AUSTRO-GERMANY.

Taranaki Daily News, 25 May 1918, Page 5

AUSTRO-GERMANY.

THE KAISER'S BOAST. '•WE SHALL ACCOMPLISH OUR TASK." NO HURRY FOR VICTORY. New York, May 23, The Amsterdam correspondent of the New York World says that the Lokal Anzeiger had an interview with the Kai.-er. and reports the latter i-aying: "We shall accomplish our task on the West front. Tliiu is surer to-day than ever. We know the enemy to the last depths and have n'-endy given him two frightful blows. U e are in no hurry for the fruits of victor v."

The World's Rome correspondent learns that the German domocratie press criticises the Herman offensive on the West front, which is regarded as a failure, despite the territory taken.—Aus. X.Z. Cable Assoc.

ESCAPE OF PRISONERS. COUNTRY FOLK CALLOUS. Amsterdam, May 2S. Owing to the tine weather numerous escapes of prisoners recently have taken place, mostly French and occasionally Australian, as the British camp is further from the frontier. Most of the escapees had been working on farms and disappeared into for. ests. The chief difficulty is crossing the rivers, which are swift and cold and must be crossed by swimming, as the bridges are carefully guarded. Escapees narrate that the German country folk no longer exercise vigilance over escaping prisoners, though earliet in the war they would have attempted to lynch them. There is no longer hatred against prisoners.—Aus. X.Z. Cable Association. MARTIAL LAW IN BOHEMIA. Washington, May 23. Advices indicate that martial law has been declared in several districts in Bohemia, owing to the riots of the Czechs and Bohemians.—Au». X.Z. Cable Assoc.