AUSTRO-GERMANY.

Taranaki Daily News, 13 November 1917, Page 5

AUSTRO-GERMANY.

GERMAN POLITICAL CRISIS. A SUPPOSED SETTLEMENT, . ESTABLISHED. Received Nov. 12, 8.30 p.m. „,, , Copenhagen, Xov. 11. • I, J? a . d ? rs of tho parties in the Reichstag profess the belief that tee new Government will secure a settle: ment of the political crisis, and that Hie majority of the parties have agreed on a. programme which will be followed until the end of the war, also that Parmment and the Government will no longer he antagonistic, and that German parliamcntarianism is now an accomplished fact. Herr Kuehlmann has offloially notified the leaders of the solution or the crisis.

AN OFFICIAL REPORT.

USUAL SUCCESSES CLAIMED.

Aus. and N.Z. Cable Assoc, and Reut?r, Received Nov. 12,'11.10 p.m.

~,. , „ London, Nov. 12. Wireless Germnn official:.An English attack north-westward of Passchcndaele sanguinarily collapsed. We captured the stubbornly-defended bridgehead at Vidor. Strong Italian forces attacked and pressed back our forces near Asiaeo. We captured Belluno. The enemy has made a stand in the Lower Piave. . . , London, Nov. 9, A wireless German official dispatch states: There is considerable artillery. ing in the Yser-PoelcapeHe-Passch.cn-daele sector. French advances in the Sungan were thrown back. The Eng. hsh advanced on the Strumma plain, but a powerful Bulgar counter-thrust threw them hack. Wo have crossed tho Livens* and continue to overcome the ref.istancc of the Italian rearguards advancing from the mountain roads towards tho phin amid snow and rain towards the Piave.

AUSTRIA DESIRES AUMTSTICE. Amsterdam, Nov. 11. Viennese papers are giving prominence to the rumor that Austria will propose a general armistice when the advance into Italy ends. GERMAN' EFFORTS TO CAPTURE SWISS TRADE. Berne, Nov. 11. Germany is steadily endeavoring to girt Switzerland completely under control witlu-a view of utilising "her as a postwar trading centre. Many Germans have visited Swiss firms, offering to buy their businesses for cash and offering other advantageous terms if allowed to carry on under the present Swiss nameß.

HELFFERICH'S RESIGNATION Amsterdam, Nov. 9. The Kaiser has accepted Dr. Helffe rich's resignation.

THE CHRISTCHURCH FIRE,

FURTHER DETAILS. Ey Telegraph.—Press Association. Christchurch, Nov. 12. The fire was discovered at 8.30 in the roof of His Majesty's. It had a good hold and by 11 o'clock the whole block was completely gutted. The building was erected in 1000 and over a million bricks were used in its construction. ' It was first used for the Jubilee Exhibition in that year. The only part to escape total destruction was the front ground floor, mainly occupied by entrance halls and small offices.

The Agricultural Association was able to remove the contents of the safe, all records and a number of valuable cups, but nothing was saved from the committee room. The chief loss there was the library and a valuable series of framed photographs. The organ was used in the 1908 Exhibition and was presented by the Seddon Government to the city. It wrs insured for £3750. The main hall was leased as a theatre at the beginning of the year by Fullers for ten years and at once used for vaudeville.

The origin of the fire is unknown, but the caretaker thinks it started upstairs r.r in the roof. '