AUSTRO-GERMANY.

Taranaki Daily News, 11 March 1918, Page 5

AUSTRO-GERMANY.

THE VICTORY IN THE EAST. "ONE OF THE GREATEST SUCCESSES IN HISTORY." Received March 10, 5.5 p.m. Amsterdam, March 9. . The Kaiser, in a telegram to the President of the Prussian" tower House, said .the victory in the East was one of the greatest successes in history. It secured the Baltic provinces to the German nationality for a length of time as far as human wisdom could see. HUNS' POUND OF FLESH. EXACTIONS FROM UKRAINE AND ROUMANTA. Received March 10, 5.5 p.m. London, March 9. Vienna papers state that the Central Powers have ordered Ukraine to deliver -before the 15th of April 30,000 waggons of corn, 2000 waggons of frozen meat, and 1000 waggons of dried fruits, receiving in exchange agricultural machinery and ironAlthough not demanding an indemnity, Germany intends levying various forms of blackmail from Roumania, including the payment for requisitions during the Austro-German occupation, amounting to fifty million sterling. Berlin newspapers admit that Germany's interests in Roumania are purely economic, and demand a monopoly of the oil industry and claim the surplus of cornVISIONS OF SPOIL. OIL AND GRAIN FROM ROUMANIA. FOODSTUFFS FROM UKRAINE. Received March 9, 5.5 p.m. Copenhagen, March 8. The Hamburg Freiii'lenfolatt states that Germany has secured sie use of the Roumanian oil industries and large quantities of grain and fodder. The paper also states that Ukraine is endeavoring, by April 16, to deliver large quantities of grain, sugar, frozen meat and dried fruits. PROPAGANDA COMIN 3 HOME TO ROOST. Amsterdam. March 8. The Austrian Defence Minister stabin Parliament that it was necessary to prevent the propagation of revolutionar. principles by released soldiers from Ru sia, many of whom had joined the revolutionists nnd ■■■'re coming home to condirt propaganda-