AUSTRO-GERMANY.

Taranaki Daily News, 10 January 1917, Page 5

AUSTRO-GERMANY.

CENTRAL POWERS AT VARIANCE. BULGARIA DISSATISFIED., SEMI-STARVATION CURES. deceived Jan. 9, 5.5 p. m . Amsterdim, .Tan. S. . T,iw ' n > s growing evidence of dissension between the Central Cowers. -Tlie •So/ia correspondent of the Vossiehe Zeitung says Bulgaria cares nothing for sentiment., and though the fear that°Bulgaria will forsake her present friends is not great, Germany should put her friendship on a fixed basis. The correspondent points out that there is an agitation against German dominion over Bulgaria, and dissatisfaction in Bulgarian patriotic circles at the present state of affairs is growing fast. The article has an additional significance in tonsequence of it following the recent speech of M. Radoslavof!', in which he said: "We are ready to conclude peace, because we wish to see the end of the war. The Bulgarians' work has already been brought to a successful The Sobranje greeted the speech with Jond cheers. The Lokal Anzeiger publishes an article by Professor Heinrith Rosin, the food specialist, who says: "This hatehorn, curse-laden, starvation war is -nefliing many sufferer-;, there being complete cures of gout, and corpulence owing to the compu'fory war diet, which is a Godsend to the -weaklings who fail to follow the orders of their medical advisers." Professor Rosin -.aid ho was amazed to find comparatively few signs of weakening physical powers in the great masses 0 f tlie people, though emaciation was pretty general, especially in the towns, but was seldom accompanied by weakness. A decrease of 501b was not rare as the re-iill of the war diet. *

CONFLICTING STORiFS INVIiEASED DESTITUTION", BUT NO SIGNS OF REVOLUTION. Jteceived Jan. !), .'j p.m Amsterdam, Jan. S. Despite, I rofnssur Rosin's optimism, travellers insist that there is increased destitution in Austria and Germany. There are many serious illnesses through lack, of proper nourishment. A diplomatist recently in Berlin states that the people are living chiefly upon potatoes and bread, and a fair quality of fish sausages.-but the bread is of baa quality. The scarcity in pome districts amounts almost to a famine, particularly in Hamburg, where the people are very weak. 'Many Germans are arriving ill Holland, Denmark, and Sweden with chil'dren suffering from wasting diseases, due to want of proper food Some member* of German Legations ill neutral countries admit that Austria and Germany are unable to last more than three months. Starvation is within sight, and there is growing despondency. Intercepted letters show that bread is fairly plentiful. The wheat rye i:- estimated at one and a half million tons better than that of 1015, whilst barley and oats are three and a half million tens better. The Entente must not look to the enemy's immediate exhaustion. There is enough food for many weeks. The people are irritated, but there are not yet signs of a revolution. Railway travelling is limited to essential bns.'.aess journeys.

REMARKABLE SPEECHES. AT BANQUET TO 'Hit. GERARD. Amsterdam, .Tun. -. The American Chamber of Commerce at Berlin gave a dinner to celebrate Mr. Gerard's return. Dr. Hclfferich hoped American-German relations would continue friendly. He denied that Germany suffered from overmilitarism. It was merely systemisation and, organisation for defence. Compared with the French and Russian _ preparations Germany exhibited too little militarism. The war showed that Germany was justified in bringing her army to a two or three-Power standard. He suggested that England, who claimed half tiie earth and the whole of the sea, was the cradle of super-militarism. Mr. Gerard, replying, said that relations between the United States and Germany were never better. While liollweg, Ili'ndenburg, Capelle, and Ziminermann continued their positions, he was certain the relations would so continue. ITe brought an olive branch from President Wilson.

Hen - f!winner, director of the Oilman Bank, said Mr. Gerard, like a peace dove, finds ,it still raining, but sees a sign of a rainbow. Captain .Persius, writing in the Tngeblatt, realises tlic difficulty of accomplishing England's economic defeat. The war had become :i race for economic paralysis of the enemy. TEXT OF'GERARD'S SPEECH WASTED. Washington, lan. S. The State Department instructed lir. Gerard to forward the text of his Berlin speed). 9 EMPEROR'S ARMY ORDER Amsterdam, Jan. S. The Austrian Emperor, in an Army Order, refers to the Entente's refusal to negotiate, and urges the troops to further exertion, concluding with the words: "Forward with God." POLES UNRESPONSIVE. Amsterdam, Jan. S. The B'rankfurtet Zeitung states that the response to the call for volunteers to serve in the Polish army is negligible. REDUCED TO BOY SERVICE, Amsterdam, Jan. 8. German travellers state that all 18-