ADEQUATE SAFEGUARDS

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLI, Issue XLI, 17 October 1921, Page 5

ADEQUATE SAFEGUARDS

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LONDON, Oct. 13. The League of Nations explains thai delegates from Belgium, Brazil, China and Spain decided the Silesian problem which could not be solved by drawing a lino based purely on the plebiscite oj economic considerations. Therefore i 1 was decided that there must be ade quate safeguards against the disruption of the existing economic conditions The scheme includes the impartial management of railways, water and electric light for a term of years, and th« abolition of Customs duties on such products as coal. BERLIN, Oct. 13. Financiers are taking steps to prevent the withdrawal of marks from Upper Silesia into Poland. It is reported that the great banks are already withdrawing all currency to prevent further depreciation of the mark if the Poles secure large quantities of German notes.