AUSTRO-GERMANY.

Taranaki Daily News, 31 October 1916, Page 5

AUSTRO-GERMANY.

PRISON CAMPS. i : /\_ ■ t I {ANGLO-RUSSIANS DIE FROM SHEER MISERY. Received Oct. 30, 8 p.m. Copenhagen, Oct. 30. Renter's writer, Madame Hramson, make;, painful revelations of the piison I : oattp at Guestrow, where the Anglojßussian consumptives are slowly dying, •< ■ leas from illness than from utter misery. : —: i ; THE HUNS' CRIMES. j ' POLES EXECUTED ! - Received Oct. 30, 8 p.m, ~ Rome,-Oct. 30. "Austrian deserters describe tbe atio- ' cioua treatment inflicted on fhe Poles su»fected of having sympathies witli -. RiMaja. They declare that 20,006 were •ummarily executed: AUSTRIAN TREPIDATION, Sew York, October 29. There is a strong agitation in Vienna fsr an early meeting of Parliament, in otin to discttss the large war expenditure; the supply and distribution of food, and possibly peace prospects. A PHASE OF GERMAN TYRANNY. : ; (Reuter.)' •nsterdam, October 23. mere wor<J startling disclosures in the Reichstag debate on preventive fcrrrtts. It is stated that 424 persons are now incarcerated, of whom 189 are gravely suspected of espionage, and there are 1053 cases of restricted residence. The military -use arbitrary powers, pabieeting arrested persons to various forms of mental torture and hardships. The prisoners include Rosa Luxembourg, , whose influence is feared, girb of seventeen, high diplomats who represented Gf rmany abroad, and Socialist members, the alleged preventive arrests being emtjoyed against political objectionable?. Berr Helfferich defended tbe system. ■V *4 »■ ' GERMAN WAR CREDIT. Amsterdam. Oetobrr 29. In the Reichstag, Count" von P.oedern, minister of Finance, in moving a vote of credit) of 600 millions sterling, said that the war credits hitherto passed amounted to 2600 millions. The fifth »■»? loan, of 526 millions, had about four . minion subscribers. The total expenditure of ail the belligerents was estimated at 12,500 millions, of which one-third fell to Germany and her allies. ~ . The vote passed, despite the oonosition of the Democratic Labor Union. "HOLD ON, AND HOLD YOUR TONGUES." Paris, October 29>. ."ifficial.—Prisoners belonging to tbe B'Jtr .Active Line Regiment taken on Tuesday at the Haudromont Quarrie?, state that the Crown Price, reviewing, at the end of September, several regi-rucr-ts at Wavriile, said: "I am very proud of your men, although we did not succeed in our attacking enterprise and the capture of Verdun, it is none the le»s true sons of the historic legions of Ccrmany. I am very grateful for your unlimited devotion and courage, and ask tou to continue to hold on still and told your tongues." THE KAISER HAS AN ESCAPE. Zurich, October 29. It is reported that tho Kaiser narrowly escaped death recently when a -bomb hit his train, killing the driver. GKb-MAN SUBMARINE PROGRAMME. London, October 29. Mr. Cnrtin WTite3 that twenty German factories are engaged in making sections of submarines. The improvejucat, and simplification of the submarine is progressing most rapidly. The v V'llkan and other shipyards are engaged in a colossal passenger and freight building programme. Germany i.° constantly preparing for after-the-war shipping and b&nlDng enterprises. The Kaiser's ■ family are notoriously anxious as to their personal safety in tin- event of complete defeat, and it is whispered that the Deutsehland's voyage wa» an experiment to see whether the Hfftuer co>»U reach America. . '. . t » '