GERMANY AND PEACE.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume II, Issue 568, 4 December 1915, Page 9

GERMANY AND PEACE.

THE AGITATION GROWS. INDUSTRY-HARD «IT. , _ : ;' COPENHAGEN, December 3. The "Vossiche Zeitung" says:— -- "Everybody in Germany desires x peace, and the Chancellor will surely not miss the opportunity of giving an assurance on the question." LONDON, December 3. The "Berliner Tageblatt," in an ]'~ interesting survey of the position of, I German limited companies, reveals 1 ! i that many factories turning out ma- ' chinery have not paid , dividends. Three electricity and gas companies, have paid reduced dividends. Shipping companies and hotels have / made riq profits, the cement and'alkali factories are losing heavily, and the textile industry is hard hit. ■• ;;.,.,'■ LONDON, December 2.. The New York correspondent of "The Times" says that bankers attribute the depreciation of the German mark to an excess of German. *' imports. The correspondent also reportsthat Germany is preparing to float at < new War Loan of £500,000,000. It is- ■ pointed out that Germany is now working practically on a paper basis.