READY FOR THE SECOND WAR.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 72, 24 March 1916, Page 5

READY FOR THE SECOND WAR.

WORK OF PARIS CONFERENCE. BRITAIN BEST PREPARED. : je stated by " l*e Temps " that the Economic Conference, whichjS' to-lie held in Paris next month, will .discuss the position of financial, industrialrand; com-during-the the steps to fee taken after thewar-to form organisations -with-a view .tola.meeting the expected German trade jlttack. The. task, the. .paper cays, ia complicated by the variety-ofmethods employed jn,-. the allied countries.; ■ Old : theories - and methods must, Ik- abandoned in- favour of a common policy-'which will. benefit al; tl)e .allied countries. ■ Britain, ~-it .is stated, appears :to ..have -gone farthest hitherto in 'regard - to," preparatory ■ measures.. : .::",/.,; r /-' :"'.;'V"'.,'..C ;i ..t^!;-! PREFERENTIAL TRADE. LONpON;Mareh> 23. In the House of Commons yesterday, • Mr. Ronald McNeill, on behalf of the. X Unionist party, tabled s motion to the effect that the British represeniativea at the Pane Economic Conference iehould be instructed to declare that the, British Government was prepared to adopt - immediately, in concert with the -Governments' of the overscan Dominions and the Allies, a commercial policy- penaliei«s the trade of the Central Powers after' the- war, .and.; witaHjehing closer trade relations between the AlSee;->iih-ject to preferential. treatment the British Empire. ' '"'^F BOARD OF TRADE COMMISSION. LONDOIf/Mareli 23. The. Board.of Trade has appointed a. committee to coneider the •postrwar position of. British industries. Committees, representing the'iron" r and : eteel, engineering, shipbuilding industries have already-been formed.