AUSTRO-GERMANY.
MILITARISTS BOASTFUL MOST TREMENDOUS FIGHT OF THE WAR. i Received March 17, 5 5 p.m. Amsterdam, March I<J. General Ludendorff, interviewed by the Cologne Volks Zeitung, said: "Our west front is much more favorable than in 1017. We are now much stronger than the enemy in men and material We have abundance of aircraft and tanksIf the enemy wishes to attack, let him, and he will find us ready. If the enemy does not want peace he must fight, and it will be the most tremendous fight of
the whole war. With God's aid we shall obtain a German peace." Hindenburg, in the same interview, said German) - needed a frontier settlement against Russia. They cannot stand alone, and fmist therefore seek Germany's support.
SOLF ON THE COLONIES. THE SAME REITERATIONS. Received March 17, 5.5 p.m. Amsterdam, March 16. Dr- Solf, speaking at Cologne, declared that a lasting peace was only possible if Germany's need of her colonies was considered more fully than hithertoGermany had only »mall scattered colonial possessions, while smaller countries had enormous colonies which they were unable to develop". Such a disproportion caused tension and disturbed relations between the nations.
Dr. Solf, in a speech at Berlin, said lie Government emphatically demanded he return of all the German colonies.
POLES DESERT FROM AUSTRIAN ARMY.
OWING TO CESSION OF KHOLM. Received March 17,11.50 p.m. Berne, March 16. The Frankfurter Zeitung states,that 5000 members of the Polish Legion, which was incorporated in the Austrian Army, deserted in Roumania, owing to the cesr sion of Kholra to Ukraine.
A STORMY SCENE. IN AUSTRIAN PARLIAMENT. Berne, March 15. A wireless despatch states that a stormy scene occurred in the Austrian Chamber-
Vishkovsky, a Czech, declared that it was notorious that the Bolsheviks' proclamation was printed in Germany. Daszynski, the Polish leader, referring to Ukraine, said the Hapsburgs had betrayed the Poles and were therefore destined to lose the throne. The President of the Chamber called [Daszynski to order for attacking the Crown.
Termil, a Pole, accused Count Czernin of felony and perjury-
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