AUSTRO-GERMANY.

Taranaki Daily News, 7 September 1917, Page 5

AUSTRO-GERMANY.

DEVELOPMENTS AT RIGA. HEAVY GUNS CAPTURED UNDAMAGED. Received Sept. 6, 5.5 p.m. London, Sept. 5. German official. —There is vigorous day and night aerial activity. We bombed Dover, Boulogne and Calais, and downed twenty-two aeroplanes. The operations at Riga further developed. Heavy coast guns, including those of thirty centimetres calibre, were captured undamaged. CHANCELLOR'S AMAZING CONTENTION. PROAVAE PLOTS AGAINST GERMANY. Received Sept. (1, 8.30 p.m. Amsterdam, Sept. S. Dr. Michael is (the Herman Chancellor) has issued a statement maintaining that certain revelations at the trial of S'ukhonilinoff support Germany's contention that Germany nvas not responsible for the war. Dr. Michaelis says the Czar cancelled the order for Russian mobilisation, but this order was thwarted by, among others, \i. Samianoff, the Foreign Minister. Dr. Michaelis asks: Who Is be- I hind these pro-war criminals, whose aggTcssivi' plans against Germany had long been prepared by influential politicians in France, England, and Russia, including SukbuuilinoiT? EX-KING CONSTANTINE. DENOUNCES M. VENKELOS. Received Seut. G, 10 p.m. Copenhagen, Sept. C. Ex-King Constantino has issued a proclamation denouncing M. Venizclos. Tho Vossicho Zeitung says' that Constantino regalia himself as still King, and that he will return to tho throne.