AUSTRO-GERMANY.

Taranaki Daily News, 5 March 1918, Page 5

AUSTRO-GERMANY.

AN OUTSPOKEN SOCIALIST. ACCUSES CHANCELLOR OF LAWBREAKING. Received March 4, 5.5 p.in. ■ Amsterdam, March :!■ hi the Reichstag,'the Socialist Yogthcrr denounced Germany's infamous win- policy in Russia, ami accused , the Chancellor ot breaking the law by importing food from Bavaria. lie 'said Austria and Germany were already disputing over Ukraine booty. ' y THE WESTERN OFFENSIVE. - i SOCIALISTS URGE DELAY, , New York, March jB. The United Press llague correspondent has learned authoritatively that tfie German Liberals and Socialists are .trying to convince General LudcndorlT that he should postpone the West fror.t offensive until President Wilson's answer to Count Hertling shows whether it is necessary. GERMAN NATIONAL "DEBT. NEGOTIATIONS WITH ROUMANIA. Received March 4, 7.55 p.m. Amsterdam, March 3. In the Reichstag, Count Posadowskj' stated that Germany's national debt, was now nearly 124 milliards of marks. It is semi-oflicially reported fro® Bucharest thajt Roumania has adopted a basis for the negotiations proposed by the Central Ppweis and will send representatives to discuss the conclusion of peace. An official Vienna report states that negotiations with Roumania arc proceeding favorably. DESiqXS ON SNAKE ISLAND. Amsterdam, 'March 3. German annexationists are planning to occupy Snake Island in the Black Sea and to convert it into a' second Heligoland, so as to limit Roumanian control of Bessarabia.