LORD HALDANE'S PREPARATIONS.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLV, Issue 215, 18 September 1911, Page 5

LORD HALDANE'S PREPARATIONS.

THE FRENCH REPLY SATISFACTORY.

(Received Sept. 17, 5 5 p.m.) LONDON, Sept. 16. The.newspapers give some of Lord Haldane's preparations for the suspension of officers' leave'abroad, and the increased purchase of horses1; , Mr Of penheimer, the British Con-sul-General at Frankfort, in his annual report emphasises the eerions risks taken by the German banks In financing industries on their present large scale, and adds that the . 'Government has a scheme ready by -which all withdrawals and deposits .can be legally stopped on the outIjreak of hostilities, the Government holding itself responsible for one -roar's interest.' - "" Renter's Berlin correspondent re-, -ports that official circles state thai/ ■ike French reply is thoroughly satisfactory, and an agreement has been reached in the majority of outstanding points.