PRESENT TO HERR HITLER.

Waikato Times, Volume 119, Issue 19891, 21 May 1936, Page 9

PRESENT TO HERR HITLER.

A S‘V’ORD FROM JAPAN. GREATER FRIEDSIIIP DESIRED. United press Assn.-Elec. Tel. Copyrxgm LONDON, May 20. The Berlin correspondent of the Daily Tele-gl‘aph says a costly Japanese sword yesterday was handed to Herr Noedel, German Charge d‘Al‘faires at Tokio, {by representatives or the Swordsmiths' Guild as a. present to Herr Hitler.

Mr Goto, president of the guild, in making the presentation, said: “To Herr ililler, whom “‘6 Japanese revere. we give this sword as a symbol of the Japanese spirit, and we trust that hereby the friendship between Germany and Japan may be deeplhed.” Ilerr Xoedei assured the deputation of Herr Hitler‘s pleasure both in the gift and in the spirit which had prompted it.

...—____'_ CREDITS FOR GERMANY.

DEALINGS \\'ITH BRITISH BANKERS. A CIOMPLE’I‘E MISAPPREHENSION. ‘ (omcm Wireiess.) RUGBY. May 19. The Chancellor of the Exchequer, .\lr Neville Chamberlain, stated in the House of Commons to—day that his attention had been drawn to tlgures in a report issued by the Bank for Inter—national Settlements and to the fact that in certain quarters the inference had been founded on these figures that British bankers had increased their German credits in 19:15. The com—mittee of British short-term creditors had published a statement showing that this inference \\'ns based on a complete misapprehension.

The total Brillsh credits, both used and unused, decreased in 1935 by Just over £1,000,000. Larger reductions in the credits of other countries were mainly due to the willingness of the creditors to accept repayment, in Ger—man currency with the heavy capital loss which such repayment involved.