Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 140, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 June 1919 — Notes Issued by Austrians. [ARTICLE]

Notes Issued by Austrians.

A correspondent writes that Austrian notes were not the only, “duds” that caused trouble and loss to the allies. Every British soldier who served on the western fronjt must have had expc-ri ence, (he says) of those pretty Belgian notes which were not worth the paper they were printed on, for the reason that the enemy were in control of the Belgian national banks. “It was pever safe,” (he adds) “to accept change for a hundred .franc note or other note of high denomination without examining each small bill given in lieu. One was almost sure to come across one or two nice clean Belgian five-franc notes hidden away among the genuine French stuff.”