AUSTRO-GERMANY.

Taranaki Daily News, 27 August 1918, Page 5

AUSTRO-GERMANY.

A MOST IMPORTANT WEEK. GERMAN PEOPLE LOSE NERVE. UNEASINESS OVER SPANISH RELATIONS. Received Aug. 27, 2.20 a.m. Amsterdam, Aug. 20. The Daily Telegraph's Rotterdam correspondent says that the past week will rani; i>g one of the most important .of the war. The events on the Western front have had a tremendous effect on the people of Germany, who only now have been allowed to know that Ludendorfl's gamble failed and that a defensive policy must be resumed on the West, while Germany consolidates her gains in the East. Competent observers declare that the people of Berlin have completely lost their nerve. RAISING MILITARY AGE. EXCITED CROWES IN STREETS. Received August 27, 2.15 a.m. Amsterdam, August 20. A remarkable demonstration in the poor quartere of Berlin was followed by a report that the military age .limit/ would shortly be raised. Excited crowds assembled in the streets, but dissolved on the appearance of the police —.Press Assoc. 1 The frequenters at a certain cafe revenged themselves by throwing pictures of the Kaiser, the Crown Prince, Hindenburg, and Ludendorff from the windows, when they were trampled on the ground. This example was imitated by a large number of householders. The Chronicle's Amsterdam correspondent states that the Germano-Spanish relations seem to be causing much uneasiness in Germany. It is stated in reliable quarters that the situation is regarded as most serious. A German reply, couched in much stronger terms than the semi-official announcement, is suggested. Most of the newspapers endeavor to conciliate the Spanish feeling, blaming the Entente propaganda, and paying compliments to knightly Spain, also telling Spain she will always find Germany a good friend, but the undercurrent of anxiety is plainly noticeable, j The Vossische Zeitung points out that in Spain breaks off relations she will carry Spanish South America, notably Aigentina and Chili, which will involve irreparable economic loss. The German Government's greatest fear apparently is that submission to Spain will create a precedent of which the northern neutrals will quickly take advantage. THE OBITUARY LIST. LARGE NUMBER OVER 40 YEARS. Received Aug. 20, 5.5 p.m. Zurich, Aug. 24. German newspapers since July have been unusually full of announcements of men killed in action. A most remarkable feature is the revelation as to the large number of those aged over forty killed in the region of the Marne and eastward of Rheims. Side by side with them many younger men figured in these notices, which repeatedly recorded more than three years of faithful service. The fact suggests that Germany utilised in her disastrous offensive many men over forty, with younger men who were previously employed in auxiliary services outside the danger zone.—Press Assoc.

COAt ITION AGAINST GERMANY A PLEA TO PLACATE SPAIN. Received August 27, 12.30 a.m. Amsterdam, August 25. The Vorwaerts is greatly concerned at the strained relations with Spain, and urges the Government to prevent Spain joining its enemies, and so completing the world's coalition against Germany. —Press Association. THE THRONE OF FINLAND. Received Aug. 2G, 3 p.m. Amsterdam, Aug. 24. German newspapers state that the Grand Duke Adolf of Mecklenburg lias accepted the throne of Finland, offered by Finnish delegation now in Berlin. Germany's, six thousand cigar factories will be closed from the«new year owing to lac!: of materials. Two hundred and twenty thousand workers will be thrown 'out 'of employment. EXPLOITING THE UKRAINE. Received Aug. 20, 3 p.m. Zurich, Aug. 24. The Welncr Zeit reports thai two large companies have been formed in Ukraine with capital from German financiers. One is an industrial undertaking with a capital of twenty million inures, under "Ivrupp's direction, and the other is a bank with five million marks, under the auspices of the Deutsche, Dresden, and Darmstadt Banks Discontagesellschaft.—Aus. N.Z. Cable Assoc. MORTALITY IN BOHEMIA. Zurich, Aug. 24. Official statistics from Bohemi'i, show that 4000 deaths occurred in 1918 from hunger sickness.—Aus. N.Z. Cable Assoc. HARVEST REPORTS. Amsterdam, Aug. 24. The German harvest is gooa, i ne Austrian poor, and the Roumanian a failure. —Aus. N.Z. Cable Assoc. AVOID HOME-MADE CALF FOOD. Results count in buying calf food, not the price you pay per bag. Judged in this way "CEREMILK" is the best and the mpst economical calf food on market. Compare "CEREMILK" fed calves with those fed on ricemeal, polllard, liiiseed meal, liome-made foods, or molasses, and you'll at once admit that the "CEREMILK" fed beast is a better animal and will bring a better price for market or as a milker. Then, too, pollard isn't .reliable, while the dust and fibre in ricemeal cause scour. "CEREMILK" never scours. Mr. A. Feierabend, Dannevirke, writes: —"I have used 'CEREMILK' for., five years, and never had any trouble with; it. Everybody asks what I feed my calves on, and of course I recommend 'CEREMILK.' Try "CEREMILE." At all. «tw«g aud factories,