Leipzig); 204 German deserters have been courtmartinlled at Liege.