AUSTRO-GERMANY.

Taranaki Daily News, 19 January 1917, Page 5

AUSTRO-GERMANY.

A ROYAL CONFERENCE. CRAVE DECISIONS IMMINENT. AU£T!'.!AN EMPEROR'S ATriXi.'DK. A DISMAL OCTLOOX Revived Jin. 18 7.1.3 p.m. London. Jan. 1". 1 !<■: Daily Telegraph's Roms :orre/pondent imports that the Raise; has ■ summoned to theli (Jener.il Bcadtiuartvr. the reigning Kings, t<:and Duke;, Princes, and, Dtikes of Germany. for the purpose of holding a flrand Crown t'oiUK'il. nnd that it is expected grave decision* are imminent. The Crown j Prime lias already arrived. ! The Daily Telecrnpii ray ..hat it is ign:Ri::i'.it that the, Austrian Emperor remained silent, uiiilc tho othe 111011flvths approved of the Kaiser's vehement proclamation to the amies. Probably Emperor, Cari is reflecting on the scenes nt the funeral of the late Emperor, *■ when « hundred thousand voice., in the street# of Vienna murmured a prayer for peace. Suffering Austrians do not weicomi the Kaiser'. Imiiying tone like a raving war maniac. Fncd disorders are frequent ir. every Austrian town. l'llc Central Powers' offensive in Rouniania has been checked, jcneral* von Mackensen's and von Falkenhayn s losses have beoft tremendous, and their' reserve;. are insufficient to enable them to organise an army for the offensive in Macedonia. Germany, thcrefou, ordered Turkey ti supply two divisions, and f I'g.iria to exert it.- maximum effort. i PRUSSIAN DIET RE-OPENS. A DOLEFUL BUDGET. Amsterdam. Jan. 17. Tim Prussian Diet lias re-opened. Tho Fiesident said he hoped the new year would oring peace. Our great leadeis and glorious troops, and not least our brave submarines, wil! soon answer the exorbitant .and 'impertinent demands of the Entente. Dr. Lcnz, Prussian Minister of Finance, in introducing the Budget, said the balance shown was only apparent. Isolation was increasingly hard on the , iountry, and the food difficulties were Lansing the greatest distress, but measures had been taken to insure that none starved. The hard months were still ahead. Direct taxation had yielded sixty milKen marks above the estimated increase of a hundred millions. The Budget estimates a large increase in direct taxation: 000 million marks had been paid for indemnification for th-i devastation in East Prussia. TROUBLE Ify BERLIN. | MAT .CONTENTS THREATENED. ' Received Jan. 18, 6.5 p.m. Rome, Jan. 17. The Berlin Military Commandant's manifesto threaten? the people who for some days have given themselves up to disorders. It is rumoured the Reichstag Will not reassemble •• Berlin. Disturbances at cologne. Geneva, Jan. 15. The Cologne station was closed for j three days in consequence of disturbance! which the troops quelled.