GERMAN ITEMS

Hokitika Guardian, 3 December 1923, Page 3

GERMAN ITEMS

GKRAIANY’S CAPACITY - TO PAY. ACSTItAIiTAN AND N.Z. CAlir,B ASSOCIATION. (Reoeivoil this day at- S a.m.) PAlt'lß, Deccmhor 2. T!u> Reparations Commission unanimously deckled U> appoint two expert committees to examine Germany’s calin city to pay at par. One ol Hie committees will investigate the means of Y balancing her 'budget and stabilising her currency, while the other will investigate the means of valuing or causing a leturu to Germany of her vanished capital. The significante of the decision lies in the fact that it is the first time since 11th. January when the decision was taken to occupy the Ruhr, that a decision has lieeu taken uuaiiihumslv a,s ie eta ids 'Germany. The statement hopes that the unanimity ol tiie Reparations Commission’s decision will cut out age the I'nited States to send representatives to the expert committees, the mend.ens of which will be

appointed next week. 'The Commission fixed the next payment be demiuidnble from Germany when the committees have completed their labours. The newspapers are pleased at the ] unanimous decision ol the Reparation* t Commission and declare that toe T.utente i< once more cemented. OPTIMISTIC SPIRIT AIAN" 1FF.STFD. .Received this day at S n.m.) LON DON , Dee. 2. The “Sunday lixpress’’ Pan* correspondent says that an optimistic spirit is manifested everywhere, consentient ~,, the Reparations Commission’s ap ; pointnient of expert committees. The general opinion is Unit, even it Ameiioau co-operation is not secured, there C is no reason why the Committees should not function. SIR P. BRARIJPRY’S .MKTHO.DS. (Received this day at 8.30 a.lit.) PARIS. December -■ “be Ottvre” says that the conciliatory V*. attitude of Sir P. Rtadbury was particularly valuable in view of the pt*>peet. of a movement as regards I angler ;„ul Morocco and the Itnlo-Spanish ilirtiition. It is noteworthy, a semi-official statement says, that the question of •payments from the Ruhr was not discussed at the Conference because there was a tacit mutual agreement to avoid ui,y discussion likely to cause a conflict between the different schools of thought regarding methods. XOTK TO G KRAI ANY. PARTS, December 2. 'file Conference of Ambassadors- has addressed a Note to Germany demanding an apology for the recent arrest at Leipzig of members of the intor-ADied Military Mission and the punishment ( if those persons responsible.