GERMANY.

Taranaki Daily News, 15 September 1919, Page 5

GERMANY.

A HEW CALENDAR. " A TEN DAYS'WEEK. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Received Sept. 13, 5.5 p.m. Copenhagen, Sept. 11. Berlin advices state that a motion ha 9 been listed in the National Assembly substituting for the existing calendar one resembling the French revolutionary calendar with a ten days' week, thirty days a month, every tenth day to be a full holiday and every fifth a halfholiday. The churches are strongly opposing the proposal.—Times Service. IMMIGRATION SCHEMES. TO BUENOS AERESAND MEXICO. Received Sept. 14, 5.5 p.m. New York, Sept. 13. Despatches received in New York from Buenos Aires say that 450 German immigrants have landed. They are young, robust, and educated men. < A report from Mexico City states that Arthur von Magnus, representative of the German Government, has announced that 30,000 German immigrants are preparing to leave Germany for Mexico in the near future.—Aua.-N.Z. Cable Asw.

THE EUSKURCHEN INCIDENT. WAR OFFICE DENIES SHOOTING. Received Sept. 15, 1 a.m. London, Sept. 13. The War Office denies the shooting of anybody connected with the disturbance at Euskircken as cabled on September 6. The incident has been confused with the execution for murder, not connected with any disturbance.—Aus.-N.Z- Cable AsSn. [The cabled message stated: A serious riot occurred at Euskirchen.' 1 A mob, led by a workman, attacked British troopa. A British soldier is in a critical condition. The ringleader was sentenced to death and the town fln&l.] THE PROCESS OF RECONSTRUCTION. London, Sept. 11. Mr. Renwiok, the Berlin correspondent of the Daily Chronicle, states that after two months' absence it is interesting to note the changes in Germany. Industrial aotivity ib increasing, the Btrike fever has declined, and the whole situation is being stabilised. Meat is more plentiful at 9s per pound. There is a great improvement in the amount and quality of articles now being sold, which makes it evident 'that industrial Germany is putting her shoulder to the wheel, making stocks of crockery, glasses, and furniture on the largest scale.

Clothes are still the present difficulty, but the stores of haberdashery, gloves, and other articles are abundant. Inuring the last two or three months tiermany has made great strides in replenishing her home markets, which is a preliminary to attacking foreign markets. The depreciation of the mark will tell seriously, but representatives of American banks and other financial concerns have already arrived and are making arrangements which will send up the mark with a bound. A cotton bank is being established in Bremen under American control to hasten imports of cotton. Big coal shipments from America are also being arranged for.—Aus. N.Z. Cable Association* TO PREVENT GAMBLING. Keeeived Sept. 13, 5.5 p.m. Berlin, Sept. 11. Herr Noske has banned public and private gambling in Germany.—Times Service,