BELGIUM'S PLIGHT.
UNEMPLOYMENT RIFE. ALLIED HELP DEMANDED. (Received 11.45 a.m.) LONDON, April fi. At. Vandervelde (Belgian Minister for Justice) informed the Press that the position of Belgium is most gloomy. The country is marching to disaster, unless assistance is promptly given. Owing to lack of raw materials 750,000 will be without employment, while two and a-half millions are relying on the State for the bare necessaries of life, providing a rich soil for the sprend of Bolshevism. Belgium desires the Allies to immediately guarantee four hundred millions sterling, pending Germany's reparation. With such credit the country could obtain raw materials and machinery to resume industry.
The King's visit was made in order to emphasise the matter to the Peace Conference. But, although he met with the utmost sympathy, he d'd not receive a definite promise of immediate assistance. The Allies must give a solemn promise, in the matter of reparation.— (A. and N.Z. Cable.)
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Auckland Star, Volume L, Issue 83, 7 April 1919, Page 5
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