DEMAND FOR REFORMS IN GERMANY

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3068, 2 May 1917, Page 5

DEMAND FOR REFORMS IN GERMANY

POPULAR MOVEMENT CANNOT BE STIFLED

THE COUNSEL OF DERNBURG

Amsterdam, April 80. .Dr. Dornburg (formerly German Minister for the Colonies) has warned the Government not to delay reforms because tlie popular movement is so deeprooted tliat it cannot bo stifled. Ho has also urged Herr von BothmannHollweg to publish Gcrm'au.v's war aims.—Reuter. THE PAN-GEK-MAN PARTY. Amsterdam, April 30.' German Conservatives have passed a resolution demanding tin.' Government to suppress the- Social Democrats' increasing influence, and declaring that pease without annexations and indemnities would lead Germany into an abyss.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. FRESH SERIOUS DISORDERS (Kee. May 1, 10.30 p.m.) Zurich, May 1. Neutrals from Germany report further.'serious disorders, particularly in tho Westphalian steel districts, owiug to the .dearness of food. The troops fired on the crowds, 'and many were wounded.—Renter. NO INTERNAL PEACE AFTER " ' . MAY DAY SOCIALIST ANNOUNCEMENT IN GERMANY. / (Rec. May 1, 11.50 p.m.) London, May 1. According to the "Cologne Volks Zeitung," the German Socialist leaders announce that they will be unable to guarantee the maintenance of peace and order in Germany after May Day (May I).—Aus.-N.Z". "Cable Asen.'

THE GERMANS AND BRITISH IMPERIAL PREFERENCE Amsterdam, April 30. Commenting oh the tariff references made by Mr. Lloyd George and Mr. Bona'r Law, tlio "Vorwaerts" says that they arc of the higtesfc- importance regarding Germany's future developmenjt. The pa.per fears that England intends to differentiate between tho neutrals and the Central.Powers, and urges that a peace- treaty which would make for the expulsion of Germany from the world's markets is impossible.—Aus.N.Z. Cable Assn. • . .

SHORTAGE OF LUBRICANTS IN - GERMANY :8000 LOCOMOTIVES LAID UP. London, April SO. An affidavit which was read at the Prize Court from the War Intelligence Department states that the Government, had received reports thai 8000 locomotives were laid np at Essea (Germany), through wear and tear caused' by tho shortage of lubricants.— Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.

THE. SHADOW OF REVOLUTION HUNGARIAN ARMY READY TO REVOLT. (Kec. May 1, 9.20 p.m.) . London, May 1: Tho "Morning Post's" Hungarian correspondent says:—"The ■ shadow of revolution hangs over tho country. The overthrow of.Tsarism gave a fresh impulse to the Socialists, who number probably a million, including anarch'istsl Their representatives held a secret conference at mid-April, and issued a manifesto offering greetings to the Russian proletariat, congratulating it on the overthrow of Tsarism, and expressing a hopo for the overthrow of all other despotisms. Hitherto the leaders had given guarantees for their orderliness, but it is not believed that any sane man would give these guarantees now. "She Hungarian army is rendy for revolution,—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. .

CRISIS IN,HUNGARY., ■(Bee.' May. 1, 7.20 p.m.) i London, May I. , The "Daily Tclegrapli's" correspondent at Rotterdam states:—"As the result of ili© strikes tEe German workmen, have received considerable food concessions in regard to meat and potatoes. It is semi-officially stated that although foodstuffs are short, there will he sufficient until the harvest;"— Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn;

AUSTRIAN EMPEROR'S PEACE SALVE TO SOOTHE POPULAR. DISCONTENT. .'■■■. London, 'April 29. The- "Journal do Geneve" _ publishes an interview with an American from Vienna, who says that discontent against the Government has decreased owing to the Emporor Charles having proved himself a peace advocate. The dismissal of hundreds of bureaucratic parasites has won, popular approval.— Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.