AUSTRO-GERMANY.

Taranaki Daily News, 7 September 1918, Page 5

AUSTRO-GERMANY.

THE AWAKENING. GERMANS ASKING QUESTIONS. Received Sept. fi, 7.35 p.m. Amsterdam. Sept. a. The Cologne Gazette frankly admits that the <!erman home front lias been weakened by the i-erencs in Era nee. and blames the WoiiT ii.irtau for leading tiie people 10 believe liia! tlie enemy would ikver recover from hi- blows in March and April, the people hein<: thus buoyed ;;i> with fabe hopes. "Moreover, it complain-- that they were similarly misinformed i>- regards the eti'ects of siio-marini-ni and the'peace with Russia and Ronmania. It quotes a semi-official German telegram of April Hi announcing enormous captures of clothes in Russia. Italy, and ti.e north of France, and representing the booty in rubber and copper as suflieient for the fierman army for a .war. Can it be wondered that, tltere should be'disappointment and mistrust when we are asked to part with our clothes and door handles to cover urgeut needs? Patience sets worn out bj such camouflaging of facts. After admitting that the Allied air attacks do produce the effects which the enemy intend, the writer proceeds: "I admit thst, despite submarinism, we are not within a measurable distance of so cutting off the enemy's supplies as to render their means of subsistence a< a= our--."—Renter. j THE SUFFRAGE BILL. PROTECTION OF DYNASTY MORE IMPORTANT. Received Sept. li, 7.35 p.m. Amsterdam, Sept. 3. In the Prussian Upper House, th« Chancellor, discussing the Suffrage Bill, appealed for an understanding, because he was honestly convinced that the protection of the Crown and dynasty was at stake in connection therewith. The Government saw no possibility of approving the Bill as it came from the Lower House. The latter's scruples about the introduction of general and equal suffrage must be subordinated to the protection of the dynasty and the Crown.—Reuter.

A NAVAL AUTOCRAT. Amsterdam, Sept. 5. The Kaiser has issued an orderunder which the Chief of the Naval Staff undertakes the command of naval warfare and issues direct orders to the squadrons.—Aus. N.Z. Cable Assoc. SELF-CONVICTED CROWN PRINCES. Amsterdam, Sept. 5. Reports from Germany reveal a sharp conflict between Hindenburg, Ludendorff, and the Crown Princes of Germany and Bavaria. The Crown Princes' party claim that they were always opposed to the offensive on Julv 15, and left the front in order not to"bear the responsibility, and instead went to Berlin and Munich, allowing the generals to struggle out of their own muddle. The Crown Princes are now returning to the front.—Aus. N.Z. Cable Assoc.