AUSTRO-GERMANY.

Taranaki Daily News, 25 January 1917, Page 5

AUSTRO-GERMANY.

WHY GERMANY WAGED WAR. TO STRIKE AT RUSSIA. J:t'l3K INSTRUMENT OP ENGLAND. Router Servic#. Received Jan. 25, ]2.45 a.m. Washington, Jan. 24. President Wilson denies having any >nowledge of liermany's terms. 'I lie New York World's llerlin corro;poi'dent interviewed 11 err Vleckscher uid prominent members of the lii'iihi(;<£, who said: "We don't want to continue the war with France, and would le glad to meet the French deputies Did consider why France continues. We l".'!iove f.'ermany is prepared to restore j inte-bellum conditions resp'eetins | F'nnce. Germany waged war wiliii p-ance for no other object than to i ; .rike at her ally Russia, who was an instrument of England." BANKRUPTCY AND DISHONESTY. AUSTRIA AND GERMANY i-VVOLVKD. i'AYMENT I'OP. HOODS FORBIDDEN. Turin, .Tan. •2.1. The Austrian Government has prohibited all payments from Austria fc.r Roods supplied to external sources before January 1. Swiss exporters .re chiefly atlected. Tlic Journal de fieneve say* that this is Austria's bankruptcy, and nttaeks Austria's dishonesty. The paper declares that Germany appears to liave' taken the Fame course, as remittances are long overdue. WOMEN SWINDLERS, BERLIN CITIZENS VICTIMISED. Received Jan. 21, 5.5 p.m. Berlin, Jan. i."). Beautiful Fran Ku.pfer and jier daughtei havo swindled Berlin's leading' -itizeirs out of two million marks by means of a bogus food contract company, which, was paving tremendou; dividends, jlolli have been arrested. .HOW THE SCHEME WORKED. Received Jan 24 0.15 p.m. Amsterdam, .T.sn. •"?. Rerlin is excited over ;lie p: .-at swind'e, resembling tho Humbert use. A young-looking widow. Maria Kupfer. and her daughter, a well-known beauty, opened a provision shop for fashionable customers, principally oldi-.li wealthy gentlemen, who lent the pair 080,030 marks. They did a huge business, and entertained lavishly, but a ilepositor be-

came suspicious, demanded repayment, and was refused. The widow ..ml daugli ter have been arrested. ENLISTING SUPPORT 0? WORKERS tlo'ceived Jan. 21, 5.3 p.m. Amsterdam, dan. 23. A Vienna message states that tihe Emperor Charies lia.s conferred with Aiistro-Hungarian Socialist leaders concerning the workers' views on peace for Aur-tria. The Labor Party has resolved to .levote its strength to ucior.v, because

defeat would mean 'ii<sncefiil subjugation of the nation "nd .inemplovment, 'villi hunger .nd misery for the worker.!. HEARTLESS CRUELTY TO PRISONERS. Berne, .Tan. 2.1. Humane protests are beim? made against the refined erueltv of the German procedure'with French and British sick amd wounded prisoners selected for internment in Switzerland. When the selected men reach Constance in sight of t'lie frontier and comparative freedom, they are re-examined and frequently sent nnck to captivity. Thrce-quarfc»rs of the la it French batch suffer id this fate. This heartless cruelty has even evoked protests from Princes Max of Baden and Henry of Saxony. MORE IROX CROSSES. Amsterdam, Jan. 33. A Berlin message states that the ICaiser has conferred the Iron. Cross on xiimself, Field-Marshal von Hindenburg, and Herr von Bethuionn-Hoilwea;. FAILURE OF RECRUITING IN iOLAND. Amsterdam, 'an. 23. German disappointment at '.lie Poles not enlisting is increasing. Tile. Kovno Gazette states that Ihf Gciman Chief in Command in Eastern (ialicia lias protested against the Poleconsidering that Poland is Jready a sovereign. Stat".. They sin;"' 1 1! ■ ,-t e i .<ibUs!i an army to collar,oraU iu it; Jc cnce. . NO HELP FHCv Till Rome, Jan. 23. The ilesfcagcro states that Archbishop Kakowski, 'if Warsaw, t>■<? Pope's approval, lias refused General Beseier'.q request to support tflie formation of an army for Germany. MNDENBURG VISITS ITALIAN I'ROXT. ' Zurich, ,lan. 23. Field-M i'shal [lindeiibuif; and General Ludeiniorlf, his second in command, visited the Italian front, and attended a War Council, at. which the Emperor Charles and the, Avehd'.iko Eugene (Chief of the Austrian General Stall) w ere present.

KAISER AMD CROWN PRINCE. STRAINED RELATIONS. Received Jan. 24, j.-5 p.m. Rome, Jan. 23. .II Corricro d'ltalia, states tha* relations between the Kaiser and the Crown Prince are strained. The Crown Prince is chagrined a.t not being promoted' to tlie rank of lield-Mai'S'lial, in recognition ot Verdun, wlii.-n, lie claims, upset' the Entente'; pl;ins. The Ka:.;er is annoyed because the Crr-iV!) ."vinof de-l-Hue.* to rr.-osniw Ficld-Mar.-iiul denbnrg's orders, g::rma.\ bluff again. (Reuler Servi.-e.) Lond.ir. -la:i. J.'!. Berlin hotels ire ulverUsini; iNte'.isively in Switzerland. They ~ declare that it is probable the war will be over by the h .. A.,' OFFICIAL ""TORT. Admir.iliy, per Wirtlc.-.* Press. London, .inn. A German official report says:—We repulsed strong advances soullnvnrds oi Ca.sinu. The Bulgarians crossed the soutnern arm of the Danube estuary near Tulcea, .md hold I'lie northern bank against the .Ins-inns.