GERMANY.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume VI, Issue 273, 3 November 1916, Page 5

GERMANY.

HOLLWEG LOSES SOCIALIST SUPPORT. Amsterdam, Nov. 2. ! Herr Scheidemann, leader of the German Socialist majority', in an article in “Vorwaerts” withdraws the party' support from Herr Beth-inann-Hollweg (Imperial Chancellor) whose mainstay' the party has previously' been. ! Herr Scheidemann declares that Saturday’s revelations in the Reichstag prevent further support, and demands a strong man to lead the country in a democratic spirit. THE FOOD SHORTAGE GROWS. [AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSN.] (Received 3, 9 a.m.) Zurich, Nov. 2. Persons in close touch with Germany assert that Germany’s food shortage is aggravating many districts.. Commodities .are dear and sugar has disappeared in favour of saccharine. The new potato crop is of poor quality. GIGANTIC EFFORT. EVERY MAN AND WOMAN s CALLED UP. [UNITED SEIiVJCIi.j (Received 3, 9 a.m.) ' London, Nov. 2. The “Daily Mail’s” Amsterdam correspondent states that Germany is preparing another enormous effort and it is expected that a mass levy will shortly be decreed whereby every man and woman will be called up and placed under State control. The n * tary age limit has also been raised. The organiser. General Groener, is vested with the widest powers. The “Frankfurter Zeitung” writes there are signs that the statement made by General Ludendorff, Quar-termaster-G eneral, that every man and woman must be placed at the disposal of the military will now be carried out. DIVIDING THE SKIN OF POLAND. [AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z CABLE ASSN. ! (Received 3, 10.50 a.m.) London, Nov. 2. The “Daily Chronicle’s” Milan correspondent says that Berlin and Vienna Governments have agreed on the Polish question. A provisional government is to be established under German patronage, while Austria undertakes to extend her autonomy' over Galicia. This solves the deadlock whereby Austria refused to give up Galicia for incorpation with the proposed kingdom of Poland, unless Germany agreed to give Posen for the same purpose.