AUSTRO-GERMANY.

Taranaki Daily News, 25 June 1918, Page 5

AUSTRO-GERMANY.

THE EMPIRE MAY COLLAPSE-, AUSTRIA CONFRONTED WITH FAMINE. AN AWFUL PICTURE. Received June 24, 10.20 p.m. New York, June "23;' The New York World's Geneva corres. pondent interviewed a Frenchman named Rirandin, who has arrived from Switzerland after nine years' residence in Vienna. Oirandin said the people admit the results of the campaign in Italy are below expectations. The officials are gloomy and anxious. They believe that "f the offensive fails the Empire will collapse. The Vienna authorities have taken all precautions to deal -with a pot-' Bible revolt. The streets are patrolled,, by soldiers, and the people everywhere, expect an early upheaval. Austria is confronted with famine, and the misery is heartrending. Potatoes are exhausted, and bread is made of

chestnuts and straw. MUc supplies are available only for balbies and hospitals. This is significant of the fact that-food speculators are allowing stocks to be sold, realising that the end is near. Order and authority are rapidly disappearing. The pangs of hunger are disclosing primitive traits and character. Processions of women in the streets are demanding bread or peace. They resemble processions of gaunt and haggard spectres. The sufferings of the children and their constant cries due to hunger arouse the mothers' fury. They are likecrowds of savages. When the butchers asked twenty-nvc shillings for a pound of pork the crowds raided the shops. There have been numerous deaths as the result o? eating war sausage made of bones. The cry for peace is heard on all sides, and hatred'of Germany is almost universal.—Press Assoc. PARTITION OF GALICIA. POLES CAUSE TROUBLE. Received June 24, 7.5 p,m. Copenhagen, June 28. Vienna advices state that owing to the unfriendly attitude of the Polish members of the Cabinet, Herr Seidler is likely to insist on the aceptance of his resignation. The Poles demand, and the Government refuse, the partition of Galicia.—Press Assoc. GERMAN PUBLIC EXASPERATED. AT FAILURE LN WEST'AM) ITALY. Received June 24, 8.60 pan. London, Jane S3. The German public is exasperated at; Hindenburg's delays, and describe his campaign as a failure. This feeling jai' accentuated by the Austrian fiasco. A desperate attempt to redeem the situation is expected shortly. It is reported that von Lndendorff is resorting to every means to keep up the fighting strength of his armies. German prisoners from Russia have already reached the West front—United Prase. AUSTRIAN CABINET RESIGNS. Received June 24, 11 p.m. London, June 24. The entire Austrian Cabinet has resigned.—Reuter,