DEPORTED GERMANS

Auckland Star, Volume L, Issue 210, 4 September 1919, Page 5

DEPORTED GERMANS

DR. MUCK'S GIBE. LEAVE 'WITHOUT REGRET. NEW YORK, August 22. Count .Tamos Minotto, son-in-law of Mr. Louis Swift, president of Swift and Co., packers, and Dr. Karl Muck, leader of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, both of whom were interned during the war as enemy aliens, have been deported from New York to Copenhagen. Dr. Muck, in a bitter mood, said that he left the United States without any regret, as the country was being controlled by sentiment which closely bordered on mob rule.

COAL FROM GERMANY. SUPPLESS TO FRANCE REDUCED PARIS, September 3. Modifications of the Versailles Treaty in regard to the coal stipulations provide that France shall receive 10,000,000 tons of coal during the next half year instead of 21,500,000 tons. If Germany's production exceeds the present level of 105,000,000 tons France will receive between 50 and 00»er cent of the additional output, if the production falls the whole position will be re-examined. (A. and N.Z. Cable.)

WORLD'S WHEAT PRICES. INDICATIONS OF DECLINE. OTTAWA, September 3. The British Wheat Commission has bought 500,000 tons of wheat from Canada for early delivery. The price paid is approximately the same as the price paid last year. The high price prevented the commission from making a larger purchase. The Rumanian wheat harvest is excellent. Argentine prices for wheat are low. It is not expected, according to the Canadia.ii Wheat Board, that Australia will be able to compete in the European wheat market owing to lack of shipping.— (A. and N.Z. Cabie.) UNDERMINING. FRANCE'S MORAL. (Received 8.30 a.m.) PARIS, September 3. Ernest Judct, editor of "I'Eclair," declares that he is returning to PaTis to stand his trial on charges of trading with the enemy. He says that he knows how to defend himself.— (A. and N.Z.) TRADE WITH GERMANY. (Received 10.35 a.m.) WASHINGTON, Soptmebre 3. The Department of Commerce has announced that United States exports to Germany last July, following the lifting of the blockade, totalled 2,426,742 dollars, and imports from Germany 291,100 dollars^—-(A. and N.Z. Cable.) The War Trade Board announced the immediate resumption of trade relations between the United States and Hungary. (A. and N.Z. Cable.) • DISABLED SOLDIERS. (Received 8.30 a.m.) LONDON, September 3. It is understood that the Governmentproposes to compel employers to reengage a minimum of five per cent of employees partly disabled by the war at |feS union rates. —(A. and N.Z. Cable.)