CENTRAL EUROPE.

Taranaki Daily News, 22 April 1919, Page 5

CENTRAL EUROPE.

MURDER Of ARCHDUKES. ANARCHY AND TERRORISM. Received April 22, 12.S a.m. Budapest, April 16. The murders of the Archduke Josef and others have been confirmed, hut there are no details as to whether they were executed after trial by the terrorirts or assassinated. The wildest anarchy prevails. The Soviet Government is becoming increasingly unstable and is making efforts to maintain its authority by resorting te , terrorism and making wholesale arrests of officials and supporters of the old regime.—Aus.-NZ. Cable Assn.

STRIKE LEADERS ARRESTED. RIOTS AT HAMBURG. Received April 22, 12.5 a.m. Copenhagen, April 17. Government troops surrounded a meeting of strike leaders near Essen, and arrested the agitators. Serious riots occurred in Hamburg, with much plundering. • . ITALIAN DEMAND ON AUSTRIA. . FOR PRICELESS ART TREASURES. Received April 21, 7.15 p.m. Vienna, April 15. '* A painful sensation has been created by the Italian demand for many art works of inestimable value in the Imperial museums and galleries. They include masterpieces by Titian, Tintorato, Raphael, (Jeorgione, Rembrandt and Cellini; also , Celebrated manuscripts. The Government declares that compliance would render the collections insignificant. Viennese artists are organising an appeal to the world.—Aus. and NZ Cable Assoc A COMMUNIST CONGRESS. ALLIES NOT INTERVENING IN HUNGARY. ' Received April 21, 8-40 p.m. Vienna, April 17. Lenin is shortly visiting Budapest to preside at the International Communist Congress. Allied intervention in Hungary is regarded as unlikely.—Aus. N.Z. Qible Assoc. SPARTACISTS DEFEATED. Received April 21, 7.15 p.m. ' Amsterdam, April 15. Government artillery bombarded the •Spartacist strong posts at Dusseldorff for ninety minutes, and infantry, converging from different quarters, stormed ■the positions. The Spartacists fled, and were pursued, many being killed and hundreds wounded, while others were buried in the debris. Fifty-four unwounded prisoners were captured. The attackers lost ten killed and twenty-three wounded. —Aus. and N.Z. Cable Assoc, i 9 ■ A REPORT DENIED. I Received April 22, 12.5 a.m. Berlin, Spril 16. Herr Rantzau (Hungarian Premier) denies knowledge of the Russian offer of half a million troops.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. GOVERNMENT FORCES DEFEATED. Received April 22,12.55 a.m. Berlin, April 16. A battle in Munich, between the Government forces and Spartaeists, for possession of the railway station ended in the complete defeat of the former. Railway communication between Berlin and Munich is now suspended. — Reuter.