WITH THE ENEMY.

Press, Volume LIII, Issue 15917, 2 June 1917, Page 10

WITH THE ENEMY.

GERMAN CREDIT. j LOWEST ON RECOHD. (Bv Cable—Press Association—Copyright.) (Australian and Is.Z, Cable Association.) AMSTERDAM, May 31. "i csterdav's eschango value of the German mark represents a fall of 33i per cent, from the pre-war rate, and is tho lowest value vet recorded. AUSTRIAN~POLITICS .• MEETING OF REICHSRATH. STORMY SESSION PREDICTED. (Received June Ist, 0.30 p.m.) LONDON, May 31. Adviccs from Vienna regarding the opening of Reichsrath stato that I>r. Gross, Leader of tho German National League, has been elected president. There :rro indications that tho session will bo a stormy one. The Czech parties, who aro numerically superior, have united in order to insist on tho foundation of a single Slav State, while the Poles and Socialists demand the union of Galicia; with'an.independent Poland having an outlet to tho seas. SENSATIONAL """ALLEGATIONS." A RIDICULOUS STORY. WHAT THE GERMANS ARE TOLD. (Received June Ist, 6.30 p.m.) LONDON, May 31. Tho Hamburg journal, "Fremdenblat," in a frenzied article, accuses the British of horrible brutality to German prisoners in Belgium and Frr.uce. The article alleges that the English are even crucifying prisoners and cutting off their noses, ears and tongues,

gouging out their eyes, and nailing to their breasts eagles from German helmets. The article adds: "They, arc teaching us how to carry out tho 'Lex talionis' when tho tramp of the German troops reaches the streets of London."