GERMAN ITEMS

Hokitika Guardian, 3 July 1923, Page 2

GERMAN ITEMS

IUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION. WITHOUT PRECEDENT IN HISTORY. LONDON, July 1. The "Times”, in a leader, says that it is four years since Germany signed the Peace Treaty and retrospect* are not reassuring. No one can read the | messages from Berlin, recording the steady"drift of Germany towards some- j thing only desenbable .as chaos, without realising that not only Germany, but the whole of Europe, is passing imoi n condition without precedent in history. Desperate Governmental efforts to bolster up their hopeless currency are intelligible since any violent oscillation in the currency are provocative of social disorder, but they are only improvisations to ward off, fur a few (lavs or weeks, the day cf reckoning. There is a growing menace ill the reactionary militarist organisations. One fact that is certain is that til© Central Government is steadily growing weaker. Its control over the complicated processes threatening to tear Germany asunder i« declining H'om <lav to day.

SEC It ET MOY EM ENT. LONDON, July 2. The "Dailv Express’s” Berlin correspondent states:—A group of ultraRadieal and Communist plotters are working in the utmost secrecy, in an attempt to overthrow the Government by murdering leaders, and causing an outbreak of resistance in the Ruhr. Tills is to be followed by guerilla warfare, and by an attempt to bind Russia. and Germany together. Should all proceed according to plan, an outbreak is imminent. The. threatened strike in tin* metal trades is a preliminary. The pan-Gorman ideals is to i'reo (ivrmany from tho so-called French volte. Its advocates argue that bloodshed is better than economic destruction. The realisation that Hie French Air Force could quickly nation out the Ruhr activities does not .seem to daunt the plotters. Germany is facing one of her worst crisc

FRANCE AND BRITAIN. PARIS, July 1. In connection with the i* reneh verbal reply, the definite view taken is that an exchange oi formal diplomatic. notes might lead to • trouble. Should Lnrd Curzon press for a documentary' answer, it is expected tliai there will he much preliminary haggling. ANOTHER EXPLOSION. | (Received this dav af 10.15 a.m.) LONDON. July 2. ! According to a. Dusseldorf message. ;tn inquiry into the ihiisliurg outran* shows iliat tho bomb oxplodod in -he* lavatory of tho train. It is thought that it was pla<**.*d thoro by a ' jcrn an wearing a 15oljj;ian uuitoni). A siM'ond oxplosion ocourrod on the railway botwoou Duroou and linir dnrijijr tho passajio of a Kx»i)inotivo. Ihv British police nrrostod two inon no st a tod that they belonged to t.h * ovor- ! |;toil corps of a secret* national « ri.ar »- I salioti. It is unknown whether they j had any e,o*ir.ection with tho I )uid- irg ERANGE SUSPICIOUS. j (Received this day at 9.2 e a.m.) LONDON, July 2. ; lu ellicia! circles n*> optimism is apj jin rent, over the renewal ■*t diplomatic I eouvers-itieiis with France. because the main demand** *,\ hieli Britan! 1 'i" pos**s remain unalterel; nor i-* there any indication that Franc** is abating li,*r at tit tele on any essential point, i The British view does not contemplate any special consideration t° r Germany but regards the solution *u the problem on the lines of what is best for the whole of Europe and Hie • i world. A strong undertone of suspicion of British designs is noticeable in tin? .French press comments. I\RUPP'S WORKS OCCUPIED.

[Received this day at 0.25 n.m.) BERLIN, July 2 The whole of Krupp's works at Essen have been occupied and all work has stopped. POPE PROFOUNDLY GRIEVED. ROME, July 2. The Vatican Chancery has issued a semi official note that the Pope is profoundly grieved by the many acts ot sabotage by Germans in the territory occupied by France. His sorrow is all the stronger because the nets ot sabotage are contrary to principles of the justice and charity which the Pope steadily preached. Vatican circles consider the incident arising out of the Pope s leltei on the occupation of the Ruhr is now closed.

In a long conversation between the Pope and M. .Tannart, the former gave an ample illustration of the spirit ol his letter.

The Pope "as chiefly preoccupied with the I a el: that the suffering German people may facilitate the penetration of Bolshevism, the terrible consequence, whereof are easy to imagine.