HUNGARY WANTS PEACE.

Taihape Daily Times, Issue 160, 19 July 1916, Page 5

HUNGARY WANTS PEACE.

LONDON, July 18

)| The "Morning Post's" Buda Pesth - correspondent -ays that M. Karolyi, I president of the Independence Party' has resigned. He is forming a peace ; party, 70 strong, which i s to demand - immediate peace, regardless of Austria ' and Germany's approval or consent. A SAFE BOAST. HUNGARY CANNOT BE INVADED. BY A SINGLE RUSSIAN. 1 , (Received 9.10) Proximity of Russian cavalry to the frontier of Hungary, at Birlibaba Pass, i is causing anxiety, which prominent I officials are s e eking to allay. Count • Bethlen, president of the frontier l country, declared it impossible for a singl e Russian to appear on Hungarian i soil, except as a prisoner. A REMARKABLE ARTICLE. IN A GERMAN NEWSPAPER. "HOW SHALL THESE THINGS END.'» (Received '9.35) ■ AMSTERDAM, July 18. , The "Weisen Zeituhg,'"' of Bremen, has a remarkable article on Germany's position. It says the hou rhas come when we must clench bur teeth, for. the situation is grave We have got our teeth in Verdun so tight that w G • are unable .to let go Austrians are at a standstill, in Set'te Communi; the Engjlish and French are hard upon us on the Somme, and the Russians are upon us from Riga to Roumania. In every ■ quarter difficulties and obstacles, raislihg the,,anxious eryy '' How shall these things end?'* yet though the present is j black, ...the -future belongs to the Germans A BERLIN REPORT. ATTACKS EAST AND WEST. WERE ALL REPULSED. j (Received 11.35) LONDON, Jply 18. A Berlin communique states: The enemy on both sides of the Somme used the day in artillery preparatoins. They directed strong attacks in the evening and night against Poziers, Biaches. Maisonette, Barleux and Soyecourt, but were everywhere frustrated The Russians south east of Riga continued their strong attacks, which were broken down with sanguinary losses, or repulsed by counter attacks wherev e r the day in artillery prepartions. They Mere easily repulsed in attacks „iv c st south west of Luck. GERMAN PRISONERS. 21.535 IN ENGLAND. (Received 11.25) LONDON, July IS. Mr Forster in the House of Commons said there were 21.535 combatant prisoners iu England; part of those captured at Somme have not yet reached | England. FURTHER BRITISH PROGRESS i _______ ' INCESSANT RAIN AND MISTS. i ' (Received 11.30) LONDON. July 18 Sir Douglas Haig reports that mist aud incessant rain are interrupting operations. We progressed north of Ovillers during the night on a front of 1000 yards. SUBMARINE WAR. ADVOCATED IN GERMANY. NEUTRALS SHOULD BE FORCED. (Received 11.35) BERLIN, duly IS. "Lokal Anzeiger" advocates a renewal of submarine war owing to England's abolition of the Declaration of, London, and forcing neutral states to actively or passively assume an attitude contrary to Germany. It is a matter of indifference whether neutrals follow Britain's decision from fear or sympathy. The reasons wherefore we stopped submarine war have been altered. If we are forced to begin reekless submarine war ; it will be in our favour.