AUSTRO-GERMANY.

Taranaki Daily News, 31 October 1918, Page 6

AUSTRO-GERMANY.

LUDENDORFF'S INSTABILITY. KAISER PLAYING THE WAITING GAM' i - ' >\ FINANCIAL PANIC IN BERLIN. London, Oct. 20. The Amsterdam correspondent of t'iie Daily Chronicle states that Herr Erzberger, leader of the Centre Party, is Ludendorff's special enemy. The Centre deputy has long been intent on getting Ludendorff's seaip, and recently said in the Reichstag lobby, 'I will get him I yet.' Ludendorff's nerves ar badly shaken and he vacillates continually between peace and war. He opposed Hindenburg when the latter informed Count von Hertling and the Government that political changes were necessary in order to approach President Wilson with peace offers. Later, Ludendorff advocated another gamble on the west front, including sending out the fleet. The Kaiser is watching events calmly, and is ready to resign if events necessitate it. Ke has as little use for a democratic Germany as a democratic Germany has for him. His permanent ideas and training alike unfit him for the position of a shadow monarch.—Aus. X.Z. Cable Assoc. Amsterdam, Oct. 29. Berlin reports that there lias been a financial panic for clays. Bankers are appealing to the public not to withdraw deposits and not to hoard currency. Many newspapers accuse Ludendorff of endeavoring to create a military conspiracy against the Reichstag, and regard him as a sacpegoat for the Hohenzollerns. * The Lokal Anzeiger points out that Germany's request is for armistice proposals instead of armistice conditions. This means that Germany will negotiate with the Allies on a footing of equality. The Berlin press declares that the successful resistance on the western front shows that Germany can continue to fight if the armistice conditions are humiliating, but they admit that Austria's capitulation makes it hopeless to continue the fight. They insist that tin; German army is unbeateu. RIOTS AT BUDAPEST. ROYAL PALACE ENTERED. Berne, Oct. 20. There were serious riots at Budapest. The rioters succeeded in getting into the lobbies of the Royal Palace. The Magyar National Council demands the immediate dissolution of the Rek-hs-rat. GENERAL REVOLUTION. LIEBKNECHT'S SLOGAN. Copenhagen, Oct. 20. Dr. Liebkneeht, in a great speech in Berlin, said the slogan now was "World revolution or world destruction." The time had come to act. The people's reply to appeals for national defence must be the dictatorship of the proletariat I overthrowing capitalist rule and estab- | lishing a Socialist republic. The thousands listening shouted: "Long live its president, Liebkneeht." —Aus. X.Z. Cable Assoc. I ! ANTI-DYNASTIC MINISTRY. FORMED BY KAROLYI. Copenhagen, Oct. 20. The Politiken's Vienna correspondent states that Count Karolyi has succeeded in forming an anti-dynastic Ministry •with an understanding with the Czechs and Slavs. Count Karolyi was excitedly greeted on returning to Budapest. He announced that he had visited the Emperor, who refused to accept his programe, therefore Count Karolyi declared Hungary an independent nation.