AUSTRO-GERMANY.

Taranaki Daily News, 24 June 1918, Page 5

AUSTRO-GERMANY.

SENSATIONAL LAW SUIT, i KAISER® NEPHEW PLACED CiHDHR RESTRAINT, • INDIGNATION AROUSED, Received June 23, 5.6 p.m. Amsterdam, June 22. The Kaiser has won a sensational lawsuit, allowing him to place his nephew, Prince Frederick Leopold, under restraint, on the grounds that the prince is a spendthrift. There is indignation in Germany, as the prince is popular, and it is widely believed that he is the victim of a plot engineered by Major von IHeydt, apy and tutor, such a« is attached to each Hohenzollern prince. The prince's parents resent the Kaiser's action. They admit that the prince spent a hundred thousand stealing in a year, but was never in debt. Bis father is worth two and a-half millions. The spy tutor alleged that the prince led an immoral lifeufldm the pry tence of being an artist. The prince's brother, Prince Frederick Charles, who was an airman, wag killed on the Australian front in 1917.—tPress Assoc. SERIOUS STRIKES IN VIENNA. "DOWN WOT GERMANY." Received June 23, 6.6 p.m. Zurich, June 22. There are 150,000 munition strikers in Vienna. The police dispersed the riotter,s who attempted ,to attack the German Embassy, shouting: "The German* are starving us. Down with Germany!" Many arrests were made. A nuinlber of strikers were injured. The Socialist leaders are making strenuous efforts to control the workers, It is reported that Hungary is sending 2000 trucks of potatoes and other vegetalble3 to Germany, also a thousand trucks of .wheat.—Press Asaoj. Received June 23, 5.5 p.m. Amsterdam, June 22. Further disorders have occurred in Vienna. Bakers' shops and cafes were plundered, the rioters demanding the conclusion of a general peace, The military was called out. A proclamation threatens severely to repress the disorders, Received June 24,1.35 a.m. Amsterdam, June 23. The grain sent to Austria is for the army and not for civilians. The Arvoitor Zeitung, of Vienna, supports the Socialist party's veto of the general strike, and contends that a partial strike often suffices to attain the. objects of all glasses. If a partial strike does not suoceed, other measures can follow. The Lower House at Buda-Pesth discussed, the railwaymen's strike and riots, jured. The president said the strikes were numerous, and were affecting many factories. If the strikers resumed the claims would he granted..

The Minister of Commerce said the various factories were under military control. If the postal and telegraph clerks joined the strikers he would deal -at pus paupt drastically with them. Zurich, June 22. Dr. von Seidler, Prime Minister, has again resigned, and is attempting to reform the Ministry. WHEN THIEVES FALL OUT. TROUBLE WITH BULGARIA AND . Tmesßar. Received June 23, 11 p.m. Amsterdam, June 22. Baron von Kuhlmann, in the Reiah-t-ag, discussing the peace terms with Roumania,' referred to the friction b#« tween Turkey and Bulgaria regarding the Dobrudja, and declared the present arangements were temporary. The Central Powers hoped that the northern Dobrudja would shortly be united to Bulgaria, in accordance with Bulgarian aspirations, The question of Turkey's compensation for the Dobrudja lid caused great irritation in Bulgaria and Turkey. It behoved the Germans to refrain from expressing an opinion. They must not givo the impression that they favored either side, as any increase in jfce irritation would render the solution more difficult.—Reuter.

A MYSTERIOUS DISEASE. GERMANS DYING IN HUNDREDS. Received June 23, 11 p.m. New York, Juno 22. The Times' Hague correspondent in* terviewed a Dutch merchant wlio toad returned from Germany, who says that the population is suffering from a mysterious disease caused by malnutrition, iswing to the incessant diet of turnips. Workmen at Essen are dying in hundreds. The disease starts by a small inflammation, then water swelling, which spreads over the body until the paitient dies. Fats are unprocurable. The people are wearing garments made of paper, as cotton is not obtainable.— Press Assoc. aOaTALtSTS URGE PEACE, Received June 2J, 5.6 jun. London, June 22Vienna reports that the State Socialist leaders are conferring with Count Burian and urging a prompt declaration of a peace policy.—JOnited Service. REPORTED ATTEMPT ON EMPEROR KAKL« LIFE. Received June 28, 56 p.m. New York, Juno 22. There ia a report that the life of Emperor Karl was attempted, but it lacks •confirmation.—Rteea 'Assoc.