GERMANY AND AUSTRIA.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 16039, 25 January 1918, Page 3

GERMANY AND AUSTRIA.

GERMAN CHANCELLOR. EXPECTED TO MAKE A STATE’ MENT. IN REPLY TO ALLIES' DECLARATIONS. \ I i (Received Jan. 25, 8.45 a.m.) AMSTERDAM, Jan. 24. Count Hertling’s speech to-morrow, in tile Reichstag in reply to the statements of (President IVilson and Mr. Lloyd George, is awaited with growing interest in Germany. Count Hertling and Dr. Kuhlmaim had a further audience with the Kaiser, Dr. Kuhlmanfi received the Reichstag lenders and informed them of the course of the Russian negotiations. The Frankfurter Zoitung urges Count Hertling clearly to state Germany's intentions regarding Belgium with the view of counteracting the effect of the Entente declarations. The Mannheim Volkstimme demands a similar declaration, adding that the Entente statesmen are cleverly using the weakness of the German policy. IVe admit that the Central Governments cannot longer evade the announcement of our aims. The Vorwarts. 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 losing Austria. The Vorwarts has now been suspended for throe days for its frank comments. AUSTRIAN GENERAL. NON-COMMITTAL ABOUT EVACUATION. , (Received June 25, 8.45 a.m.) AMSTERDAM, June 24. General Von Arz. Austrian Chief-of-Staff, interviewed by-the Albcrzeit, said the desire for peace was general. Nobody contemplated annexations, but the evacuation of the occupied territories was difficult owing to the disorganisation of the Russian army. They had costly works in those regions and largely depended on them for supplies of food. REPORTED REVOLUTION IN AUSTRIA.

MINISTRY REORGANISED. ( (Received Jan. 25, 9.35 a.m.) NEW YORK, Jan. 21. Various messiges received here say that there are rumours that a revolution has broken out in Vienna. - A United Press Petrogrnd telegram states that the Government there announces that it has received wireless information that a revolution has broken out in Vienna and that revolutionists have reorganised tho Ministry. No details are available. AN AMERICAN LMPRESSION. OP GERMAN VIEWPOINT. (Received Jan. 25, 9.35 a.m.) NEW YORK, Jaa. 24. A New York Times’ London dispatch says that the writer obtained an intimate view of the German Government’s attitude. Germany desiros an early peace and believes it is likely to bo attained. She also mistakenly believes that America’s preparations are not real, but are merely bluff. I BIG SHIPPING COMPANY, AMSTERDAM, Jan. 23. A German coal magnate, Hugh Stinnes, has founded a company for tho development of shipping and overseas trade after tho war, with an initial capital of five million marks.