GERMAN NEWS.

Hokitika Guardian, 11 October 1923, Page 3

GERMAN NEWS.

Wri, I,IXO TO NEGOTIATE. [RucTr.us Tei.bc;hams. 1 (Uw'ivcd this day ;i( 9.0 a.in.A PA I! Is, Oct. IU. The Gorman Charge d'Affairs lia been instructed to inloriii M. I’oiiuar. that the German Government, dcse-t" to discuss the (|iicstioM of the return ti work in the Ruhr and the resuinplioi of tlic reparation deliveries u kind. A semi-official French statement n this connection intimates that it is im prohahle that the French and Relgiun Governments will agree to negotiate . with other than the Ruhr nuthoritics employers and workers, hut when work has been I'ullv resumed it will he pormissihle for Herr Strcssomnn to request to be heard hv the Reparations (.oininisHion regarding the settlement ol isitu re reparations. (iI’.HMAN (REQUEST REFUSED. [Reuters Teukcrams.] (Received this dav at 11.45 a.m.) PARIS, Oct. 10. The Gorman Charge D’AlFaires rail 1 on ,Al, Poincare. It is understood the latter refused the request of the German Government to participate in negotiations for the resumption of work in Ruhr, hv the appointment of a mixed Eraiieo-Itclgian-Gcrmnn commission. The, French claim definite results to the negotiations with the loeal authorities in Ruhr have already been obtained hy the conclusion of an agreement with Otfowolff group, and consider the participation hy delegates from Berlin iri the negotiations would only delay a settlement. FOOD COSTS AIIId,IONS. (Received this day at 12 noon). RERUN. Oct. 10 Food prices have doubled within llie last four days and the presold cost for a loaf of bread is seventy-six million, a pound of butter'four hundred million, a quart of milk twenty-five million, a pound of potatoes live million, coal l Briquette) five hundred and twenty million marks a hundred weight. A telegram to London costs forty-nine million marks per word and prices are still soaring.