Central Powers.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume VI, Issue 340, 27 January 1917, Page 5

Central Powers.

INTERNAL GERMANY.

A MOST SEVERE WINTER

RUTHLESS SUBMARINING

UNLIKELY

THE REASON FOR PEACE PROPOSALS.

(Received 27, 9.35 a.m.) New York, Jan. 26.

Herr von Weigand, in his interview with the Australian Press representative, said Germany was experiencing most severe winter privations and sufferings, but not starvation. '‘The economic conditions” he said, “will hamper, but not fatally affect, the military situation. The Tirpitzites’ influence is greatly exaggerated. 'Ex-Ministers in Germany have no influence. Owing to excessive jealousy of his successors von Tirpitz is practically an exile. I recently visited him at Saint Blassey, in the Black Forest. He is living hermit-like in a small villa.” Herr von Weigand does not think that there will be ruthless submarining, because the “big four,” the Kaiser, General von Hindenburg, General Ludendorff, and Herr von Bethmann-Hollweg do not approve of it, believing that it is likely to lead to a rupture of relations with America. Germany launched her peace drive for psychological and political reasons. She was not sanguine of success but considered. . it worth while, owing to the possibility of being able to avert the Allies’ threatened offensive.

WILSON’S PEACE MOVE.

RECEIVES AUSTR.O-GERMAN

SYMPATHY

COUNT TISZA’S SPEECH

[AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASS’n]

Amsterdam. Jan. 25,

Count Tisza (Hungarian Premier) alluding in the Hungarian Chamber of Deputies to Dr. Wilson’s speech, said the Central Powers sympathised with any effort to re-establish

peace. Therefore they were inclined to continue to exchange peace thoughts with the American Government.

The Entente aimed at dividing Austria and Tuikey, proving that the Entente was the ical obstacle to peace. The Entente s avowed war amis showed that the Entente wanted peace with ionqmst making an unbridgable gulf )>itw«en the Central Powers and tin. Entente's points of view. He added that the e ustence of the Austro-Hungari 1.1 (<i>\cnimeni ottered the best guaiantee for the tree development ot the principle of nationality in south t astern Europe.

AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN COMPROMISE.

TWENTY YEARS AGREEMENT

[AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASs’n] Geneva, Jan. 26.

An official Vienna message states that a compromise between Austria and Hungary has boon concluded for a period of twenty years.

FAMINE AT DUSSELDORF.

OUTBREAK OF RIOTS

[AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. TABLE ASSN.] Amsterdam. Jan. 26.

German deserters state that there were famine riots at Dusseldorf last week. The crowds stoned the burgomaster. The military killed twenty and wounded many.