GERMAN INDEMNITY.
BRITAIN'S. LONG WAIT. NOT A PENNY RECEIVED. (Received 6.30 pan.) Eeuter. LONDON, Feb. 23. Sir Robert' Home, Chancellor of the Exchequer, stated in the House of Commons that Britain had not yet received & penny of the indemnity due from Germany. On the contrary the cost of the army of occupation was over 1,000,000,000 gold marks (£50,000,000), which had been repaid to the extent of 970,000,000 gold marks (£48,500,000). Of this amount £2,640,000 had been paid to Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 18025, 25 February 1922, Page 9
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83GERMAN INDEMNITY. New Zealand Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 18025, 25 February 1922, Page 9
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