AUSTRO-GERMANY.

Taranaki Daily News, 28 October 1918, Page 5

AUSTRO-GERMANY.

DEMOCRACY IN GERMANY. £BAR OF INVASION. Beeeived Oct. 27, 5.5 p.m. New York, Oct. 26. Mr. Do&cli Fleurot cables that Mr. Henry Emery, representative of the Guaranty Trust Company, of New York, who was captured by the Germans at the Aaland Islands early in March, has arrived at Copenhagen from Berlin, where ks was detained, but has been given his peraotutl freedom. Mr. Emery, describing the German peopls'i change of heart since June, said: Military defeat was necessary to give the Liberal leaders the ascendancy over < the Junkers. Prior to leaving Berlin I found that the democratic sentiment was growing in thousands of ways. The civil cabinet had assigned control of the Government, unhorsing the General Staff, which is now discredited and defeated. Anybody, to-day, knowing Germany, ■nut credit Prince Maximilian's statement that the arbitrary powers of Germt&y which threatened the safety of the world had now gone. The Germans do not care for the Kaiser, his dynasty or his powers, except for fear that his abdication might "cause chaos. The German people have turned towards President Wilson, because they etttjlider him the only great political leader who -can be trusted to make a permanent peace without disabling Germany .economically. The German people are willing to withdraw from France and Belgium, give up Alsace-Lorraine, and pay an indemnity to Belgium, but do not want German territory invaded.— Am. and NX Cable Assoc. MUTINY AT FIUME. CHAOTIC CONDITIONS IN AI'SXBIAHUNGARY, Received Oct 27, 5.5 p.m. Copenhagen, Oct. 25. Croatian soldiers, at Fiume, mutinied and barricaded their barracks, the railway station and public buildings. Troops have been sent, but they are not likely to attack the mutineers.—Aus. and N.Z. Cable Assoc. Received Oct. 27, 5.5 p.m. London, Oct. 25. Official circles attach importance to the coup at Flume. The latest messages indicate that conditions throughout the empire are chaotic.—Aus. and NX Cable Jlsmc. and Reuter. xke Daily Express' Geneva correspondent states that the .Fiume revolt was headed by Croatian soldiers of the 79th Regiment, and several naval units, who attacked the barracks at Houved. Regiments disarmed the garrison, arrested the Mayor and Chief of Police, and blew up the railway.—Aus. and N.Z. Cable Assoc.. and Beuter. Received Oct. 27, 5.5 p.m. Copenhagen, Oct. 26. Thtee regiments from Albania suppressed the Fiume revolt. Hundreds Were killed in the streets.—Aus. and STX Cable Assoc. and Reuter. Beeeived Oct. 27, 5.5 p.m. Berne, Oct. 25. Two Slav regiments which mutinied at Karlovici are dominating the Other mutinies are reported beside that *t Thune|— Aus. and N.Z. Cable Assoc. A SHUFFLE OVER DENMARK. jPOLISH QUESTION CREATES TUMULT. Beeeived Oct. 27, 5.5 p.m. Copenhagen, Oct. 25. fa the Btichstag Dr. Solf said that Denmark acknowledged by the 1007 treaty that the point now raised had been nullified. The Government proposed to continue its reforms in AlsaceLorraine, bat would not anticipate any solution. The discussion on Polish questions aroused a tumult. Ton Jfchenck declared that the Army waa still unbeaten. The situation was grave, but not desperate. Herr Noske declared that the annexation of the German colonies was not in accordance with President Wilson's principles. Herr Ledebour demanded that the population of Denmark should be allowed to deeide whether they would belong to Denmark or Germany. The sitting waa interrupted dramatically by the arrival of President Wilson's note, which a sectional meeting disceesed. German newspapers are dissatisfied, but many regard the note as progress towards peace. The bourse was optimistic, and prices foee.—An*, and N.Z. Cable Assoc.

REPUBLIC DEMANDED.

SACRIFICING THE KAISER, Received Oct. 27, 5.5 p.m. Amsterdam, Oct. 25. Social Democrats are holding mass meetings in all parts of Germany, which are crowded, in order to demand a republican Government and the abdication of the Kaiser, on the ground that the war only continues in order to ensure the Hohenzollerns' throne. The Koinische Zeitung and Lokal Anzeiger protest strongly against sacrificing the lvaiser. The Leipziger Volks Zeitung states that the police in Berlin and other large cities are armed with poison gas bombs. —Aus. and N.Z. Cable Assoc. THE CZECHO-SLOVAKS. THE NEW GOVERNMENT AT PRAGUE. Received Oct. 27, 5.5 p.m. , Copenhagen, Oct. 25. Dr. Kramasch heads the new Government at Prague. Count Karolvi visited him, and offered, on behalf oi\ Hungary, to transfer certain aounties io the new Czeeho-Slovak State. Dr. Kramasch has issued a proclamation that the C'zecho-Slovak Ministry has sole power to make decisions concerning its future, as the authority of Austria-Hungary has ceased to exist. Advices from Vienna state that the evacuation of Servia and Montenegro is proceeding in accordance with President Wilson's demands.—Times Service.

THE AUSTRO-HI'NGARIAN CABINET Received Oct. 27, 5 5 p.m. Copenhagen, Oct. 26. Buda-Pesth advices state that Dr. Wekerle, in the Chamber, announced that Cabinet was resigning, and recommending the formation of a coalition Cabinet. The Politiken's Vienna correspondent reports that Count Apponvi has been appointed Premier, and Count Andrassy Foreign Minister.—Aus. and N.Z. Cable Assoc. and Reuter. AUSTRO-HI'NGARIAN DEMOBILISATION. - Received Oct. 27, 11.50 p.m, Washington, Oct. 26. IJhe United Press Washington correspondent states that, according to advices the Entente Embassies here have received from Basle, preparations for demobilisation of the Austro-Hungarian Armies are under discussion at Vienna. —Aus. and N.Z. Cable Assoc. LUDENDORFF RESIGNS. Received Oct. 28, 12.45 a.m. London, Oct. 27. General von LudendorxT has resigned.— Reuter Service.