AUSTRO-GERMANY.

Taranaki Daily News, 14 May 1917, Page 5

AUSTRO-GERMANY.

GERMANY ISOLATED. STOPPAGE OF MAIL SERVICES. 'Australian Cable Association. Redfeived May 13, 5.5 p.m. Amsterdam, May 12. < . The German post office announces the 'stoppage 0? mail services to Spain, Mexico, Central America, South America, China' and Siam, owing to the impossibility of securing safe connections. Thu3 Germany is isolated from the whole world, except the Alließ, Scandinavia, Holland and Switzerland. GERMAN PEACE KITES. QQViSRNMENT CRISIS EXPECTED. ; ! - Times Service. Received 'May 13, 5.5 p.m. . Amsterdam, May 12. The German press continues its daily kite flying regarding war aims and' peace conditions* a course which is evidqptly desired in Government quarters to ventilate the subject as fully as possible 4 ; before the' Chancellor's Reichstag speech. Despite denials, it is again rumored in Berlin that a Government crisis is near, and may cause divergence of pflnion regarding peace aimß. A CHARACTERISTIC REPORT. 'ii '& N.Z. Cable Asoßciation & Reuter. Wireless.—Per Admiralty Press. Received May 13, 5.15 p.m. London, May, 12. A ftantian official report states: Artillery Action has reached its greatest violence on the whole of the Anas front British advances at Fresnoy and Roeux, and between Monchj and Cherisy, failed. We sanguinarily repulsed an attempt to Btorm Bullecourt by an encircling movement. There has been an artillery battle at Soissons, the Laon road, on both sides of Craoanfe, along the Aisnemare Canal, the Champagne and some points at Arbetween Winterburg and Berry au Bac an the Corbeny road, also at Frosnes. We brought down eighteen enemy aeroplanes. We completely repulsed FrancoBritish attacks between Cerna and the y«tiar.

THE CORPSE FACTORY DENIED. \ > ' Australian Cable Association. Beceived May 13, 5.16 p.m. Amsterdam, May 12. . Replying to a question in the Reichstag,. Herr Zimtnermann (Minister for Foreign Affairs) said the corpse factory allegations were a calumny, and blames lord Cecil for giving them credency. WfIAT THE GERMANS CLAIM. 'A' N.Z. Cable Association & .Reuter. /ytmiralty.—Per Wireless Press. Received May 13,11.60 p.m. London, May 13. A German official report states: Dense masßeg of English last night attacked the strongest artillerying on both ' sides of the Arras-lens,. Arras-Douai, and Arras-Cambrai roads. They succeeded in penetrating our lines at some 1 points. We, oy counter-attacking, threw them back with heavy losses. Fighting continues at Rpeui< railway station. Jresh fighting has devoloped between AsheVille and Queant. The' artillery .battle continues on the Aisne and at the Champagne. We forced back the French at Bovelle ridge, near Cerny, after bitter hand-to-hand fighting. We our improved lines against the attack. We repulsed attacks against the hills eastward of Berry au Bac. We brought down fifteen eneny aeroplanes. We repulsed renewed attacks on the Cerna salient. EFEBOT OF PAPER SHORTAGE. [Amsterdam, May 11. Thiei whole of the Berlin press has bent a telegram to Herr von BethmannHotiweg that, owing to the shortage of pap«r and coal, it may ibe impossible to pobt&h newspapers from the beginning ofnext week. They demand an immediate remedy, and point out that the political consequences of the stoppage of newspapers would Ibe fatal. ' MOD PROBLEM "UNSOLVED. , Amsterdam, (May 11. Herr B&tooki, in the Beichstag, said he wag convinced! that food supplies would last nptil harvest, but thp Government mint ensure careful distribution and proper estivation of the soil. Englandhad been forced to copy Germany, but could not introduce bread tiokets on the German scale, because theft were insufficient supplies. Germany could expect considerable help from Reumania, but' it 'must !be remembered that there ■hid been a bad. harvest in Hungary and the crops In the'occupied territory were generally disappointing. Tie war had ajao created! diffiSjUltfes for agriculture in Turkey and Btilgatia. 4 Tim t&iW ** regarded as, an admisifo. ftfahß failure ~t't> solve the food^