AUSTRO GERMANY.

Taranaki Daily News, 4 September 1917, Page 5

AUSTRO GERMANY.

I GERMAN COLONIES. 1 I BGSB SHOWING THEIR HANDS. Time* Service. Bmb»4 6«pt. 3, 9.15 pja. London, Sept. 3. Tha German press is giving prominence t lo the fate of the German colonies. ? In eotmtction therewith Herr ZimmeT- t W«nn define* the war aims of the future, f Germany should array Central and t South America against Anglo-Saxon ism. f Therefore Germans not emigrating to German colonies should he mad.- to emigrate to those regions instead of to A us- I trafata, North America, and South Africa. The Berliner TagcWatt emphasises the great valne of New Guinea and Samoa to Germany, and a natural outlet through Turkey. Moreover, New Guinea and Samoa could easily be defended !>y U-boat bases. It concludes: "If at the outbreak of the waT we had known what v* know now we certainly would have had a greater number of 1-boats in the ' Buttle, and things would have been 1 «ry different." _____ DISSOLVING THE REICHSTAG. ] AN ACTIVE CAMPAIGN. Received Sept. S, 11.45 p.m. Amsterdam, Sept. 3. He Pas-Germans are making an effort to dissolve the Beiehstag. Leading junker newspapers declare that the Reichstag does not represent the people, and are organising a campaign in favor ol ita dissolution. Fan-German organisations are deluging Dr. Mkhaelia and General von Hindeoburg with resolutions denunciatory thereof. BREACH OF FAITH WITH POLAND. Banter Service. Zurich, Sept. 2. Germany has committed another breach of faith with Poland, where the I National Council, formed under German auspices, has resigned owing to a Ger■an order sending the go-called Polish Ifcgion to the Austrian front in defiance pt-the agreement. MALNUTRITION CAUSES DYSENTERY. Berne, Sept. ?. An epidemic of dysentery is general la Germany and Austria. It is attributed to malnutrition. Patients are unable to get good milk, as tho German War Office is intercepting supplies aiid extracting uitro-glycerine. The War Offae even interc -pt» Swiss milk t t the frontiers, though Germany pleaded that ifm must be alkw'ed to import from Switzerland, as otherwise babies and young children would die. The Austrian and German Government* are seeking to allay public 'ears by announcing that new foods have been invented to replace milk. ON THE VARIOUS FRONTS. Received Sept. 3, 10 p.m. London, Sept. 2. Wireless, German official: The French Captured a email portion of our foremost line at Hurtebise farm. Some of our enterprises south-east of Riga succeeded. The French strongly attacked near Monastir. We wiped out or took prisoner those penetrating our lines. The Serbian attacks at Dobropolje broke imp.