AUSTRO-GERMANY.

Taranaki Daily News, 20 April 1917, Page 5

AUSTRO-GERMANY.

AUSTRIAN OPERATIONS. : i , AT COMPLETE STANDSTILL. Received April 19, 11.25 p.m. ' ' Berne, April 19. x It is reported from Vianna that operation* on the Austrian front arc at a standstill. >THE BERLIN STRIKE. GERMAN'PRESS COMMENT. '"' -f Amsterdam, April 18. It is officially stated that work has teen resumed in Berlin except in the metal industries. The non-arrival of Berlin newspapers in Holland is arousing suspicion. - The Koelnische Volkszeitung states .that the reduction of the bread ration ias made -a. more painful impression jihan any war measure. The Vorwarts states that the strike emphasises the anxiety concerning food and the demands for the realisation of the Raiser's promised reform--;. It also indicates the longing for peace. TROUBLE IN AUSTRIA. FRESH DEVELOPMENTS. Received April 19, 5.5 p.m. London, April 18. A telegram indicates increasing political trouble in Austria. Two more Ministers have resigned, supposedly •bemuse they regard the convocation of the fteicher&th next month as inopportune, ' (earing the Russian revolution will stimulate the demands for reforms. ENEMY'S CHANGE OF TUNE. IN DOLEFUL DREAD. Received- April 19, 8.45 p.m. i ; Rome, April 18. v A semi-official message states that at , Vienna it is greatly feared that Turkey, by reason of its very critical internal 'situation and military defeats, will 'be obliged to conclude a separate peace. A preoccupation in Berlin is equally ' pronounced that each day brings the of the Entente nearer.