AUSTRO-GERMANY.

Taranaki Daily News, 8 May 1917, Page 5

AUSTRO-GERMANY.

HOLLWEG'S FORTHCOMING SPEECH. THE ' ,4 NO ANNEXATION, NiO EMM- ; 'NITY" 'POLICY. CHANCELLOR AT PARTING OP THE WAYS. REACTIONARY PRESS ALARMED. Received May 8, 12.45 a.m. Amsterdam, May A private telegram from Berlin states thai iierr Bethmann iHoUw.fcg (the Chancellor) /is to deliver liis long-expected speech in tlie Keic'iistag 'on Tuesday. Interpellations show that the Conservatives and both demand an answer regarding the policy of ''no annexation, no indemnity," as AustroHimgary suggests. The .Vorwaerts tells fierr Hollvreg that lie stands at the parting of.the ways. The Vorwaerts publishes a telegram from the Pester Lloyd stating there is no difference between the war aims of the Central Powers, hut the policy of extensive annexation, which a section of the German press is upholding, is contrary to Count Czernin's policy towards Russia. The reactionary German newspapers are very alarmed at the Constitution Committee of the Reichstag accepting the proposals making the Chancellor responsible to the Reichstag. | GERMANS' VAIN AMBITIONS. ALLIES TO BE RELIEVED OF THEIR RICHES. Reuter Service. Received May 1, 8 jj.ni. London, May 7. A Zurich pamphlet circulating in the German array approves of General Ludendorf demanding that the Central Powers annex Belgium and Northern Prance, together with Courland, Poland, Serbia, Montenegro and Egypt, also the formation of a Central African Empire. The pamphlet asserts that the Entente must be deprived of two-thirds of their natural riches. The newspaper Arbet Zeitung denounces these criminal prospects because they involve the ruin of Germany. GERMANY AND RUSSIA. GERMAN SILENCE BROKEN. Received May 7,'8 p.m. Times Service. ' '' London, May 7. The Cologne Gazette breaks G»>-nuiii silence regarding Russia, and says many sections of the immense East front are plungecf in the deepest cilm. There, are isolated infantry and artillery fights, but there is a lack of cohesive action, Which reflects the internal condition of Russia The Provincial Gover.mn-nt cannot think of an offensive similar to General Brussiloff's. The artillery ifiiccrs have been won over by the war party, who are responsible for the artillarying, in order to prevent the troops from "communicating with the German troops, as they have shown a desire to do The greatest caution is necessary, despite the abundant peace talk. German people must remember that it is necessary to have a. real political power on the enemy's side before negotiations ar-j possible. <" v HOBBLING THE KAISER: Received May 7, 8.20 p.m. Amsterdam, May 7. The Reichstag Constitution Committee agreed that the Chancellor and the Ministers for War and Marine Bhould in future approve of the Kaiser's military and haval nominations. STRIKES IN GERMANY. CONNIVED AT BY AUTHORITIES, j Lpjidon, April 20. In a leading article the Times says;— "The reports of strikes in Berlin, and the cfbscure political developments in Austria, which are evoking outbursts of ■anger in the pan-German press, cannot be ignored, but their significance should be estimated cautiously. The strikes are evidently connived at by the authorities to provide a nafety-valve for local discontent, and impress Russia witli the Austrian political troubles. "A more significant plan for the complete Germanisation of Austria was defeated through the death of Francis Joseph. The relations between Karl and his Gorman subjects are strained. 'The Emperor no longer .-ontrols the army The policy of playing off the nations against each other produced a situation in which it was impossible to gratify the desires of the Hapsburgs without dislocating the 'whole ramshackle empire.''' Swiss advices are to the effect that the German strikers ire drifting back to work. The Government lias announced "that those who do not return will be sent to the front. Serious transport strikes are spreading in Poland.