BALTIC BLOCKADE.
ABOLITION DEMANDED.
By Cable.—Press Association. — Copyright. Renter's Telegrams.
(Hoc. Nov. 3. 1.25) BERLIN, Oct. 31. Germany's Note to the Entente demands the abolition of the Baltic blockade and the return of the vessels detained at Reval and Libau. Another Note declares Germany s readiness to' negotiate respecting measures to combat Bolshevism, but oniv on a basis of equality. Gerniany docs not consider the hunger blockade a proper measure. Herr Erzberger, delivering the 1919 Budget, stated that the expenditure would be 79,000,000,000 marks, compared with a revenue in 1918 totalling 9,000,000,000 marks. New taxes are estimated to yield 9,000,000,000 marks. ' The national debt totalled 200,000,000,000 marks, on •which the interest charge would be approximately 0.000,000,000 marks.
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Sun (Christchurch), Volume VI, Issue 1785, 3 November 1919, Page 11
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