AUSTRO-GERMANY.

Taranaki Daily News, 10 September 1917, Page 5

AUSTRO-GERMANY.

HUNGARY ANGERS GERMANY. ORDER FOR EXPULSION OP FOREIGNERS. THE CHANCELLOR ENIGMATICAL. Received .Sept. 9, 11.25 p.m. Amsterdam, Sept. 8. The Hungarian Government's intention to expel all foreigners has angered Germany, as many Berlin families are living in Iluntraviin cities because of the better food renditions. Dr. Michaelis. interviewed by the Stuttgart Tagcblatt, refused to outline tlie future of Belgium, Courland and Lithuania. He declared these matters were still developing, and that Germany would formulate peace terms before ■long. THE KAISER-CZAR PLOT. GERMAN MINISTERS CONSULTED. Received Sept. 8. 8.15 p.m. Berne, Sept. 7. The Vossiche Zeitung officially confirms the accuracy of the, Kaiser-Czar correspondence, and adds that the Kaiser acted after consultation with the Chancellor and Foreign Minister. AN OFFICIAL REPORT. SUCCESSES EVERYWHERE. Received Sept. 8, 5.5 p.m. London, Sept. 7. A wiroles3 German official report states: The English attacked on a four kilometres front along the Ypres-Roulers railway, but failed. The enemy employed three divisions in a partial attack near Lens, which also failed. We brought down fourteen aeroplanes. Our cavalry is successfully fighting the enemy, rearguards seventy kilometres eastward of Riga. The enemy set fire to villages between Lobe Lake and Friedrichstadt. The booty captured incli'dcd forty guns, twenty-two being of large calibre. jIORE SUCCESSES CLAIMED. Received Sept. 0, 11.45 p.m. London, Sept. !>. A wireless German official report states: The French attack betwt m the Samogneux and the Beaumont -VaucherAnvill road on a front of twenty miles, was repulsed with heavy losses. French fighting developed in the morning, and our cavalry was fighting on the line westward of Winden to Keuheidenhof, the enemy hastily entrenching. The enemy evacuated positions westward of Kokenhnsen. The gnn« captured on the Riga battlefield number 318. A French attack north-east of Bezonv.nix failed. The enemy gained ground at Chulnes Wood, The fighting continues.

GERMAN LOSSES. 1920 CLASS CALLED UP. Paris, Sept. 7. Le Mntin states that the rjerman losses in defending Lens are already 10,000, or a quarter of the number engaged. Moreover, since August 23, 3.3 Bavarian divisions have been engaged between Meekera and Holleboke, where the losses averaged 3500 each. Eight divisions there remain in the fighting line, and 19 have been withdrawn severely mauled, while eight others, suffering in the feet, havo been transferred to quieter sectors. The Germans have called up the 1920 class. Youths of 17 have already been enlisted in certain districts of Eastern Prussia, Hesse and Westphalia. PAPAL NOTE. THE HUN AND TREATIES. New York, Sept. 7. A Berlin telegram st°tca that tho Vorwaert3 says Germany will reply to the Pope stating that the German people do not want gain from the war, bui, desire a durabla peace guaranteed by international treaties. | GERMAN WAR LOAN. Received Sept. 9, 6.35 p.m. ; Copenhagen, Sept. S. A German Ave per cent, war loan of I ten milliard of marks is being issued. BAVARIANS AND PRUSSIANS. New York, Sept. 7. A Jassy dispatch to the Herald states that there is bitter animosity between the Prussians and Bavarians. They must be separated when taken prisoner. When Germans were taken prisoner in (he battle on the Sereth the Bavarians, pointing to the Prussians, shouted to their Roumanian captors: "Kill those Prussian dogs; they are continuing the war to ruin us." A fierce melee followed, and several prisoners were injured.