OBJECT OF THE KAISER'S VISIT

Marlborough Express, Volume XLIX, Issue 286, 3 December 1915, Page 5

OBJECT OF THE KAISER'S VISIT

AUSTRO-GERMAN TARIFF

UNION

MODERATES AFRAID OF GERMAN CONTROL.

(Received Dee. 2, 10.15 p.m.) LONDON, Dec. 2. The_ Hungarian correspondent of the Morning Post states that the rumors of Austrian peace desires can be dismissed. The most probable explanation of the Kaiser's visit is a desire to establish an Austro-German tariff union, to which the three retiring Ministers were hostile.

Renter's Zurich correspondent states that moderate circles in Vienna are concerned, believing that the resignations indicate Germany's control extending to the internal administration. The new Ministers have strong German leanings. The Moderates attribute the resignation of the Minister for Commerce to his strong opposition to economic xmion with Germany. They point out that his successor, yon Spitzmuiller, has intimate financial relations with Herr Helfferich, the German Treasurer.