AUSTRO-GERMANY.

Taranaki Daily News, 16 July 1918, Page 5

AUSTRO-GERMANY.

A GERMAN THREAT. ; 4M 10 SOBBJNDER BELGIUM. 4 Beceived July 15, 7.50 p.m. Copenhagen, July 14. Vhe POlitiken's Berlin correspondent bull from a high authority that if the Allies decide to cat off Germany from the outside world, and take her colonies, Germany will not surrender Bejrtun. lie Vossische Zeitung states that Herr von Dejabossche, Foreign Uhder-Secre-tKtfi fseeeeds Herr von Hintze at Chriatiania, sad that General Rosenberg, who ww fMUeeted with the Brest Litovsk has succeeded Count Mir-Mb-ttmAiioe. UCHKOWSKY'S CASE. £eeeived July 15, 7.40 pjn. • Amsterdam, July 14. tenant to the Kaiser's request, the UppMr Souse will not expel Prince Lichnowsky, who is expected to make his rtteaeo to his peers.—Press Assoc. i .HttTZE'S APPOINTMENT DISCUSSED. London, July 13. The newspapers in London consider the appointment of von Hintze as Foreign Minister a distinct gain for the Allies, as TOO Kuhlmann's policy of compromise w«a more dangerous, because more feasible, than the reactionary idea of i ftiHiil tlx Allies. A .ttTcgr&m from Amsterdam states that uneasiness in Holland, due to von Hintze'* appointment, is reflected in the ffcll Of almost all securities. The Amsterdam and Rotterdam exchanges state that the Berliner Tageblatt says that, all official assurances to the ctattary, ton Hintze's appointment is a trtaaph for the von Tirpitz clique. This tffll to recognised as much at home as iinoid. The Vorwurts, commenting on the inspfted reports, asserts that a change of mUdt Is impending which will produce •a absolutely devastating effect on Gerataa interests. "frtoeh commentators predict startling performances from von Hintze as the wduag tool of the military clique.— Sort* GERMAN WAR LOAN. London, July 13. ■The Reichstag Main Committee ha? sanctioned a war loan of 15 milliards of ■arks. The Poles abstained from votlag sad the Independent Socialists voted against the loan. MEAT RATION DECREASED. Received July 15, 11.40 p.m. Amsterdam, July 15. The German meat ration will be reduced at the end of August from 250 to 200 grammes for towns of over a hundred thousand inhabitants. Smaller places will receive less. —Renter.