AUSTRO-GERMANY.

Taranaki Daily News, 17 October 1918, Page 5

AUSTRO-GERMANY.

BLACK DESPAIR. GERMAN WORKERS REALISE'-TEE GAME IS UP. Received Oct. 10, 7.40 p.m. The Hague, Oct. 15. Blank despair describes tlu> workers' outlook and the prospect of country workers. They were aware three mouths ago that the game was up, and are now irresistibly inclined to peace and ready to overwhelm all obstacles. Pessimism broods over Germany like ! a thunder cloud. The people on tho western, frontier are angrily asTcing why the Government does not conclude peace as the only way to stop the air raids, which are making life unendurable.—Reuter FRUSTRATING PEACE EFFORTS SOCIALISTS' NEW DEMANDS j'• Received Oct. 10, 7.30 p.m. Berne, Oct. 15. A meeting of the Bavarian Socialist Party passed a resolution asking the Reichstag to appoint a State Court and try all, even the highest, who have been guilty of frustrating peace efforts, also : demanding self-government for the GerI man States.

Advices from Vienna state that the Emperor has accepted Hussarck's resignation and charged Count Tarouka with the duty of forming a Ministry.—Aus. N.Z. Cable Assoc.

DEVASTATION OF FRANCE. GERMAN DENIALS. Received Oct. J6, 7,30 p.m. Amsterdam, Oct. 15. Berlin telegrams protest against t ; !;e unheard-of ifi-anco-British agitation regarding the so-called devastation in northern France in the course of the backward movement. The Germans ascribe the devastation to the FrancoBritish artillery. It h semi-officially denied in Berlin that th'i Kaiser intends to abdicate.— Aus. Zs.'Z, Cable Assoc.

THE GERMAN PRESS. FINDS NEW COURAGE. Received Oct. 10, 7.40 p.m. Berne, Oct. 15. Got in ,in newspapers are extraordinarily outspoken in discussing internal affairs. The Schwabeische Tagewaeiit states: ''We in future will speak with much less respect concerning Wilhelm, for the spirit of the German people is daily becoming more anti-monarchist." A WIDE GULF. ENEMY PRESS GIVES THE SHOW AWAY. INCREASED SUBMARINING THREATENED. Received Oc-t. IG, 7.30 p.m. Amsterdam, Oct. 15. The German press comments on the reply of President Wilson reveal how wide is tho gulf between the belligerents, despite Germany's avowed agreement with President Wilson's terms. The newspaper comment is "armistice first, evacuation afterwards." The papers foreshadow lengthy pourparlers, after wlhich, if unsuccessful from a German viewpoint, Germany will not be defenceless, even after evacuation. The statement that Germany is preparing for intensified submarinism is confirmed by the various announcements in Germany. As instance, the Tteinische Westfoeliscbe Zeituug assures its readers that submarinism will reach its climax during the winter and produce an economic crisis in the Entente countries of unexpected dimensions. Captain Perseus, writing in the TageWatt, speaks of the impending increase in submarines, to which Germany can confidently' look should tlhe Entente refuse peace.

TO THE BITTER END. PAX-GERMANS' DECLARATION. Amsterdam, Oct. 15. The German Conservative Party, in a manifesto, denounces the idea of the evacuation of the conquered territory, and adds that Germany will be defended to the bitter end.—Aus. N.Z. Cable Association. Commenting on the Pan-German antiGovernment campaign, the Vorwaerts declares that the Pan-Germans are planum" a coup de main \vitihi tlie object of overthrowing the Government and the Reichstag and establishing a dictator-' ship, which will continue the war.—Aus. , N.Z. Cable Assoc. Washington, Oct. 15. It lias been officially learned, that Hindenburg, not Maximilian, asked the German Government to request an armistice from President Wilson. —Aus. N.Z. Cable Assoc. Berne, Oct. 15. TUo.„> Socialist Congress at Munich unanimously demanded tihe abdication of the ; Kaiser and Crown Prince.—Aus. N.Z. Cable Assoc. Amsterdam, Oct. 15. Herr Erzburger, in an interview, said he considered the Leinster tragedy extraordinarily regrettable. There would be the'-deepest sympathy for the innocent women and'cliildren. His view has , been- the -same since the sinking; 'of theti'liusitaiiia. It was high time the <Bubmarinei>campaign; on- the. present lines, r,ceased.—Am iSlf-<s>le Assoc. and

Many journals that were formerly ■Pan-German with annexationist ideas are now demanding that tlie authors of' 'the submarine warfare slkould he made publicly responsible for the crime and blunder 3 which caused America's entry.: intorthe war.—Aus. X.Z. Cable Assoc. Received Oct. 10, 7.30 p.m. London, Oct. 15. Wireless German official: The enemy in Flanders renewed his attacks on a vide front and captured Roulers, Handzaeme, and Cortemarek.—Aus. N.Z. Cable Assoc. and Renter.