GERMAN ITEMS

Hokitika Guardian, 15 October 1923, Page 3

GERMAN ITEMS

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AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION. GERMAN FINANCE. HEREIN, Oct. RE „ A decree signed by President Ebert, CTianocllor .Slroseninnn, alnd Herr Bother {Finance Minister) provides tlint nil 'taxes must in future be paid according to a gold standard, instead of k'in.g assessed in pajier marks, which lose value by the time the taxes are actually paid. Further decrees, aiming at tile recuperation of the country’s finances, will be issued shortly, regardless of whether the Reichstag passes an cmergenev law or not. HEREIN. Oct. RE «. The Reichstag has passed the Finer genev l.aw by 313 votes to 21. Seven members did not vote. GERMAN INDUSTRIALISTS. LONDON, Oct. Id The “Daily Telegraph’s - ’ Rerlin ererespondent reports that the German Government and the industrialists have now arrived at a compromise, fliclatter undertaking to consult the Cabinet regarding any proposals they make to the French before these are made, but. agreeing that the negotiations shall he sonduete-E by industry as a whole, instead of - by a single group Thus the activities of Hugo Stinnes " k ' mav lie curbed.

RIOTS ON THE RlffNE. EON DON, Oct . 12. The Cologne mobs still throng the streets after breaking shop windows and attempting plundering mi many parts of the city. They consist mainly of the same unemployable class an I toughs who were most prominent in the recent snnquinary separatist af fray at Diisseldorf on September I’ll Possibly they include armed separatix.., which increased the danger of the sitiiation. There are unemployed people engaged in emergency work who a.e co-operating with the rioters, ‘t l.e British troops at Cologne are confined to their barracks, but they are piepared for emergencies. The places i I entertainment, restaurants, and cates are closed. Similar riots have taken place at. So lingen, wliero there were a number rl •slight casualties, due to revolver slots HEREIN, Oct U The economic situation in the 11 t:h: is serious. A cessation of work in -iulncrous industries is expected. The Frenjh report, that ten thousand nr. employed at Solingen looted the sir ps, and the police fired on them, when tw. .’Liters were killed, and seventeen were wounded. Five thousand unemployed people be sieged the town hull at .Diisseldorf The French commander, in response to repeated requests from the Rur.gomaster, sent troops to occupy the Town Hall and to protect the municipality. The crowd welcomed the French troops out husast ictilly, crying: “Get us food ! ” EXCITEMENT IN HOT'SE. DRASTIC MEASURES TO HE TAKEN • Received this day at 8 a.m.) LONDON. October IE The ‘■Sunday I'ixpress” Berlin correspondent says that Stresemnnn. and Stinnes with a pale, tense expression and nervous gesture, confronted each other before the sitting began. Hue Stinnes stamped out. The Exchange Agency’s Beilin correspondent says that it :is reported that Stinnes, after th 0 encounter with Stresoniann, refrained from voting, There was tense excitement in the House, galleries and also outisde. 'lhe result was generally applauded. Cabinet mow possesses dictatorial powers. It is expected the Reichstag will he indefinitely adjourned after, perhaps, one

meeting next week. Cabinet on Monday discusses the new currency and other problems; also the work of the reconstruction of Germany which immediately commences. Drastic measures are expected, dealing first with profiteers find unemployment. It is anticipated that the dismissal ol workmen will ho prohibited.

•REICHSTAG SCENES DKCRTBED. fft€coivet[ this (Inv lit R.. 30 a.m.) HEREIN, October 13. The Reichstag decision saved Herr -V Strcsenmim ttie necessity ol dissolving Parliament. The House was packed and thousands were outside. The debate began with the usual denunciations by the Com'onuiiists, hut the spokesman of the Bavarian Peoples’ Party announced that the Party would not withdraw it the measure was passed, 'lids settled the fate of the hill which the withdrawal of Cfio German nationalists was unable to alter. The result of the voting was awaited with tense excitement and was received with cheers, except by the Communists who hissed.

ChiE.MPLOYMENT DISTURB ANCEft. BERLIN. October 13. Hitherto eleven were reported lulled and the thirty-five injured in the unemployment disturbances at Sol ingen which continue. Two thousand unemployed besieged the town hall at Horeh'st. The German police used arms and one was killed and ten injured. Trouble is also reported in Cologne. Hamburg and the Essen districts. TM’SSELDORE PILT.AGEIIS. ' (•'Received this day at 10 a.m.) HEREIN’, Oct. 11. The pillaging of shops by unemployed at Dusseldorf whieli was temporarily repressed hv French nntrols, has recommenced. The raiders wore, how ever, stopped in their flight and disabled by others. A demonstration at Reurtadt led the police to fire on the crowd, injuring a dozen.