AUSTRIANS AND GERMANS.
GROWING IRRITATION.
CONDITIONS IN SERVIA.
London, March 3.
According to Major Aspinal, who has returned from Servia, via Vienna, there is growing irritation between the Austrians and the Germans. The Germans requisitioned nearly all the food and live stock in Servia, leaving the Austrians to garrison the country. The Austrians do not conceal their disgust at the Germans' overbearing conduct, and are fast becoming disillusioned. Many officers declared that they would welcome peace. Major Aspinal remarks that there is a strong contrast between Austrian courtesy and German brutality. When he was coming through German officers jeered at the Austrians for assisting "the English swine." The American Ambassador at Vienna told the major that the Austrian Minister for War had said that the Government wished to behave generously to the British. Major Aspinal admits that his release with that of 10 others was a pure act of grace.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16170, 6 March 1916, Page 6
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