GERMANY BETRAYED

North Otago Times, Volume CV, Issue 13860, 21 April 1917, Page 5

GERMANY BETRAYED

CHANGE IN AUSTRIA'S POLICY "■■■it ■•'•.'.'<'''" j . ■'•■'■.'' "'.. ."' v > '_. ■ .. ' SIGNIFICANCE OF ENEMY PRESS COMMENT : TURKEY HOPELESSLY BEATEN WESTERN OFFENSIVE WIN BRILLIANT SUCCESSES JINDENBURGS NEXT MOVE ATTEMPTS TO REACH PETROGRAD AMERICA'S COLOSSAL PREPARATIONS CIVIL WAR IN BRAZIL mUSm (Per OjWj—Pmf AsioelaUon-Copyrijht.) CENTRAL POWERS AND PEACE OVERTURES. .-■—f :=•■ j3ionifioant statements by german .press. ' References to Austria's betrayal of Germany. -:" f ' (Australian and New Zealand Cable Association.) ..Received April 20, 10.45 p.mr "'•;•'\, LONDON, April 20. j '■•■' '■',: A Berne wireless report states that the German newspapers ' ''"'.'-are displaying deep consternation regarding what they call "a • ,/;; change. in the' Austrian policy.'' : .*■- :-..•:■■ Some papers declare that Germany has been betrayed. a - ■■■ It is not yet disclosed what has happened in Austria.

<a ; r GRAVE POLITICAL CRISIS IN AUSTRIA, J ';:,.. :;,.;. ;' German boasts and German misgivings, . . i • •'' (Austrian and flew Zealand Cable Association and Ueulcr.) ■••/-..' : •';,"'..' ROME, April 19. "■'■'/'- ■'••'" Grave political events are happening in Vienna, whence f~ ■' . there is little news. :,: -Following; the Ministers' resignations, one hundred Deputies ■ ;:? . ■"■ will resign. ,: ' '■'' ;.':'' (Australian and New' Zealand Cable Association.) • , . ut; ,' COPENHAGEN, April 19. '■'■•■"{/■ • The Vossische Zeitung expects the Austrian Cabinet to .;'/';' resign. :'.....;. i, ; "Count Tisza, on arriving at Vienna, will hand his resignation 'v.-..-<-;:to-the Emperor. ':.:'• ■'.••■ (Australian and New Zealand .Cable Association.) ; ' COPENHAGEN, April 19. ■''■' W"' • e erraan P a l )ers claim that the success of the loan is' a ■••••'n; crushing defeat to America, though they admit that only one- "'■''' ■'fifth of the sum is new money. They describe it as the last .''' war loan of the present war. ■ .-. '"The directors of the Eeichsbank state that the loan wjll finance the war until August. ■ '"'■' (Australian and New Zealand Cable Association.) | lf : . AMSTERDAM, April 19, '■ I t ? " The Tagwacht states: "It Is unnecessary further to conceal the truth that we cannot conquer. It is useless to deceive the people longer." (Australian and New Zealand Cable Association.) j$V ;':.■.. AMSTERDAM, April 19; / |" ; The; German Socialist newspaper Vorwaerts states that ilie ~,", ■.Berlin strike was only ended after substantial concessions-had ■: been extorted. The Food Commissioner was forced to promise '' •■■ • ■;/ that rations would be more fairly distributed, that hoarded pro-. '' -'' visions would be commandeered/,- and /profit-making, which was - ' the subject of the complaint, would be prohibited. ./ 1 : (AuitralUn and New Zealand Cable ABsoolatlon.) ■ ■ "■£ \t: : ' ] ' AMSTERDAM, April 19. ' i' There is grave disorder throughout Germany, and few establishments are working. . , ("The Timeß" Service.) - Y < ■ ZURICH, April 19. j" , The v German newspaper Vorwaerts states that military reinl " -forc'emcnts have arrived at Berlin. ) 'The newspaper Taglische Rundschau states that the authori- % 'ties/h'ave warned the Workmen's Unions that the military will v '"■' be unsparingly used if the' demonstrations are serious. J v: n '" - *

TURKEY HOPELESSLY DOWN'AND OUT, GRAND VIZIER'S PATHETIC APPEAL TO GERMANY (Australian and New -Zeaiana OiMe Association.) „•.':.. ' Beceived April 20, 9.25 p.m. /../..- LONDON, April 10, A Zurich wireless reports that the .Grand Vizier of has arrived in Jerlin, with a view to making urgent representations regarding the, seriousness of Turkey's position and' her 1 inability to continue the war effectively unless all'the'Turkish troops in Galicia and Rumania are withdrawn, and a. substantial number of Austrian and Bulgarians immediately sent to aid Turkey. , RUSSIAN DEMOCRACY SEEKS GERMANY'S OVERTHROW. • /. : /• v • " DEVELOPMENT OF REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENTS. (Australian _and New Zealand Cable' ; WASHINGTON, April 19. ~ The American Ambassador in France reports that there is no possibility of Eussia yielding to the overtures tor a separate peace. M. Miliukoff has informed France that the Russian Socialists , do not want peace, but show an anxiety to promote revolutionary movements among the Central Powers. PEACE TALK AND GERMANY'S FRIGHTFULNESS. BRITISH M.P.'S APPROPRIATE INTERJECTION' (Australian and New Zealand Cable Association.) . LONDON, April 19." - In the House of Commons, Mr Bonar Law Mid the Govern-" ' ment was holding a secret session next week. He said the Budget would be produced on the 30th. > Mr Bonar Law, questioned regarding the torpedoing of hospital ships, said it was inadvisable to give information whether reprisals would be renewed at oilier places. Additional losses in hospital ships would shortly be announced. Sir W. P. Byles asked whether, in view, of the Anglo-Fr'eneh successes, the revolution in Russia, and .the entry of the United States into the war, the Government would reconsider its decision and convene a conference of belligerents to seek a settlement, as Germany had twice invited.

Mr Swift McNeill interjected: "Won't it be time to consider peace when the Germans cease blowing up hospital ships "_ (Loud cheers.)

Mr Bonar Law: "The interjection is a better answer than mine. The Government does not intend to initiate a peace conference."