GERMANY AND AUSTRIA.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 16035, 21 January 1918, Page 3

GERMANY AND AUSTRIA.

STRIKES AND RIOTS., IN AUSTRIAN CITIES. BEENE, Jan. 19. 'The Neue Ercic Press reiiorts that the strike movement is general' throughout lower Austrffi, Trieste and' the Trieste valley. A]l war industries in Vienna and its neighbourhood are shut, and there are 10,000 strikers in the Wiener Ncustadt locomotive and munition works. Machine, metal and transport workers form the principal body of strikers. Very serious rioting has occurred in Vienna, Grata and Salzburg. Over 80 stores, food and clothing shops, and several restaurants in Vienna were pillaged. The police intervened., Many on both sides were injured. The garrison refused to march against the strikers. The whole of Bohemia is in a state of commotion. Soldiers fired oh the. rioters at Prague and Pal,sen. NEW YORK, Jan. 18. The United Press Petrograd correspondent reports that wholesale- disaffections are spreading throughout the, Austro-German army. Entire Austria* companies have been shot for sympathising with Russian Socialism. Twen-ty-five thousand. armed’ Germans have, joined the fast-growing number of deserters. Hindenburg is strenuously endeavouring. to put down insubordination. and has ordered a thousand to be shot for refusing to "obey their officers. THE RAID ON KARLSRUHE. LONDON. Jan. 18,, The Daily News’ Berne correspondent gives details of tiro Karlsruhe raid. At. least ten machines w.ere counted. Bombs rained down for several minutes,. The firemen, mastered, the fires. Several British and French officers were,,killed amongst the marly hostages, which the authorities had assembled at Karlsruhe. The utmost indignation, prevails among the population. POLICY OF CONQUEST. >. i OPENLY ADVOCATED BY THE PRESS. (Received Jan. ’2l, 9.25 a.m.) NEW YORK, Jan. 20. The Sun is London correspondent states that, according to advice* through a , neutral, Germany no longer pretends to wage, a defensive, war, Mtd franklv avows,a policy of conquest, the whols.'German press reflects, the changed attitude. _ . . The starving- people are deluded, into believing in great victories in Russia and Italy, and demand the fruite which the leaders are., desperately-striving for.