GERMAN ITEMS

Hokitika Guardian, 26 September 1923, Page 2

GERMAN ITEMS

AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION. government prepare. BERLIN, September 25. The German Cabinet gave consideration to tlie measures to he taken in the event of an attempted coup d’etat. This meeting was followed by a long consultation with President Ebert and Herr Noake. ex-Minister of Defence, who was conspicuous ill connection with the Tvapp and Putsch risings. It. is stated to-night that the Government has decided that, if the Bavarian Nationalists make trouble, the Cabinetwill resign, and Herr Noake will b c appointed dictator, armed with the fullest powers. BRITAIN’S WAITING GAME. LONDON, September 25. The “Daily Express” Lobbyist states tlie British Cabinet will await the new situation which the German abandonment of passive resistance lias created, before making any decision regarding the Ruhr or the reparations. GERMAN WOOLLENS. , LONDON, Sept. 25. The “Daily Mail” says: —The Leicester manufacturers are seriously alarmed at the low priced German good particularly stockings, socks, and women’s woven underwear, which are flooding the markets. British makers arc looking anxiously at the foreign markets, particularly the Dominions to absorb their output. They are pinning their faith in the Economic Conference to offer a solution of their industrial troubles, and find them a remedy for German dumping. The imports of German woollen underclothing for the first six months of 1923 were greater than in tlie whole of 1922. Cotton underclothing were seven times greater than in 1920. The hosiery imports largely exceed any previous figures. GERMAN COMMUNIQUE. (Received this dav at 8 a.nt.) BERLIN, Sept. .24. An official communique indicates Herr Stresemaiiii experienced no difficulty in convincing participants in a succession of conferences that owing to the financial exhaustion, tlie inevitable conclusion must- he drawn, otherwise passive resistance was likely to Leconte a weapon against the people 1 1 <-m----selves. The Chancellor declared the efforts securing the return of those expelled. liberation of those in prison : ml reparation of civil rights oi the Kulii. as a condition of the abandonment of resistance, had proved abortive, hut promised to continue to insist on these confessions.