AUSTRO-GERMANY.

Taranaki Daily News, 30 July 1918, Page 5

AUSTRO-GERMANY.

"DICTATING" TO BRITAIN. T«N rUNTSE AND EGYPTIAN TRAITORS Rewired July 29, 7.50 p.m. Amsterdam, July 29. Herr von Hintee, in his first public ipeach at a banquet welcoming Abbas BUJBi, declared that the ex-Khedive was th« rightful ruler of Egypt. The Pan-German press rejoices that von Hintre is taking up Egyptian, Inand Irish questions, and restoring than) in company with those matters with which Germany will concern herself when dictating peace terms with' England.—EeuUr. HVNS BEGINNING TO WAKE. TO IRE CONSEQUENCES OP WAR WITH BRITAIN. Received July 29, 7.45 p.m. The Hague, July 28. Britain'* economic policy is creating the greatest alarm in Germany. The Vorwaerts declares that colonial preference U one of the most important ff-HI of the war. It will have a lasting political efTect. England's transition to protection is vital to Germany, and her wfviA empire, which absorbed one-fifth of Genuny'a exports, will be extraordinarily strengthened and consolidated. The danjrar has arisen that Germany will be pttsfed out of her wealthy markets. The _ expetiences of the war have convincingly, tmt unfortunately, surprised influential circles in Germany, especially the fact that Australian, New Zealand and other overseas troops have advanced on every battlefield against the Germans. Tht consolidation of the British has given a smashing refutation to the Gerntaa annexationists' contentions.—Times Service. SLOVAKS AND SLAVS. fItaERTING TV THOUSANDS FROM AUSTRIAN ARMIES. Received July 29, 54 pjn. New York July 28. The New York Times's Paris correspondent says that reliable information •hows that thousands of Slovaks, Croats and Jngo-Slavs are deserting from the Austrian armies, and living in the mountains. The Austrian military authorities don't dare to take drastic measures to prevent desertions, for fear 0 f causing an open Awoittion. THE WRITING ON THE WALL. ttSSATISFACTION OF THE'PROLETARIAT. Received July 29, 7.45 p.m. - Amsterdam, July 28. 7%M German Imperial League for com■•ting social democracy has issued a manifesto, foreshadowing aerious postwar wage trouble*,j aq£ abjo, expresses fears of .the coHanse OJ »f, the middle aasses. It utters a against the rise of the proletariat,. a£d appeals funds lo strengthen the defensive war tgainst social democratic aagressuuv— HrNOENBURG. .■ • i -. W EXCELLENT HEALTH. Received July 30, 15 ajn. Amsterdam, July 29. A B«rlin official message states that General Hindenburg is in excellent health. -Press Association.

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THE WORST DAY OF THE WAR. STILL IN STORE FOR GERMANY. HTNDENBURG CAUSES AMUSED COMMENT. Received July 28, 11.15 p.m. London, July 27. The Daily Express's Amsterdam correspondent say 3 the Kaiser at headquarters, speaking to Karl Rosner (the war correspondent), said: "The worst days of the war are still in store for Germany." Hindenburg said: Tell our impatient people that they must learn to wait. Good preparation is half the victory. We are not working with machines, but with German blood, which we must spare for after the war. We need time to catch our breath between each fight. J Hindenburg's belated effort has put aside the German high command's notion of cannon fodder, and aroused amused comment.—Press Association.