SPANISH CRISIS

New Zealand Times, Volume XLII, Issue 9690, 19 June 1917, Page 5

SPANISH CRISIS

WORKERS MB THE GQVESffIENI ADVICE BY SPANISH PREMIER. By Telegraph— Press Association—Copyrii;!)* Australian ami N.Z. Cable Association. MADRID. June 17. Regarding the probability of ;i railway strike, Scnor Dale, Premier, states that it is to everybody’s interests that calm should reign at tho present moment, 'Workmen should realise that perturbations will be harmful to them as workers. Those not interested in provoking the agitation may have confidence in the. Government’s social policy of harmony between capital and labour. An Ambassador from Loudon Ims arrived at Madrid pad conferred with tho Minister for State. REMARKABLE DEVELOPMENT ALL-ROUND DEMAND FOR A REPUBLIC. By Telegraph— Press Association—Copyright Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received Juno 19, 1.5 a.m.) MADRID, Juno 18. A remarkable development of tho political crisis has been divulged despite the rigorous censorship. Tho Radical, Republican, Reform and Socialist. parties in the Chamber ol Deputies held a conference and decided to issue a revolutionary anti-monarch-isS manifesto, forming themselves into a bloc. The causes of this coalition were the military crisis and rumours of tho imminent formation of a reactionary pro-German Government under Signor Maura and General 'Weyler. Further, that the Alvarez, Monarchist and Reformist, parties have declared in favour of a republic. TO BRING ABOUT PEACE ABDICATION OF KAISER SUGGESTED. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright Hcutcir’s Telegrams.) COPENHAGEN, Juno 17. Tho Swedish Socialist, Herr Branting, in a remarkable interview iu tho “Politik,” said ho believed that peace negotiations would he postponed while tho present German rulers were governing. Tho Kaiser would undoubtedly help peace by abdicating. Tho Gcr,iiians should pay an' indemnity to Belgium, and enormous indemnities for tne ships they had sunk. STOOKHOLMJSONfERENGE MERELY PREPARING FOR CONTLNUOUS PEACE. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright Australian and N.Z, Cable Association. STOCKHOLM, Juno IS. Herr Branting, tho Swedish Socialist leader, interviewed, said the Conference did not aim at stoppling war, but at preparing for a continuous peace. Ho considered the time. had come for a Workmen's Internationale to fix conditions for a durable worhj peace because the belligerent proletariat would be leant suspected ol Imperialism. He declared that' his presence guaranteed that the conference was not a German manoeuvre. Ho suggested the temporary occupation of Alsace-Lorraine by a, neutral, probably Switzerland, then the taking of an independent referendum. ’ If tho German Majority Socialists refused the world’s proletariat they would bo able to judge* their genuineness. He hoped M. Kerensky would re-establish order in Russia. AGED MUST PERISH CALLOUS GERMAN DOCTRINE. FOOD SHORTAGE. (Published in “The Times.’’) LONDON, Juno 9. Professor Delmer, the Australian, who was recently released from Germany, says, continuing his article ut “The Times":—• , , “Every German is anxiously asking, ‘Will the food last?’ The authorities reply that the bread supply ID assured till tho middle of August. After then luck and management may cany them on to next harvest. # The authorities know that tho margin is so narrow that a false step may be fatal.’’ Professor Delmer is confident that the hay and grain harvests will be exceptionally poor and six weeks late. Germany’s iron* motto is: “Soldiers first!” Even members of the Reichstag, assort that if tho worst comes, aged people must be allowed to perish. professor Delmer warns people against accepting stories of riots. All the talk about -machine-guns and re-volver-firing in Berlin is mere moonshine, he says. PALESTINE OADIPAI6N TRENCH AND AIR WARFARE PROCEEDING. By Telegraph—Press Association—CopyrigW Published in "The Times." (Received June XB, 8.30 p.m.) LONDON, Juno 18. “The Times” Cairo Correspondent writes: —“Operations in Palestine are now limited to trench warfare. British artillery dominates the Turkish, indicting numerous casualties daily. Our airmen frequently effectively raided camps at headquarters at Birnaba, Gaza, and Harrlcre. FIGHTING IN SALONIKA ENEMY CAMPS DAMAGED IN S't VITAL. By Telegraph—Pre.;s Association— Copyright Aus. and N.Z. Cable Assn, and neuter. (Received June 18, 6.3 p.m.) LONDON, June 37. A French Eastern commuiThjua states:' British airmen greatly damaged enemy camps at St. VTai. The Thessalian advance continues. French cavalry have reached Pharsale and Doinokos, sixty kilometres south of Larissa. The British have occupied Domcrli.