INTER-ALLIED CONFERENCE

Hokitika Guardian, 7 February 1921, Page 2

INTER-ALLIED CONFERENCE

11 V TELEGRAPH —I*KESS ASSN., COPYRIGHT. AUSTRALIAN ANI) N.Z. CARLE ASSOCIATION. GERMANY’S DANGER. BERLIN, February 6 The Allied indemnity and the arms terms have angered the workers of Germany. In the mining districts there are great labour demonstrations being held. Fen thousand coal miners in the Manfields area are striking as a protest. The coal miners in Ruhr also aie determined to do as little work as pos sible. The civic authorities in Munich City have ordered the town to go into mourning over the terms. The miners in Silicia are refusing to work tlu> overtime periods arranged by the Inter-Allied Commissioners. ’I liev are even declining a 50 per cent increase in their wages. They are also refusing to accept the food which the Allied Commission is providing at cost, and below current prices.

-LOYD GEORGE’S COMMON SENSE

GERMANY CAN, AND WILL PAY

(Received This Day at 8.30 a.in.) LONDON, Feb. 6. Hon Lloyd George who was the guest at Birmingham Jewellers Association dinner, said he had an uneasy suspicion that Germany was not trying to stabilise her currency and was not trying to make her budget balance. When he practiced as a solicitor, he used to see men coming into court in very ragged clothes to ansfver a judgment'summons, expecting the Judge to say how can you expect a poor fellow like that, to pay. Germany was adopting similar tactics, hoping the people would say they can’t make both ends meet and how can you expect them to pay an indemnity. Germany is a strong, capable and efficient nation. J She can and will pay. She will feel better when the indemnity is fixed and she knows what she has to deal with.