AUSTRO-GERMANY.

Taranaki Daily News, 22 February 1918, Page 5

AUSTRO-GERMANY.

INTERVENTION IN RUSSIA. ffATEMEXT BY KUHLMANX. ': Australian Cable AssociationReceived Feb. 21, 8.30 p.m. ■ " Amsterdam, Feb. 20. fer- Kuhlnrann. addressing the Reichs- /- tag Committee, said Russian appeals for help were daily more numerous and urgent. Germany could not tolerate the destruction cf young Finland, Ar outrages in T/itlmani;i or Esthonia, nor could "lie permit the PnUhevjks to carry out threats against Ukraine. The cession of Kholm ffad created a ban; biit it wa=i the only decision possible -vithout Mnckin; peaoe with Ukraine. Tltp Austrian Premier )iad declare.! that Kholm would not bo cede<l>to UVraine. but a mixed enmmis•ionlif; Poles and Ukrainian? would consider the matter et!>no"Tapliicallv. and if neeessarv the boundaries would be removed eastwards THE AFTER-WAR PRO3LEM. • #REPA£»TIONS FOR ECONOMIC ■"'■,■ OFFENSIVE. Amsterdam. Feb. 20. "\ ,io Tt*nr.ir<r? newspaper Xaehrichten urge* that preparations should be made ; for an economie offensive after the war. German manufactiirers during the past three years have accumulated larjre reserve* of finished products, chemical*, dves, machinery, tors and scientific appliances -which should be launched on the world's markets at, the moment peace is .concluded. Thi* will help to pay for W materials. JThe threats «f economic boveott are only British bluff. The world, needing Gernfan-made goods, will turn a deaf ear to attempts to continue the trade T?a.r. t jßrazil Ims a million ton* of coffee, wjiieb only Cermarv can take. The Argentine will readily sell Oermany her - vast sjotlumi of wool. The Central -and JjSpph American markets are so enormous that German buyers are in no danscr of hem "hut out. Even AmerVnn cotton, copper and rubber and Australian spelter will be at Germany's disposal. Dr Solf retains the title of Colonial Swretwrv and travels frequently to Hamburg to hearten the people with oratios about the magnificent prosraWts openta* after the war in Africa, the South Seas and Australasian waters. He says: "We shall possess our. old colonies' rounded off to suit the new conditions. ' Despite London's brag"ging the fttte of the colonies depends on HSnclenhun: and Ludendorff, not on EngV& politicians."

GERMAN CINEMAS. BIOWPJQ SIGNTTTC OF UKKAIOTAX PEACE. London, Feb. 20. Tnc Amsterdam correspondent of the Daily Telegraph says that the signing of the Ukrainian peace is already the sobject of a film scene showing in German qinema theatres. The Vorwarts declares that the treaty it a mere scrap of paper and can only be made effective when signed again with German blood. The separation of north Bueaia from the Ukraine 11 merely BMMWSrtary. They cannot be kept »epafete by foreign bayonets^

ROUMANIA. i NOT RIPE FOR PEACE. ASPIRATIONS. Received Feh. 21, 8.30 p.» Amsterdam, Feb. 20A telegram from Vienna states that the Koumanian Government has «- messed a desire to eater upon prelumn£y »ace discussions with representa«w/oTl*e Central Powers. Count Crerain and others will shortly be going to'RonmaKi _ Competent quarters opine that BouWania is not ripe lor peace, and that At js «tiH entertaining far-reaching , «H*k£osß, and appear* detomined to JlZsiiLutoMSM # jQie »W>tWons do