NEW GERMAN CABINET.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 16569, 31 October 1921, Page 2

NEW GERMAN CABINET.

SHORT LIFE EXPECTED. Bv Telegraph—ProsP A ssociation Copyright. Australian and N.Z. < aide Association. BERLIN, October 28. The Press generally is of opinion that the uew Cabinet’s days "ill he short. Another crisis ib inevitable owing to the Ministry’s narrow parliamentary basis. Communist organs declare that the real of the crisis is not Upper Silesia, but tho industrial magnates, who desire eventually to take office, supported by the People’s and Democratic parties, and scrap Herr Wirfch’s taxation and eight-hour day and other industrial legislation, throwing the burden of reparation payments upon the workers. i DEPRECIATION OF MARK. I LONDON", October 29. j The Berlin correspondent of the j “ Daily News” states that there have | been sensational variations in tho j mark, between t»80 and 740, causing a j panic. The run on shops continues by ! German housewives, who fear whafc they call Austrian conditions. Food | and clothing stores in Hamburg are J being closed for two hours every after- ; noon to enable the shopgirls to recover ! from th® physical strain of tbo morning’s rush. German Customs officials are using aeroplanes to stop smuggling, which has greatly increased owing to the depreciation of the mark. THE SILESIAN PROTEST. Reuter's Telegra-ms. PAR IS, October 29. Replying to a. German Note, the Ambassadors’ Conference declares that the protest against the partition of Upper Silesia is unacceptable.