AUSTRO-GERMANY.

Taranaki Daily News, 3 November 1916, Page 5

AUSTRO-GERMANY.

AUTOCRATIC REICHSTAG. A CHANGF DEMANDED, / \ New York, Nov. I. Despatches from Berlin state that the ftgitation" for democratising the Reichstag is rapidly growing. There are indications that the Kaiser's recent Berlin conference* were due to the sudden growth of democracy, with the possibility that it may overwhelm militarism. It is a remarkable fact that Germans desire to change the Reichstag to retemble the British parliamentary scheme. The latest demands include Endcr-Secretaries to sit in the Reichstag and answer interpellations. It is regarded in Berlin as the most important domestic movement in Germany of recent years. 4 THE SOCIALIST PARTY. WITHDRAW SUPPORT FROM HOLLWEG. Received Nov. 2. 8 pm. Amsterdam, Nov. 2. Herr Sehneidemann, leader of the German Socialist majority, in an article in the Vojwaertz, notifies the withdrawal of his party's support from Bethmanr.'Hollweg. ■, The whole mainstay of the party has previously'been Herr Sclmcidemann, who declares that Saturday's revelations in the Reichstag will prevent hj» further sugport. He demands a strong man to lead the countrty in a dcfaocfatic spirit. POSITION IN AUSTRIA ". LAXBSTURM CALLED UP, Zurich. Nov. 1. The Austrian Landsiurm, aged 4~> to 60, have been called up. The War Minister has announced that no men who are capable of service at the fror.t will jto any wise be excused. THE SOUTH SEAS. ."HEAP GERMAN JIBR Received Nov. 2, 1C p.m. Amsterdam, Nov. 1. The Frankfurter Zeif.mg, in a propagandist article foreseeing the* partition of the South Seas, declares that none of Australia's war aims relate to the possession of the islands in the Pacific. Australia's voice will not be heard at the Peace Conference. Australia will not have the slightest inlluenee with England's decisions, yet England is compelled to rely more than ever upon the people, of her oversea possessions. SHORTAGE OF MUNITIONS. London, Nov. 1. Th« Amsterdam corresponds of the Daily Chronicle states that the creation of p German Ministry of Munitions Under Major-General Groener, who has a reputation as a railway transport organiser, indicates the seriousness with which the military regard the Allies' efforts.