GERMAN ITEMS

Hokitika Guardian, 17 July 1926, Page 3

GERMAN ITEMS

[Australian & N.Z. Cable Association.] INCOME TAX FRAUDS. BERLIN, July 15. - / The “ Daily Alail ” correspondent , states:—“ A sensation has been caused throughout Germany by the arrest of Dr. Rudolph Haas, tho great Aladgeburgli industrialist, on n charge of suborning a workman and his chauffeur to murder his chief cashier, Hermann who disappeared in 1925. body was found yesterday, buried in a cellar. A clue was provided by an anonymous letter to the police.”

“ The chauffeur acknowledges haring lured the cashier to the cellar, and a workman, Sdiroedar, confesses ♦'to inurdering him. The workman alleges that Haas enticed him. » “It is suggested that the crime is > k *‘ associated with the fact that Helling allegedly discovering that Haas’s company wns falsifying its income taxa- • tion returns, as after informing the authorities, Helling disappeared mysteriously five hours before he was due at the office of the Inspector of Taxes. x GERMAN" ARMY. FRENCH CHARGES. LONDON, .Tulv 1(3. Official circles ale puzzled concerndug the reported demands against V- Germany by Geneif.il Walsch, the French President of the Inter-Allied Commission of Control, regarding German disarmament, which demands suggest the suppression of Genera] Von Seeckt. It disclosed from French 'sources that the charges against General Von Seeckt, are: First, that General Von Seeckt still holds direct communication with th.e Army group commanders of the Reichswer; Secondly, tltit he lias- assumed the functions of Director of Military Training; Third--1 ly, that he has been recently promotr ed from the rank of a General of Infantry to that of Colonel-General which I is just below the rank of Field-Marwal ’ General. The “Daily Telegraph’s” diplomatic correspondent observes: —-‘-‘Whether such charges deserve to be treated as substantial or the reverse, the fact remains that they have been made subject by General IV alsch of obseri ations fraugt with serious political consequences, and this without the (Ambassadors’ Conference or the Bi itish Government being consulted be- " forehand, although the m'atfer is rot purely a Franco-German affair. It would bo a flimsy argument that t General AValsch, while acting on his J -own initiative, jnmy have believed V that he was within the general instructions issued long since 'bv the Ambassadors’ Conference before the Reic-h passed its legislation 1 educing him front the position of Commander-in-Chief to that of Technical Adviser to the Reichwehr Minister.