AUSTRO-GERMANY.

Taranaki Daily News, 1 November 1918, Page 5

AUSTRO-GERMANY.

TO BE TREATED AS AN EQUAL WEAT-GERMANY VAINLY EXPECTS. Received Oct. 31. 7.45 p.m. Amsterdam, Oct. 30. German newspapers continue to declare that Germany is not suing for peace, but seeking an armistice in order to end the war and to Jba treated on equal terms, The changed tone of the newspapers is duo to the fact that iigfhting had been renewed. It is believed in Germany that the army is not fully beaien. The Lokal Anzeiger 3ays that Germany will not go to the conference table as a vanquished opponent, but as an equal. Dr. Durnberg, at a public meeting, said: "As we never will enler a league of nations which humiliates Germans, wo must not be treated as a blinded Samson."—Aus. HJ£, Cable Assoc, and Reuter. "FURTHER BLOODSHED USELESS. THE GERMANS' WAIL. Received Oct. 31, 7.45 p.m. Amsterdam, Oct. 30. Tihe Vorwaerts, commenting on Aus-tria-Hungary's decision, says this means that the Bavarian, Saxonian, and Silesittn frontiers are no longer safe. Further bloodshed is useless. The task of the military power has finished, but the German nation, even without arms, may play an important part at the peace table.—United Service. CENTRE OF EMPIRE. EFFORT TO SHIFT IT TO BAVARIA. Received Oct. 31. 7.45 p.m. Amsterdam, Oct. 30. Germans in Austria are Taising a national guard throughout German Austria. The Hague, Oct. 30. A Bavarian movement for emitting the centre of the empire td Munich is taking definite thape. The Social Democrats couple therewith fiery demands for the punishment of the Kaiser and Ludendorff. There is a notable movement in Bavarian universities and cities for the abdication of the Kaiser and Crown Prince and the reduction of Prussia's influence in the Federal Council.—Reuter.

AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN ARMIES.

IMMEDIATE CAPITULATION EXPECTED. j Received Oct. 31, 7.45 p.m. Berne, Oct, 30. A state of siege has been proclaimed at Budapest. German troops are arriving from Austria to maintain order. Demonstrators are parading and tliurrahing for a republic. The workers' organisations and feminist groups throughout Germany are demanding immediate peace. The Frankfurter Zeitung declares that the general capitulation of the AustroHungarian armies must be expected, also the Entente's occupation of Danubian territories. —Renter. GERMAN EMPIRE'S DISUNION. Suggested by bavarian PREMIER. CAUSES COMMOTION tN GERMANY. Received Oct, 31, 7.45 p.m. London, Oct. 30. A great internal commotion has been caused in Germany by the Bavarian Premier Dandl's speech, which suggested tihe possibility of the empire's disunion after the war. The newspapers are appealing for unity, but admit that the future of the Germanic union largely depends on President Wilson's peace conditions, and they greatly fear the Anglo-French intention, will be to destroy Germany. The Nachriehten states the foundations of thA empire are beginning to totter. The Kaiser's position is now shaken to tlbc depths by the Bavarian development. The Frankfurter Zeitung says that while the world is rocking at its deepest foundations and Austria-Hungary is breaking up, the German Fatherland is fighting on the last ramparts. We must not let our enemies profit by internal intrigues to break up the empire. Our < only remedy against disaster is firm will on the part of the people.—Times Service.

KAISER WILL ABDICATE.

BUT TIME NOT OOME. Received Oct. 31, 7.45 p.m. London, Oct. 31. The Kaiser gave audioncn to a party of members of the Reichstag, and stated that he will abdicate, but the moment has nxit yet come.—Argus. CENSORSHIP ABOLISHED. Received Oct. 31, 7.45 p.m. Amsterdam, Oct. 30. The censorship of newspapers in Austria has been abolished.—Ans. N.Z. Cable Assoc. LTOENDORFBfS (SUCCESSOR. Becedved Oct. 31, 7.45 p.m. Copenhagen, Oct. 30. General Qroper HBm&ttgiMi.