THE CENTRAL POWERS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 17444, 12 October 1918, Page 7

THE CENTRAL POWERS

•KAISER'S RESIGNATION RUMOURED. Reuter's'Tolcgrams. STOCKHOLM, October 10. There are persistent rumours that the Kaiser has abdicated. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. NEW YORK, October 10. Secretary Lansing says that the rumour of the Kaiser's abdication, so frequent lately, signifies little, unless it means his abdication in favour of a democratic party, i

THE RUMOUR DENIED. AMSTERDAM, October 10. (Received Oct. 11, at 10.35 p.m.) Berlin has issued a denial of tho rumour ' regarding the Kaiser's abdication. EFFECT OF WESTERN' DEFEATS. PUBLIC OPINION AFFECTED. Tho Times. PARIS, October 10. M.^ Marcel Hutin writes: Owing to the Tepidity of the Allied attacks completely upsetting their arrangements for withdrawal, large numbers of Germans, for the fist time in the war, threw down their arms. Such defeats will .produce an enormous effect on German public opinion. They are specially due to the legendary tenacity of the British troops. ANOTHER MINISTERIAL RESIGNATION. Router's Telegrams. COPENHAGEN, October 10. Official Berlin advices report that the resignation of the War Minister, General von Stein, has been accepted. Majorgeneral S'chenech succeeds him. AGITATION IN AUSTRIA. STRUGGLES FOR AUTONOMY. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. COPENHAGEN. October ■ 10. Advices from Vienna state that the Ministerial Council has decided to introduce national autonomy, thus meeting President Wilson's stipulations. BERNE, October 10. A movement favouring the separation of the monarchies is progressing in AustriaHungary. Czech and Mid-Southern Slav newspapers dcclare that arrangements are proceeding for the creation of separate Czech and Slav States^ Moscow telegrams announce an early proclamation of the union of all Polish territories.

_ A congress, representing German associations in Austria, resolved in favour of the creation of a German State in Austria.