A SPEEDY PEACE.

Manawatu Times, Volume XL, Issue 13523, 6 October 1916, Page 5

A SPEEDY PEACE.

Desired in Germany.

Truce with England

Demanded.

(Aust. and N.Z. Cable Association.) (Received Friday, 12.40 a.m.) LONDON, Oct. 5.

The '' Daily Telegraph'' has received information, from reliable sources which leave no doubt that the conditions of life in Germany are serious. Meetings are being held in many parts urging a speedy peace. A member of the Reichstag at one meeting urged a truce with England, even at a sacrifice of some of Germany's chief ambitions. There has been formidable rioting in several centres. The "Cologne Gazette" even prophesies a gloomy future for Germany.

Greece's Predicament.

PACED WITH BANKRUTCY. ONLY £14,000 IN TREASURY. (Aust. and N.Z. Cable Association.) (Received Thursday, 5.35 p.m.) ATHENS, Oct. 4. , The Greek Government is faced with bankruptcy. The Treasury has .£14,000 in hand, but £BOO,OOO is required for salaries and other national purposes.

IN THE DOBRUJA.

General Attack Proceeding. ENEMY'S CENTRE AND RIGHT WING REPULSED. ("Times" Service.) (Received Thursday, 9.15 p.m.) LONDON, Oct. 5 V Mr Bourchier, writing from Bucharest, says that a general attack is progressing in the Dobruja. The enemy's centre and right wing have been repulsed.

Much Over-Rated.

HERMANNSTADT VICTORY.

(Acst. and N.Z. Cable Association.) (Received Thursday, 8.10 p.m.) , BERNE, Oct. 4.

Official information received here states that the much-vaunted Hermannstadt victory consisted of the destruction of a single Rumanian regiment forming the rearguard. It was surrounded by a twentyfold greater force and fought heroically. Meanwhile the Rumanian main body withdrew safely.

For War.

MAJORITY IN GREEK CABINET. (Aust. and N.Z. Cable Association.) (Received Thursday, 9.20 p.m.) LONDON, Oct. 5. The '' Morning Post's'» Athens correspondent says that Mr Calogeropoulos and four other members of the Cabinet have l declared for war on the side of the Entente. Two Ministers have advocated a continued neutrality. The "Daily Chronicle's" Athens correspondent says that Constantino 1 has accepted the Cabinet's resignation. M. Calogeropoulos explains the reason of the resignation to the inability of Cabinet to enter into relations with the Entente's representatives.

Mutinies and Executions.

BOHEMIAN TROOPS IN REVOLT., (Aust. and N.Z. Cable Association.") (Received Thursday, 5.35 p.m.) LONDON, Oct. 4. The "Daily Telegraph's" Milan corn s.iondent says that the Austrian Government's difficulty in maintaining the loyalty of the Bohemian troops is increasing. Reports are frequent of mutinies and wholesale eexcutions. It is rumoured that Bohemian regiments were destroyed by exposure on the Russian front. Sometimes they were abandoned for days without provisions.

•Still Hale and Hearty.

EMPEROR ERANZ JOSEF. (Aust. and N.Z. Cable Association.) (Received Thursday, 9.20 p.m.) PETROGRAD, Oct. 5. The late Rumanian Minister at Vienna, in an interview with the "Novoe Vremya," said that the Emperor Franz Josef of Austria was comparatively vigorous. The rumours abut senile infirmity and apathy were false.

Deported French People.

TO BE RETURNED ATTER HARVEST. (Aust. and N.S. Cable (Received Thursday, 8.1P.p.m.) MADRID, Oct. 4. Semi-official: Germany has promised Spain that two thousand women who were deported and are in exile from Roubaix and Tourcoing will be retturned shortly, also that all other deported men and women will be returned when the harvest is over.