AUSTRO-GERMANY.
AUSTRIAN TROUBLES. THE SLAVS' "GREEN ARMY." London, June 11. The Daily, News Geneva correspondent ■reports that a semi-ifficial statement, issued in Vienna, warns people against agitation by the leaders of the smaller •nations. The iron censorship on news concerning the Czech and Jugo-Slav movements indicates official nervousness and the delicacy of the internal situation. Newspapers in Vienna, Budapest, and Prague axe forbidden to publish Mr. Lansing's recent statement or the de» cision of the Versailles Council. Various newspapers violently accuse England of being behind the new menace. Mysterious allusions to the socalled "Green Army" crop up in the speeches of Austrians and Pan-Germans, who urge the Government to crush the movement mercilessly. It is understood that the "Green Army" consists of 60,000 fully-equipped Slav soldiers filled with the spirit of revolt. Many Slavs are deserting the Austrian army on the •Italian front and joining the "Green Army."—Aus. N.Z. Caible Assoc. •DECLARATION OF WAR AIMS. Received June 12, 5.5 p.m. London, June 11. A Beriin message states that the Government and army command are arrang. ing for a declaration of their war aims.
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Taranaki Daily News, 13 June 1918, Page 7
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183AUSTRO-GERMANY. Taranaki Daily News, 13 June 1918, Page 7
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