GERMAN ITEMS

Hokitika Guardian, 6 October 1923, Page 3

GERMAN ITEMS

ACBTHALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION. NTINNBS SUCCESS. LONDON, October 1. Tile “Daily Telegraph” correspondent at Berlin says: -‘Tit effect the fall of the Government means that Jingo Stimies lias captured it. llerr resemaim is now deseribed in some <|inirters as “Stinncs’s minion.” licit* Stiunes has now come forward as the ehamipoii of reaction, and a.s I lie cii- ' legist of its chief exponents, the midyUe classes, whom lie arid his fellowspeculators have brought to ruin by driving down the mark, thus rendering investments worthless. The Cabinet crisis has disastrously affected the W mark. To-day’s exchange rale to the pound has reached two and a half milliards of marks. THE NFW C’AISr.VET. *■ HEROIN. October I. Herr Strosemiuin has decided to teeonstruet the (invernmeut into a Cabinet of four Ministers, lien Stro.seinnim is to he Chancellor and Minister of Foreign Affairs; fieri* Miaoux. who is Jingo Stinnes’s nominee, is to be .Minister of Economy and of Finance. Hen* (iicslcr. is the Minister of Home Affairs and of Defence; and Herr Brauns, .Minister of Labour and bond. The Iteichstiio will be dissolved.

Elections are exp<’ l 'fed later. A Inter message says that Herr Milieux has declined the portfolios t.fferod. and Jlerr Luther (formerly Food Minister) is heing appointed instead ol him.

£ BEAMING SOCIALISTS. LONDON, October I

Tlie “Daily Chronicle" Berlin correspondent* says: ‘‘The country received the news of the Government's fall iY>t.h feelings of disgust. The crisis generally is due to the immaturity and childishness of the parties. The Socialists’ filial vote against the eight-hour day being abandoned, the vote which wrecked the Cabinet was only carried by 01. to •j I votes. One third of the I’firty did not even attend the » meet ing. THE IIOUENZObLERNS. ANTWERP. October *l. The “Echo dtt Soir’s” Maestrieht correspondent stales; The German exCrown, Prince has arrived at Doom. A. coil fc rente between the ox-kaiser and several persons from Munich, has heeu held. Information from a good source suggests that the ex-Crown Prince is disquieted hy Prince RuppreeltUs manoeuvres, and that intends, in agreement with the ex-Ivat-er, to attempt some entfl-prise.”