WAR TAX STRAIN.

Manawatu Times, Volume LXV, Issue 1867, 11 March 1913, Page 5

WAR TAX STRAIN.

TOO HEAVY IN GERMANY.

Press Aosn —By Telegraph—Copyright Paris, Yesterday.

M. Bordoux, in an article in l'Opinion, says"Beaten by John Bull on the sea, Germany seeks for revenge on land, expecting France in a moment of weariness to hold out the hand of reconciliation. "

L'Opinion recalls the Kaiser's alleged remarks to M Etienne on an unspecified occasion, when he was supposed to have hoped to see the two countries marching hand in hand, and he would bring this about even if he had to resort to rough measures.

GETTING INTO DEEP WATER. Berlin, Yesterday. The Cologne Volkszeitung states that in order to prevent sending capital abroad to evade the war tax, the banks will be compelled to divulge customers' accounts. JAPANESE NAVY. BIG SHIPS ORDERED. Press Aflsn—By Telegraph—Copyright Received 11.45 p.m. Tokio, March 9. The newspaper Asshi Shimbrin states that the naval estimates provide for the present construction of three most powerful Dreadnoughts and eventually eight Dreadnoughts, four battle cruisers, eight scouts, and forty destroyers at a cost of million sterling.