VARIOUS ITEMS.

Wanganui Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15132, 29 January 1917, Page 6

VARIOUS ITEMS.

Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.} BERNE, January 27. The cold in GAmany and Austria is intense. There were 41 deaths, due to cold, in Munich in six days. The winter in Switzerland is alpo far,more severe than usual. The Tribune of Geneva learns offilialrly that King Carl will dissolve the Keichsrath and order a general election. PARIS, January 27. Le. Matins correspondent states that a British front officer who was prisonered in a recent raid has declared that the Germans never discharged asphyxiating gas without the special authorisations of the Kaiser, who is anxious to reduce war cruelties to a minimum. The German generals deplored tbe Kaiser’s mildness, alleging that the Entente’s troops began the practice. A decree has been issued to limit the menus in restaurants and hotels to two courses after February 15. PETROGRAD, January 27. The appointment of M. Sazonoff( late Minister for Foreign Affairs) as ambassador in London, is officially announc-