PASSING POOR ON ELEVEN MILLIONS

Manawatu Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 2314, 5 December 1925, Page 9

PASSING POOR ON ELEVEN MILLIONS

Wilhelm Reckons He Has Been Cheated INTENDS TO DUN POLAND AND FRANCE! [By Electric Cable—Copyright] [Aust. and N.Z. Cable Association.] (Received Friday, 7 p.m.) BERLIN, December 3. Though there is public indignation against the ex-Kaiser’s settlement, tho position is unalterable, owing to the claims being still those of the Monarchical period. Tho Republicans argue it is unfair that a tremendous sum of ready money and excecdingl) valuable property should be handed over, while the property of millions of Germans is dissipated by inflation, with the slenderest hopes of recovery. It is calculated the ex-Kaiscr will receive money and property totalling eleven and a-quarter millions sterling, in addition to £3500 now paid monthij from Prussia. The Republicans and Socialists are demanding that the financial arrangement between separate States and former Royalty should bo considered a political question, soluble only by legislation. The ex-Kaisor is not satisfied with his amazing bargain and has proposed to ask Poland to settle accounts, then, most likely, h e will present a Bill to France for his properties in Alsace.