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KRtPP DIRECTOR CONFIRMS
LICHNOWSKY’S DISCLOSURE
GERMANS PLANNED WAR
KnNer Wan IN'tormlniMl Tliorc Would
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IW- No >'a< , illatlou In I p
AustHana .— IViitons liUNincHK
Sayn ritimatun^ to Serbia
Wuh Monntrout*—Heard of War
rUint* From Two Separate Source*
—ItcnoiinceH <«ermany and Say*
Her ladder* Have Juxtly Won
Hat re*I of the W’orld/
Coincident with the publication
in Germany of the famout memor
andum of Prince Lichnowoky square
ly putting the blame for the out
break of the world war upon the
Kaiser and the German* militarists,
there also appeared In circular form
In Germany a letter written by a cer
tain Dr. Milhlon, a former member
of the Krupp Directorate now liv
ing in Switzerland, corroborating the
charges made by the Prince. The
Milhlon letter was briefly referred
to in an official dispatch from Swit
zerland received In Waahington on
March 2« as having produced an an*
,imafr*<! dlsrusalon throughout the
empire
A copy of the I.Hpilger Volka-
leitung of March 2«. Just received
here, tells how. tn * dt< ussion of
the I.lrhnowsky and Milhlon mem
orandum before the Main Commit
tee of the Hlechstag on March If.
Vice Chancellor von Payer tried to
mtnlmtie the value of Dr Mllhlon’s
statement* by aeaernag that the for
mer Krupp Director was a sleb nerv
ous man who no doubt did not In
tend le tnjore bis reentry s cunee
but vbe was bardly ruwpnu«4b|p tm
bis nctlons bernnee of bis mnny nerv
•us bruubdewus Lulnr. tbe Nerltn
er Tadwblett printed tbe letl of Dr
Mubbsa s letter wblrb wae evident If
written before tbe reetpaatloa ef Hr
Karl Nelffervcb as View Cbaareltor
Times Hr MabDaa'a nseu
a* I
live attitude t<
• •• 4. I
(Iff tbe alH-
»ah. Dr Metf
ee la
wMb e very
I be
Tbe ulnmatuai will roatala de
meads •urb a* paaubmeat of a aem
ber of offiror®. dle^dutloa of pall
Ural saeortafloav criminal tave*tl
gaMoas in Serb a by Aastrian offi
rial* sad. In fact a sbole series
of definite »att*fartioas stl| be «le-
minded si oare otherwiec Austria-
Hungary util declare »ar on Her
bin/
•*f>r. HHffeclih addr'l lhat the
Kaittcv hml j|prmaed HD i loci* lev I
a|5*e«»«al of priMcvlare «»s the
part <»f \ u«l rta-llungar) . He lia«l
•Mild that he repanted a roiiflht
with SechU a» an Internal affair
lM*twe<*n these two countries. In
which he would permit no idher
Slate to interfere. If Hu'oda n»oh-
Ifi/i'il, he would tmditflae alv«».
Hut in hi*t cH**e niohili/ation meant
immediate war. TliU time then*
wmild Im* no <»%« illation, llelffer-
ich said that the lustriatis were
e\iremHy well satisfinl at this de-
tennimsl attituile on the part of
the kaiser.
“When I thereupon said to Dr.
Hdfferich that this uncanny com
munication converted my fears of a
world war which were a9ready
strong, into ahsolue certainty, lie re
plied that it certainly looked like
that. But perhaps France and Rus
sia would reconsider the matter. In
any case, the Serbs deserved a les
son which they would remember.
This was the first intimation that 1
had received about the Kaiser’s dis
cussions with our allies. I knew Dr.
Helfferich’s particularly intimate re
lations with the .personages who
were sure to be initiated, and I knew
that his communication was trust
worthy.
Kaiser for War.
“After my return from Berlin I
informed Herr Krupp von Bohlen
and Halbach. one of whose Direc
tors I then was at Busen. Dr. Helf-
ferich trad riven me nermlttlon and
at that time the mention was to
make him a Director of Kropps.
Herr voa Bohlen i
that I>r. Hetfferlch
ahoot. The Kaiser’s repeated I
ence that thla time nobody would be
able to accuse him of Indecision had.
he said, beta almost comic In Its et-
fect. * . *
. German Duplicity.
w (hi the very day indicated to me
hy Helffericli the Austrian ultima
tum to Merida appeared. At thi* time
I waa again In Berlin, ami 1 told
Helffcrich that I regarded the tone
and eoivtenta of the ultimatum a*
simply monstroub. Dr. Helfferlch,
however said that the note only had
that ring in the German translation.
He ha<J seen the ultimatum In
French, and in French it really could
not*be regarded ac over-done. * ' .
“On thi* occasion Helfferlch also
said to me that the Kaiser had gone
on hi* northern cruise only as a
‘blind’; he had not arranged the
cruise on the usual extensive scale,
but was remaining close at hand and
keeping In constant touch. Now one
would happen. The Austrians, who,
of course, did not expect the ultima
tum to be accepted, were really act
ing rapidly before the other powers
could find time to Interfere. .
“The Deutsche Bank had already
made Its arrangements so as to be
prepared for all eventualities. For
example. It was no longer paying out
the gold which came In. That could
easily be done without attracting no
tice. and the amount day by day
reached considerable sums.
“Immediately after the Vienna ul
timatum to Berbla the t^rmjin Gov
ernment i»«ned derlsration® to the
effect that Austria-Hungary had act
ed all aloae. without tierataay'a prr»
krnmledge. When one attempt
ed reconcile these declarations with
the events mentioned above, tbe only
possible explanation waa lhat the
Katsar had tied himself down with*
nut Inviting the co-operation of hti
Government, and that,- hi the con
versations with the Anetrtana. the
(iermane took care mm to agree ap-
ua the teat of the altlmnlnm.
■ For I have almadyl
the rentesta of the aittmotaml
pretty errimtety known hi Germany.
Herr Krspp von Bshlan. with whom
I epoh# nhont thane Onrmns dfrinm-
G«os—whftrh. el any rate In their
effort, wees Bee one else hy no
meons •dMed^'lfer. mb* sold. Oev*
•• tme the #mf ef S^tahShtanEb
men to dnmnnd. both of Ihn^HHH
end of oor altxn thm the Am mm\
raUrns end the attimatnm In herhln
•honld be ilmaBisd In mlnntn d#u»t
nnd irflnlielp
m tbst
mid thni.
Hate tbe
the
of 4,000 cattle. Official
ermtlnlxe every part of this supply
from the Time it comes on the hoof
to the abbatoir until It vanishes from
the mess tin of the soldier.
Inspection begins at The stock
yards, where the living animals un
dergo the examination of an official
for any evidences of' physical defect
which might be difficult of detection
later. Where there ia doubt the
questionable animals are separated
for closer examination. Where there
is certainty oj defect, the animal is
rejected as unfit for food supply.
Next'comes a rigid examination of
the carcass: Only when found
“sound, healthful, and wholesome”
Is the meat passed as acceptable for
food and duly branded with a non-
polsonous vegetable ink. * “United
States Inspected and Passed/’. The
unfit carcasses a re 4 destroyed.
Fresh meats thus indorsed go fur-
ward in regular shipments, but those
which are to undergo curing, can
ning, or manufacture into sausages,
lard, oleomargarine, etc., are sub
jected to reinspectlons at each step.
For these there Is a final.inspection
Just previous to their dispatch for
army use. Samples are regularly
collected for chemical analysis In the
Government laboratories.
When the meats arrive at the ar
my stations they are again Inspected
either by Inspectors of the Bureau of
Anlmsl Thdustry or bv veterinarian
officers rtf the army. They must siso
obtain the approval of the officer of
the Qusrtermrvter Corps receiving
th**m And they undergo their final
test when the soldier's t
ganlaatlon commander looks them
over before be permits them to be
served to his men.
COURSE TO SLAV NATION
‘8 to soldiers: 'j
“Recent reports from commanding
generals of certain army divisions in
dicate that one of the fruitful causes
of soldiers absenting .ihemselves
without leave is the discouraging
letter from home. Such letters fre-
quently give alarming and exagger-^
ated reports of conditions surround-1'^***” Robert Cecil'Says Lnlees Tew*
GERMANY NEEDS REEF
Tto ftaHnaad Wa*
fth# pros—t trend to blgbm
Mtc lorrooa* In the history of the
irld. The railway worhers of the
lhat Cblted
alee who have hewo makii
a month ate to semi
whlrh win data hodh to hi
Jaooory Tho loopM tmrraoae orboi
eled h| 111 o moth, which spphse
ho received eoder fti
o mooih. and tho raio of hirront
i:t «o |J4 a mao
mmtesioo •
I of Mvtno
BrtoAp Aocod* tho
•dy ••• that the
woe owy lawsw of CcwHl hi
lo hie sense «o Ho
Fereigo her re lory,
Diood of hie
woo 0
'
and m
go? of
torrews
▼hoi
hove o creel effect
Cf lo Op*
3l
eftt have lo
of tho
ea TtelhlOh
•hoi o body
*. nod lb#
ootftoo win he hotMr off If wapna ice
ocoerolty
rhoco
If
“A* e resell of this |
Herr von Hob Im I old mo the I How
tea Jason e«orh firmly to hie 00*
•eft tun that he had had !
d«> nlth the letl of the A
gariea ultimatum, aod lhat Uermooy
had sever made any aorh demaoda
la rooty to tho ohlhctioo that Ihfta
wm (mahcafihhhk. JAom-awm-Ji
rcpHod that he. ns n dlptoomtlot
naturally thought of making sack
s demand
’ When, however. Herr von Jnguw
was occupying himself with the mat
ter ami was called In. the Kaiser had
so commuted himself lhat It was too
late for any procedt|re according lo
diplomatic custom, and there was
nothing more to he done. The situ
ation was such that [t would have
been impossible to intervene with
drafting proposals. In the end, he
< Jagow ) had thought that noninter
ference would have Its advantages^-
namely, the good Impression which
could be made in Petersburg and
Paris with tl)e German declaration
that Germany had not co-operated in
the preparation of the Vienna ulti
matum.’’
Herr Muhlon authorized the
Humanite, a Paris Socialist pa
per, through its Swiss correspon
dent. to publish the following re
markable letter which he address
ed from Berne, on May 7,‘1917, ,
to Herr von Bethmann Hollweg,
then Imperial Chancellor:
“However great the number and
weight of the mistakes accumulated
on the German side since the begin
ning of the war, I nevertheless per
sisted for a long time in the belief
that a belated foresight would at
last dawn upon the minds of our
Directors. It was with Uilk hope
that I put myself to m certain extent
at your dispoMil, In order to collab
orate with you in Hnmsiiia, and that
I Indicated to you that I was dis
posed to help In Swltserland, where
I am living at present. If the ob
ject of our efforts waa to be rap
prochement of the enemy partlee.
That I waa. and that 1 remain, hos
tile to any activity other than re
conciliation and restoration I prov
ed soon after the opening of hoe-
Ulltlee by the definite rasignntion of
my Directorship of Kraft's vesta.
IflT I
end gw It.
rra tu a rlnus of
lera uhe do net eer
ey shoo Id hot
It has hson commonly
at n day laborer la the reveal past
mold get more money than » trait*
man. that a elesh mho
learn his business for years drew
ls« than s rough laborer whoee only
tools were his hands That has been
right, bat was doe In large measure
to the surprising requirements of
the war for laborers, and will be
equalized In time.
’
Italy has yet to look for the of
fensive. which
for her front.
ing the soldier’s family, that some
member is desperately ill, that all
are starving, or that they are* (being
in some way harassed. In instances
such letters have so preyed upon the
minds of soldiers that tfyey have ab
sented themselves without leave to
go home, only to find that condi
tions had been grossly exaggerated.
“Meanwhile, Abe soldier had been
absent without leave—a serious mil
itary offence. His problem then be
came one of facing the penalty or
getting deeper info trouble by de
serting. Sometimes a man’s pride
or fear has led him to desert. -
“Every soldier wants to receive
letters from home. They should be
ton* Are Able (pi Organize Russia
, V * 1 . ^ ■ *' ■
They Are Bound to Go Dowi*—
i .«• ■ •, ■ „ * *«* .
Revolution in Ukt*aine as Ger
man* Prepare to Take Over That
Country. • - /
Ixml Robert .Cecil’* statement
that Germany can only hold on •
•by organizing the resource* of.
Russia was regarded officially a*
emphasis of the wisdom of the
policy of the United States. ** ,
♦ f
. Aside from sympathy for' war-
weary Russia the motive behind this
frequent, cheerful, hopeful, and ap- ; friendly was to make the uhdertak-
preciative of the sacrifice that he is ln& difficult for Germany. Di-
makfng for his country. They should plomatic dispatches fndicate that
be full of family Incidents and cheer- ©vents are working powerfully in aid
ful home gossip. They should pro-j of the American alms. They show:
tect him from the trifling alarms
and the small annoyances of every
day life. * They should encourage
him by giving full confidence that
hls family and his friends stand be
hind him in the great enterprise he
has undertaken.
“The valne of such letters to sol
diers |s beyond estimate. The harm
that discouraging letters from home 1
do to him Is clearly Indicated by ra«!
ports at The Adjutant General's of-.
lice. Here are some extracts from
recent reports of division command
ers: .
. “T Had. also, that many of the
families of the men write lo ihemi
of nnsallafnctory rendition* at home
ticks#** of relatives and how *«rh
various members of the family wish
to seo the soldier
so fnr ns tick ness, sic
ed. nr# often overdrawn but. com
bined Olth the homr^s feeling of
tmi rase It In the mb goinj
Wit bool Ira vs aod ft nail?
as a deserter *
■ note, through the
lad lass sad tbrooab lertar-
LeotefOjr. whoa
the ovnae of tl
of tho!
drasoring In advise the hi
ef those meo ef the
tbra* offenses sad I ha I thetr
fcHB BdB i^mmMnM ramngpMra m
nmnraeup^p ww ggMMHpnra qpMraetejF m
perfects lag the doty that has
te lighten
lo m-
MflMk
relumhtbs ****
> • was n •
sod sll te
prspsr heht I Mall ala
gw the Vest Virginia 9
•titst* a root pa Mrs ef
•i«>eg *«miIs# linna.*
-A dNI
the f el leu tag In this
""Whfta statMood oi
Shin, low pone I
of O gsoeral eoort-monisl
•hoi triad aopraslmaaWy It# soFntsd
for deaewton from Wattaasl
Him ■!Is stoiloosd O0 t
I hetlovs | am sale in rar
ing that at Danse to per rant of them
gave as their raoaoo tor derartlsn
the fort that they hod raeslsnd let
to the effect that a
ac metbec ess c It bee
Ilk ec »a desit ste rtr-
cumataares. and h*gg*d the man to
erase at sore Maay of fbe men
admitted that whoa they arrived
- they faund that Jbe **1toc «»f
letter had exagverateJ cos#
1. The Austrian* gmperor has
had to prorouge the Austrian par
liament to have the von Seydler
government, deprivetf of all sup
port by the food shortage and the
political agitation of the subject
nationalities.,
2. The German army leaders
la Ukraine are subvening revela
tion against tbe rsda..They seek
an exense for wresting from the
starving peasants the pit If uU food
supplies sitn ramalafpg la tbWr
hands (Good already has been
shed.
S. The It at* la a soviet govern
ment has once more been com
pelled tn* lodge violent prote*!
with Berlin This lime It I* ov*r
the gee acre ace <•# the moel brutal
of s’r.M by the German ar
my In P-:*" •
4 Count Karoiyi great Hunga
rian aslioaallef has gone in Vi
enna in organise the opposition
tn the Burian-Ttea §■*■ rumsat
•pen a demand for H angaria a
eler local reforms
Vienna's announment ef tarveaoei
the liahao free. was ee<
Md Italmn uweeters Tin
d fts regarded ne a Inn
effort in diesel
from the mraeunl
a that
raettad
efrinry of Amor-
9l If hoBoved ni
and the staio do-
enoiffhatsd
Rot than tho
'BBMtaB
to tho
the
rs at V legal
m pence lath
^ of the 1 sited
(w the At
•I
a m w #
than a nsah
“Many voung as
m
■howl
lo make their
land tamdraraMp
had to am
ures have
discs, fresh from
hamralfhaeaB. no
officers may try
igs pleasant
e proper
hy the War
•4 s sit
pecoc Chsrftet
aothiag more
the <*orai«a liaioer
Both the Austro-
pies and the Bosoinns are
to he acuninng a mood obirb must
alttmatetv blast the ambition* of the
Prsvoiaas in rastetn Kurops The
brutatitv of the German armies la
It so* la has greatly aggravated the
Baaetan situation
An Intercepted ulreiess mmage
te*?* of “rcuel eires*eV'vdy Germs a
M.Ui.cr* la iNstaad The remmuatra-
t on uaa from the holshevlki focelga
minister. Trhorln. to the Ka*eiaa
f. * ill
directed to demand that
be fak»a by the Ger-
artllolv eo-» aaB * aa * i,w *' rn, ocot to put an end lo
«nrtrtn-’ •k* If also charted that
iad'ronifori, ItaT . ■ of p-omm-n' Ru-.i.", *.®
w. w* necn incarceraieq witnout just cause
Midler wlllfl" *J* Bobrina
Department during the past year lo
beep the
gaged whit#
amusements.
lor
fnunrily convinced that they are
disqualified forever for the elal>-
oration nnd conclusion of h Kin-
cere and J»i*f ngr< > eiiient. Tlie per-
sonalities may change, but they
cannot remain the representative*
of the German cause.
“The German people will not he
able to repair the greivous crimes
committed ’against its own present
and future, and against that of Eu
rope and the whole human race until
it is represented by different men
with a different mentality. To tell
the ti-uth, it i* mere justice that it*
reputation throughout the whole
world i* a* bad a* it i*. The triumph
of It* method*—the method* by
which it ha* hitherto conducted the
war both militarily and politically—
would contstitute a defat for the
idea* and the supreme hopes of man
kind. One has only to Imagine that
a people exhausted, demoralized, or
hating violence, should consent to a
peace with a Government which has
conducted such a war, in order to
understand how the general 4 level
and the chances of life of the peo
ples would remain black and decep-
“Aa a
ra of the
yearn for home and fall Into a brood
Ing mood. It la obvious how harm
ful to him and to the service a dis
contented letter from home might
The peac
Rtfetrt Get
| the United
••
WORKERS ARE NEEDED
Many Trained Worker* Are Needed
hy Army and Navy
The peace drive predicted by Lord
Cecil haa been expected In
States. There la no dif-
of opinion with the Brit
ish minister of blockade that the
purpose of such a German move will
be to gain time in' which new
strength can be drawn from Rusaia.-
“In well informed circles in Swit
zerland it Is not Ignored that quite
recently agents of Baron von Mumm
and Eichorn distributed arms and
munitions to their partisan*
‘Considerable funds were distrib
The civilian branches of the Army; J" « «« t
an,I Navy are in need of thouaand.i ^ "‘Cfetly by the Oerman .taff tor
of hiirhlv trained workers and i th ^ succe8S of the C0l, P d etat. \
Ibefore the end of 1918 these I '' Tl ' e Frankfurter ZHtun« reco*-
. ' j h ,. , nize* that the revolution now hein*
branches must be increased oy a: a .. ... . ... . ., '
least 20,000 according to the Civil wl,h ln * , k . ra, " e l! ' * ,lel >, ^
ncvwvrwfacicvr, consequence of tlje demands of the
The Ordnance Department of thei centraI em P ire8 wh l lfh want food -
Arw “eeda^arge^numbers of ^‘i^'to^
chanical engineers, draftsim n^^chem-1 (h(nK to 0 | )tain them.
ists, and metallurgists,
of inspectors are wanted to pass on
quality of ordnance, ammunition,
and other supplies. For office work
statisticians, accountants, assistants
in business administration, and spe
cially trained clerks are needed.
“According to accurate informa
tion received in Zurich combats also
took place at Ekaterinoslav, at
Kmarkov, Kherson and Oessa be
tween the Qerman^ and the Ukrain
ians In revolt.
“Deportations Into Germany con-
The Quartermaster Corps wants At p ^ “ ^ TTu 7™.
,vw?,!™j„zv™ nwH i„ ! tinue. The commanders of the Uk-
^ ‘ ; j) n • d j , I i rainian militia have been relieved
specters, and passenger and freight . ...
/clerks are needed. The Signal Corps
la short of draftsmen.
The Navy haa an unlimited num
ber of places for draftsmen, and a
long Hat of positions for technical
workers. Practically all branches of
the service need stenographers, typ
ists, bookkeepers, and clerks.
■ “We will fight all the summer and
In the end It will be a question of
of their offices and rmany thrown
Into prison. Despite all these meas
ures certain German papers said
that ’It is to be feared that the gov
ernment of Kiev cannot fulfill prom
ises to the central empires on the
question of food supplies/
“Naturally the German authority
throws all the blame upon the rada
of Kiev and consoles Itself with
scenes of murder and plunder which
have taken place In the country,
•ays Varbatlm, and the New 8M*»
ulaiions regarding the
of prisoners of Arar and Inter
emy aliens are the following
ments:
All classes of prisoners, excepting
commissioned officers and such oth
ers are physically not fit for labor,,
will be required to perform work
necessary ! for their comfort or for
the upkeep of their prison barracks.
Interned enemy aliens will not be
held for compulsory labor except as
provided in this paragraph.
Prisoners of war, excepting offic
ers, warrant, petty and noncommis
sioned officers, majT be required to -
work for the public service—they
may be authorized to work on their
own account. -Under exceptional
circumstances, when specially au
thorized-by the Secretary of War,
they may, upon their written request,
be authorized to work for private*
persons or for corporations. Petty
and noncommissioned officers may
be authorized to work on their own
account, and, upon their written re
quest. may be authorized to work in
the same manner as other prisoners
of war; except that they will be em
ployed in a supervisory capacity
only. .
An ordef for labor will be regard-,
ed as a military command, and pris
oners Calling to obey such order will |
be punished accordingly. *
When employed on work that Is
necessary for their comfort, or for
the upkeep of the prison barracks
In whlrh they are interned, prison
ers will receive no compensation.
When the work Is done for the Gov
ernment prisoner* will be paid at a*
rale according lo tbe work egerwtad?
when the work la for other branebee.
of the public service or for prlvat i
persons, the conditions of and tb# .
rompenrailoa for such work will he
settled la agreement between yepr»*
•entnilve* of raid branches ar per- .
tons and (he adjutant general of
the army,
Tbe wage* of the prtraaeri shall
0n toward traprovtaa their nralttaa.
•M the halanre *hatl he paid them
•a their relrase. after deducting .he
rasf ef their matmeanare
MTHTS DAY SUNDAY
d Ffcnaaw Are AraOnd to
Bo letter* 11*000
DNscvOtog has isaand the
aadet to alt naira at tho
eapsdtthorary traera m
Mm mabth Te OH eoraaraadiaa a#
nwh every ofllsef and ssldinru
la the Amsrvrna *af il#tinary
forvra oppid nftte a letter boras an
Mother • Imp This ts a huts thing
Me sash was to d^ hat these M#
tors wilt carry hoc A oat eoora#s and
tar aflmttea to the patriot c omana
whara Dana and prayers maplra ra
and phase s* ra ra vtrtery
•MaBsdi ~#sraBiaa~
puBiirnBi aad set
prated
director of military ©per- j
Are yen dotag all yra ran.It
fart to that Ukraine today
Dt rarad dtpaad e©*
ta aewa at feds moem
meats from Bartrh he has aDuody
•farted • tael prapaainda among the
verhtag rftesaee eantosi any rsmpro
raise ta theftf demand fra Msagar-
laa f«’f*i ♦ .rm official rtr-
rtoo are reported gravvty wormed
ever the reralt*.
As t hips nag the German stniiety.
Freshtent W ll*on has taken steps te
tec ream the Cenlitle* fra pre—ottag
and 4t*ramiaa*ia« among the Ra*-
MMMPWOua *|t nation Into
whlrh the Tenton policy of rnlhtora
conquest on the east has brought
the central power* I* already rec
ognised by neutral critics. The !*o-
lltlken of Stockholm rays.
“This conflict will show the valne
the policy followed by the cen
tral powers as regards their eaters
neighbors. The Baltic provinces of
Ru**la and Ukraine as well are
crushed and the only thing Ger
many has done is to create new
balkaniC province* In the east/’
The new* of the prorogation of
the Austrian parliament was quick
ly attributed to the ministerial cri
sis already reported in diplomatic
dispatches. Scandals over the dis
tribution bf food, fts actual short
age and open accusations of ineffi
ciency and worse against the von
Seydler cabinet had deprived it .of
every single supporter ift^the Aus
trian house. Under suebx circum
stances the cabinet had to resign.
The emperor several days ago was
reported to have refused the resi„
nation. He has now apparently pur
sued the only alternative and dis
solved the chamber.
But as one diplomat expressed it
this is merely trying to lighten the
bonds of autocracy against which
the Austro-Hungraian peoples have
begun to kick. Whether the bonds
break or hold it will mean an in
ternal struggle of the most vicious
character.
The same desperate situation
faces Germany in Ukraine, accord
ing to Berlin and Vienna informa
tion reaching Switzerland. Except in
Ukraine the Germans are opposing
military and revolutionary methods
to the demand for popular rights.
A diplomatic dispatch received says.
‘The news of Ukraine does not
permit of a doubt but thal~wa are
face to face with a cony d’etat of the
ceatral empires. Driven by
It to
from Ukraine the
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