AUSTRO-GERMANY.

Taranaki Daily News, 25 January 1918, Page 5

AUSTRO-GERMANY.

ANNEXATIONISTS DOMINANT. AUSTRO-GKRMAN PEOPLES DECEIVED. SOCIALIST FABLES AS TO PEACE. Received Jan. 25, 1.30 a.m. London, .lan. 21. A wireless Russian message states that- a political official, in a statement, du#iiires that the German annexationists h*Vf been sufficiently powerful to impose their will upon the evasive dploinats of the llertling-Kuhlmann school. The Austro German delegation refused to guarantee the withdrawal of their armies from occupied territories. This is a monstrous annexation, and the Austro-Ger-man peoples are being deceived by their own governments before the ' whole world. The statement continue'?: "At the Brest Litovsk negotiations Austria gave a immlilc approval to all that Hoffmann flii Ivuhlman said, but all this did not prevent the Austrian Socialists from telling fables to Austrian workmen regarding Count. Czeruin's endeavor to obtain peace/' THE AUSTRIAN STRIKE. TEMPER REMAINS VIOLENT. London, Jan. 23. Tho Daily Telegraph's Milan correspondent states that, the Austrian strike has collapsed and that work will be resumed on Monday. Geneva mesasges only mention the collapse of the strike in Vienna, adding that the temper of the Austrian population remains violent. The Arbeiter Zeitung warns the Government. that if the Brest Litovsk negotiations fail owing to the Central Powers' uncompromising attitude the Socialist leaders will no longer be able to control the workers. The German portions of Austria are reported to he comparatively calm, but Bohemia is in a state of ferment. A demonstration at the Prague Opera. House on Sunday led to grave riots. A general strike began at Prague on Monduy. Amsterdam, Jan. 23. A Fatherland meeting at Cologne resulted in the Socialists rushing the gathering and singing the "Marseillaise" until the police were called and cleared the hall with swords and whips. The crowd left crying: "Down with TirpitZ; long live peace.'' THE TORTURED MASSES. PATIENCE EXHAUSTED. Amsterdam, Jan. 23. No newspapers from Austria have arrived since the 18th. The Vienna Arbeiter Zeitung, in a remarkable article, said the patience of the tortured masses had ended. They were unabtte to endure longer. Not only the workers, but millions of peasants, officials, and professional men demand peace. The strikers are now translating the powerless wish into a definite act. It is strange that the Austrian censor allowed the article to be published. German newspapers are ignoring the Austrian crisis. AN AUSTRIAN PEACE. GERMANY OBDURATE. Amsterdam, Jan. 23. A well-informed traveller from Austria states that every Austrian ridicules the idea of fighting on for Alsace-Lorraine, Germany's annexations in Belgium, the freedom of the seas, and other items in the German Jingoes' programme. Austria wants an Austrian peace. An overwhelming mass of the people support the right of self-determination by occupied territories. Germany does not want peace. Austria does, font will she he offered itf , VERY HEAVY FLOODS. CAUSE CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE. New York, Jan. 23. Tlie New York Times' Hague correspondent reports heavy floods throughout Germany, due to the thawing of tremendous snowfalls. Factories and munition works have been damaged and bridges washed away. There have 'been great losses of cattle. Factory work is partially stopped in Hanover, Jena, Karlsruhe, and in South Germany ALLECED DIFFERENCES. BETWEEN lIIN'DENBURG AND LUDENDORFF. New York, Jan. 23. The Chicago Daily News correspondent on the French front says that serious differences are reported between Hindenburg and Ludendorff. It is 'believed that the latter is opposed to a big offensive on the West front. OFFICIAL AMERICAN NEWS. Washington, Jan. 23. State Department advices confirm the news of the Socialist riot and economic disturbances in Austria.