THE CENTRAL POWERS.

Colonist, Volume LX, Issue 14620, 26 January 1918, Page 5

THE CENTRAL POWERS.

GERMANY'S WAR AIMS.

CHANCELLOR TO REPLY TO BRITAIN AND AMERICA.

NEWSPAPER COMMENTS

"VORWAERTS" AGATN SUS-

PENDED.

Uustralian and N.z! Cable Association)

Amsterdam, Jan. 24. • The speech to bo given in the Reichstag to-morrow by Baron yon Hertling Imperial Chancellor, in reply to President Wilson and Mr Lloyd George, is awaited with growing interest in Germany. Hertling and Kuhlmann had a further audience with the Kaiser. . Kuhlmann received the Reichstag leaders and them of the. ; course of the Russian negotiations The "Frankfurter Zeitung" urges Hertling to clearly state his intentions regarding Belgium, with a view to counteracting the effect of the Entente I declarations. The"Volksstimma" demands "a simi-' Jar declaration, adding: "The-Entence statesmen are cleverly using the weakness of German policy. We-admit that the Central Governments cannot longar evade an announcement of. their war ' aims.". ... ~ -,'. ~.. ■/,■■■.- .-. ■■■■■■ General yon Try, Austrian Chief of Staff, interviewed by the "Arbeiter Zeitung," said the desire for peace was general. Nobody contemplated annexations, but tie evacuation of occupied territories was difficult owing to the disorganisation of the Russian army. The Central Powers had costly works in these regions, and largely depended on them for supplies of food. , "Vorwaerts," commenting on the Austrian situation, declares:—"We are walking on the edge of a precipice. Germany must disavow annexations, otherwise she is in danger of losir.w Austria." i "Vorwaerts" has been suspended for three days for its frank comments. -