GERMANY.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 144853, 3 December 1915, Page 3

GERMANY.

GERMAN MILITARY EXPERT TAKES RATHER DEPRESSED VIEW. TIMES AND SYDNEY BUN SERVICES. (Received Dec. 3, 8 a.m,} LONDON, Dec. 2. The Local AnVciger declares that Germany is ahvajts ready to discuss peace, but the Allies prefer to redouble their efforts. Xbc Reichstag is not impressed by such utterances by General Falkcnhayn’s mouthpieces. Tho Reichstag does not appear rebellious, but tho situation is critical. General LUoniht. in tho Tagcblatt, rfays it is not to bo expected mat the Serbs will lie down. An Italian expedition to co-ordinate the remains ot tho Serb army in Albania is Lkely. There are no claims that' Germany nas given tho Sorbs a decisive blow. General JMoraht adds: “‘Who would not prefer Haris to the present position on tlie \\ osi iront, or a Sedan in Poland instead of the Russian retreat? Our Allies have not been failures, but wo are surrounded by active enemies.” ALLEGED DISAGREEMENTS. BETWEEN GERMANY AND AUSTRIA. LONDON, Dec. 2. A sensation has been caused by the announcement in Vienna tuui tho Ministers of tho Interior, Commerce and kin unco have resigned. Prince Hoheulohe Schillings, of the Draconian Guards, an ex-Oovernor of 'incite, is the new Minister of tho Interior.

it is surmised that serious happenings have necessitated tire changes, winch are interpreted ns being similar tu those which tilled the army with German tools and sympathisers. The Austrian Parliament has not met since the opening of the war, and the nation is without means of influencing the Government. Thc_ public connect the crisis with the Kaiser’s visa, though German newspapers suggest that his visit was for the purpose of discussing the ownership of tho conquered Serbian territory, and the possibility of inducing Serbia to conclude peace. The Daily Nows’ Rome correspondent states that tho Kaiser’s object in visiting Vienna was to dissuade the aged ami obstinate Emperor Francis Joseph from concluding a separate peace. Tile Pope’s exhortations had already resulted in Austria’s fruitless attempt to negotiate a separate peace with Russia, and when the Emperor Francis Joseph notified the Pope that he welcomed the Papal efforts to end a disastrous war tho Kaiser sent Cardinal Hartmann post, haste to Homo to inform the Pope that Germany would oppose premature efforts for peace. The financial condition of AustriaHungary is most serious. The loans for sixteen months only aggregate 52 millions sterling, and have mostly been compulsorily commandeered from haul: savings-. A Hungarian correspondent of tho Morning Post says that tho rumours of Austrian peace desires can fie dismissed. Tho most probable explanation of the Kaiser’s visit is the desire to establish an Anstro-German tariff union, whereto the three retiring Ministers were hostile. Reuter’s Zurich correspondent states that moderate circles in Vienna arc concerned, believing that the resignations indicate that Germany’s control is extending to internal administration. The new Ministers have strong Gorman leanings. Moderates attribute tho resignation of the Minister of Commerce to his strong opposition to an economic union with Germany, and point out that his successor, Herr von Spitz-M tiller, has intimate financial relations with Herr Holfferich. VIENNA, Doc. 1. Herr Ritter von Lab, Governor of the Forstall Savings Bank, is tho now Minister of Finance, and Herr von Spitx-Mnllcr is Minister of Commerce. MORE GERMAN MARVELS. COPENHAGEN, Dec. 1. Tho Gormans have made a revolutionising production in aircraft from light to heavy armoured biplanes, capable of carrying immense loads "of bombs, guns and wireless apparatus. They have also constructed a giant battle' aeroplane of enormous carrying power, stability, and speed, three times as largo as the ordinary “Albatross,” with also a bridge for a pilot. MEETING OF REICHSTAG IVANTED COPENHAGEN, Dec. 1. Tho VorwarU: demands that tho Government permit the Reichstag to freely and publicly discuss terms, with a view to ensuring tho people's support when negotiations open. A GERMAN CONCENTRATION. ROTTERDAM, Dee. 1. Tho railways in West and South Germany arc congested, and the Swiss frontier is closed. It is believed that there is a concentration of Gormans to tho eastward. Even Germans are not permitted to enter the Fatherland. TROUBLE IN THE -REICHSTAG. SOCIAL DEMOCRATS MOVING. (Received Dec. 3, 9 a.m.) LONDON, Doc. 2. “It appears,” says tho special correspondent of tho Daily Telegraph, “that trouble awaits the. Reichstag, and is rapidly crystallising. Tho Social Democratic'Party has given notice of an interpellation ; ‘Will the Imperial Chancellor make a statement of tho conditions under which ho would bo inclined to enter on peace negotiations.’ ” The correspondent adds:—-“This is no Inere formality. The Social Democrats are in a determined mood, being im•lellod by tho suffering of the industrial classes owing to tho shortage of food.” TRADE IN THE NEAR EAST. TO HELP GERMAN FINANCES. (Received Dec. 3, 9.10 a.m.) AMSTERDAM, Doc. 2. A debate in tho Bavarian Landtag showed that tho economic situation has excited German hopes to monopolise, .thatrade-wilh-hhe. NeanEast.

THE VALUE OP CONSTANTINOPLE RECOGNISED BY ASTRONOMER. (Received Dec. 3, 9.10 a.m.) BERNE, Dec. 2. Dr, Schott, director of the Hamburg Observatory, describes the Dardanelles and Bosphorus as a joint or bridgehead in the great international route of the future namely, the Borlin-Vicnna-Constantinoplo-Bagdad railway to the Persian Gulf and Indian Ocean. The route is secure, permanently open, and vital to the central Powers.