Feb, 16, The question of payments made by the Government to Ruhr indus laiists during the period inflation hax been attracting on-attention in Germany with other financial scandals, which has bee buyments were in the nature of Compensation to certain industrial firms in the Ruhr and other oecup on recount of deliver kind made by them the "Meum Inter-Allied Comniis= sion of arks and Mines con the cessation of passive resist=
"The memorandum—denies the allegations of the press that (000,000 reichsmarks were repaid tember, Ty xays that the agrees for immediate payment pro Vided for a reduction of debts. by Over 200,000,000 reichsmarks and kat out of the 20,000,000 reich nark+ paid in December only one half was in ash. The memorandum says in conclusion that the Govern iment hiv decided, for reasons of veonomy, 0 pay. the balance and how asks the Reichstag to sanction the "payments alrendy" made, Re
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