AUSTRO GERMANY.

Taranaki Daily News, 18 February 1918, Page 5

AUSTRO GERMANY.

,THE RUSSIAN POSITION. IPSITIOX FULL OF POSSIBILITIES AUSTRIA MAY BREAK FROM GERMANY. HER INTERNAL CONDITION PERILOUS. United ServiceReceived Fel). IT, 5.15 p.mLondon, Feb- 10. A'special correspondent says that the recent Russian developments are full of i possibilities, surprise, and serious em- I barrassraent for the Central Powers. The dissolution of the old Russian peril deprives the artificial Austro-German unity of its former impelling force. Austria is desperately anxious for peace, and, no longer sharing the common antagonism, may break away from German control and cease to set herself against the natural development of the Slav races. The Austrian internal position is already perilous owing to a determined and probably permanent Slav union against the Government. ,Beneath .tile; masterful German announcements and threats to anti-Bolsheviks aje signs of riervdtWness and hesitation. ' , Reports from Vienna state that the Austrian* are puzaled by the possible ramifications .of the Bolshevik policy. It is supposed that Trotsky expects the/ <Central Powers do not intend to attack Russia, and that the latter can then afford to await the results of the Western offensive. Germany's remedy for the Polish situation is awaited with the keewet interest. The newspapers are diKfted, some being bellicose, while others are fearful of the ultimate outcome. PAN-GERMANS SILENCE KAISER. XHE MASSES KNOW THE TRUTH. New York, Feb. 15. Mr. William Simons, telegraphing to the United Press from Zurich, states tn»t he learns reliably that the Kaiser declared President Wilson's terms sufficiently reasonable to form a peace basis, but the pamGeromns silenced the Kaiser. The German masses no longer expect vietorv. and believe another offensive will .enly result in further Teuton casualties. SPLITTING UP POLAND. GERMANS WILL ATTACK REVAL iOOD FROM UKRAINE. Amsterdam Feb. In. Polish neW» indi i ".-« that Germany is disregarding the phrases about 'selfdetermination, splitting Poland into many fragments, adding some to Ukraine and others to Lithuania, with the object gf blocking the establishment of a united AUSTRIAN EMPEROR'S MANIFESTO. SPEEDY PEACE HOPED FOR. "Aug. and NZ. Cable Assoc, and Reuter. Received Feb. 17, 5-5 p.m. Amsterdam, Feb. 16. The Austrian Emperor has Issued a manifesto to his subjects on tlie occasion of peace being declared with Ukraine, Stating that when be came to the throne •he felt himself in union with the people in the steadfast resolution to fight out the struggle forced on them till an honorable peace was achieved. They had taken the first step in the realisation of this, and he trusted that a general peace would soon be granted to suffering huoajuty,