PARIS AGAIN BOMBARDED.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIII, Issue 1234, 1 May 1918, Page 5

PARIS AGAIN BOMBARDED.

(Reuter's* Telegram.) Received May 1. 12.30 p.m. PARIS. April 30. The long-range gun is again bombarding the city. FRENCH SOCIALISTS FIRM. NO MAY DAY DEMONSTRATIONS. Received Mav 1. 10.30 p.m. PARIS, April 30. The French Socialist Party has issued a manifesto stating that it was decided not to hold demonstrations bn May Day, as the German imperialists are set king to secure a crushing victory in the west and a similar one in the. east. Therefore, the primary dutv of all citizens i- to defend their court trv.

AUSTRIAN UNREST. PRINCE SIXTE’S LETTER. G ERMAN ANNEXATIONS CONDEMNED. Received Mav 1. 9.2 a.in. NEW YORK. April 30. The Chicago Daily News’ Amsterdam correspondent reports that there is an extraordinary crisis in Austria, owing to the publication of Prince Sixte’s letter. One thousand of Vienna’s nobility are trying to force the Eraporor to abdicate. Austrian newspapers bitterly condemn the German decision to annex Ksthonia and Livonia. AN ANTI-GERMAN DEMONSTRATION. Received Mav 1, 8.45 a.in, AMSTERDAM. April 30. Loka! An/icgor’s Vienna correspondent reports that a large demonstration at Laibach wa s fiercely anti-German. The Slovoman crowd wrecked the German casino and shops. The, military intervened. Tin demonstrators cheered the Entente. REPORTED PEACE OFFER. Received Mav 1, 9.20 a.m. NEW YORK. April 30. The Austrian Emperor is about to make a fresh peace offer to Italy. HUNGARIAN POLITICAL CRISIS, Received Mav 1. 12.30 p.m, ' HERNE. April 30. A Budapest message states that owing to his inability to reach an agreement regarding franchise reform. Count Wekerlo has declined to form a Cabinet. THE VOICE OF “KULTUR.” “THE FUTURE BELONGS TO GERMANY." Received Mav I, 12,30 p.m. AMSTERDAM, April 30. Writing in the newspaper Dvr Tag. Colonel Buddeck, of the German general staff, disclaims a peace without victory. Whereas other European countries have passed the climax of their history, Germany is eternally young, newly invigorated, and obviously admirably qualified with her kultur to maintain the peace of the world. The future belongs to Germany as the conqueror’s pri/e.