RUSSIA.

Taranaki Daily News, 2 December 1918, Page 5

RUSSIA.

STABILISING THE CURRENCY.

Received Not. 30, 5.5 p.m. London, Nov. 28. The Press Bureau states that in view of the confused state of currency in northern Russia, the! British Government has decided to assist the Provisional Government there' in establishing a new rouble currency at a fixed rate of exchange, namely, forty roubles per pound sterling. Experienced British financiers have beeri appointed to supervise the control. An office of conversion has been established at Archangel— Aus. N.Z. Cable Assoc. and Reuter.

SIGNING THE ARMISTICE.

■i JIGHT OF ARGUMENT.

SUENE IN tIUSNCft CMAMBISR.

'Loudon, j.\ov. i2. The armistice agreement was signed oa -behalf of the Allies by Marshal t'oeii and Sir Rosiiyn Wemys*, First fcieu -Lord oi tlia British Admiraity, Tiie Times Correspondent at Paris says tliivt err Jirzberger. .leader of the Centre Party in the Reichstag, one .of the German pialewentairea to Marshal Focii, signed the armistice terms calmly, Generic! von Wiuterfeld, however, was uuaWe lo restrain his tears. The delegates argued «U night, and Herr uppealed, before signing, for leovganisation and sympathy. MaasliaJ T (, och, Admiral Sir iliosslyn Wemyae, #®d the German delegates began their discussion at one o'clock, and it ended at five o'clock The Germans sought coiv-wiozis aud u rcoie oil. minor amendments, drfewing a hurrdwing pietwre of the desperate food situation in Germany, The .Allies agreed to provision Germany on condition Wiat its morchmit fleet was placed at the disposal of the Inter-Allied Transport Council in London.

Herr Erzberger protested against th# surrender of rolling stock, saying that it would affect the speedy demobilisation of the troops, and asked the Allies to assist to get tht arnjy across the Kliine in order to save the internal fabric of Germany. Marshal 'Foch granted a reduction of the neutral zone east of the Khine. The Germans recognised the four financial clauses as those of the armistice treaty between France and Germany in 1871. There were unforgettable scenes in l the French Cli amber of Deputies when M. Clemenceai], the Premier, read the of the armistice. The Premier's speech was punctuated by the firing of guns, the cheers of the members, and the frantic applause from the public galleries. After reading the terms in a voice broken with emotion, the Premier greeted 'Pranca, Alsace-Lorraine, the fallen. and the army. The whole Chamber then rose and thundered out the "Marseillaise.' The. members were almost; delirious with joy, and there were tears in all eyes., . ' ■;