AUSTRO-GERMANY.

Taranaki Daily News, 1 March 1918, Page 5

AUSTRO-GERMANY.

AUSTRO-GERMAN RELATIONS. A SERIOUS CONFLICT. CEB3UNY WILL NOT BE THWARTED Beuter Servicefewived Fob. 2S, 10.10 p.m. Washington, Feb. 27Evidence of the growing strain in the relations between Germany and Austria is contained In an official despatch from France, which quotes the Austrian Premier as formally reiterating that Austria will take no part in military action against Russia or Roumania, nor .will Austria send troops into Ukraine. The despatch also refers to the meeting of the Kaiser and the Emperor on ■ Sunday, and snys that it seems tht-To is little doubt that a serious conflict has .".risen betweeni the two nations, nhieh Germany is determined to settle, by violajit measures if necessary. ROUMANIAN PEACE TERMS. OUTRAGEOUS HUNGARIAN CLAIMS. Amsterdam, Feb. 27. Austrian reports state that the Roumanians at tlie peace negotiations are claiming the three Be«sarabian districts lost by the peace of Berlin. The Hungarians are strenuously claiming that the security of their Transylvanian border / must be provided for, but Dr. Knhlmann ' and Count Czernin are determined that the prospects of pence with Roumania shall not be prejudiced by outrageou.. Hungarian claims. A STORMY MEETING. SO TANGIBLE RESULTS. Received Feb. 2S, 7 p.m. Paris, Feb. 27. Lc Petit. Parisien stales that the first meeting of Count Czernin and Dr. Kuhl/mann with General Averescu was stormy. Czernin adopted an aggressive attitude, reviving personal bitterness regarding the Roumanians The meeting broke up without any tangible resultsTHE LITHUANIAN THRONE. GAXONY'S DIFFICULTYReceived Feb. 2S, 5.5 p.m. Zurich, Feb. 27. Saxon official: The Court newspaper states that if the throne of Lithuania is definitely offered to Saxony, the Government will consider to what extent the proposal is comportable with the Saxon Crown interests. "Saxony's historic ties with Poland constitute a gi.ive objection, involving the • risk of offending Polish opinion. , The King's brothers, Princes John and George, refused the Polish throne two years ago, but if the Lithuanian offer were made to the King's second son, Prince Christian, he might fcetome king'THE CONFERENCE. ABRTVAL OF RUSSIANS DELAYED. Received Feb. 28, 5.5 p.m. Amsterdam, Feb. 27Herr von Dembussche, speaking in the AaeTietag, said that the German and Austro-Hungarian delegation had arrived at' Brest Litovsk, but the Russian delegation had been delayed north of Pskoff ly a blown up bridge-