UNREST IN AUSTRIA

Taranaki Daily News, 23 January 1918, Page 5

UNREST IN AUSTRIA

THE GOVERNMENT RESIGNS RUSSIAN FRONT IN PARLOUS STATE MfIAIHAINS ARRANGE TERNS WITH ENEMY COBEN AND BREBLAU MINES

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A CRITICAL period, ATTORNEY fjRNERAL'S views. ON WAR SITUATION. Toronto, Jan. 21. Sif Fr?deflek Smith states that the conditions .existing on all the batMeffont» »t- present make it impossible for any »f the Allied commanders or general staffs ttf forecast in any way the events of- tie next three months. However, it is Adoubted that a critical period lies before tfte-'Etopire. DEALING WITH PROFITEERS. BILL TO PROVIM PENALTIES. London, Jan. 21. iff Clynes, M.P., in a speech at said that the magistrates Wertj- over-lenient with profiteers. ■ The food Ministry was introducing a Bill providing that offenders, in addition to fines or imprisonment, should repay ilOuHe the amount in eseess pi the fi*e<fjpriees. UNIFIED CONTROL. , ANOTHER STEP TAKEN. London, -Tan. ti. The Daily Express states that Sir »WHp"3faSh ha# been appointed DirectorGeneral of Transportation for all the Alliek. • This is another step in the direction of Unified control. i vftOODS FOLLOW THAW. London, Jan.* 21, Heavy rains have resulted in floods sll royer the countryside. The rivers hare risen alarmingly and thousands of acres are under water. Much damage hag: been done in South Wales, Devonshire, Warwickshire, and Buckinghamshire. Many towns in Huntingdonshire are isolated. The thaw revealed 4500 hutat waterpipes in Newcastle-on-Tyne.

' POLITICIANS v. SOLDIERS. COLONEL REPTXOTOVS STBONG CRITICISM. .Received Jan. '22, 11.40 p.m. T • London, Jan. 22. The Star interviewed Colonel Reping-' said he had resigned the Times' miSttcy correspondentship because he had hitherto regarded it as a great independent newspaper, with its columns open to criticise the Government, public servants and institutions, the country's welfare demanded. If the present state of things were allowed to continue, only disaster wotild befall the country. The Government had. lost the confidence not only of labor, <but of the great majority. If existing methodk continue, the military and naval services will be wrecked. - If, instead of intriguing against generals and admirals, the Government would inform the nation of the seriousness of affairs, they might retrieve the position. The anny was tired and disgusted with the. intrigues, which sickened every de-cent-minded person. The army had seen on« good man after another sacrificed to cover politicians' blunders and intrigues. Every time an attempt was made to shift the responsibility from the politician to the soldier. This campaign of slander and vilification was nauseating. Sir Douglas Haig's despatch Showed that the army's handicap was due to the difficulty of securing drafts sufficiently long before a division went int» b«ttle. Sir Douglas H«'g also made a report uponthe Cambrai officers responsible, who were quite prepared to take any blame justly attributed to them, tout tie War Cabinet again resolved upon secrecy. Why not tell the public the truth?