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Oamaru Mail, Volume XLVIII, Issue 13601, 4 November 1918, Page 6

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HAPSBURG'S END. LONDON, October 19. ■ The Paris correspondent of. The limes gays that President Wilson's reply to the Austrian Peace. Note is regarded as a final blow to" the Dual Monarchy. ■ The Rome correspondent....' of. , .The Times • says ' that - -Karl's proclamation is too late; President Wilson's Note means that the monarchy .is : .already dismembered.*. .The peoples,' composing, it will decide .their own future/ . Th© Hapsburg's policy; of expedients has led them over the.precipice. . UKRAINE'S LUCK. . LONDON, October 19. ' Reuter's correspondent at Stockholm says that it is reported at Petrog'rad that the Ukrainian Premier has asked the-'commander at .Kieff. % to. send Cossacks to- the. Ukraine, fearing disturbances in the event, of German evacuation. The Prefect of Odessa, 'in a" proclamation threatens merciless suppression of risings based on the expectation© of tHe deT >aiv fc tlre of the Austrian garrison. HUNS WANT TIME. LONDON, October 19. The Times correspondent at Paris states: —"Information has been received in Paris to the effect that an important .. German Foreign Office personage went to Berne on October 7 and addressed, a. secret meeting: of "German propaganda agteats and journaiists, informing them that -it was necessary for Germany to "evacuate the occupied territory in order to gain time. ; Pourparlers, . witli the winter delay, would give Germany five montlfs, which would be amply sufficient to , renew the' army in men and materials. It was further - explained that probably an interruption of hostilities would lessen on the-part, of the other Allies a., desire to resume hostilities, >and that conversations might* ""create differences or cause the collapsei of the alliance. The main thing was to continue talking. Meanwhile Germany, by agents and journalists, must propagandise the German people to accept the war in a .completely renewed spirit of salf-sacrifice, making great efforts 'to present the war as a solemn demonstration of our disinterestedness and desire to restore peace to the world.' '' ITALY'S DEMANDS. LONDON, October 19. The Milan correspondent of The Times says that the Italian, press unanimously insists on the strongest guarantees for the reduction of enemy military importance before the granting of an armistice. Th© Corriere d'ltalia urges that the Allies -sihould come- to an agreement as t.) the precise political and territorial interpretation of the "fourteen points," and endorses the proposal by The. Tim.es. for a diplomatic Versailles, "to. draw' a new map of Europe." A VALUABLE AEROPLANE! CARGO. LONDON, October'l9. A Copenhagen message states that Stoianow, the. chief Bolshevik. Commissioner of Police, has' stolen 10,000,000 roubles (£1,000,000), and- lias fled by aeroplane. EXPRESSION OP AUSTRIAN DESIRE. LONDON, October 22. The Times says that diplomatic circles think that the runidrs of the Kaiser's abdication proceed from Aus- ' trian sources, where -the wish is father to the thought. The latest diplomatic information confirms the report that Hindenburg and the military authorities inspired the demand -for an armistice, hoping to save the army from destruction. HUNS' MUST. PAY PRICE 1 . LONDON, October 22. Mr Hughes, speaking at the British. Industries exhibition in. London, said: "Britain can have Australia's raw maieri&ls. Xs sliG "fco tjcik© tiiciTi. Anyhow, Germany will iget none. I not- advocate an economic war, but with our friends we will be friends, and .with our enemies enemies. When our enemies have paid the price of their bloody crimes we will extend our hand .to them, but until then, no."