AUSTRO-GERMANY.

Taranaki Daily News, 10 November 1916, Page 5

AUSTRO-GERMANY.

FOOD TICKETS BURGLED. i GOLD TO HUNGRY WOKIiKRS. geceiv£d: Nov, 8, 8 p.mj Berne, -Nov. M. There are systematic 1 uurgmnes in t-iciniuiiy ol luou ucKuts On a mi'jjc si-tue, idiitji are soiu at cxoroimut price* to starving, muugu lUUJUtioil Wol'liel':. A SIGN OF THE TIMES. EMPEROR OF AUSTRIA'S UN- .. i'OPULARITY. fieceired Nov. 9, 10 p.n; Zurich, Nov. !). The Hungarian military has forbidden cinemas to exhibit portraits of the Emperor Franz Josef, owing to audiences hooting in ocver of darkness. • ■ THE WAY OF THE HUN. . DISTRIBUTING VIRULENT BACILLI. Received Nov. 9, S pjn. Bucharest, Nov. S. ■{ Professor Cantaerzene, Director of the Bacteriological Institute, has examined fifty varieties of sweetmeats dropped by Gorman aeroplanes. Cultures from the ingredients, when injected into animals, revealed disease-producing bacilli, including typhoid. The flasks discovered at the German Legation contained cultures of glanders, a virulent form of anthrax. POSITION OF NEUTRALS. GERMAN MENACE RESENTED. Milan, Nov. 8. Tho Corrierq della Sera says the recent German menace to Norwegian neutrality has contributed to bind together the Scandinavian nations. Sweden informed Germany that she would be benevolently neutral towards Norway if ther£ wera hostilities between Germany and Norway. Berlin climbed down, being unable to face the pros l pect of the loss of iron from Sweden. The Norwegian reply , to Germany insists on the prohibition of belligerents' submarines entering Norwegian waters, but is moderate in tone, and further negotiations are probablt