Berlin, Mar. 13.
President von Hindenburg issued a remarkable proclamation meant as a reply to the numerous petitions sent him from all parts of the country appealing to him to refuse hhis assent to the Bills: "With a heavy heart but certain that I have reached my decision after most caveful and conseentious examination, st have attached my signature to the Young Plan bills, "After heaving both sides. arar weighing the evidence laid before me, I have reached the conviction despite the heavy burdens im= i, the Young Pian represents an improvement over the Dawes Plan and means a step forward on the thorny path of the liberation and reconstruction of Germany.
"My conception of the responsibil ity T have towards Germany and the country's future forbids that refuse my assent, The wrangling of the past months and the disputes, must now yield to decisive practical work aimed at placing the finances of the Reich in a sound position, at raising the economic level of the country and at taking measures to relieve unemployment and assert have to-day addressed to the Chancellor of the Reich ava do-cement in which I have outlined these tasks and I call upon all irrespective of party to work together for the good of the country. Tt is sixty years ago that I witnessed the re-Joicing of the people when, at the foundation of the German Empire, the long-sought unity of the Empivo was achieved. I cannot believe that, this spirit of pride in the Reich's unity is lost and I call upon the Reich's population to seize this appropriate opportunity to feel once more that the Reich is united and take pride in this thought.""—Trans-Ocean Kuo Min, Basle, Mar. 13, According to a report circulated by the "Basler National Zeitung,' the inauguration ceremony of the Bank of Settlement which was to take place on March 15 has -beon postponed until the beginning of April, while "the Bank will start functioning on May 1 instead of At Premier Tardieu's request, the Financial Committee of the Chamber has been summoned for next Tuesday in order to start discuss fons on the Young Plan which, ace cording to present arrangements, will be Iai@. before the plenary ses~ sion of the Chamber on March 25.
—Trans Ocean Kuo Min,
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