CONSTERNATION IN BERLIN.
PANIC ON THE BOURSE. INTENSE FEANCOPHOBISM. (Received 9.5 p.m.) A. and N.Z.—Renter. BERLIN. Aug. 15. The breaking of the London Conference f truck the Berlin Bourse like an electric shock and resulted in stormy scenes, ;/ brokers making frantic efforts to obtain P foreign currencies. I The Government intimated to France g Britain to-day its willingness to pay I ,£500,000 on account of clearing • honse ] I /payments, as previously offered The ) 1 bitterness of public feeling against France : i i« most intense. • | Iterr von Kahr, a former premier of Bavaria, speaking at a representative German gathering in Munich, stigmatised Franco as the tormentor and oppressor of Germany, and added: " Our sworn t&my, armed to the teeth, is striving to .increase and complete he» armaments tritit money obtained from Germany for the* restoration of her devastated regions. This deplorable state of affairs 'prill continue Until Germany cherishes her honour, as Prussia ■&$& after 1806." Political and financial circles are depressed, bnt it is hoped that the Kepara!t»n Commission may gram# «Kmoratoriinn. THe BerKn newspapers vigorously refate M. Poincare's assertion that GerI many is stubbornly committing bankI roptty.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 18171, 17 August 1922, Page 7
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