AUSTRO-GERMANY.

Taranaki Daily News, 14 October 1916, Page 5

AUSTRO-GERMANY.

GERMAN DEMENTIA. ENGLAND Mt'ST BE DESTROYED. CONFIDENCE IN VICfOUY. Amsterdam, Oct. 12. J.i thr Reichstag, Herr Passern.ann, ••-peaking as reporter to the Foreign Affairs Committee, said that the general situation was satisfactory nnd hopeful. The committee appreciated Kin" Constantine's attitude. The committee dis. cussed the submarine policv, hut did not reach any agreement or make any iecommendations. They decided against public: discussion fo; fear of damage to the country's interests. r j'!ie submarine successes in tile Atlantic indicated Germany's martial spirit, and the commanders would follow instructions nnd not give opportunity for comulaints. Peace could (inly be expected when the enemy was defeated. Herr 'Spahn declared iiut Oenr.r.ay would conquer on the battlefield anil in the economic war. England was a most cunning, calculating enemy, and must be destroyed. Herr Scheidmann said the Government must organise defence ar.O endeavor to secure an honorable peace. London, Oct. l-\ The Reichstag has been prorogued, for three months. HOPE NOWHERE. SOCIALIST VAPORING?. Received Oct. 13, 8 p.m. Amsterdam, Oct. 13. Herr Haase, a Socialist, in the Reichstag, declared that the people were tumbrng over a precipice in millions, and looking to the Socialists for a gleam of peace. The sufferings were growing to inhuman proportions. Nowhere was there hope. "We must," he said, "save the people from the worst. Our dreams of world dominion will never be realised." Herr Schiedam, a Socialist, declared the nation wanted peace. It was tired of being lured to destruction by new and brilliant promises. The Germans should be willing to evacuate France and Belgium. Peace must 'jo based on the principle of the French, the Belgians and the Germans retaining their respective territories.