TOTTERING GERMAN REPUBLIC

Dominion, Volume 15, Issue 1, 26 September 1921, Page 5

TOTTERING GERMAN REPUBLIC

TRIUMPH OF OLD RULING CLASS PREDICTED

WITH RESTORATION OF - MONARCHY v By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright ' (Rec. September 25, 11.5 p.m.) Londpn, September 25. Lord Beaverbrook, writing to tho “Sunday Express” from Munich, states that tho Republican Government of Gerjnany is feeble and not likely to last long. All the Conservative forees are drawing together, awaiting the .■Government’s downfall, when they will be prepared to step in nnd prevent Soviets seizing power. Lord Beaverbrook predicts the triumph of the old ruling class,, backed by ft majority of tho nation favouring order and discipline, with tho restoration of the monarchy, with probably one of the Hohenzollerns, but not the ex-Kaiser. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. COMPLETION OF DISARMAMENT CLAIMED Contributions of gold for REPARATIONS. (Reo. September 25, 11.5 p.m.) Berlin, September 24. Herr Wirth, Chancellor, interviewed, claimed that Germany had completed disarmament. The Reichstag would shortly consider ft number of imposing heavy direct and indirect taxes. Tho Government was asking the representatives of industry, the banks, and agriculture to make extraordinary contributions of gold for reparations. Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.