GERMAN NEWS.

Hokitika Guardian, 18 December 1923, Page 3

GERMAN NEWS.

AGREEMENT STONED. [ Rkuteks Tki,kgr.uis.] (Received this day at !>. 15 a.in.) r LONDON, Dee. 17. According to advices from Coblenz an agreement for four months lias been signed between the textile industrialists in the occupied territories and the Rhineland Commission, whereby the former will deliver niaiiiifaetured articles ordered under treaty arrangements. These deliveries will not §P*'ibc paid for bv the Allies, but oredit--0 cd. THE WRITTEN STATE.M EXT. (Received this day at !). !5 a.m.) I’ARbS. Dee. 17. According to the semi-official forecast of Von Hoerseii’s written statement. which tvas presented yesterday, the Germans repeat their request for the reopening of negotiations with France, and Belgium. with a view to re-establishing an informal administration and the organisation of the Ruhr and Rhineland. They express a desire for a discussion on the whole question of reparations with the Allied Governments. BE EG lAX WAR PAPERS. [“The Times” Skuviciv.j 'Received this day at 0.15 a.in.) BE ESS EES, Dee. 17. A unique tribute was paid to Belgian journalism when the citizens of all classes assembled in large numbers to do honour to the clandestine press which carried on publication. under the German occupation. .Members of the Cabinet paid a tribute to the journalists who laid down their pens rather than consent to submit to work under the enemy censorship. Statistics proved that under Iho occupation nearly 25b cla nde-u ino newspapers were published 111 Belgium, despite daily searches by the German police, the newspapers appearing m a majority of the towns, and helped to sustain I In* morale ol the population. The publication, however, led to the implant ion of numerous sentences. .Many workers on these papers died in prison and some were shot.