GERMAN ITEMS

Hokitika Guardian, 21 September 1923, Page 2

GERMAN ITEMS

AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION. THE PREMIERS CONFER. PARIS, Sept. W. After luncheon at the British Embassy, Air Baldwin met M. Poincare and they conversed for a couple of hours. A communique issued says: The Anglo-French Premiers took advantage of their meeting to exchange views on the general political situation. It is not to he expected that, in the course of one meeting, they would he able to settle any definite solution, but they wore happv to establish a common agreement on their views, and to discover that on no question was there any divergence of principle, which might impair the co-operation of the two countries, on which depends so much the settlement aiul peace of tiltworld.

Tt is expected that Mr Baldwin will remain in Paris overnight. The French Cabinet meets to-mor-row. It is authoritatively stated in London that the meeting cannot- be described as a conference, but as a pre T mature talk. MARK STILL SLIDING. LONDON, Sept. 20. The “Daily Chronicle’s” Berlin correspondent: says : Political hopes are heightened by the Poincare-Baldwir. conference. The Stock Exchange took no notice of these signs. The mark fell from 020 millions to 220 millions to tho pound. A further considerable drop occurred after hours. GERMAN NEWS. LONDON, Sept. 20. The “Daily Chronicle's” Beilin correspondent states Socialist members of the Reichstag met and unanimously agreed everything must he done to come to immediate negotiations aiming lit the liberations of the Ruhr. Probably the Socialist trades unions will assume the responsibility for suggesting a method by which the Ruhr conflict may ho ended. BF.RUIN, Sept. 19. Herr Hcrtseifer, Prussian Afinister of Public Welfare, addressing the delegates of the Centre Party, declared that one great German mistake was the belief that England would haul them i.: t of their difficulties. Such credulity in leading places had reduced Germany to her present condition. It would be wed if Germany got rid of the idea that •Ho whole world had nothing more important to do than lied]) them out of tlv Ruhr scrape. “Wo cannot permanently continue the Ruhr adventure,” he said. “.Moreover the great unproductive expenditure incurred by tho Reich on behalf of the Ruhr adventure was the main cause of the mark’s ruin.” LONDON, Scot. *O. The “Daily Express’s” Berlin correspondent says the Belgian National Bank’s safes are filled with a mass of German marks. '1 lie stocks have continually increased since the Aruo-tiro Phe hank already sold 3G2 tens >.! mail's as waste paper.