GERMAN NEWS.

Hokitika Guardian, 14 September 1922, Page 2

GERMAN NEWS.

AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION. THE KAISER’S FLIGHT. BERLIN, Sept 12. The Monarchist press has published a letter from General Hindenburg to the ex-Kaiser in which the former, desiring to remove the bad impression created by the Kaiser’s flight to Holland takas upon himself a share of the responsibility of advising the Kaiser to take the flight two days before the armistice on the grounds of the grounds of Your Majesties falling into the hands of mutineers, and being surrenderd to Internal and external enemies. It was ifeeessary to spare the Fatherland such a shame and disgrace. at any cost. Hindenburg adds he regarded the departure to Holland as temporary, and concludes with an. expression of unbounded fidelity to the most high, most powerful, and most gracious Kaiser, King Lord.

BRUSSELS, Sept. 13 Following on the breakdown of then—.— Belgo-Gerinaii negotiations in Berlin, the Belgian Foreign Minister has notified the German Charge d’Affaires that Dio Government of Belgium has decided to claim that Germany shall guarantee her Treasury Bonds for the September and October reparations instalments, by a gold deposit lodged in some bank that is acceptable to Belgium.

ARE THE GERMANS HARD UP. BERLIN, Sept 12. While Germany is protesting poverty to the Reparations Commission, the Prussian Government has a grandiose scheme for the reconstruction of Upper Silesia. The scheme will furnish an interesting commentary on the German plea. The Prussian Minister of Commerce, Herr. Sier- "-A* ing, in expounding the projects, gave some imposing estimates.- For example, lie said the development of ft Communal Power AVorks at Oppelii was imperatively necessary, costiMg 50,000.000 marks. Industrial water works at Zawada were also necessary, costing 50,000,000 marks. These were ■indispensable with the pipe lille Project to supply water in the industrial area, costing 150,000,000. These were necessitated by a rearrangement of the frontier railways. Roads, lie said must he rearranged, and huge sums are needed, but these were not specified. He also proposed technical and other schools and colleges, as .well as exhibition halls, a s being essential to the country’s industrial development. The output, of the State coal mines, lie said, must be doubled. The Staffs-—-iron works must be extended, and also the State lead works. The full estimates were not given, but a •housing scheme for the workers included therein, would absorb 35,000,000 marks. Thus while the Central German Government is unable to pay the reparations, the Prussian State Government seems to have plenty of money, for de velopment the State enterprises.