AUSTRO-GERMANY.

Taranaki Daily News, 11 January 1917, Page 5

AUSTRO-GERMANY.

EFFECT OF GERARD'S SPEECH REGARDED AS A THREAT HIS RECALL DEMANDED. Received Jan. 10, 5.50 p.m. Amsterdam, Jan. ft. The followers of Admiral von Tirpitz arc angry at Mr. Gerard's speech, and they favor llcrr ITolJweg's party. Count Revcnt'low, in the course of a violent attack, supported the demand for Air. Gerard's recall. He interprets Mr. Gerard's speech as a threat of worse relations between the United States and Germany if the present Herman leaders are changed, and adds that the threat is unmistakable, the United States having reached itR political aims, regarding Germany. The banquet was given to.celebrate the event.

GERMANY AND TURKEY.. [TREATIES RATIFIED. Renter Service. Received Jan. 10. 8.25 p.m. Amsterdam, Jan. 10. The Vossiche Zeitmig states that Ger-man-Turkish commercial and political treaties have been ratified. DEAR FOOD IN VIENNA. EGGS £1 A DOZEN Rome, Jan. 0. A. letter from the Papal Nuncio at Vienna states that eggs cost 20s a dozen, mid- most other commodities are proportionately dear. MUNITIONS FOR GERMANY. ORDERED FROM SWITZERLAND. Paris, Jan. 9. Le Journal's Zurich correspondent ttatcs that Germany has placed important munition orders in Switzerland, employing 4000 hands.

THE LATEST ZEPPELIN A XEW DEVICE. Paris, Jan. 9. The. Central Xews states that a new Zeppelin has been completed at Friednchshaven, the propellers of which work noiselessly, A new device envelops the airship with gas if desired, rendering it invisible.