AUSTRO-GERMANY.

Taranaki Daily News, 31 August 1917, Page 5

AUSTRO-GERMANY.

CHAGRIN IN GERMANY. AT RUSSTA NOT THROWING OVER HER ALLIES. Received Aug. 30 ; 8 p.m. Amsterdam, Aug; 29. Reports of the Moscow Conference proved a great disappointment to Germany, where it was hoped Russia would forsake lier allies. The newspapers disclose the Germans' chagrin. The Lokpl Anzeiger says Germany was prepared to offer Russia an honorable peace. BOYCOTTING THE ENEMY. AS A MEANS OF FINISHING THE AVAR. ' Berne, Aug. 29. German Republican circles in Switzerland urge the Entente to threaten Germauy with a commercial boycott for live, ten, or twenty years. TJiis ultimatum would suffice to bring the War Lords to reason and soon convince them that the Entente means business. AUSTRIAN APPEALS FOR HELP (DISREGARDED BY GERMAN. ißerne, Aug. 29. Germany, replying to an Austrian appeal for reinforcements, declares she is unable to render assistance, *nd also refuses to send aeroplanes, despite Italy's marked superiority in the air. GERMAN COLONIES. lIUNS* VAIN HOPES. Amsterdam, Aug. 29. *? err Tallin publishes important articles in the Hamburger Fremdenblatt, insisting on the absolute necessity of recovering the colonies intact, also rounding off those in Africa and considerably increasing them in the Pacific. Herr liallin points out that the Mittel Europe schemes are inadequate to provide the raw materials vital for Germany's industries. Countries producing cotton, coffee, jute, rubber and other products must be under German control, otherwise the Empire will be under the heel of England and the United States. Admiral von Crapon also insists on the necessity of tropical possessions and securing portions of the Belgian Congo. During the peace negotiations German delegates must continually ask whether tne colonies can supply the necessary raw material and are thickly populated enough to supply German planters and exploiters with the necessary labor. The coasts and islands of Eastern Asia are particularly valuable. Received Aug. 30. 10 p.m. Amsterdam, Aug. 29. Admiral von Crapon adds that coaling stations and marine bases must also be secured. Germany'.} possessions in the South Seas must not only be restored, but several other groups secured, in view of future entanglements with Japan and the United States. Some of the permanent fleet and fast cruisers must 'be based in South Seas headquarters, aaid the fleet protected by powerful fortifications. ALLEGED PEACE OFFER. BY GERMANY TO RUSSIA. Amsterdam, Aug. 29. The Vorwaerts quotas M. Kerenskv as having said that Russia a few days ago rejected Germany's fresh offer of peace. The paper asks Dr. Michaelis for a prompt explanation, and adds that Germany wants a general peace. The KeichBtag resolution will be marred by secret peace offers, the refusal of which ie a. moral defeat for Germany. BREAKING A STRIKE. Amsterdam, Aug. 28. The Arbeiter Zeitimg reports that the Ringhoflcr metal works w\tc idle for a week, owing to 4000 men striking, until the military introduced 300 skilled men as strike-breakers. Lack of paper in Germany has prevented publishers of school books printing new editions when their stock was exhausted. After Christmas the»schools> will gradually become bookless. WIDESPREAD DYSENTERY. , Berne, Aug. 28. It is learned on-the highest authority that the epidemic of dysentery in Germany is almost nationwide. Tuberculosis is rapidly spreading, and the mortality has increased from 5.» to JOO per cent, since the beginning of 1916. AN AUSTRIAN REPORT. Received Aug. SO, 10 p.m. London, Aug. 30. Wireless Austrian official: Superior enemy concentrations forced us to evacuate a height near Koveia. The AustroGermans have captured positions on the DaJack. We have taken a thousand prisoners in the ten days' battle of Bainsizza plateau, but our unbroken resistance proved us victors despite Italian superiority. -DEMOCRATISING LITHUANIA AND COURLAND. Received Aug. 30, 5.5 p.m. Amsterdam, Aug. 29. The Reichstag adopted the joint resolution of the Liberals, Centrals, Progressives, and Socialists requesting the introduction of Parliamentary institutions in Lithuania and Courlacd.