THE WAR

Taranaki Daily News, 23 April 1918, Page 6

THE WAR

AUSTROGEEMANY. DEMAND FOR INDEMNITIES. ' WILD PROPOSALS, j _____ 1 Amsterdam, April 21. A telegram from Berlin states tliat. negotiations are proceeding between the Government, and the Reichstag with the view of nn official repudiation of the Reichstag's peace resolution. Admiral Tirpitz and other Pan-Ger-man speakers are now demanding that' Great Britain and France shall pay in- 1 demnities of 5000 million sterling, in ad- 1 dition to France giving up some colonies and Great Britain exporting raw material. Count Westharp, the Conservative leader in the Reichstag, declares that except for the Independent Socialists the Reichstag is unanimously in favor of the continuance of unrestricted submarining as a means of attaining peace by making England submissive. Even if England proposed an armistice and the raising of the blockade it would not compensate for the abandonment of the submarine campaign. NEW AUSTRIAN MINISTER. ONLY TEMPORARILY APPOINTED. Amsterdam, April 21. Vionna official: Baron Hunan's appointment as Foreign Minister is temporary. He will follow a policy of fidelity to the German alliance, but neglect nothing leading to peace and conciliation. CONGRATULATIONS TO ORDER. ON THE GREAT VICTORY. Rome, April 21. Obviously obeying the Government's orders, German municipalities are inun- * dating the Kaiser with congratulations on the colosgal victory. Several towns are erecting equestrian statues of the Kaiser. SOCIALISTS' ANTI-ANNEXATION POLICY. Amsterdam, April 21. The Stuttgart group of Independent Socialists is calling on Herr Scheidemann's party to sever themselves from the Reichstag parties for having violated the Reichstag resolution for peace without annexations by\ supporting the Brest Litovsk peace nnd now supporting in the West. .. Strike at artillery works. Amsterdam, April 21. There is a strike at the State artillery works at Hamburg. Men who tried to resume work were attacked by the mob, which the police and military charged and fired on. Several were wounded. The Ministry of War closed the works. THE GERMAN, BANKING LEVER. Washington, April 21. There are approximately 200 enemy controlled banks and firms in Denmark, the Dutch East Indies, Holland, Iceland,' the Faroe Islands, Norway, Sweden, and Spain. A MUTINY SUPPRESSED. Amsterdam, April 21. A mutiny occurred at Baverlec when the German troops were ordered to the front. Thirty were shot. < UPHEAVAL AT CRACOW. ' Berne, April 21. Sanguinary riots are reported at Cracow. The mob looted the Jewish quarters. Conflicts occurred between the mob and the' troops, in which 21 were killed and injured. Many arrests were made. AUSTRIA'S WAR BILL. Copenhagen, April 21. The Austrian war costs to June last were 42,2f1!> million kronen. War loans are 230,000 million. The Hungarian costs are unofficially estimated at 23,800 million kronen. LICHNOWSKY'S PERSECUTION. Washington, April 21. ' Official French despatches say that the executive committee of the Prussian House of Lords will ask authority to prosecute Prince Ljchnowsky for writ.:n;' the memorandum which placed the responsibility for the war upon Germany. A DIPLOMATIC ILLNESS. Amsterdam, April 21. The Westplialian Gazette states that Dr. Ivuhlmann will probably retire when the Roumanian peace terms have been definitely settled. ITALY. BRITISH PATROLS INFLICT LOSSES. London, April 21. Italian official: Our artillecy in the Asiago basin repeated its coricentra- ; tions against enemy positions. British ' patrols inflicted losses, effectively liarI pssing the enemy.