A NEW STATE

Taranaki Daily News, 4 November 1918, Page 5

A NEW STATE

! " UNION WITH GERMANY. . &NBRASSY RESIGNS. received Nov. 3, C.5 p.m. Amsterdam, Nov. 2. The deputies to the Austrian Reichstrath who are of German race have proclaimed a new State of German Bohemia, and are negotiating for union with Germany. German newspapers assert that Germany has recognised the new State. A Vienna telegram states that King Boris has abdicated. A peasant named Stambuleneki, with an army of 40,000, is heading a republican movement. Count Andrassy has resigned. RUMORS ABOUT THE KAISER. Received Nov. 3, 5.5 p.m. New York, Nov. 2. The Paris newspaper Le Temps announces the abdication of the Kaiser. Other reports state that the Kaiser is •refusing to abdicate, and has taken refuge at general headquarters. The Bavarian Royal Family claims the German Throne in the event of the .Kaiser's.abdication.—Aua. and N.Z. Cable AMM; "

1 COUNTRY-WIDE AGITATION. -TO-SECURE KAISER'S FALL. v ' Received Nov. 3, 5.5 p.m. Amsterdam, Nov.- 2. The Liepseiger Volks Zeitung states thai the Independent Socialists in Germany are starting a eoi'.'itry-wide agitation to Sfcure the fall of the Kaiser and tha dismissal of Hindenburg, the Crown l'cl'ice and J/rinea Rupprecht from their r.;-a.y commands--Aus and X.Z. Cable Assoc. CONSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT. ENDORSED BY. THE KAISER, Nov. 3, 115 p.m. Amsterdam, Nov. 2On the occasion of the constitutional developments coming into force, the Kaiser issued a decree endorsing the' decisions of the Reichstag an'l avowing his determination to co-operate in their full development.—Reuter Service, • BALKANS Tom D SERBIANS REGAIN CAPITAL. Received Nov. 3, 11.5 p.m. Paris, Nov. 2. The Serbians have occupied Belgrade. —Reuter Service. AUSTRIAN AMBASSADOR LEAVING BERLIN. Received Nov. 3, 5d p.m 1 Amsterdam, Nov. 2. The Berliner Tageblatt states that the Austrian Ambassador and staff are clearing out of Berlin —lleuter Service. PATE OF AUSTRIAN NAVY. Received Nov. 3, 5.5 p.m. London, Nov. 2. An Imperial proclamation at Vienna announces that the Austro-Hungarian Navy has been handed over to the Southern Slav National Council.—Aus. and N.Z. Cable Assoc. and Reuter. A FINANCIAL PANIC. Received Nov. 3, 5,5 p.m. London, Nov. 2. The president of the Imperial German State Bank, addressing the directors,* indicated that the recent political and military events had resulted in financial panic.—Aus. and N.Z. Cable Assoc. and Reuter.