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BETWEEN AUSTRIA AND GERMANY. THK PIAVE DISASTER. EXHAUSTS GERMANY'S PATIENCE. AUSTRIA LOOKING FOR PEACE. GRAVE INTERNAL SITUATION. THOUSANDS OF ARMED DESERTERS (Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn.) Received July IC, 9.U) a.m. LONDON, July 15.
The, Doily News' Berne correspondent states that relations between Germany and Austria arc strained. The disaster on the Piave has exhausted Germany's patience, \v!i:' ' i ■'.i is putting on pressure to seer . offer of peace propositions wiiicu ioere is some chance of the Allies considering. The details of the Piave are leaking out, despite, the censorship. Excluding the slightly wounded there were 200,000 casualties, of whom 10.000 were drowned. There were also 10,000 deserters, who fled eastward. The economic situation in A " is
intolerable. Spasmodi" sir': :\:v daily, and the bread is often almost uneatable- The authorities are relying on the harvest to save the :,; ! u;:tion, but owing to frosts it wlil only be mediocre. The :nit '*• ■"■ " •' '.':',- culty in dealing will' {'■■'. I deserters, there being ■' llecpuipped men in the i The police arrested 3000 armed deserters at, Budapest.
The daily ration in Austria is 3oz bread, loz meat, }oz fat, 2«oz potatoes, foz jam, joz coffee.
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Waikato Times, Volume 89, Issue 13811, 16 July 1918, Page 5
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192STRAINED RELATIONS Waikato Times, Volume 89, Issue 13811, 16 July 1918, Page 5
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