CONVERSION OF WAR INDUSTRIES.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XLV, Issue 1175, 19 February 1919, Page 5

CONVERSION OF WAR INDUSTRIES.

THE KAISER’S GUILT. ■a*. .r-aw ivetcvGERMANY FINANCIALLY WRECKED Received Feb 19, 10 a.m. London, Feb 16 5 The Times’ correspondent at Weimar interviewed PresidentJEbert who said the conversion of the war industries to civil uses was proving easier than expected. Numerous factories, especially textile, will reopen as. soon as raw materials are available. The Government would voluntarily impeach the Kaiser or other Germans proved to jbe responsible for making the war. Meanwhile, the Kaiser, in common with all citizens of new Germany, was entitled to the benefits of law and justice. Germany was bankrupt in raw materials and financially wrecked. He added : “We can best and soonest serve the restoration of Belgium and France by putting the whole working force into stemming the tide of Germany’s complete ruin. We must replace the rolling stock seized by the Entente, as it is essential for food distribution. I leave it to yon to judge what Germany is able to do for others in this catastrophic situation, ”