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Taranaki Daily News, 13 February 1917, Page 5

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THE KAISER'S APPEAL, ONE MORE RIVER TO CROSS. United Service. Received Fob. 13, 1*2.10 a.m. Rotterdam, February 1-. It h reported that the ly.is issued tbe following order: My aiming have passed all rivers. I now a*k. thcui to cros« the Yser." EFFECT OK COAL SHORTAGE. Tlio Hague. February 11. Ten lnrge cities, of which V\ is tlie latest, have ordered the c!o-ing of all place.-' of amusement, owin;; to tlxe coal shortage Amsterdam, February 1!. Two hundred factories in Ilollar.-l have closed, and others fire o)i half tini'owing to the shortage of coal. &EPORTEI) RECONSIDERATION OF SUBMARINE CAMPAIGN. Amsterdam. February 11. „ is reported that the Kaiser has summoned Herr von Herr Zimmerman, and the leader" ni the army and navy to confer at hc.v:quarteru as to the pos'ibil.ty of negotiations with neutral relative io modifying the submarine policy. NOTHING' TO FF.AR FROM AMERICA. Zurich. February 11. Herr von Bethmann-Holhvef. addressing the Reichstag on January 31, in a speech which previously nas censored, «aid that the German Government had carefully weighed' all the pos.-ibili-ti;s and were convinced that President Wilson would not break off relations immediately, nor adopt a vigorously hostile policy. Count BernstorfT assured them that the United States would not abandon lii>r neutrality in the event of unrestricted but would only , send one or more notes, resulting in prolonged negotiations, which would proba'oiy lead to nothing' serious. Regarding-" the other neutrals, Herr von Bethnmnn-Ho'ilweg said: "We may be assiired that although they may protest they can and will do nothing. The Government has decided, after receiving the advice of military and naval experts, that \vc must risk even war with America. Submarining?, are the only hope of a decisive victory over England." KE-EXAMINING AUSTRIAN CIVILIANS. Berne, February 9. Austrian civilians aged 26 to 45, except miners, have been re-exainined for military service for the fourth time. There is intense cold in Germany, which is greatly aggravated bv the coal shortage. The temperature Was 18 degrees below zero in Leipzig. All places of amusement in Saxony are closed to aav'e fuel. SHORTAGE OF OIL FUEL. Amsterdam, February 9. u'erman newspapers show extravagant joy over the submarine war. Naval circles, however, do not conceal their anxiety about England's new defensive measures. The rapid exhaustion of liquid fuel demands that everything shall be done to restore the Roumanian wells and to prevent I attempts against the few wells still remaining. All the Berlin schools fxe closed owing to lack of coal. SCANT COURTESY TO GERARD. The Hague, February 11. Mr. Gerard formally protested at the Government cutting off the Embassy telephone ten minutes after his asking for his passports. AUSTRIAN YOUTHS CALLED UP. Berne, February 11. All Austro-Bungariana born in ISM have been called up for medical examination and classification.