GERMANY.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume IV, Issue 431, 10 August 1915, Page 5

GERMANY.

GERMAN CINEMA FIRM.

JOINS A DANISH COMPANY.

[PBESS ASSOCIATION —COPYRIGHT.) Coperfhagen, Aug. 8. A fusion of the two greatest Ger-; man and Danish cinema film producing companies is afoot. The combined capital will be £50(1,000. A BANK FAILURE. ■ Zurich, Aug. 9. The failure of the Mendelssohn Rartholdy Bank of Berlin is announced. with a deficit' of three million marks. JAGOW AND THE CONGO. A USELESS DENTAL. London. Aug. 9. The ‘North German Gazette’ has published a reply io Baron Bacons’ allegations. It . explains that Herr von Jagow, Minister oi Foreign Affairs, especially mentioned the Congo because oven Belgian writers at, the time were pointing out that the administraion of large colonies like lie Congo went beyond Belgium's fmaneial strength. Henr von Jagow ti.iuhed on the subject because of I'rance's pre-emptive rights. Heir von Jagow expressed no intention of violating Belgium's rights, ami did not ‘mention the dis-..-.poarame of final! in favour of larger states. The conversation was purely academic.

REPRISALS ON FRENCH PRISONERS.

Paris, Aug. 9.

Some 5600 French prisoners, chosen on account- oi their education or rank, in the camp at Neu Kireheuland, are being t reated like convicts. as reprisals for t lie conviction after court-martial of several German looters caught red-handed.

SOCIALISM RENOUNCED.

GOING OVER TO HINDENBURG

[“TIMES” AND “SYDNEY SUN” SERVICE.]

(Received 10, 9 n.m.) London. Aug. 9.

The editor of the Socialist newspaper '■ Chemnitz,” in Saxony, has renounced the Socialists. He has published a letter declaring that internationalism and Socialism are as dead as Mars. He says, “Let vaeillators and old women play at international Socialism; I’m going over to Hindenburg.”