AUSTRO-GERMANY.

Taranaki Daily News, 3 July 1917, Page 5

AUSTRO-GERMANY.

AN IRON FIST, BraCIAL KJBADECG QN BEHALF OF AIR RAIDS. Benter Service Received July 2, 5.5 p.m. Amsterdam, July I. A Berlin semi-official telegram, referting to the London air raids, state-; that if England ran spare civilians she (an remove them from the neighborhood of storage places for war requirements, each aa Folkestone. Dover, Sheerae*;, and London. The German people are ■ader pressure to bring about England's starvation. The wnr has become a hard race and needs an iron fist. England bat felt this and will experience it again to-morrow. ARTILLERY ACTIVITY. THE RUSSIAN PRESSURE Received July 2, 10.35 p.m. London, July 2. Wireless Austrian official: In eastern pftlida artillery work increased yesterday with the greatest violence. We repulsed strong infantry attacks in the neighborhood of Brzezany. Strong eneaiy attacks westward of Zolosce broke down. A TRANSPARENT LIE. BLAMING THEIR OWN! EMTSSABY. Received July 2, 1055 p.m. Amsterdam, July 2. The North German Gazette states that Saron von Rauteafeb Trill shortly be prosecuted in Germany for contravening the Norwegian laws. It assures .the Norwegians that the explosives were not ft«*ff»d*d to be used in Norway or against Norway's interests, and adds that the German authorities have opened an inquiry into the whole case, and the matter will 1m remedied as far as posAN AOTT-TI3ZA BIOT. I Received July 2, 8.6 pan. Amsterdam, July 1. Aeeosntt in German (papers state that j at the franchise demonstration at Buda-; peat the mob attacked Count Tiara's dob for an boor with stones, demanding that Ttea should come out. Afterwards the nob destroyed the tramcara. Troops dispersed the rioters. BOBSL4K OFFENSIVE DISCUSSED. [Amsterdam. July 1. German newspapers are preparing the pontic for Russian activity. They point out that the recent events at the Stockholm Conference, the Grimm affair, and the Germans' peace offer possibly led Sussia to believe that an offensive would tie highly inconvenient to Germany. We mutt dispel the popular idea that Russia it incapable of resuming the offensive. BJOTS AT BUDAPEST. Berne, July 1. Rioters at Budapest wrecked and -tendered 200 shops, including 80 cafes. [artial law was proclaimed and the riots suppressed. The President of the Austrian Food Board admits that the hay crop is a bitter failure, and that the prospects pi the maize crop are gloomy. TjpPIKBST IN LLOYD 3UORGES - SPEECH. Amsterdam, July 1. German political circles are keenly interested in Mr. Lloyd George's Glasgow speech, as it may change the whole situation of the belßgereat groups.