THE AUSTRIAN TREATY

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XLV, Issue 11847, 31 May 1919, Page 5

THE AUSTRIAN TREATY

A GREAT RENUNCIATION, Paris, May 26, The Austrian Treaty will probably not be presented before the 30th. % London, May 28. The Allies’ terms to Austria include unconditional renunciation of lost territories; the army to be limited to 20,000; and the Navy dis appears. SITUATION IN AFGHANISTAN, THE AMIR’S TERRORS. t Simla, May 28. It is now confirmed that Nasrulla is alive. He is lodged but not imprisoned in Kabul citadel. The Amir occasionally visits him, and discusses matters of policy. Nasrulla is fed from the Amir’s table, but his family is not allowed to visit him. The money made by Nasrulla in the gun-running trade has been confiscated. The Amir lives in constant dread of assassination, and barely leaves the precincts of the palace. Only trusted persons are admitted to his quarters. No durbar has been held since the one at which he announced his intention to invade India, SERIOUS RISING IN KURDISTAN. London, May 29. A serious rising is reported from Mosul. Kurdistan rebels defeated gendarmerie and cut telegraphs. It is feared detachments of British officers and troops have been taken prisoners. It is believed the Young Turk party instigated the risiiig. The Mesopotamian army is sending relief forces,! A FATAL MISTAKE. Received May 31, 10 a.m. Amsterdam, May 19. Delayed. —lgnoring the state of siege the Young Men’s Christian Association, at Munich, held their usual ‘meeting and were arrested. Government troops entered the prison, and, believing them to be Spartacists, fired, killing twenty. BOLSHEVIKS CLAIM A VICTORY. Received May 31, 10 a,m. Copenhagen, May 19. D^laved. —Ukrainian Bolsheviks claim that they crossed the Dneister, defeating the Roumanians, who are fleeing.