AUSTRO-GERMANY.

Taranaki Daily News, 27 November 1916, Page 5

AUSTRO-GERMANY.

GERMANY'S FULL FORCES. TO BE MOBILISED. Renter Service. Received Nov, 25, 5.5 p.m. Amsterdam, Nov. 24. Herr Delbruck lias introduced in the main committee of the Reichstag 1 lie Auxiliary Service Bill, providing for the conscription of men from the ago of 17 to (10. He said that besides the millions liable to serve in the army, millions were liable for other services. This war was not only a war of armies, but a war of political economy, Germany must exert her extreme national power. The Bill aimed at the mobilisation of labor, whereof there was now a positive lac');, especially for making munition and keeping up the food supply. Compulsion was only employable as a last resort, Voluntary service was required, but /labor must be taken from less important industries. The Bill must prove t.o the whole world Germany's determination to fight with all her forces to the uttermost.

Herr Graener, chief of the War Department, pointed out that the exertions of the British Minister of Munitions necessitated considerable German exertions in the same direction. The Bill would add to the army all hitherto indispenr,able at home. The whole Bill constituted a completion of the general duty and would leave the country without social distinction. j, STIFLIM! DISCUSSION OX BILL. Received Nov. 27, 12.55 a.m. Amsterdam, Nov. "20. The Reichstag has opened. The President proposed the first reading of the Compulsory Civilian Service Bill, wliich was carried by 29 to 11. Herr Groeber (Centre) moved that the Bill be read a second time the same day. This evoked a storm from both of the .Socialist groups, Herr Ledobur characterising the motion as an attempt to stifle discussion on a Bill which delivered the workers up to exploitation by slave-drivers

CENTRAL POWERS AT VARIANCE. GERMANY TIRED OF CARRYING AUSTRIA. • Received Nov. 20, 5.5 p.m. Rome, Nov. 2~>. The bitterness between the Central Powers is increasing. German papers assert that Germany should not sacrifice more brave soldiers in securing Serbia, Montenegro, and Albania for Austria. The Nieu Freie 'Presse accuses Germany of not desiring to help Austria against Italy. The Fremdonblatt says that if Trieste is lost, it will be the fault of Germany's apathy to Austria's interests.

FRANZ JOSEF'S LAST HOURS. London, Nov. 24. The Milan correspondent of the Daily Chronicle says that Vienna messages show that when the Emperor's condition was one of grave anxiety, Count von Kocrber summoned the Grand Dukes to Vienna, and sought to induce the Emperor to agree to a eo-regency. The Emperor on Monday at mid-day, first expressed a presentiment that his end was near, and sent an urgent summons to Court confessor Eveling, who was closeted with the Emperor for two hours. During the night and on Tuesday morning the fever increased. The Emperor passed the afternoon in an armchair, tormented by fever and coughing, with spells of delirium, though be insisted on listening to the latest war bulletins, and gave audience to the Archdukes and prominent statesmen. Through the Papal Nuncio the Emperor sought and obtained a special telegraphic blessing fj'om the Pope. He relapsed into delirium at six o'clock, and then followed a crisis of tears. He died quietly at nine o'clock. Extraordinary police precautions followed the decease. Arrests were made on a large scale in Bohemia, and the Italian-speaking provinces, Bosnia and Herzegovina. I King Charles' (proclamation to the troops produced intense depression among the soldiery. The proclamation exhorted the armies to persevere in the struggle for the salvation of the Imperial Dominions.

ACTION OF SPANISH REPUBLICANS. Madrid, Nov. 24. . The Republicans refuse to associate themselves with an official message oxpressing regret at the death of the Emperor Francis Joseph, as they cannot forget that Austria was the aggressor in the war. , CHANGE IN AUSTRIAN COMMAND. Received Nov. 2G, 5.5 p.m. Amsterdam Nov. 25. The Archduke Joseph has taken over the Emperor Carl's command from Galicia to the Danube. LABOR ENFORCEMENT BILL. Received Nov. 26, 5.5 p.m. Amsterdam, Nov. 25. The Vorwaerts opposes the Labor Conscription Bill, as it embodies methods of enforcement which, merely gives promises. Thus labor's interests are endangered. It also omits to deal with limitation profits.

SUPER-ZEPPELIN WRECKED. Received Nov. 20, 5.5 p.m. Amsterdam, Niov. 25. Travellers from Munich report that a super-Zeppelin was wrecked near Mainty during a storm on the 21st, whilst making its first voyage from Kredridcs'hafen to Wilhelmshafen. There was one survivor out of a. ercw of twenty-eighth.