AUSTRO-GERMANY.

Taranaki Daily News, 2 May 1917, Page 5

AUSTRO-GERMANY.

IMPENDING REVOLUTION IN HUNGARY, ARMY DISAFFECTED. Received May 1, 9.20 p.m. London, May ]. . The Morning Post's Hungarian correspondent says that the shadow of a. revolution overhangs the country. Th? overthrow of Czardo'm gave a fresh impulse to the movement of Socialists, numbering probably'a million, including anarchists. Representatives lield a secret conference on April 3, and issued a manifesto greeting the Russian proletariat, congratulating them on the overthrow of Czarism, and hoping to overthrow all other despotisms. Hitherto' the leaders hnd given guarantees of orderliness, but it is unbelievable that any sane man would give these guarantees now. > The Hungarian army is as ready for a revolution as for war. FOOD CONCESSIONS TO THE . WORKERS. RESULT OF STRIKES. Received 'May 1, 9.20 .p.m. ' London, April 30. The Daily Telegraph's Rotterdam correspondent states that as a result of the strikes, German workmen have received considerable food ■ concessions of meat and potatoes. It is semi-officially stated that although foodstuffs are short, there is sufficient until harvest. DUTCH FRONTIER CLOSED .GREAT MILITARY. TRAFFIC. Received May 1, 9.30 p.m. London,"May I. newspapers have not reached Holland for six days, and travellers have been informed tliat the frontier will remain closed for 20 days-., consequent >upon the great military traffic. FURTHER FOOD RIOTS. . MILITARY FIRE ON CROWD. Renter Servicei. Received May 1, 10.30 p.m. , Zurich, May 1. Neutrals'from Germany report further serious disorders, particularly in the Westphalian steel districts, owing to the deamess of food. The military fired oil the crowds, many being ■wounded. ANNOUNCEMENT BY SOCIALISTS. UNABLE TO GUARANTEE ORDER AFTER MAY-DAY. Received May 1, 11.55 p.m. London, May 1. According to the Cologne Volks Zeitung, the German Socialist leaders announce they are unable to guarantee the maintenance of .peace and order in Germany after May-day. TWO OPPOSING FORCES. FEAR OF TARIFF DIFFERENTIATION. Amsterdam, April 30. The German Conservatives passed a resolution) demanding that the Government suppress the social democracy's increasing influence. They declared that peace without annexations and indemnities would lead Germany into an abyss. The Vorwarts states that Mr. Lloyd George and Mr. Eonar Law's references to tariff are of the highest importance to Germany's future development. The paper fears that England intends to differentiate between neutrals and the Central Powers, and urges a peace treaty to make tile expulsion of Germany from the world's markets impossible. AUSTRIAN EMPEROR~WORKS FOR PEACE. Amsterdam, April 30. The Journal de Geneve interviewed an American from Vienna who states that discontent against the Government lias decreased owing to the Emperor proving himself a peace advocate. The dismissal of hundreds of bureaucratic parasites has won popular approval. WARNING TO GERMAN GOVERNMENT. Amsterdam, April 30. Herr Dernhurg, e;x-Colonial Minister, has warned the Government not to delay reforms, because the popular movement is so deep-rooted that it cannot be stifled. He has also urged Herr von Eethmann-Hollweg to publish Germany's war ftims. A CHARACTERISTIC REPORT. Wellington, May 1. The High Commissioner reports under date London, April 30 (9.20 p.m.):

A German official message states:— The English loss in Saturday's fighting was 6000 who fell, and 1000 who were taken prisoner. Forty machine-guns were captured and ten tanks were destroyed.