AUSTRO-GEEMANY.

Taranaki Daily News, 31 May 1918, Page 5

AUSTRO-GEEMANY.

AUSTRO-GERMAN TT.EATY. A FIRM MILITARY ALLIANCE. ARRANGEMENTS FOR NEXT WAH Received May 30, 8.20 p.m. London, May 29. The Daily Telegtaph's Milan corre spondent says that the Deutsche Volki Zeitung has published the Auatro-Gsr man treaty of seven clauses. The first forms a close military all! anco for twenty-five years, during whicl both parties are pledged to employ till entire strength of their peoples foi military purposes. The allies shall de vote all care to have their armies fillip prepared to enter an eventual futurl conflict at their maximum strength Only thus can a future' war be of briel duration. The clause ends: "Had. thl armies of both allies been in this con> dition in 1914 the war would have and' ed long ago." The second clause stipulates. males capable of bearing arms shaUirt ceive proper and thorough militart instruction. Special formations shaß- & provided for the production of KStt) and ammunition. 1 The third, fourth, and fifth states that the regulations for orgUtfs4 ation, instruction, and employment: o( allied troops shall be drawn up on.a common principle, the initiative- of W&ich tr> be left principally to Germany; Formations of troops in the States of Germany and Austro-Sawgtrt shall constitute one sole army. ments shall be on a uniform basil, plies shall be drawn from the nwnn depot instead of fronj a hone tatftj Allied troops shall be brought in tact with each other for the purpose ol educating them in mutual esteem, lore and appreciation. The sixth and seventh cI&USSS statu that preparations for future wars shall l o made in a common understanding bt; tweon the general staffs, All prepared lory economic measures connected witi the eventual war shall be taken baforsi hand in time of peaec. All railway linen construction is to be undtrt&ker in common on a unified plan.—PretH Association. r j THE WAR WON! SO SAYS THE KAISER. Received May 30, 9.50 p.n,, =' Amsterdam, May 29, • The Kaiser telegraphed to the Em : press from the battlefield south of Law "God has granted us final victory agU will further help."—Reuter. - ; - JAPAN; ' ( THE CHINO. JAPANESE AGREft MENT. Received May 30, 8,30 p.m. Tokio, May 29. The Chinese and Japanese Govern ments are not publishiug the terms o the recent agreement owing to strategi) considerations, but have communioate* them confidentially to the Allies.'—Efts Association. RUSSIA: NEW FEDERAL STATES. /: ____ ' J ' iAT WAR WITH SOVIETS. > Received May 30, 9JO pan. , Amsterdam. May 29. A Berlin ' telegram denies the npsjoi that the Grand Duke Nicholas has |g< caped to the Crimea. i The Koelnische Zeitung states thai the new federal States, called the South Eastern Federation, comprising the D 0& Kuban, and other Cossacks, the moijjig taineers north of Caucasus, and steppe peoples in south-eastern RumlS are at war with the Soviet Gorsj# meat.—Reuter. :* GENERAL SEMINOFF. GAINING STRENGTH AND POPULARITY. Received May 30, 9.60 p.m. Pekin, May 29. ■' Upwards of a thousand border Chineßf have joined General Seminoff, who ij gaining strength and popularity by dis' persing his opponents and establishing measures of order in place of chaos.— Reuter. Reoeived May 30, 9.40 p.m. Moscow, May 29. j Tbo Government has sent a note China complaining of the criminal activity of a brigand band under (laneraS Seminoif, who is sheltering in Manchuria, and asking permission to senc Soviet troops to act with tho Chines! regulars against General SeiinuofT.-r-AUS N.Z. Cable Assoc.