GERMANY’S TROUBLES.
AN EXTRAORDINARY AFFAIR. Received 11.55. PARIS, Feb 21. The St. Etienne wine merchant apparently had relations with other agents in different regions. His pass was an unconditional safe conduct pass for a hawker and vehicle in any army zone. Documents showed he would have received a large sum if he succeeded in a certain dangerous enterprise. Officials are now deciphering numerous cipher messages. * AUSTRIAN AFFAIRS. SCENES IN AUSTRIAN PARLIAMENT. POLES LEAVE THE CHAMBER. Received 11.55. COPENHAGEN, Feb 21. Vienna telegrams report a tumultuous session of the Reichsrath. In a crowded house the president began, reading the Emperor’s congratulations on the conclusion of peace with Ukraine, when the Poles quitted the Chamber, singing the Polish anthem. The Czechs demanded the cessation of hostilities with Russia. A great uproar followed, the Czechs shouting, “Down with Von Seidler!”
• S WED E IT.
SWEDEN’S ATTITUDE. ■ Received 11.55. COPENHAGEN. Feb 21. The Swedish Premier secured a triumph in the Rysdago when denouncing, the. proposal to actively intervene in affairs. The debate revealed that official conservatives disavow the advocates of active intervention.
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Taihape Daily Times, 22 February 1918, Page 5
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