AUSTRO-HUNGARY NEAR EXHAUSTION.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XL, Issue 11437, 30 November 1915, Page 5

AUSTRO-HUNGARY NEAR EXHAUSTION.

Mr Ford is getting no praise and much condemnation and ridicule both in Britain and America on account of the fitting out of the ship of Peace. The British papers that treat the affair seriously regard the enterprise as another proof of the desire of the Germans for peace. To-day’s cables show that both Montenegro and Italy have been approached with peace proposals, but to no effect. The blocking of the tunnels on the Servian railway will delay the German advance, as it will not be possible to bring up large reserves of ammunition and guns by road dur ng the winter. The Austro-Hungarians admit such heavy losses that they w ill not be able to carry on the war much longer for the want of men. A desperate battle is being fought at Kossovo between the Bulgar- . ians and the Servians. When they meet the dead become more than the living. f The position at Monastir has improved, and it may be that, with the V assistance of the Allies, this front will be held. \ The weather conditions on the Western front is so terrible that the German and British soldiers have to mutually agree to a truce in order to have the opportunity to get out of their cold water holes for a while.

The Grecian Government is still continuing its tricky diplomacy. It now otters to consent to terms which shall not compromise its neutrality. How that is possible when the Allies were invited to land on Grecian territory as a base for an offensive against the Germans, it would be difficult to explain.