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Hokitika Guardian, 21 July 1922, Page 2

Two minor matters, though important enough in themselves, in regard to which- the League of Nations could intervene with effect, if only it had America’s weight both moral an,| m - terial, behind it, are the Hun outrages in Upper Silesia and the reckless printing of paper money exposed by the Berlin correspondent of the “Daily Mail.” The so-called “Self-Defence Corps” has, it is reported, stripped women miked and beaten them with wire whips in the market-places of Upper Silesia; and. the Allies being gone, the German police have taken no effective steps to put a stop to it. As for the continued flooding t.f Germany with paper money, the weekly report of the Reich.sbaiik announces a further increase of nearly 4000 million marks, bringing th t . total to 183,000 millions. AVell may the “Daily Mail” declare that it is Germany’s methods, and not the Allied demihids that ere to blame for Germany’s financial difficulties and her alleged inability to make the reparation payments required by the Allied Commission. The facts speak for themselves: The total of the German national debt in British currency is £150.000,000 as against Britain’s £7,800,000.000. Yet "Germany says she cannot find £2,500,000 a month, whereas we have to find £4,000,000 as interest on our debts to the United States.