GERMAN ITEMS

Hokitika Guardian, 16 June 1923, Page 3

GERMAN ITEMS

AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION, GERMAN ANXIETY. BERLIN, June 1L To-day Inis keen a frantic: day on the Berlin honrse. .Marks fell to half a million to the pound, and 112,000 to the dollar. The only reason lor this occurring to financial experts is the supposed disposition of the British Government to eoinprnmi.se with l‘ranee, rendering the situation more nnlavoiahle to Germany. There aNo is a fear that the Anglo-French discussion may continue for weeks, which would mean a disaster, owing to Germany's cconomie condition. Delegates from all parlies in the oc copied territory met on the Ruhr border, and decided against giving up the passive resistance. Attacks on the French soldiers and sabotage are increasing. The French measures of surveillance are therefore stricter. Numerous arrests have been tnado of people found in the siroles during the night. The French have confiscated fiftv milliards of marks in the Rcichshank at 'Dortmund. BELGIAN CRISIS BRUSSELS, June 11. The Semite, by Lid to four, rejected a Bill providing for isstruetion in Flemish at Ghent University. Higher education throughout Belgium at the present time is only possible m the French language, hut the war lias created a demand for a Flemish University. The

problem of using Flemish in Ghent Uni-

versity divided Belgian politics keenly * ,jn 1922, when the Chamber voted against a compromise making the University half French and half Flemish, but favoured a gradual increase in the use of Flemish. The .Senate's decision has led to the Cabinet's resignation. King Albert will hold the usual consultations to-morrow. It is probable that M. Tlieimis will be asked to form a new Cabinet, but the task will be most difficult. It is thought that a dissolution of Parliament and a general election will be necessary before a new Government can be constituted.

BRITISH .ME.MORANDU.M. LONDON, June LI. Reports from Paris agree that the French Government has received the British memorandum in the friendliest spirit. The “Daily Telegraph’-’' diplomatic correspondent sacs: The British memorandum contains nine points, eight being questions regarding the cessation of tlie Ruhr resistance, an invisible military occupation, progressive evacuation, the exploration ot pledges, a moratorium for Germany, and a railway regiment- for the Rhineland, ft will he interesting to see the result of this diplomatic method, which recalls the interlocutory of legal parlance. Its aim is to discover not a mere formula, but whether solid foundations exist for it common inter-Allied policy. BRITIKII PLANS. LONDON. June 15. The ‘‘Daily Telegraph” says: H inot inconceivable that British diplomacy will subsequently endeavour to secure the elucidation of certain points from the German Government, then, with the French and German data, available ,| t lie British Government would be in a better position to assess the chances of a definite peace. British experts are engagedcomparing the German guarantees with those suggested in the Belgian technical memoranda. The resignation, of the Belgian Government. lotnes at a most awkward moment. and it may delay the inter-Al-lied negotiations.