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[Australian & N.Z. Cable Association.] TORTURED TO DEATH. BERLIN. Jan. 11. A strange witch-baiting case lms resulted in a peasant bride of only three weeks being tort ured to death at I lidfern. in Westplnj in. The young girl was married Inf, Christinas. I ben she was brought to a hospital su tiering from grievous injuries. When dying, the girl said that her husband and Ids family bad caused tin- injuries, as a fortunte-tcller bad pointed her out as a witch who bad caused rattle plagues, lire father-in-law's farm was, therefore, locked up. and she was beaten and starved, and was slowly tortured to death. The fortune teller and the husband's family have now been arrested. GERMAN AIOXEY. LON DON', January PL The British Treasury has handed Sir Joseph Cook (Australian High Commissioner) a cheque for ,£8.12,000 lor German reparations. This cheque represents a 4.35 pet cent share of an accumulation ol eighteen millions from the British collection of 23 per cent of the Customs dutv eu (human goods during and preceding the Dawes plan. Canada receives a similar sum. New Zealand receives £310,000. This payment virtually winds up pre-Dawes plan balances.
Henceforth the Dominions will draw their share of the Empire’s quota ot the ordinary Dav.es plan payment by Germany, from which the British Empire in December received £923.250. HUGE FRAUDS. BERLIN. January 11. The trial lias opened of three brothers, Julius. Solomon and Hermann Barinat, who were arrested two years ago on charges of fraud against the Prussian State Bank. It is alleged that corrupting the officials they obtained credits totalling £750,000 during the inflation period. Nine others are accused of bribery and fraud in connection with the affair. An indictment against the Bnnnats covers 050 typewritten folios and over one hundred witnesses will he called. GERMANY'S FORT! FICATIOXS. LONDON'. Jan. 12. The Daily Mail’s Paris correspondent says: —General Von Pawels has intimated Germany’s virtual refusal to destrov her new Eastern fortifications. He contends that the Versailles Treaty allows the extension and improvement of the fortifications.
The Allies are therefore submitting the treaty clauses relating to fortifications to the Hague Court for definition.
The Allied experts maintain that these fortifications are intended for offence, and not for defence.
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