BELGIUM’S PLIGHT.

Mataura Ensign, 3 May 1919, Page 5

BELGIUM’S PLIGHT.

HER INDUSTRIES WRECKED OUTSIDE ASSISTANCE NEEDED. FUNDS URGENTLY REQUIRED. v Australian and N.Z. Cable Association Received May 3; 9.10 a.m. LONDON, April 30. Brussels messages emphasise tho urgent .need of restoring Belgian-indus-tries,' Tho Premier, who has returned from Paris, stated that Belgium's reparation would appear in the . Peace Treaty but they could not expect immediate. payment. Outside assistance is stated to be imperative. Tho Senate decided to appeal to Britain, and the Allied Parliaments to redeem their promises of prompt and complete reparation. . THE DEPRECIATED MARK. PARIS, April. .30. Tho Belgians presented a Note [mint ing nut. that, tin* 7,1)00,(100,000 marks which Germany ..compelled them .to accept during liio waiw at 125 centimes per mark are.'now‘worth only one—third of that sum.